Magazine

Last updated for version `1.8.0-BETA-7`

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**Magazines** in Horizon have been altered and the appearance and amount to collect has been increased. However, the level of metagaming has been reduced. Form magazine (fixed) locations, contain now dynamic magazines, packages of which grant magazine on chance. Next to magazines, guides can be found. Both, magazines and guides grant perk ranks (which equals to +5 skill points). Perks, in this context are known as "Recipes" and can increase a skill up to 50 points and each recipe usually consists of 10 ranks. Ranks are required for crafting various items. By reading, the player simply receives skill points, educates himself. Last but not least, magazines can be traded for special items in the Mailbox. The vendor Crazy Eddie in the Market Trading Terminal is selling sealed literature packages which contain either a random Magazine or a Guide.

## Obtaining

* Loot: Enemies, some bosses have a guaranteed chance of dropping a guide.
* Loot: Containers (randomly)
	+ Trunks/safes can have random guides. Locked safes have a 2nd chance to drop random guides. Master locked pre-war safes always have at least 1 guide.
	+ Locked ammo boxes have a chance to drop ballistic ammo guides.
	+ Medkits have a chance to drop a medical journal. Locked medkits have a 2nd chance to drop a medical journal.
	+ Some "boss-level" trunks have a higher chance of dropping a guide.
* Mailbox (incoming message)
	+ The Locksmith perk gives a mail with Locksmith Guides at rank 1 and 3
	+ The Hacker perk gives a mail with Hacking Guides at rank 1 and 3
	+ Codsworth at 50 Affinity = Sends 1 Hacking Guide
	+ Codsworth at 150 Affinity = Sends 1 Energy Ammo Guide, if Science is trained
	+ Anonymous Sender = Sends 1 Ammo Guide, if Gun Nut is trained
* Trading: Vendors
* Locations: Vanilla Locations (some Magazines have been replaced by "Sealed Magazines")
* Settler Missions: Scavenging has a higher chance of finding a guide
* Settler Missions: Assault missions have a higher chance of finding a guide (higher skills can find 2 guides)
* Settler Missions: Entertainers have a small chance of finding certain utility-based guides

## Mailbox

🌀 *The content below is transcluded from Mailbox#Outgoing Mail.*
Beer, Nuka-Cola, VIM and Magazines/Guides can be placed into the Outgoing Mail container. This is basically like writing down the info learned, and then selling the original magazine to a trader:

* Gwinnett Ale/Brew/Lager/Pale/Pils/Stout (+All "Ice Cold" variants).
* Standard, Cherry, Quantum (+All "Cold" variants) and all DLC variants.
* VIM

Each mail cycle will mail them out. One mail cycle is 36 hours long (108 minutes real-time).

## Dynamic Magazines

Many vanilla pre-war Magazines that are placed around the world are now randomized loot. Not all placed magazines are replaced. Magazines are replaced with a "Sealed Magazine Package", which has it's own envelope style package graphic:

### Sealed Magazine Package

Will always give a vanilla pre-war magazine, and not a Horizon guide

### Sealed Literature Package

Are different, and located in other sources, and contains random guides or magazines

## Recipes

The table provides information about the respective "recipes" and their connection to magazines and guides. Although there are only "10" ranks, depending what type of magazine has been found, more ranks can unlock until a total of 50 skill points is reached, similar to the dynamic skill gain logic. Duplicate issues can occure which do nothing , it's random.

🌀 *The content below transcludes to Perk.*

**Rare Screenplay** - The Silver Shroud Begins, Mistress of Mystery, The Inspector: Showdown, Manta Man: Watery Grave, Grognak the Conquerer

## Special

### You're SPECIAL!

The book can be found in Sanctuary Hills near the crib in the ruins of the players home.

* Using this item will instantly grant 1 perk point.
* This item is located in the "AID" tab.
* Raising an attribute to 11 is no longer possible.

### Vault-Tec Training Manual

The book can be found in the Root Cellar in Sanctuars Hills and is part of Horizon's own item range.

* Using this item will instantly grant 1 perk point.
* This item is located in the "AID" tab.
* This item is not available for existing save games!

## See Also

* Skill
* Mailbox