During the “Honest Hearts” expansion, you’ll find several Workbench Crates throughout the game. These innocuous containers hide a bit of a secret; they randomly spawn skill books. Each one can spawn up to four of them per crate, although the most you’ll likely see is two… Most of the time they spawn random junk. To get them to (potentially) spawn skill books, you’ll need to save the game before entering the area they are in for the first time, run up to the crate, open it, and if it doesn’t have what you want, reload and try again. This can… take a while, and since the number and type of books found are random, they’re not included in the list of books, above. Note that only non-combat related books can be found in these crates-you will not find any copies of Duck and Cover!, Grognak the Barbarian, Guns and Bullets, Nikola Tesla and You, or Pugilism Illustrated. There are four such crates in the game, their locations are given below. Again, you can supposedly get four books per crate, but it’s really not necessary. Don’t kill yourself trying to get four; settling on a more modest number will spare you some sanity.

Angel Cave

This Workbench Crate is in the north-western room, where Joshua Graham resides. On your first visit you’ll be bothered by a Dead Horse Disciple of Canaan (unless you’re fast enough to run past) and you’ll have to talk to Joshua Graham, as well, making this a somewhat tedious effort.

Cueva Guarache

In the formerly occupied chamber along the eastern edge of the level. You’ll have to go through a booby-trapped, brush-filled tunnel to get here, or through a chamber occupied by spore creatures. Either way, it’s another annoying one to reach.

Fallen Rock Cave

In the middle of the level, in the lowest chamber, you’ll find signs of a previous inhabitant of the caves-as the journal on the terminal indicates, this cave was occupied shortly after the bombs dropped in 2077. There are no enemies in this cave, but plenty of traps to dodge/ disarm, making this Workbench Crate a pain in the ass to run to.

Stone Bones Cave

In the previously-occupied chamber to the north-west. You’ll have to bypass some traps to get here.