Wayward Souls

Wayward Souls is a main quest in the Fallout 76 add-on Wastelanders.

Walkthrough
Returning to Vault 76 and speaking with Pennington by the "Vault-Tec Celebrates 300 Years Of America" arch where he is normally found, he mentions noticing a pair of, what he calls "non-Vault types," standing in the courtyard below. He asks the player characters to see what they want. Upon speaking with the two women, Lacey and Isela, they mention a new tavern that recently opened just down the hill named "The Wayward" sent them up to the vault as they heard rumors of treasure inside, only to learn that Vault 76 is sealed and inaccessible due to its programming to shut down once all residents have left. With little other options left to them, the women suggest the player characters head down to "The Wayward" and speak with the owner regarding the treasure rumors they heard about.

Once there, head inside to find the owner, Duchess, being held at gunpoint by Batter, demanding information on someone named Crane. The player characters can either try to intervene of their own accord, but if not, Batter is shot and killed by Duchess' local regular, the ghoul Mort. After this interaction, Duchess can be interacted with, both as a vendor and with inquiring as to the altercation the player characters just witnessed. If certain conversation options are chosen, Duchess asks the player character to set up a ruse in their C.A.M.P. to lure more of Batter's kind to them to get information on their leader in the hopes of getting them to leave her alone. She also suggests to the player characters that, if they need help with their C.A.M.P., just ask Mort since he knows a thing or two about them himself. This completes the quest and starts the next one, "Hunter for Hire."