It’s important to monitor your squad’s progress fairly often in Wasteland 3. By constantly leveling up your teammates, you’ll receive points that you can allocate to specific skills you want to upgrade. From brawls to toaster repair, there are numerous perks to consider, and one way to get them is to find skill books.
Skill Books are hidden items that will permanently give you +1 on a particular skill. Most of the Wasteland 3 skill books can be found through general exploration, while others are tied to particular quests.
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Below is a summary of the skill books we’ve found so far, their locations, and the requirements to obtain them.
wasteland 3 guide: all skill book locations
be the dog
- perk: +1 animal whisperer.
- location: denver ruins, inside the airport.
weinberger’s guide to body armor customization
- advantage: +1 armor mod.
- location: denver ruins; talk to sister nancy forge.
the infantryman’s bible
- advantage: +1 automatic weapons.
- location: hoon homestead; side with hoon homestead during the debacle of hoon vs. Arapaho or loot the corpses after the mission.
brooklyn bridge: sold
- Advantage: +1 trade.
- Location: Tellurium Mine.
the legend of bazooka jim
- advantage: +1 big guns.
- location: patriarch’s palace in colorado springs, inside the victory room.
kumite: a story
- Benefit: +1 fight.
- Location: Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, inside bellamy’s workshop.
dick markowitz’s stealth squad
- advantage: +1 shots in combat.
- location: downtown colorado springs; Complete the Wolf Hunt quest and follow the instructions from the quest giver.
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the red or the blue wire
- advantage: +1 explosives.
- location: arapaho caravan; search the chests inside the building.
grey’s anatomy
- advantage: +1 first aid.
- location: old survival bunker in broadmoor heights in colorado springs; enter the flooded room and search the pile of books.
the drill sergeant’s phrase book
- benefit: +1 hard ass.
- location: strange; Complete the quest Nightmare in the Bizarro.
negotiated agreement
- Benefit: +1 rear kiss.
- Location: broadmoor heights in colorado springs, interior the church.
best boss
- Benefit: +1 leadership.
- Location: little hell, inside the room of the victim.
the locksmith’s partner
- advantage: +1 to pick locks.
- location: air force base peterson in colorado springs; go to the dungeon the skill book is inside a closed desk.
the shadow tree mechanic
- advantage: +1 mechanic.
- location: downtown colorado springs; Search the lockers inside the auto shop.
the vanguard
- Benefit: +1 close combat.
- Location: posada nevada resort; go to the cabin room and look for the dosey.
natural network processor manual
- advantage: +1 nerdy stuff.
- location: site of the department of energy; search the lockers.
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make my day
- advantage: +1 small arms.
- location: yuma county, inside the park wind godfisher.
on tiptoe
- advantage: +1 sneaky shit.
- location: little vegas in central colorado springs, in a room next to Inspector Thin.
you’ll just die tired
- Benefit: +1 sniper rifles.
- Location: union station; search the lockers just before you get to morningstar.
pup scout fun camping guide
- advantage: +1 survival.
- location: aspen; buy it with opie.
fix it!
- perk: +1 toaster repair.
- location: ranger headquarters; after recruiting ananda rabindranath, they can be bought.
prepared is prepared
- perk: +1 weapon mod.
- location: tellurium mine, rewarded to get rid of all robots.
it just works
- advantage: +1 rare science.
- location: little hell; search a chest in the kitchen.
With all of the wasteland 3 skill books in hand, you’ll be well equipped to tackle all of the game’s missions. For more information on Wasteland 3, including tips on how to find the golden toasters in the game and all the tarjan token locations, be sure to visit our hub for Wasteland 3 guides!
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