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Fallout 1 Assistance

Introduction

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Where do I start? Self -confessed Fallout addict that I am, I have played

this

game more times than is probably normal and/or healthy. Seven at lastcount.

Having already written a guide for Fallout's sequel, 'Steve's Guide to

Fallout 2: Warts 'n All' , I thought that since I now had a template to

follow, it would be a piece of cake. Guess what? Right. I found even more

new

things on the 7th pass through t han I imagined were possible to have missed

on previous attempts! And you as a reader will undoubtedly find other

things.

Such is the nature and depth of Fallout. Anyway, with Fallout, so began my

passion for RPG's - and it's about time I finally got ar ound to writing

about

it!

This Guide is quest -oriented, though I've also written much about all the

important objects and people that you'll encounter in the various locales,

even if they aren't related to completing a specific quest. It's meant to

be

more of a guide than a walkthrough. A walkthrough for a game like Fallout

would of necessity be slanted towards a particular character type - but I

try

to give you several ways to get around each problem where possible,

hopefully

accounting for most of the character types across the role -playing

spectrum.

Probably more of interest to Fallout veterans than newbies, but this Guide

tells you how to get your favourite pet all the way through the game : -)

I hope that you enjoy Fallout as much as I do! Ready to begin your quest,oh

humble vault dweller?

Conventions

===========

Once again, I've eschewed that handy yet game spoiling Table of Contents!

OK,

so this Guide is loaded with outright spoilers any way, but I try not to

ruin

all the fun right up front by providing you with a listing of all the

important locations you will visit. If you're looking for references to a

particular location, person, weapon, etc., then just search for it in yourbrowser.

Directions are given assuming that the top of your screen is north, and the

longer direction names are abbreviated, like SW for southwest.

Tips

====

Seeing as Fallout 2 is not miles away from the original, I took the liberty



of borrowing generousl y from this section in my other Guide. Hope you don't

mind.

Before you even think about starting to play, check out the Interplay

Fallout

site (http://www.interplay.com/fallout/), and ensure that you have the

latest

version installed. If not, download and apply the patch. Be careful to onlyapply a patch compatible with the locale from which you purchased the game!

This Guide was written using the U.S. version, patched to V1.1. This patch

fixed numerous bugs, and a lso removed a restriction that you had to finish

Fallout in 500 (game) days.

Beware that if your Intelligence (IN) is too low (I mean, your character's

in the game, silly. Don't take it personally ; -), you won't be able to

get most of the quests here s imply because no one will be able to converse

with you! Likewise, not having a high enough Charisma (CH) or Speech skill

will also alter NPC responses, and you may miss out on important

conversation

choices that lead to quests. So, I recommend having bo th IN and CH at a

minimum of 6 (you might scrape by with lower CH if you have a decent Speech

skill) to keep your options open. If in doubt in a particular situation,

popa Mentat to boost both temporarily. Just for kicks, it's worth starting up

a

game with IN 3. Yes, it's a very well balanced game : -)

Luck, or dice rolls, and your stats play an important part in

conversations.

That's why it's very important that you save the game before every

conversation. If you feel afterwards that the outcome cou ld have been more

favourable, restore to before the conversation and try it again. You just

might get the dialogue choice you've been hoping for the next time through!

If you consistently get the same undesirable choices, try improving your IN

and CH by popping a Mentat before the conversation. Some dialogues even

depend on your Science skill, and I've tried to indicate this where

possible.

I recommend a minimum Strength (ST) of 6. With less than this, you'll be

severely disadvantaged at hand -to-hand, unable to take any unarmed perks

(most decent ones have a min ST of 6 requirement), and you won't be able

to carry much inventory either. Likewise, unless you're going to play the

'ultimate bruiser' type of character, a starting ST of 9 or 10 is a waste,

since you get a chance later on to increase your ST by 3 using...

artificial means!

Unless you are taking on the role of a thief, a decent Barter skill is also

vital.

Owing to a design peculiarity in Fallout, Armour Piercing (AP) ammo does n't

do exactly what it's meant to, and is woefully ineffectual. So, it's best

to

just sell any that you find. Stick to the JHP for actually loading into

your

weapons.

I just love Big Guns, and Energy Weapons. They're so... destructive. I

almost

never bother to tag Small Guns, even though conventional wisdom has it that

you should. The reason is: if you start off with decent Agility (AG), then

you already have nearly 45% Small Guns skill. Also, you can quickly boost



this skill by reading some... ahem ... educational material you find lying

around the place : -)

NPC's make great packrats. They can help you carry all the stuff you pick

up

after encounters with hostile critters. Be careful about giving them burst

capable weapons though... or you could find yourself replaying a lot of

encounters :-( Also, you have to keep telling some of them to use theirbest

weapon when you know an important battle is coming up!

Something in Fallout that you need to do all the time, but it isn't

patently

obvious how you're meant to: exchange items with your party members. Just

use

your Steal skill, no matter how low it is, and you can swap items back and

forth at will!

Like the man says: save, save, SAVE! You never know whe n you're

going to mess up in combat, blow a dialogue with an NPC, etc. Contrary to

what you may hear on the grapevine, you can also save during combat, though

this practice does seem to make the game more likely to crash... but you

justsaved, didn't you? So, no big deal.

Those pre-apocalyptic Californians must have been avid readers. There are

bookcases everywhere. A lot of them contain valuable stuff, so check every

bookcase, desk, locker, etc. Anything that exhibits a hand icon when

you move your cursor over it is worth having a look at. Scavenge to your

heart's content!

You can rest nearly anywhere when no hostile critters are nearby. Derelict

buildings in most towns make a perfect spot for this sort of activity.

There's no rush to get through (most of) Fallout. Use the time! Why waste

Stimpaks when you can heal while resting or travelling?

And now, without further ado...

Vault 13

========

Get all the gear off the body immediately outside the Vault entrance. K ill

all the rats for 25 XP a pop. Use your knife if possible, to conserve

valuable ammo. The exit grid to the outside world is to the SW. Once

outside,

head due east towards Vault 15, but make sure to stop at the spot marked

'Unknown'.

You can go back inside Vault 13 when you return from the desert. As you

enter the vault, there's a wall locker containing some Flares. The Medic

here can heal you. About the only other thing you can do besides Quests 1

and 5 is raid the storage room on Level 3. Don't take too much, or the

Water

Guard will be pissed off!

Quests

------

1. Calm rebel faction - 750 XP.

Anytime before you find and return the Water Chip... if you talk to one of



the 'Upset Vault 13 Citizens' in the Living Quarters (Level 2), you'll

discover that they are getting restless and thinking about leaving the

vault.

They meet every evening in Theresa's room, north side of the Living

Quarters.

If you go there just after 17:00 and talk to Theresa, you can convince her

that this idea is ill -advised.

2. That would be telling!

You'll find out later when the time is right.

3. Uh uh! See Quest 2.

Both of these quests are documented later on... I didn't want to spoil the

whole game in the first chapter, so to speak!

4. Find the Water Chip - a whole bunch of XP, plus Quests 2 and 3 : -)

You have 150 days to complete this quest. No need to rush, but a sense of

urgency is required. For the time being, you can't take every quest you

chance upon - only the ones that don't take you too far out of th e way, or

will help you to complete this quest! Keep an eye on the 150 day countdown

in

your Pip Boy. If you find the water chip with at least 90 days left on the

clock, you unwittingly prevent a tragedy from befalling the denizens of theplace where you find it!

Note: make sure you knock off Quests 1 and 5 before you deliver the Water

Chip to the Overseer, or they'll become unavailable.

5. Find the Water Thief - 1000 XP.

Same conditions as Quest 1... if you talk to the couple in the SE corner of

Level 2, you'll find out that someone knocked the guard on Level 3 over the

head and stole some water. All you have to do is go down to Level 3

sometime

after midnight (no one else is around), and you'll catch the thief

red-handed. Confront him when he comes out of the storage room.

Shady Sands===========

From Vault 13, due east on the way to Vault 15, the place marked 'Unknown'

is

Shady Sands. Talk to Katrina at the entrance for 250 XP. Ask Seth about the

Radscorpions, and learn about the village doc, Razlo. Seth has a Rope. If

you

can steal it, do so... you're gonna need it! Don't barter for it, because

there's another Rope to be found elsewhere in Shady Sands.

In the first building to the east is Ian (jeans and leather jacket). You

can

get him to join you. He'll ask for 100 Caps, but you can usually get him to

come along for free if you offer him "a piece of the action". Whether or

not

you have to pay him is a moot point. You can steal it right back as soon as

he joins you :-) Ian is very good with Small Guns - as a matter of fact -

much better than you are at this stage in the game! And you'll get 100 XP

when Ian joins your party.

Tandi is the girl wandering around the place (towards the south) that you

can

talk to. I originally thought I could convince her to come with me, but

it's



not possible. Talk to her father, Aradesh. He's the robed figure in the

building to the SE (Town Hall). You'll get Quest 2 below if you ask him

what's going on around the place. Before you embark on this quest, talk to

Razlo the doctor, in the building to the west of Aradesh's place. He'll

tell

you he's looking for something to help him make a poison cure with. Hmmm.

The

bookcase behind him als o contains a few handy supplies, though he doesn'tusually take kindly to you trying to lift the Doctor's Bag.

If you take the exit grid to the east, past Ian's place, there's a farmer

there standing in the middle of his garden. With at least 40% Scienc e

skill,

you get the dialogue option to explain the concept of crop rotation to him,

for 500 XP. In the building to the NE of the farmer's garden, there's a

bookcase that contains a Rope and a Scout Handbook.

Quests

------

1. Rescue Tandi from the Rai ders - 900 XP and 500 Caps.

You have to complete Quest 2, then leave Shady Sands and return again a few

days later to get this quest. Talk to Aradesh, and he'll inform you thatRaiders have apparently kidnapped his daughter Tandi. The Raider hideout is

located just to the SE of Shady Sands. There are 3 ways to get Tandi back:

a) Barter with Garl, their leader... but it'll cost you dearly in the early

stages of the game.

b) Challenge Garl to hand -to-hand, but only if you have decent Unarmed

skill!

Targeted shots to the eyes/groin are the way to go here.

c) Take out all the Raiders. You have to be careful not to let them kill

Tandi while the fight is on, though! She's being held in a room in the SW

corner of the house. You also get 200 XP for each slav e (2 girls not

dressed

as Raiders) left alive after you've killed all the Raiders. And... make

sureyou raid the fridge (Dynamite and a set of Lockpicks in there)!

Once you've freed Tandi, take her straight back to Aradesh and claim your

reward. She's absolute crap in a fight : -)

2. Stop the Radscorpions - 1250 XP.

After you talk to Aradesh and Dr. Razlo, see Seth, and he'll take you to

the

Radscorpion Caves. If you visited Vault 15 already, then you should have an

SMG. Proceed into the Caves and kil l one or two Radscorpions. Take their

tails afterwards! Then, if you've got Dynamite (Vault 15 again!), you can

drop it next to the wall at the cave entrance (place where it says "This

portion of the cave seems a little weaker" when you look at the wall

there).

If you haven't got any Dynamite, you'll have to kill all the critters to

complete the quest.

After you've taken care of the Radscorpions, exit the Caves and return to

Dr. Razlo. You get 250 XP for helping him to find the antidote for

Radscorpion poison. For every tail that you give him from now on, you'll

get a Poison Antidote in return. Use one of the Antidotes on Jarvis in the

back room (Seth's brother) to cure him for 400 XP more!

Vault 15



========

In the shack, take the ladder down to the first level.

Level 1

Kill all the rats on your way to the vault entrance. As you enter the

vault,there's a wall locker containing some Flares. There are 2 more Flares on

the

floor, near the elevator. In the back room, to the NE, there's a nother wall

locker containing some Stimpaks and a First Aid Kit. Use the Rope you got

from Shady Sands on the elevator to proceed to the next level.

Level 2

The locker in a room to the south contains another Rope, and a Leather

Jacket. Finally, some a rmour! To the north, on the floor, there's a few

.223 FMJ shells. When you're finished killing the rats on this level, use

the Rope you found in the locker on the elevator to go down to...

Level 3

The 2 lockers in the middle room contain: 2 Frag Grenades, Dynamite, and a

10mm SMG! In the SE corner, there's a Crowbar on the floor, and if you have

decent Perception (PE) and Intelligence (IN), you'll get 500 XP for noting

that the eastern passage to the rest of this level is blocked by a

rockfall.

You'll have to look elsewhere for a Water Chip (hey, you didn't really

think

it was going to be that easy, did you? : -)

Junktown

========

Put away your weapon before trying to enter! Through the entran ceway isLars,

the head of the guards here. Talk to him, and you'll find that he wants

both

Gizmo and the Skulz gang busted.

Doc Morbid hangs out in the Hospital, just north of where Lars is standing,

beyond the brahmin pens. Head down the ladder and t alk to the midget

Gretch.

You'll learn that Morbid is using human body parts to make fake

'Iguana-on-a-stick', which he then sells to "Iguana man Bob" in the Hub.

End

the conversation, and take out Gretch. The locker there is trapped, but you

can disable the trap with very little Traps skill (17% and a few attempts).

Opening the locker once the trap is disarmed is another matter. You need at

least 50% Lockpick skill and a set of Lockpicks. Inside you'll find:

96 x 10mm JHP, 72 x 10mm AP, Doctor's Bag, 800+ Caps.

Once you're finished in the basement, head back up and finish off Morbid

and

his 2 henchmen (Morbid heads back down the ladder, but he returns once

you've

taken out his 2 heavies). I only lost 1 Karma point for doing this, and no

one seems to mind as long as the battle doesn't spill out of the Hospital.

Worth it for all the gear you get. Also 2 Frag Grenades in the bookcase

upstairs.



Killian Darkwater's store is located off the exit grid just north of the

Hospital. Killian is also the mayor of this fine town. Stand a bit to the

west of Killian before you begin speaking with him, and have a weapon

handy.

When you end the conversation, a guy named Kenji wanders into the store and

begins firing at Killian. Take him out for 400 XP. When the battle ends,

Killian will speak to you again, and he'll ask you to help take down Gizmo,the guy who sent Kenji. Accept the Bug and Tape Recorder from him. Gizmo's

casino is located off the northern exit grid. Speak to Gizmo in the back

room. Now, you can play this 3 ways:

a) Record Gizmo (just by virtue of you having the Tape Recorder in your

possession) asking you to assassinate Killian, and return to Killian with

the

evidence. You'll get a reward (I took the 5 Sti mpaks!) and 500 XP for doing

this. Killian will then offer you Quest 2 (see Quests below).

b) Plant the Bug Killian gave you on Gizmo, using your Steal skill, and

return to Killian. Same outcome as above.

c) Accept Gizmo's challenge to take out Killian. This option is definitely

not good for the old Karma, but if you carry it out and take Killian's

dogtags back to Gizmo, you'll get 1000 Caps for your troubles. You get 600

XPfor taking out Killian, and y ou'll also be able to pilfer the safe in

Killian's back room (500 XP more for opening that, managed with 40%

Lockpick

skill and a set of Lockpicks). Actually, the contents of the safe are a bit

of a disappointment. There's better stuff lying on the tabl es in the next

room, free for the taking now! The downside of all this is that the

Junktown

guards are now hostile, and will attack you on sight, plus your Karma goes

in the wrong direction by about 6 points.

OK. The best NPC in Fallout is... a dog! He 's standing menacingly in front

of a door to the east, confronting two people, when you take the northern

exit grid near the Crash House Hotel. Dogmeat was previously owned by a

biker, so if you're wearing a Leather Jacket, he'll automatically followyou.

Failing that, you can also offer him Iguana -on-a-stick (either the real

McCoy, or the fake stuff you got from Doc Morbid's place). Dogmeat is

pretty

good in a fight, but you have to be careful not to spray him with burst

weapons, as he always rushes right into the fray and starts gnawing at

the ankles of your foes. You get 100 XP when Dogmeat joins your party.

Just north of the Skum Pitt is a makeshift boxing ring. Talk to Gustofer

there, and you'll be able to fight Saul... but only once every 3 d ays. I

never bothered to hang around long enough. Anyway, even if you don't fight

Saul, you can walk around to the side of the boxing ring and have a chat

with

him. If you've already spoken with his girlfiend Trish, the waitress in the

Skum Pitt bar, you'll get the dialogue choice to convince him that all this

boxing action is putting a strain on their relationship, and you save the

day

for 250 XP.

Quests

------

1. Rescue Sinthia - 1000 XP.

If you spend 25 Caps to stay a night at the Crash House Hotel, there's a



little crisis that has arisen when you wake up the next morning. There's a

crazed gang member holding Sinthia, the girl in the next room, hostage. If

you manage to talk him out of it (and fork over 100 Caps), you get the full

XP; but, you can blow him away, as long as Sinthia doesn't get hurt, and

still walk away with 400 XP.

2. Stop Gizmo - 600 XP and 500 Caps.

You have to secure Gizmo's confession first (see section on Killian above).Then Killian will ask you to help him take out Gizmo. If you accept, then

he'll instruct you to talk to Lars. Get all your weapons ready before you

do!

After you wipe out Gizmo, Lars gives you a 500 Cap reward. Make sure you

return to Gizmo's place later on and ransack it for goodies! Gizmo has a

9mm

Mauser on him.

3. Bust the Skulz gang - 500 XP.

Talk to Lars, the head of the guards, located just inside the entrance to

Junktown. Ask him if there's any work, and you'll get this quest. Then,

visit

the Skum Pitt bar (to the NE of Gizmo's place) anytime after 16:00, when

they're open. Talk to Neal the bartender, and ask him about "that trophy on

the shelf". You'll find ou t that it's actually an urn containing his wife'sashes. Buy a drink. Then, one of the Skulz gang knocks down the waitress,

and

Neal pulls out a gun and blows the guy away. The rest of the gang leaves.

Talk to Ismarc, the travelling bard standing in the corner. If you remark

"Hey, good singing", and ask him where else he performs, you'll get

directions to: The Brotherhood (important place!), Adytum, and the Hub.

Also,

be sure to talk to the baldy guy with the shotgun, Tycho. He'll add 5% to

your Outdoorsman skill if you spend some time with him, and he'll

eventually

join your party... but not yet.

Leave the Skum Pitt, and take the south exit grid. Go into the rear

entrance

of the Crash House Hotel (NE corner of the hotel), and talk to the head ofthe Skulz (the guy in the jeans and leather jacket, Vinnie). Ask him if you

can join his gang. As a test of allegiance, he'll ask you to steal Neal's

Urn. Save your game before attempting this! Once you have it (400 XP),

return

to Vinnie, and he'll ask y ou to come along when they raid the Skum Pitt.

You

can accept the offer right away, or report back to Lars, who'll bring some

of

the guards along to help. Once you've finished taking out Vinnie and Co.,

Tycho will join your party. He's damn handy with a Shotgun.

Sometimes, if your Karma isn't high enough, the guards will attack you

after

the fight (they don't like "your kind"). If this happens, it's best to

restore and try it without their help. If you wipe the Skulz out by

yourself,

which isn't all that difficult, you get 300 XP more. But, Tycho won't be

there to join you in this case.

Before you kiss the Skum Pitt goodbye for good, make sure you return the

Urn

to Neal for some more Karma points : -)

The Hub

=======



There is a lot going on here. Head south and cross an exit grid, then round

the corner at the Far Go Traders and head east, then over another exit

grid.

You wind up in the Old Town area. In a building to the north, the guy

standing there in Metal Armor is Jacob, the Weapons Dealer. Expensive he

may

be, but you'll be spending quite some time (and money) here! He has a verygood selection: Rocket Launcher, Sniper Rifles... and for you Melee Weapons

fans, the ultimate head basher, a Super Sledge (but you have to ask h im for

weapons with "more punch" first).

Right next to Jacob's place is Vance, the proscribed substances dealer,

specialising in all Chems: Rad -X, RadAway, Psycho, Super Stimpaks, etc.

But,

you need an introduction from someone before you're allowed to talk to

Vance.

This someone is a certain Lemmy, who hangs out on the street near the

Maltese

Falcon bar on the west side of Downtown... but it's gonna cost ya! I

couldn't

find any way to avoid paying Lemmy in order to get the valuable intro to

Vance. He asks for 1000 Caps, but you can get away with 800 if you havehigh CH.

The Water Merchants are located in the very south of The Hub. Ask the

Master

Merchant for a Water Chip. She'll reply that Necropolis might have one. Ask

why Necropolis would need one. Hmmm. Interesting. Whatever you do, don't

have

her deliver water to your vault, for reasons that will become obvious

later on.

If you speak with Deputy Fry (standing in the middle of the street with two

other Hub officers near the entrance to The Hub - daytime only), you'll

learn

that the Sheriff wants to put a guy named Decker away, but doesn't havesufficient evidence to do so. If you then go talk to Decker (see Quest 2

below), you'll have this evidence and you can us e it immediately to bring

Decker down by 'reporting a crime' to Sheriff Justin Greene at the Police

Station, located just to the east of the GUNS store. Sheriff Greene will

ask

you to accompany him in taking out Decker, and for this you net 1400 XP and

1300 Caps; however, you can do both Quests 1 and 2 below, thus netting both

a

lot more XP and Caps, and still report Decker to Greene afterwards! Even

with

high CH and Speech skill though, you may have to talk to him a few times

before he accepts your story and believes that you didn't have anything to

do

with the murders. This plan of attack gains you a whole lot more material

in

the long run, but at the expense of quite a few Karma points for wiping out

all those innocents. Your call.

In any case, after you and the Sheriff take out Decker, remember to head

back

down to the basement of the Maltese Falcon and take all the gear off the

bodies - especially Kane. He was a walking Chem store!

I suppose you could do worse than hire on with one of the caravans. You get

to see some places you may not have been to before, and you get XP for



killing enemies en route. The Far Go Traders visit: The Brotherhood,

Junktown, and the LA Boneyard. They p ay 400 Caps each way. Crimson Caravans

(located just west across the Downtown centre from Far Go) visit all of the

places mentioned above, plus Necropolis. They pay higher (600 Caps each

way),

but the work is riskier because the random encounters you ge t with them are

harder. Each caravan outfit only makes runs at set times of the month, so

youmay have to wait around a few days for one to leave.

The Friendly Lending Company (FLC) is located just to the west of the GUNS

store. You can take out Lorenz o and his two cronies (careful! They all have

SMG's) without losing any Karma points, and the police won't come after

you.

I was able to open Lorenzo's vault with 40% Lockpick skill and a set of

normal Lockpicks. Inside, there are loads of goodies on th e shelf (most

notably some Flamethrower fuel), and about 2000 Caps in the locker.

On the west side of Downtown, south of the Maltese Falcon bar, there's a

guy

standing in a derelict building. His name is Irwin, and if you chat with

him,

he'll ask you to save his farm from a pack of raiders that have taken itover. After you wipe out the raiders and return to Irwin, he'll present you

with a one-of-a-kind .223 Pistol (made by sawing off the barrel of a

.223 Rifle) as a reward. This is one hell of a wea pon, and well worth the

bother you have to go through to obtain it!

Just NE of where Irwin was hanging out, there's Bob's Iguana Bits. Seeing

as

how you know all about Doc Morbid's evil doings from your Junktown

encounter,

you can blackmail Iguana Bob (and promise you'll be silent about where he

gets his meat) for a couple hundred Caps a week. You get 500 XP for this,

but

you lose a few Karma points. Really now, don't heroes have better things to

be doing with their time?

Quests

------

1. Dispose of Jain - 700 XP and 5000 Caps.

You can only get this quest if you complete Quest 2 for Decker. The

Children

of the Cathedral Hospital is located in the southern part of The Hub, on

the

way to the Water Merchants. If you go i n there with the intention of wiping

out Jain, you should first talk to the kid near the entrance who is trying

to

sell you a flower. Get him to leave the Hospital before you start anything

with Jain, else he's likely to get caught in the crossfire, and you'll be

branded as a Child Killer : -(

After you take out Jain, her bodyguard, and the rest of the followers, be

sure to raid the locked room in the back of the Hospital. There's a load of

useful Chems on the bookshelf there... and be sure to take the Purple

Robes.

They might come in handy sometime : -)

2. Dispose of merchant - 600 XP and 3000 Caps.

Talk to Kane, inside the Maltese Falcon bar (west side of Downtown). He'll

take you downstairs to meet the infamous Decker, who will offer you this



quest to bump off Daren Hightower (the merchant you could steal the

necklace

from in Quest 4) and his wife. You lose 3 Karma points if you complete this

quest, but then Decker will give you Quest 1; a chance to make even more

money and lose yet more Karma points : -)

3. Find the missing caravans - 1800 XP and 800 Caps.

Talk to Butch, the boss at the Far Go Traders. He'll give you this quest,and

you'll first hear about Deathclaws (in fact, make a mental note to ask

everyone from now on about Deathclaws!) On the way out, talk to Rutger.

He'll

send you to Beth, and you get a 15% discount if you buy from her because

you're now working for the Far Go Traders. Beth's GUNS Store is lo cated

just

to the SW of the Far Go premises. Keep pumping her for info about

Deathclaws

until she tells you about Harold, the old mutant, and Uncle Slappy. Then,

head back to the Old Town area. Just to the south over the exit grid,

you'll

see a guy walking in circles in front of a building. That's Slappy. If

you've

done all the above, you'll get the option to ask him about Deathclaws too.He

tells you to go inside and talk to Harold. Finally, ask Harold about the

Deathclaw, and you also get to hear a lot about goings-on up in the NW

concerning mutants. Hmmm. When you've finished hearing Harold's life story,

talk to Slappy again, and he'll take you to the Deathclaw cave (you get 800

of the XP above for this).

Once inside the cave, make sure you have your best weapons fully loaded,

then

head for the area to the SW... Oops! Targeted shots to the eyes is your

best

chance against a Deathclaw. If you're lucky enough to have a powerful long

range weapon (like a Sniper Rifle, or a... ahem, Rocket Launcher), you

might

even be able to waste the thing before he gets close enough to rip yourthroat out. If he does close in on you, then Flares also help, because it's

dark in here, dammit! Anyway , once you've vanquished the Deathclaw, talk to

the dying mutant in the corner. He'll spout some gibberish, give you a

Holodisk, then pass away. Load the Holodisk into your Pip Boy. Hey,

evidence!

Take the Holodisk back to the Far Go Traders and speak w ith Butch again.

Uh oh. He's not really interested in what you found. But Rutger is! He can

read Holodisks too, and you get the rest of the XP and 800 Caps from him.

4. Steal necklace from the Merchants - 500 XP, 3000 Caps, and Electronic

Lockpick!

Just south of Jacob the arms dealer's place in Old Town, there's a derelict

building inhabited by squatters. A staircase in a back room leads down. You

have to lockpick your way through several sets of doors (and watch out for

traps). When you arrive at the Thieve's Guild, talk to Loxley in the back

room. He'll ask you to steal something for him, as a test to prove your

worthiness to the Guild. Talk to Jasmine outside. She'll fill you in on the

details, and provide you with a set of Lock Picks. You have to make your

way

over to the west side of The Hub (SW of the Maltese Falcon). Rest in one of

the derelict buildings until midnight, then make your way over the western

exit grid and enter The Heights section of The Hub. You' ll be immediately

accosted by a guard, and told to leave. Ignore him, and make your way

south.



Round the corner of the building there, and stay out of sight. This is

Daren

Hightower's place - the place you need to sneak into! Wait till the guard

leaves the door (up the street to the north), then high -tail it for that

door

and get inside. Daren and his wife should be in their bedroom (if you come

here during the daytime, Daren is in his office, and you won't be able to

getthe necklace). Make yo ur way to the room in the centre of the house that

contains a strongbox. It's best if you can disarm the trap guarding the

strongbox before attempting to open it, but if you can't, it doesn't make

any

difference. No one seems to hear the trap go off! Ta ke the necklace from

the

strongbox and make sure the guard has left his post outside before

attempting

to exit, by the same route you came in. Once around the south corner of the

building, you should be able to compose yourself, and then sneak safely

across the street and back over the exit grid (if anything goes wrong

during

this quest, you can waste anyone except Daren Hightower himself and still

complete it successfully, so there's really no pressure on you to escape

unscathed).Back at the Thiev e's Guild, return the Necklace to Loxley, then see Jasmine

for the remainder of your reward.

Necropolis

==========

Head west around the Motel, then north to the manhole in the middle of the

street (down is the only way to go, as topside is blocked by debris). If

the

ghouls you see are still alive, you got here in time (if you didn't, no big

problem - just that things don't wind up as 'happily ever after' as they

could have). Avoid the ghouls if they are still alive. They won't bother

youif you don't bother them. Once underground, head northwards until you

encounter a group of ghouls. Talk to the ghoul leader. Find out about Set,

and more importantly, the Water Shed. Offer to fix their pump, and you'll

get

Quest 2 below. Then head north again, taking a ladder upwards when you can

proceed no further (you'll see a small area just to the north, with a

manhole

and a ladder in it that you can't get to). You emerge in a building full of

ghouls. Head west out of this building, then north pas t another manhole

with

a Mutant to the west of it. The building directly to the north is the Water

Shed.

Now, you have to get past Harry, the black -clothed Super Mutant there. Save

your game before approaching Harry! If you have decent Charisma (CH) and at

least 50% Speech skill, you can try bluffing your way by, pretending to be

a

ghoul. If not, you'll have to take out Harry and his friends. This is no

mean

feat early in the game , but it's possible if you're careful about it. The

best way is to go to the north side of the building and start sniping at

him

through the windows. Then pick off his friends one by one as they come at

you

around the corner of the building. Harry has a Laser Rifle, and one of his



mates has a Flamer. These are lethal Big Guns, so watch out for any NPC's

you

have in tow! The bookcases behind Harry contain some very useful weaponry

and

ammo.

Just once, it's... interesting to find out what happens if you let Harry

take

you to his "boss". Make sure you save the game first though!!! (actually,if

you have enough HP, and are wearing at least Combat Armor, it's possible to

survive this... encounter. It's then possible to escape, and continue the

game from where you wind up! Just goes to show you how much depth there is

to

Fallout. I describe this scenario fully later on in the Guide, but I don't

want to spoil anything for now : -)

Once inside the Water Shed, you'll see the broken water pump in th e NE

corner. To the south of there is a row of cells. 500 XP if you manage to

free

the imprisoned ghoul there. In any case, head down the manhole in the room

east of his cell. Take out the 2 glowing ghouls there. Caution is of the

essence, as they radi ate you when they hit you! Proceed from there straight

into Vault 12 and down the elevator. Skirt carefully around the ghouls on

Level 2. In the room to the NW, there is a wall locker. You have to takeout

the 3 ghouls standing there to get to it, but i t's worth it. Inside are 2

doses of the anti -radiation pills, Rad -X. Handy for later. Head down to

Level 3 next. In the SE corner here there's a live Computer. Yup, it

contains

the Water Chip :-) Take it (for 2500 XP!), but be prepared to fight the 3

glowing ghouls here on the way back out. Um... now that you have the Water

Chip, you just might want to return to your vault... well, go on! What are

you waiting for?!

In an area just to the NE of where the ghoul leader is, there are a few

Molerats. Usually, there's also a body there with a Plasma Pistol on it!

Quests------

1. Destroy the Super Mutants at the Water Shed - a 'reward'.

If you take the first ladder upwards NE of where the ghoul leader is, you

should emerge in a narrow hidden passage at the back of a church, with no

obvious exit. However, there's a hidden door leading into the church near

the south end of the passage (an area of the wall that "looks weaker").

Beware, because it's trapped. There's also a bookcase here containing a

Shotgun and some Shells. Once inside, head towards the group of 3 ghouls

standing at the top of the church. The leader of the 'topside' ghouls, Set,

will start talking to you as you approach. You can get this quest from him

to

kill all the Super Mutants (Harry and friends. See above). Not so easy

early

in the game! Once you've accomplished this difficult task, Set's sidekick

Garret takes you the whole length of the church to colle ct your reward: a

few

Flares, a few Bottles of Nuka -Cola, and - wait for it - $50! For this

reason,

most players choose to take out Set afterwards (but each Super Mutant you

took out was worth quite a few XP. That's the real reward : -)

Oh, and don't wor ry about trying to free the glowing ghouls Set has locked

up

in the church. You can't. They're just part of the decor.



2. Fix the water pump - 1000 XP.

Just south of the building where Harry is located, there's a manhole. Go

down

it, and kill all the Mo lerats in the area to the NE. Take the Junk Parts

that

are lying on the ground. If you have decent Repair skill (around 40%) you

cantry going topside and using the Parts on the broken Water Pump directly (NE

corner of building where Harry is located); otherwise, go back to the ghoul

leader and show him the Parts. He'll give you some Manuals that you can

read

to boost your Repair skill first.

Brotherhood of Steel

====================

Eventually, after hearing of it from many sources, your wanderings through

the wasteland will lead you to a lonely outpost in the desert guarded by

two

men with advanced weapons and armour. This is the entrance to the

Brotherhoodof Steel - a very important place! You should begin your efforts here by

tackling Quest 1 below.

Once you become an Initiate and gain access to the Brotherhood facilities,

there's loads you can do to prepare for your increasingly difficult

encounters in the wasteland. For st arters, you should see Talus in the

training hall to the SE of Level 1. If you just stand around for a while,

you'll absorb some training, which adds 5% to both Unarmed and Melee

Weapons

skills and earns you 500 XP to boot! Then, talk to Talus. He'll gi ve you

Quest 2, and also authorise you to pick up a set of Brotherhood Armor, plus

3 separate lots of basic ammo, from Michael the supply room clerk, who's

standing just outside the training hall.

The Botherhood's Doctor (Level 2, to the north in room with operating

table)

can reduce your radiation level, provided you didn't take too many rems.

The

lockers behind the Doc also contain a wealth of handy chems! In addition,

you

may opt to go for any or all of the following operations to increase the

related stat by one point, but beware that they cost precious time and

money:

ST: 2000 Caps + 3 weeks recuperation time

PE: 4000 Caps + 1 week recuperation time

EN: 3000 Caps + 1 week recuperation time

IN: 6000 Caps + 3 weeks recuperation time

AG: 5000 Caps + 3 weeks recuperation time

You must see Vree, one of the robed figures in the middle room on Level 3!

She's one smart cookie, and will offer you training on a computer console

there to add 15% to your Science skill! But even more importantly, be s ure

you try everything in your power to obtain the Autopsy Disk from her

(ask her what's causing the mutations), because it contains some

information

that could prove very useful indeed later on in the game : -) If you ask her

how to protect yourself fr om radiation, she'll also give you a Rad -X.



On Level 4, If you talk to one of the 4 High Elders (conference room to

north), you'll be asked to scout the area to the north on the World Map,

looking for signs of a military build -up there. Hmmm. Not an off icial

quest,

but you could put this on your agenda of things to do. If you do scout the

area to the NW (careful!), when you return and report this fact, you'll be

promised some assistance from the Brotherhood should you ever decide toattack the place you found. Also, speak to General Maxson, a central figure

in the whole Fallout scheme of things, and a real fun guy to chat with. If

you offer to scout the area to the north, Maxson's assistant Mathia will

authorise you to receive a free weapon of your choice. The High Elders

suspect that Maxson is loopers. I'm afraid I have to agree.

You eventually leave The Brotherhood as a stronger, wiser person... and a

walking tank nonetheless!

Quests

------

1. Become an Initiate - 2000 XP.

Talk to the guard on the left (Cabbot). He'll tell you about The Ancient

Order, a place The Brotherhood hold sacred, and from which you mustretrieve

an artifact in order to become an 'Initiate' of their order. The guard on

the

right will fill you in a bit more. It seems this place (nicknamed The Glow.

Hint, hint :-) is dangerously radioactive, so you'll need something...

well,

off you go then (see section on The Glow for more details)!

Once you've retrieved the necessary art ifact, return here and talk to

Cabbot

again to complete the quest and gain entry to their facilities.

2. Rescue Initiate from the Hub - Power Armor! (or weapon of your choice)

and

1500 XP.Talk to Talus, located on Level 1 in the training hall to the SE . He'll

tell

you that one of his Initiates is being held captive somewhere in The Hub,

and

he wants you to rescue him (you may have unwittingly done this already if

you

explored The Hub thoroughly. In this case, you can collect your reward

immediately!) Get some Stimpaks ready! The Initiate is being held by a gang

of thugs that are holed up in the Old Town area of The Hub, in a building

just SE of the exit grid (SW of where Jacob the arms dealer hangs out).

Save

the game before you go in, because the folk in there start firing at you as

soon as you open the door. This is a very tough fight early on in the game,

so watch out for NPC's like Dogmeat and Ian that you may have tagging

along.

They're very likely to c ome to a nasty end here if the fight goes on too

long :-(

Once you've wiped these thugs out, open the locked door at the back to free

the Initiate, then return to The Brotherhood again and see Talus for your

reward. Personally, I'd always go for the Pow er Armor, because The

Brotherhood is the only source for it in Fallout! However, if you don't

have

high enough Karma yet (as happened to me the first time I played!) then you



may not be offered the Power Armor by Talus. However, there is one other

way

to get Power Armor. See paragraph below (well, you can try wiping out the

whole first level of The Brotherhood and then take it from the storeroom

there. But that's kinda tough without Power Armor. Oh, the irony of it

all :-)

If you don't get offered Po wer Armor by Talus, or decide to take a weapon

instead, here's another way to get it: Go to Level 3, and talk to Kyle, whois repairing some Power Armor in the room to the SE there. He tells you

that

he needs a 'Systolic Motivator' in order to get it wo rking. Go back up to

Level 1, and enter Rhombus' room (in the middle of the level. You see him

standing in the bathroom there). You'll need pretty good Sneak and Steal

skills and/or a lot of attempts to be able to get the Motivator from his

locker without being detected. Alternatively, if you have high CH and

Speech

skill (I did it with CH 10 and Speech 50%, but lower than that will

probably

work too), you can talk Michael the supply room clerk out of one! Once you

have it, head back down to Kyle. You need at least 80% Repair skill (or

less

if you have a repair Tool and some luck, plus Kyle gives you some Manuals)

inorder to get the Armor working, but once you do, it's yours!

The Glow

========

Nothing strikes more fear into the heart of the Fallout newbie than the

prospect of encountering that dreaded silent killer... RADIATION! But, it

all

comes down to taking some simple precautions:

On the World Map, stop one square short of The Glow, but get as close to it

as you can within tha t square (yes, even parts of the grid account for

precious hours of travel time)!Pop 2 Rad-X. Regardless of what you are wearing, this will always bring

your

radiation resistance to 100%.

Never read any books/manuals while you are here. Your Rad -X will wear off

in

the time it takes to read them, and you'll be sorry; likewise, don't accept

an invitation to play chess (game takes 2 hours).

I hope you brought a Rope along with you. If not, better start walking back

to The Hub. Check out the General Store there, next to the Maltese Falcon

bar.

Look on the left hand side of the large crater there, and you'll see a

beam.

Use a Rope on the beam, and head down to:

Level 1

Once inside (eerie place this. Don't worry about any NPC's you have in tow.

They're not affected by the radiation), make your way toward the room

containing the guy in "strange armor". Take the Brotherhood Tape and Yellow

Pass Key from his body. Be sure to pilfer all the bodies you find in The

Glow, seeing as they often harbour us eful items. Use the Yellow Pass Key on

the elevator in the SW corner to go to Level 2.



Level 2

Get the Red Pass Key off the dead guard in the room to the NE. Check all

the

bodies and lockers here too. Use the Yellow Pass Key again to get to...

Level 3

When finished here, use the Red Pass Key on the new elevator, which takes

you

to Level 4.

Level 4

Things start to hot up a bit here. Literally. Get the Geiger Counter from

the

locker to the north, and use it from now on to determine how much radiation

you've picked up. If you got it right with the Rad -X, you should be

somewhere

under 10 rems, easily remedied with a single RadAway (each one removes 25

rems from your system, bu t wait till you leave The Glow before using any).

Anything more than 100 rems means you've done something wrong, but you'restill not dead meat if you pop another Rad -X and get back up to 100% Rad

Resistance. A reading over 1000 means... you're toast. B etter revert to an

earlier saved game and try again.

Make sure you take the Blue Pass Key off the guard in the SW corner.

Here you meet Zax, the sentient mainframe. As you were cautioned above,

don't

accept an invitation to play chess, as all you will accomplish is the

whittling away of a few precious hours of your Rad -X resistance! However,

do

take the opportunity to peruse Zax's database (if you have the necessary IN

and Science skill to enable a logon. Remember not to read any books in an

attempt to increase your Science skill. That will blow your Rad -Xresistance

too).

Here you will learn about FEV (Forced Evolution Virus). It can make you

immortal, but has the nasty side effect of... anyway, when you're finished

here, use the Red Pass Key on the elevator which takes you to Level 6

(Level 5 is unattainable for the time being). Level 6 is covered in

Quest 1 below.

Level 5

Hey, no peeking! If you didn't get here from Level 6 (Quest 1), then go

read

that section first, please.

After battling your way past a few sentry robots, you get to reap the

harvest of all your labours in The Glow. One of the lockers here contains a

Plasma Rifle, the most powerful Energy Weapon in the game! The row of wall

lockers to the east also contain s a veritable goldmine of weapons

(Minigun!),

assorted high tech, and ammo. Take as much as you and your party members

can

carry, because you won't be coming back here in a hurry.



On the way back up to the surface, you will have to battle the sentry

robots

that have come to life on all the levels. Pulse Grenades come in very handy

here, but targeted shots to the sensors with a Sniper Rifle, or blasting

your

way though with the newly acquired Plasma Rifle will net you the exit and

the

XP just the same :-)

Quests

------

1. Turn on power for the Glow - 1000 XP.

Explore Level 6 fully. Then repair the generator in the room to the east,

and

use the computer there to restore power to The Glow. Oops! Remember all

those

'dead' sentry robots you saw on the way down? They've just come back to

life!

But, restoring power is the only way you can make it to Level 5, so you'll

just have to put up with the inconvenience. Take out the 2 robots here,

then

use the Blue Pass Key o n the previously inoperable elevator to finallyarrive

at Level 5 (see above).

LA Boneyard

===========

You begin here in a village called Adytum. If you head south, then enter

the

second building to the west, you'll meet Jon Zimmerman, the Mayor. He'l l

offer you 2000 Caps to take out the leader of the Blades gang. If you take

the exit from Adytum and keep heading north, you'll run into the place

where

the Blades hang out. Talk to Razor, and you'll find out what's really goingdown here. It seems th at the Regulators, who Zimmerman trusts to guard

Adytum, are actually a real nasty bunch of criminals, and it is in fact

they who have murdered Zimmerman's son. Razor will give you a disk with

evidence of this on it; however, before you can help the Bla des take on the

Regulators, you need to get them some weapons... which is just as well,

because there are a few other things you should do in Adytum before the

bullets start flying, and there is a chance that someone who could do you

a big favour might wind up on the wrong end of one : -)

So, when you've completed Quest 2 below, and have got Miles and Smitty to

spruce up your gear, then you can head for the Gun Runners place (east of

the Blades to where the Deathclaws hang out, then east again), and talk to

Gabriel, their leader. If you agree to wipe out all the Deathclaws (or have

done so already), you'll get 1000 XP when you report this to Gabriel, plus

he'll agree to supply weapons to the Blades! Mamma Deathclaw is in the

basement of the place where you found the dead Merchant, down a stairwell

in

the northern part of the building. Make sure you get all the eggs too, or

the

Deathclaws can regenerate. Zack at the Gun Runners is a great source for

weapons, so make sure you do a few deals with him. He's got Plasma Rifles

and

lots of ammo at reasonable prices!

When you've done all this, you can finally go report back to Razor, but

make



sure you're ready for battle before you do so. And, you might want to crank

up the combat speed in the Preferences panel first, because a very long

battle for Adytum is about to take place! By the way... if you try to go to

Zimmerman with Razor's Holodisk first, one of the Regulators overhears the

conversation and all that you accomplish is getting Zimmerman killed, and

you

then have to take on the Regulators without help from the Blades. Not a

recommended course of action.In any event, you get 2000 XP for taking ou t the Regulators. There is a

strange thing that happens after the battle; a bug, really. Razor is now

standing at the entrance to Adytum, and thanks you for helping them out.

Yet,

if you go back to the Blade's hangout, there's a dead Razor there.

MacRae, the tough guy standing guard outside the Blade's place, will offer

to

train you in Unarmed, but only once the battle is over. Can't tell you how

many points this will add to your skill, because I was already well topped

up

in Unarmed, and it didn't seem to have any effect on me.

Just to the west of the entrance to Adytum, there's a little shack with a

manhole in it. Tine, the proprietor, has some ammo for sale, and also

Dynamite and Plastic Explosives, but you have to check his tables in orderto find these.

You'll find Chuck the fortune teller in a tent in the SE of Adytum. If you

ask him for advice, he'll give you a tarot reading. Keep persisting until

he gives the third reading, where he draws The Fool. This will increase

your

Luck by 1 point!

West of the Blade's place, over an exit grid, you'll find a library where

the

Followers of the Apocalypse hang out. Katja, the blonde girl standing in

the

room by the main entrance, will join your party (worth 200 XP). She's good

with Throwing Knives, and an SMG. Make sure you speak with Nicole, who alsolurks on the ground floor of the library. Keep asking questions about the

Children of the Cathedral. When you finally get around to offering your

help

to get rid of them, she'll give you a contac t name (Laura) and a

catchphrase.

Should come in handy later : -) So might a purple robe. There is one lying

on

the floor in the room next to where Nicole is standing.

Quests

------

1. Find Children spy in the Followers - no solution?

If you take the stairs in the NE corner down to the basement, you'll get to

chat with a nice ghoul by the name of Talius. First, pursue the

conversation

path of asking him about why he was in Necropolis, and if he volunteered

for

the job of finding a Wa ter Chip for his Vault (!) If you offer to kill the

guy who turned him into a mutant, he'll give you a Flamethrower and

20 x Flamethower Fuel to further the cause! Then, if you accuse him of

being

a spy for the Children of the Cathedral, he'll deny this , but allude to the



fact that he believes there really is a Children spy among the Followers.

So,

he'll give you this quest as a result. He suspects it might be one of the

people who scout the Cathedral for the Followers; however, I was never able

to find anyone there who fit the bill. The theory is widely held among

Fallout

fans that this is a 'broken' quest.

2. Fix hydroponic farms in Adytum - 250 Caps and 6 Stimpaks.

In the southern part of Adytum you'll find Miles, the chemist. He needs

some

parts to repair the hydroponics for his underground farm, and sends you to

Sammael, who is located in a tent just to the east of where Miles is

standing. If you ask Sammael about Deathclaws, he'll inform you that one of

his men was on the way back to Adytum with the parts for Miles, but never

made it. Hmmm. Sammael gives you a wealth of info on the area. He'll tell

you

that there's a nest of Deathclaws located to the east of the Blade's place,

that the Gun Runners are further to the east of that, and also about a

library to the NW of Adytum. But, it's time to go find those parts for

Miles

first, me thinks. So, head out of Adytum, then take the exit grid to the

eastof the Blade's place, and you're in Deathclaw territory. The parts you need

('Junk') are on a dead Merchant lying across the street from a newspaper

machine, in the eastern part of this area. Bring the Junk back to Miles,

and

he'll tell you to go to Smitty to get them repaired. Hmph. Smitty is

located

in the first building to t he SE as you enter Adytum. Bring the repaired

parts

back to Miles again for your reward. It's meagre, but now you're in the

good

books! Literally. If you agree to travel to The Hub for Miles and pick up

some Chemistry Journals from the Librarian (Mrs. S tapleton, remember? You

have to fork out 750 Caps in cash for them though, so be prepared), he can

make a certain armour that you may be wearing even tougher. Likewise,Smitty

can make a certain weapon fire quicker, so that it takes one less AP for

you

to use in combat :-)

Cathedral

=========

The Cathedral is located to the south of the LA Boneyard on the world map.

If

you've been mucking around with the Followers of the Apocalypse in the

Boneyard, then a few of them will join you as soon as you ar rive here. At

this stage in the game, they are probably more of a nuisance than anything,

especially if you're trying to sneak around the place!

Enter the Cathedral, and seek out Laura, Nicole's friend, in the room to

the

NW of the entranceway. If you got the catchphrase from Nicole and are able

to

mention it, Laura will lead you to another place where it's safe to talk.

Then, you can get her to open a door for you (in the Cathedral proper,

where



the vid screens are) tha t leads further into the Cathedral. If you can't

get

Laura to open the door for you, then you can blow it open, but you'll make

all the people standing in the room next to it hostile towards you!

There are a few interesting characters here on the first level of the

Cathedral: Dr. Wu is standing in the corner of a room with a locked ice

chestin it, SW of the main Cathedral room. He's pretty whacked out for a doc; he

hates the whole universe for starters. If you trust him, you can let him

patch you up... at your own risk! You can also take him out, but then

everyone else in the area comes after you. The ice chest contains some

useful

chems, most notably 5 Super Stimpaks (the room just to the north of Dr.

Wu's

also contains a bookcase full of chems). Fr. 'Lasher' is in the NW room.

Watch out, he's got a Cattle Prod! Nasty little weapon.

Once you get past the initial door into the Tower (see section regarding

Laura above), there are several ways to proceed. I'll try to categorise

them

for you here.

Talk your way through - I stumbled upon this path the very first time I

played Fallout, with only a Level 9 character! Unfortunately, it won't work

if anyone at all is with you, including Dogmeat. You'll also require decent

CH, at least 70% Speech ski ll, and Vree's Autopsy Disk... oh, and a set of

Purple Robes too! Don the Robes and make your way to the top of the Tower

(Level 4). Morpheus is the guy in the purple robes there. Enter the room

where he is standing and talk to him. Get him to take you to The Master.

You

can convince The Master that his plan will fail because all the Mutants are

sterile. He asks for evidence. If you have Vree's Autopsy Tape with you,

this

will convince him! The n, just follow the instructions below under:

Cathedral wrap-up.

Take out Morpheus - Head up the Tower, blasting all the Nightkin sentries

who

try to stop you. When you get to the top (Level 4), Morpheus is the guy in

the purple robes. Get the silver CO C Badge off him. It's actually a key! In

the room next to where Morpheus hangs out, there's a bookcase with an

Electronic Lockpick. The locked chest there contains some Tesla Armor (very

effective against lasers), and a Power Fist. You also get 1000 XP for

wasting

Morpheus. Use the key you got from Morpheus' body to open the second locked

door at the base of the Tower. Then follow the section immediately below.

Blast your way through - If you got the key from Morpheus, then you can use

it to open the second door at the base of the Tower; else, use Dynamite or

Plastic Explosives. When you get through the door, head down the stairs.

In the SE corner of the room at the base of the stairs, there's a hidden

door. If you put on the Purple Robes and wait a minute or two, a robed

figure opens the door from the other side, and you can get back through

before it closes again. Alternatively, you can blow it open. Get past the

beasties in the cave and the two sen tries at the vault (!) entrance, and

you arrive at:

Cathedral Lair, Level 1

Nothing much here except a locker with some chems. Take the elevator to



Level 2.


In a room immediately to the south of the elevator, you see two Mutant

sentries and some doctors. If you take the door off the corridor farthest

away from them, and skirt carefully around the edge of the room, you can

make it to the terminal in the sout h of the room and use it to release theprisoners. Oops! 2000 XP for releasing them, but there's nothing you can do

to save them :-(

In the room to the NW, talk to the prisoner named Gideon. 1000 XP if you

can

talk him into giving you a Psychic Nullifi er. Could come in handy later!

When

you are finished here, take the elevator to:


You have two options here too. You can either confront The Master (see

below), or take a slightly more devious route. The more devious route

starts

off none too deviously by you having to fight your way through the lockerroom full of Super Mutants that you see to the SW as soon as you exit the

elevator. You can get Dogmeat through this encounter quite easily, though

you

might need to restore a few times, as he takes the odd blast or two from a

Mutant he's gnawing the legs off of. Once through to the back of this

locker

room, you'll need an Electronic Lockpick to get through the first door, and

decent Lockpick skill to get past the elevator door. Take the elevator to

Level 4.


Pick the lock on the door at the end of the corridor, and take out the two

Super Mutants guarding the room. Yup, it's a nuclear warhead. You caneither

blow the place up by using your Science skill on the Computer (I had

80% Science skill at this stage) or, if you got a key from the Lieutenant's

locker on Level 4 of the Military Base, and you were wondering what it's

for... this is what it's for! You can use it on the Computer to arm the

warhead. Either way, then follow the instructions below under:

Cathedral wrap-up.

If you decide to confront The Master instead, make your way through the

control room of Super Mutants and robed figures to the SE. On the eastern

side of this room is a door leading to a very long corridor. If you walk

through this corridor unprotected, you'll lose quite a few PE points due to

the extreme psychic power emanating from the walls here. To prevent this,

you need to either be in possession of a Psychic Nullifier (see Cathedral

Lair, Level 2 above), or believe it or not, there's a Perk called Mental

Block that will get you through! Either way, at the other end of this

corridor awaits The Master. You can talk him into destroying himself (see

'Talk your way through' above), but since you already got this far by

wasting every creature in sight, why not have a go at him too? : -)

(Note: Dogmeat management all through the Cathedral has not been too

difficult, has it? But if you decide to take on The Master here... well,

you're going to need a lot of luck to see him through it).



The clever way to do this is to hide behind one of the pillars, stepping

out just far enough to snipe him once per turn, then stepping back behind

the pillar. Unfortunately, he spawns one of his lieutenants every so often.

They come at you from the corridor, so you'll have to contend with

dispatching them at the same time. Anyway, once you've killed The Master,

follow the instructions immediately below.

Cathedral wrap-up

When the timer starts and the Cathedral is set to blow, you have 4 minutes

to

make your way back outside and onto the exit grid. I would recommend saving

the game immediately the countdown commences... in case you make a mistake

trying to get out. Just retrace your steps from the way you came in

(unless,

of course, you opted for the Talk your way through method above. In that

case: find the elevator. Head up to Level 1, through the cave, open the

'secret' door in the wall that blocks your way, head up the stairs at the

other end of the basement, and you have it made)! Don't worry if you have

to

fight any battles on the way back, because combat doesn't occur in real

time,

and you have more time than you think.

Once you step on the exit grid outside the Cathedral, you get to watch the

show. Congratulations! You just got 10000 XP for completing Q uest 2 for

Vault 13. If you destroyed the Military Base prior to coming here, then you

have also finished the game : -)

Military Base

=============

The Military Base is located on a beeline NW of The Brotherhood, in the far

NW corner of the World Map. It's marked as 'Unknown'. Careful when

approaching, because there are some hefty Super Mutant patrols in the area.

If the Brotherhood Paladins agreed to help you, then several of them willshow up as you arrive. I'd recommend leaving your party members right here

outside the compound. They'll never survive what's looming ahead, and you

can always pick them up again on the way out. Since you can't get rid of

poor Dogmeat, I suggest shooting him up with Psycho to make the little

pooch tougher. No harm in doing this to yourself either. Then, arm yourself

to the hilt, and get ready for some great action!

Take out the 4 Super Mutants guarding the compound (if the Paladins are

with

you, they will help, natch). To get through the locked door into the Base,

you can either grab the tape with the door combination on it off the dead

Mutant there, or use an Electronic Lockpick. If you also take the Radio

from

the same dead Mutant, you c an use it to convince the guards inside that

everything is OK, and this will buy you some time once you get in. The

Paladins won't follow you in, unfortunately.

Level 1

There's a Computer over on the east side (with a Mutant guarding it) that

you

can play blackjack on. When you win, you're granted access to the force

field

controls. Next use your Science skill on it to disable the force fields. It



says that you only manage to disable half the field subsystems... but what

it

really means is that you' ve managed to disable half the security! What you

can then do is use the Radio on this Computer, which links it into the

force

field controls. Now you can toggle the green fields on and off at will just

by using the Radio. This works on all but the bott om level of the base,

whereyou'll still have to disable the fields manually. You can't disable the red

fields, but you can temporarily disable the green fields manually (instead

of

using the Radio) once you have at least 60% Repair skill and/or a Tool.

Just

use either the Repair skill or the Tool on the cylindrical emitters (top or

bottom). It might take 2 or 3 attempts, but the field will shut off for a

few

seconds when you succeed.

If Dogmeat is still with you, then you'll need to look after him once

inside

the base. The red force fields take HP from critters each time they pass

through, and if you linger near one of them, Dogmeat will keep wandering

backand forth through it unti l he's toast. So... one way to solve this problem

is

to trap him between 2 green fields, as these are impassable. Then you can

wander off busting Mutant chop without having to worry about him, and

collect

Dogmeat when you're ready to leave a particular level. There's a room in

the

middle of this level protected by 2 fields. Just stand right next to one of

the emitters and shut it down (using the Radio is the easiest way). Let

Dogmeat wander into the room, and eventually he'll be trapped when the

field

comes back again (or, if you're quick, you can use the Radio or repair the

emitter again to turn it back on). Of course, you have to get the timing

right :-) Mysteriously, even though he's trapped, Dogmeat joins you againwhenever you exit a level! Da mn. Anyway, boost his health again with a

Stimpak just after you take him through each red field, and he'll survive

(you can't avoid the red fields totally, since they're protecting each

elevator). Another reason for keeping him immobile is to prevent h im

getting

blown to shreds from the advanced weaponry you're about to face!

In the SW corner of this level is a room full of Super Mutants. I just

approached them through the red force field and sniped at them from around

the corner. Piece of cake : -) When you're done here, you can take the

elevator down to Level 2. Dogmeat will automatically join you!

Level 2

To the south as you enter, there's a green force field with a robot behind

it. Disable the field and step just past it, blocking Dogmeat. He should

get

stuck outside when the field re -activates. Then dispatch the robots, and

also

the Super Mutants in the room further to the south. Now, come back outside,

and trap Dogmeat insid e where you just were (there's another green field

leading into a dormitory on the SE end of these rooms). Now, you're free to

wreak some real havoc!



Head through the red force field to the east, and pause at the top of the

corridor that leads into the dormitory. You can snipe at the pack of Super

Mutants from here. Plasma Rifle and Rocket Launcher (especially when they

bunch together :-) do a nice job here. When you've blasted them all, the

footlockers and wall lockers contain lots of useful ammo (n ot to mention

the

bodies). Then, if you can manage to pick the lock on the door, the locker

room to the SE contains loads of goodies: (ironically, you probablywouldn't

have gotten this far if you didn't already have most of this gear) Plasma

Rifle, Plasma Grenades, Rocket Launcher, Rippers, Minigun, etc. Finally,

you

can enter the NE section of this floor. Surprise! Lockers full of every

chem.

There's even a wall locker in the room to the north. Now you can head down

to

Level 3.

Level 3

On this Level, just let Dogmeat tag along. You'll get trapped immediately

as

you come through the first red field by some Mutants engaging you inbattle.

Dogmeat will stay safely behind you. Take care of the 3 Mutants here, then

walk out of the field and Stimpak Dogmeat after he comes through. Then head

east, round the corner, and head for the Mutant behind the green force

field.

Take him out. Now for an interesting diversion...

War Story

---------

The Super Mutant guard block ing the hallway (next to the room with the girl

inside) will talk to you as soon as you approach. He wants to take you to

his

'Lieutenant'. Now - you can refuse, wipe him out, and continue on... or youcan let him take you to the Lieutenant. This is the same thing that happens

to you in Necropolis if you let Harry (the guard in the Watershed) take you

to his "boss". If you're at least wearing Combat Armor, and have decent HP,

you can probably survive the beating (assuming you don't give away the

location of your vault first, and you don't want to do that : -) The result

is

that you get stripped of all your possessions and thrown into a cell. The

cell contains the body of a (former) vault dweller, and from it you obtain

a

10mm Pistol and 3 Stimpaks. You can pick the lock of your cell and sneak

around the place. Of course, taking on a Super Mutant with no armor and a

handgun isn't going to get you very far (unless you're a HtH expert. Again,

the balance in Fallout is incr edible!) Now, rumour has it (i.e., someone

else's war story) that you can find your possessions again, but I searched

all the rooms in the vicinity, and tried stealing from the guard. Nowhere

to

be found. But I didn't give up. Turns out, you can quite easily sneak all

around the place, set it up to self -destruct, and beetle it out of there

wearing nothing more than your vault dweller suit and a big smile. Then I

hit

The Glow again, raided it fo r weapons and Combat Armor, traded some surplus

stuff up with the Gun Runners, and finished the rest of the game that way.

What a game!



...OK, so you take out the guard instead of visiting the Lieutenant.

Continue

down the hallway, and take the elevato r to...

Level 4

The Dogmeat 'trap' here is pretty obvious. After exiting the elevator, just

sneak around the corner to the west (past the room full of Mutants and astrange robot) and trap him behind the green force field to the north.

Ignore

the Mutants and that robot for the moment, and head east through the red

force field. Try to sneak past that room full of robots to the north, and

pause behind the corner before you get to the room full of Mutants and a

priest to the SE. Now, that's your basic Lieutenant armed with a Gatling

Laser and more HP than you could hope to accumulate in a lifetime of

playing

Fallout... but I never had too much trouble taking him out, and he's got a

great death animation. From the Lieutenant's body, you can pilfer a D ecoder

Disk and load it onto your Pip Boy (for later). The locker on the west side

of the room contains a strange Key that can be used somewhere in the

Cathedral :-)

If you like, you can now proceed to that room you left behind with the 3Mutants and a robot in it. Take out the Mutants, being careful not to harm

the robot. Hey, it's Mr. Handy - remember, from the game intro?! You can

repair him, then use your Science skill to start him up. What's he do then?

Does he offer to take Dogmeat for a walk? No. He goes storming off to the

north to finish his 'cleaning', and destroys himself and the force field

emitter there in the process. Hmph. Big help.

Finally, it's showtime at the Military Base! Enter the room to the NW where

all the priests are, and proceed to the terminal with the glowing monitors

(the Vat Control Computer). Less intelligent characters (especially if you

dumbed yourself down with Psycho) may have to pop a Mentat or two before

tackling the next job, which is to hack in to it. The tape you got off the

dead Lieutenant and loaded onto your Pip Boy will help here too. You should

choose the option: "Attempt to hack the firewall...", and then "Initiate 3minute silent self-destruct sequence." Actually, you get 300 seconds, but

who's counting at this stage? You have ample time to make it back outside

(remember to look after Dogmeat!), collect the party members you left

hanging out there, and step on the exit grid. KABLOOIE!!! You just

completed

Quest 3 for Vault 13, netted another 10000 XP, and have finished the game

if

you took care of The Master in the Cathedral first : -)

Game Ending Notes

=================

You can never get a good ending for The Hub. If you managed to get to

Necropolis before the Mutant army overruns it, and you fixed the Water

Pump,

you will get a good ending there. All the endings for the other places sort

of make sense, depending on wh at actions you took during the course of the

game.

I'm afraid the Overseer has some bad news for you. And if you took the

Bloody

Mess trait, or you have bad Karma... well, violence is your bag then!



Random Encounters

=================

You'll need Luck of 9 or 10 in order to get all these encounters during the

course of a single game. They all happen when you're just wandering through

the wasteland.

Giant Footprint

You come across a giant footprint, in the center of which is a Stealth Boy.

Bob's Used Cars

An old used car lot in the middle of nowhere. Forget about Bob. Head inside

and find the Red Ryder LE (Limited Edition) BB Gun! One of the best Small

Guns in the game.

Tardis

Straight out of Doctor Who. When you approach it, it disappears... only to

reveal: a Motion Detector.

Truck full of Caps

You stumble upon an overturned truck that was carrying a load of Caps.

Usually, 10000 or thereabouts!

Crashed Saucer

Some dead aliens, a fantastic weapon (Alien Blaster. Now, there's a curious

thing. The aliens use Small Energy Cells too, huh? Oh, right. Chariots of

the

Gods, of course!), and... a picture of Elvis : -)

Patrick

You chance upon an old traveller in the desert. He'll give you directions

to

all the places you probably know about already, but if he mentions Celtic

songs, and you get the dialogue choice to name one, you sing along with

Patrick for a while and get 1 point added to your CH!

Weapons Catalogue

=================

In each category, I've tried to arrange the various items in order of

lethality... or just sheer badness :P

Note: all Melee Weapon damage points are for a character with ST 6, and no

Bonus HtH Damage perks.

Melee Weapons

-------------

Brass Knuckles

Dmg: 2-6

Knife

Dmg: 1-7



Club

Dmg: 1-7

Combat Knife

Dmg: 3-11

Spiked KnucklesDmg: 4-11

Crowbar

Dmg: 3-11

Sledgehammer

Dmg: 4-10 Rng: 2

Spear

Dmg: 3-11 Rng: 2

Cattle Prod

Dmg: 12-21

Ammo: 20 x Small Energy Cell

Power Fist

Dmg: 12-25


Ripper

Dmg: 15-33


Super Sledge

Dmg: 18-37 Rng: 2

Thrown Weapons

--------------

Throwing Knife

Dmg: 3-6 Rng: 16

Spear

Dmg: 3-11 Rng: 8

Molotov Cocktail

Dmg: 8-20 Rng: 12

Grenade (Frag)

Dmg: 20-35 Rng: 15

Grenade (Plasma)

Dmg: 40-90 Rng: 15

Grenade (Pulse)

Dmg: 100-150 Rng: 15

Anti-mech only

Small Guns

----------

Red Ryder BB Gun

Dmg: 1-3 Rng: 22



Ammo: 100 x BB's

9mm Mauser

Dmg: 5-10 Rng: 22

Ammo: 7 x 9mm Ball

10mm Pistol

Dmg: 5-12 Rng: 25Ammo: 12 x 10mm

Hunting Rifle

Dmg: 8-20 Rng: 40

Ammo: 10 x .223mm FMJ

Desert Eagle .44

Dmg: 10-16 Rng: 25

Ammo: 8 x .44 Magnum

Shotgun

Dmg: 12-22 Rng: 14

Ammo: 2 x 12 ga. Shot

14mm PistolDmg: 12-22 Rng: 24

Ammo: 6 x 14mm

.223 Pistol

Dmg: 20-30 Rng: 30

Ammo: 5 x .223 FMJ

Sniper Rifle

Dmg: 14-34 Rng: 50

Ammo: 6 x .223 FMJ

10mm SMG

Dmg: 5-12 Rng: 25

Ammo: 30 x 10mm

Combat Shotgun

Dmg: 15-25 Rng: 22

Ammo: 12 x 12 ga. Shot

Assault Rifle

Dmg: 8-16 Rng: 45

Ammo: 24 x 5mm

Red Ryder LE BB Gun

Dmg: 25-25 Rng: 32

Ammo: 100 x BB's

Big Guns

--------

Flamer

Dmg: 45-90 Rng: 5

Ammo: 5 x Flamethrower Fuel

Rocket Launcher

Dmg: 35-100 Rng: 40

Ammo: 1 x Rocket



Minigun

Dmg: 7-11 Rng: 35

Ammo: 120 x 5mm

Min. ST 7

Energy Weapons

--------------

Laser Pistol

Dmg: 10-22 Rng: 35


Plasma Pistol

Dmg: 15-35 Rng: 20


Laser Rifle

Dmg: 25-50 Rng: 45

Ammo: 12 x Micro Fusion Cell

Plasma Rifle

Dmg: 30-65 Rng: 25


Turbo Plasma Rifle

Dmg: 35-70 Rng: 35


Alien Blaster

Dmg: 30-90 Rng: 10


Gatling Laser

Dmg: 20-40 Rng: 40


Armour Catalogue

================

In order of protection afforded.

Leather Jacket

AC: 8

Normal 0/20%

Laser 0/20%

Fire 0/20%

Plasma 0/10%

Explode 0/20%

Leather Armor

AC: 15

Normal 2/25%

Laser 0/20%

Fire 0/20%

Plasma 0/10%

Explode 0/20%

Metal Armor

AC: 10

Normal 4/30%



Laser 6/75%

Fire 4/10%

Plasma 4/20%

Explode 4/25%

Tesla Armor

AC: 15

Normal 7/20%Laser 19/90%

Fire 4/10%

Plasma 9/80%

Explode 3/20%

Combat Armor

AC: 20

Normal 5/40%

Laser 8/60%

Fire 4/30%

Plasma 4/50%

Explode 6/40%

Brotherhood Armor

AC: 20Normal 8/40%

Laser 8/70%

Fire 7/50%

Plasma 7/60%

Explode 8/40%

Power Armor

AC: 25

Normal 12/40%

Laser 18/80%

Fire 12/60%

Plasma 10/40%

Explode 20/50%

Hardened Power Armor

AC: 25

Normal 16/50%

Laser 19/90%

Fire 14/70%

Plasma 12/50%

Explode 19/60%



Hint: Unlimited Experience

After accepting and completing the Fargo Traders¶ missing caravan mission, head back toOld Town in the hub. Speak to the mutant named Harold and ask him about the Death Claw.

After that, go outside of the building and speak to the character named Slappy, who you willfind walking in circles. He¶ll ask you to take the Death Claw. It will then load you to a cave

and you¶ll receive 800 experience points for what you just did.

From here, simply exit and choose to go back to Old Town again. Speak to Slappy oncemore, grab the Death Claw, and repeat the process for another 800 experience points. Keepdoing this over and over again until you¶ve acquired the desired amount of experience.

Hint: Plasma Armor

Go to the cathedral south of the bone yard when you enter its important that you steel a badgefrom the man in the middle. If you don¶t you won¶t make it past the door to go up stairs.When you steel it, lock pick the door to your right. Now that you have the badge you can goright up to the third floor an steel the purple badge from the head minister of the cult. Also

open the chest to the right of the room.

Hint: More Free Money

At game start give self at least 55% on "gambling" skill. Get yourself to the "Maltesee FalconCasino" in "The Hub." You will get directions in "Shady Sands" where you will also findyour "buddy for life" Ian, if you offer him "slice of the action" or "100 caps" When you get toroulette table hold down numbers "1" and "4" along top of keyboard..use paper weight if your fingers get tired!

You will win unlimited "caps" Repeat and repeat when ever need more cash(caps). Then go

outside and chat to the drunk. Say you want "something special" for 800 caps he willintroduce you to Vance..the Arms Dealer.. go spend your winnings on some real fire power and some combat armour. dont forget to buy a good gun and some ammo for Ian sell it to himfor almost nothing and then tell him to "use his best weapon" or he will carry on with just hisknife.

Unlockable: Non-Player Character Katja

To get the NPC Katja, go to the "Followers of the apocolypse" building. In the boneyard the person standing right inside the door with green hair (not Nicole though) is Katja. Talk to her about the city and then there will be an option "why don't you come with me." Click it andshe will join you. She can use sub-machine guns and throwing knives.

Unlockable: Comments

To hear comments by the development team, hold [Shift] during the credits.

Hint: Acquiring the Power Armor

Go to the hub, then go to old town. The first building at the bottom of your screen has a gangin it. You have to fight them. Have enough stimpacks to last you and some good armor. After



you have killed the gang got to the back room in that building and release the guy in there. Heasks you to tell Talus He is ok. Talus is at the brotherhood of steel. He will give you a list of

weapons and power armor. Tell him you want the power armor. Then you have to go and seeMicheal. Micheal gives you the Power Armor.

Hint: Free Money

If you want lots of cash (more than enough to last the whole game) go to the hub. Godowntown and into the Crimson Caravaners on the day that they leave (3rd of every month).Tell Keri you want a job. When she asks for the location that you wish to go to, tell her,"never mind, I just remembered something I have to do." Go back to the entrance of the Hub.You will see two men wearing red shirts. Point to both of them. If it says "you see: caravanleader" then talk to him. He will give you $600! Now, go back and talk to Keri, and repeatthe process all over again. You will recieve $600 every time you talk to the caravan leader. Itmight take a while to get tons-o-cash, but it will be worth it.

Kyle Leeson

Hint: Where To Get NPC's

Ian - Go to Shady Sands. In the house just to the east of the entrance, go in the bottom door.Talk to the man named Ian. Ask him to help out for 100 caps or a piece of the action.(whatever that is...)

Dogmeat - Go to Junktown. In a house next to Gizmo's Casino, you will see a dog blocking adoor to a man's house. He asks you to help him out. Give the dog an iguana on a stick and thedog will follow you.

Tycho - Go to Junktown. In the Skum Pitt bar talk to a man named Tycho. Tell him you needhis experience and he will join.

Tandi - Go to Shady Sands after you kill the Radscorpions. If Tandi was kidnapped, go to theRaider's camp. If you rescue her she will join you.

GoobEaster Egg: South Park Humor

Go to the police station in the Hub. Find the officer named Kenny. Kill him. You will hear "Oh my god, you killed Kenny!"

Kyle LeesonUnlockable: Turbo Plasma Rafle and Hardened Power Armor

To get a turbo plasma rifle, go to boneyard (after you have got the missing parts from thedead body)and talk to smitty in the first house where you can see a man through a hole in theceiling and he give you a turbo plasma rifle. You must have a plasma rifle before talking toSmitty.

To get Hardened Power Armor talk to the man in the white lab coat in front of the house andfarm when you have power armor. He will ask you to go to the hub and get a book. Get the

book and talk to him he will give hardened power armor.

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