Location of best repair shop?

[zBeeble42]

I've got a good repair skill myself... but when I find new unique items --- say a plasma laser --- for the first time, I have to wait until I find more of them before I can get them into good repair. Most of the repair shops only repair to around 50%.

 

So are there any "good' repair shops?

[MaXiMiUS]

Go to Canterbury Commons, and invest in the travelling merchants.

 

Once you invest in Lucky Harith (or whatever his name is) he can repair to 70%

[Olurum]

I was looking for a high repair shop too.

 

Too bad that because of my level, any merchant that loads into existance is instantly turned into mincemeat by a deathclaw... literally within a few seconds before I can even reach them. So I refused to invest in any of them because of their high chance of death.

 

I'll have to wait for a mod that makes merchants scale in level like everything else does.

[Merinid]

2Olurum I think making merchants (or a single merchant you have invested in) essential chars will solve the problem. ;) Of course they won't be strong enough to take out a deathclaw, but at least they will never die until you save them.

[ComicKaze]

Lucky actually has a repair skill of 75 in my game and I'm a level 18 character. I've never had an issue with merchants dying. Then again, I only ever meet them outside of towns (I will goto Megaton or Cantubury commons and just wait there).

[mikekearn]

Crazy Wolfgang has the best repair in the game after you invest in him twice. It's the only reason to, as all he sells is junk readily available elsewhere. And I agree with Merinid; if you are playing on the PC, making the merchants essential is a must. I've had many occasions where I couldn't leave Megaton by the door because no matter how long I waited, a Deathclaw was waiting for me when I left. I had to fast travel away and come back on foot to be able to save whichever merchant happened to be outside at the time.