Book Collector II - Classic Literature Edition

Book Collector II: Classic Literature Edition

Rumour has it that, somehow, extremely rare copies of pre-war literary masterpieces have found their way to the Commonwealth. It is up to you to find them and save them for posterity. You can actually read them yourself too! This mod also includes a quest, four treasure maps, four new interiors, custom bookcases and a brand new perk for nerds.

Locations

73 readable books were hand-placed by me all across the Commonwealth (none in Far Harbor or Nuka World). Many of them can be found off the beaten track, in marked and unmarked interior and exterior locations, such as shacks, cabins, cellars, diners, offices, and so on. None of them are locked behind vanilla quests, none require joining a certain faction or special skills such as lockpicking. While you will eventually discover many of them by just wandering around aimlessly, there is a quest to help you out.

Quest, perk and interiors

Once the player reaches Level 2, a quest should automatically be triggered. This quest is totally optional and can be safely ignored if you like, but does come with a few small rewards. The Great Book Hunt will lead you all across the Commonwealth, to four mailboxes with four pieces of a treasure map. Use the maps to find the missing pre-war masterpieces. Along the way, you will be able to explore four new interiors and discover the fate of its former inhabitants (through notes and environmental storytelling). Eventually, the quest will lead you to a vanilla location, where you’ll learn what became of the Commonwealth’s first and probably last post-war Book Club and it’s enigmatic chairman. After completing the quest, you will be rewarded with a custom perk and a list of all books and their exact locations, in case you missed a few.

Reading the books

The books are readable in-game. Picking up a book for the first time triggers a pop-up message, which includes a quote from this particular book. Most likely, books will then appear under ‘Misc/Notes’ in your Pip-Boy inventory. (I personally use FallUI Item Sorter and Rename Anything to organise my inventory and sort all my collectibles and valuables.) You can now actually read your new book, at least the first part of it, by selecting it in the Pip-Boy!

Custom bookcases

All books can be stored in custom bookcases, that can be build in workshop mode (found under Furniture > Shelves). There’s three different bookcases and a shelf, each available in four kinds of wood. Once placed, books will visually appear in the bookcases, in the order you