Frag mine (Fallout 3)

The frag mine is a placed weapon in Fallout 3.
==Characteristics==
The frag mine looks like a tan shaped disk with a black gear and red button on top. The tan paint is most likely used to camouflage the mine out in the desert covered Capital Wasteland. The frag mine will begin beeping when a target comes within a short distance to it until it is disarmed or it detonates. The time until detonation depends on the Explosives skill of the person setting it off.
Frag mines can be disarmed with an Explosives skill of 1, meaning anyone, regardless of their statistics, will be capable of doing so. If the Lone Wanderer has the Light Step perk, the mine will not be triggered at all.
To use a frag mine, it must first be equipped like any other weapon. Firing with it arms and drops the mine a short distance ahead of the miner. The mine will be triggered when any non-follower non-player character comes within a certain distance. Neither the miner nor their companions will trigger it.
To collect a hostile land mine, or one of one's own, they have to approach it then "activate" it to disarm it. Once disarmed, it can then be collected. In the case of hostile mines, the mine's proximity fuse will trigger as a target approaches, and the Explosives skill will determine the length of the fuse. A low Explosives skill will make this difficult. There appears to be a quirk in the programming so that the mine will detonate based on how close the target is to its center regardless of the Z axis (i.e. up and down) while the distance they have to be to interact with it does take the Z axis into account. This means that going downhill or down a set of stairs the landmine will often explode before being able to go close enough and disarm it. The best bet is to crouch and, if possible, approach from the downhill side so as to end up closer to the mine's level on the Z axis. Aiming at the mine, gliding towards it and activating it as quickly as can be done. By walking instead of running also decreases likelihood to overshoot the mine and fail in disarming it.
Frag mines have a relatively small blast radius and will do damage (from a maximum at point blank range of about 65 at skill level 25 up to 100 at a skill of 100) to any friendly or enemy target (including the miner themselves) within that radius. The further away from the center of the blast, the less damage that is done. Mines can also detonate each other if they are set close enough together. This can work in favor when someone tries to take down a particularly tough opponent by hitting it with several blasts at once. However, carelessness in deploying the mines may set the first ones off before the intended victim is within range of them all (i.e. if getting lazy or rushed and just drop a straight string of them while backing away from an oncoming opponent). Disarmed mines will still be detonated by nearby explosions. Laying a mine, disarm it, and laying another, an entire hallway can be detonated once with enough mines and time. This is a great way to take out a group of enemies at once, as they often travel in a line.
It is important to consider that some creatures who fly/hover like the Mister Handy and Mister Gutsy robots will not detonate land mines themselves, (technically, they are not stepping on them) but will be damaged by the blast from one. If possible, they should be lured over the landmines before shooting them to detonate them (this can be a little tricky at first) or simply use a grenade in V.A.T.S. to attack the victim and detonate the landmines at the same time.
Like hand grenades, mines can be "reverse pickpocketed" onto a victim, causing them to arm and detonate on their own (this is handy since enemies are more likely to carry grenades than mines—and the trick cannot be performed with an explosive they already possess). One has to be able to sneak close enough behind the victim to "activate" them, then simply move a bomb from one's own inventory to theirs. Unless the opponent is particularly tough this is usually a guaranteed kill. Note that "vital" non-player characters cannot be killed in this manner. The explosive will simply not activate when placed in their inventory.
==Variants==
* Sim version - A version used exclusively in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation, it differs from the standard Fallout 3 variant only in that it cannot be dropped, although it still can be transferred between containers or given to companions.
==Locations==
===Armed mines===
* There are a total of 67 frag mines found scattered around Minefield for the quest Wasteland Survival Guide.
* Seven south of Alexandria Arms.
* Two south of Arlington Library at a Talon Company post, near the map's border. Two more to the east.
* Five in Arlington Library's media archive.
* 13 can be found on a bridge just west of the Anchorage Memorial fast travel point.
* Three at Bethesda ruins.
* Four in the Canterbury tunnels.
* Six around Charnel house.
* 17 at a raider camp northwest of Charnel house.
* Two in drainage chamber Signal Sierra Victor.
* 19 around the center ornament at Dupont Circle.
* Three in the Dupont Circle station.
* Two at Dupont Northeast.
* Five near train tracks east/northeast of Evergreen Mills. Four more a litte further to the east.
* Two in the Fairfax Metro station, near the CW exit.
* Five west of Fairfax ruins, on the streets.
* Two at Five Axles Rest Stop.
* Three on the stairs in the Fort Bannister bunker. Three more in the CO quarters.
* Three on Germantown police HQ's ground floor.
* Six on Germantown police HQ's top floor.
* Eight around at the grisly diner.
* Seven in Hubris Comics Printing.
* Two at a shack southeast of Jalbert Brothers waste disposal.
* Four near Lady Frumperton's Fashions. 
* Five at the back of the Lincoln Memorial. Four more around the memorial.
* Four in the Meresti service tunnel.
* Two in the Minuteman Metro station.
* 31 in the National Archives, at the rotunda with Sydney.
* four in Our Lady of Hope Hospital.
* Five on the road east of the Overlook Drive-In. Two more at the drive-in itself.
* Three at a ruined house in Penn. Ave Northwest, north of La Maison Beauregard.
* Nine in the raider outpost.
* Two in the Rivet City bow.
* Five near the entrance to SatCom Array NW-05a.
* Seven are found in Seward Square, in the play yard near The Preacher.
* 19 in the Tepid sewers, near Rocksalt's position.
* Three in the utility tunnels.
* Four in Vault 92, all of the near doors.
* Two in Vernon East/Takoma Park.
* Ten around the Washington Monument.
* Three in the yao guai cave, near the raider outpost exit.
* Two in Old Olney underground.
===Unarmed mines===
* One on a ledge in the west of Bethesda Offices West.
* One in the Chryslus Building, on a counter near the reception area exit.
* Two in Cliffside cavern's raider outpost, on a shelf near a fire barrel.
* Three in the drainage chamber Signal Sierra Victor.
* Two on a table at Falls Church Metro.
* Two in Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro, on the ground in the bathroom in the north.
* Three on the shelves at the flooded metro raider camp.
* Four on the east side of Fort Bannister.
* Three in L.O.B. Enterprises, one on a shelf and one under a box. Also one in a bin in the east wing section.
* Three on shelves in the National Guard depot armory.
* Three can be found in a cupboard at the riverside raider shacks.
* Two in SatCom Array NN-03d, on a table near the CW exit.
* Four under a light set, halfway through the west tunnel in the Tepid sewers, near Rocksalt.
* Three in Tenleytown/Friendship station, outer north, near a generator.
* Three in Vault 106's living quarters.
* Three in the Wheaton Armory.
* Three in the yao guai tunnels, in the center, on a shelf.
* Two in the Outcast outpost's armory, available after the completion of Operation: Anchorage!
* Two on a shelf at a Talon Company camp east of the Capitol Building.
* One in Old Olney underground, on a shelf.
* One in Old Olney underground, behind some sandbags. Also an armed mine present.
* Three in Old Olney underground's medical room.
* Four in a bin in the Satellite control tower.
* Two on a table at the utility entrance.
* Six in the weapons lab.
==Notes==
* Frag mines are easy to see in darkness, due to their glowing red "armed" light.
* Though rare, some characters (like Eulogy Jones) have a high Explosives skill; a non-player character's Explosives skill works the same, and this will affect mines laid for them: the delay between detection and detonation will be significantly lengthened.
* Frag mines, like all explosion types, will cause grenades within the blast radius to also explode.
* Mines can be thrown at enemies and friendlies at point blank and injure them just by the mine hitting them, however, it will not explode upon impact. For some reason this cannot be done in V.A.T.S., as it will always mention, regardless of distance, a zero percent chance to hit.
* In the game files, there is another frag mine that weighs 1 pound, is worth over 3000 caps, and does significantly more damage than the original. Its Form ID is .
==Bugs==
* If the player character equips frag mines, drops about 10 of them, and picks them back up, their inventory will show two sets of frag mines, both equipped. If one then take out a melee weapon, it will show up as a frag mine, and the player character can hit enemies with it. This is a very humorous glitch, as using a Shishkebab will look as if one is lighting them on fire with a frag mine. 
* Sometimes, the frag mines on The Pitt bridge don't work. They simply don't go off when the player character walks near them. This is good for XP as one can gain XP by disarming mines without worry of setting them off. 
* If one equips frag mines, then drop about ten without leaving the Pip-Boy, when they exit they will not be holding anything, just an invisible frag mine. 
==Sounds==
	Arming the mine		Disarming the mine
	Ticking mine 		
==Gallery==
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Frag mine minefield NC.jpg|Minefield
Frag mine minefield SC.jpg|Minefield
Frag mine minefield SW.jpg|Minefield
Frag mine minefield NW.jpg|Minefield
Frag mine minefield NE.jpg|Minefield
Frag mine minefield SE.jpg|Minefield
Frag mines7 Minefield.jpg|Minefield
Frag mines1 Alexandria Arms.jpg|South of Alexandria Arms
Frag mines2 Alexandria Arms.jpg|South of Alexandria Arms
Frag mines TC camp AL.jpg|South of Arlington Library, TC post
Frag mines2 TC camp AL.jpg|A little to more the east of the post
Frag mines1 Arlington Library MA.jpg|Arlington Library, media archive
Frag mines2 Arlington Library MA.jpg|Arlington Library, media archive
Fo3 frag mines bridge west of AM.jpg|Bridge west of Anchorage Memorial
Frag mines Bethesda ruins.jpg|Bethesda ruins
Frag mines1 Antagonizers lair.jpg|Canterbury tunnels
Frag mines2 Antagonizers lair.jpg|Canterbury tunnels
Frag mines1 Charnel house.jpg|Charnel house
Frag mines2 Charnel house.jpg|Charnel house
Frag mines3 Charnel house.jpg|Charnel house
Frag mines4 Charnel house.jpg|Charnel house
Frag mines1 raider camp Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines2 raider camp Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines3 raider camp Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines4 raider camp Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines5 NW Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines6 NW Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines7 NW Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mines8 NW Charnel house.jpg|Northwest of Charnel house
Frag mine drainage chamber SSV.jpg|Drainage chamber Signal Sierra Victor
Frag mines1 Dupont Circle.jpg|Dupont Circle
Frag mines2 Dupont Circle.jpg|Dupont Circle
Frag mines3 Dupont Circle.jpg|Dupont Circle
Frag mines4 Dupont Circle.jpg|Dupont Circle
Frag mines Dupont Circle station.jpg|Dupont Circle station
Frag mine Dupont Northeast.jpg|Dupont Northeast
Frag mines NE of Evergreen Mills.jpg|Northeast of Evergreen Mills
Frag mines2 NE of Evergreen Mills.jpg|Northeast of Evergreen Mills
Frag mine Fairfax metro station.jpg|Fairfax Metro station
Frag mines1 Fairfax ruins.jpg|West of Fairfax ruins
Frag mines2 Fairfax ruins.jpg|West of Fairfax ruins
Frag mines Five Axles Rest Stop.jpg|Five Axles Rest Stop
Frag mines Fort Bannister bunker.jpg|Fort Bannister bunker
Frag mine utility tunnels.jpg|Fort Bannister, CO quarters
Frag mine1 Gtown police HQ GF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, ground floor
Frag mine2 Gtown police HQ GF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, ground floor
Frag mine3 Gtown police HQ GF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, ground floor
Frag mine1 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mine2 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mine3 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mine4 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mine5 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mine6 Germantown police HQ TF.jpg|Germantown police HQ, top floor
Frag mines grisly diner.jpg|Grisly diner
Frag mines2 grisly diner.jpg|Grisly diner
Frag mines1 HC Printing.jpg|Hubris Comics Printing
Frag mines2 HC Printing.jpg|Hubris Comics Printing
Frag mines3 HC Printing.jpg|Hubris Comics Printing
Frag mines4 HC Printing.jpg|Hubris Comics Printing
Fo3 frag mine box southeast JB ws.jpg|Shack southeast of Jalbert Brothers waste disposal
Frag mines1 LF Fashions.jpg|Lady Frumperton's Fashions
Frag mines2 LF Fashions.jpg|Lady Frumperton's Fashions
Frag mines1 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mines2 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mines3 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mines4 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mines5 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mines6 Lincoln Memorial.jpg|Lincoln Memorial
Frag mine1 Meresti ST.jpg|Meresti service tunnel
Frag mine2 Meresti ST.jpg|Meresti service tunnel
Frag mines3 Meresti ST.jpg|Meresti service tunnel
Frag mine1 Minuteman metro station.jpg|Minuteman Metro station
Frag mine2 Minuteman metro station.jpg|Minuteman Metro station
Frag mines1 National Archives rotunda.jpg|National Archives rotunda
Frag mines2 National Archives rotunda.jpg|National Archives rotunda
Frag mines3 National Archives rotunda.jpg|National Archives rotunda
Frag mines4 National Archives rotunda.jpg|National Archives rotunda
Frag mine1 OLofHope hospital.jpg|Our Lady of Hope Hospital
Frag mines2 OLofHope hospital.jpg|Our Lady of Hope Hospital
Frag mine3 OLofHope hospital.jpg|Our Lady of Hope Hospital
Frag mines Overlook drive-in.jpg|The Overlook Drive-In
Frag mines2 Overlook drive-in.jpg|The Overlook Drive-In
Frag mines1 Penn Avenue NW.jpg|Penn. Ave Northwest
Frag mines1 raider outpost.jpg|Raider outpost
Frag mines2 raider outpost.jpg|Raider outpost
Frag mines3 raider outpost.jpg|Raider outpost
Frag mines4 raider outpost.jpg|Raider outpost
Frag mine1 Rivet City bow.jpg|Rivet City bow
Frag mine2 Rivet City bow.jpg|Rivet City bow
Frag mines1 SatCom Array NW05A.jpg|SatCom Array NW-05a
Frag mines2 SatCom Array NW05A.jpg|SatCom Array NW-05a
Fo3 frag mines The Preacher SS.jpg|Seward Square East, The Preacher location
Frag mines1 tepid sewers.jpg|Tepid sewers
Frag mines2 tepid sewers.jpg|Tepid sewers
Frag mines3 tepid sewers.jpg|Tepid sewers
Frag mines4 tepid sewers.jpg|Tepid sewers
Frag mine1 utility tunnels.jpg|Utility tunnels
Frag mine2 utility tunnels.jpg|Utility tunnels
Frag mine3 utility tunnels.jpg|Utility tunnels
Frag mines1 Vault 92.jpg|Vault 92
Frag mines2 Vault 92.jpg|Vault 92
Frag mines3 Vault 92.jpg|Vault 92
Frag mines4 Vault 92.jpg|Vault 92
Frag mines1 Vernon East Takoma Park.jpg|Vernon East/Takoma Park
Frag mines2 Vernon East Takoma Park.jpg|Vernon East/Takoma Park
Frag mines1 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mines2 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mines3 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mines4 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mine5 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mine6 Washington Monument.jpg|Washington Monument
Frag mines yao guai cave.jpg|Yao guai cave
Frag mine OO powerworks.jpg|Old Olney underground 
;Unarmed
Frag grenades Bethesda Offices West.jpg|Bethesda Offices West
Frag mines Chryslus Building.jpg|Chryslus Building
Frag mines raider outpost.jpg|Cliffside cavern
Duck and Cover! Signal Sierra Victor.jpg|Drainage chamber, Signal Sierra Victor
Frag mines Falls Church Metro.jpg|Falls Church Metro
Frag mines Falls Church Mason.jpg|Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro
FO3 Flooded Metro Raider Camp1.jpg|Flooded metro raider camp
Fo3 frag mines Fort Bannister.jpg|Fort Bannister
Frag mine LOB Enterprises shelf.jpg|L.O.B. Enterprises
Frag mine LOB Enterprises box.jpg|L.O.B. Enterprises
Frag grenades2 LOB Enterprises EW.jpg|L.O.B. Enterprises, east wing
Fo3 frag mines NGD armory.jpg|National Guard depot, armory
Meresti raider's dock2.jpg|Riverside raider shacks
Frag mine SatCom Array NN03da.jpg|SatCom Array NN-03d
Fo3 frag mines Tenleytown FS.jpg|Tenleytown/Friendship station, outer north, near generator
Fo3 frag mines tepid sewers.jpg|Tepid sewers
Fo3 frag mines Vault 106 lq.jpg|Vault 106, living quarters, floor above science labs entrance
Fo3 frag mines Vault 106 lq1.jpg|Vault 106, living quarters, floor above the other two mines
Wheaton armory goodies.jpg|Wheaton Armory
Fo3 frag mines YGT.jpg|Yao guai tunnels, in the center of the tunnels
FO3 sealed armory4.jpg|Outcast outpost armory 
BS Frag mines Talon Company camp.jpg|East of the Capitol Building 
BS Frag mine OO underground shelf.jpg|Old Olney underground 
BS Frag mine OO underground sandbags.jpg|Old Olney underground 
BS Frag mines OO underground med room.jpg|Old Olney underground 
BS Frag mines Satellite control tower.jpg|Satellite control tower 
BS Frag mines utility.jpg|Utility 
Fo3MZ frag mines Tesla armor weapons lab.jpg|Weapons lab 
==See also==
* Mine box
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