Pip-Boy
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“ | That thing on your wrist - it's a convenience. It tells you where to go, what to do, dulls your brain. It may have helped you find the Sierra Madre broadcast, but it's just as much a crutch today as it was in the Old World.
— Father Elijah
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The Pip-Boy is a promotional Miscellaneous item for the Engineer. It appears as a wrist-mounted computer device with a green monochrome screen, modeled after the famous Pip-Boy series produced by the fictional company Vault-Tec in the video game series Fallout.
When equipped, the Pip-Boy features a revised PDA HUD to match the looks of the device.
The Pip-Boy is added to promote the QuakeCon 2011 Steam Sale. It is awarded in Genuine quality to players who own Fallout: New Vegas before August 8, 2011.
Contents
Update history
- The Pip-Boy was added to the game.
August 4, 2011 [Item schema update]
- Changed name from "Pip-Boy 1950" to "Pip-Boy"
Bugs
- Like the Essential Accessories and Rogue's Col Roule, the Pip-Boy does not appear on the Engineer's wrist in client view.
Trivia
- The specific model of Pip-Boy is that of the 3000, as it is presented in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. The Pip-Boy was produced as a co-venture between RobCo. Industries and Vault-Tec. RobCo. produces a variety of automated devices, including robots, fitting in with the Engineer's own predilections.
Gallery
- PipBoy build menu.jpg
Revised Build Menu, unique to the Pip-Boy.
- Vault Boy thumbs up.jpg
Artwork of Vault-Boy, upon which the image of the Engineer found on the Pip-Boy display is based.
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