In fallout there are three uses.
Fallout 1 glow rope.
Use a rope and descend down the crater.
Rope is a strong thick line made of braided brahmin hair.
Two are needed to descend the elevator shafts in vault 15 and one to enter the glow.
There is also a rope located in vault 15 itself to allow immediate ascent to the third level.
Quite a few merchants stock them including seth in shady sands.
About 45 feet in length.
This lets you go to level 5.
Fix the power generator on level 6.
On the floor in the hut next to the field where the plants are growing.
In order to gain entry into the brotherhood of steel bunker they ll send you on a quest to a place called the glow.
Kill all of the robots that you see before you turn on the power.
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Raid everything lockers dead bodies etc.
On a bookshelf in one of the buildings.
In fallout 2 its only use is to climb down the well in the modoc caves.
Right before you enter the glow swallow two radx s.
You can buy some rad x from vance in the hub s old town.
As expected the place is irradiated and will kill the unprepared.
The glow can be found eight squares east and twenty four squares south of vault 13.
Rope can be found in two places in shady sands.
The west tek research facility colloquially known as the glow or great glow after the great war was founded in 2055 as the primary biological research installation for west tek later expanded to accommodate advanced weapons labs.
Enter the glow and use the rope on the metal bar that extends out into the crater.