Vault - Tec bobblehead Vault - Tec bobblehead figures are promotional Vault - Tec items in " Fallout 3 " and " Fallout 4 " . Although found in the game files , Vault - Tec bobbleheads do not appear in " " . Bobbleheads are only encountered within the Capital Wasteland and the Commonwealth and not , for example , in any of the other vaults of the West Coast . This may suggest that the Vault - Tec bobblehead range was an exclusive item to the East Coast and not a line of permanent Vault - Tec merchandise . The idea of the bobbleheads being a piece of exclusive Vault - Tec merchandise is supported by a computer terminal found within the Vault - Tec HQ . The computer provides a list of ' orderable ' merchandise such as clothing and lunchboxes , but when a bobblehead is requested the terminal reports that they are only available to executive staff . However , a letter from Vault - Tec ( addressed to the Gomez Family , who also appear within Vault 101 ) can be found in a mailbox in Springvale that says " Be sure to present this letter to your Vault - Tec representative to receive your special , commemorative Vault Boy bobble - head toy ! " " Fallout 3 " . Twenty bobbleheads can be found in the Capital Wasteland . Once found , the bobbleheads can be stored on a Bobblehead collector ' s stand in the Megaton house or in the Tenpenny Tower suite . Typically , bobbleheads acquired through console commands cannot be put on the bobblehead stand , and do not count towards any of the bobblehead - related achievements . However , bobbleheads created via " player . placeatme " console command could be picked with a related achievement and could be put on a bobblehead stand . Bobbleheads from TestQAItems cannot be put on a bobblehead stand . Each of the Vault - Tec bobbleheads in " Fallout 3 " permanently increases one of the 7 S . P . E . C . I . A . L . statistics by 1 point , or one of the 13 skill s of the player character by 10 points . The bobbleheads will not increase a statistic beyond the maximum of 10 ( S . P . E . C . I . A . L . ) or 100 ( skills ) . Keep that in mind when planning a character , or their bonuses may be wasted . It is inadvisable to max out any S . P . E . C . I . A . L . s before collecting the bobbleheads , as any that are collected afterwards will have the bonuses wasted . Two of the " Fallout 3 " achievements and trophies involve collecting Vault Boy bobbleheads . The first achievement or trophy is named Yes , I Play with Dolls and is awarded for collecting 10 of them , players then earn the second achievement / trophy called Vault - Tec C . E . O . for finding all 20 of them . Bobbleheads , as indicated below with an asterisk ( * ) , can become unobtainable . Please refer to the respective articles for detailed information . With the addition of the new Almost Perfect perk that becomes available when level 30 is reached , ( " Broken Steel " add - on required ) it is tempting for advanced players to wait until they can use this perk , then collect all S . P . E . C . I . A . L . bobbleheads . This is because Almost Perfect raises all of the Lone Wanderer ' s stats to 9 , so collecting all bobbleheads after taking the perk makes all stats raise to 10 . This requires waiting until level 30 , however , which could handicap one for most of the game . One should weigh the benefits of higher stats now ( more skill points from high Intelligence , access to various perks ) against having a " perfect score " later on . Other notables . In the " Point Lookout " add - on , several " fake " bobbleheads appear ( called Schmault - Tec bubbleheads ) during a hallucination sequence as part of the main questline ( after getting sprayed with the Mother Punga fumes ) . These are identical in appearance to normal bobbleheads but are larger in size . They cannot be added to inventory but give taunting , sarcastic messages . For instance , when finding the Luck bubblehead , it says " Dead mother , life in a post - nuclear Wasteland and not a friend in it . Yeah , you aren ' t exactly blessed . " When finding the Charisma bubblehead , there are birthday balloons and a skeleton on an operating table labeled " Mom . " There is a Schmault - Tec bubblehead for every S . P . E . C . I . A . L . stat , but none for skills . See the gallery for all seven images and their messages . " Fallout 4 " . As in " Fallout 3 " , each bobblehead increases a corresponding S . P . E . C . I . A . L . stat permanently by one . Bobbleheads that previously increased a skill now grant a permanent unique perk . Refer to the respective articles for more detailed information . Taking a S . P . E . C . I . A . L . bobblehead while the player character ' s stat is at 10 allows that stat to increase to 11 . As the Bobblehead counts as a stat gain , if one was below 10 before picking it up , they can ' t level that stat to above ten via normal methods .