Blueprints

Blueprints.

Manufacturing plans for a weapon, drug or armor. All blueprints look the same, mousing over them will display what they are for.

Obtaining Blueprints

• You can occasionally find footlockers in random encounters on city ruins terrain, some of which can be trapped. Opening these usually requires a high lockpick skill and may contain items ranging from a worthless Junk to blueprints. Some of them are more difficult to pick open than others.
• There are quests that may give blueprints as reward for your efforts.
• Trade with other players.
• Blueprints can now be purchased from certain NPC merchants via dialogue.

Available for Caps via Dialogue

• Blueprints for Armor - Rondo
• Blueprints for Drugs - Renesco, the Pharmacist at New Reno Commercial Street
• Some medical blueprints - (Stimpak, Super Stimpak, Rad-X, RadAway, Needler Pistol) - Dr Jubilee
• Blueprints for Explosives - Zaius
• Blueprints for Small Guns & Big Guns - Jacob
• Blueprints for Energy Weapons - Ralph

Uses

Blueprints are required to craft most higher-tier equipment. Consuming them will permanently add those items to your fix-boy, provided you have the second level of the required professions.