Fallout 2 Walkthrough

Katman's Fallout 2 FAQ, version 6.5
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Make sure it contains no Dreamcast refrences, as he becomes bitter and
resentful at the mention of that awful machine. (It's because he envies people
that have them) Thank you. Oh yeah, and he doesn't want to buy anything, or
visit anyone's website that doesn't involve video games or parodies of such.
But he's happy to talk. Really. No kidding. He REALLY hates the Dreamcast... He
likes the Playstation and N64 though, so feel free to talk about that. But he
doesn't like the Dreamcast. He likes the Saturn though, but he doesn't like
Sports games, so don't mention those... He should type up something about what
not to talk to him about... Oh yeah, and no sex sites or porn, his folks'll get
mad... He needs a secretary... He also likes to talk about Brave Fencer
Musashi! Definately! But if you don't like that don't bother! If you've never
PLAYED it , that's fine... Oh yeah, he likes Pokémon! He REALLY likes the NUON,
even though it's REALLY old. And Blink 182! But not Duran Duran... He changed
his mind about Pokemon recently, BTW. He used to not like it.
OK, it's time for the "Don't put this thing on your site without asking
threat!" My new obsession is The Sims, so if you do put my FAQ on your site
without asking, I'll make a Sim out of you, then fence it in outside till it
dies! Or make it swim in the pool till it dies! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! My
copy of the Sims is HERE, too, so I can actually do this, BTW! Whoo hoo!
Oh yeah, this FAQ is dedicated to the Bomfunk MCs, which you've probably never
heard of since they're from Finland.
Version List
1.0 The first version
1.4 Added to the walkthrough, added this version list. Also worked and filled
out some of the other sections, take a look again.
1.8 Added even more stuff. This is getting really fleshed out!
2.0 I'm getting lots of e-mail! This must be really popular. Added something
from some guy/chick named Tone on Navarro. My Wordpad is beginning to annoy me,
since whenever I try to cut/paste something it starts double-spacing all my
lines...
2.5 More walkthrough stuff. Almost done...
3.0 Actually, the guy Tone's name in version 2.0 is actually Ari. My bad. More
walkthrough stuff, actually the walkthrough is complete! Yay! Of course, I
still haven't covered EVERYTHING yet. Added a section on my next projects. Oh
yeah, and I removed the glossary cuz it was a bad idea to begin with. Oh, and a
Links section, and a Things I Need From You (Not That You Perv!) section. This
is the biggest update to date (Hey, I made a funny...) And an About Katman
section. I need those KBs bad...
3.4 Minor additons, nothing suprising. Got rid of the stupid Ryan Hathaway
line, no one knows who he is anyway. The walktrhough is now COMPLETELY
COMPLETE!
3.8 Added a section on Wasteland, the little-known DOS game that started it
all.
4.0 I didn't send 3.8 out, so if you have it, you made it up yourself. This is
the "Hurry up EBWorld, bring my copy of The Sims!" update, meaning I'm doing it
because I have absolutely nothing else to do because it's only been four days
since I ordered The Sims, apart from work on Tale of the Sword and play Donkey
Kong 64. And since I'm a little sick of hunting golden bananas (KONG! KONG!
DONKEY KONG! YEAH!), and since the darn game's still too F***ing easy (can we
say, ONE HIT KO'S ON EVERY SINGLE DARN THING!!!!! ? I know we could! You can
kill the Katman-programmed bosses in one hit, you can kill the main character
Xane in one hit, you can even kill the secret boss, Epsilon in one hit with the
Star Wave spell!), and I still don't have an artist or musician, I'm working on
this right now. Removed the About Katman section, since no one cares who I am
anyway, and removed the listing about removing the Glossary, becasue it was
redundant.
X.XX Well people, I guess it's time to say goodbye to this FAQ. I think it's
finished. You may keep sending things in, and I will update it if people do.
However, I don't think I personally will add anything more. I have other FAQs
to work on, and my game, "Tale of the Sword" as well. Send in those e-mails,
folks! I'll still post them!
5.0 Or maybe it's not finished. READ THE STUFF AT THE TOP! IT'S IMPORTANT!
6.0 Wow! A whole number in one swell foop! That's because I haven't added
anything in a long, long, long time, and everyone is getting uppity with me.
New in this version is a section chronicaling (Is that spellled right?) the
many jokes, none of which is made by me, but by a pal of mine (Well, a net pal,
you know what I mean. Never actually met 'im :-) named Patrick, or Pat,
depending whether or not you're an authority figure or parent, in his words
:-).
6.3 More funny stuff added. Yes, laugh, laugh out loud, you'll lose weight :-)
(No, it's not an insult, you just don't watch The Simpsons enough, Tommy :-)
6.4 Removed the dumb Mail from the Readers section.
6.5 Minor changes, nothing big. Go read one of my other FAQs.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Intro to the FAQ
1.2 Intro to the Series
1.2a Intro to Wasteland
1.2b Intro to Fallout
1.2c Intro to Fallout 2
1.2d Summary
2. Character Generation
3. Fallout 2 Walkthrough
3.1 Arroyo and the Temple of Trials
3.2 The Den
3.3 Klamath and the Toxic Caves
3.4 Modoc and the Ghost Farm
3.5 Redding
3.6 Vault City, Vault 8, and Gecko
3.7 The Raiders' Camp
3.8 Broken Hills
3.9 New Reno, Golgotha, and the Stables
3.10 The Sierra Army Depot
3.11 Vault 15 and the New California Republic
3.12 Vault 13
3.13 The Military Base
3.14 San Francisco
3.15 Navarro
3.16 San Fran revisited
3.17 The United States of America (Oil Rig)
4. Hints and Tips
4.1 Fallout 2
5. Conclusion
6. Useless Items List
7. Credits/People I Don't Like (PIDL, Prounounced PIDDLE)
8. Katman's Next/Other Projects (NEW!)
9. Links
10. Things I Need From You
11. !NEW! Reader-Submitted Section: The Many Jokes of Fallout 2 :-)
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Intro to the FAQ
The Fallout series is simply excellent. The games have a "feel" of thier own,
and with the innovative battle system and interface, are complicated enough for
RPG fanatics like myself, and  it can be replayed over and over again. Any RPG
fanatic should go to www.ebworld.com and do the old credit card thing and buy
it.
1.2 Intro to the Series
The Fallout series currently consists of two games, dubbed Fallout and Fallout
2. Made by Black Isle, a subdivision of Interplay, they are "back to the
basics" Role Playing Games (RPGs). They are set in a post-apocalyptic setting,
after a devastating nuclear war, in Southern California. They center on
exploration and diplomacy more than combat, but in both games you're gonna have
to bust some heads and bust some caps to win.  is sorta like that too, except
you're in Allucaneet Kingdom instead of California.
They rely on the "General Universal Role Playing System" or "GURPS" system.
This has been used in other games as well, like Planescape:Torment. The games
have a graphic engine consisting of well-animated sprites against rendered
backgrounds. They are not 3D, but are very deep and engrossing so it hardly
matters. By far, the Fallout series is one of the best of all time.
1.1a Intro to Wasteland
Wasteland, a prequel to Fallout 1, sets you as a team of Desert Rangers in the
California desert after a nuclear apocolypse. This game IS indeed a part of the
Fallout series (the inner flap of the Fallout 1 package asks "Remember
Wasteland?", but is so different from the other games that it's a game of its
own. Nothing really recognizable from the other two games is here, and to tell
you the truth this is more like a post-nuclear PHANTASY STAR (Sega Master
System) than anything else. This is a Fallout Series FAQ, so thanks to the
miracle of emulation I'll be getting a copy of Wasteland soon enough. Expect a
walkthrough and hints/tips then.
1.2b Intro to Fallout
Fallout 1 sets you as a young man (or woman) who lives in a vault, one of many
scattered around the wasteland. These Vaults were built before the war for
people to live in. After the war, the vaults opened, and the inhabitants
usually emerged to explore and begin a new life.
However, Vault 13 never opened, as the inhabitants were content. Unfortunately,
the chip that controls the machine to purify water for the Vault breaks down,
leaving the poor souls there with only 150 days worth of water. You are chosen
to head out into the wastes to retrieve a new chip, or at least some more
water. In the process, you'll battle mutated rats, scorpions, and people, and
defeat an evil mutant army that's planning to rule the world. If you want one,
go to www.ebworld.com and get it for 13 bucks! I'm not kidding, I got mine
there! :-) :-) :-)
1.2c Intro to Fallout 2
Fallout 2 sets you once again as a young woman (or man). However this time
you're from a tribe begun by the former hero of Fallout 1, the Vault Dweller.
Your tribe is dying, and they need the holy Garden of Eden Creation Kit to
survive. You are sent to find one.
Fallout 2 has you once again battling rats, scorpions, people, and plants, and
also introduces the evil Enclave, an orginization planning to kill everyone but
themselves!
Changes from Fallout 1
*Interface bar is a different color
*Many new character models and monsters
*New textures
*Many new weapons
*Can avoid random encounters
*Can get hitched :-)
*Many new chances to score...
*NPCs are much more customizable
*There's a chance for an expansion pack...
*You can't type in stuff to ask people anymore...
*No real time limit
*Much, much harder, the skill checks can be impossible (The first game was
pitifuly easy...)
1.2d Summary
And this isn't to say neither game had problems. There are graphical glitches,
and they seem too gory for thier own good sometimes (you can punch someone and
blow half their chest off! Ouch!) The series, Wasteland in particular (This is
the darkest of the GURPS games. One scene involves your characters into
shooting a traumatized boy's rabid dog (you have to fight it!)), is very dark
and cold. It's definately not for anyone under 13, and those above that (even
20-30 year olds :-) should have parentaly permission. I say this, even though
I'm not a believer in the school of thought that says children are so
incredibly stupid as to have thier actions influenced by video games. Some
people may find the combat system and general FEEL of the game just too
complicated. However, it's the general ambiance of the series that makes it so
fun. It's impossible to describe. From the 60's style artifacts (I'm not
kidding here!), to the constantly smiling PIPBoy in the Fallout games that
shows up everywhere doing everything from blast aliens to counterfeit money to
even knock up some PIPGirls (lucky stiff...), to the rusty appearance of the
interface, these games have it all. Go ahead and buy them. Now.
1.3 Intro Song
Fallout 2: A Kiss to Build a Dream On
(The intro begins with a trumpet solo. We see the outside of a room, and hear
this part of a song)
Oh, give me
A kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination
will feed my hungry heart
Give me
one thing before we part
a kiss to build a dream on...
(The view moves inside of a room, and we see a projector and screen. The
projector comes on, while the song is still playing...)
Yeah, give me
A kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination
will make that moment live
Give me
what you alone can give
a kiss to build a dream on
(The projector is showing a movie called LEAVING THE VAULT. It shows cartoony
characters preparing to leave a bomb shelter. There are 2 rules, it says.)
Rule 1: Wear protective eye wear (Years of living in the Vault can make one's
eyes sensitive to sunlight. Failure to do this can result in ETREME eye
damage!)
Rule 2: Line up in an orderly fashion
(Meanwhile, the song is in a trumpet solo, so we can concentrate on the movie.
It is showing how you can build a new life)
Once you leave the Vault, prepare to build a new life using the GARDEN OF EDEN
CREATION KIT!
G.E.C.K
With the GECK, you can create the new world you've been waiting for!
(The picture changes to a photo of a suburban street, circa 1950. The words
"RESULTS NOT GARUNTEED" are in the top corner.)
Oh give me
A kiss to build a dream on
and my imagination
will build upon that kiss
Oh, baby, all I ask is this
A kiss to build a dream on!
(The projector flashes off, and we see a metal door with red lights above it.
The door flies open, and we enter. We see a heavy Vault door. The controls
activate, and the door opens, reavealing a silhoueted family. The camera pans
over to a man wearing insectoid armor. He raises a gun. We see the family one
last time before he begins to fire.)
Fallout 1: Maybe
After "Fallout" appears on a black screen, a picture flashes up of a cartoony
guy standing near a plant. The scene switches to the guy behind a Vault door.
It closes as he waves at us.
A song is playing:
Maayyyyyyybbbeeeeeee
You'll think of me
When you are all alone
The screen then changes to "GALAXY NEWS NETWORK". "Our boys keep the peace in
newly annexed Canada!" It shows a man tied up, with two men in futuristic armor
behind him. One pulls out a gun and shoots the struggling man twice in the back
of the head.
Maybe the one who
is waiting for you
will prove untrue
then what will you do?
We then see a commercial for a robot: MR. HANDY! He's sooo HANDY! It shows Mr.
Handy walking the dog :-)
Maybe you'll sit and sigh
wishing that I were near...
Thennnn
Maybe-maybe-mabye
(The TV breaks, and we see that it was sitting in a deserted wasteland, in the
ruins of a house.)
2. Character Generation
The Fallout series boasts a very detailed character system, consisting of
distribution of points to skills and attributes. At the beginning of each game,
you need to create a character to represent you in the game (Like the Avatar in
the Ultima series). Creating an effective character is what this chapter will
go into.
First you need to name your character. For males, Katman is an EXCELLENT name,
as is Joe, Bob, Dan, Don, Fred, George, and Juan. For females, Joan, Jane,
Joanna, Anna, Ana, Anais, anything ending with an A or an I will work fine.
To begin with, your character has 7 basic statistics. They are:
Strength - Strength determines your pure physical strength. It determines how
much damage you do with your fists or a close-range (hand-to-hand) weapon. It
also determines your Hit Points and how much you can carry. Strength is put
into play in many parts of the game, giving it Importance Rank 4. Low strength
can be counteracted by Advanced Power Armour (adds 4 to ST!) and a module chip
for Strength (Adds another 1!) so 4 or 5 natural Strength is best later in the
game.
Perception - Perception is not just what you can see, it's also what you can
smell, touch, taste, and hear. Perception is used to determine how good you are
at stealing, lockpicking, and using traps, and also how good you are with guns
and throwing weapons. High perception is useful if you plan to snipe folks.
This is used in some quests, giving it Importance Rank 3.
Endurance - Endurance is how long you can sustain something, whether it be
poison, radiation, carrying stuff, or damage. Endurance determines how many Hit
Points you get each level, and also your natural resistance to Poison and
Radiation. It also helps determine your carrying weight. It is not used in any
quest, giving it importance rank 5.
Intelligence - Intelligence is your IQ, brains, smarts, that sort of thing. The
sort of thing you lose by watching too much TV, you know? This determines how
many skill points you get to add to your skills each level. It determines what
you can say to people, how good you are with computers, stuff like that. It is
by far the most important statistic, and you should try to get a nine in it or
better at the start. It's Importance Rank is 1, the highest.
Charisma - Charisma is a combination of how you look and how you act around
people. Your "People Skills" so to speak. Charisma determines how people react
to you, and how many party members you can carry. If you want to pimp your
spouse, like it says on the box, or sell them into slavery, you need a Charisma
of at least 7. However, you really don't want to get married anyway, and a low
Charisma can be easily bypassed by drugs (or, in the case of party size,
Perks), so it is the least important stat. It's Importance Rank is 7, the
lowest.
Agility - Agility is how fast you are. Agility is used to tell if you can avoid
traps, how many Action Points you are given each turn, whether you can dodge
attacks or not, and a few skills. Try to get an 8 in this, since having a full
10 APs is very important for combat. It's Importance Rank is 2.
Luck - Luck is, well, the effect fate has on you. Good Luck is good, bad Luck
is bad. It's used to determine if you can gamble well, and also whether you can
find rare random encounters. It is used to determine if you cause a good hit
during combat. It's Importance Rank is 6.
You have five points (Character Points) to put into any of those, and you start
with 5 in each. You can rearrange points as you which, as long as you don't go
over 10 or under 1. Once you're done distributing points around the statistics,
go down to the optional traits box at the bottom.
You can pick two traits, but as the name says, they're optional and you don't
have to (I've heard of cases where you're forced to pick a trait, but I
wouldn't know since I always pick two). All the traits have a good part and a
bad. If you want the good, you have to take the bad. Your choices are:
Fast Metabolism: You have a 0% resistance to Radiation and Poison, but you gain
2 to your natural healing rate. I kinda like this one, because when your HPs
start soaring toward the 100s, it takes a LONG time to heal on the PipBoy,
espescially if you have a healing rate of 1. Also, it's not like poison and
rads are that bad, anyway, and with the proper stock of items you won't take
any damage from them to begin with.
Bruiser: You get +2 to Strength, but you lose 3 Action Points. Not a good thing
IMO, since APs are possibly the most important thing during combat. Without at
least 9 APs, you will be screwed throughout the first parts of the game, trust
me, and won't live long enough to show off any other traits. You can take the 2
points from Strength and give them to other stats.
Small Frame: This takes away about 50 lbs. from your Carry Weight, but gives
you a few APs. Might be useful to counteract Bruiser, which will give you back
the 50 lbs. and add to your melee damage. However, you'll be missing out on the
opportunity for Gifted. Carry Weight becomes less important about midway
through the game, when you have plenty of party members (not to mention the
Car!) to use as packhorses.
One Hander: You're better with one-handed weapons, like pistols and knives, but
you suck with two-handed weapons, like rifles and sledgehammers. This is
counterproductive near the end of the game, when you'll select your ultimate
weapon, either the Super Sledge, Gauss Rifle, or Turbo Plasma Rifle (All
two-handed weapons!). Leave it alone.
Finesse: You'll do less damage in general, but to make up for it you'll do 10%
more criticals, and they'll also do more damage. Yummylicious (which, is in
fact NOT a word), though the lessened damage can be rather painful on a
beginning player. When you get Sniper or Slayer, this becomes moot, so only
advanced players who don't plan on taking Sniper or Slayer (I.E. no-one, since
NO advanced players would pass those up!) should take this.
Kamikaze: You have NO natural Armor Class (Which is a modifier to determine if
you are hit in battle or not), but your Sequence is higher. Sequence determines
when you get to go in a combat turn. I like AC more than Sequence, and everyone
goes before you at the end anyway, and during a turn you'll get to go anyway,
so forget this Trait. It's not worth the time you take clicking it.
Heavy Handed: You gain +2 to your Melee Damage derived stat, but your critical
hits aren't as good. This doesn't mean you do fewer criticals, it just means
your hits aren't as good. The opposite of Finesse, they completely counteract
each other. I picked it the first time through, and the bad part didn't seem
too bad, so I usually pick it. Technically, it gives you a -5% on the critical
table. Give it a try, but this will greatly drag you down until you get Sniper
or Slayer.
Fast Shot: Whenever you use an Energy, Small Gun, Big Gun, or Thrown weapon, it
costs one less AP. However, it has a massive downside: You can no longer make
targeted attacks. You'll never even see the targeted shot icon. Ugh... Some
people like it, but I prefer to shoot at people's eyes. Also, it's bugged, as
this even counts for hand-to-hand and unarmed attacks. What a crappy trait,
leave it alone unless you're going to specialize in Big Guns (which can't make
targeted attacks anyway), Burst-fire only machine guns (likewise), or the Laser
Carbine (not woth the price of admission).
Bloody Mess: Speaking of a mess, this Trait forces the most violent deaths.
With a simple punch, a part of the enemy's gut will go flying. With the Gauss
Rifle, the head pops off. With a Miningun or a Vindicator, the enemy's torso
gets shredded. With the Turbo Plasma Rifle, the enemy melts. It's either all a
good thing or all a bad thing... I reccomend you don't take it, however, as
some of the messier deaths include the enemy's stuff getting dropped in a big
pile, that you have to go through one by one, which sucks.
With lowered violence, if you pick this you've just wasted a trait slot. Pick
this if you don't want anything else.
Jinxed: Everyone in the game makes lots of critical failures. This includes
you, but it's more them than you. All a good thing or all a bad thing, though
it is rather humorous. Later in the game, no-one critically fails anyway,
except you when you have this trait. Also, note that this is the only trait you
can use to get three traits (In a certain random ecounter, the Pariah Dog will
give it to you)
Good Natured: Your combat skills are lower, but your First Aid, Doctor, Speech,
and Barter skills are higher. The gain makes up for the loss. In Fallout 1,
this was replaced by Night Person, in which you lost 1 Perception and
Intelligence during the day, but gained 1 in the night. This is crap, as was
Night Person (The gain from Night Person did NOT come even close to making up
for the loss!)
Chem Reliant/Chem Resistant: With Reliant, you'll get addicted to chems more
often, but you recover faster from them. That's all a bad thing. With
Resistant, they only affect you half as long, and you'll only get addicted half
as much. Don't take Chem Reliant, since it works, well, backwards. If you don't
get addicted to a chem, well, you want it to last AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!
Skilled: You get 5 more skill points per experience level, but you get a perk
only every four levels. Depends on what you like more, since you would only get
perks every three levels other wise. This was a lot nicer in Fallout 1, since
it would add 10% to every base skill. As it is, leave it alone, since Perks are
really important and it's not worth missing out on them. Since the EXP. cap is
at level 30, with Skilled, you get 7 Perks total (1 at levels 4,8,12,16,20,24,
and 28), however, with Gifted you get 10 (1 at levels 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,
and 30) Perks total, and those 3 Perks you lose could have been something cool,
like Sniper or Slayer!
Gifted: You gain +1 to EVERY SINGLE primary statistic, but unfortunately you
get 5 less skill points per level and -10% to EVERY SINGLE base Skill. This is
a really good thing for a really bad thing. I take it every time, though,
because you can redistribute the points, and most GOOD players do as well.
Now, after you select your traits, you need to select 3 Tagged Skills. These
skills gain 20% when you tag them, and gain 2% for every 1 skill point you
spend on them. The skills are:
Small Guns: This is used for pistols, rifles, shotguns, and the Gauss Rifle and
Pistol. This is the most useful skill, and I always tag it. The Gauss Rifle is
one of the game's ultimate weapons, but ammo for it is rare and expensive. The
downside of Small Guns is that the ammo usually goes "Splat" against anyone
wearing armor, which doesn't do much. The Gauss Rifle pierces armor like a nail
gun through butter, though, and AP Ammo can help with other weapons. This score
is often very average, around 50%, during creation and the start of the game.
It can be improved by using Guns Monthly magazines as well as Skill Points, but
the magazines lose effect after a (very short) while.
The 'iffy' (A weapon that could fit into one or more skill types) weapon here
is the Bozar, a Burst-fire only gatling gun. It's crap against armour,
however...
Big Guns: Miniguns, Rocket Launchers, and Flamers use this skill. It's not
needed for the skill to be high, because these weapons have incredibly high
accuracy, since all you're doing is spraying bullets everywhere. With a pitiful
30%, I mutilated a whole herd of Mad Brahmin with a good ol' Vindicator
Minigun! Big, strong characters would do good by this, as the ammo and weapons
weigh quite a lot. The problem is you often end up hitting anyone in the way of
your shot too, so be careful in a crowded firefight. Another downside is that
these weapons are very heavy. Yet another problem is that these weapons gobble
up ammo, and reqire reloading after every three shots usually. Everyone starts
with an OK score, except for puny weaklings, who can't handle a Big Gun anyway.
Energy Weapons: Ray guns, beam weapons, that sort of high-tech thing. This is
used for Pulse Pistols, YK32B Rifles, and the Turbo Plasma Rifle, among others.
These weapons do lots of damage, but are a little dampened against the Enclave.
I use the Gauss Rifle there, as the ammo is plentiful. The ammo for Energy
Weapons is also used as fuel for the Car, which makes you run out of ammo often
unless you hoard it or don't use the car. Some of these weapons are heavy, as
well. Also, if you're not careful, the weapon can explode and damage/kill you,
though this only happens with a low score in the skill. This is real Star Trek
stuff, so everyone begins with a pretty pitiful score. The only iffy weapon
here is the Laser Carbine, a minigun-like beam cannon that only fires in Burst
mode. Though it's quite similar to a chaingun, it's an Energy Weapon. It's
pitiful against armoured enemies, and ALL the enemies will be armoured by the
time you get one, so don't bother with it. The Solar Scorcher (an energy rifle
that uses solar power) goes here too.
Unarmed: Karate, Jujitsu, and other stuff. It's not very impressive by any
means, unless you took Bloody Mess. It won't even do a lot of damage. Some
weapons use this skill, like Brass Knuckles, Spiked Knuckles, Power Fist, and
Mega Power Fist. Actually, those four are all of them. Unarmed forces you to
get in close, which leaves you open to