Guide 103: Chapter 2

Guide 103

Get a strong start exploring solo!
Season	3rd (Began 2017 Sept 01)
Status	Setting up structure only...
Completion	3%
Authors	Henry
This Chapter	Chapter 2
More Chapters	Guide 103: Intro Guide 103: Outline Guide 103: Chapter 1 Guide 103: Chapter 2 Guide 103: Chapter 3
Notes	Add Whisky Bob Add Thirsty Ronald Add A Man's Job Add Rail Line Gang Add Stranded Rust

A WORK IN PROGRESS

You might prefer the Express Version for now.

Packing Light

Drop all extra items at your tent, and bring all of your Caps (you need 17k or more), and only: Spiked Knuckles in Slot 1, a Radio in Slot 2, a Hatchet, a Tool, your best Knife, and several Beers. By now you should be wearing a Leather Helmet and Leather Armor. Let's go!

Necropolis

Head straight east to Necropolis, and enter Motel. Speak with Thrane. He has a long dialogue and sometimes he walks away which ends the conversation prematurely. Start it again and keep trying until you finish it normally. You'll know if it worked when you get XP. Go inside and give 34 Nuka-Colas to Krieger. Exit and re-enter Necropolis via Watershed. Run up the street to the manhole cover. Go down the ladder and beat all of the sewer rats. Return to the street and run in to speak with Elmer. He gives you a Tape. Read that to update your Pip-Boy with his message to Skeeter. Now run to the back of this building, into one of the small rooms. Find the ladder down. Go down to bottom level, into vault, and use elevator to get to Level 3. On Level 3, run to the working computer, insert your Pip-Boy and run the vemxp.exe program. Wait a while (keep pressing 1) for the "user interface to load", and eventually something happens. You're not sure what, but someone taps you on the shoulder and runs away. You have to follow him!

Outside

Exit Necropolis and chase down the guy who you suspect murdered your friend. He's waiting to ambush you just outside of town. Go there and he tries to clobber you. Defeat him easily with your Heavy Handed punches, and exit. Hike 12 Zones north by 3 Zones east to find Vault 15. Drink a beer if you have any left, and enter. Defeat the cave rats, and access the working terminal just inside the vault entrance. Use Science skill on certain computers there to get some Electronic Parts. No need to use the elevator. exit when done, and exit to The World map again. Head 5 Zones straight west to Shady Sands.

Shady Sands

Enter the town and speak first with Iguana Mikey about your quest to find Pete's son. Then talk to Buster next-door to get some work for him. Then run down toward the town gate and into the Rawhide Saloon. Speak with Nora about delivering a letter, with Mira about Buster's job, and with Mira again about paying back a debt, and then with Lenny about Son of Bob. (Get the dialogue with Lenny right or that quest fails.)

Then run into town through the gate and straight east into the water pump building. Talk with Dorothy twice to deliver Nora's letter. Next run west to the medical research building and speak with Dr Henry about a deal with Doc Jubilee. Go straight to Dusty's Cantina and talk to Dusty to pay back Mira's debt. Ask him what's on the menu and eat some food. Run over to the hospital and talk with Doc Jubilee about the deal with Dr Henry.

Report back to Dr Henry about the deal. Report back to Mira about the debt. Report back to Nora about the letter. Report back to Buster about the smokes.

◄Welcome to Level 10! Distribute Skill Points to make Doctor 50, from 36, and Close Combat 146 from 140.►

Exit Shady Sands and go to Train Station nearby. Cross the train tracks and speak with the Ranger Captain. Get his dialogue right and you get some shiny new armor. Put on that armor, and exit back to The World map.

Broken Hills

Travel to Zone 29:17 to find the next town, Broken Hills. Press C to open your Character screen and note your Carry Weight limit. Now enter the town and go into the bar to talk with Francis to get the Strong Back Support Perk. Note your Carry Weight limit just permanently increased.

Vault City

Exit Broken Hills and start heading north 11 zones to Vault City. Go into the clinic, get the Medical Investigation quest from Doctor Andrew.

◄Welcome to Level 11! Distribute Skill Points to make Close Combat 150 from 146, and Doctor 52 from 50, and Speech 30 from 15.►

-next steps-

◄Welcome to Level 12! Choose Lifegiver, and distribute Skill Points to make Doctor 75 from 52.►

-complete quests back in Hub/Necrop, start Heist-

◄Welcome to Level 13! Distribute Skill Points to make Speech 53 from 30.►

-Complete Heist, do water runs, Charlie in Gecko-

◄Welcome to Level 14! Distribute Skill Points to make Close Combat 160 from 150, and Speech 57 from 53.►

-water runs-

◄Welcome to Level 15! Distribute Skill Points to make Close Combat 170 from 160, and Speech 61 from 57.►

-wip-

Abroad

(Then: Train Stations to SF, Tanker, exit to mine, up to Ranger, east to Reno for car)
(Next CW in Redding, Old Traditions, main quest)
(More: Den for food, Klamath for Light Step and Toxic Caves, Modoc, VCity, main quest)
(Back South: Necropolis for Elmer, Hub for Band, Jacob, Fr O'Shaughnessy, Water Runs)

More Exercises

Show NPC Hit Points
Show tag indicators
Control+G and Control+D to "Grab All" and "Drop All items in a single hex, simultaneously
Use Control+(click item) to "Fast-Transfer" items between your Inventory and container