Guide 101: Building Your Safe Network
Chapter 6
- Now that you're level 6, you can increase your Carry Weight with some perks. Let's go get 'em.
- On the way, let's fight the Black Claw Scorpions. Go to Junktown and talk with Doc Larrikin to get this quest.
- Find the scorpion cave nearby to the northwest of Junktown. Bring a Combat Shotgun and some ammo.
- Do not get stung by these monsters! Their poison is far more intense than most.
- Bring the eggs back to Doc Larrikin and ask him about the venom to get the Snakeater perk.
- Drop off your extra eggs at your House, and bring 4 wooden poles, 1 rope, and 3 pieces of wood.
- Next head to Necropolis to pick up a quest that pays 3000 xp. Be careful. Dangerous zones ahead.
- Enter Necropolis via Watershed and run up toward the main building. Enter the sewer on the way.
- Kill all the rats in the sewer for some decent xp. Exit the same ladder and enter the main building.
- Speak with Elmer to get his quest to Gecko. He gives you a holotape. Load it and check your Pip-Boy Archives.
- Now go back to Boneyard Train Station. Buy 2 train tickets and board the train going to NCR (Shady Sands).
- In the NCR Train Station, talk to 4 people about the man with black hair.
- Head to Shady Sands (NCR) and enter the Guns tent inside the main gate. 150 xp. Talk with Buster about some work.
- Run past the Holding Center fence and go into the Rawhide Saloon. Talk to Mira the bartender twice to get another job and Buster's smokes.
- Now run into the main street past the security gate and read the billboard. Take a note about a job for Westin.
- Keep running straight down the main street and go into Dusty's Cantina. Talk with Hoss in the corner to get Awareness and Cautious Nature!
- Talk with the bartender to return Mira's debt for her. Hand him the money and head out.
- Run back up the street and turn left to find the entrance to the Westin Ranch, protected by an energy fence.
- Talk to the guard to get in, using the job offer as a legitimate reason.
- Go inside the main building and speak with Mr Westin. He's at his desk, under a cross on the wall.
- Talk with Felix, the guy just outside the door there, to go to the brahmin pasture. Wait there near the rocks to the south east.
- When the kids arrive, tell them they are making the animals nervous and get them to stop. 150 xp
- Go back in to NCR and give the smokes to Buster. 800 xp. Put on that black leather jacket. Cool!
- Run back to the Rawhide Saloon and get confirm with Mira that you paid her debt back. 750 xp
Welcome to level 7! Distribute Skill Points: Doctor 50, Lockpick 50, Small Guns 128.
- There's more to do at Shady Sands but later. For now, go back to the Train Station and board the next train going to Vault City.
- When you arrive at the VC train station, ask four people about the man with black hair.
- Exit the train station and go into Vault City. Talk with Doctor Andrew about his Medical Investigation.
- Exit Vault City and head north 2 zones to Gecko, a dangerous place. If any players see you there, they will likely shoot you.]
- Use the "town preview" feature before you enter Gecko. If you see other players, do not go in yet.
- When it looks clear, enter Gecko's settlement area and run up into The Harp bar. Talk to Keith, the ghoul Mick wants in the band.
- When you're done paying Keith to join the band, run north all the way to the Scrapyard area of Gecko.
- Find Skeeter to deliver Elmer's message. Skeeter gives you another holotape message to take back to Elmer.
- Exit Gecko by running north through a hole in the fence and out via the north exit grid. *Whew!*
- Go back to the Vault City Train Station and ask four people about their medical condition. Exit there when done.
- Now let's get a few more tents set up. Hunt 8 brahmin nearby in zones 30:8, 31:8, and 32:8.
- While gathering hides, avoid all other encounters unless you're sure you can win. Craft a tent as soon as you get 8 hides.