Wasteland Survival Guide (quest)

 is a Fallout 3 quest. It is also an Xbox 360 and PC achievement.

Moira, the owner of the Craterside Supply store in Megaton, wants you to help her research a guide to the wastelands that she is writing.

Objectives and walkthrough
Chapter 1

Contract Radiation Sickness
Moira wants you to get radiation sickness, 200 rads will do, but 600 rads (optional quest) will be great, when you do, she will experiment her remedies on you, and you will get cured, plus, she will give you some Rad-X and Rad Away, and they will be available to buy from her.

If you choose to get 600 rads, when curing you Moira remarks that you still have a "teeny, tiny, um, mutation". You also gain the Rad Regeneration perk.

The best simplest and quickest way to achieve this mission is to walk to the either the mens or womans restroom in Megaton and drink from the toilet until you contract over 600 rads. After you have reached 600 rads walk back to the Craterside Supply and speak to Moira to complete the mission. Due to the close proximity you wont have to be subjected to the adverse effects of radiation poisoning for long.

Find food at the Super Duper Mart
Optional: Find medicine in the Super Duper Mart.

The mart is nearby Megaton and will appear on your map. It is easy to find, but filled with raiders.

At the front of the Mart, opening a refrigerator will trigger the first part of the quest.

At the back of the Super Duper Mart there is a pharmacy, one of the raiders has a key to unlock the door. Inside, a First Aid stash can be found, which is enough to complete the optional part of the quest. There is also a capsule with a Protectron robot on it and a terminal(very easy) that can be hacked to activate the robot. It will say "breach of security detected" and will walk away, attacking any raiders it encounters. At the exit of the pharmacy there will be two raiders, one of them has a Chinese Officer's Sword.

Moira will reward you with a Food Sanitizer.

Traversing a Mine Field
Moira will ask you to head to a town called Minefield to Disarm and Retrieve a Frag Mine. When you reach the town, look carefully at the winding road leading up the hill. There will be small, yellow discs placed on the street. Simply run up to it and rapidly tap the Action button and you should disarm and retrieve it. You must repeat this process until you get to the Playground at the center of the town.

Note: A Sniper, Arkansas will shoot at the two cars along the road. When you see one catch fire, run back down and wait for the explosion. Upon reaching the playground, the sniper will be there and will be taking shots at you. You can kill him, but it is recommended to wait until later, as he is a character you get a Contract to kill.

Moira will reward you with a number of Stimpacks

Chapter 2

Test the repellent on Mole Rats
Moira wants you to test her Mole Rat Repellent on some Mole Rats. To complete the objective, test it on 3 Mole Rats by hitting them with the repellent.

Optional: Test the repellent on 7 more Mole Rats

Note: This is pretty easy to do if you choose to do this passively. As you are doing other things and adventuring through the wasteland, any time you see a Mole Rat just kill it. You can do this in 1-2 hours. The reward for this quest is the Radiation Suit.

Place an observer unit inside a mirelurk nest
The next mission is to place an observer unit inside a mirelurk nest, you need to enter the Anchorage War Memorial. This is a large dark chamber filled with 5-15 mirelurks.

Optional: Place the observer unit inside the nest without killing a mirelurk.

Note: The easiest way to do this without killing any mirelurks is to continue until you get the main room with several stories and jump over the balcony into the floor, containing the nest. Afterward, run and follow the waypoints until you get out. Your reward for this is the shady hat.

Injure yourself for more than 50% of your Health
The next mission is to simply return to Moira with less than 50% of your health.

Optional: Return with a crippled body part.

Note: This can easily be done by jumping off of the balcony that you see just as you walk outside of Craterside Supply 2-3 times. This will not only cripple you, but also put you below the 50% HP mark.