General Overview
Research Books are books that the player can spend time reading to increase their Skill Levels denoted by the book.
These books were added on June 22 in the V.346 or "Penitent Scholar" update, along with the introduction of "First Tier" skill progression.
Book Names and Skill Bonuses
- Frontier Rifleman (+5pts Rifle Skill)
- Guns! Guns! Guns! (+10pts Rifle Skill)
- Wilderness Kitchen (+10pts Cooking Skill)
- The Frozen Angler (+10pts Fishing Skill)
- Field Dressing Your Kill (+10pts Skinning Skill)
- Survive the Outdoors! (+10pts Fire Starting Skill)
Locations
Possible locations for certain research book spawns.
Mystery Lake
Camp Office - always contains one of these books:
- Wilderness Kitchen (on the shelving unit that is at the first floor)
- Frontier Rifleman (at the first floor next to the broken radio)
- Survive the Outdoors! (on the shelving unit upstairs next to the dresser)
- Field Dressing Your Kill (on the shelving unit upstairs next to the dresser, seems to be found less frequently than 3 other books)
- Wilderness Kitchen
- Frontier Rifleman
- or no book at all
- The Frozen Angler
- Field Dressing Your Kill
- Survive the Outdoors!
- Survive the Outdoors! (Inside the Max's Backpack. Note: Unsure if this is possible for all backpack loot tables but i've found it in this backpack twice and not once in another)
- Wilderness Kitchen
- Frontier Rifleman
Ice Fishing Cabins
- The Frozen Angler
Carter River - inside a cave which connects Mystery Lake and Pleasant Valley
- Wilderness Kitchen
Coastal Highway
Car near the spilled part of the highway which is not far away of the Quonset Gas Station. (exact location here)
- Frontier Rifleman
Fishing Camp - (on the work bench)
- The Frozen Angler
Pleasant Valley
Cave next to Mystic River Picnic Area
- Guns! Guns! Guns!
- Frontier Rifleman
- Wilderness Kitchen
Abandoned Mine (another name - Cinder Hills Coal Mine)
- Survive the Outdoors!
Hunters Blind (near the entrance to a cave which connects Mystery Lake and Pleasant Valley
- Field Dressing Your Kill
Timberwolf Mountain
- The Frozen Angler
- Wilderness Kitchen
Cave (Second one after walking north from Engine)
- Survive the Outdoors!
Tail Section
- Field Dressing Your Kill
Desolation Point
Hibernia Processing - inside the refinery, second floor
- The Frozen Angler
- Frontier Rifleman
- Field Dressing Your Kill
- Survive the Outdoors!
- The Frozen Angler
Notes
- Books can be burned in a fire. Like the unnamed Books scattered throughout the world, they provide eighteen base minutes of fire and provide a +15% boost to burning. Take care that the book isn't burned before using it, as it will be forever lost.
- Light is required to read a book. Therefore, it must be done by a light source. During the day, being outside is often enough, but the player should watch for predators and the weather. Indoors, the player can usually have enough light being by a window. At nighttime, the player requires a Fire.