Fallout 2/Walkthrough

About this guide
This project was started in early August 2001 to complement my full-length Fallout game guide. So far, the walkthrough is about 85% complete and has enough information to beat the entire game (it's 85% because I know I have missed several things...). There is a complete character creation guide (yes, with a complete listing for every perk, trait, skill, etc.) as well as a combat tactics guide. An appedix replete with armor and guns is present, but regular items (e.g, chems, tools, etc) haven't been added.

The format is largely retained from the version 1.x guide with some distinct changes. Experience information is given in the first section of the walkthrough (i.e., before the 'Details' section) as opposed to a seperate appendix section. Information about guns and NPC's is also given in context, again eschewing the format of the appendix.

If you have any extra information for the walkthrough or have characters (please, no hacked ones) that you're willing to share, I would gladly appreciate your information - your name will go in a 'Credits' section and the information that you submitted will go in its correct section.

Textual notes
A list of abbreviations and just some stuff that needs to be noted is included in this section.

xp:  Experience (general) kxp: Experience from kills NCR: New California Republic BOS: Brotherhood of Steel; technocrats from Fallout 1

Walkthrough
This is the route that is used in this walkthrough:

- Arroyo - Klamath - The Den - Modoc / Ghost Farm / The Den - Vault City / Gecko - San Francisco / Navarro (now get the PPower Armor if you haven't done so) - Redding - Broken Hills - New Reno / Sierra Army Depot - Broken Hills (again) - Raiders / Vault City - New California Republic / Vault 15 - Vault City (again) - Vault 13 - Navarro / San Francisco
 * San Francisco / Navarro block (used to get Power Armor)
 * Den (get the car)
 * Military Base

This walkthrough will include (very early on) information to get the Power Armor. It won't assume that you have it until you've reached Vault City (however, you can still complete all of the things mentioned, although it is a lot harder), but after you've got the car (after that section is covered), the walkthrough WILL ASSUME that you have it.

An asterix (instead of a dash) will indicate that the area is optional.

The car is mainly a convinience issue - it speeds up overland travel. Since there's no real time limit for completing the game, it is not required.

The military base is just included so that your character can gain experience.

Arroyo
Notable Areas 1) The Temple of Trials 2) Arroyo Village 3) Arroyo Wilderness 4) Arroyo Bridge

Notable Characters 1) Arroyo Elder, leader of your village 2)  Klint, the temple guard 3) Hakunin, the village shaman 4)  Feargus, your young nephew, whining about well 5) Nagor, your cousin, his dog Smoke is lost 6)  Lucas, a warrior, teaches you unarmed skills 7) Jordan, a warrior, teaches you melee skills 8)  Aunt Morlis, your aunt, gives you flint 9) Bridge Guard, sharpens your spear 10) Cameron, he'll challenge you to a fight in the temple 11) Smoke, Nagor's dog - Various townsfolk - Geckos in wilderness - Plants in Hakunin's garden

Notes 1) Survive through the Temple of Trials. You don't  have to kill all of the critters there. 2) Kill the plants that are invading Hakunin's garden. 3) Find Smoke, Nagor's dog. 4) Fix the Arroyo well. 5) Ask Jordan and Lucas to teach you fighting skills. 6) Ask the Arroyo Bridge Guard to sharpen the spear for you using some flint from your aunt.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Survive the Temple of Trials: 600 xp - Kill all of the critters in the Templee: 865 kxp - Kill the plants of dark soul: 170 kxp - Kill the plants of dark soul: 100 xp, 2 healing powders - Fix the well: 100 xp - Find Smoke for Nagor: 200 xp - Convince Aunt Morlis to give you flintt: 50 xp

Introduction

Arroyo is the small community where you start off. You'll need to pass the Temple of Trials before you set off on your journey to find the G.E.C.K for the beleagured village.

Details --- When you start the game, you'll see your character outside a big building. Enter the building. This is the Temple of Trials.

The temple of trials is full of giant ants and small radscorpions, which have 6 and 10 hit points, respectively. Since your goal is to reach the end, it is not necessary to go and kill every critter that you see. (Mind you, this does become a bit hard if you choose a diplomatic character instead of a strong character.)

At the first part of the temple (the foyer), you'll encounter two giant ants. If you proceed forward and to the north towards the locked door, you won't have to fight any more ants. However, if you go on the first passage to your right, there are some more ants lurking around there. In the far right, there is a pot that has one bag of healing powder. In the first room to your left, there are two scorpions, but no items. And on the second passage to your right, there are three scorpions. In the room (it has a wall dividing the room into two) on the right side, there are some bones. You can examine them and take a spear. At the end of the first level, there is a locked door. Simply use your lockpick skill to unlock the door.

When you enter the second part of the temple (the hallway), you'll find lots of raised plates. Stepping on the raised plate makes a spear shoot out from the wall. (It is highly unlikely for you to get hit by the spear.) If you go to the room on your right, you'll see two scorpions and a chest, which contains a bag of healing powder. When you go to the west by the chasm, you'll see two to three ants. Kill the ants and get the plastic explosives. If you go to the right passage past the chasm, you'll see two giant ants (one in the passage, one in the room to the right). After you kill them, you can go in the room and take the antidote from the chest. At the end ofthe hallway, you'll see a metal door. Put the plastic explosives in your active item slot and set the timer, and then run away from the door. After the explosives blow up, so will the door. Go through for the final part of the temple.

When you are in the final level, kill the ants in the first room and then head east to kill some more critters. In the easternmost room, there is a healing powder. Take the healing powder, and then go west and then go towards the northern hall, to the room with a firepit in its center. Talk to Cameron, the final test of the Temple of Trials. If you have a high speech skill, you can convince him to not fight you. Otherwise, you have to fight him to leave the temple. It is not a fight to the death.

If you do decide to fight Cameron, all of your items will be placed in the chest in the room where you started the final part of the temple. You cannot use any weapons nor any healing items. After you convince Cameron or you win the fight, get your items and then open the door. You'll see a short video of you getting the Vault Suit. Immediately, you'll be transported to the Arroyo village and you'll also receive some experience.

After you're in the village, go to the elder's tent, which is right next to you. The elder is wearing brown robes. Talk to the elder and accept the quest to find Vic and also the G.E.C.K. You'll receive some money and a water flask. Open the chest behind the elder to get a knife as well as some healing powder.

Next, go to the tent that's directly to the north of the elder's tent. Talk to Hakunin, the village shaman. Offer to weed his garden (it's to the tent's left). Go to the garden and kill the spore plants for some experience. Go back to Hakunin after you've killed the spore plants and he'll give you some healing powders and will offer to make healing powder for you provided that you give him the Broc Flower and the Xander Root. You'll also get some experience.

Go to the east of Arroyo and talk to your cousin Nagor, who lost his dog, Smoke. Offer to find Smoke for Nagor. Next, go south to the head monument and talk to Lucas. Ask him if he can teach you some unarmed skill, and if he can, ask him to teach you some. Next, go to the west and repair the damaged well for a little bit of experience. Go to one of the tents to the east and find Jordan, who can increase your melee weapons skill.

Now it's time to find Smoke. Head out to the west of Arroyo, into the wilderness. Smoke is in the western area of the wilderness. After you find him, return him to Nagor for some experience.

Go to the south of Arroyo, until you reach the great bridge. Talk to the bridge guard, and ask him about his spear. He'll tell you to go to Aunt Morlis, who is in the main village, for some flint. Go there, and talk to your aunt (she's in the southwestern area of the village). Talk to her, and ask her if you can have some flint. If you get the option, tell her that your journey will be dangerous and that you need the flint - otherwise, you'll need three healing powders.

After you get the flint, go back to the bridge, and ask the bridge guard to sharpen the flint for you. After it has been sharpened, leave Arroyo for the south, or for Klamath (if you don't want some very special armor).

The Quest South
(Actually, to San Francisco, then Navarro, back to San Francisco)

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== Notable Areas 1) San Francisco's China Town 2) Navarro's Gas Station, Base, and Armory

Notable Characters 1) Matt, the Brotherhood of Steel guard at San Francisco 2) Chris, the Gas Station attendant at Navarro 3) The Enclave Guard at Navarro 4) A random Enclave technician 5) Quincy, a maintenance tech 6) Raul, Vertibird maintenance tech - Shi guards (at San Francisco) - Enclave Troopers (at Navarro)

Notes 1) Go to San Francisco safely. Once you are in San Francisco, save the game. 2) Talk to Matt and accept the quest to find the Vertibird plans. Save the game after accepting. 3) Go to Navarro safely. Talk to Chris and get the password from him. 4) Enter the Navarro base. Once there, get the Advanced Power Armor, the Vertibird plans, as well as a Super Sledgehammer and some nifty lockpicks, as well as some books and the combat armor. Actually, the Power Armor is  the only "necessary" component.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Get the password from Chris: 1500 xp - Find the Vertibird plans: 3500 xp - Return the Vertibird plans: 20000 xp, access to all Brotherhood of Steel bases

Introduction

The first San Francisco/Navarro block consists of getting the Advanced Power Armor. The armor will make the game significantly easier. You don't have to get it immediately, but be sure to get it after finishing the Vault City / Gecko block (see later sections).

Details --- Head south of Arroyo, way down. If you start to see the coast, go east and then head south until you reach San Francisco. The city is located right next to the coast. If you find some really hard critters on your way there, be sure to run away. It might take about four weeks to walk there. San Francisco is marked as "unknown" on the world map.

Once in San Francisco, go north up the street, and take a left after you see the boxing ring. Go south and enter the Brotherhood of Steel building. (It has a guard in metal armor standing next to it.) Talk to the guard, ask why he knows your name, and then ask who the Brotherhood of Steel is. He'll start talking about the history of the Brotherhood of Steel and then mention the Enclave. Offer to infiltrate one of the Enclave's bases at Navarro, and then ask him how to go about infiltrating the base. The guard will tell you. Head to Navarro for now.

After you get in Navarro, talk to Chris, the gas station attendant. Tell him that you are looking to join the Enclave, and then tell him that you are a new recruit. Chris will give you the password. Head north to go to the Enclave installation.

Once you are there, talk to the guard, and give him the password, which is Sheepshead. Enter the Enclave, and go to one of the buildings to the north that has some people in lab coats. Talk to one of those people, and ask him if he knows where the Vertibird plans are kept.

After you get the info, go to the eastern maintenance building and talk to Quincy, one of the men in leather armor. Ask him if you can see the Vertibird plans. He'll ask you who needed them, and then tell him that Raul needed them. He'll get really angry, but will let you take the plans. While you're at it, be sure to loot the other lockers for a lot more stuff.

After you get the plans, go to the western maintenance building and talk to Raul, the Vertibird repairman. Tell him that Quincy wants to see him. Raul will get really angry at Quincy, and then he'll ask you to look after the Vertibirds. Offer to do so, and when Raul leaves, loot the lockers to get more stuff. After you've looted them, go to the basement of the base. There is an elevator in the northern section of the base.

Once you're in the basement, go south and left, and loot the lockers there. Get an Advanced Power Armor, but not necessarily the weapons and ammo. Leave the base, and head back to San Francisco.

When you're in San Francisco, go give the Vertibird plans to the Brotherhood guard. He'll make copies and give you back the plans, and also will give you full access to the Brotherhood facilities. You don't have to, but if you want, take the Power Armor and the Combat Armor from the base. Leave for Klamath. The walkthrough will be covered as if you didn't get the Power Armor, but there will be specific things that you can do with the armor, and those will also be included.

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Rough Map

Canyon | Trapper Town --- Klamath |              Wilderness

Notable Areas 1) Downtown  - Buckner's Bar   - Vic's old office   - The Golden Gecko 2) Trapper Town 3) Wilderness 4) Canyon

Notable Characters 1) Aldo, the Klamath greeter 2) Torr, Mrs. Buckner's dimwit son 3) Ardin Buckner, she owns Buckner's 4) Maida Buckner, Ardin's daughter 5) Sulik, an NPC who you can pick up later, he's doing work for the Buckners 6) Smiley, Ardin's boyfriend, he's a trapper 7) Whiskey Bob, the barfly at Buckner's 8) Jon Sullivan, he can give you a boost to melee and unarmed skills 9) Slim, he has the key for Trapper Town - Townsfolk of Klamath -  Barflys -  Trappers

Notes 1) Loot all of the footlockers and shelves for items. You'll need them  to barter for more things in Klamath. Also, attempt to steal from the   miscellaneous characters, especially any money, stimpacks, or weapons/ammo.   Be sure that you also have 10 beers and 10 bottles of booze, for you will   need it later. 2) Help Torr guard the "Moo-Moos" against the "bugmen." Attempt to kill the Dunton brothers while doing this. 3) Ask John Sullivan to improve your fighting skills. 4) Offer to refuel Whiskey Bob's still. 5) Tell Mrs. Buckner that you will save Smiley, her boyfriend. 6) Kill the Rat-God for Klamath's Trapper Town. 7) Get the fuel injection module for the car (you'll get it in the future). 8) Kill the robot wandering around in Klamath's canyon.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Help Torr guard the Brahmin: 250 xp - Kill all of the radscorpions: 420 kxp - Kill the Dunton twins: 80 kxp - Ask Jon Sullivan to teach you fightingg: 150 xp, 10% bonus to fighting skills - Refuel Whiskey Bob's still: 100 xp, $550 - Pay for Sulik's damages: 500 xp, Sulikk becomes your NPC - Kill the robot in Klamath: 200 kxp - Kill all rats in Trapper Town: 400 kxpp - Kill all rats in first level: 500 kxp - Kill the rat god: 300 xp - Kill all rats in second level: 645 kxpp - Kill all rats in third level: 590 kxp

Introduction

Klamath is a small city that is populated by hunters as well as rats. You'll be able to get your first NPC here. In addition, you'll be able to attempt a rescue mission as well as eradicate the city's rat infestation.

Details --- When you enter Klamath, head to the left and talk to the door-greeter guy. Give him five dollars and then ask him about what is going around in town lately. Afterwards, go talk to Torr, the man who isn't wearing a shirt. (He's also in front of the Buckner building.) Talk to him, and tell him that you will help him guard the brahmin right now.

You'll be transported to the Brahmin fields in Klamath, where one lone radscorpion will come and attack you. Kill the radscorpion, and then head west. Save the game, and attempt to kill the two Dunton brothers using your sharpened spear. After they are dead, heal, save the game, and then attack the remaining radscorpions, which are in the southeastern area of the fields. There are seven radscorpions to kill. After you've killed all of the radscorpions, head back to Klamath.

Once you're back in Klamath, save the game, and start to steal from the other citizens of Klamath. Be sure to steal money, weapons, and 10 beers and 10 bottles of booze. Steal from the person's back, and after each successful steal, save the game. After you have had enough stealing, make way to the northeast, and go to a building that has a sign which reads "Vic's." Go in the building and take everything from the drawers and shelves. Be sure that you get the radio, the pipe rifle, and the JHP ammo. In the southeastern corner of Klamath, close to where you entered, there is a building with a 'Guns and Bullets' magazine in a shelf. Read the magazine to receive an increase in your small guns skill.

--- The Pipe Rifle can hold only one 10mm bullet at a time, and its range and damage aren't anything special. The 10mm differs from the former in that it offers a 12 bullet magazine rather than the single-shot Pipe Rifle.
 * GUN Information: Pipe Rifle/10mm Pistol

Go back to the Buckner building, and talk to Whiskey Bob. Offer to refuel the still for him. (You might need to buy him some whiskey while you're at it.) Head south, until you reach the wilderness. Once you're there, enter "Sneak" mode. Go to the southwest until you reach a shack. Enter the shack, pick up the firewood, and put it in the still. After that's finished, leave for the "civilized" part of Klamath.

After you're in Klamath, talk to Whiskey Bob, and he'll give you $50. With all of the money and stuff that you have stealed from the denizens, you should now have more than $350. Talk to Sulik, the guy in the southeastern corner of the Buckner building. Ask him what's going on, and then ask him if you can pay for his damages. Offer to pay for them, and then you'll get Sulik in your party. Also, talk to Ardin, ask her what's wrong, and then offer to find Smiley (her boyfriend) for her.

--- First and foremost, Sulik is a fighter. He is skilled with sub-machine guns and melee weapons, especially the spear and sledgehammer. He's not too bad at hand-to-hand combat, either. With a super sledgehammer or a powerful SMG, like the H&K P90C, he's walking death. The only problem is that the SMG's will become too weak at the end. He's really good to have in the beginning.
 * NPC Information: Sulik

With Sulik, head to the northwest section of Klamath. Go to the Golden Gecko, and talk to Jon Sullivan, the guy to the left in the Golden Gecko. Ask him if he can teach you magic first, and then ask him if he can teach you pugilism. Afterwards, head to the west of the Golden Gecko to go to the Canyon. Once in the canyon, kill the robot for some experience. Head back to Klamath, and then go east for Trapper town.

When you enter trapper town, save the game, and steal from all of the townsfolk of Trapper Town. Be sure to go and get two gecko pelts and two healing powders from the westernmost building in Trapper Town.

More importantly, your mission here involves killing the rat god. To kill him, you have to go to the Blades building and enter through the northwestern entrance. When you enter through that entrance, you should see an old drawer and a man wearing a green shirt. Talk to the man, and ask him about Trapper Town. Talk to him again and ask him if you can have a key to go to the northern areas of the town. He'll give you the key.

When you get the key, open the locked door, and after you get past the door, close the door. Go outside, and enter the old guns store. Loot the lockers, and be sure to get the rubber boots and the 10mm ammo. Give one pair of boots to Sulik. Afterwards, leave the gun store, and then go to the western entrance of another building. Tell Sulik to remove his armor and get the leather jacket from him, and wear it. Kill all of the rats there, and enter the stairwell that leads to the basement.

After you enter the stairwell, go to the northern room with a desk. Examine the desk, and get the 10mm ammo. Kill all of the rats in this level, get the knife on the first easternmost end (it's near the dead body) and a crowbar in the remins of some bones (it's in the second easternmost end) and take the ladder that leads to the lower level of the rat caves.

When you're in the second level, kill all of the rats. The rat god will be there, and he isn't too tough. After all of the rats have been killed, go to the northeast section of the caves, and climb the ladder that is next to the bookcase. You're on your way to finding the fuel-injection module.

In this level, kill all of the rats. In the southern corner there's a locker which contains two stimpacks and 20 dollars. In the southern eastern corner, there is a dead repair robot. A tool is nearby. Get the tool, and head towards the locked door on the north side.

Once you are there, examine the shelf and take the dynamite and the crowbar. Place the dynamite really close to the door, set the timer, and wait until it detonates. After it detonates, go up the ladder. After you go up, head south, and examine the broken car on the south. After you get the fuel cell, head back to Trapper Town, and then to Klamath. Once in Klamath, go to the Buckner house, and trade for a Leather Armor using spears, meat jerkey, etc. After you get the leather armor, make sure you have some rubber boots. Leave Klamath, and head for the Toxic Caves to find Smiley the trapper.

THE TOXIC CAVES (subarea)

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============ Notable Areas 1) The First Floor 2) The Second Floor

Notable Characters 1) Smiley the Trapper - Lots of Golden Geckos

Notes 1) Kill the Golden Geckos. 2) Find Smiley, the trapper.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Kill all Geckos in Toxic Caves: 1655 kkxp

Details --- Once in the Toxic Caves, kill all of the geckos that you see using your spear and/or the Pipe Rifle. In the first level, there is a room which contains some boots, stimpacks, and some RadX which is to the south. Go there and get everything, and then go to the second level. In the second level, there are a lot of golden geckos. Use the pipe rifle and the spear to finish them. Smiley is in the easternmost part of the second level of the caves. Talk to him and tell him that Ardin is waiting for you. He will be a temporary NPC in your party. Also, there is a locker in the second floor, next to the elevator, which contains some RadAway's. Save the game after you've found Smiley, and then steal 10 golden gecko pelts from him. Save after you have gotten them successfully. Leave the caves for Klamath.

NOTE: The elevator can only be opened with some Electronic Lock Picks, and you also need to repair the generator that powers the elevator. There is a Mark II Combat Armor there as well as some powerful weapons and some 2mm gauss ammo in the basement.

KLAMATH (again)

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== Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Klamath

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Klamath

Notes 1) Go back to Klamath to tell Ardin that you found Smiley. 2) Kill the Geckos in the wilderness.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Find Smiley: 1000 xp, $100 - Kill Geckos in Wilderness: 1045 kxp

Details --- Once you are in Klamath, talk to Ardin Buckner, and then tell her that you don't want a reward. She'll give you $100 anyway. Afterwards, talk to Smiley, ask him if he can tell you the tale of the Gecko, and then ask him how to skin Geckos. Now, with your newfound knowledge, go to the wilderness, and kill all of the Geckos there. Be sure you get their pelts. After you have killed them, leave for the Den.

THE DEN

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Rough Map

West Side - East Side

Notable Areas 1) West Side  - Lara's Hideout   - Rebecca's Bar/Casino   - Flick's store   - Tubby's store   - Smitty's home   - The Ghost Home 2) East Side - The Hole - Graveyard - Church - Metzger's slave pen - Mom's diner

Notable Characters 1) Rebecca, the owner of the bar/casino 2)  Tubby, he owns a store 3) Flick, he "owns" a store 4)  Lara, she runs a mercenary camp 5) Fred, he owes Rebecca a good bit of money 6)  Joey, the local thug who sells Jet 7) Anna, a ghost who needs to be put to rest 8)  The Great Ananias, he lets you look at the Mummy 9) Smitty, he sells you the car later on 10) Frankie, he owns the Hole 11) Metzger, he is the slave owner 12) "Mom," she owns the local diner 13) Stacy, she can tell you the story about Cuddles 14) Tyler, he is the leader of the other mercenary gang 15) The bar patron in the Hole, he screws you if you're female for $200 -  Orphaned children that steal your sttuff for Flick (they guard the entrances to several buildings) -  Drunks in Withdrawal -   Guards -   Slaves -   Slavers

Notes 1) First off, go to Rebecca's bar, and ask her for work. She'll ask    you to find Fred and collect $200. 2)  After you return Fred's payment, offer to find the book that Derek borrowed. 3) Go to the east side, and screw the bar patron if you're female. 4)  Go to the Slaver's guild, and ask if you can see Vic. Talk to   Metzger afterwards to see if you can buy Vic. 5) Go to Mom's, and ask her for some work. Offer to bring the meal    to Smitty. 6)  Go to the Graveyard and search for a book. (This is Rebecca's second   quest) 7) Talk to Stacy and ask her to tell you the story about her cat, Cuddles. 8)  Now go to Lara's place, and ask her for some mercenary work. This eventually boils down to eliminating the gang that you might have seen earlier at the Church. 9) Put Anna, the ghost, to rest. 10) Obtain a sample of Jet.

NOTE: The Orphaned children will steal from you if you walk past them. Sometimes, they're successful; other times, they aren't. A workaround is to walk near the children, and then immediately enter combat mode. Run past the children, and enter the building. You have to do     the same thing (reverse order though) to leave the building safely.

NOTE: Do not attempt to gamble at Rebecca's casino. There is an endless conversation bug (in other words, it doesn't end) when you talk to     one of the casino patrons.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Pay off Fred's debt for Rebecca: 200 xxp, $100 - Find Rebecca's book: 300 xp, $80 - Learn about Vic being a trader: 200 xpp - Deliver Smitty's meal: 150 xp, stimpacck - Ask Tyler if you can enter the church:: 500 xp - Examine the crates in the church: 500 xp, $200 - Ask Metzger if Lara can attack Tyler: 200 xp, $50 - Find a weakness in Tyler's gang: 200 xxp - Kill Tyler's gang: 485 kxp, $400 - Give Anna the locket: 250 xp - Put Anna to rest: 600 xp - Kill Metzger: 1500 xp, $1000 - Kill Metzger and his slavers: 1000 kxpp - Free Metzger's slaves: 1250 xp

Introduction

The Den is a dangerous place and is a safe haven for drug and slave trading. You'll be able to bust a slaver ring and a small gang here.

Details --- When you enter the Den, go a bit to the south, and then enter Rebecca's bar/casino (see the note above). Talk to Rebecca, and ask her for some work. She'll tell you to go and find Fred. To find Fred, leave the bar, go south, and enter the building where there is only one orphaned child. Enter it, and talk to the drunk-looking guy (description says that he is "a citizen of the Den"). Tell him that he owes Rebecca $200. He'll ask for $150 in the process, and tell him that's okay. (He'll give you lots of nice stuff later on.) Also, enter the door that leads to Flick, the shopkeeper who is wearing a green shirt. Ask him what he does he do in the Den, and then ask him if you can trade. After he shows you his wares, don't trade for anything, and thank him. Talk to him again and ask him to show you his wares. This time, he has a .44 magnum revolver that you can barter for. Buy that and its corrosponding ammunition. Use your gecko pelts to trade for that.

--- It runs on .44 JHP or FMJ ammunition. The base damage rating is about 12 to 18 hit points, but with targeted shots, you can easily get more than 70 hit points dealt. Plus, with ten Agility, you can shoot two aimed shots. It's an excellent small arm. Plus, you can put in a  speed-loader to reduce the reloading cost to one action point.
 * GUN Information: .44 Magnum Revolver

Afterwards, leave this area, and go to Rebecca to pay her the $200. She'll split it in half for you. Talk to Rebecca again and offer to find the missing book for her. The book is in one of four random locations:

(1) - The book is by a trashcan (not on fire) with a car door leaning beside it. The area is to the south of the graveyard and across the street.

(2) - The book is in the graveyard. It's close by the John Andersen tombstone.

(3) - The book is by some ruins to the east of the Slaver's Guild. The wall to the north is blocking the book, so you'll have to carefully search the area.

(4) - The book is in an outhouse close to The Hole. It's beside the toilet.

After you find the book, you can return it to Rebecca for some experience and money.

Now, it is time to go to the east side. Go there, and if you are female, go to the Hole. Talk to the male bar patron, and tell him that he can screw you for $200. If he says he doesn't have enough money, tell him tough luck and then ask for $200 again (chances are that he might have the money). If you are male, you can screw a prostitute if you give her some cash (I don't know what is the point though...).

Go to the Slavers guild which is to the east. Enter there, and the door guard will start to talk to you. Tell him that you want to see Metzger or you want to buy some slaves. Afterwards, talk to another guard who is holding a slave inside the main building. Ask him about Vic, then ask if you can see him. Beg if the guard won't let you through. If he lets you through, talk to Vic, tell him that you are going to free him, and then give him the old radio that you found in Klamath. Afterwards, go and see Metzger (he's in the center of the northern room). Talk to him, and ask him if you can buy Vic. He'll sell him for $1000. If you're female, you can screw Metzger and buy him for half the price. Also, be sure to steal the shotgun from Metzger.

--- Even with its two shell ammo capacity, the shotgun is still a formidable weapon. It has a decent range and is quite powerful; targeted shots can deal in excess of 50 hit points.
 * GUN Information: 12-gauge Shotgun

When you talk to Vic, ask him where did he get the water flasks from for some easy experience.

--- In the beginning, 'coward' defines Vic, but after you give him some armor and a decent weapon (like a shotgun or better), he becomes a whole lot better. Initially, he is inept at combat, but later on, he is quite formidable. After he maxes out his level, he can use the Gauss Rifle. In the long run, he is a valuable asset.
 * NPC Information: Vic

Vic can use all small arms, but is horrible at melee combat. His specialty is the repair skill.

Next, go to Mom's diner and talk to Mom, the owner of the place. Ask her what's going on in town. She'll hand you a dinner that she wants you to give to Smitty. Also, talk to Stacy and ask her why is she so sad She'll mention a cat, and ask if you can hear the story about her cat. You'll get some experience for listening to the story. Head to the west side of the Den to return Smitty's meal.

Smitty is in the far west corner of the West Side of the Den. Go talk to him, and tell him that you have his meal from Mom's. You'll get 150 experience and a stimpack for giving him the meal. If you take a look at Smitty's lockers, you can get a tool and other miscellaneous items. The last locker contains a shovel, which will be required for a quest later on.

Now it is time to do some mercenary work. Go talk to Lara, who is south of Tubby's store (it's the central building on the western wing of buildings). Lara is the woman in the second room. Talk to her, and ask her if there is any work to be done. She wants you to examine some crates in the Church on the East Side of the Den. Head there.

Once in the East Side, go to the church, and talk to Tyler. Tell him that Metzger sent you, and he wants you to check some stuff for him. He'll get pretty antsy, but will let you in. Once there, examine one column of the crates to find out that they are filled with chemical compounds. Head back to the West Side.

When you go there, go talk to Lara, and tell her what you saw. She'll give you $200 and a new quest: ask Metzger if it is okay for Lara and her gang to guard the church now. Head to Metzger's slave guild. Talk to Metzger and ask if Lara can attack Tyler's gang. Metzger will say that it is okay. Go back to the West Side and talk to Lara. She'll give you another quest: find a weakness in Tyler's gang.

Go back to the church, and talk to Tyler. Ask him what's going on, and he'll mention that he's going to a party. Tell him that you want him to have fun. You'll get more experience. Go back to the West Side. Talk to Lara, and she'll offer you $300 if you go and fight with her in order to eliminate Tyler's gang. Say yes. The fight isn't that bad, especially with Metzger's stolen shotgun and the revolver, and is ridiculously easy with the Power Armor. After you have killed Tyler's gang, you'll receive $400.

Now, it is time to put a ghost to rest. Go to the building that is directly south of the one that Lara usually stays. There should be a ghost there. Talk to the ghost, and ask her what is the matter. The ghost says that she can't find it. Ask the ghost what is the object, and then she'll mention that it is a locket. With this newfound knowledge, go to Mom's diner. Talk to Mom, eat the meal that she offers you, and then ask her if she knows about the haunted house. She'll mention that a teen used the house about two years ago whose name is Joey. Thank her, and head back (sigh) to the West Side.

Joey is the thug wearing a leather jacket. Talk to him, and ask him for some information. Ask him about the ghost, and then ask about the locket. Tell him that he stole it, and buy it from him for $50. With the locket, go back to the building where you found the ghost, and give her the locket. Talk to her again, and she'll turn into a pile of bones. Pick up the bones and head to the graveyard. Find the grave marked "Anna Winslow." Dig up the grave with your shovel, put the bones in there, and then close it up. (If you were wondering, the grave is in the southeastern area of the graveyard.)

If you have the Advanced Power Armor, you can go and kill Metzger for a good bit of experience. Loot the corpses to get their pistols and drugs, for they come in handy when it comes to buying weapons later on. Also, if you have killed Metzger, go to Rebecca's bar. Tell Rebecca that the fight was easy, and she'll give you $1000 dollars. Go to one of the merchants in the West Side of the Den, and see if you can buy some jet (the merchants might sell it to you for about $60). Head to Vault City now, but stop in the unknown green area while you're on your way there.

MODOC

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Rough Map

Rose's Bed and Breakfast /         /    Main Street

Notable Areas 1) Main Street  - Trading Post   - Church   - Slaughterhouse   - Tannery 2) Rose's Bed and Breakfast - Rose's Bed and Breakfast - Farrell's house

Notable Characters 1) Jo, the mayor of Modoc 2) Grisham, he owns the slaughterhouse 3) Balthas, he owns the tannery 4) Farrel, Modoc townsperson 5) Cornelius, another Modoc townsperson 6) Rose, she owns a bed-and-breakfast - Modoc townsfolk - Traders

Notes 1) Offer to find the "Ghost Farm" for Jo. 2) Guard the Brahmin for Grisham. 3) Kill the rats that have invaded Farrel's garden. 4) Find Cornelius' gold watch.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Successfully guard the Brahmin: 600 kxxp, $1000 - Kill the rats in Farrel's garden: 300 xp - Kill the rats in Farrel's garden: 635  kxp - Successfully blow up the outhouse: 5000 xp - Kill the mole rat: 160 kxp - Return the watch to Farrel: 1500 xp - Heal Bess: 200 xp

Introduction

Modoc is a small farming community that is on the verge of death. A drought has plagued the crop harvest and a new "ghost farm" has been discovered. You can help forge an alliance between the new "ghost farm" and Modoc and also help the citizens in their daily lives. You can also get married here.

Details --- When you first come into Modoc, go in the trading post, and talk to the mayor, Jo. Ask him about Modoc, and then ask him about the G.E.C.K. He'll say he knows where it is, and he'll present you with a new quest: find the Ghost Farm. Get the details for the quest, but you do not have to undertake it at this moment. (By the way, Jo will lie to you and mention that a G.E.C.K is like a Gecko...you're doing the quest for the rewards and experience.)

You can go to the wooden building to the southeast of Modoc and talk to Grisham, the owner of the local slaughterhouse. You can offer to guard his brahmin at night for a $1000. If you do accept the quest, you have to guard some eight-odd brahmin against ten wild dogs. I have successfully completed the quest using a combination of a 10mm Pistol and a .44 Magnum revolver. After you have killed all ten dogs, leave the field and talk to Grisham to get the money. Also, if you look at the shelf next to Grisham, there is a first-aid book as well as some flares. You can steal a shotgun and some shells from also.

Next, go back to the trading post and talk to Jo. Barter some stuff (pistols, excess ammo, etc.) for some dynamite and a rope. Go to the well in the central area, and pry open the cover for the well. Use the rope on the well in order to descend down the well. If you want, you can optionally go there and find a BB gun and some money (though if you take those items, you'll lose karma).

Head to the Rose's Bar and Breakfast area, and go to the shack directly to your right. Talk to Farrel, and ask him about the gold watch. He'll tell you what happened. (BTW, you'll find it later.) Talk to him again, ask what he does, and tell him that you would like to help him get rid of some rats that invaded his garden. I had no problem defeating them unarmed. (This holds true with or without the armor.)

Now, go back to Rose's Bed and Breakfast, and this time, heal to full health and save the game. Enter the outhouse (it's a bit north of Farrel's home). Enter it, and place a stick of dynamite right next to the pile of rocks. Set the timer to three minutes, and escape from the outhouse. If you placed the dynamite correctly, this section Modoc should be covered with biological goo, as well as blowing the outhouse away. Usually, it doesn't work, and sometimes you end up killing yourself in the process.

After it has been done successfully, save the game, and heal yourself if you've taken massive damage as a result of the explosion. Enter the outhouse again, and go inside the cave. Kill the molerat that is guarding Cornelius' gold watch. Get the gold watch, leave the outhouse, and then give it to Farrel.

Now it is time to deal with the Ghost Farm. Save the game, and leave Modoc for the Ghost Farm. If you have a high Doctor skill, you can heal Bess, the brahmin with the broken leg for some experience before you venture out to the Ghost Farm. I was successful with 29% Doctor skill.

You can also get married in Modoc. To try, talk to Grisham's children in his home. It's good for a laugh, but his children are horrible in combat. It doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl; both genders can have either spouse.

THE GHOST FARM

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= Notable Areas 1) The farm itself 2) The underground

Notable Characters 1) Vegeir, the leader of the Slags - Slags -  Slag guards

Notes 1) Enter the underground part of the farm. 2) Talk to Vegeir, and give Jo the letter that he has given you.

Details --- When you go to the Ghost Farm, you might encounter some Slag guards in the beginning. Tell them that you will go down with them. If you don't see any, go to the building to the northeast, and fall down through the mat to go underground. Talk to one of the guards, ask them for answers to some questions, and then go to Vegeir with them.

Once you get to Vegeir, tell him that you have some questions, and then accept the quest to give the letter to Jo. Leave the Ghost Farm through the entrance to the south of Vegeir. Go to Modoc, and deliver the letter to Jo. Oh yes, be sure that you examine the bodies on the stake before you leave.

MODOC (again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Modoc

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Modoc

Notes 1) Deliver the message to Jo. 2) Find Karl for Jo.

Details --- When you enter Modoc, give Jo the letter. Jo will find out about the Slags, and he will get angry at the Slags for "killing" Karl and for harboring dead bodies on stakes in the farm. Tell Jo that the bodies are fake, and you will go and find Karl. Jo will give you a month to find Karl. Karl is in the Den, in Mom's diner, on the east side. Head there. Jo will give you thirty-one days to find Karl; otherwise, he and some Modoc townsfolk will attack the Slags.

THE DEN (again)

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== Notable Areas 1) See above listing for the Den

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for the Den

Notes 1) Find Karl.

Details --- Not too much to say here. Go to Mom's diner, and talk to the drunk in the green shirt. Ask him what is his story, and he'll start to talk about the ghost farm. Leave for Modoc upon hearing his story.

In the interim, you should see this huge guy in some special type of Power Armor and two troopers in Advanced Power Armor. They kill this family of farmers, and tell you to walk away. This is foreshadowing to what will happen in the future. The big guy is the end-game boss. He may look hard right now, but the fight will be among the easiest in the game.

MODOC (yet again)

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==== Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Modoc

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Modoc 2) Laddie, Balthas' dog

Notes 1) Talk to Jo about Karl. 2) Talk to Balthas and offer to find his son, Jonny.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Help trade come back to Modoc: 3500 xpp

Details --- Go talk to Jo, and tell him about Karl being a drunkard in the Den. You'll get lots of experience points for Modoc's trade. Go to the Tannery, and talk to Balthas. Ask him if he is preoccupied with something, introduce yourself, and then go find Jonny for him. Jonny is in the ghost farm. Balthas will send Laddie with you to help you find Jonny.

THE GHOST FARM / MODOC (yet again)

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===================== Notable Areas 1) See above listing for the Ghost Farm / Modoc

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for the Ghost Farm / Modoc

Notes 1) Enter the farm through the trapdoor and stairwell in the farm itself. 2) Talk to Vegeir and tell him that the trade went well with Modoc. 3) Find Jonny.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Tell Vegeir about the trade message: AAssault Rifle - Return Jonny to Modoc:              22500 xp, Combat Leather Jacket

Details --- When you get to the ghost farm, enter the underground through the trapdoor in the actual farm. Talk to Vegeir, and tell him that the trade message was received well. He'll give you an Assault Rifle and some ammunition. The Assault Rifle can be upgraded with an extended clip to hold 100 bullets versus 24. It's okay since it's not too powerful, but the high ammo capacity and good range make up for its lack of power.

Now, it is time to find Jonny. Head north (while you're still in the underground), and enter the area next to the underground lake. Laddie will run up to Jonny. Talk to the little boy, and ask him if his name is Jonny. He'll say yes, and then tell him that his mom and dad have sent you to find him. Jonny will then ask you for his dad's name (of course, answer Balthas). After that, Jonny will be happy. You have to ask Vegeir if he can come home.

Go to Vegeir and ask him if he can come home. He'll say yes and will arrange an escort to take you, Jonny, and Laddie to Modoc. When you get there, talk to Balthas, and he'll give you some new armor. You'll also receive a good bit of experience as well. Head towards Vault City now.

VAULT CITY

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City Council |   Downtown -- Vault 8 |  Courtyard

Notable Areas 1) Courtyard  - Happy Harry's store   - Andrew's Clinic   - Bar   - Tenants with their tents 2) Vault City Downtown - Customs Office - Repair shop - Amenities Offices - Corrections Center - Servant Allocation building - Information Center 3) Vault City Vault (Vault 8) 4) Vault City Council

Notable Characters 1) Lynette, Vault City's First Citizen 2)  Dr. Troy, the medic of Vault City 3) Lydia, she will buy the beer and booze from you 4)  Randall, chief Amenities officer 5) Stark, he heads the guards in Vault City 6)  Thomas Moore, an abolitionist and an agent for Mr. Bishop (you'll find out later) 7) Curtis, the kid who lost his Mr. Nixon doll 8)  Amanda, a worried courtyard dweller (her husband is missing) 9) Joshua, Amanda's husband 10) Barkus, he heads the Servant Allocation Center 11) Dr. Andrew, the doctor for the courtyard dwellers 12) Ed, he can tell you about the other cities that surround Vault City 13) Mr. Smith, he needs a plow 14) Skeev, the Customs officer who can give you forgered citizenship papers 15) Wallace, the chief Customs officer 16) Harry, he owns Happy Harry's 17) Senior Councilman McClure, he's far more levelheaded that Lynette 18) Valerie, she heads the repair shop, she's Vic's daughter 19) Kohl, he heads the Information Services department -  Vault City Citizens -   Vault City Slaves -   Vault City Guards

Notes 1) Find and return Mr. Nixon to Curtis. Listen to his conversation  with Mr. Nixon to find the wrench. 2) Help Amanda find Joshua. 3) Fix the broken Autodoc at Dr. Andrew's clinic. 4) Obtain false citizenship papers from Skeev. Turn him later after you've completed the Gecko quest. 5) Deliver the booze and beer that you had earlier to Lydia. 6) Give the pliers and wrench to Valerie. 7) Buy some items from Randal, the amenities officer. 8) Get the quest from Lynette to take care of Gecko's nuclear plant.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Return Mr. Nixon to Curtis: 100 xp - Repair Dr. Andrew's Autodoc: 100 xp - Discover the origin of the water flaskk: 500 xp - Give the booze and beer to Lydia: 250 xp, $300 - Give Valerie the wrench and pliers: 2550 xp, $50, Super Tool Kit - Convince Barkus to release Joshua: 5000 xp, $32

Introduction

Vault City is a large place and perhaps represents a "utopia" in the Fallout World. It is a highly organized totalitarian society that traces its roots from the citizens of Vault 8.

Details --- Enter Vault City during the day. Head to the north and then take a right turn when you reach the bar. Go talk to the crying child, and he'll mention something about losing a Mr. Nixon doll. The doll is in a corner of the outside wall of the bar, near some old boxes. (It's a box-looking object.) Pick up the doll and give it to Curtis for some experience. Be sure to listen to his conversation, and he'll mention a wrench in a rock pile. Go to the rock pile (which is due east) and examine it upon hearing the reference to the wrench. You should find a wrench.

Now, head to the tent that is next to you. Talk to the worried woman, and ask her what is wrong. She'll say that her husband is now in the servant allocation center and was arrested. Offer to find Joshua for her.

Go a bit north, and enter the clinic, and go to the room with the contraption (the Auto-Doc) in it. Repair the Auto-Doc using the tool. After it has been repaired, go a bit south and somewhat west and enter the shack that is north of the jail. Talk to the man in the green shirt, and ask him about where he got the flask from and then inquire about Vault 13. He won't know where he got it from, but you'll receive some experience from digging out that info.

Now go to the tent that is right across from the clinic with a farmer standing outside. Talk to the farmer, and ask him what he does in Vault City. Ask him what is the problem, and then offer to buy him a plow. Go to Happy Harry's store (it has a big happy face on its wall) and talk to Harry. Ask if he is selling the plow, and buy it from him and be sure to ask him to deliver it to the Smith's. Go back to the tent next to the clinic, and talk to Mr. Smith. He'll hand you a Desert Eagle and you'll also receive some experience in the process. Now, head for Downtown, which is to the north.

When you enter Downtown, go to the right into the Customs building. Talk to Skeev, the man in the vault suit who is standing in the first room. Ask him what is this place, and then ask him that you're looking to go into the Vault, and then ask him about "other ways." He'll say that if you have the cash, he will go into further detail, which essentially boils down to forgered citizenship papers. Tell him that you might tell others that he might be selling citizenship papers, and he'll say that the others won't believe you. Buy the papers from him, and then make a sarcastic remark to him. He'll believe you, and then ask him to pay for your silence. He'll get really angry, and then tell him that "sweet talking" won't help at all. He'll give you $300. Tell him that you have his silence, and then talk to the gate guard. Tell him that you are a citizen, and give him your papers. He'll say that they looked legit, and then tell the guard that you missed meeting each other. He'll let you through.

Go to the Tap House on the right, and talk to Lydia, the bar owner. Ask her what's on tap, and then inquire about real alcohol. Tell her that real can't compare to synthetic alcohol and then give her the alcohol that you have for $300 and some experience. Next, head on to the maintenance center, and talk to Valerie, the girl in the metal armor. If you have Vic in your party, there'll be a lengthy conversation between her and Vic. Anyways, talk to her, and ask her what this place is. Ask her what does she repair, and then she'll mention something about missing tools. Offer to help her, and give her some pliers and a wrench for some experience and $50.

Next, go to the Amenities office (it's to the left to the Repair Shop) and talk to the man (Randal) in the vault suit. Ask him what is this place, and then ask him if you can see what is in stock. He'll ask for your citizenship papers, and give him yours. Everything will work out, so buy a combat shotgun, some 12 ga. shells, and some books using the money and excess weaponry that you have. If you have NPC's, and intend to keep them (they'll soon become worthless later on), you can barter for an SMG to give to Sulik. Now, head to the Corrections Center, and talk to the man in metal armor. Ask him what some questions, and then mention something about Patrols. Offer to do some recon work for him, which is to scout out the eight sectors around Gecko. Leave, and go to the Servant Allocation center.

--- The Combat Shotgun, along with its siblings (Pancor Jackhammer and H&K CAWS), is among the best all-rounded weapons in the game. Targeted shots deal a fair amount of damage, up to about 85 hit points, while regular shots deal between 10 and 30 hit points of damage. There's also a powerful burst mode, though it is weaker in the combat shotgun than in the other models.
 * GUN Information: Combat Shotgun

When you get there, talk to the guy in the vault suit. Ask him what is the Servant Allocation Center, and then tell him that you are looking for Joshua. Tell him that Joshua has a contagious disease, and then give him some more info. If your speech skill is above 90%, then he will believe you; otherwise, he won't and you'll have to buy him out instead. After you get Joshua, head to the Information Center, which should be to your left. Talk to the the man in the vault suit, and ask what this place is. Ask him if he has any books or manuals, and he'll say that the books are being transcribed into an electronic format. Ask him if all the books are gone, and he'll tell you what might eventually happen to the information center. Tell him that you like reading a book instead of viewing text on an electronic screen, and he'll give you some free books. Leave the building and head outside.

Once outside, go to the left, and you should see a man in green. Talk to him and accept to take a briefcase to the Bishop family in New Reno. Note that this is strictly optional. Now, head for the City Council.

Once you reach the Council, head north and a bit towards the left, and enter the Council building. Go inside, and talk to Lynette, the First Citizen (she's in the southeastern room). Ask her about the G.E.C.K, and she'll say that it isn't meant for you. Tell her about the Vault Dweller, and then show her your jumpsuit and water flask. Ask her if she knows about Vault 13, and then ask if you can search the computer archives. She'll say that you must take a Citizenship test (you can only pass with 10 Intelligence and 10 Luck). Tell her that you will take the test, and she'll mention another way: get rid of the Ghoulish inhabitants of Gecko. You'll take yet another route to "true" citizenship, however. Leave Vault City for Gecko.

By the way, there is another NPC in the bar who you can pick up. His name is Cassidy, and he is like Vic in many respects, but a lot better.

--- Cassidy is a good all-around small guns sniper, comparable to the original Fallout's Tycho. Cassidy can use most two-handed small guns, and is far better in combat than Vic at this stage in the game. He has heart problems, so if he takes any drugs other than stimpacks, he can die. He's pretty good.
 * NPC Information: Cassidy

Also, be sure to talk to Amanda to get your reward for finding Joshua.

GECKO

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Junkyard | Settlement -- Nuclear Plant

Notable Areas 1) Gecko Settlement  - Harold's office   - The Harp  2) Gecko Nuclear Reactor 3) Gecko Junkyard  - Survival Gear store   - Skeeter's garage

Notable Characters 1) Harold, the old ghoul who has a pseudo-mayorial position 2) Lenny, another NPC whom you can pick up 3) Wooz, he sells Booze at the Harp 4) Jeremy, he's in charge of the parts department 5) Skeeter, he owns the repair shop in the Junkyard 6) Percy, he owns the Survival Gear Locker shop in the Junkyard

Notes 1) Offer to find the Hydroelectric Magnetosphere for Gecko. 2) Give Skeeter a three-step plasma transformer from Jeremy. 3) Offer to find Woody the ghoul for Percy. 4) Find a Super Tool Repair Kit for Skeeter.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Give Skeeter the three-step plasma traansformer: 350 xp

Introduction

Gecko is a community inhabited by ghouls. Its economy relies on a cranky nuclear reactor that is contaminating the local water supply, which coincidentally is used by Vault City.

Details --- When you enter Gecko, go to a bit to the north and enter the building which reads "manager's office." Enter the building, and examine the desk, and take the two clipboards. Also, examine the shelf on the left hall to find a book about science.

While you're in the building, talk to the ghoul (Harold) who is in the primary room, beside the desk. Ask him what does he do here, and then he'll mention that the reactor isn't working well and that he needs a Hydroelectric Magnetosphere. If you talk to the ghoul on his left (Lenny), you can pick up another NPC. He can also heal you, if necessary. Head east to the Nuclear Plant.

--- With 129 hit points, Lenny easily is the most durable out of all of the other NPC's. He can also heal you, for his forte is the Doctor skill. He says that he can use SMG's and pistols, and he is okay at best with an H&K G11/G11E or the .223 Pistol. He's not really worth having in the long run, however.
 * NPC Information - Lenny

Once in the plant, head a bit to the north and a ways east, and enter the room with a ghoul behind a room that has lockers. Talk to the ghoul (his description says that he has a shaved head) and tell him that you have something to pick up. Ask for a three-step plasma transformer, and give him the part request form (one of the items on the clipboard) that you found earlier. Leave the room, and go a bit to the east and enter the room a bit to the south with a rusted locker. Open it and take the yellow keycard out. Leave the room, and head to the southern part of the reactor. Put the keycard in one of your active item slots and open the yellow door. After you get past that level of security, go to the room with a shelf. Examine the shelf and get the red key card and put it in your item slot (remove the yellow card).

Now, make your way to the east and talk to Festus, the ghoul in the southeasternmost room. Tell him that the reactor isn't running very well, and then tell him that Vault City is complaining about the groundwater problem. He'll say that nothing is wrong. Anyways, leave the reactor and go to the Junkyard, to the north.

When you get there, go to the Survival Gear center, and talk to the shopkeeper. Ask him what is going on, and he'll mention that his friend Woody is missing. Offer to find Woody for him. Also, go to the northwest and enter the big building. Talk to the ghoul there, and he'll offer to fix up one of your weapons for finding a three-step plasma transformer. Right now, get the speed loader for the .44 magnum pistol that you might have; another option is to upgrade the ammo magazine for the assault rifle. After you've gotten your upgrade, leave for Vault City.

VAULT CITY (again)

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Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Vault City

Notes 1) Go to Valerie and ask for your tools back; she'll also give you a Super  Tool Kit. 2) Go to Stark and tell him that you have scouted the area around Gecko. 3) Go to the City Council and speak with Councilman McClure; he'll offer you  citizenship once you've fixed Gecko's reactor.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Talk to Valerie after delivering the ttools: Super Tool Kit - Tell Stark that you've scouted the areea around Gecko: 350 xp, $300 - Tell McClure that you need the part foor Gecko: Gecko power plant part

Details --- When you go to Vault City, rest until 8:00 AM (unless the time is no later than 6:00 PM) and enter Downtown. Go in Valerie's repair shop, and pick up the Super Tool Kit. Next, head to the corrections center and talk to Stark; tell him that you've scouted the area. He'll give you some money and you'll receive some experience as well. Go to the City Council to the north.

When you enter the Council, go in the main Council building and talk to Councilman McClure (he should be in the left wing of the building). Talk to him, introduce yourself, and ask about the part for Gecko's power plant. Tell him that Lynette won't make you a citizen even if you fix the power plant problem. He'll authorize you to pick up something from the Amenities office. Go to the office and get the part. Leave for Gecko.

GECKO (again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Gecko

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Gecko

Notes 1) Give Festus the Hy-Mag and convince him to install it. 2) Go to Skeeter and give him the tool kit for the fuel cell controller. Steal the tool kit from him afterwards.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Tell Festus to fix the reactor: 4250 xxp (optionally install it yourself manually: 4000 xp) (optionally install it yourself via computer: 4500 xp) - Give Skeeter the tool kit: 250 xp, fueel cell controller - Give Skeeter the second plasma transfoormer: 350 xp, weapons upgrade

Details --- When you enter Gecko, go to the nuclear plant and talk to Festus; convince him to install the Hy-Mag. If your efforts are fruitless, save the game in a different slot, and enter the nuclear reactor. Go to the red coolant valve and use the Hy-Mag there. It'll take a few tries to get it to work. You'll lose a lot of hit points because of the intense radiation there. If you've got a high enough science skill, you can use the computer terminal to fix the reactor. This is what you do:

Add a command List programs Delete all commands Execute program Back Logoff

Then choose 'add a command' again and add the following:

1. Amplify plutonium-gamma shield 2. Deharmonize neptunium impeller 3. Calibrate uranium-rod driver 4. Set voltage on saturn-class capicitor 5. Test jupiter-wave compiler 6. Install hydroelectric magnetosphere regulator

Then you end the program and then execute.

After it is successfully installed, save the game. Also, talk to Festus again, and get the optimization data for Gecko's power plant. You can also go and talk to the ghoul who handles the storage and barter some ammo for another 3-step Plasma Transformer.

Also, go to the north end and talk to Skeeter. Give the tool kit to him for the fuel cell controller. Save the game and successfully steal the tool kit. Give Skeeter the plasma transformer, and he can upgrade another one of your weapons. Save, and head for Vault City.

If you've looked closely, there's a working computer in the reactor control room. You can chat with an Enclave guard (talking head and all) - it's a very humorous conversation. Here are the steps you'll need to take:

init. password 2 password 3 password 1 init gen maint seq load [...] download [...] password 3 password 1 password 2 list other stations more Everything's shut down [...]

VAULT CITY (yet again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Vault City

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Vault City

Notes 1) Tell Wallace that Skeev was forgering citizenship papers. He'll get  arrested. 2) Go to the City Council, and McClure will make you a citizen. 3) Talk to Phyllis in the Vault City Vault. 4) Optimize the power-plant data in the Vault. 5) Offer to scout NCR for Stark.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Turn in Skeev to Wallace: Free Day Passs - Tell McClure that you've fixed the nucclear plant: Citizenship for Vault City - Tell Phyllis to explore the outside woorld: 300 xp - Tell Phyllis that radiation can cause sterility or chromosomal damage: 300 xp - Go out with Phyllis: 300 xp - Donate sperm to Vault City: 100 xp - Repair the Vault City ventilation systtem: 100 xp, 50 micro fusion cells - Use the Vault City Learning Terminal: 350 xp

Details --- When you go to Vault City, enter the customs building, and talk to Wallace. Tell him that Skeev is involved in illegal practices, and show him the fake citizenship papers. Skeev will be dealt with, and you'll receive a free day pass. Enter the city afterwards.

Once you get in the city, go to the City Council, and talk to McClure. Tell him that you have repaired Gecko's Power Plant, and you'll be granted citizenship for Vault City. Head for the Vault City Vault now.

In the Vault, talk to the woman in the blue jumper. Tell her your name, and ask about Vault City. Tell her that you've noticed the similarity of citizens, and encourage her to explore the outside world. If you're male, you can go out with her for some experience and donate sperm to Vault City for some more experience. If you have high Intelligence, you can discuss the pregnancy cycle and tell her about radiation causing sterility and anomalities among the citizens for even more experience. Save, and enter the second floor of the Vault.

NOTE: If you examined the computer, and have searched the medical database, you can get some extremely important information regarding Combat Implants. With 90% doctor skill, you can access the database. If     you want the implants (which are highly recommended), pump up your doctor skill.

Once you're there, go to the far right, and fix the rattling vent using the repair skill for some experience. Also, save the game, and attempt to lockpick all of the doors in the area.

The main objective is to open the locked door to the southwest (the door is next to the one whose power couplings are broken). That room has a Voice Module, which is essential to beating the game. Anyways, attempt to pick the door, and after you open it, save the game. I know for a fact that a lockpick skill of 70% or higher will work. Electronic Lockpicks will also help (they're at the Navarro base). Be sure to loot everything that you can find, however.

Go to the third floor, and to the far left. Use the science skill on the Learning Terminal for some easy experience. Afterwards, make your way towards the right, and use the computer that is talking. Optimize the Power Plant disc. Save, go to the corrections center outside of the Vault, and tell Stark that you'll scout out NCR for him. Now, go to Gecko.

GECKO (yet again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Gecko

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Gecko

Notes 1) Optimize the nuclear reactor.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Optimize the power plant: 2500 xp

Details --- In Gecko, head towards the power plant, and go to the room sealed off by the red security doors. Use the disc there, and the power plant will be optimized. Save the game. Now, you can go to the Den to get yourself a car (this is just a convenience issue...).

THE DEN (if you want the car)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for The Den

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for The Den

Notes 1) Free Woody from his "indentured mummy-tude." 2) Optionally get the car.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Free Woody: 1000 xp

Details --- When you enter the Den, make your way south to where you found Anna. Go to the room with a coffin (it's directly to the right). Talk to the man standing beside the coffin, and ask to see the mummy. Tell him that the mummy is a ghoul, and scream out Woody's name. He'll run away, and you'll get some experience. Now, it's time to get your car.

To get the car, go to Smitty's workshop, and tell him that you have the part to get the car working. He'll charge you $2000 to get the part installed. Say that you're going to get installed, and then barter the stuff that you found in Vault City for some money. Install the fuel injection system for $750.

With your car, get the Power Armor from Navarro. This time, it'll be a lot easier to get everything (especially with the automobile). You'll need the armor for Redding. Anyways, head to the Vault City - Gecko block now, this time with your Power Armor.

--- The car virtually eliminates overland travel time, and it makes you far less vulnerable to outside attacks. It also can hold a lot of stuff. It also eats through micro fusion cells too, even with the fuel injection.
 * THE CAR

The car can be completely charged with 100 micro fusion cells or 200 small energy cells. Basically, one micro fusion cell is 1% of energy, while the small energy cell is 0.5% of energy. The game engine won't round up if you put in an odd number of small energy cells.

Note that the car is really a convenience issue rather than a necessity.

And again, make sure that you get the Power Armor (if you haven't done so) from Navarro -- the rest of the game will be significantly easier with it. The armor will also eliminate the need for NPC's as well.

VAULT CITY (sigh...)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Vault City

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Vault City

Notes 1) Open the locked doors on the second floor with the lockpicks from Navarro. 2) Get the schematics for Combat Implants (90%+ Doctor skill). 3) Discuss medicine with Dr. Troy (90%+ Doctor skill). 4) Sell Jet to Dr. Troy (90%+ Doctor skill).

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Get the schematics for the Combat Impllants: 500 xp - Discuss medicine with Dr. Troy: 5% bonnus to Doctor and First Aid skills - Sell jet to Dr. Troy: $1000 - Eliminate the radiation through Charliie's system: 100 xp

NOTE: You can only do 2 through 4 with 90% or more Doctor skill. Also, to     sell Dr. Troy jet, this must be the first time you speak with him.

Details --- Enter Vault City through the Downtown area, and enter the Vault. Use the science skill on one of the computers to find out about the implants. Afterwards, talk to Dr. Troy, and tell him that you're a doctor yourself. He'll show you around the hospital, and thank him afterwards. He'll ask if you're a citizen. Tell him no, and then give him the sample of Jet for $1000. Now, go to the second level, and loot everything. Save, and head for Gecko now to get the reward for saving Woody.

Also, there's this sick patient with radiation running through his system. He's in the courtyard. If you decide to go pick up the anti-radiation drugs from Percy, you can use two RadAway's on the patient to get rid of the radiation poisioning.

GECKO (sigh...)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing

Notable Characters 1) See above listing

Notes 1) Enter Gecko through the junkyard, and tell Percy that you've rescued  Woody.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Tell Percy that you've freed Woody: 4 RadAways, 4 RadX's, low prices in                                      his store

Details --- Enter Gecko through the Junkyard, and talk to Percy. He'll give you the stock of RadAways and RadX's. He'll also offer you very low prices throughout his store, so it is a good idea to buy some ammo from him. Now, leave Gecko, and go to Vault City if you want to cure Charlie from his radiation poisioning. Otherwise, head to Redding.

REDDING

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Rough Map Mine Offices | Wannamingo Mine -- Downtown

Notable Areas 1) Downtown  - Ascorti's Ace   - Malamute Saloon   - Sheriff's Office   - Painless Doc Johnson's clinic   - Tenants/Houses 2) Wannamingo Mine 3) Mine Offices  - Last Gasp Saloon   - Morningstar Mine Offices   - Kokoweef Mine Offices

Notable Characters 1) Ascorti, Mayor of Redding 2)  Athabaska Dick, mine worker addicted to Jet 3) Dangerous Dan McGrew, he owns the Morningstar Mine 4)  Marge LeBarge, she owns the Kokoweef Mine 5) Sheriff Marion, he assists Ascorti in running Redding 6)  "Painless" Doc Johnson, Redding's Doctor 7) Old Widow Rooney, she forgot to pay the lease for her house 8)  Lou, she owns the Malamute Saloon 9) Obidiah Hakeswell, he cut the whore at the Malamute Saloon 10) Frog Morton, a local gang member -  Redding Townsfolk -  Mine Workers

Notes 1) Buy the mine deed from Mayor Ascorti for $1000. 2) Kill all of the alien creatures in the mine. Afterwards, sell the mine back for $2500. 3) Help Widow Rooney pay off her rent. 4) Break the fight at the Malamute saloon. 5) Find the hooker who cut up the whore at the Malamute saloon. 6) Kill Frog Morton and his minions. 7) Sell the excavator chip that you find in the mine to Marge LeBarge.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Pay off Widow Rooney's rent: 1500 xp - Break up the fight at the Malamute salloon: 1500 xp, $300 - Kill all of the rats: 1340 kxp - Bring Hakeswell to justice: 1250 xp, $$500 - Kill Frog Morton and his minions: 21755 kxp - Kill Frog Morton: 3000 xp, $1000 - Kill the Wanamingos in the 1st mine leevel: 6870 kxp - Kill the Wanamingos in the 2nd mine leevel: 3000 kxp - Kill the critters in the eastern area of 2nd level: 2190 kxp - Kill the Wanamingos in the final area of the mines: 1000 kxp - Kill the Wanamingos in the mine: 3500 xp - Sell the deed to Ascorti: 1000 xp, $15500 profit - Sell the excavator chip: 2500 xp, $10000

Introduction

Redding mines and exports ore for money. There are two main mining companies in the town - one supports the NCR whilst the other supports the Bishop crime family.

Details --- When you go into Redding, go to the left, and enter the Sheriff's office. Offer to help him, and he'll tell you to either kick out Widow Rooney or to pay for her rent. Go to her house (it's a bit to the southwest and has a brahmin pasture next to it), and talk to Widow Rooney. Tell her that you are going to pay off her rent ($120). She'll thank you and you'll get some experience. After you're done, go back to the Sheriff and ask for another quest. He'll tell you to break up a fight at the Malamute Saloon, which is a bit to the northwest from the Sheriff's office.

When you get to the Saloon, talk to the loud-mouth female who is fighting. Tell her to break up the fight, and then that you're looking for some target practice. Then take her off to jail. You can take both of the miners to jail, or the Kokoweef miner if you're siding with the Morningstar mine. After you've broken the fight, talk to the sheriff to get the money, experience, and a new quest.

NOTE: It's your choice whether to support Dan McGrew or Marge LeBarge. I     sided with LeBarge because she supports the NCR, while McGrew supports gangsters at New Reno. All of the rewards/experience values are the same regardless of which person to side with.

After you've gotten the new quest to find the hooker, go to the west side of Redding. Kill all of the rats there to get some easy experience before you undertake the Sheriff's quest. Also, while you're there, you can search around in the desks and shelves for a Scout Handbook, stimpacks, a rope, and some flares. There's a stick of dynamite in a corpse as well. Now, back to the quest.

Head to the main section of Redding and then go to the northern area of Redding (the pathway is between Ascorti's Ace and the Malamute Saloon). Once you are there, go to the entrance to the left of the Morningstar Mine (which is to the north end of the area). Talk to the man wearing a cap (description will include something about a fat belly), and he'll confess immediately that he cut up the hooker. Ask if he knows about the affair, and then ask about the mistake. He'll say that she made fun of his mother, and then tell him that he overreacted but that you're taking him to jail. Tell him that the jury will take everything into consideration. Then he'll say that he'll come by peacefully, and then take him into jail. The Sheriff will give you a new quest: kill Frog Morton.

Remember where you went to kill all of the rats? That's exactly where Frog and his gang are right now, and you won't face the rats (they can become quite a nuisance). Anyways, use the Combat Shotgun or the .44 Magnum, or you can even use the Super Sledgehammer that you might have gotten at Navarro to bring the gang to justice.

Frog has an H&K G11 Caseless Sub-Machine gun that can be pretty devastating. His guards and thugs have shotguns as well. Having Power Armor really helps in this area. Be sure to pick up the weapons from the corpses, especially the G11. Needless to say, Frog's gang has also rigged the mine area. Also, his three brothers will try to hunt you down (they can be found in random encounters). Go back to the Sheriff's office to receive your payment.

--- The G11 is among the most powerful sub-machine guns, but it is eclipsed by the G11E. The 'E' has a slightly longer range and damage rates, but other than that, both weapons share the fifty-round 4.7mm caseless magazine. It's about as powerful as the .44 revolver in targeted shots, but it has better penetration than the .44. It's burst shot is quite deadly.
 * GUN Information: H&K G11

While you're there, go to Ascorti's Ace and talk to Mayor Ascorti. Ask him what does he do here, and then start to inquire about deeds. Ask about the Wanamingo Mine deed (it's where Frog and the rats were), and he'll mention that some alien creatures are in the mine. Buy the deed from him, save the game, and go back to where Frog was. Descend down the mine elevator.

Once you're in there, you'll see a white wanamingo. It has 220 hit points and is the toughest one that you'll face. Other wanamingos have either 120 or 160 hit points and rival some of the strongest creatures that you'll encounter. Even with your Power Armor, the fight will be quite difficult. Using targeted shots greatly helps (I hope you've been pumping up Small Guns or Melee...). The .44 aimed at the eyes works wonders on these guys. The Combat Shotgun isn't that bad, either, and the Super Sledgehammer is slightly better. The caseless gun that you found is just as good as the .44 as well. (By the way, don't burst with it.) Also, be sure to destroy the eggs in the entrance - that way, the Wanamingos will not reproduce.

There's also an excavator chip in a digger machine. Examine the machine to get the chip. The machine is pretty conspicuous, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to find the chip. After you've killed the wanamingos, go to the next floor of the mine via the ladder, and in the second level, go to the southeast to access a new area.

NOTE: There are two excavator chips in the mine, but you can only sell one.

In this new area, there are two wanamingos and eleven rats. They shouldn't be too much trouble. Head south after you've cleared out the area. In this next (and final) part, there are two wanamingos a bit to the south and a bit to the left. After you've killed them, you should receive a fair amount of experience for killing all of the wanamingos. Head south, and climb the ladder to reach the downtown part of Redding.

Once you're there, go talk to Mayor Ascorti and sell the deed. You'll make $1500 in profits. Now, head to the same place where you caught the hooker, and this time, head to the Kokoweef mine office (it's the one to the right of Morningstar; the specific office is the one a bit to the north of the other Kokoweef office). Talk to Marge LeBarge, and sell her the excavator chip. Save, and head to Broken Hills. If you've got $5000 and Combat Armor, you can get the dermal implant operation at Andrew's clinic in Vault City. It's a good buy. (And it brings up the normal Advanced Power Armor up to Mark II specs for damage resistance.)

BROKEN HILLS

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Rough Map Uranium Mine / West Side -- East Side

Notable Areas 1) Western Side  - Power Station   - General Store   - Hotel/Bar   - Marcus' Office 2) Eastern Side - Several houses - Mine entrance/buildings - Science building 3) Uranium Mine

Notable Characters 1) Steve, he is the official "greeter" of Broken Hills 2)  Marcus, the super-mutant mayor of Broken Hills 3) Zaius, the mine foreman 4)  Francine, another super mutant 5) Bill, he gives out caravan assignments 6)  Chad, Bill's assistant 7) Seymour, the talking plant 8)  The mad scientist, he's working on a plan to make animals smarter than humans 9) The radscorpion who is smarter than you 10) Eric, the ghoul with a power problem 11) Dan, his spouse has been killed 12) Francis, - Mine workers - Broken Hills Townsfolk

Notes 1) Perform the jailbreak for Jacob. 2) Tell Marcus that Jacob and his fellow chemists wanted to blow up  the Uranium mine. 3) Offer to find the missing people for free (again, for Marcus). 4) Get the air purifier for Zaius. 5) Plant Seymour, the talking plant, in front of the old ghoul's home. 6) Offer to shovel the brahmin crap for Bill (do this for five days). 7) Tell Dan about his dead wife.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Become an expert excrement expeditor: 500 xp, $500, 5% bonus to speech - Free the convicts from Jail: 1500 xp - End the conspiracy against the mutantss: 2500 xp - Prove that you're just as perceptive aas the radscorpion: 500 xp - Prove that you're just as agile as thee radscorpion: 500 xp - Prove that you can beat a scorpion thaat is smarter than you: 500 xp - Divert more power to Eric's house: 10000 xp - Kill the ants in the underground area:: 2150 kxp - Find the missing people: 500 xp - Inform Dan about his wife: 500 xp - Tell Francis about the conspiracy agaiinst the mutants: 1000 xp - Inform Marcus about the missing peoplee: $500 or Scoped Hunting Rifle

Introduction

Broken Hills is a city formed by an alliance of mutants, ghouls, and humans. Unfortunately, there is quite a bit of animosity between the mutants and humans, as well as a problem with one of Broken Hills' air purifiers.

Details --- When you enter Broken Hills, head a bit to the south, and go to the building surrounded bu guards with shotguns. Talk to the man with the cap, and offer to shovel the brahmin crap for five days. You'll receive some experience, a bonus to the speech skill, and $500. Afterwards, head east, and talk to the super mutant wielding a minigun. Ask him about Broken Hills, and then ask him what's going on in the town. Offer to find the missing people for free. Save, and head for the jail.

Once in the jail, enter Sneak mode and equip yourself with the lockpicks that you found in Navarro. Go to the northernmost cell, and while the mutant is far away (and not facing you), lockpick the door. Open it again to perform the jailbreak. Talk to the man wearing the cap, and then decline his offer to blow up the mine. He'll get angry. Leave the building, and then tell Marcus that the escaped convicts were plotting to blow up the mine. You'll receive some experience. Head to the east.

Once you're there, head to the northeast and talk to the spore plant in the farm. Offer to move him to the old ghoul's home for some easy experience. You'll need a shovel to move him, however (which you should have from the Den). You'll get some experience. Next, go to the southeast, and enter the building with the scientist and the radscorpion. Talk to the scientist, and offer to test your eyes (perception), agility, and intelligence against the scorpion. You'll get some experience if you rival the scorpion against the skills. I passed the perception test with six perception and the agility test with ten agility. To beat the scorpion, you must have planted the spore plant in front of the ghouls' home. The plant will tell you a special move that can defeat the radscorpion in chess. After you beat the scorpion in chess, it'll attack you. Move away, and then end combat. You'll get a good bit of experience for your efforts.

Now go to one of the houses towards the western portion of the east side. (The house is inhabited by a ghoul.) Talk to the ghoul, and offer to divert more power to his home. Next, go to the west side, and enter the power station (which is west of the general store). Use the 'Science' skill on the computer there to divert power. You'll get some experience for your efforts. Go back to Eric's home to receive your reward.

Back in the east side, go to the house towards the east of the old ghoul's home. Talk to the worried man, and he'll mention that his wife is missing. Offer to find her. (This quest boils down into finding the missing people.)

To find the missing people, head to the southwest portion of the eastern side, and enter the small shack. Descend down the sewer hole. When you're in the underground area, just kill any critters that you see for some easy experience. The dead people are in the northeastern area. Also, be sure you examine the body that reads "young Broken Hills woman," and take the letter. Read the letter, and climb one of the ladders to go to the surface.

Once you're there, go back to the worried man's house. Tell him that his wife is dead, and then tell him about how his wife was involved with the conspiracy to kill all of the mutants. Afterwards, go to the northwest and into the building next to the mine. Talk to Zaius, the mine foreman, and ask if there's any work that needs to be done. He'll ask you to get an air purifier from New Reno.

Now, go to the west side, and talk to Francis (he's in the bar, which is a bit to the south of Marcus). If you've got a high level of strength as well as luck, you can arm-wrestle him for some experience and a power fist. If you lose, you'll be his gimp for the night. Anyways, tell him about the issue with the note, and tell him to leave afterwards. You'll receive some experience. Next, talk to Marcus, and tell him about the missing people. He'll hand you a scoped hunting rifle if you told him that you would find the missing people for free (or he'll give you $500 if you did it for cash). Head to New Reno for now.

NEW RENO

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Rough Map

(Stables)

Businesses - 2nd Street - Wright Mansion |               Virgin Street (Chop  Shop)         (Golgotha)

Notable Areas 1) Virgin Street  - The Cat's Paw   - The Desparado 2) 2nd Street - The Jungle Gym - Golden Globes - The Shark Club - Salvatore's bar 3) Businesses  - Renesco's Pharmacy   - New Reno Arms   - The New Reno Church 4) Wright Mansion

Notable Characters 1) Jules, a drug dealer and "greeter" of New Reno 2)  Cody, a little boy who can find your car 3) Big Jesus Mordino, head of the largest mafia family in New Reno 4)  Little Jesus Mordino, son of Big Jesus Mordino 5) Ramirez, one of Mordino's men 6)  Marjorie Reed, one of the Stables' senior researchers 7) Myron, he does the Jet research for Mordino 8)  T-Ray, he owns the Chop Shop 9) The Corsican Brothers, they own the porn studio 10) Salvatore, he heads another mafia family in New Reno 11) Mason, he is Salvatore's assistant and bodyguard 12) Lloyd, he stole some cash from Salvatore 13) Renesco, he owns the pharmacy in New Reno 14) Bishop, he controls the second largest mafia family 15) Angela, Bishop's daughter 16) Mrs. Bishop, Bishop's wife 17) Keith Wright, Wright's son 18) Orville Wright, he controls a liquor business 19) Mrs. Wright, she's wife of Orville 20) Richard, Wright's deceased son 21) Jagged Jimmy J, another drug dealer 22) Eldridge, he owns New Reno Arms 23) Father Tully, the town drunk and preacher -  Prostitutes -   Pimps -   Drug Dealers -   "Mafia men"

Notes 1) Help Mordino do three things: give a package to Ramirez, get  the Corsican brother's payment, and kill the Salvatores. 2) Go to Salvatore's bar, but instead of killing Slavatore, do   his quests, and then kill Salvatore. 3) Kill Mordino afterwards. 4) Go to the Shark Club and kill everybody there (Bishop family). 5) Go to the Wright's place and do their quests. Become a "Made Man"  for the Wrights. 6) Give Eldridge the Laser Pistol. 7) Get the air purifier for Broken Hills. 8) Become a boxer. 9) Become a porn star.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Deliver the jet to Ramirez: 500 xp, $1100 - Get a Stables ID from Marjorie: 500 xpp - Convince Myron that a cure for Jet exiists: 2000 xp - Ask Cody to lead you to the Chop Shop:: 500 xp - Get the car without violence: 750 xp - Get the payment from the Corsican Brotthers: 500 xp, $125 - Kill Lloyd and recover the $1000: 500 xp, $500 - Pay Renesco's tribute to Salvatore: 7550 xp, $250 - Complete the transaction for Salvatoree: 1000 xp, Laser Pistol (latter optional) - Kill Mr. Salvatore: 500 xp - Kill the Salvatore family: 1575 kxp - Kill Salvatore for Mordino: 750 xp, $5500, Leather Armor MKII, M3A1 "Grease                             Gun" SMG - Kill the Mordino family: 4875 kxp - Use the Pip-Boy linguistics module: 5000 xp, 15% bonus to Speech - Kill the Bishop family: 5205 kxp - Find the empty jet canister in the Wriight mansion: 500 xp - Discover that the jet canister containns radscorpion poisoning: 500 xp - Find out about Renesco making the jet canister: 1000 xp - Tell Wright that the Salvatores overdoosed Richard: 2000 xp, $250, extra items

NOTE: New Reno is a huge sidequest that can take about two to three hours to finish. It's here mainly for the experience, items, and the money.

Introduction

New Reno is a city ridden with corruption, and it is evident by looking at the streets. Four crime families rule the city. You can pledge your allegiance to either one of them.

Details --- When you go to New Reno, talk to the man in the red shirt. Ask him about the various families, especially about the Salvatores. Ask about their "lightbringers," or laser pistols. After that, head to the north, and enter the Desparado casino. Talk to the man in the leather jacket next to the bar. Ask who is he, and then tell him that the Mordino family is a strong force. Afterwards, ask for a hook-up, and Little Jesus will send you to Big Jesus. He's the aging man in the second floor.

When you get to Big Jesus, approach him carefully and be extremely polite (he's a mafia family leader, you know). Ask for some work, and then immediately go to the Stables to deliver the package to Ramirez. Enter the west wing of the Stables, and deliver the package to the man whose description reads "Ramirez." If your Science skill is 80% or more, you can go and talk to the lead researcher, Marjorie, about pharmaceutical research and jet to get a Stables ID. Afterwards, go down the ladder.

Once you're down the ladder, go down south, and talk to one of the guards in Metal Armor. If you have the ID, the guard will let you speak to Myron. If you're female, you can seduce the guard and he'll let you in whether you have the ID or not. Once you're there, talk to Myron, and if you have 80% or higher Science skill, you can convince Myron that there is a cure for Jet. He'll admit that a cure is possible, but will get really ticked off. Anyways, leave for New Reno. If you brought your car there, you'll find out that it has been stolen.

--- Myron is the weakest NPC that you can get. Needless to say, he's also inept at combat, and will stay that way throughout the game. He is best used as a walking target. Myron tends to hit your own allies than the enemy, and he can only use two weapons: the Needler pistol or the Gauss Pistol. Myron is good at science, and he can also make stimpacks. Also, if you're working for Mordino and have picked him up, you can't do any of his quests later on.
 * NPC Information: Myron

To get the car back, take off your Power Armor and talk to Cody. Ask him about the whereabouts of your car, and he'll run off to the New Reno Chop Shop. When you get there, put on your Power Armor, and talk to T-Ray, the owner of the chop shop. T-Ray is in his own room in the corner of the chop shop garage. To get the car back, you either have to be working for Bishop (you aren't, so don't choose this option), or you can pay T-Ray $750 or $1000. If you're female, you can screw T-Ray for the car. Or you can kill T-Ray and his cohorts. If you do choose the peaceful solution, you'll receive some experience.

T-Ray can also upgrade the car as well. You can pay $300-$500 for them, or, if you're female, you can screw him for the upgrades. After you get your car back, you can kill the Chop Shop men for some experience, or just leave for New Reno.

When you get back to New Reno, talk to Jesus Mordino again, and tell him that you've delivered the jet to Ramirez. You'll get $100, and a new quest: get the payment from the Corsican Brothers, owners of the Golden Globes porn studio. To get the money, go to the porn studio (it's to the north and a bit to the east, and talk to the man in the leather jacket. Simply ask for the money and he'll give it to you. Return the payment to Mordino, and he'll give you half of it. He'll then ask you to assassinate Salvatore, another crime lord. Before you assassinate him, do Salvatore's work, and then kill him.

To get to Salvatore, go north of the Desparado, past the New Reno sign, and enter Salvatore's Bar, and go to the second floor. Once you're there, talk to Mason (he's the guard with the hot temper), and ask to see Mr. Salvatore. Be firm, and he'll let you in.

Once you're in Mr. Salvatore's room, talk to Salvatore, and tell him that his family has strength and is fair. Offer to work for him, and Salvatore will send you to Mason for details. Once you're there, ask Mason who is Lloyd, how much he has stolen, where are his whereabouts, etc. Afterwards, go back to Mordino's Desparado casino, and go to the basement. In the basement, go south, take a right turn, and then head north to reach Lloyd (he's next to the tanks). Lockpick the door, and talk to Lloyd. Ask if he is indeed Pretty Boy Lloyd, and then tell him that you're here for Salvatore's payment. Ask him to show you where the money is, and tell him that you're right behind him. You'll be transported into a graveyard not too far away from New Reno.

When you're in the graveyard, make Lloyd dig up the grave for the money. He'll groan, and give him a threat. Continue to dig until Lloyd finds a manhole. Drop the landmine into the grave, and Lloyd will be dead. Walk over the uncovered grave to enter it, and open the footlocker for the $1000. Head to Savatore's bar in New Reno. Once you're there, talk to Mason and tell him that you've found Lloyd. He'll open up the door, and then tell Mr. Salvatore that you've made an example of Lloyd. Give Mr. Salvatore the $1000 for some experience. He'll give you a new quest: to collect $1000 from Renesco, who owns the local Pharmacy. The Pharmacy is in the commercial row, which is to the west of 2nd Street.

When you're in the Pharmacy, talk to Renesco. Ask him who he is, and then tell him that you are here to collect Salvatore's tribute. Keep on telling him that you are his representative, and if he wants proof, give him a death threat. If he says that he can't pay, ask for a discount at the store. He'll finally agree, and buy all of his stock for $1. Sell the rest that you don't need, and then ask him some other questions. Ask if he has parts for a mine, and then tell him the password that Zaius told you. You'll get the parts afterwards. Head for Salvatore's bar.

Once you're there, talk to Mason, and tell him that you have the payment. Give Salvatore $1000 and he'll give you back $250. He'll give you a new quest, which is to guard a drug transaction that is taking place with the Enclave. Talk to Mason to go there. If you want, you can ask Salvatore for a laser pistol, and then get some training from Mason on how to use it.

When you're there for the transaction, you have two choices: either wait until the screen says that the transaction is over, or you can kill the Enclave troopers and the Salvatore guards. Take your pick. If you do decide to go on a killing spree, you'll have to kill the Salvatores when you go to their bar in New Reno. It's not too bad because you'll have to do it anyway for Mordino.

When you go back to Salvatore's bar, talk to Mason, and he'll send you to Mr. Salvatore. Salvatore will offer to make you a 'Made Man,' but decline. Instead, kill all of the Salvatores for Mordino. Be sure that you loot the corpses for Laser Pistols, money, and the like. The .44 revolver, combat shotgun, or super sledgehammer are the preferred weapons for this fight. Don't use the laser pistols that you've found; they're horrible against metal armor.

After that, go to Mordino's Desparado casino, and tell Mordino that you've killed Salvatore. Decline to join his family, and then kill him and his cohorts afterwards. Use the same weapons that you used against the Salvatores for maximum combat performance. Afterwards, head back to 2nd street, and enter the Shark Club.

The Shark Club is home to the Bishop family, which is by far the largest and toughest gang fight in New Reno. If you've met Thomas Moore at Vault City and have offered to give the suitcase to Bishop, you can supposedly do so here.

- In order to complete this, go to the second floor of the Shark Club and talk to the guards by the stairwell. Tell one of them that you have a suitcase for Bishop. He'll let you through. Afterwards, go to Mrs. Bishop and then sleep with her.

After that, leave the room, and disarm (use the traps skill) on the various safes and then raid them. Leave and talk to Mr. Bishop and give him the suitcase. He'll give you some money and then will send you on a mission to kill Westin, one of NCR's most prominent citizens, except that you'll have to make it seem like an accidental murder. Save the game and leave for NCR.

Once you're in NCR, go to Westin's Ranch (be sure you talk to the guard so that you can go through). Tell Westin that Bishop sent you. Westin will offer you some money (probably so that you won't kill him). In any case, take the money and go back to NCR. When you're there, you can then slaughter the Bishop family. -

Head to the second floor of the Shark Club. If you have 6 Perception and/or Intelligence, take some mentats.

When you're there, go to the room towards your left and talk to the lady in the dress. She's Bishop's wife. Ask her about the Garden of Eden creation kit, and if you want, about her family. Afterwards, tell her that you're going, and then offer to have drinks with her in her room. Then embrace her. (Yes, I know...you'll get some experience later...and perhaps a new karmic trait...) And then have sex with her afterwards (regardless of your character's gender).

After your encounter, ask her if she is from Vault City. She'll say that she is. Ask her more about Vault City, until you get some info about the Pip-Boy linguistics module. She'll tell you the combination of the safe. Afterwards, leave, and then use the lockpick skill on the locker in Mrs. Bishop's room. Get the Pip-Boy module as well as the stimpacks and the cash. Use the module for some experience and a bonus to your speech skill. Next, leave the room and head to the northernmost room, and attempt to lockpick the safe (which will probably blow up). A guard will come out, but kill him and then examine the safe's contents. Take out the raider map, the holodisc, and the .44 magnum ammo and some cash. Go on a killing spree and kill all of Bishop's men on all of the floors. Afterwards, save, and head to the Wright mansion, which is to the east of 2nd street. Be sure to read the map before you go there.

The Wright mansion is located to the south. Enter there, and talk to Keith Wright. Ask who he is, and then ask if you can be hired for some jobs. He'll allow you to talk with his dad, Mr. Wright.

Once you're in Wright's room, talk to him, and ask him for a job. Offer to find what happened to Richard, Wright's deceased son, but don't tell him about jet's addictive nature if you do have that dialogue option. Ask if there are any leads. Go talk to Keith afterwards and ask about Richard. He'll tell you about Richard's room. Afterwards, go to Richard's room, which is to the northwest (but south to the room where the woman [Mrs. Wright] is). Examine the shelf closest to the entrance, and you'll find an empty jet canister. You'll also receive some experience. Leave the mansion, and head to 2nd Street.

When you're in 2nd Street, head south and talk to the man wearing a red shirt. After he finishes talking to you, ask if he knows about Wright's son getting posioned by jet. Show him the canister, and he'll tell you that it has radscorpion poisioning in it. He'll tell you to talk to Renesco and Jules. You'll get some experience for getting this tip. Head to Renesco's pharmacy for now.

When you're there, talk to Renesco, and ask if he sold jet to Wright's son. He'll say no, and then show him the canister and ask him if he knows anything about the radscorpion venom in it. He'll say that the Salvatores asked him to make jet loaded with radscorpion venom. You'll get some experience. Head to the Wright Mansion.

Once you're there, talk to Orville Wright, and tell him that his son was poisoned. Tell him that the jet was used as a cover, and then tell him that the Salvatores did that so that the Wright family and the Mordino family would attempt to kill each other. Afterwards, tell him that you've killed the Salvatores, and then he'll give you a new quest: To find the Sierra Army Depot and to go in there. Leave New Reno, and head to the Sierra Army Depot. You don't need to bring the car there.

SIERRA ARMY DEPOT

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Base      Electricity Terminal

Notable Areas 1) The Sierra Base

Notable Characters 1) SkyNet, the security control computer and the NPC 2) Private Dobbs, the stored cadaver

Notes 1) Kill the robotic guards guarding the base. 2) Disable the main power. 3) Find a way into the army base. Optionally raid the base.  (Raiding isn't covered in this FAQ, BTW) 4) Get SkyNet, the robotic NPC.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Kill the robot guards: 1400 kxp - Disable the security on the first flooor: 200 xp - Disable the shock plates on the secondd floor: 200 xp - Install the brain in Skynet: 500 xp - Kill the robotic guards in the first llevel: 2300 kxp

Introduction - Sierra Army Depot is chock full of a lot of good stuff that you can get your hands on. Unfortunately, it is also heavily guarded.

Details --- When you go in the depot, take out all of the robotic guns using the super sledgehammer or the combat shotgun. You'll get a good bit of experience. There are also heaps of corpses by the base; one near the west has a sniper rifle nearby.

--- The Sniper Rifle has good damage ratings, excellent penetration, and extreme range at high accuracy. It uses .223 rounds with a six ammo magazine. The only drawbacks are that it has a fairly high action point cost: 7 action points for an aimed shot. It's a really good small arm that has no peer in sniping (until you get the M72).
 * GUN Information: Sniper Rifle

To get inside the base, go to the west, and use the traps skill on the locked door that leads to the bunker. Alternatively, you can just attempt to open it and lose a lot of hit points in the process. To open the door, use the MKII Electronic Lockpicks that you found at Navarro. After you've opened the door, go and take out the 75 mm shell in the ammo crate (it's a bit heavy at 40 pounds). There are also three small ammo crates; open them using the same process that you used to open the door to the bunker (substitute the regular lockpick set instead of the electronic lockpicks this time). The crates contain some frag grenades and various types of ammo.

Leave the bunker, and go east to a building south of the power generators. Again, you'll find that the entrance is heavily laden with traps. Use the shell on the artillery, and fire it to blow a hole large enough to enter in the base. If you search around the tool benches, you can find some flares, stimpacks, a medkit, and a sledgehammer. After you blow the entrance, go into the manhole near the power generators. Use the switch to knock power down to 50% (it disables some security features). Enter the base afterwards.

When you enter the base, access the computer, and then hack the computer to crash the security program. You're now free to explore level one. Be sure to pick up any extra ammo that you need and also get a combat armor. If you go to the southeast, to the medical lab, you can get some stimpacks, some first aid books, and an intelligence enhancement module. (The module can be used by the Brotherhood's medical computer, which is located at the bunker that Matt was guarding.) Also, there's this interesting item called Dixon's Eye; you have to use it on the retinal scanner on Level 1 if you want to access the other areas. It's only good if you want to explore the depths of the base.

If you did get Dixon's eye, go to the elevator and use it on the retinal scanner. The elevator will open. Go to level 2, and use Dixon's eye (again) on the retinal scanner there. If you want to explore, go to the southeast and hack into the computer there. Be sure that you disable the shock plates. Past the guarded area, there is some ammo, as well as some batons and some armor. If you want, get the combat armor in order to get the implants.

There's also an NPC that you can get in the base. A robotic one at that, too. It's name is Skynet. To get him, make sure that you have 150% Science skill (a lot never hurts...I think the minimum is 127%). (The Science skill is used to get the Cybernetic brain). Go to the third level, using Dixon's eye, and go to the room towards the northeast. Find Clifton's eye, and go back to the elevator. There is another retinal scanner to the left; use Clifton's eye there. Go to the fourth floor. Once you're there, follow the hall on the right-hand side and go to the northernmost room.

You'll be in the biomedical storage laboratory now. If you want to get a Red Ryder LE BB gun, choose the retrieve option, and then retrieve a cadaver. Private Dobbs will be taken out; he'll talk to you but then will suddenly melt down. Access the computer again and choose the 'Retrieve' option. Choose the brain (the best one available) and make the necessary adjustments to retrieve the brain. If your Science skill is high enough, you will be able to get the Cybernetic Brain, which is a must if you want a good NPC. After you've gotten the brain, go back to the third level, and go to the northwest room (it has a robotic body in a nearby storage room). Go to the storage room and scout around the medical table. There should be some bio-med gel. Pick it up and use it on the robotic body. Also, use the brain on the robotic body. After you're done, save the game, and head back to the first level.

Once you're back in the first level, go and use the retinal scanner without the eyes. The security system will be activated and robots will come and attack you. Kill the robots and get a motivation device from the robots that look like they have a brain. After you've gotten the motivation device, use Dixon's eye to gain access again and go to the third level. Go back to where the robot body was, and install the motivation unit. Go to the console next to the robot and activate SkyNet. After Skynet has been activated, the robot will deactivate all security measures in the third level (and successive levels of the base if you take it there).

--- Skynet is the most powerful robotic NPC in the game. He's pretty good at science skills and also is about as good as Cassidy when it comes to small arms. In addition to that, this guy can heal itself in one shot. It can't use armor, but then again, its exterior skin is about as strong as Metal Armor. You can also modify its combat options to whatever setting you wish (except for the drugs part).
 * NPC Info: Skynet

Anyways, you've done enough for now. Go to the stables in New Reno.

NEW RENO (The Stables...again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above section

Notable Characters 1) See above section

Notes 1) Kill everyone in the stables except for the slaves and Myron.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Kill the Mordinos in the Stables: 23000 kxp - Become a Made Man for the Wrights: 10000 xp, hook-ups at the weapon store and Cat's Paw - Defeat your first challenger in the riing: 500 xp - "      "   second   "       "   "  "    : 750 xp -  "      "   third    "       "   "  "    : 1000 xp - Become the New Reno boxing champion: 22500 xp - Become a porn star: 1500 xp - Sell Eldridge the Laser Pistol: 500 xpp, $1500

Details --- Go in the Stables, and kill everyone there. Be sure that you get the extra cash, etc. After you kill them, enter New Reno through the East Side. Go to the Wright mansion, and tell Orville that you've finished his quests. He'll ask if you can become a Wright Made Man. Accept his offer, and then go and become a Made Man. Now it's time to become a boxer and a porn star. Note that the two require specific primary skill requirements -- if you've got Power Armor and decent endurance, then you'll have no problem getting into the boxing ring. In order to become a porn star, you'll need 8 strength, 8 endurance, 8 charisma, and (I think) 8 agility.

To become a boxer, go to 2nd street, and go to the Jungle Gym. Talk to Stuart, the little guy standing in front of the ring. Tell him that you want to become a boxer, and he'll register you and give you boxing gloves. You also get to pick your own name as well. Pretty much, just try to knock out all of the boxers. You'll also get to win a good bit of money as well. Now, you're going to become a porn star.

To become a porn star, take some Buffouts if your Endurance is less than six. Afterwards, talk to the Corsican Brother, and ask for some jobs. He'll give you a job offer, and then tell him the price of your movies. Choose your name afterwards, and then you'll become a star...a big, bright, shining star. (I love the way the game puts it...) You'll also receive some experience afterwards.

Go to Virgin Street (or wherever you left your car), and pick up one of the laser pistols from your trunk. Go to New Reno Arms in the commercial row in the late morning, and sell Eldridge your pistol for about $1500 and some experience. If you didn't get a Voice Recognition Module from the Vault City Vault, you can buy one from Eldridge for $1500 (choose the dialogue about the special item).

Now, leave for Broken Hills to install the air purifier.

BROKEN HILLS (again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above listing for Broken Hills

Notable Characters 1) See above listing for Broken Hills

Notes 1) Fix the mine's air purifier.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Fix the air purifier: 1500 xp, Combat Shotgun - Kill the critters in the mine: 1440 kxxp - Find the secret chamber in the mine: 11000 xp - Uncover the "obscure reference to pop culture": 500 xp

Details --- Enter Broken Hills, and go straight to the mine to fix the air purifier. Be sure to tell Zaius that you have the purifier to fix the mine. (Oh yes, be sure to have the purifier with you too.) The mine contains posionous gases, so you need to either have Power Armor, Dermal Impact Armor, or Salvatore's oxygen apparatus with you. Since you have Power Armor, everything will be okay.

Go in and kill all of the critters in the mine. The purifier is in the northeastern section of the mine. Simply use the parts there to fix the air purifier. After you've fixed it, talk to Zaius to get your reward. Also, if you want, Marcus can join you as an NPC.

Also, in the mine, if you go directly to the east and through the wall, you will meet this airplane pilot. When you go there, the pilot will wake up. Ask him who is he, and he'll leave afterwards. You'll get a good bit of experience for finding him.

--- Marcus is the strong Super Mutant from Broken Hills (he is also the mayor  of the town). Marcus is a good shot with any big gun and can also use power fists and other unarmed weapons. He is extremely deadly with the Pulse Rifle - which is also in the Brotherhood bunker. The bad thing is that he can't wear armor. He has lots of hit points, but the fact that he can't wear armor hurts him in the end game.
 * NPC Information: Marcus

Head for Vault City. Leave the car there, and walk by foot towards the Raider Base. There is a bug which can (and probably will) make the car permanantly dissapear.

RAIDER BASE

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(Outside) /           / - ladder / Cave -- Raider camp | Radscorpion lair (trap)

Notable Areas 1) Entrance to the camp 2) The Raider camp 3) Raider camp exitway

Notable Characters 1) "Shadow Who Walks" (part of a removed quest) 2) Raider Leaders (clad in combat armor) - Raiders - Radscorpions

Notes 1) Enter the camp WITHOUT YOUR CAR (if you have it). 2) Descend down the ladder to find the camp. 3) Kill all of the raiders. 4) Find the three dog tags and open up the safe. Get the account books. 5) Leave the base through the left - watch out for various traps that  can lead you to the radscorpion lair.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Find the raider base: 500 xp -  Kill the raiders: 1950 kxp - Kill the radscorpions: 3030 kxp - Break the raider's strength: 2000 xp

Introduction

This is the secret Raider hideout. It is heavily guarded and is laden with traps. Be sure to leave your car in a nearby area (Broken Hills or Vault City) as there is a bug which will cause your car to permanantly dissappear.

Details --- When you enter the raider camp, descend down the ladder and then kill all of the raiders. It's pretty easy, especially with powered armor.

Your main goal should be to open the locked safe to the northeast. You need to find three dog tags, which are in footlockers and in lockers. Search the lone (foot)lockers near the beds to get the dog tags. The lockers can be a bit difficult to open (I tried it successfully with 60% lockpick skill and the extended lockpick set). Get the dog tags and the money. After you have all three tags, open the safe (choose the option for opening the safe using the numbers on the tags). When you open it, be sure to take the account book. Take anything else that you might need from it as well.

Exit the raider camp to the left. The exit is heavily trapped and also is blocked by two locked doors. After you've gone through the camp, you'll be in a cave that is heavily trapped. Either run through the left or go a bit to the north (towards the manhole with a ladder) and then towards the left. If you descend down the ladder, you can find lots of radscorpions. Also, you can find a few items hidden in some bones (check the southern areas of the caves). Leave the camp for Vault City.

VAULT CITY (again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above section for Vault City

Notable Characters 1) See above section for Vault City

Notes 1) Tell Sark that you've killed the raiders. 2) Talk to Dr. Troy about the jet antidote (if you didn't sell him jet), or if you've sold him the jet, pick it up if he has made it. Otherwise talk to him about the antidote. 3) Bring the account books and Bishop's holodisc to Lynette. Also, tell  her that you've wiped them out. 4) Give the jet antidote to Painless Doc Johnson in Redding. 5) Head to NCR afterwards.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Notify Lynette that you've killed the Raiders: 1000 xp. $1000 - Prove to Lynette that Bishop hired thee Raiders: 2500 xp - Deliver the jet antidote to Painless DDoc Johnson (in Redding): 2500 xp

Details --- Enter the downtown area in Vault City, and begin by either informing Dr. Troy about the jet antidote or picking it up. After that's done, go tell Sark that the raiders have been killed (ask him what he does, ask about raiders afterwards, and then keep pressing him for a job and then tell him that you've killed them). He'll tell you to tell Lynette about that.

Go to the Central Council, and talk to Lynette. Tell her that you've killed the raiders, and then tell her that Bishop and the NCR were behind the conspiracy to force Vault City to join the NCR (New California Republic). Accept the quest to tell Westin about the raiders. Save the game and leave for NCR. If you did get the jet antidote, make a quick trip to Redding and give it to Painless Doc Johnson for some experience. Ask if he can answer some questions, and then tell him about the jet antidote.

NCR (New California Republic) === Rough Map

Bazaar |             | Westin's - Downtown Ranch        | |          Council Hall Notable Areas 1) Bazaar  - Buster's Weapon Shop   - Slave Pen   - Rawhide Bar & Saloon   - Junkyard 2) Downtown - Gun Store - Sheriff's office - Repair Shop - NCR Rangers' Office - Small Bar 3) Government Complex  - President's and Vice President's Offices 4) Westin's Ranch

Notable Characters 1) Doofus, he can watch your car 2)  Buster, he sells good weapons at absurdly high prices 3) Ratch, he runs the junkyard 4)  Mira, she operates the Rawhide saloon 5) Merk, a gangster 6)  Lenny, a barfly who is also a super mutant 7) Sheriff Dumont, he's the head of the NCR Police 8)  Deputy Karl, a junior member of the police (he can tell you about the    town) 9) Felix, the ranch foreman 10) Westin, he runs the ranch 11) Dr. Henry, he can give you the mutagenic serum 12) Dorothy, she runs NCR's power plant 13) Toto, Dorothy's robotic assistant 14) Jack, the crazed cop who wants to blow up the power plant 15) Vortis, he owns the slave pen 16) Elise, she heads the NCR Rangers 17) Gond, a member of the Rangers (he's a super-mutant) 18) Feargus, a member of the council and a spy for another band of raiders 19) Gunther, President Tandi's aide 20) President Tandi, leader of the NCR -  Police Officers -  NCR citizens -  Slavers and Slaves (in bazaar)

Notes 1) Get the supercharger (blower) enhancement for the car, if you want to. 2) Help Westin take care of the Brahmin. Also, expose the conspiracy between NCR and New Reno. 3) Get the mutagenic serum from Dr. Henry and test it on Lenny. 4) Talk Jack out of blowing the power plant. 5) Offer to kill Vortis and his fellow slavers for the Rangers. Also, be  sure to free the slaves. 6) Inject the serum into Lenny. Kill Merk and Mira if they do decide to  attack you. 7) Offer to find the computer parts for President Tandi.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Guard the brahmin: 1000 xp, $200 - Tell Westin about the NCR-New Reno connspiracy: 2000 xp - Talk Jack out of blowing the power plaant: 6000 xp, books - Inject the serum into Lenny: 1000 xp, Robo-dog - Kill the slavers: 1595 kxp - Join the NCR Rangers: 3000 xp

Introduction

The former Shady Sands, the present-day NCR holds little in common with its older incarnation. It constantly seeks to increase its influence and territory in the Fallout world.

Details --- When you enter NCR, rest until the morning (the city is closed until morning; if you have high charisma and karma, you can enter the city at night). There should be a man walking around by your car; if you want, you can ask him to guard your car for $5. It's a really low amount of money for your piece of mind (however, I doubt that he really does watch it). Also, holster your weapons (tell your NPC's to do the same). NCR is a fine example of a Police State.

If you go to the northeast, there should be a junkyard with a robed figure standing next to several junky cars. You can talk to Ratch (he's the man in the robes), and you can also ask him to upgrade your car (a blower) for $1000. The blower (actually a supercharger) can make your car go somewhat faster. Enter the city for now.

When you're there, go to the south, and take a left in the first intersection that you see. Talk to the police officer standing next to the intersection (he's Sheriff Dumont; "graying hair" is in his discription). Ask him for work to do, and he'll give you some jobs that are available to you.

Go to the west until you reach an electronic gate with a cop standing behind it. Talk to the cop, and tell him that you have business to conduct with Westin about Vault City. He'll let you in. Once you're in the ranch, talk to Felix, and tell him that Sheriff Dumont told you to come in for some jobs. He'll allow you to come and talk to Westin. Once you're there, tell Winston that you're here for a job and that the Sheriff told you to come and talk to him about it personally. He'll tell you to watch his brahmin. Accept it, and then talk to Felix for he will direct you to the brahmin's grazing area. A few talking deathclaws will come, but will leave once they see you.

If you do take the job, a few talking Deathclaws will come. When they see you, they will leave. It's a particularly easy quest to do. You'll get $200 and some experience. Before you leave, talk to him again, and tell him about the NCR-New Reno conspiracy. Leave the ranch to get some more work within NCR.

When you get back, go to the east, and enter the small building that is next to the intersection (southwest corner, actually), and talk to the man in the lab coat. Tell him that you are the Chosen One, and ask him about Cyber-Genetics. He'll describe the field for you, and then he'll ask you to inject some serum into a super mutant. Accept it, and then put the serum in Lenny. Save this for later. Oh yes, save the game for the next part.

If you go further to the east, you'll see a woman standing next to a robot. Talk to the woman, and she'll mention that Jack (a cop) wants to blow up the power plant. Tell her to lead you to the plant. Once you get there, immediately talk to Jack. The conversation path is somewhat difficult, so here it is: (I did this with 9 Intelligence; it might work with 7 -- also, some of the text is modified slightly)

- OFJ (Officer Jack): Stay back! I've goot a bomb! - You: Don't do it...there's always a beetter solution. - OFJ: Yeah, sure...what would you know about this? - You: Nothing. I don't know crap about your problems. You should tell me. - OFJ: What is this - some kind of a triick? ... - You: Who wants to kill you? - OFJ: That damn bitch Mira...she wants to kill me. - You: Who the hell's Mira? - OFJ: Like I said, my ex...she's still trying to screw me. - You: Whoa...that's unfair. - OFJ: No kidding. Now folks are going tto listen to me. - You: Look. Think this through. Blow upp this place...She wins, you lose. - OFJ: You really think so? - You: Yes, Jack. It is true. - OFJ: I don't know. - You: Now's your big chance. Stand her down. - OFJ: You're right...this wasn't the grreatest plan anyway...

Afterwards, you'll receive a lot of experience and get some books as well. Now, head for the NCR Rangers building, which is directly to the south of the power plant (the building where you first saw Dorothy and Toto; they were standing outside).

When you enter the building, go talk to the woman clad in combat armor. Ask her what she does, and then tell her that you think slavers are the scum of the earth. Tell her that you want to join, and she'll tell you to free the slaves held up in the slave pen in the bazaar. Accept the quest. Also, if you go to the right and examine the table, you can get a map which you can sell for $500. Save, and head for the bazaar.

Once you're there, put the serum in your active item slot. Go to the bar, and inject the serum into Lenny. Also, if Merk is hiding out there, you'll enter combat mode. Kill Merk. Mira also might join the fight as well; kill her if she does. Head for the slave pen now. Once you're there, talk to the man wearing a cap. Offer to find him the NCR Rangers map for $500 (this is strictly optional, mind you...also, you won't get negative karma for doing that). After you get the payment, you can talk to the man wearing the metal armor for some information. Afterwards, kill all of the slavers. Head back for the NCR Rangers office.

Once you're back in the NCR Rangers office, talk to Elise, and tell her that you've freed the slaves. You'll get some experience. If you want the robo-dog as your NPC, go back to the building with the man in the lab coat. Tell him that the serum killed the mutant, and he'll give you the cyberdog. If you want the dog, talk to it and it'll follow you.

--- The robo dog isn't that great, and I've never tried it out. It's not really worth having in your NPC slot when there are better NPC's out there.
 * NPC Information: Robo-Dog

Go to the council hall, which is to the south. Once you're there, enter the building that is towards the right of the statue. Talk to the man wearing the cap, and tell him that you're here to see Tandi because of a job. (If you don't get the choice, you can talk to Sheriff Dumont and ask him for some honest work). Once you're in the building, talk to the man wearing the suit, and tell him that you're here to see Tandi. He'll allow you to go through.

Go and talk to Tandi (she's in the building a bit towards the north). Tell her that you have a way with words, and offer to find her the computer parts in Vault 15. You can optionally ask her some questions to familiarize yourself with NCR and its surrounding areas. Leave NCR for Vault 15. Also, if you're getting the supercharger enhancement, talk to the junkyard man before you leave.

VAULT 15

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Squat Vault Entrance

Notable Areas 1) The Squat 2) Vault 15

Notable Characters 1) Rebecca, a squatter whose daughter has been kidnapped 2) Zeke, the leader of the squatters 3) Darion, the leader of the Khan Raiders (they've taken refuge in  Vault 15) 4) Chrissy, Rebecca's daughter who has been kidnapped by the raiders 5) Dalia, a squatter who is standing guard 6) Doc Jones, he's Darion's personal physician who is also being held prisoner by the raiders - Squatters - Raiders

Notes 1) Offer to find Chrissy for Rebecca. 2) Kill the raiders who are holding Chrissy hostage. 3) Make an offer with Zeke so that NCR can annex the Squat. In return,  offer to kill the raiders who are currently living inside Vault 15. 4) Find the electronic parts in Vault 15. Also, be sure to raid it - there are lots of useful weapons and items in there. Fix the generator in  the second level for some experience. 5) Access the computer in the Vault Library (third floor) to find Vault 13. 6) Disable the forcefield from the third level (if you've fixed the  generator), and access Darion's computer.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Kill the raiders that are holding Chriissy hostage: 510 kxp - Return Chrissy safely to Rebecca: 25000 xp - Fix the generator: 3000 xp - Kill Darion: 6000 xp - Kill the raiders in the third level: 22350 kxp - Kill the raiders in the second level: 1800 kxp - Kill the raiders in the first level: 11350 kxp

Introduction

The Vault 15 area is home to a few squatters who rely on Darian, the Vault 15 raider leader, for support. Darian is the only surviving Khan Raider; his followers have occupied and renovated the vault. NCR seeks to annex it.

Details --- When you enter Vault 15, you'll enter in a small village known as the Squat. Everybody there will refuse to talk to you except for one woman whose daughter has been kidnapped. (She's towards the northeast from the man who is wearing a blue shirt. Also, "older woman" is in her description.) Talk to her, and tell her that you can go to a private location. Ask her questions about the squatters, Vault 15, etc. and then ask her to tell you her problem. Offer to find her daughter, and then leave for the northeast.

You'll find a guard on the way there. Her name is Dalia; tell her that a young child's life is at stake. She'll allow you to go through.

Once you're in the east (the entrance to Vault 15), talk to the gun guards and kill both of them. Take the key from the corpse of the male guard and open the door where Chrissy is being held. Rescue her, and go back to the Squat. When you're back in the squat, talk to Rebecca (Chrissy's mom). (She's inside the tent.) Rebecca will talk to Chrissy, and then will give you and Zeke the inside scoop of Darion. She'll send you to talk with Zeke. Zeke is in the building towards the northeast.

When you talk to Zeke, ask him what he intends to do with the raiders. Make him an offer to join the NCR, and then tell him the deal's advantages. He'll agree, and then he'll give you a new quest: kill the raiders that are living inside Vault 15. Also, ask him where is Vault 15 so that he can give you a red key card which can open the door that leads to the vault. Save the game and head there.

Once you're in the entrance of Vault 15, use the keycard on the elevator door. Enter the vault. When you enter it, a raider will immediately spot you and will start talking to you. Tell her that you're new here and that your name is Pat. She'll believe you. Go in the first floor through the entrance in the cavern, and then go to the doctor if you need healing. You can also get some information about Darion from the doctor. Head for the second floor and raid it; do the same for the third. In the second level, towards the left, there is a broken generator. First, use the science skill on it to find the problem, and the use the repair skill to repair the generator for a lot of experience. Also, there's a room to the north which contains a .223 Pistol, some ammo, and some stimpacks. Be sure that you get the pistol.

--- This is the second most powerful pistol in the game (second to the PPK12  Gauss Pistol) and is ranked 4th out of all small arms for raw damage. It is an extremely powerful weapon with really good penetration. Its only drawbacks include low range/poor accuracy (common to most pistols) and a five-round magazine. Like its name suggests, this weapon uses the .223 FMJ round.
 * GUN Information: .223 Pistol

The computer parts for NCR are in the storage shed of Level 3 (it's in one of the rusty lockers towards the south). There should be a super stimpack in one of the lockers as well. If you go to the library (the room to the left; it has a good computer), you can access the working computer to find the location of Vault 13. If you've restored power, there will be another computer in the room towards the right of the library that you'll need to access. Use it to disable the force fields in the 1st level. Save the game. Kill the raiders in the third level. After you've killed them, access the computer in Darion's chamber using the science skill. You will find out that one of the congressmen in NCR is a spy working for Darion. Also, on a corpse of one of the raiders (the one guarding the room next to the library) is an H&K P90c, one of the best burst-mode weapons available.

--- The P90c is an awesome sub-machine gun that dishes out good damage using the common and cheap 10mm round. It does decent damage because of the 12-round burst mode and also because of the 10mm's size. With the right perks and traits, you can use burst mode three times per turn (fast shot, 1x action boy, and bonus rate of fire). It stands second to the superior H&K G11 series SMGs. It has a 24-round magazine, but middling range.
 * GUN Information: H&K P90c

Also, this particular SMG is loaded with 9mm ammo, but you have to reload it with 10mm ammo. You can shoot with the 9mm rounds while they're still in the gun.

Go in the second level, and do the same, killing all the raiders. Do the same for the first level. After you've killed the raiders, leave the vault via the ladder, and then tell Zeke that you've killed the raiders. He'll send a courier to NCR so that the group can join the Republic. Leave for NCR.

NCR (again) === Notable Areas 1) See above section for NCR

Notable Characters 1) See above section for NCR

Notes 1) Tell Tandi about the Vault 15 situation and also about the NCR spy.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Retrieve the computer parts and allow Vault 15 to be annexed by the NCR: 5000 xp, $6000 - Tell Gunther that Feargus is a spy: 40000 xp, $4000

Details --- Enter NCR unarmed and in the council area. Go speak with Gunther and tell him that you're ready to report on the situation of Vault 15. Afterwards, go and speak with Tandi. Tell her that you have the parts and that the Squatters are willing to negotiate with Tandi to join the NCR. Also, tell her about the spy in the NCR congress. Be sure to pick up your reward from Gunther. Now, it's time to go to Vault City.

VAULT CITY (yet again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above section for Vault City

Notable Characters 1) See above section for Vault City

Notes 1) Tell Sark that you've scouted the route to NCR. 2) Deliver Westin's holodisc to Lynette.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Tell Sark that you've scouted out NCR:: 750 xp, $500, Motion Sensor - Deliver the holodisc to Lynette: 1500 xp, H&K G11, two frag grenades

Details --- When you enter Vault City, go to the Corrections Center and speak with Sark. Ask him for some recon work, and then tell him that you've scouted the route to NCR. Afterwards, go to the City Council and tell Lynette that you've delivered the holodisc to Westin. Give her the holodisc that Westin gave you, and she'll direct you to Randal for the reward. Save the game. You'll be heading for Vault 13 next.

VAULT 13

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Notable Areas 1) Cavern 2) First Level (medical building) 3) Second Level (living quarters) 4) Third Level (computer systems, hatchery)

Notable Characters 1) Gruthar, leader of the talking Deathclaws 2) Joseph, the resident physician 3) Matt, a prisoner (he broke in the hatchery) 4) Valdis, he guards the entryway to the hatchery and mainframe 5) Kerith, the deathclaw mother 6) Jim, he has been hired to fix the computer - Deathclaws - Humans

Notes 1) Enter the Vault with the voice recognition module. If you don't have it,  either search for it in Vault City (it's covered in the above sections)   or buy it from Eldridge for $1500. 2) Fix the computer using the recognition module on the third floor. 3) Get the Navigation Computer parts. 4) Get the G.E.C.K. for Arroyo.

Quest Experience/Reward Table - Enter Vault 13: 2000 xp, Arroyo is capptured* - Help Gunthar fix the computer: 5000 xpp, G.E.C.K. (if you didn't take it  earlier) - Get the G.E.C.K.: 4000 xp

Introduction --- Vault 13 is home to the G.E.C.K., the item that your village needs. It is also home to a group of talking deathclaws. The deathclaws can mimick human speech and are highly intelligent, but are just as good in combat as their less-intelligent kin.

Details --- when you get there, use the computer to open the door, and then enter Vault 13.

When you're in the vault, open the door and talk to the deathclaw standing ahead of you. Talk to him, and ask him about the local brahmin raids. He will apologize, and then will ask you to fix their computer (it cannot understand voice commands) so that their raids will stop. Offer to fix it for him. If you're hurt, then go talk to the doctor in the medical facility. There's not much to do in the second floor.

If you go to the third floor, you can meet Dalia again and another lady. The mainframe terminal (the one which you have to repair) is in this room, as is the G.E.C.K. and the Navigation Computer parts. If you go to the left and into the library, you can pick up another NPC by the name of Goris.

--- Goris is a formidable NPC. Even if he cannot wear armor, his tough skin is equivalent to combat armor or so. He also can't use weapons, but he can get about 40 hit points of damage with his claw. The bad thing is that he leaves you in two weeks because he fears his pack is in trouble. He's a good addition to have within that timeframe. But after he leaves, you can go back to Vault 13 to recruit him again.*
 * NPC Information: Goris

Now it's time to fix the computer. Go to the right, and examine the terminal next to the mainframe. Open it up, and then install the voice module. Also, go in the storage shed (the room with lockers) and use the lockpicks to open the locker on the right wall that is closest to the south. It contains the Navigation Computer parts. If you want, you can get the G.E.C.K. (it's in the locker on the northern wall, towards the left), but Gunthar will give it to you if you fix the computer. If you go and look at the other lockers, you will find some medical equipment, but that's it. Head for the first level, and tell Gunthar that you have fixed the computer. You will receive lots of experience, plus the G.E.C.K. Leave for Arroyo for a massive suprise.

dwellers of Arroyo. The sole survivor will be Hakunin, and he'll give you the location of Navarro (you already have it). If you've spoken with Goris, you can get a good bit of information about the Enclave and what they have done. In fact, that group is the remenant of the U.S. Government and it has regulated the construction of the Vaults.
 * When you enter Vault 13, the Enclave will come and take away the village

Also, the Enclave will come (again) into Vault 13 two weeks from the day you enter it. Of course, the group will kill everybody except for Goris. Even if you defeat the Enclave within the two-week period, they will still come. If you do enter the vault after the deathclaws are dead but before the Enclave is destroyed, you will get a bad ending for Vault 13 (as opposed to no ending at all).

If you want to recruit Goris again, speak with Goris - he'll tell you to see the video showing the encounter between Horrigan and Gruthar. After you see it, Goris will join you again.

ARROYO (again)

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Notable Areas 1) See above section for Arroyo.

Notable Characters 1) See above section for Arroyo.

Notes 1) Talk to Hakunin once you arrive.

Details --- When you enter Arroyo, Hakunin will immediately start to talk with you. It turns out that the same group (the Enclave) that took the Vault 13 citizens to the island military base have done the same for Arroyo.

Hakunin will mention that the tribesmen have been taken to Navarro, a satellite Enclave base. (They were there for a brief amount of time before being sent to the main Enclave base in the Pacific Ocean.) You've already been there to get the powered armor and the Vertibird plans.

If you want to get a lot of experience points, go to the Military Base, which is sandwiched between San Francisco and Vault 13. Yep, it's the same military base where the vats were in the original Fallout, except this time it has been destroyed. The Enclave went there to get the remaining amounts of the FEV virus. If you want to skip the military base, go to San Francisco. The Military Base will be covered next.

MILITARY BASE

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Notable Areas 1) Outside of the Military Base (tents) 2) The Military Base - Level 1 (entrance) - Level 2 (armory/med lab) - Level 3 (holding area) - Level 4 (F.E.V vats)

Notable Characters 1) Grundel, the first Super Mutant who you will face 2) Melchoir, the final Super Mutant who you will face (he can throw  random critters at you, the toughest being the deathclaws) - Radiated Rats - Super Mutants - Super Duper Mutants - Melchoir's Pets (deathclaws, fire gecckos, nasty floaters without   poisoning ability, mutated mole rats) - Dead Enclave troopers

Notes 1) Kill the dogs when you enter the base. Wait until a dog attacks. 2) Enter the military base. 3) Kill everything in the base. Be sure to raid it. 4) Repair the generator in the first level (needed to operate the lights  and the elevator).

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Kill the dogs that are lurking outsidee: 660 kxp - Open the Military Base: 5000 xp - Fix the generator in the first level: 1500 xp - Kill all of the enemies in the first llevel: 1320 kxp - "   "   "  "   "       "  "   second  "   : 6250 kxp - "   "   "  "   "       "  "   third   "   : 4365 kxp - Kill Melchoir and all of his pets in tthe fourth level: 11565 kxp

Introduction

This is the ruins of the old Military Base in the original Fallout. It has been destroyed twice, once by your character's ancestor and again by the Enclave.

Details --- In the beginning, you will be surrounded by several wolves. Kill them using your melee weapons. Afterwards, scout the tents, and be sure to read the map of San Francisco if you don't know where it is. You'll find some energy cells and some rockets. You can also get a holodisc from one of the footlockers in one of the tents; there are five of them and are scattered throughout the base. The discs will tell you how the Enclave obtained the F.E.V.

To enter the base, walk up to the mine cart, and towards the south, you'll see a pole. Pick up the pole (it's pretty heavy) and place it on the cart. Go to the north and enter the shack there (you'll need to pick the lock to enter it). Take one stick of dynamite and place it on the cart without setting the timer. Push the cart to blow up the pile of rocks in order to create an entrance to the base. Enter it.

When you enter the base, you'll see two corpses of Enclave troopers. If you examine them, you can find some plasma grenades, melee energy weapons, radios, and a holodisc on one of them. Head towards the left and kill all of the rats that you see there. Also, fix the generator using a combination of the Science and Repair skills for some experience.

Be sure to explore the depths of the first level and be sure to kill every critter that you can find. After you're done, head to the second level. The second level is a lot like the first, except that all of the enemies are super mutants weilding heavy weaponry. You should be able to take them out with ease, especially if you have the powered armor from Navarro. If you scout around, you can find several energy weapons, lots of health equipment (including six super stimpacks), and even a suit of the standard T-51b powered armor. This suit is older and isn't as good as the one that you should be wearing. If you don't have powered armor yet, be sure to put this suit on. Also, examine the corpses of the Enclave troopers to get some more grenades as well as the holodisc.

Go to the third level, and kill all of the super mutants there, and examine the corpses of the Enclave troopers. Again, you'll find the same thing. The mutants in the third level are a bit tougher than the previous ones that you've faced, particularly in that they have energy weapons rather than conventional weapons. After you've killed the final batch of mutants, head to the fourth level, and save the game.

The fourth level will be the one of the hardest levels in the game, not to mention the military base itself. Melchoir guards this part of the military base. He's surrounded by the remains of the F.E.V virus (I think), and can throw grenades which evolve into deathclaws, fire geckos, floaters, and mutated molerats. If you want a quick victory, kill Melchoir immediately using your most powerful weapon. Otherwise, start killing his critters until he runs out to maximize your experience points.

The footlocker holds the PPK12 Gauss Pistol, an extremely powerful firearm, as well as a holodisc (the latter item could be in Melchoir's corpse, I don't remember). Get the gun and leave the base for Navarro.

--- The Gauss Pistol is the most powerful pistol in the game and has penetration equal to that of the more powerful pulse-based weapons. The only drawback is the relative scarcity of 2mm EC ammo in the Fallout 2 world (save for the Enclave main base). It can do about two times the damage that the .223 pistol can muster, and is an excellent weapon for killing literally anything. The extremely powerful M72 is the only small arm that is more powerful than this weapon.
 * GUN Information: PPK12 Gauss Pistol

NAVARRO (again - but covered in a completely different way above)

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Notable Areas 1) The Gas Station 2) Military Installation 3) Underground Base

Notable Characters 1) Chris, the gas station attendant (you might have killed him) 2) Raul, Vertibird mechanic 3) Quincy, mechanic 4) Sergeant Granit, he controls the guard activities 5) Base Commander, she is in charge of the base 6) Dr. Schreber, the base medic (he cannot heal you) 7) Cookie, the Navarro cook (good source for gossip) 8) K-9, a robotic NPC that is a dog 9) Xarn, a deathclaw who is about to be terminated by the Enclave. - Enclave troopers (powered armor) -  Enclave troopers (combat armor) -  Mechanics -  Scientists and Technicians

Notes 1) Kill Chris if you haven't done so. 2) Don't worry about the vertibird plans; if you followed the walkthrough up until this point, you should have them. Check the above section if  you still haven't gotten them. 3) Get the FOB from the base commander. 4) Save Xarn the deathclaw. Alternatively, you can kill him for a bit more experience than what you would get for saving him. Or you can do  both. 5) Fix K-9.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Kill Chris: 1500 xp - Kill Chris: 300 kxp - Retrieve the Vertibird plans: 3500 xp - Retrieve the Tanker FOB: 3500 xp - Kill Doctor Schreber: 1000 xp - Kill Doctor Schreber: 125 kxp - Save Xarn: 1500 xp - Kill Xarn: 500 xp - Kill Xarn: 1200 kxp

Introduction

If you have followed this walkthrough so far, you should know the procedure on how to enter Navarro. Navarro is heavily guarded by several Enclave guards clad in powered armor. There are four ways into the heavily-guarded base. Also, if you have NPC's, you should leave them in the entrance of the base, but if they're wearing Power Armor, then they can tag along with you (the grunts there will think that they are Enclave troopers).

Details --- The first entrance is in the old gas station. To enter Navarro from there, you have to kill Chris, the gas station attendant. The entrance leads to the subterranean portion of the Navarro complex. The second entrance is located to the west, and you'll have to enter an air vent to access that area. Also, a blue pass key is needed for the door to open (it can be found in the Gecko power plant). The third method requires you to go talk to Matt, the Brotherhood of Steel member in San Francisco. Tell Matt that you would like to find the vertibird plans, and then ask him how to go about infiltrating the base. After you've done that, talk to Chris, and ask if you can join the Enclave. He'll give you the password, Sheepshead, which you'll have to give to the gate guard. The last option, of course, is to enter the base through the front and assault it. After you've gotten the password from Chris, be sure to kill him in one turn.

The primary objectives in this area are to acquire the vertibird plans as well as a key fob. To get the vertibird plans, go to the above-ground part of the base, and start asking Navarro technicians about the Vertibird plans. After you've received information about their whereabouts, go to the right maintenance wing (the one with the diesel truck in front of it). Talk to Quincy (the mechanic) by the lockers. Ask if you can see the plans, and then tell him that Raul sent you. He'll get angry, but will allow you to look at the plans and, as an added bonus, all of the other items in the rest of the lockers. If he bugs you about authorization, use the 'Sneak' skill and lockpick the lockers to obtain their contents. After you've retrieved the plans, make way to the left maintenance wing (the one with the vertibird parked in front). Talk to Raul, the mechanic there, and tell him the incriminating stuff that Quincy has mentioned. Raul will go and beat up Quincy, and you're free to examine the loot stashed within the lockers here. You may already have found the vertibird plans if you've followed the walkthrough to get the Advanced Power Armor.

To retrieve the key fob, go and talk to Cookie, the cook in the mess area (it's a building a bit to the left of the road). Ask him about the base, and also, how to go to the Enclave area. He'll mention something about a FOB. Go to the subterranean portion of the base, and there should be a hallway leading to a room with the Base Commander in Power Armor. Talk to the commander's guard, and tell him that you need to get the FOB for security reasons. He'll let you in. Once you're in the room, talk to the Commander. The Commander will tell you where the FOB is located. Retrieve it.

Finally, you can also save or kill (or even both) Xarn, a deathclaw. He's one of the intelligent deathclaws belongs to the same species as his bretheren in Vault 13. Go to the base medical lab, which is located to the southwest of the underground portion of the base. Talk to the doctor there, and ask him about his profession, etc. After he mentions deathclaws, ask if you can kill the one being held up in Navarro. He'll accept your offer. Close the door to the medical lab (stay inside, though), and use a weapon that can kill the doctor in one shot (he doesn't have armor and has 45 hit points). After you kill him, examine his desk and take out the blue pass key (if you have one from the nuclear plant in Gecko, you don't have to take it). Enter the deathclaw chamber and tell the deathclaw that you'll free him (or that you'll kill him). If you want to free him, use the key card on the locked door. If you want to do both (at the expense of losing karma points), open the locked door and then kill him. Alternatively, you can tell him that you'll save him and then go on a killing spree in Navarro - the deathclaw will join the fight with you, and he'll be on your side.

You probably have noticed a robo-dog in the medical lab. It should be disabled, and it will need a motivator unit for it to work. The robo-dog is pretty much the same as the other one in NCR, so you can pass this NPC up. But if you do want it, go to the vertibird garage (overworld) and examine the lockers for the motivation unit. There's an electric motor there also that looks similar to the motivation unit, but it will not work. After you get the motivation unit, use it on the robo-dog for some experience and a new NPC. Mind you, he's the only NPC that can traverse Navarro base that doesn't have to wear Power Armor. Save, and head for San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO

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Rough Map

Hubologists Seaport / |   /       |   /   Chinatown -- Shi Temple

Notable Areas 1) Chinatown  - Businesses (Flying Dragon 8; Dr. Fung's office)   - Boxing Ring   - The Dragon's and Lo Pan's training centers 2) Shi Temple - Computer rooms - Emperor's Throne Room 3) Hubologists 4) Seaport - Oil Tanker

Notable Characters 1) The Dragon, one of the icons of the Shi 2)  Lo Pan, another icon of the Shi 3) Dr. Fung, Chinatown's doctor 4)  Lao Chou, owner of the Flying Dragon 8 store 5) Matt, the Brotherhood of Steel guard 6)  Ken Lee, the Emperor's advisor 7) Dr. Wong Yi Tze, the Shi's leading researcher 8)  AHS-7, the Hubologist who handles matters involving new recruits 9) AHS-9, the leader of the Hubologists 10) Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman, two porn stars who are ardent believers in Hubology 11) Chip, the tanker vagrant who sold his spleen 12) Badger, the vagrant who lost his girlfriend (also the resident computer   technician) 13) Marc, a vagrant who describes himself as "a resident smart-ass" 14) Suze, Badger's girlfriend 15) Captain Ron Meyers, a former Enclave technician, now captain of the   Poseidon oil tanker -   Shi -   Shi guards -   Hubologists -   Tanker vagrants

Notes 1) Help the Dragon kill Lo Pan. 2)  Defeat Lo Pan's fighters (for experience) under the guise of helping him. Then kill him in the ring. 3) If you haven't done so, give the vertibird plans to the Brotherhood. 4)  Give the vertibird plans to the Shi. 5) Offer to kill the Hubologists for the Shi. 6)  Get the Zeta-scan at the Hubologists, and then kill them. 7) Find Badger's girlfriend, and kill the creatures that infested the oil    tanker. 8)  Retrieve Chip's spleen. 9) Make the oil tanker suitable for travel (install the Navigation Computer parts, transfer fuel). 10) Go to the Enclave base.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Defeat the Dragon's fighters: 8000 xp - Defeat Lo Pan's fighters: 8000 xp - Give the Vertibird plans to the Shi: 55000 xp - Kill the Hubologists: 8300 kxp - Kill AHS-9 for the Shi: 5000 xp - Kill the critters in the underground llevel of the tanker: 10500 kxp - Return Suze to Badger: 5000 xp - Use the FOB to access the navigation ccomputer room: 2000 xp - Fix the navigation computer: 2000 xp - Convince Dr. Wong to return Chip's splleen: 2000 xp - Direct fuel to the oil tanker: 5000 xpp - Help Chip get his spleen replaced: 30000 xp

Introduction

San Francisco is undergoing a new renaissance era. It's heavily populated by the Shi people as well as religious fanatics. Here, you'll be able to finally access the Enclave Oil Rig, the last destination your character will face.

Details --- When you enter San Francisco, make your way to the north. You should see a boxing ring. (When you enter San Francisco for the first time, you should see two men fighting each other in a boxing ring. The barechested man is the Dragon; the other is Lo Pan.) Go a bit to the right and then go to the north, and enter the Dragon's training center. Talk to the Dragon, and ask him who he was fighting. Then tell him that he must triumph, and then tell him that you are the person capable of taking out Lo Pan. The Dragon will offer you a test of skills, namely, defeating his fighters. Tell the Dragon that his offer is fair, and then take the test. You'll have to defeat several fighters in an ascending order of difficulty; the last one will have around 150 hit points or so. Also, you'll be healed after each fight. After you've defeated the fighters, then go to Lo Pan's training center (directly to the left of the Dragon's center). Talk to Lo Pan, and ask him who he was fighting. Tell him that the Shi are sheep, and then tell him that you can take out the Dragon. He'll offer you a test which is exactly the same as the one that the Dragon offered you. Tell him that it is fair, and then take the test. Again, defeat his fighters, and then tell Lo Pan that you are going to fight him.

Lo Pan is somewhat easier than some of the Dragon's and even his own fighters. If you don't finish off Lo Pan quickly, he'll pull out a .223 pistol and then start to attack you. But then again, it is easy to inflict critical damage on him. Unfortunately, you will not receive any experience for defeating him. After you've killed him, go to the Shi temple, which is directly to the right.

NOTE: The way that the fights are scripted is extremely buggy. For instance, if you hit your opponent just once, you will win the fight, but the challenger will remain in the ring, and will attack you in the next fight. It can get hectic at times, especially when there are several fighters in the ring (all are allied against you). However, the fights can linger on until death - and if you end combat there, you'll be     stuck inside the ring.

It's also advisable not to save the game during combat; you are more prone to being stuck in the ring.

When you're in the Shi temple, go through the hall, and enter the Emperor's room. Talk to Ken Lee, the Emperor's advisor (he's the man wearing the lab coat). Ask him if you can see the Emperor, and then give him your name. He'll ask for you to go to Navarro and get the Vertibird plans (which you already have) and give them to Dr. Wong Yi Tze (he's in the computer room that's close to the throne room; he is described as a rotund Shi man). You'll receive a good bit of experience for your efforts.

NOTE: If you haven't delivered the vertibird plans to the Brotherhood, do     so before delivering them to the Shi - Matt, the BOS soldier, has the foresight to make duplicates (unlike the Shi). After you've given the plans to the BOS, give them to the Shi afterwards.

After you've delivered the plans to the Shi, go back to Ken Lee. He'll give you a new quest, namely, the death of the Hubologist leader AHS-9. Head for the Hubologists' hideout now.

Once you reach the hideout, descend down the stairwell, and talk to AHS-7. Tell him that you're interested in joining the Hubologists, and he'll direct you to the auditorium where you'll hear a speech by Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman. Talk to them, and tell them that you're willing to join the Hubologists. They'll give you a holodisc about Hubology. You can read it to get an idea of what it's about.

Now, you can get a Zeta-scan from AHS-7. After the scan is complete, tell him that you want to use your ability for the Hub, your ability for the Great Wheel, etc. AHS-7 will ask you to kill Badger, one of the tanker vagrants. Refuse his offer, and AHS-7 will leave. If done properly, the scan should increase your luck by one at the detriment of some karma points. You might have seen a man wearing a tuxedo - this is AHS-9. (He's sort of close to the auditorium, albeit in a different room.) Go and kill him, and then, eliminate the rest of the Hubologists. After you've killed them, go back to the Shi temple. Tell Ken Lee that you've killed AHS-9. You'll be granted access to speak with the Emperor (by the way, the emperor is a computer). Head for the oil rig now.

When you reach the oil rig, go talk to Chip, the man whose description tells that he is in considerable pain. Talk to him and offer to find his spleen. Afterwards, enter the room with computers in it. This room is also occupied by Badger, a vagrant in leather armor. Save the game, and enter the ladder that leads downstairs. Kill all of the critters down there. After you've killed them, go through the room that requires the FOB and install the navigation computer parts into the navigation computer. After that, go back to where the critters were, and find Badger's girlfriend (she's in the northeast quadrant of that area). Return her to Badger. After you've returned her to Badger, go downstairs again, but this time, go near the forklift. There is a door a bit to the left of the forklift that is controlled by the FOB; go to the door and open it up using the FOB that you got from Navarro. Enter the room, and climb the ladder; use the computer parts on the computer on the right hand side. Leave that area, and head back to Badger's computer room. From there, head to the tankers' bridge (it's located to the right; climb up the stairs to access it).

When you get to the bridge, talk to the captain. Ask him about the ship, and he'll tell you that it needs fuel to make the trip to the Enclave base. After that, leave the tanker for Chinatown.

Once you're back in Chinatown, go to the Flying Dragon 8 store (it has a brahmin pasture behind it) and talk to Lao Chou. Ask him for some info, and then tell him that you're looking for a spleen. He'll tell you that he sold it to Dr. Wong (the researcher at the Shi temple). Go to Dr. Wong, and ask him about the spleen. He will tell you that he wants to eat it (the rest is a Silence of the Lambs plug). Tell him that he has to substitute the spleen for a liver, and then, tell him that it is indeed a human spleen. He'll tell you that he'll give Chip back his spleen within a day.

At the Shi temple, you also have to direct fuel along a pipeline to the oil tanker. Go to the Emperor computer, and go into the chemistry database. Choose the fuel option, and direct the fuel to the oil tanker. After you've directed the fuel, go to Chinatown, and talk to Dr. Fung. Tell him that you have a friend who needs help with a spleen. Dr. Fung will charge you $1000. Pay him. Leave for the Brotherhood of Steel building, and heal yourself there. After you've healed yourself, go back to the oil tanker, and tell Chip the good news about his spleen. He'll tell you that he'll be back within a day. After Chip leaves, rest for one day to receive your reward. You'll get some experience points and some information about the lost Arroyo villagers. At this point, make sure that you drop your NPC's off in the ship, and also make sure that you are wearing some form of Power Armor. (You can get a suit from the Brotherhood of Steel building or at Lao Chou's store if you still need one; you should be wearing the other Power Armor that you got in Navarro.)

Save the game, and head to the bridge. Access the computer, and tell the ship to "go." You're on your way to the Enclave base, the final area of the game.

THE ENCLAVE

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Rough Map

Entrance---Barracks/Armory---| |                         |  |                          |  |                 (via emergency exit) |---Prison                | |                 |          |                  |       Storage/Shock Room    | |                 |          |                  |     Presidential Quarters---| |         |      Nuclear Reactor

Notable Areas 1) Entrance 2) Barracks/Armory - Equipment lockers at the right side 3) Prison, mini-Armory  - Equipment lockers to the northwest   - Prison cells to the southeast 4) Storage/Shock Room - Storage areas on both left and right sides - Maze with electrified flooring; serves as a defense 5) President's Room  - President's chamber   - Vice President's chamber   - Curling's chamber   - Situation/War Rooms 6) Control Room - Computer rooms - Reactor housing - Reactor control computers

Notable Characters 1) Martin Frobisher, the leader of Vault 13, imprisoned 2) The Arroyo village Elder, now incarcerated 3) President Dick Richardson, President of the U.S.A 4) Vice President Bird, a video-game incarnation of Dan Quayle 5) Dr. Curling, head of the "Project" 6) Tom Murray, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 7) The President's secretary, an incarnation of Monica Lewinsky 8) Sergeant Granite, Enclave defector who will help you take down Horrigan 9) Frank Horrigan, mutated Secret Service Agent, also the end-boss - Enclave citizens -  Enclave scientists -  Enclave guards -  Vault 13 prisoners -  Arroyo prisoners

Notes 1) Access the computer in the entrance, and read the report concerning the  nuclear power plant. 2) Go to the Barracks, and get the plastic explosives and 2mm EC ammo. 3) Talk to Frobisher and the village Elder. 4) In the storage area, get the Advanced Power Armor MK II, the M72 Gauss Rifle and, if you haven't done so yet, the G.E.C.K. 5) Survive the shock room. 6) Kill President Dick Richardson and retrieve his Presidential pass key. 7) Release the F.E.V into the Enclave air system. 8) Blow up or disable the computers that control the nuclear reactor.

Quest Experience/Reward Table: - Enter the Enclave : 15000 xp - Complete the shock room maze: 2500 xp - Kill President Richardson: 110 kxp - Convince Curling to release F.E.V intoo the air: 5000 xp - Convince Murray to disable the nuclearr reactor: 12500 xp - Blow up the computers that control thee reactor: 10000 xp - Get Sergeant Granit's help in killing Horrigan: 1500 xp - Kill Frank Horrigan: 10000 kxp

Introduction

This is the final destination in the game. Like Navarro, the Enclave oil rig is heavily guarded by both guards in Power Armor as well as robots. Be sure that you and your NPC's are clad in some type of Power Armor before entering.

Details --- When you enter the base, access the computer towards the southwest side. Login as one of the users it lists, and download the security status for the nuclear reactor. After you've gotten the status, go towards the right, and enter the barracks/armory.

Once you're in the armory, go in the hallway, and follow it until you reach its end. You should see a room with bunk beds that is guarded by guards who are wearing an older design of Power Armor. Raid the lockers on the northern side for some 2mm EC ammo. The ammo is needed for the M72 Gauss Rifle. After you've gotten the ammo, head for the armory, which is located a bit towards the north. You should get some plastic explosives from here. After you've gotten the necessary items, leave this room and head back to the entrance. Now, you have to go to the detention cells.

Go through the hall in this new area, and then take a right to enter the detention cells. The prisoners from Arroyo and Vault 13 are being held here. You can talk to the Elder of the village as well as Martin Frobisher (the leader of Vault 13) to get an idea of what's going on. Afterwards, go down the stairwell to go through a corridor to reach the President.

The corridor is essentially a very powerful defense mechanism; the floor, which is electrified, can deal up to 10 damage to you. When you enter the maze, you'll have to use the terminals to open and close doors. An ASCII map about the maze as well as the order has been provided below:

A - B - C           Order to get through the maze: |  |   | 1 - D - E - F - 2        B, A, D, equipment runs (1 and 2), E, F, B, C,    |   |   |            A, G, H, I, (leave the corridor) G - H - I

where A-I are the respective terminals, 1 and 2 denote equipment rooms. In room #1, you can get the M72 Gauss Rifle as well as the Advanced Power Armor MK II. In the second equipment room, you can get the G.E.C.K (if you've forgotten it) as well as various healing items and weapons.

--- This weapon is the strongest small gun in the game and also is one of the strongest weapons (second only to the Pulse Rifle). It can deal about 30 hit points of normal damage on Enclave troopers and can go over 150 hit points on critical hits. It's a superior weapon that is a must have to get. The Enclave base is chock full of 2mm EC ammo, which is extremely rare in the Fallout world.
 * GUN Information: M72 Gauss Rifle

After you've completed the maze, head to the Presidential Quarters. Once you're there, go through the hallway until you reach the vice president's office (he's in a suit). You can talk to him, and his conversation is reminiscent of Dan Quayle (actually, virtually everything he says is one thing that Quayle had already said at one point). The President's room can be accessed by going through the door with the President's seal on it. Once you are in there, close the door and enter 'Sneak' mode. If you want, you can talk to the President and find out about the "project" and a brief history about World War III. The main objective here is to kill him - arm yourself with the M72 and shoot him in the head (or anywhere, for that matter, as long as he is dead - and in one shot). After you've killed him, get the presidential pass key from his corpse. Now, there are two easy routes that you can take to beat the game.


 * ROUTE ONE: Convince Dr. Curling to release the F.E.V in the Enclave

To complete the game this way, go to Dr. Curling's office, which is to the far left of the Presidential Quarters (his description will read that he is a very tired man). Talk to him, and tell him that you're from Arroyo. He'll mention that you have to go back to the detention cell, but you have to tell him that he is wrong. Tell him about saving thousands of lives, and then he'll mention that he's going to restore "real humans" to the wasteland. Tell him that you're human, and then ask him how your DNA is different. He'll start to discuss the "project," but then, you'll have to cut him off by telling him that you are just as human as he is or that change is the one universal constant. Let him think about his decision, and then allow him to vaccinate you from the F.E.V. He'll release the F.E.V in the Enclave compound, which will kill all civilians and scientists (save for Dr. Curling, Tom Murray, the President, and the Vice President). After he has released the F.E.V, rest for 10 minutes, and then climb the stairwell to the nuclear power plant. Once you're there, go to the three computers on the right side (they're close to the mainframe). Detonate the plastic explosives there.


 * ROUTE TWO: CONVINCE MURRAY TO DISABLE THE REACTOR

Go to the nuclear reactor room, and head towards the southern computer complex. There should be a nicely furnished office with a guard standing beside it and Tom Murray (he's in a lab coat) standing by his desk. Talk to Murray, and tell him that you need him to shut down the reactor. He'll resist; threaten him. He'll offer to shut it down for you. After he shuts it down, leave the area.

There will be a 10 minute timer before critical meltdown. Leave the compound by going back to the Presidential Quarters, and by taking the emergency stairwell (it's in the southern area). The stairwell will lead you to the barracks. Once you're there, leave the barracks for the entrance.

When you get to the entrance, you'll see an Enclave troop squadron. Talk to their leader, Sergeant Granite, and tell him that you're leaving to get back to your people. He'll mention that Frank Horrigan is guarding the area and preventing anybody from leaving. Granite will then go on to say that he's an extremely tough guy. He'll say that he pities you. Tell him about the situation with the nuclear reactor. Offer to give the squadron refuge in your ship for their aid in taking down Horrigan. After you've enlisted their aid, run towards the southern end of the Enclave. Go to the computer and put in the presidential passkey. Activate the counter-insurgency protocol, and the robotic turrets will start to hit Frank Horrigan. Hit Horrigan with your Gauss rifle; Granite's squadron has a Pulse Rifle, a Gauss Pistol, a Turbo Plasma Rifle, and a Gatling Laser cannon. This will be a very easy fight for you, especially since you have the counter-insurgency protocol installed. Horrigan's suit will cause his torso to split from the rest of his body after it has sustained 999 hit points of damage. If you talk to him, he'll suicide. Leave the compound to finish the game.

ENDINGS

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The endings will vary depending on the quests that you've chosen. If you've followed this route, this is what will happen:

- The Dwellers from Vault 13 and Arroyo create a community together using the G.E.C.K.

- Slavery has been eradicated from the DDen because of Metzger's and Mordino's death.

- Modoc becomes a strong farming villagee.

- Vault City, now free from the raiders and the N.C.R, captures Gecko because of the optimized nuclear reactor there. The ghouls are now treated as slaves by Vault City.

- New Reno is controlled by the Wright ffamily. They destroy more than half of the town by killing the remaining crime families.

- Myron dies about a year after you desttroyed the Enclave.

- Broken Hills disbands because the urannium supply is extinguished.

- Redding is now annexed by N.C.R becausse you sold the mine chip to Marge LaBarge, a prominent N.C.R supporter. Redding also becomes far more productive because jet has been virtually eliminated from that town.

- N.C.R fully annexes Vault 15 because oof your support.

- The Shi build a new empire in the San Francisco bay area after the death of the Hubologists.

Combat Tactics
Like the original guide, here is a section that gives information about general combat tactics, plus a boss guide.

Armor
Consider combat armor, which has a damage threshold of 8 hit points and a damage resistance of 60% against laser attacks. (8 hp/60%)

The way armor works is like this: if you are wearing combat armor and somebody hits you with a laser rifle, you will receive x amount less. Say that if you're wearing the Vault 13 jumper, which has no protection whatsoever, and the enemy uses the laser rifle and hits you for 42 hit points of damage.

Take the same situation with combat armor on. The armor will naturally deflect 8 hit points of damage because of the damage threshold. Now only 34 hit points remain. The armor can resist 60% of that damage. Multiplying 34 by 60% will give you 20.4, and rounding that down will give you 20. You'll only take 20 hit points of damage with the armor instead of 42.

Ammo
The type of ammunition used will change the amount of damage dealt to the target. JHP is always the superior choice, followed by FMJ. Forget AP ammo. AP is, in the first place, more expensive, and although it does penetrate a bit more than JHP ammo, it deals very little damage. It's useless against anything - JHP is always superior. Shotgun Shells deal good damage regardless of the target used, and FMJ is like a 'neutral' ammo - it works okay on both armored and non-armored targets. It doesn't suffer nearly the damage penalty of AP ammo, but it penetrates far better than JHP. 7.62mm and .45 caliber ammo are effective only on lighlty armored targets. Caseless ammo is generally pretty good in penetration but quality degrades as the armor is stronger; the EC ammo used in Gauss weapons has excellent penetration. Generally speaking, even the strongest "normal" weapons deal little damage to heavily armored targets, with the notable exceptions being the Bozar and guns that run on either caseless or EC ammo.

As for energy weapons, their real effectiveness depends on the type of weapon used. For instance, laser weapons aren't as effective as plasma weapons on armored targets. Plasma is good against anything except for Tesla armor. The Pulse-weapons use a different technology and is very effective against every type of armor - in the game engine, I think no type of armor can effectively block this type of attack.

In addition, for burst weapons, armor modifiers are added to each bullet. I.e, if you use the burst mode on a SMG to fire 10 rounds, the armor will absorb damage from each bullet and then will add up the unabsorbed damage to give the total damage dealt, as opposed to the total damage being calculated and then being reduced.

General Tactics

 * You can cripple your foe at five points if you score a critical while aiming at their legs, arms, or eyes. If you cripple your foe's legs, he or she will have a hard time walking around. If you cripple one of the enemy's arms, then he or she won't be able to use two-handed weapons (and of course, if you cripple both of them, then the enemy will have to resort to unarmed attacks). If you cripple your opponent's eyes, then he or she will suffer from reduced Perception levels.
 * Aiming for the eyes usually gives a high critical chance and does gobs of damage. Also, on male NPC's, hitting them in the groin makes them fall down.
 * Always use the right weapon for the job. For lightly armored targets, you should attack unarmed or with a melee weapon that doesn't consume ammo. For "regular" targets (i.e., most humans and super mutants) use regular shots, and use targeted and/or burst shots if possible and if effective. For armored humans and critters, use powerful weapons that have good penetration (like the PPK12/M72, G11(e), Vindicator, Plasma Rifles, and the YK42B ).
 * Also use the right ammo for the job as well. AP ammo might seem to be better than JHP ammo while hitting armored targets, but the game engine always gives lots of negative modifiers to damage with AP ammo. AP ammo penetrates better than JHP ammo, but always use JHP. It's the best type. FMJ isn't that bad either. The only exceptions to the rule seem to be AP and Explosive rockets, which to me seem to deal about the same amount of damage.

Burst Weapon Tactics
X (you) |    / \    / | \   / ||| \  / ||||| \ / ||||||| \ Area of effect
 * You can give your shots "up close and personal." This works well for most targets. With regular-strength burst weapons, like the M3A1 or MP9, you should get about 60-70 hit points of damage, whilst with the G11(e), you should get about 150 plus hit points of damage.
 * Burst shots have a wide area of effect. If an ally is in the middle, you might want to not do a burst shot. Here is an example of the "burst cone:"
 * This is why giving the shots "up close and personal" deals gobs of damage. The shots saturate the target with bullets, dealing an immense amount of damage. If you attack multiple characters at range with a burst shot, then both will get hit.
 * If the target is heavily armored, don''t use burst shots. You will see this happen to you when you get Power Armor and the Enclave guards are showering you with bullets from Gatling Lasers, Avenger Miniguns, and Vindicators.

Sniper Tactics

 * The Hunting Rifle is a sniping weapon that you'll encounter early on. It's not terribly bad in the beginning but it will be easily outgunned by other weapons. The FN-FAL with night sight as well as the Assault Rifle (extended magazine) make for decent midrange weapons. The Sniper Rifle, however, is an excellent sniping weapon - long range coupled with extremely good accuracy. At the endgame, the M72 is an absolute bastard.
 * When you go to Sierra Army Depot, get the Sniper Rifle from there. It's in one of the corpses. And in the Enclave, get the M72.


 * You can use the burst Shotguns for shoort distance sniping, such as fighting unarmed or melee-weapon using mutants or humans. It is the best weapon for mid armored targets, and is excellent for short range control. It works well in conjunction with Power Armor and is effective against many critters.
 * A Pancor Jackhammer, Combat Shotgun, or H&K CAWS work pretty nicely and deal good damage with targeted shots.


 * If you have a high energy weapons skilll, get a Plasma Rifle. No armor can withstand Plasma damge well. I got 132 hp on an eye shot on a Deathclaw once. The Turbo Plasma Rifle only costs 4 AP's for a single shot!
 * Even better, get a Pulse Rifle. This type of attack is literally unstoppable and deals about 70 damage to, yes, Armored Enclave troopers! Just imagine how it would be with targeted shots!


 * If you have good guns skill, then go ffor aimed shots if possible. You'll deal more damage from the shot.
 * If you use long-range weapons, you'll get a negative modifier if you are attacking critters at really close range. This is an issue with the Fallout combat engine.

Melee Tactics

 * If you have a sledgehammer, use the weeapon against unarmed critters. Aim for the legs. After they have been crippled, you can score aimed shots to the head and eyes easily. Rippers work just as well.
 * A Super Sledgehammer in conjunction wiith Power Armor can literally kill anything (before the Enclave, though). Aimed shots will routinely deal about 60 hit points to humans and super mutants; to the armored aliens it will deal about 35 or so.

NPC Tactics / General Info

 * Give NPC's the right weapon as well as good armor. Also, do not let them have the best weapons (unless you're deficient in any skills) - e.g. keep the M72 for yourself and give shotguns to Vic and Cassidy.
 * Be careful about letting NPC's burst. Sometimes their shots can hurt you as well.
 * At the endgame, NPC's are really not required and are not recommended to have (they pose problems at Navarro as well as the Enclave). Also, some NPC's (like Marcus, Skynet, Goris, the dogs) cannot wear armor and thus are suceptible to major damage in the endgame.
 * If you are going to Navarro and Enclave (and are going to walk around the base), you must give your NPC's some form of Power Armor. Here is a laydown of where you can get Power Armor (4 sets!):
 * You:    Advanced Power Armor at Navarro
 * Sulik:  Power Armor at Military Base
 * Vic:    Power Armor at the Brotherhood bunker in San Francisco
 * Cassidy: Power Armor at Flying Dragon 8 (absurdly expensive)
 * If you have NPC's during the endgame, Sulik, Vic, and Cassidy should be in your party. Give Vic and Cassidy hardened versions of Power Armor and let Sulik have your old suit of Advanced Power Armor once you find the Advanced Power Armor MK-II variant. Also, be sure to give Sulik the G11e SMG and give Vic and Cassidy M72 rifles.

Boss Guide
Some of the more difficult fights are described in detail here. Major fights, like the Hubologists, are extremely easy, so there's no need to go and describe them in detail.

Enemies: various rats Where: Klamath Mall in Trapper Town Hit points: 40 (?) Armor: Fur Weapon: Claws Number: Lots Difficulty: Easy
 * The Rat God

This fight is not that hard if you have Sulik with you. Use melee weapons to take out the regular rats and use the pipe rifle to kill the Rat-God.

Enemies: Geckos and Golden Geckos Where: Toxic Caves Hit points: 25 - 65 Armor: Thick skin Weapon: Claws and teeth Number: About 8 or 9 Difficulty: Depends if you have the Power Armor
 * Gecko Fights

Generally, a good tactic for these guys is to use the 10mm Pistol and aim for the legs to cripple them (you have been pumping up small guns, haven't you?) and let Sulik do the up-close and personal melee attacks. You'll need several stimpacks for this battle to go well. Having armor isn't a bad idea (if you can afford it).

If you have Power Armor, you can just go in and poke them with your spear, or better yet, the Super Sledgehammer. The bad thing about the Power Armor is that the geckos will run away from you when they see you wearing it.

Where: The Den Hit points: 35-50 (I'm not sure...) Armor: Leather Armor Weapon: Shotgun Allies: Several slavers clad in leather armor and armed with 10mm Pistols; about 30-40 hit points Difficulty: Depends on when you fight him...can range to extremely difficult to extremely easy
 * Metzger the Slaver

You should kill Metzger after you've completed the Vault City/Gecko block or have gotten the Power Armor. It's entirely possible to kill him when you're in the Den. It's extremely difficult if you choose the last option.

If you have chosen the last option, make sure that you have stolen Metzger's shotgun and his allies' stimpacks, ammo, etc. Let Sulik strike with the sledgehammer and let Vic have the pipe rifle or 10mm Pistol. Arm yourself with the .44 Magnum (if you have it) as well as Metzger's Shotgun. Keep on aiming at the eyes or at the hands or even the legs.

If you have completed Vault City / Gecko and still haven't gotten the Power Armor, this fight will be quite easy. Give Sulik the sledgehammer and give Vic and Cassidy Combat Shotguns. Arm yourself with that arm as well. Make sure that every member of your team has some type of armor on (make sure that you have combat armor; let the others have metal armor or leather armor mk 2).

If you have the Power Armor, you can just go in the compound early on with guns blazing. You might suffer minor damage due to critical hits, but that's about it.

Where: Redding Hit Points: 70-100 (I think) Armor: Leather Jacket Weapon: H&K G11 (!) Allies: Several cronies that are a bit tougher than him; have Leather Armor MKII and shotguns; same amount of hit points Difficulty: Medium
 * Frog Morton

You don't need Power Armor for this fight, but it sure helps. The shotguns have enough penetration to deal a few hit points of damage against you (with Power Armor and implants), and so does Frog's G11 sub-machine gun. Use targeted shots to the hands to eliminate their weapon handling skills, and then use targeted shots to their head or eyes.

When you enter Frog's compound, be sure to kill him first. If he bursts "up close and personal," you can suffer a good deal of damage.

Where: Redding Hit points: 220 Armor: Unknown; equivalent to Combat Armor MKII Weapon: Tentacles and teeth Allies: Several "normal" Wanamingos; attack is same; armor is slightly weaker; 120 or 160 hit points Difficulty: Medium
 * "Mother" Wanamingo (the white one)

Make sure that you have Power Armor when you're here; also, make sure that you've got the .44 Magnum and Super Sledgehammer when you're here. Use the .44 Magnum at the eyes on the white Wanamingo. After she has been killed, use the Super Sledgehammer to knock out the other Wanamingos, and then go for targeted shots to the eyes. A Combat Shotgun will deal more damage to the Wanamingos if you aren't able to score that many criticals; however, the .44 Magnum's criticals are a bit stronger. This fight is a lot like the deathclaw fight in Fallout 1, but a bit easier.

Enemies: Crime Family guards Where: New Reno Hit points: 70-100 Armor: Leather-based or Metal Armor Weapon: Sub-machine guns (all), burst-mode shotguns (Bishop's private guards), Laser Pistols (Salvatores) Number: 100's Difficulty: Easy (Power Armor), Hard (without armor)
 * New Reno Crime Fights

You should be wearing Power Armor and be equipped with a Combat Shotgun. You should also have about 300-400 shells with you if you plan on using that weapon alone.

Just go up to the crime boss after you've finished his quests and then attack him. His guards will attack you; finish the guards off, and then attack the crime boss. After you've wiped out the guards, you can end combat mode and get SMG's and ammo from the Guards' corpses. You can use the SMG's in burst mode (up close and personal) when you encounter the next wave of guards. Don't use the leather pistols against the Salvatore's metal armor, however - the armor will reflect the lasers.

Enemies: Radiated rats, Super Mutants, and Melchoir Where: Military Base Hit points: 20-30 (rats), 110-130 (Super Mutants) Armor: Fur (rats), thick skin (green Super Mutants), armor that's equal to Metal Armor MKII (normal attacks) (black Super Mutants) Weapon: Teeth and claws (rats), Miniguns, Flamethrowers, Laser Rifles, Plasma Rifles, and Power Fists (Super Mutants) Number: Lots of them, about 25-30 Difficulty: Medium to Hard
 * Military Base

Again, you will absolutely need the Power Armor for this fight.

The first level is pretty easy; you can clear everything using only the Super Sledgehammer. Ditto for the second level.

The third level is where you will meet Super Duper Mutants, but they aren't much harder than their bretheren. You can knock them out using the Super Sledgehammer and a gun in conjunction.

The fourth level can be easy to hard, depending on when you kill Melchoir. He's a Super Mutant with 130 hit points and a laser rifle; the case behind him holds a PPK12 Gauss Pistol. He also has special grenades that can evolve into Deathclaws, Fire Geckos, Floaters, and Mutated Mole Rats. If you let him throw all of his grenades, you will be awarded with a grand total of more than 10,000 xp for just that fight alone. If you kill him early, you might face two deathclaws in addition to Melchoir. Use the Super Sledgehammer and targeted shots for maximum damage.

Enemies: An alliance consisting of Floaters, Centaurs, and Aliens Where: The bottommost level of the Oil Tanker in San Francisco Hit points: 120 (Aliens) to 200 (Nasty Floaters and Tough Centaurs) Armor: Varies; Centaurs have the weakest, Aliens are in the middle, Floaters have the strongest Weapon: Tentacles (Aliens), Teeth (Centaurs), and some appendage (Floaters) Number: I think 20 Difficulty: Easy
 * The Tanker (underground)

By this time, you should be strong enough to take them on. Just use targeted shots with strong weapons or the Super Sledgehammer. Like the other fights, you should be wearing (rather, you will be) Power Armor. Watch out when they corner you and start knocking you down.

Where; Enclave Hit points: 999 Armor: Modified Advanced Power Armor; designed to fit a Super Mutant and substantially stronger Weapon: Burst-mode plasma gun (subpar) or a special blade (pretty good) Allies: Can include: 7 Turrets, 3 Enclave troopers and 7 Turrets, or just 3 Enclave troopers Your Allies: 4 Enclave troopers, 7 Turrets, or both Difficulty: Easy to Hard
 * Frank Horrigan


 * Ally description
 * Turrets
 * 75 hit points
 * Metal Plating
 * Heavy Minigun (.223 ammo, quite powerful)
 * Enclave Troopers
 * 200 hit points
 * Advanced Power Armor
 * Gatling Laser, Turbo Plasma Rifle, PPK12 Gauss Pistol, and YK42B
 * Pulse Rifle

Before you go to fight Horrigan, make sure that you have the Presidential Pass Key and the M72 Gauss Rifle. Destroy the reactor. After you've done that, leave the Enclave and go back to where you started. You'll see some guards in Power Armor waiting for you. Talk to the leader of the squardon and convince him to join you. He'll accept. After you've done that, run towards the south and use the computer terminal on the south east corner. Activate the counter-insurgency protocol using the Presidential Pass Key. Watch Horrigan die afterwards... (actually, talk to him to watch his head pop off)

The fight will be slightly more difficult if you didn't enlist the troopers' help (all but the squadron leader will attack you) and a lot more difficult without the Presidential Pass Key (the turrets will attack you as well, and the penetration afforded by their ammo is excellent). I've seen the turrets do about 300+ hp with criticals.