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Fallout 3
Sidequest FAQ
By: Fish_guts
Version 1.00
Here we are with another Fish_guts guide! This thing is going to be more
worth your money (its free) than that time I paid a homeless prostitute to
lick the poop streak on the inside of my underwear.
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Table of Contents:
1. Version Information
2. Legal Information
3. Opening Notes
4. The Quests
A. The Power of the Atom
B. The Wasteland Survival Guide
C. Blood Ties
D. Those!
E. Strictly Business
F. Tennpenny Tower
G. Agatha's Song
H. Reilly's Rangers
I. The Nuka-Cola Challenge
J. The Replicated Man
K. The Superhuman Gambit
L. Stealing Independence
M. Big Trouble in Big Town
N. Oasis
O. Head of State
P. You Gotta Shoot' Em in the Head
Q. Trouble on the Homefront
5. Closing Messages/ Contact Info/ Thank You's
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1.----Version Information----
11/08/08--- Began Writing Sidequest guide for Fallout 3.
11/10/08--- Started dating one of the girls from the
"Two Girls One Cup" video.
11/17/08--- Steadily working on first version of guide.
11/20/08--- Found out that they made a porno video called "Who's Nailin
Sarah Pailin". I downloaded it.
12/29/08--- Guide finally finished.
1/05/09--- First update complete.
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2.----Legal Information----
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Copyright law prohibits plagiarism of this material.
(If you would like the misfortune of posting this guide on your website
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sex website then I might ask for a free membership.)
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3.----Opening Notes----
I've been a fallout fan since right before the second one came out. I've
played all of them from the legendary first one to the horrifying nightmare
that was released on the Xbox. Now here we are, years later and fallout 3
has entered our lives like a drunken, abusive, step-father. Is the six
pack of Old Milwaukee you stole from his fridge out in the garage worth
it? Was Fallout 3 worth the wait? I'd say so.
I'm sitting here right now on the fringes of writing a semi-large guide,
I'm a bit nervous as I know my laziness will soon kick in. I'm dreading
this guide more than that time I went on a date with an epileptic girl.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to try to have sex with a girl that
is having a seizure? (wow I can't believe I went there...)
Anyway's, this guide strictly covers the games many sidequests. This guide
was written before any expansions or downloadable content became available
and will not be covering any of that material(unless people ask for it).
Any guide of this nature is sure to contain some spoilers but please note
that I will do my best to keep this guide as spoiler free as possible.
I'd also like to point out that after much exploration of this game
I quickly learned that if you get lost just follow the burning barrels.
These often serve as visual que's on where to go next. If for some reason
you didn't know you can use CTRl-F to quickly locate the desired
section of the guide.
If you see any obnoxious errors in this guide please inform me (if you
want to of course). Although, if nobody corrects my errors I will
be more surprised than that time in high school when I found out
the cheerleading squad hated me. I could tell when  they flipped
me off; I guess I was just more surprised they could see me in
the ventilation ducts…)
Ok...enough stalling, here are the quests.
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4.----The Quests---
A.----The Power of the Atom----
Objective: Either Defuse or ignite the Megaton bomb!
Optional Objective: Get chem's from Leo Stahl
Megaton is most likely one of the first places you will visit during
your adventure's into the capital wasteland. From the outside Megaton
looks like a fairly safe haven for its residents. Although things
change drastically after you enter and it becomes painfully clear that
this town was built in the crater of an unexploded nuclear bomb. Before
you get to close to the bomb you will meet a man named Lucas Simms. Once
you speak to the sheriff he will give you his personal insight on the
bomb situation.
If you explore a little further you will discover a bar called "Moriaty's
Saloon". Don't get distracted by the prostitute here like I did (reminded
me of my sister). In one of the corners you will notice a sharply dressed
man going by the name of Mr. Burke. He has different thoughts on the bomb
and would like your assistance with its and the towns removal.
The choice from here is up to you...
1. Good Karma Route---
When you first enter Megaton a cowboy initiates a conversation with you.
He introduces himself as the local sheriff. Start the quest by saying
"Lets discuss this bomb". Continue to converse with the extra from
Blazing Saddles and eventually state "I can see about disarming the
bomb for you". Here you have a few minor options which vary your reward.
A. You can agree to the original deal of 100 caps for the bomb defusal
B. With a high enough speech skill you can persuade him to
give you 500 caps.
C. You can offer to disarm the bomb for free. Which sucks but does get
you bonus Karma.
After you wrangle out a deal with the guy be on your way to the bomb and
inspect it. Here you can attempt to disarm the bomb right away. I do
believe it takes a explosives skill of 25. Although before you do I
recommend exploring the town a bit and speaking to many of its
inhabitants. especially the cult centered around the bomb and the
many patrons of the local bar.
***An interesting side note here, if you speak to Mr. Burke and decide
to rat him out to Simms. A "Frontier Justice" Moment happens. Simms
enters the bar and attempts to take Burke in. Suddenly Burke turns on
Simms and attempts to take him down. You can save Simms here, enter
VATS quickly and take the wuss down.***
After learning all you can about the bomb attempt to disarm it. If you
need some chem's to raise your skill seek out the optional part of this
quest to obtain some (which is explained in detail below). After you
defuse this mammoth seek on Simms for your caps and your own residence
in the fine crap hole that is Megaton. Hey, at least the people are
friendly.
Reward:
-300XP
-100 caps (500 is speech skill is matched)
-200 Karma (if disarmed for free)
-Megaton deed and house key
2. Evil Karma Route---
Once you enter the local saloon for the first time you will be greeted
by a shifty dude named Mr. Burke. He states that he hates Megaton and
wishes it destroyed. His path of mayhem? Setting off the bomb. When
speaking to Burke you can attempt a speech skill match and if successful
Burke will increase your payment by an additional 500 caps. Once the
deal is sealed he will give you a Fusion Pulse Charge.
***Side Note, If you are a chick and have the Black Widow perk, you can
use your slutty vocabulary to mess with the guy. One of the options
lets you obtain 500 caps from the pansy. Another one of the choices
allows you to obtain some love letters...boring.***
All that is left to do is to turn this town into nothing more than
rubble, radiation, and corpses (California?). Although before you do
you can seek out an optional part of this quest for some chem's that
will aid in your bomb arming (see below).
After you have armed the bomb head to a place called Tennpenny Tower
which is southwest of Megaton. A fancy suite complex looms in the
distance and as you get closer to the front gate you will notice
the zombie that chased Jim in the church in 28 Days Later is
fighting to get inside. Don't kill him now as he is part of a
side quest later in the game. Or kill him, Bethesda doesn't care.
Locate the elevators and head to the balcony. You can speak with
Tennpenny himself (who rants like a maniac) or speak directly
to Burke himself. He allows you the honors of taking dozens of
lives through the push of a button. The sight to behold is
impressive...unless you forgot to do any quests there. tidy
up any loose ends before you blow up the town kids! Blowing
this place up nets you alot of rewards but the best thing you
receive is your own residence in Tennpenny tower. Which includes
tons of amenities of course.
Reward:
-300XP
-500 caps (1000 is speech skill was successful)
-Karma -1000
-Deed and suite key to Tennpenny Tower
Optional Objective--
Irregardless of whom you side with you can get some chem's which
will temporarily raise your skills enough to defuse or set off
the bomb. Speak about chem's to Simms or about Leo Stahl himself
to Burke to be off on your way to some drugs. After doing this
head to the Brass Lantern and speak with Leo. Now you have a
couple of different options.
"Its ok, Leo. I want to help" (positive Karma). If your speech
is successful Leo will hand over the key to his private
stash and its location. Head there now for a stockpile
of narcotics and caps.
One note, don't say "Its none of my business" as
this will end the quest.
If your speech match failed you can still get some chem's by
threatening Leo to expose his addiction by saying "What's it
worth to keep out of the public eye?"(Negative Karma)
Leo will then agree to hook up with some of the good stuff
but only until his shift is over. Meet him at the designated
time and place for a sweet hook up. Fiddling around with an
armed atom bomb is never as fun as when your juiced up on
drugs. Kind of like fat chicks...
B.----The Wasteland Survival Guide----
To initiate this long quest speak with Moira Brown inside the
Craterside Supply located in Megaton. After introductions she
will ask that you provide some backstory regarding your life
in the vault. You will then be asked to become a lab rat and
"assist" in the "research" of a survival book.(I wrote a book
once, It wasn’t a survival guide but more of a guide on how to
poop in the clothing racks at Abercrombie and not get caught.)
for those of you that haven't played a video game before, this
means that your going to be fighting lots of
monsters, freaks, and um...illegal aliens?
***Note: Wear your Vault 101 Jumpsuit when first speaking with
Moira to obtain a prize. Although this quest begins so early in
the game I doubt you have anything else...Well anything is
possible I suppose.***
This particular quest is annoying because it has so many
variables. I will try to explain them a bit now. The book
itself is divided into three chapters. Each chapter is then
divided into three sections. Even more, each chapter is also
given an optional task to complete. Lastly, your responses when
turning in your research also is a factor. All of these things
affect the final outcome of the book and your reward.
When turning in your research findings you will have the
following speech options:
Standard- Straightforward answer
Smartass- Humorous, probably not very helpful
Intelligent- Use your insight to impress people...and crap.
Charismatic- An interesting perspective.
Toughness- Strength and/or endurance.
Lie- You can attempt to lie about what you found which leads you
to recieving the Junio Survivor Perk.
Keep all this in mind if you care about the outcome of this
book as your stuck in the credits as "field researcher".
Chapter 1: Part 1---
Objective: Find food in the Super-Duper Mart
Optional Objective: Find medicine in Super-Duper Mart
The first research assignment Moira has for you is to scout out
an old Super-Duper Mart. Moira will give you the location of the
place and a bit of info. Complete any necessary preparations and
be on your way. The Super-Duper Mart is east of Megaton.
Once you arrive you will be greeted with some friendly raiders.
shove whatever type of weapon you prefer up their collective
asses and continue on inside (use northern doors as they are
very close to the food you need).
Once inside, crouch down and stick to the shadows. If you take
a hard right and continue along the wall you will quickly come
up to a desk. Leap over this and loot this small area quickly.
The food you seek is inside a refrigerator in the back. Grab the
contents and any other items in the area and continue on.
At this point you can return to Moira but since we're here lets
go for that Optional Objective. Your destination is on the other
side of the food mart. Shimmy through the rows of shelving
fighting any raiders who spot you. You will quickly learn that
their is no medicine to be found here. After killing anything
that stills moves we need to continue to the pharmacy storeroom.
from here you have three possible options:
1. Hack the terminal which will allow you to unlock the door.
2. Lockpick the door
3. If you can't do either of the above skills you can still
locate the pharmacy key itself.  It is inside a metal box north
of the pharmacy door. Its next to a bottlecap mine. Once inside
the pharmacy you should begin ransacking the place and will
notice a large amount of great supplies as well as the pharmacy
supplies and med box...what you went through all this trouble for.
Return to Megaton now to give your results to Moira. After giving
your results to her she will award you with some Iguana bits. I
guess getting shot at is worth some fried Iguana. Though if you
completed the Optional objective she will award you with a Food
Sanitizer. Which itself is really awesome early in the game.
Chapter 1: Part 2---
Objective: Contract 200 rads of radiation poisoning
Optional Objective: Contract 600 rads of radiation poisoning
Moira now wants to figure out how long a human can survive with
high amounts of radiation poisoning in their system. This quest
is easily solved if you have a high enough science skill in which
you can tell Moira of the effects. Although you won't be able to
net that optional objective. So lets do it the hard way.
Even after me complaining this isn’t really that hard. Moira wants
a rating of 200 rads and 600 or more for the optional objective.
Where can one get a high dose of radiation? Any water source in
Megaton could do the trick but it would take a really long time.
I personally picked up the high dose of radiation while out
questing but why even leave Megaton? Why not drink the stagnate
water floating around the bomb? Not only is it irradiated from
the bomb but it also come from the towns sewage!
After you gain the necessary amount of radiation poisoning return
to Moira and receive your reward. For completing this quest Moira
will give you some RadAway and RadX but if you completed the
optional part of this quest you receive a pretty nice perk which
allows crippled limbs to regenerate when highly irradiated.
Chapter 1: Part 3---
Objective: Travel to Minefield
Optional Objective: Bring a landmine to Moira
This time Moira wants you to investigate a minefield originally
titled...um Minefield. Once you accept this mission Moira will
give you the PipBoy location of the deserted minefield town
which is somewhat north of Megaton.
Once you arrive at Minefield all you need to do is travel to
the playground in Minefield. Remember they call this place
Minefield for a reason. The optional objective is pretty
simple as all you have to do is bring a Landmine back to
Moira. What you need to do is run up to a mine and quickly
deactivate it. Or I guess you could just buy one and give
it to her...
***Note: There is a crazy gunman (lee Harvey Oswald?) in
Minefield that will take pot shots at you. Resist the urge
to cap him as he is needed for a quest later. Unless you
want to kill him...I know I did.***
Once you have traveled to Minefield and acquired a mine its
time to head back to Moira for your compensation. She will
give you some frag grenades and a schematic for a bottlecap
mine (if you completed the optional objective).
With part three complete Moira will state that chapter one is
complete and award you with some stimpacks. Chapter two is
now ready to be tackled. If your into chasing other guys
down and wrestling them into the mud that is.
Chapter 2: Part 1---
Objective: Test out repellent stick on three mole rats.
Optional Objective: Test out repellant stick on seven more
mole rats.
Moira wants you to test out a Mole rat repellant stick she
has developed. She is ready to write the recipe down in
her book but would like you to field test it first. She
recommends that you travel to the Tepid Sewers in the
downtown area where there happens to be a large amount
of Mole rats lurking around. If you're feeling lazy
you could just hunt outside Megaton but going to the
sewers will insure results much faster.
The Tepid Sewers are near Georgetown metro stations and
should show up on your map. Once you arrive began bashing
the heads of any mole rat you find. You will notice that
you may encounter some other enemies besides mole rats here
so come prepared.
After a couple of swings you will probably notice
this thing isn't much of a repellant stick but more
of a "explode-mole-rat-heads" stick. After you
have "tested" the stick on a total of ten mole
rats (three for the objective, seven more for the
optional) then its time to return to Moira.
After completing this interesting quest Moira will
award you with some chem's and if you did the optional
part of the quest she will let you keep the repellant stick.
(Now only if they had a repellent stick for that girl who
keeps leaving me messages saying her kid is mine.)
Chapter 2: Part 2---
Objective: Plant observer in Mirelurk spawning pod
Optional Objective: Don’t kill any mirelurks
****NOTE: A fellow by the name of "Abe Lincoln" wrote in saying
that he completed the quest by first going into Anchorage and
killing ever Mirelurk, he then took the quest and easily placed
the observer completing the objective and optional objective.
Not how this mission was intended but very devious
regardless.****
When your ready to tackle this quest speak with Moira again.
She will state that she requests your expertise in hiding a
video observer in a Mirelurk spawning pod and will also give
you directions to the Anchorage Memorial. She also requests
that you don't kill any of the mirelurks in the process.
Once you arrive to the said destination you can complete this
mission a number of ways. you could go in guns blazing but
you would lose out on the optional objective so lets figure
out a way to get in and not kill any of these annoying
creatures.
Before you arrived at Anchorage you could acquire a few
Stealth boys and use them and your sneak skill to sleuth around.
I suppose you could also do what I did and just run around in
there frantically as half the Mirelurk population chases you
until you find a pod. Then repeat the frantic running process
until you reach the exit. As much fun as my method was, getting
some StealthBoys makes things alot less "hectic". Your target is
a spawning pod and with a bit of searching you will easily
find one.
Irregardless of if you were caught or not you still complete the
objective if you placed the observer. Just don't fight any of them
to complete to optional portion. Once you exit that hellhole it's
time to head back to Moira.
Back in Megaton Moira will talk a bit about the Observer and then
reward with you with some Stealth boys. If you completed the
optional section of this quest she will give you
a stylish "Shady" hat.
***Note:  From now on at anytime during this quest you
can attempt to convince Moira to give up. Which
doesn't have the most positive results.***
Chapter 2: Part 3---
Objective: Become seriously injured (Less than 50% health)
Optional Objective: Receive a crippling injury
This mission is incredibly easy and you don't even need to
actively try to complete it. You could just go out questing
and when you receive a serious injury go back to Moira with
the results. The optional objective reward is ok but
its so easy you might as well go for it.
An alternative way to complete this quest would be to find
a really high ledge and just jump off it. Which would
solve both objectives right away. Just be sure
to save first. I wonder if the bridge at Arefu would work?
****NOTE: St. Patrick's advice: Lay a couple landmines at
your feet and fire away. You're going to need one of those
Power Chairs after this one. Hope you have Medicare.****
However you decided to complete this mission head back to
Moira after your injured enough and she will perform back
room surgery on you. Once you complete the quest she will
award you with some Med-X and if you crippled yourself
she will give you an Environment Suit!
A pimped out,post-apocalyptic, wheelchair might be
more suitable in this situation though.
With chapter two now complete and if you agree to work
on Chapter three Moira will give you some ammunition to
assist with any unforeseen problems that may arise.
Chapter 3: Part 1---
Objective: Learn The History of Rivet City
Optional Objective: Check other sources to confirm history
To kick off chapter three Moira wants you to research the
history of Rivet City. Which happens to be one of the larger
human settlements in the capital wasteland. Moira gives you
directions to the city and if you haven’t been there before
you'd better get walking.
Once at Rivet City the giant bridge swings open and your
research skills are put to work. You can speak to any citizen
of this town regarding its history but most of them will direct
you to a few specific people:
Vera Weatherly who resides at the Weatherly hotel.
Belle Bonny who is located at Muddy Rudder Pub.
Bannon who runs a clothing store in the market.
Seagrave Holmes is either in the market or in his bunk.
The man you really want to speak to is Seagrave but I'd recommend
speaking to all of them as they have some interesting stuff to say.
If you speak to Bannon he will feed you a line of crap about himself
and the history of Rivet City. You can challenge his lies with a
speech challenge. Also, if you win a speech challenge with Bonny
she will tell you a little Mr. Rogers style story.
After speaking with Seagrave he will give you the lowdown and a
cool cat who knows the real history of Rivet City. He also directs
you the other half of the torn vessel.
This opens up a Optional Objective Titled "Uncover Rivet City's
True History". you could just go back to Moira with your results
but then you would miss out on a couple nice incentives.
Exit to the flight deck and make your way to the broken half of
the ship. Once you are facing the other half of the ship dive into
the water and look for an underwater passage on the right side of
the other half. Once inside you will quickly notice that your are
still underwater. Move quickly and you will soon come across a
pocket of air. Breath if want to live and continue on. Soon enough
you will be out of the water and exploring the derelict boat.
A small warning here, this place has a few Mireulurks roaming
around as well as booby-trapped rooms. This place is fairly
straightforward and I wont ruin a good opportunity for some
down home exploration. That's half the fun right?
After some exploring you will surely come across a guy named
Pinkerton. He is definitely the guy we are looking for. Not only
will he give you the real lowdown (evidence included) on Rivet
City but he will also give you the option of allowing Pinkerton
to perform facial reconstructive surgery on you. What does this mean?
Well you can change the look of your face, for a price of course.
****NOTE: Surgery performed by Pinkerton is available after the quest
"The Replicated Man has been completed.****
After you're finished speaking with this old maniac head back to
Moira with all your results. she's quite impressed with your work
and gives you some Mentats as a reward. The coolest part of this
is that if you uncovered the true history of Rivet City you will
be granted a 10% buying and selling bonus to any Merchants in
Rivet city...hey it adds up.
Chapter 3: Part 2---
Objective: Install the processor in the ROBCO mainframe.
Optional Objective: Reprogram the mainframe.
This time around Moira wants you to head into an old robot factory
and attempt to boot up the system which ideally will power up all
the robots and allow you to control them. If you have been paying
attention to Fallout 3 at all you will quickly understand that it
wont be as easy as that.
***Note: Apparently if you have the Robotics expert perk you can
skip all the exploring and just explain it all the Moira. You also
get both rewards for the main objective and optional.***
The ROBCO factory is southwest of Megaton. You could use Tennpenny
Tower as a way of fast traveling to save some time. Once you arrive
at the "abandoned" complex its time to  start exploring.
Your main threat right now is radroaches and mole rats. If you are
finished exploring the main level its time to head upstairs.
Once you locate the giant mainframe get ready and stuff that Widget
in! Once you do you will notice that it activated all the robots in
the factory but with one catch, they are all hostile.
(What a surprise Bethesda. Couldn't you make them do something more
original? I'm thinking maybe a giant robot orgy?)
At this point your optional objective appears in which you need to
reprogram this doo-hickey. I hope your science skill is high enough
as this terminal is considered hard (like what goes on in my pants
after I watch America's Next Top Model). If you are able to hack
this thing you will be given a bunch of different choices. Any of
them will work but I recommend using "Initiate Pest Extermination".
as it will causes all the Protectrons to attack any remaining vermin.
If you were able to reprogram the mainframe or not its time to head
back to Moira with news of the recent events. Back in Megaton inform
Moira of what happened and she will award you with some pulse grenades.
If you managed to complete to optional objective she will give you a
book which will increase your Science skill, which would have been
nice before you had to hack the terminal.
Chapter 3: Part 3
Objective: Access card catalog in Arlington Public Library
Optional Objective: Retrieve complete archives.
Here we are at the final part of this long quest and this time
around Moira wants you to research a library. This library is
in Arlington and can be quite a walk from Megaton. I recommend
fast traveling to somewhere close, such as Rivet City. One thing
to keep in mind is that outside the library there is a small squad
of Talon Company dicks that will make your life a living hell. Here
would be a good time to either avoid them all together or plan
for an all out attack. Just be warned one of these guys has a
rocket launcher and its afraid to waste some ammo. I used a Stealth
boy here to avoid them.
Once inside the library you will be greeted by the ever friendly
Brotherhood of Aluminum. Speak to Scribe Yearling here and she
will give you the rundown of what the brotherhood is doing here.
She will also give you the option of turning any pre-war books
in to her, for a nice reward of course. Anyway's all you have to
do here is access the card catalog which happens to be in this main
room. You can either get the password from the Scribe or attempt to
hack that sucka. Which ever way you completed this task its time now
to tackle the optional objective of this thing.
To locate the archives we have to dive into this pit. Luckily you
will have some brotherhood members assisting you in liquidating
any opposition. There is alot of exploring to do and alot of
containers to loot here so take you time and make sure you
locate as many pre war books you can find as Scribe Yearling
pays 100 caps a piece for them.
Make sure to loot this place as best as you can. You will soon
find a door that will lead you into the "Arlington Library
Media Archive". This is your destination. Once inside be warned of
raiders, mines, and armed turrets (you can deactivate them with proper
science skill). While in the media room be on the look out for a
container titled "restoration Supplies" as the ink container located
inside is used for another side quest titled "Stealing Independence".
Don't grab it if you feel like coming back just for some ink.
Once you have that leave the media room and head southwest down
a ruined corridor. Find the room with the collapsed ceiling and
use this to climb up. You have a few choices here in terms of
exploration. If you head into the Child's Archive you can obtain
a nice collection of pre-war books. If you're feeling lazy just skip
all the fun exploring and head west through the door. Once inside this
half destroyed room head south. You will quickly come across a room
with some computers in it. Locate the "Arlington Public Library
Terminal". After you're hacked in choose the transfer library archives
option and you will receive a holotape with the needed info.
Now that you have everything you need tie up any loose ends here and
lets head back to Megaton to give Moira the fruits of your labor.
Back in Megaton speak to Moira about what you discovered. She will
be so grateful that she rewards you with some caps and a useful
book. Anyway's the book is now complete but the fun is just starting.
Since the book is complete Moira rewards you with a Mini-Nuke. She
also states that she has traders who can help her distribute her book.
(maybe she can sell it at Wall-Mart for an insanely high price like most
game walkthrough companies do. Read it here free folks.)
At this point you will discover that the choices you made will greatly
affect the outcome of this survival guide. Things such as optional
objectives, each time you used a skill or perk to explain a theory,
each time you lied, and how you answered her questions all affect
the outcome of the guide. Which happens to also effect your ultimate
reward for the quest, a perk.
There is four possible perks received for this quest:
-Junior Survivor (given if you lied at any point.)
-Survival Expert
-Survival Guru
-Dream Crusher (obtained if you convinced her to give up.)
This quest is now finally over, after all that I was kind of hoping
for a romp in the sack with Moira...Damn ESRB.
C.----Blood Ties----
Objective: Deliver Lucy's message
Their is multiple ways to start this quest, you could discover
Arefu, The Family and their hideout, or discover the Meresti
Trainyard. Forget all these because the best way to start this
quest is to speak with a young girl named Lucy West who is located
in Moriarty's Saloon in Megaton.
Lucy tells you that she is a bit concerned and would like you
to deliver a letter to her family in the small settlement of
Arefu. Before you depart you can question Lucy on some
different things regarding the town of Arefu.
With letter in hand its time to head northwest. You don't really
have to worry about much here, your main enemy will be mole rats
and the occasional raider or two. Once you arrive at the large
section of destroyed freeway make your way up until a small
explosion sets off in front of you. An old man named Evan King
will make his presence known and will call you over.
Once you mention the letter he will tell you that he's not really
interested in that right now as they have been having issues with
raiders lately. Hmm...I wonder if this is related in any way to
the letter? During your conversation with Evan you can ask
"What's got you so spooked?" after he mentions that a recent raider
attack slaughtered their Brahmin.
Evan will discuss his worries with you a bit and you can then
offer to help him. He requests that you check on the other residents
of Arefu. At this point new objectives open up.
Objective: Check on the West residence.
Objective: Check on the Schenzy residence.
Objective: Check on the Ewers residence.
It really doesn't matter what order you check on the residents just
be sure to mention to them that you were sent of King's behalf and
they will all tell you how they feel about the current situation.
Near the end of Arefu is Evan King's house and the West's residence.
Evan's house is locked but I should inform you that a bobblehead lies
inside so do what you want with that information.
It's time to enter the West home. Once you enter the house will be
greeted with an interesting surprise. No ones home..well not anymore
at least. Inspect the bodies and depending on your medicine skill you
can determine the outcome of death. Basically the higher your skill
the more hints you can figure out about what caused this. You could
use chem's here (mentats) to temporarily increase your skill.
Also make sure to pay special attention to the walls...
At this point a new objective becomes available. Speak to Evan about
the recent events and he will fill you in a bit on what's going on.
Evan will then give you a few possible locations where "The Family"
might be holed up.
All the locations are worth exploring but the one you're looking for
is the Northwest Seneca Station. Once you arrive at the station be
sure to explore the grocery store as some useful stuff is inside. Be
wary of foot traps inside the store.
Once you have finished exploring head outside then south a bit, down
the stairs and enter the metro station. Be ready to fight a few
mole rats here. After a bit of searching you will come across a
couple of ghouls one of which will offer you a task to help him
complete "UltraJet". go past the ghouls and search around their lair
a bit. Past a door you will discover a manhole, down we go.
Once down here be prepared for traps (baby carriage) as you move
forward. soon you will find a guy named Robert who seems to be
guarding something. You have a few options on how to get past him.
-Use your speech skill to make him let you pass.
-If you have the cannibal perk he will allow you to pass.
-Bribe him with 100 caps.
-Wave Lucy's letter which gets you past.
-Get naked and enter a firefight with Robert. Which ticks off the
entire place. You don’t have to be naked but we all know its harder
to aim and fire at a butt naked guy...
I'm assuming you employed a more peaceful option to gain access. Once
you do our new task is to locate Ian. Once inside you have the option
of meeting all of Vance's vampire crew. Actually you have to meet them
to gain the password of the restricted area Ian is currently in.
Justin: By using the impartial mediation perk or your speech skill you
can haggle the password out of him.
Brianna: Locale prosty, use your lady killer perk to get info out of her.
and other "services".
Karl: Local shopkeep, If you are a female use your Black Widow perk
otherwise if your skill is high enough you can coax it out of him.
Holly: Vance's wife, if you have the scoundrel perk or have a high
enough charisma you can get what you need from her.
Vance: The man himself, He is a bit harder to persuade but it is
possible. Approach Vance and make sure to keep the conversation
as polite as possible as apparently this vampire is a little
emotional.
If your speech is high enough you can convince him of what
you think they really are. If you have the cannibal perk
you are greeted by Vance.
for the rest of us we just have to sit back and listen to
Vance drone on about what they stand for. If you research
more about the family Vance will agree that you can see Ian.
Also if you speak to Vance about the Arefu incident he will
share his feelings about what happened.
Once you have the password its time to finally meet this Ian
kid. Head upstairs and find the locked door. Use the code and
enter. Ian tells you why he is here and what happened to his
parents. You have the choice of being rude or polite to the guy
and its really up to you. At this point you can use your
speech skill to convince Ian to return home or just give him
Lucy's letter which does the same thing.
Once you're done here its time to head back to Vance and speak
him regarding Ian's recent decision. Before you have the
chance the vampire leader wants to discuss Arefu. You have a
few options here:
-Using your speech skill will play on Vance's emotions and he will
allow Ian to leave.
-Use your Medicine or Intelligence skill will convince Vance that
his crew should use blood packs to survive on.
-If you previously researched his family then there is no need to
convince Vance.
At this point you have the option of discussing a possible
agreement between the vamps and Arefu. Choose anything you want
besides "Selling bloodpacks to Arefu" and you're golden.
After this speak to Vance regarding Ian's decision, he doesn't
really care but thanks you for your time. He awards you with a
schematic to make an awesome weapon.
Travel back to Arefu and speak with Evan about the recent events.
He is happy to accept the deal and awards you with some random
crap and no caps. He wants you to return to Vance to seal the deal.
Though I'm not sure if you really even need to..but better be sure.
Anyway's at this point this quest is complete. You can visit Ian
in his old parents home if you like.
Reward:
-300 XP
-Schematics for the Shishkebob.
-Hematophage Perk (if a deal between Vance and Arefu was made)
-Positive Karma if successfully handling the situation without bloodshed.
-Negative Karma (If anyone died.)
End Quest Notes:
If the proposal was met, you can return to Vance and sell him any
blood packs you might find. For a measly 15 caps a piece.
Certain citizens of Arefu can assist you after the quest:
-Ken Ewers can repair items at a discounted price.
-Karen Schenzy can mark a few locations on your PipBoy.
D.----Those!----
***Note:
This quest can be a real pain so if you are specifically looking to
complete this one it is best to do it as soon as possible as the ants
get stronger as you level.***
Nearing the area of Greyditch (close to the Super-Duper Mart) a child
approaches you and frantically tells you about a disaster that happened.
During this conversation if you can use your speech or strength skill
you can make Bryan feel a bit better which well help you get more info
out of the little punk. If you succeeded in your speech skill or if
you have the child at heart perk Bryan will give you a key to a
dumpster. Located inside is some useful gear. Head east down main street
away from the Diner and you will soon come across the house you need to
enter.
A tip when fighting the fire ants: Just like that bum at the bus stop,
don't let them get close or otherwise they will breath heavily damaging
fire at you. I guess that bum reference didn't work huh?
Anyway's, as you enter the Wilks residence you will quickly find out that
the kids dad is dead. Make sure to loot the corpse and anything of value
in the house. Keep in mind this house has a nice bed you can rest if you
need to take a break from the ant killing.
After you've killed your fill of ants head into the shack adjacent to the
Wilks residence. Once inside the shack loot anything you might want and
make sure to grab the Password Recording holotape left by Doctor Lesko.
you will now be able to access the docs terminal without any issues.
Log on and read all you can stomach about the doctors research. Leave
the shack now and speak to Bryan.
The little tike will be all bent out of shape about his dad dieing and
makes you promise to stop whatever killed him. Agree and be on your way.
Damn kids and their rock music, hoohla hoops, and Pac-Man video games.
Your goal now is the Marigold Metro station but before you head out you
should explore the house across the street from the Wilks. Its the
Brandice residence. I did not inspect this place myself but my friend
Jackie Chan said their is an interesting Terminal upstairs that throws
a nice reference to Fallout 2. Check it out fool, though keep in mind
that you need a pretty good science skill to hack that mofo.
It's time now to continue on to the Merigold Metro Station. Head that
way and kill any Fire ant that gets in your way, which will mostly
likely be all of them. Once inside the station continue forward, hop
over the turnstiles and press on. you may be tempted to check out that
maintence room you just passed but don't quite yet. Once you enter
the main room check out the ticket book for Grady's recording.
This particular item is not necessary but its a fun little task to
complete and actually leads to a side quest. Listen to it and
continue to explore to station. With all its maintence tunnels and
train tunnels this place can be quite confusing but don't fret
after a bit of exploring you will get your bearings. Remember we
are not only looking for Doc Lesko but for a blinking light as
well. A little tip, its behind a train car.
If you reach a door that takes you outside to Falls Church Metro
Station you have wandered to far. Although if you head back inside
you are near Grady's lock box. Once you have found Grady's storage
closet grab the contents inside the box and turn around quickly as
a raider runs up to you. You can either use your speech skill on him
or fight him outright...or you could convince him not to fight you
then shoot him in the back of the head, you're call. The contents
of Grady's package coincide with a man you have to speak to for
the Nuka-Cola Challenge quest.
Northeast from the maintence corridor exit is the lab of Lesko.
Speak to him to continue this quest. It's important to remain
civil with the doc (right now anyway's) and hear what he has to say.
He will drone on about what he was doing. If you have a sufficient
Intelligence skill you can speak to him about what he was doing
do it a second time to chew his ass.
If your science skill is sufficient enough you can force the doc
to admit he used the FEV virus...that son of a bitch. With this
conversation over you should have agreed to kill all five nest
guardians, and spare queeny.
Remember you can always go back on your word and massacre the
queen but this isn't a good idea as the doc has a nice reward
waiting for you if you follow his instructions.
Once inside the hatchery take things slow as these buggers are
tough. A tactic I used was I laced the ground with mines then
took a few pot shots at a ant. After a few round the ant will
charge you and become quite hurt from the explosives. Rinse
and repeat with all the ants (if you have alot of mines).
Here is where your choice comes in. If you decide to follow
the docs orders completely ignore the queen and head back
upstairs. You could also initiate a rumble with this giant
insect although it will stop any chance you have of
getting a really nice perk. Its best to just leave the thing
alone. Another tip, leave the Protectron alone as well. He
doesn't take kindly to people shooting at him.
There is a terminal here (A Science book is on the table
as well). If you want you can hack the terminal and do a couple
of different things. With sufficient Science skill you can
destroy the mutagen or even initiate the pulse thingy yourself.
Either option isn’t necessary.
Once you have killed all the guardian its time to return to the
old doc. If you did exactly as he ordered he gives you his old
lab coat and your choice in one of two perks. if you killed the
queen or destroyed his mutagen he will be super pissed and it
takes a Science or Speech skill to reason with him. Lastly if
you killed the queen and the Mutagen he will be steamed and
you will have no chance of any reward.
Whatever happened down in the tunnels is over with and its
time to head to the surface and tell Bryan. Head back to that
preservation chamber Bryan is hiding in and tell him what
happened. After an interesting conversation you are now
tasked with finding B-to-the-ryan a new home. Bryan will
get his things in order while you deal with his new
residence.
***Note: You may have found a key on a body down in the tunnels
this is a key to William Brandice's footlocker. Head over to that
house to unlock to footlocker which contains his
rocket launcher...nice.***
Good Karma Route---Bryan states that his cousin Vera Weatherly
lives in Rivet City. Head there and speak to her and she will
be more than willing to take him in. Head back to Greyditch
and tell Bryan he has a new home. If you visit Bryan later
in Rivet City he states loves his new home.
Evil Karma Route--- If you have completed the quest "Strictly
Business" and made friends with the slavers of Paradise Falls
you can sell Bryan into slavery for 100 caps. Which can be
raised to 300 with use of Speech skill. you can't visit
Bryan here as he must have been sold.
Neutral Karma Route--- Travel to Little Lamplight and convince
the kid in charge to take Bryan in. you need a sufficient skill
in Speech or the child at heart perk to complete this. If you
visit Bryan later he is moderately happy living here.
For all Those! concerned, this quest is over.
Reward:
-300XP
-Lesko's Lab Coat
-Ant Might perk or Ant Sight Perk
End Quest Notes:
If you happened to pick up the Naughty Nightware. Head to
Girdershade sometime to drop it off. Its located in the
southwest portion of the capital wasteland. Also take a
look at the quest "The Nuka Cola Challenge" for some other
happenings going on there.
E.----Strictly Business----
Paradise Falls is a hive of slavers and with a negative effect
on your Karma you can be a part of it as well. Once you arrive at
Paradise Falls a man named Grouse refuses to let you in. At this
point you have a few options on gaining entry:
- Ask him what his price is, this turns out to be 500 caps. This
particular option wont officially start the quest so speak to him
again.
- If you are evil enough Grouse lets you right in (apparently).
- Keep the conversation going on topic regarding slaves. You will
eventually be informed that the leader of the slavers has a few
special contracts that need doing. Here is where your evil self
comes in. You need to capture only one of these people to be
allowed inside, although capturing all four isn't to difficult.
Grouse will give you a special weapon and a slave collar to assist
in capturing this four special people. Grouse will explain the
special weapon the "Mesmetron" as well as the slave collar a bit
in depth. You can only have one slave collar on you at any time
so you will need to go back every time you catch a slave.
The four people you need to catch are:
-Red in Big Town
-Susan Lancaster in Tennpenny Tower
-Flak from Rivet City
-Arkansas from Minefield
You can complete any of these targets in any order but I suggest
tackling Arkansas first for a couple of reasons. First because he
is the closest. Secondly, he pissed me off back during the
Wasteland Survival Guide quest. Make sure you got any background
information on the targets as some of it is mildly interesting.
Target: Arkansas-
Head to Minefield and be ready to be shot at. Its best to approach
him from the east as it is closed to his location. Dodge his shots
the best you can and once you get close enough shoot him with the
Mesmetron. You know have somewhere around 30 seconds to do a couple
of different things.
- You can give him the slave collar and tell him about his new life.
- You can let him go.
- I can't confirm this but I don't see why you couldn't rob him and
then give him the slave collar...haha.
- Apparently if you shoot the Mesmetron at him again (after he has
the collar on) it causes the collar to explode. Save first and try
this if you're bored and feeling violent.
Once the slave collar is on Ark begins his walk towards his new
"home". Don't forget to loot his snipers nest before you head
back to Paradise Falls as well. Inside his belongings is a key
which opens all doors in this hellhole. This is a great place