How to get the Blackhawk.

In this guide I describe to the reader how to obtain the Blackhawk from Fallout 3. I used Fallout Wikia for most of the information.

Blackhawk

The Blackhawk is one of my favorite guns in Fallout 3. Here are some stats on this gun.

Blackhawk Stats

Stat	Data
Type of gun	Scoped .44 Magnum
Skill	Small Guns
Damage	55
Damage Per Second	123.8
Damage Per Second (Reload)	58.2
Critical Damage	45
Projectiles	1
Shots Per Second	2.3
Action Points	32
Weapon Spread	.3
Ammo	.44 Magnum
Bullets	6
Ammo Cap	6
Reload Time	3 Seconds
Weight	4
Value	500 Caps

Those are the stats on the Blackhawk. The regular scoped .44 Magnum can fire 9 more shots than the Blackhawk can before breaking. The Blackhawk can shoot 218 from full condition before breaking but the Blackhawk makes up for it by being 1.57 times more powerfull than the regular scoped .44 magnum.

Quest

Agatha's Song

Agatha's Song is a quest and achievement/trophy in Fallout 3. It is a quest that you must complete for this weapon. Here is a walkthrough that I got off of Fallout 3 Wikia.

Originally posted by Fallout Wikia:

Meeting Agatha

Agatha's house is northeast of Meresti trainyard and west of the Scrapyard, and is surrounded by piles of rock, except for the small passage from the west over a wood suspension bridge. This bridge is located just west of where the two sets of upraised monorail tracks become parallel to each other.

Who is Agatha

Agatha is an elderly violinist who broadcasts her music through her late husband's old radio gear. She wants to get back the Soil Stradivarius, which was owned by her great-great-grandmother's sister Hilda. Agatha believes the violin is still in Vault 92, where the nation's best musicians were housed. She offers the frequency of her radio signal as a reward, but with an easy Speech check or a high Charisma, she'll also immediately provide the key to her husband's ammunition box in exchange for promising to get the violin for her. Having the Lady Killer perk makes the Speech/Charisma check unnecessary. She doesn't know the location of the vault, but if asked she can provide the location of Vault-Tec headquarters on the Pip-Boy 3000. At this point, going to Vault-Tec headquarters is entirely optional, considering that the locations of all vaults in the Capital Wasteland become available while doing the main quest "Picking Up the Trail".

Getting to Vault-Tec headquarters (Optional)

Vault-Tec headquarters can be accessed via Vernon Square. Vault-Tec headquarters is close to one exit of the Metro Junction tunnels: Vernon Square North.

This station can be accessed from Chevy Chase East, the same region that has the GNR Plaza.
Metro Junction can also be accessed from Dupont Circle.
Vernon Square can also be accessed from Pennsylvania Avenue.
From Vernon Square, head for the northernmost part to find the Vernon Square North map marker. Vault-Tec headquarters is just next to the Metro Junction exit.

Discover the location of Vault 92

Once inside Vault-Tec headquarters, head for the Vault-Tec mainframe. The building is divided into 3 sections: Guest Relations (Lobby), the Corporate Offices and the Administration. The building is still protected by several automated units such as protectrons, robobrains, turrets, and, depending on character level and the game difficulty setting, sentry bots. A good supply of pulse grenades should help here. There are also a few remaining super mutants in the lobby.

The mainframe is located in the Administration section. Gaining access to it requires permission from System Operation Stations 1, 2 and 3. System Operation Station 1 is in the room at the top of the stairs that lead to the lower level in the administrations room. System Operation Station 2 is in the last room on the left after coming up the stairs from The Guest Relations to Administration. System Operation Station 3 is in a lower level room (near the door from Administration to Corporate Offices) on a desk next to another terminal. Alternately, most everything in Administration can be skipped by passing by the System Operation Station 3 into the lower floor of the mainframe room. In the southwest corner of the room, the pipes are laid out so that it is possible to jump onto them, then onto one of the server towers (the one with the red lights) under the path to the mainframe. Next, one can simply edge forward while standing on top of one of the server towers until touching the mainframe itself. At this point, it is possible to download the vault locations. Gaining access to the mainframe enables downloading the location of Vault 87, Vault 92, Vault 101, Vault 106, and Vault 108 onto the Pip-Boy.

If the quest 'Picking Up the Trail' is already active, then the locations of all Vaults will be marked on the Pip-Boy map by Scribe Rothchild in the Citadel laboratory, during the start of the quest.

If Vault 92 is already discovered without having gone to Vault-Tec headquarters before accepting the quest, then when the quest begins the optional objective of finding Vault-Tec headquarters will already be marked as accomplished, and the first objective will be to recover the violin from Vault 92.

Recover the Soil Stradivarius from Vault 92

Vault 92 is infested with mirelurks, mirelurk hunters, mirelurk kings, bloatflies, and radroaches. The Soil Stradivarius is located within the most southwestern room in the Sound Testing section of the Vault on a table.

Entering the Vault, go straight, the room should have 3 doors. The door in front leads to the Atrium, the door on the left has signs that say Classroom and Lab and leads directly to the Sound Testing section. The door on the right is unmarked and leads to the Living Quarters containing sheet music, which can be given to Agatha later for another reward.

Moving through the vault can be done in at least two ways:

With the ability to pick Average locks, one can go left, directly to the violin, and either ignore the sheet music book or get it after the violin. To choose this path, enter the door straight ahead, which shortly leads to the Sound Testing area. Once there, several mirelurks will pose resistance. An easier difficulty setting results in 2 regular mirelurks and 2 mirelurk hunters. At a harder level, it will be 4 mirelurk hunters. After dealing with the mirelurks, take the corridor on the right. At the intersection, go right around a corner. On the left will be a staircase leading down with a sign saying Lab above it. There will be 2 mirelurk kings or mirelurk hunters (depending upon character level).
Lacking the ability to pick Average locks requires going right, through the Living Quarters, to get the violin. Along the way, the sheet music book can be found in the Male Dorm bathroom by taking the first door on the right, then going through the open door, then taking another right, and finally looking in a closed stall behind the toilet. The Woman's Dorm Security terminal can be used to perform a noise flush and kill all the mirelurks in that area. After optionally finding the sheet music book, continue through the Living Quarters until reaching the upper floor of the Atrium. There should be a door to the Reactor section, which has a mirelurk hunter, and an unmarked door that leads to the Sound Testing section. Go through the unmarked door. Once there, immediately to the right should be a staircase with the sign Lab above it leading down. There will be 2 mirelurk kings or mirelurk hunters (depending upon character level).
At the bottom of the staircase and around a corner is a 4-way intersection. Directly ahead is an average-locked storeroom with a Stealth Boy, ammunition boxes, medical supplies, and an average-locked safe. To the right is a room with the first mirelurk king (or mirelurk hunter), a juke box, a soda machine, a refrigerator, and a pre-War book. To the left is a T-intersection. The computer terminal that grants access to the music studio (and the second mirelurk king or mirelurk hunter) is to the left of the T-intersection. It also contains a Nikola Tesla and You. The violin is to the right of the T-intersection, with a laser pistol and an Easy-locked safe with another Stealth Boy.

Return to Agatha

Upon completion of this quest, Agatha will provide the frequency to her radio channel for the Pip-Boy. It plays violin music and can be heard across the entire Capital Wasteland.

Bringing Agatha back a sheet music book, which can be found in Vault 92 and several other locations (Locations tab), leads her to turn over the Blackhawk and 12 .44 magnum rounds that were previously owned by her husband who passed away. Getting the Blackhawk requires asking for the reward. Being rude towards Agatha causes the Blackhawk's condition to be somewhat facetiously halved.

Locations of Sheet Music Book

Description

There are 6 locations that the sheet music book can be found. You only need one to obtain the Blackhawk. Once one is given to Agatha she will not accept anymore. Scribe Yearling in the Arlington Library will also not accept them even though she is the Brotherhood of Steel wants all pre-war books. The 6 locations are Arlington Library, National Archives, Roosevelt Academy, Springvale School, The Statesman Hotel, and Vault 92. The guide to the books is from Fallout Wikia.

Originally posted by Fallout Wikia:

Arlington Library

Found in the children's wing of the library, past the firehose box. Go right, past the Nuka-Cola vending machine, and enter the first room that comes up. The music paper is in the right cubicle by a music stand on the floor. If you look at the local map, it's in the upper of the two rooms on the left side of the map.

National Archives

Found in the first room in the archive sub-basement, when entering from the lift with Sydney. The room is full of books and broken metal shelves; the sheet music is on the bottom shelf of the west wall.

Roosevelt Academy

Found in the arts and athletics hall on the stage near the music stands, which are to the right of the stage.

Springvale School

Enter the front door of Springvale elementary and turn to the right. Entering a hallway, go to the first room to the right, and there will be a couple of mattresses and a flipped over desk. Walk around over to the desk, and right behind it is a sheet music book.

The Statesman Hotel

Found on the roof, near the music stands and chairs.

Vault 92

Found within the living quarters, in the bathroom of the men's quarters, inside the closed bathroom stall and on the ground next to the toilet.

Shortcut

If you just want the gun now this is the section for you. The shortcut is the command console built in game. You can access this by hitting this key ~. It is usually under the escape key and above the tab key. This will freeze the game and puts a command line on the bottom of the screen. Here you can add anything that is in the game. From perks, enemies, companions, items, and delete things from the game. This is a useful tool to fix bugs and of course add the Blackhawk. All you need to type is player.additem 000303a2 1 The first part is the command and 8 digits is the item and the last number is the quantity of the item. So for the ammo you would type player.additem 0002937e How ever many bullets you want

Sources

I used Fallout Wikia to make this guide. This website is the best place to go for anything in-game about Fallout. It is where I got the Id for the gun and ammo and it helped me finish Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas 100%. If your stuck on something this is a great website to try to find the solution.

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