Guide Sandbox

A step-by-step structured route though quest content, to level up new players who want to survive while they explore and get stronger. It should work pretty well, down to "STOP".

Start in the safety of Hub and surrounding area. Then go north, return with a car, and use it to advance. You'll level up, get more Perks, make Caps and buy Skill Books, establish a base and set up a Safe House network all over the map. You'll recruit some NPC followers, and get into tougher fights. Later, you'll power-level additional characters, using a leveling build. They'll all have quicker starts with access to your network, gear and vehicles all prepared in advance by this lead character. Then Reroll your levelers as needed.

PROJECT STATUS: December 2021, Levels 1-18 are ready for testing. Prior to this, it was tested 25+ times by Jan 2021 to get best results.

Description, Advice, Config Stuff

• Go to forum, find and get FallCraftPlus.zip, set that up, close/re-launch client
• Set combat mode to Real-Time (trust me) by using this in-game command: ~combatmode rt
• Your game experience will vary slightly, so the XP and Caps targets shown here will not always match exactly what you have in-game. It will be close, but it will not match exactly. Don't worry about that - just keep pushing through the "harsh".

The First Character Build

This first character will become your base commander, but starts out as a lone survivalist. He is a strong fist-fighter who also uses Combat Shotguns and all other Small Guns weaponry.

PvE	Tactical Startup Explorer
S	P	E	C	I	A	L
7	1	10	1	10	10	1
Traits:	GN			HH
Tag Skills:	SG		CC		Outdoorsman

Strength 7 (10 on Drugs, for max Close Combat knockdowns with Mega Power Fist)
Perception 1 (he is not a sniper - that's later)
Endurance 10 (for max HP)
Charisma 1 (can get 3 Companion Followers later, depending on Speech)
Intelligence 10 (Swift Learner +10% XP, and Educated for Skill Points overload!)
Agility 10 (for max combat speed)
Luck 1 (nobody can have it all)

Optional Traits: Good Natured (to recruit followers) + Heavy Handed (to do knockdown punches)
Tags: Small Guns, Close Combat, Outdoorsman

This is the build for this guide. With it, you will have the flexibility of 2 fighting skills: Small Guns and Close Combat. You'll use Combat Shotguns, pistols, and SMGs, but you'll become a skilled fist-fighter too, doing a lot of knockdowns while enemies will often miss. With some levels, recruit NPC companions and build a combat support team to follow you around and back you up in fights. This is a combat-capable lead character, for moving around easily on The World map, diving into most of the quests, and getting set up for your expansion, which will include additional characters (like Big Gunners, Snipers, Energy Experts, and other combat specialists, etc).

This adventure begins here...

• Register, log in, and run out of the cave. When prompted about a settlement, choose to "head out into the wasteland"
• Outside the cave, get 2 quests from the Startled Caravan Driver (all dialogue option 1 until done), and press P twice to verify both quests are listed: Into the Great Wide Open and Far Go Scout
• Also, press your ENTER key to open the chat bar, and type this command to verify your Party Points are 0/91: ~pp
• Also, type: ~combatmode rt to temporarily switch to Real-Time while you're just trying to stay alive (you can run whichever combat mode you prefer later)
• Exit to The World map and press C to open your Character profile and review some info:

Level 1	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
82 HP 00 XP 0 Caps 110 CW DR 00 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 32 Repair 30 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 60	Hub 0	0/8 so far: Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice)	(none yet)	+Into the Great Wide Open +Far Go Scout	Party Points 0/91

• Walk to Hub, but avoid all random encounters for now, and run for the Exit Grid immediately if forced into any
• Over Hub, use your Town/World button (bottom right) to enter Hub via the Market entrance, +150 XP
• Use Control+1 (and Control+2 as needed) to see interiors, and take note of the layout of Hub's Market area:
  • Four buildings in the middle, including the Gun Store, the Bank, the General Store, and the Book Store
  • Far Go Traders above, Police Station to right, and the Maltese Falcon bar to left
• Don't talk with any NPCs yet, just run straight up the alley between the middle four buildings, and up the street straight out of the market square area, and toward the Post Office, turn left to run past the waving flag, and go to the Brahmin pens
• Talk to the Poo guy twice to 1) get a job shoveling Poo, and 2) get a free Shovel, and then shovel only about 36 Poo to hit Level 2, +864 XP, +170 Caps
• Distribute Skill Points: boost Science to 50, and Outdoorsman to 90

Level 2	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
87 HP 1014 XP 180 Caps 110 CW DR 00 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 30 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 90	Hub 0	(none yet) Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice)	(none yet)	Into the Great Wide Open Far Go Scout

• In the nearby tent just north of the pens, and talk with Dan twice to swap that shovel for a Knife, (+100 XP
• Press F5 to expand your text box area, to see more notifications
• Run across the street to the large farm field. Mixed in with the plants here are 9 Fiber stalks in the field - gather as much Fiber as you can, max 180
  • This guide assumes you get all 180 Fibers, but other people harvest these fields too, so if you get less than 180 don't worry about it - your XP won't match this guide exactly, but it will catch up soon
• Run back down into the Market area, go into the book store (top building of the middle four buildings) and get Swift Learner from Mrs Stapleton
• Run to the bottom of the Market area under the water well, press F4 to drop your HUD, and exit via the south Exit Grid
  • Note there are 3 Exit Grids in Market south: under the bar (bottom left) goes to The Heights, the middle one leads to The World map, and the far right Exit Grid goes to Water Merchants
• Enter Hub again but this time use the main entrance (default), run down the street and talk to Joe Kelly (in metal armor) standing in the street (137 XP) and ask him about Custos (82 XP +a few items)
• As soon as you get the 137 and 82 XP from Joe, press ESC to exit dialogue, and exit Hub back to The World map
• (In Hub any time, you can move boxes for the Caravan Packer, but it's a slow way to get anything)
• Enter Hub yet again but this time via Old Town, and notice the layout here:
  • A foundry/machine shop and Jacob's building on top, Workbench building at end of street
  • Tannery in the middle, L-shaped building behind it with a basement, and a scrapyard area to far right
• Ask Jacob where he gets his weapons, and ask about his deal with Gun Runners (ask where Gun Runners are located to highlight it on world map)
• Craft 48 Ropes (12 at a time) at the Workbench in the last building at the end of the street (528 XP)
• Slow-walk the Rope into the Tannery to sell them to Claire, but stop along the way to speak with the little girl near the Tannery entrance about her missing papa (No Child Left Behind)
• Go into the Tannery and sell the 48 ropes to Claire 12 at a time (2200 XP), Level 3 (13:06)
• Choose Adrenaline Rush and distribute Skill Points: Outdoorsman 120 and Repair 31

• Enter the south door near an NCR Poster to go speak with the Sad Wife about a job to find her missing husband (Find Joseph)
• Run to northeast scrapyard area and use Science skill on the old broken computer to gather as many eParts there as you can get (you might get 25)
• Craft another batch of 36 Ropes (assuming you have enough fibers), 12 at a time (396 XP), and sell to Claire again, 1650 XP, Level 4
• Distribute Skill Points: Outdoorsman 138 and Repair 32

Level 4	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
97 HP 6107 XP 2700 Caps 110 CW DR 00 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 32 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 138	Hub 44	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: (none yet)	1/22 so far: Swift Learner	+Find Joseph Gunrunner Delivery No Child Left Behind Into the Great Wide Open Far Go Scout

• Start Scavenging! Search containers like bookshelves and boxes (some things are locked), and use a Tool to Scavenge junky things laying around the streets
• You need a Tool to scavenge. Sometimes you get a Tool from Claire, but not always. You need a Tool. Either get more fiber and craft more rope, or...
  • When you found a set of Lockpicks, go down into the basement in Old Town and trade with the thief, choose Tool
  • Otherwise, there is a building just inside the main entrance where you can buy a Tool from a Toolmaker, or expand your search into the Market district
• Notice that your Scavenging skill starts at 0, but it goes up naturally as you successfully use the skill
• With a Tool, search-n-Scavenge Old Town (and Market as needed) for items and resources, and expect to become overweight - that's okay, you'll do some Crafting with this stuff
• Of particular interest will be finding brahmin hides, a radio, Lockpicks for the thief downstairs, and a Lighter
  • Press Control+1 and Control+2 to drop ceilings and walls to see better
  • Search (26?) containers, and Scavenge 38 nodes for resources as you go
  • You get 2 attempts to Scavenge per node, to find raw materials
• When you have Lockpicks, go to the L-shaped building, use the stairs down, and search-n-Scavenge there too
  • Talk with the Thief in rags twice, and trade Lockpicks to him for another Tool, 880 XP
• Check pool table, note location of "Dirty Old Man"
  • When you have 8 Brahmin Hides and a Rope and some wood, craft a Folded Tent for 209 XP. Find enough to do this again for a second tent (another 275 XP)
  • When you find a Radio, enable reception and arm it in Slot 2
  • Plan to keep: all Caps/ammo, 2 Tools, 2 Radios, 1 Lockpicks, all hides/pelts, 1 Hatchet, 1 Crowbar, 1 Lighter, and all Iguana-on-a-stick
  • Plan to sell: eParts, and misc items like Elvis paintings, excess tools, excess radios, lockpicks, etc
• By the time you Scavenge all of Old Town, your Scavenging skill might be close to 30%, and it will continue to climb as you Scavenge more
• Once you've Scavenged all of the junk piles and resource nodes in Old Town, use the Workbench to craft a few things if you can:
  • Craft a batch of 100 Small Energy Cells (or 1 batch of Throwing Knives), a batch of BBs, a leather helmet, a 9mm Mauser, Lockpicks, and a Radio (enable reception, and tune it to channel 0)
• Drop extra Junk at the workbench and whatever else you can lose for now, to lighten your load so you can run
• If you haven't already traded Lockpicks to the basement thief, do that next (880 XP), and search/scavenge there too
• Once done in Old Town, stop in and sell some eParts to Ferrarius there in the foundry building - he buys bulk orders (550 XP if only 1 batch of 6 eParts, up to 1650 XP if 3 batches of 12 eParts), Level 5
• Distribute Skill Points: Outdoorsman 150 and Repair 39

Level 5	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
102 HP 10391 XP 3996 Caps 110 CW DR 00 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 39 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 0	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: (none yet)	1/22 so far: Swift Learner	To Open Pandora's Box Into the Great Wide Open Find Joseph Gunrunner Delivery No Child Left Behind Far Go Scout

• Exit Old Town to Market district, go straight into the Far Go Traders and deliver the message you received from the Startled Caravan Driver (complete Far Go Scout, 440 XP +120 Caps)
• Ask him about work too, to get the Hello City quest, and search his place for stuff you can use
• If you don't have 8 Brahmin Hides by now, search for more hides all around the Market area
• Assuming you're overweight or close to it, sell Elvis Paintings for Caps in the Gun Store. Keep one good knife and sell the others
• Go over to the Maltese Falcon bar and get the Wasteland Band quest from Mick
• With a Lighter, talk with Hope the Lounge Singer to begin her quest (open dialogue with her twice and always choose option 1)
• Ask the bartender for the menu, choose a food (1375 XP), then talk with the Drunk at the end of bar 110 XP
• Exit Hub again via the south Exit Grid, and re-enter Hub's Old Town
• Tell the little girl in front of the Tannery that you found her papa 770 XP +10 Hub Reputation
• Hopefully by now you found 8 Brahmin Hides - craft a Folded Tent at the Workbench, or go find more hides first (209 XP)
  • Press F to open Fix-Boy and see what is needed to craft a Folded Tent
• Exit Old Town and enter the Police Station, speak with Sheriff Andrew Hayden about Hope. In dialogue with him, make sure to get the victim's name and occupation
  • You must exit dialogue properly here for this quest to work right - get the above info and exit via the last dialogue option, "Thanks a lot..."
• Speak next with Detective Cwan, and then with Detective Spade, get in a close call situation where a shot gets fired
• Exit the Police Station and run across the street into the Gun Store and introduce yourself to Beth - follow that dialogue to advance the Into the Great Wide Open quest. 110 XP
• Run to the General Store and introduce yourself to short Mitch, 137 XP
• From the General Store, exit Hub via the south exit and let's get your first tent set up!
• Outside Hub, go to Zone 30:39 to bottom right corner, go into an empty encounter, and "use" your Folded Tent
  • Congratulations! You now have a semi-safe place to store stuff. Add 3 Wood to the fire when you can, to upgrade the fire pit to a Campfire
• At your Tent, use Shift+click on items in your Inventory, to pick make some piles:
  • Make one pile of ammo, all types
  • Drop all Junk on a different hex, and all other raw materials in another hex (more hides, metal parts, alloys, wood, etc) but keep your fibers on you
  • Drop all Drugs and food items, water bags/bottles, medical bags and Broc/Xander into a single pile on yet another hex, but keep 1 Stimpak in your Inventory
  • Make another pile just for spare Tools, Crowbars, Hatchets, Shovels, and weapons like Spears, Sledgehammers, etc
  • Drop odd/misc items (like paintings) into a single pile on their own hex
• Now with a much lighter load, go back into Hub's Market and find who is selling some 9mm Ball ammo, and buy 50 rounds
  • Make sure you are carrying your Caps, a 9mm Mauser pistol, 1 black leather jacket, 1 leather cap, and 1 Stimpak
• Run out west to the clinic and speak next with Doctor Burhnefletch to advance the Into the Great Wide Open quest, 82 XP
• Speak with the doctor a 2nd time to get the The Anguished Man quest: dialogue options 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 etc, 1100 XP
• Run north from the clinic and enter the Post Office, talk with a Hubber, +1100 XP +7 Hub Reputation
• Exit Post Office, run south behind the bar toward the southwest Exit Grid which leads to The Heights
  • Scavenge as you go - there are several juicy places behind the bar that can be Scavenged for more resources, Level 6
• Choose Toughness and distribute Skill Points: Repair 50 and leave 14 Skill Points undistributed for now (will use soon)

Level 6	Skills	Rep	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
107 HP 15k XP 6128 Caps 110 CW DR 05 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 52	Adrenaline Rush +Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: (none yet)	1/22 so far: Swift Learner	+Anguished Man +Hello City +Wasteland Band Into the Great Wide Open Find Joseph Gunrunner Delivery No Child Left Behind Far Go Scout

• Exit Post Office, run south behind the bar toward the southwest Exit Grid which leads to The Heights
  • Scavenge as you go - there are several juicy places behind the bar that can be Scavenged for more resources
• In the Heights, talk with the Hubber in black leather standing in a pool of blood down the street +1100 XP +7 Hub Rep
• While in Heights, talk with Billie in the north building about some stuff she needs
• Talk with her again to give her the items she needs to chase her dream 3300 XP
• Also while in Heights, speak with the Mean Thug Leader (Johnny) about joining his gang
• Exit Heights and go into the bar in the basement of the Maltese Falcon, known as the Bunker Bar
• Speak with Vasquez the bar tender about the criminal investigation (Hope's quest)
• Find a Street Punk in the back room, talk with him twice to use a black leather jacket to recruit him into Johnny's gang
• Exit the basement, exit the bar, and exit Hub's Market via the south Exit Grid, and re-enter Hub's Old Town
• Go into the middle building and talk with the Hubber there about seeing Dr Burhnefletch, +1100 XP +7 Hub Rep
• Exit Old Town and return to the Police Station. Speak with Sheriff Andrew Hayden and report you've solved the case against Hope and found the real killer! 1100 XP, Level 7
• Gladly don your new Leather Armor - it's in fresh condition at 100%
• Distribute Skill Points: Keep 39 Skill Points undistributed for now (these will be used for combat skills soon)

Level 7	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
112 HP 21962 XP ~5700 Caps 110 CW DR 05 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 54	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: (none yet)	1/22 so far: Swift Learner	+Who Will You Become? +The Great American Heist Hello City Wasteland Band Find Joseph Gunrunner Delivery

• Speak with Hope on stage in the bar to officially "close the case", and you throw your hat away. Put on your new leather armor! DR +30
• Exit the Police Station and head straight south into the Water Merchants area via an Exit Grid in Market's southeast corner
• Go into the church there and tell another Hubber about Doctor Burhnefletch, 1100 XP
• Report back to Doctor Burhnefletch to complete the Anguished Man quest, 1100 XP +several Reputation bonuses
• Run north of the fiber field to a small house on main street, and ask the Sad Dog Owner inside to tell you about Hub. Then speak with him again to give him some RadAway for his dog +550 XP
• Gladly don your new Leather Armor Helmet Mark II - it's in fresh condition at 100% so now you might have a matched set of good leather armor
• Run up to the church, talk to priest to complete Into the Great Wide Open 550 XP, and speak with him again to get the Old Traditions quest
• Exit Hub, return to your tent and drop stuff into designated piles - keep your standard tool set:
  • Caps, Tool, Hatchet, Knife, Radio, Armor set, 1 Spiked Knuckles, all Fibers, and your Ripper
• Get 30 Wood and 80 Fruit and let's go north to Junktown next - cut trees in Hub to get 30 Wood if you don't have that much yet, and gather fruit from the 3 Fruit trees in Hub:
  • 1 is near main gate behind east building, 1 is in Market area at the Old Town border, and 1 is in Market behind/east of Far Go Traders
• Go straight north 4 zones to Junktown, avoiding/exiting all encounters along the way
• Get report from Lex in the tent east/outside of the south/main gate
• Enter the gate and find Boyce in a building with the Workbench and a hoodless convertible inside
• Buy Small Guns 1 Profession from Boyce, DO NOT read the Small Guns skill book yet! (-1500 Caps)
• From Boyce, go straight east to find Ronnie behind the Skum Pitt bar, and recruit him back into Mick's band (275 XP)
• Now find the Junktown Brewery just northwest of the Skum Pitt, and provide the requested materials 3850 XP, Level 8
• Distribute Skill Points: (save up those 64 Skill Points - they will come in handy very soon)

Level 8	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
117 HP 30k XP 6,444 Caps 110 CW DR 05 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 65 Close Combat 84 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 219, Far Go 12 Hub Criminals -25 Water Merchants 4 JT 14, NCR 4, Rangers 4 Regulators 4 LA Scavs 4, FoA 4	2/8 so far: Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Profession SG1	1/22 so far: Swift Learner	+Tent in the Wasteland +Mr Handy Robot Wasteland Band Old Traditions Gunrunner Delivery Find Joseph Into Great Wide Open Ol' Yeller

• Exit Junktown and head to that little dot on the map near Hub that's marked as "Lonely tent in the wasteland". Avoid Hasso, but offer to help Evelyn (she's in the tent), then exit to map
• Head to Gun Runners, south of Hub into the city ruins called LA Boneyard 150 XP
• Go inside and tell Marshal you want practice punching people in the face (+10 CC)
• Now read the Guns-n-Bullets Skill Book you received from Boyce for +10 Small Guns Skill
• Speak with Marshal again to progress on Gunrunner Delivery deal with Jacob
• Distribute Skill Points to make Close Combat 126, and Small Guns 125
• Exit to map, pass over Warehouse, head south and enter New Adytum (+150 XP)
• Talk with Dyer twice: once to get report, and once to ask him to show you the Salvagers' location
• Optional: search ~19 places all around New Adytum for misc items (a few are underground)
• Gather as many Fibers as you can from the plant stalks here. This guide assumes you get 60/60
• Arm Tool in Slot 1 and speak with Montag about his water pump. Try to fix the pump, maybe 990xp +Rep w/LA Citizens
• Exit to map, go to Salvagers, talk with bald Regulator to "find Joseph" +550 XP
• Optional: move boxes for Salvagers (+330 XP) to get paid 250 Caps, and Scav all around the place
• Go to Boneyard Library next, enter (+150 XP) and talk with Nicole to get Gunrunner report
• Optional: search all of the bookshelves in the Library, always trying to find more Brahmin Hides, and exit to map
• If you have a lot of misc items you don't need, go sell them in the Boneyard Train Station (150 XP)
• Next, head west past the Train Station to Tobacco Farm and cut as many Fibers as you can. This guide assumes you get 200/200. Get fruit there too
• Gather 60 Tobacco and use the crafting machine there to make 30 Smokes, and Scavenge what you can there
• Next stop, a dot on your map that says "Abandoned Farmhouse" - this is where Evelyn and Hasso live, but it's overrun with vicious rats - let's go help them out
• Enter the farmhouse location, and drink a Beer if you have one - it will toughen you up a bit
• Beat the rats with either your fists, or a gun - there is a BB Gun on the ground in the location, fully loaded (1056 XP)
• Return to Evelyn at the lonely tent to tell her the good news - they can move back into their farmhouse
• As Evelyn and her family leave, they leave their tent behind for you, and you meet Cira - talk with her to start the "main quest", Blood-Soaked Heroes, 1100 XP
• Something traumatic happens. Exit the location and return to your tent - drop all items except your standard tool kit and those fibers
• But drop 60 Fibers to use elsewhere soon
• Go back to Hub, enter the main entrance and run down the street to cut more fibers from the fields there
• Then go to Old Town, talk with Jacob about Gunrunners, and deliver the sad news to the Sad Wife 275 XP
• Craft 36 more rope (396 XP) and sell to Claire again 1650 XP, Level 9
• Choose In Your Face! and distribute Skill Points: Small Guns 131, Close Combat 130

Level 9	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
122 HP 36k XP 12k Caps 110 CW DR 15 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 131 Close Combat 130 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 12 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 256, Far Go 12 Hub Criminals -25 Water Merchants 4 JT 14, NCR 7, Rangers 4 Regulators 4, FoA 4 LA: Scavs 4, Citizens 100	Adrenaline Rush Toughness +In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	2/22 so far: Swift Learner +Boneyard Guard	Wasteland Band Old Traditions GR Delivery Tent in Wasteland Find Joseph

• Craft 36 more rope in batches of 12, and sell to Claire - repeat this 4 times (8184 XP), Level 10
• Distribute Skill Points: wip

Level 10	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
127 HP 46,689 XP 13709 Caps 110 CW DR 15 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 131 Close Combat 130 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 16 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 256, Far Go 12 Hub Criminals -25 Water Merchants 4 JT 14, NCR 7, Rangers 4 Regulators 4, FoA 4 LA: Scavs 4, Citizens 100	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	2/22 so far: Swift Learner Boneyard Guard	Wasteland Band Old Traditions Tent in Wasteland GR Delivery Blood-Soaked Heroes Hello City Mr Handy Robot	46 Skill Points

• Stop crafting rope when you have ess than 72 Fibers, and use Science skill on the old computer to gather more eParts - sell those to Ferrerius again, possible 1650 XP
• Exit to Market, and pick some fruit from the tree there
• Return to Mitch in Far Go Traders and complete Hello City 1320 XP (Far Go 12, Hub 99)
• Gather fruit from the other tree in front of the old truck
• Return to Maltese Falcon, let Mick know Ronnie is on board, 495 XP
• In Hub's Market near the well, talk with the Travelling Merchant to get the Gecko Skinning Support Perk, and pay him for access to the Gecko Hunting Grounds, 165 XP
• Drop extra stuff at tent, and gear up to fight the geckos: bring a beer, spiked knuckles, your standard tool set, wear your armor, a few Stimpaks, and some 12g shotgun shells
• Before you hunt the geckos, go straight south back to Gun Runners and talk with Marshal one last time to close the deal with Jacob
• Exit Gun Runners, drink a Beer, and head straight to the Gecko Hunting Grounds. As long as you are not armed with a gun, and only use melee (spiked knuckles), you can easily beat all of these geckos
  • The In Your Face! perk causes your enemies to miss a lot when fighting solely HtH
• Beat the geckos and gather all pelts and other items you find there (1965 XP), including an SMG and a Combat Shotgun that's hidden next to the Star Trek red-shirt guy
• Cut some wood until you're as overloaded as you can get, exit map and walk back to your tent - distribute items into your piles
• Next, that gang of knuckleheads in Hub Heights are waiting on you to finish recruiting 3 more members, so they can pull off a Bank Heist
  • Prep to return to Hub: bring your Caps, 15 gecko pelts and 30 fibers to craft the 3 other jackets
  • Bring your 44 revolver, a 10mm pistol, the SMG you found in the Gecko Hunting Grounds, a regular double-barreled Shotgun, and a Crowbar
  • Bring enough materials to craft a Hunting Rifle and another Shotgun, and enough more materials to upgrade that Shotgun to a Sawed-Off Shotgun
  • You likely do not have all of the ammo, but bring what you can and buy the rest: 50 standard shotgun shells, 50 rounds of .223, 50 rounds of 10mm JHP, and 50 rounds of .44 JHP
• Go to Old Town, tell Jacob the good news - he has a deal with Gun Runners, 825 XP
• Sell your metal armor to Jacob, +1162 Caps
• Use the workbench in Old Town to craft the 3 jackets, 1 Hunting Rifle, 1 shotgun, and then upgrade that shotgun to a Sawed-Off Shotgun, 1332 XP
• Find the street punk in Old Town in the alley, and use 1 jacket to recruit him into the Bank Heist gang
• Exit Old Town and find the street punk who hangs out in the alley north of Far Go Traders, and use 1 jacket to recruit him into the Bank Heist gang
• Check the merchants in the Market area for the other ammo you need
• Sell your leftover gecko pelts to the Travelling Merchant: 1 fire pelt and 3 golen pelts, 286 [[XP]
• Find the southeast Exit Grid from Market, into the Water Merchants district, and use 1 jacket to recruit the street punk at the south end of the street into the Bank Heist gang
• Exit Water Merchants back to Market, and run straight west over to the Heights again, to check in with Johnny now that more members have been recruited, 1100 XP
• Talk to Johnny a couple more times and you have to deliver some bribe money to the police station - take 1200 Caps to the Sherrif and don't talk much
• Return to Johnny to report the bribe is paid, 1100 XP
• Talk to Johnny again to get their guns-n-ammo shopping list. You brought it all in advance so provide the gear, 825 XP, Level 11
• Distribute Skill Points: Doctor 50

Level 11	Skills	[[Karma	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
132 HP 55k XP 14k Caps 110 CW DR 15 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 131 Close Combat 130 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 256, Far Go 12 Hub Criminals -25 Water Merchants 4 JT 14, NCR 7, Rangers 4 Regulators 4, FoA 4 LA: Scavs 4, Citizens 100	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	2/22 so far: Swift Learner +Gecko Skinning	+Blood-Soaked Heroes Wasteland Band Old Traditions Light in Darkness Tent in Wasteland	61 Skill Points

• Talk to Johnny to find out which members have what strengths, and then choose Tactical Phase to run The Great American Bank Heist
  • This is a dialogue mission where they put you in charge of the decisions. You have to assign each member to the right task for a successful outcome
  • When you first see the outcome, if it's bad, you can cancel out of the dialogue, and try again for better results, by assigning people differently
• A successful heist? 1430 XP now time to go sell the metal armor to Jacob in Old Town
• Go back to your tent and drop everything except your standard tools into a single pile, including your armor and helmet - use Control+D for this
• Get 50 Wood, 15 Junk, 30 Broc Flowers, 30 Xander Roots, 6 eParts, 20 Flint, and 80 Fruit. Also bring 24 Cigarettes
  • You likely don't have all of this yet, but grab what you have of these amounts
  • If you're short on Wood, cut a few trees in Hub until you have 50, and use a Junk barrel in Hub if you are short on Junk
• Carrying this much will make you Overweight, but it's not far to go - head to zone 29:37 and enter the Junktown Quarry
• Go into the building there and speak with the Quarry Supervisor about work. He wants 50 Wood and 15 Junk. Hand it over to lighted your load, 1100 XP
• He wants 30 each of Broc and Xander next. Assuming you don't have that much yet, go anywhere nearby to the quarry, go into a random place on the map, and find what he needs
• You have PE 1 which is bad for this kind of searching, but the good news is you don't need to find much, and it's worth it, Watch for Flint too - you'll need 20 Flint soon
  • Use Q to highlight your view range and avoid caves for now - we'll do that later when you can fight deathclaws
  • A random encounter will have Broc or Xander, never both. It may also have Flint, Trees, Fiber Stalks, and Apple Trees
• When you have the rest, go back to the Quarry Supervisor and give him all the materials, 5500 XP
• Head into Junktown via the north entrance and go to the large building in the upper right corner. The door is on the back side. Give smokes to the Hackler, 1650 XP +1200 Caps
• In the same building, talk with Frier about his family's healthcare needs. With your Doctor's Bag, perform a few brief medical examinations for a total of 2200 XP, Level 12
• Choose Even Tougher and distribute Skill Points: boost Small Guns to 151 and Close Combat to 140

Level 12	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
137 HP 66k XP 21k Caps 110 CW DR 15 PR 30 RR 20	Small Guns 151 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub 644, Far Go 12 Hub Criminals -25 Water Merchants 4 JT 14, NCR 7, Rangers 4 Regulators 4, FoA 4 LA: Scavs 4, Citizens 100 Communists 250 Tanker People 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! +Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	2/22 so far: Swift Learner Gecko Skinning	Pete's Missing Son Wasteland Band Old Traditions Blood-Soaked Heroes

• Next, go to Junktown's Power House in the southeast corner of town, and inspect the robot in the back room. Then ask Thomas a question about the robot and offer to Repair it
• Go into the building just west of the Power House and Bring Antidote to Darion, 1100 XP
• Then run over to the Clinic and ask Doc Larrikin about some work he needs done. This is the Black Claw scorpion quest so you'll need to use your best gun to live thru it
• Drop extra stuff at your tent before you go the scorpion cave - you need to carry their tails and eggs out, and the tails are heavy
• Head to the scorpion cave, defeat your enemies, recover the eggs, meat and tails, and get two things while in dialogue with Doc Larrikin:
  • 1375 XP from quest completion + the Snakeater Support Perk + another 495xp (Congrats! Your resistance to radiation and poison just permanently increased!)
• Read your Scout Handbook for a permanent +6 boost to Outdoorsman skill (OD will show as 154, not 156 because boosting skills costs more when skill is over 100)
• Go back to Hub, enter Market, buy a robot motivator part from Mitch
• Get and use a Mentats breath mint and talk with the iguana dealer in Hub's Market south. If you choose the right dialogue, you get a quest to help Find Iguana Pete's Missing Son
• Take the robot part back to the power house and use it on the My Handy robot - it might take several times to work, and report the good news to Thomas, 1100 XP total
• Run over to the Skum Pitt bar and buy some Nuka-Colas. You'll need 34 to give to Krieger soon
• CHECKPOINT
  • Before leaving the Hub area to travel abroad, make sure you're wearing your leather armor and helmet
  • Bring: 2 Tools, a Hatchet, a Knife, 2 Radios, 1 full Water Bag, 1 First Aid Kit, 1 Doctor's Bag, 1 Cookie, 1 Cats Paw Magazine, 1 Gamma Gulp, and 3 eParts
  • Also bring: Spiked Knuckles armed in Slot 1, some Beers, some Mentats, 1 Folded Tent, and 10 Scorpion Tails
  • Bring 34 Nuka-Colas which you either bought at the Skum Pitt, or you can buy one-at-a-time from the working vending machine in the Maltese Falcon
  • Bring 17k Caps because you'll be buying a car soon for 15k Caps, and the excess will cover some other minor travel expenses
• Once you have these things, head east to Necropolis, enter Motel, talk with Thrane 1100 XP, Level 13
• Distribute Skill Points: wip

Level 13	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
142 HP 79k XP 18k Caps 110 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 151 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 50 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	3/22 so far: Swift Learner Gecko Skinning +Dead Man Walking	Wasteland Band Old Traditions Pete's Missing Son Blood-Soaked Heroes	Rad Ressitance 60 w/CA2

• Inside that building, talk with Krieger to give him 34 Nuka-Colas, 4400 XP
• Exit to map, arm your new Super Sledge in Slot 1, and move Spiked Knuckles to Slot 2
• Enter Necropolis Watershed, run up the street to the storm drain, drink a Beer, then go down and kill all of the rats +1061 XP
• Exit the sewer and get the message quest from Elmer. Read the data Tape ("USE" to upload to Pip-Boy)
• Speak with the glowing ghoul near the water pump in back corner of Elmer's building to get Dead Man Walking
• Run to east room in Elmer's building, find hole in floor, go down into vault
• Use elevator to go to Level 3, find working computer, run the right program, send data 1100 XP
• Exit the vault, exit town to map, go to highlighted location nearby, defeat your attacker 550 XP
• Exit to map, go north 12 Zones and east 3 zones to Vault 15, enter vault, kill all rats inside 1342 XP
  • HINT: Stand in the vault door to bottleneck the rats so only 1 can bite you at a time
  • Optional: you can get eParts from two computers here, and notice there is a working Medical Terminal here as well
• Access working computer terminal (no need to use elevator) and run the program 1100 XP
• Exit to map, head straight west to Shady Sands. Enter town (+150 XP) and talk with "Anxious Caravan Guards" to to the right, to find who needs these things:
  • One of then needs 3 eParts (660 XP) and another is a cat enthusiast, so he needs a Cats Paw Magazine (660 XP), and yet another needs a Doctor's Bag (660 XP)
• Then speak with Iguana Mikey at the iguana vending stand, about the search for "Son of Bob"
• Get fetch-quest from Buster, then find Ronald behind Buster's tent, and give him your full Water Bag, 550 XP
• There is a little girl near Ronald. Give her a Cookie for 550 XP, and give a Gamma Gulp to Floki
• Run down into the Rawhide Saloon and give a First Aid Kit to Rollo 500 XP
• Speak with Mira twice to: get Buster's smokes, and agree to help her pay back a debt
• Talk also with Nora to deliver a letter for her, and talk with Lenny about Son of Bob
• Go into town to the water pump building that has computers. Talk with Dorothy twice to deliver Nora's letter
• Run toward medical research building, but stop in the street to read the billboard and get a note about work on the Westin Ranch
• Run to medical research building above hospital, and speak with Dr Henry twice to get an assignment to set up a deal between Dr Henry and Dr Jubilee at Hospital
• Go to the energy gate at the Westin Ranch, talk to guard to get in, arm your Tool and fix the Water Pump there +250 XP
• Exit the ranch and go to the "Hospital" to talk with Dr Jubilee about Dr Henry's business proposal
• Run across the street into Dusty's Cantina and deliver money to Dusty
• Ask Dusty what's on the menu, and eat some bar food +1375 XP
• In the bar, talk with Hoss to get Pathfinder but be careful in dialogue with him - he can attack you if you say the wrong thing
• Run behind the bar to the Brotherhood of Steel branch office, and Talk to the guard to be able to become an Initiate - your Gun Skill should be enough to get you in
• Now that you're a BoS member, you can enter their offices in various towns and report for duty. Go in and speak with Paladin Henrickson to get your first assignment
• If you brought 10 scorpion tails, you can provide them immediately for 330 XP and get your next assignment which takes you to Navarro, which is the Enclave's HQ
• Report back to Dr Henry to close the medical arrangement between him and Dr Jubilee, take a reward and get +660 XP
• Next, go into the police station an speak with Detective Stark about solving more crime cases
• Run back out thru the city gate and go back to the Rawhide Saloon. Report to Nora and choose the a Repair Tool (+220 XP), and report to Mira (+825 XP)
• Return to Buster on your way out of Shady Sands and give him those smokes (+880 XP and +300 Caps
• Exit to map, go nextdoor to NCR Train Station, talk with Ranger Captain +2200 XP and put on that new armor!
• From Shady Sands, hike 3 zones west to their quarry and give 1 Tool and 1 Radio to Leurick at the bottom by some rocks 550 XP, Level 14
• Distribute Skill Points: boost Small Guns to 161 + see stats below

Level 14	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
147 HP 94k XP 3k Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 161 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 40 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 75 Speech 5 Barter 12 Outdoorsman 150	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	4/22 so far: Swift Learner Gecko Skinning Dead Man Walking +Pathfinder	Wasteland Band Old Traditions Blood-Soaked Heroes +Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...	Carry Weight 133

• Travel northwest to Broken Hills in Zone 29:17, get Strong Back perk from Francis +23 Carry Weight
• Exit to map, go straight west to New Reno, and enter the Garage. Go inside and buy a Buggy from T-Ray. Congrats! Your new car appears in the garage!
• Click your Buggy to take off straight west for Gordon's Gas Station in Zone 14:18
  • Notice you now have a car key in your Inventory. Be careful not to move that key into the trunk of your vehicle - it can get locked inside, and you'll need someone with high Lockpick skill to open it
  • Also notice your vehicle has fuel and a gneral mechanical condition. Fuel gets used as you drive, and the car's condition deteriorates too.
  • When parked somewhere, use Science skill on a vehicle to see it's status. Add batteries to charge it up (refuel it), and use a Repair Tool on it to keep it in good running order
  • Your ability to fix your own car will be tied directly to your Repair skill, so expect to break Tools until your Repair is higher
  • IMPORTANT: If you ever are parking a car and accidentally get into a populated encounter, click the car immediately to exit and try again - otherwise get caught in unplanned combat
• Park next to Gordon's Gas Station in an empty random encounter, run in and speak carefully with Tamira to get the Ranger Support Perk
  • Diaogue options to avoid being attacked by Tamira: 11112121 (Who are you? The way you hold..., For some benefit..., Now i wouldn't call this..., Spit on the ground, I'm looking for someone..., By now you can guess..., You betchya!)
• Return to Buggy and drive straight north to Redding in Zone 14:11, and park next to town
• Enter Redding via the Mine entrance, and go into the Last Gasp Saloon. Ask Josh about how to properly bury the dead, 2200 XP
• Head nextdoor to speak with Dangerous Dan and get the Pack Rat Support Perk, and exit town, go back to your car and straight south to Zone 14:18
• Return to Buggy and drive northwest to Modoc in Zone 20:5 but don't stop there
• Go straight west from Modoc and find Den. Park next to town, arm yourself with a Tool (or a Super Tool Kit if you have one) and go in via Downtown
• Go into Becky's casino and ask Becky about fixing her game table. Arm your best repair tool in Slot 1, and use your Repair skill on the table closest to the door
• Report back to Becky that her table is fixed, 990 XP and exit back to the map
• Re-enter Den via the East Side, run up into Mom's Diner and ask her what's on the menu - choose a bar food (1375 XP) and exit, return to your car and head northwest to uncover Klamath
• No need to stop yet at Klamath, but uncovering these towns will allow you to get another Support Perk which makes map travel a little easier
• From Klamath, drive south by southwest along the coast to Zone 3:16 to find Navarro. Park in an empty random encounter and go into Navarro
• There at Navarro's entrance is a building with a gated area behind it. Go into that gated area to disover the mysterious red object. You'll know if you find it when you get the right text message
• As soon as you solve that little mystery, exit Navarro and go back to your car.
• Drive south along the coast to find San Francisco in Zone 9:25. Park near town and use a Folded Tent this time to set up a permanent parking place
  • Notice your tent is not exactly a tent! Ranger means you get Safe Houses, which have their own Workbench for Crafting. Nice, now walk into town and use the Tanker entrance
• Find Charlie in the bar in the back and recruit him back into Mick's band, 275 XP (notice there are some good merchants here)
• Exit the tanker, and find the Exit Grid straight to the far west, just in from the dock, and re-enter town via the main entrance
• Run straight west and find a gate in the fence. You're a BoS member now, so go straight into the BoS field office and report to Paladin Windsted about the red object
• Then talk to the other BoS guy there, the Quartermaster. He'll explain a few things about membership and direct you to Lost Hills from now on, but talk again with Paladin Windsted for your next assignment, 825 XP
• Paladin Windsted will give you your next assignment, which is your choice of two scouting missions. Head back to your car and drive back to Hub. Park at your original tent there
• Move your car key into Slot 2, and your Radio into slot 1, and put eveything else in the trunk of your car, including your armor - you need room to carry some very heavy things next
• Talk with Mick again in the Maltese Falcon to progress with The Wasteland Band quest, 1265 XP
• Go to the north church and report back to Father O'Shaughnessy about what you found out in the Last Gasp Saloon, 3850 XP
• Now go to the Water Merchants district, and speak with Mere to get a job driving water barrels to 3 towns (Broken Hills, Den, an San Francisco) and agree to take all 3 barrels at once
• Bring 2 more Folded Tents if you have them, and go to Broken Hills and park in an emtpy encounter right next to the town. Use a Folded Tent there to create another parking place
• Run into town, down the main street just past the open well, and deliver a water barrel to Marcus, 1320 XP
• Exit town, return to car and drive to Modoc, park near Ghost Farm and run into Ghost Farm to see it's all dead there. Get text message about it, and exit back to car
• Drive to Den next, set up another Safe House next to town, enter town via East Side, run into the The Hole saloon, and deliver a water barrel to Frankie, 1320 XP, Level 15
• Choose Lifegiver and distribute Skill Points: boost Small Guns to 171 and Repair to 92

Level 15	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
182 HP 105k XP 5k Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 171 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 50 Repair 92 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 150	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	5/8 so far: Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher +Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	8/22 so far: Swift Learner Gecko Skinning (more)	Wasteland Band Old Traditions Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

• Drive to SF next, and run into the first building on the left in the main square, and deliever the last water barrel to Lao Chou, 1320 XP
• Use the rear door in Lao Chou's building to go to the BoS field office through the brahmin pen. Enter the BoS bunker and report to Paladin Windsted again, and get your next assignment
• Drive to area around Mariposa Military Base. You may have to circle the base a few times to find the site where the squad fought some mutants. It's a ghastly scene
• One of the dead soldiers has a Super Stimpak. Find that and use your Doctor skill on Snyder to open dialogue. Do that again to complete this task - he never actually stands up, but says let's go (overhead text)
• Remember your car is in that location, so once you've helped Snyder, run back north to get tour car and drive back to SF to report again to Paladin Windsted for your next assignment, 825 XP
• Return to Hub and get paid by Mere in Water Merchants and pick up another 3 water barrels to deliver, 3300 XP
• You're often overweight at this point, so slow-walk back to your car, drop misc items somewhere, and repeat the water delivery route for more XP
• Drive to Broken Hills again and deliver a water barrel for 1320 XP, and see Brian on the way out (last building near Exit Grid) and pay him for a new Profession: Energy Expert 1!
• ---Read your Science Skill Book +6 Science skill---
  • Some time during your water runs, plan to visit Vault City and Gecko during daylight hours
• Check Pip-Boy for the time. If it's day time hours, go park between Vault City and Gecko, go into Vault City all the way to the end of the street but don't touch the gate - the guards will kill you
• Enter the tiny building on the right, go past Skeev and and get a Day Pass from Wallace. Now you get a better greeting from the gate guard as you approach the gate, and you can pass through it
• Go into the tiny building behind the FLC Bank, where Khol works, and access the computer terminal there. Read your email. You might need to leave in a hurry, 2200 XP
• Visit the clinic on the way out of town, and get the Medical Investigstion quest from "Doc" Andrew, and then exit town
• Visit Gecko just to the north and enter via the Scrapyard entrance, find Skeeter and talk with him twice:
  • Once about the message from Elmer and get a reply message from him on Holotape, and
  • Once about a mysterious part you're supposed to deliver to someone in Redding (no actual part item shows in your Inventory though), 1100 XP
• Run down into the main part of Gecko and find Keith in The Harp bar to recruit him back into Mick's band, 440 XP
• While in the bar, buy 1 Roentgen Rum from Wooz
• Visit the Vault City Train Station (150 XP) and talk to 4 people in there about the Medical Investigation
• Deliver next water barrel to Frankie in The Hole at Den, 1320 XP
• Park next to Redding and go into the Mine area again, and go talk with a mysterious stranger in one the three tents there, 1320 XP
• Delivery last water barrel to Lao Chau in SF again, 1320 XP, Level 16
• Distribute Skill Points: boost Small Guns to 175, Repair to 107, and Science to 51

Level 16	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
187 HP 120k XP 5k Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 175 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 51 Repair 107 Speech 5 Barter 12 Outdoorsman 150	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	8/22 so far: Swift Learner Boneyard Guard Gecko Skinning Snakeater Dead Man Walking Pathfinder Strong Back Pack Rat	Wasteland Band Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

• Visit the San Francisco Train Station and speak with 4 people there about the Medical Investigation
• Return to Hub, park car and go on foot over to Necropolis to deliver the return message from Skeeter to Elmer in Watershed, 3300 XP + 1 Geiger Counter
• Walk down to the Boneyard Train Station an speak with 4 people there about the Medical Investigation, 150 XP
• Walk back to Hub and enter Market, go tell Mick the good news about the band, 1650 XP
• Go to Hope, the lounge singer on stage, and catch your old Fedora hat (this allows you to continue with criminal cases for the Shady Sands police department
• Return to Mere again for another run of water barrels, 3300 XP
• Drive to Shady Sands, park somewhere near the NCR Train Station, go in there and speak with 4 people about the Medical Investigation, 150 XP
• Deliver a water barrel to Marcus again in Broken Hills, 1320 XP
• Park near Vault City, report to "Doc" Andrew about the Medical Investigation, 4125 XP
• Use your Day Pass during daytime hours to get past the gate in Vault City, and deliver the letter to Councilwoman McClaire in the FLC Bank, 1320 XP
• Deliver water barrel to Frankie in Den again, 1320 XP, Level 17
• Distribute Skill Points: boost Repair skill to 119, and Science to 52

Level 17	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
192 HP 136k XP 9k Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 175 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 21 Traps 21 Science 52 Repair 119 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 154	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	9/22 so far: Swift Learner Boneyard Guard Gecko Skinning Snakeater Dead Man Walking Pathfinder Strong Back Pack Rat	Wasteland Band Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

• Delivery last water barrel to Lao Chau again in SF, 1320 XP
• By now you're nearly overdue in repairing your vehicle, so get a Tool, put it in Slot 1, and use it on your Buggy. Use Science on the car to check it's condition now
• Return to Hub, park at your Tent, go into the Book Store in Hub's Market, and buy 2 Electronics Books. Read those to get Repair skill maxed at 125
• Return to Mere for payment, and get another set of water barrels - you're almost to Level 18 when you can get Bonus Rate of Attack, a very important perk, 3300 XP
• Make another round of water barrel deliveries to the same 3 towns: Broken Hills, Den, and San Francisco, and report back to Mere for a total of 7260 XP
• Repeat as needed to reach Level 18 - some challenges are waiting for you to get tougher and the level 18 perk is a big help, Level 18
• Choose Bonus Rate of Attack after you distribute Skill Points: Small Guns 180, Repair to 120, and Lockpick 32

Level 18	Skills	Reps	Primary Perks	Support Perks	Quests	Notes
197 HP 153k XP ?? Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 181 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 32 Traps 21 Science 52 Repair 120 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 154	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver +Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) Professions: Small Guns 1	9/22 so far: Swift Learner Boneyard Guard Gecko Skinning Snakeater Dead Man Walking Pathfinder Strong Back Pack Rat	Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...	CW + to 171

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• (Add Vault City Courier Services here)

• Run up to trappers near the burning barrel, and ask a child there about Light Step perk
• Run south through the building and speak with Meloy inside to get Toxic Caves location, but exit dialogue early - before tanker quest
• Exit town, drive back to The Den, enter via main entrance, and go into Becky's place
• Arm your tool in Slot 1, talk to Becky and try to fix her craps table 900xp
• Have Grisham exchange 20 Meat for 10 Jerky (go hunt some brahmin nearby to get meat if necessary)
• From Modoc, drive straight south to New Reno in Zone 20:18, and enter 2nd Street and go into the Shark's Club
• Inside the Shark's Club, use the stairs to go up 2 floors, talk with Bishop, then exit New Reno to map
• Drive west into desert to new map location, and park the car nearby
• Drink a beer if you have one, arm best HtH weapon to Slot 1, and go into quest location, defeat your enemies 1650xp
• Now find the location you got from Merk, to fight the Black Wipestress, which should also be not far from New Reno, maybe to the east
• Park car there, go there and defeat The Wipestress. Return to Merk at Shady Sands 1550xp
• It's time to head home - return to Buggy, and drive back to Hub, park at your Hub tent
• 5 Iguana-on-a-stick, 12 Broc, 6 Xander, 3 Fruit, 2 Filled Water Bags, and 1 Roentgen Rum
• Go into the Hub Post Office and speak with the Hub Chef about You Call This Soup?
• After delivering water to San Fran, park at your Hub tent, and go south to Library to speak with Katrina 4400xp
• Run north up to Post Office and talk to Head Postman about the book. Then check your mail 2750xp
• Return to your Hub tent, get all Metal Armors you have been being paid to do water runs, and sell them to Jacob in Hub Old Town
• Stop at Book Store when convenient, and buy additional Skill Books - you can read up to 10 of each
  • Read only as many Scout books as needed to get your Outdoorsman skill maxed at 175
  • Read 10 Small Guns and First Aid books next, to boost that skill so you can do some heavier fighting
  • Your Repair is already nearly maxed, but try reading 1 or 2 Electronics books to get it to 125
  • Read only as many Science books as it takes to max your Science skill at 125
  • Read 10 Barter books to optimize profits from Barter runs
• Go to Water Merchants, and continue with water deliveries to finance the rest of your Skill Books
• Also stop in the NCR Train Station and speak with Mantis the Ghoul to get Explorer 275xp
  • Now you can see the entire world map!
• Distribute Skill Points: wip

Level 19	Skills	Karma	Perks	Quests	Notes
202 HP 172k XP ?? Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 181 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 32 Traps 21 Science 52 Repair 120 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 154	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) 9/22 Support Perks Profession SG1	Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

• (more here)
• Distribute Skill Points: wip

Level 20	Skills	Karma	Perks	Quests	Notes
207 HP 191k XP ?? Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 181 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 32 Traps 21 Science 52 Repair 120 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 154	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) 9/22 Support Perks Profession SG1	Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

• (more here)
• Choose Lifegiver and distribute Skill Points: wip

Level 21	Skills	Karma	Perks	Quests	Notes
212 HP 210k XP ?? Caps 171 CW DR 15 PR 60 RR 40	Small Guns 181 Close Combat 140 Throwing 40 First Aid 22 Doctor 50 Lockpick 32 Traps 21 Science 52 Repair 120 Speech 5 Barter 4 Outdoorsman 154	Hub Criminals -25 Far Go 12, WM 1054, JT 14 Hub 894, LA Citizens 100 Commies 250, Tanker Ppl 250 Necrop Ghouls 250	Adrenaline Rush Toughness In Your Face! Even Tougher Lifegiver Bonus Rate of Attack Lifegiver (your choice) 9/22 Support Perks Profession SG1	Blood-Soaked Heroes Brotherhood of Steel: Welcome...

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• You need to craft a sledgehammer next, so Scavenge around Hub enough to find 1 Wood and 1 Metal Part
• Exit Hub and go to your Safe House at Junktown mine, drop all gear except Radio, craft 1 Sledgehammer, and hit the mine
• Work the mine until you have 60 or more Iron and 60 or more Minerals, and return to your Safe House
  • You will be overweight - that's okay - you don't have far to go
  • You'll probably be short on Junk here, so go into Hub and gather Junk from the barrels
  • Need Wood? Grab a hatchet and go into randoms in Zone 29:36 just a few pixels away until you find the right trees
• After you're done buying Skill Books, amass 15k extra Caps to get additional crafting professions:
  • Talk with Boyce in Junktown to pay for the 2nd level of Small Guns professional training
  • Go to Salvagers for Armorer 1 & 2
  • Brian in Broken Hills for Energy Weapons 1 & 2
  • Junktown doctor for Doctor 1 & 2
  • Dangerous Dan in Redding for Demolitions Expert 1

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• You are getting ready to go hunt random lockers, and find loot including Skill Books and Blueprints
  • Locker Hunting is smooth with Light Step (Traps 50), Doctor 100, and Lockpick 125 or more

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• Rail Line Gang
• Klamath Tanker
• Restore Hope to a Sad Farmer
• Find William's Daughter
• California Raiders
• Other than Blood-Soaked Heroes, you've completed most of the easier quests

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• Go to Powerhouse, talk with Thomas about optimizing the Powerhouse (need a part from Boyce)
• and ask Boyce about the part for Thomas - he gives it to you for free
• Return to the Powerhouse to give the part to Thomas, and use 1 epart on each of the 3 generators in the back room:
  • Repair the 3 generators by using an epart on each one
  • Then optimize each generator by using/re-using your Science skill over and over until success
  • Then click the power switch on each generator to power it up
• Report back to Thomas the good news about the generators working again 1375xp +Caps

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• As you search and scavenge, bring stuff back to your tent and build the following 4 piles of items:
• Quest Pile #4: 10 Meat Jerky, 5 Iguana-on-a-stick, 12 Broc, 6 Xander, 3 Fruit, 2 Filled Water Bags, and 1 Roentgen Rum