The Slog

The Slog is a location and potential settlement in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Background
Before the Great War, The Slog was a public outdoor swimming pool and recreation area.

Following the exile of all ghouls by order of Mayor McDonough, one former resident, Wiseman, instead of heading to Goodneighbor with the majority of the ghoul populace, decided to found a settlement that would act as a safe haven for persecuted ghouls. Founding the community in the abandoned swimming pool, Wiseman and a group of former Diamond City ghouls began to produce tarberries by utilizing the swimming pool for farming. As word spread about the settlement, various pre-War ghouls began taking up residence within the establishment, including famous inventor Arlen Glass.

As the community grew, the settlement was still without a name. When a trader decided to take refuge there following a long journey, they described the trip as a "slog," but still thought the entire trek was worth the effort. Upon the eventual departure of the trader, Wiseman decided to name his small residency "The Slog," a metaphor to describe how living at the settlement would always be a challenge, but the endeavor would be worth it in the end.

The Slog eventually became one of the sole producers of tarberries in the Commonwealth. Due to the good reputation this garnered, Wiseman decided that maybe his community could become more than just a refuge for outcast ghouls. He believed it could become an example of how cooperation and an interest towards a common goal can achieve great things, and help ameliorate the misconceptions about and alienation of ghouls around the Commonwealth.

Layout
The concrete building consists of a main room with two entrances, as well as two parallel shower rooms containing several beds and chairs on either side of the entrance. The ghoul inhabitants grow tarberries in the swimming pool outside, along with a cornfield nearby where the workers produce their own food. A children's playground is located beyond a fence near the settlement.

Inhabitants

 * Wiseman
 * Deirdre
 * Jones
 * Holly
 * Arlen Glass
 * 3 unnamed workers

Notable loot

 * Snack bar note - On the counter inside the Advanced locked snack bar in the northeast.

Related quests

 * Giddyup 'n Go - Arlen Glass offers a quest to retrieve some toy parts from the Wilson Atomatoys factory in exchange for caps, the amount of which can be increased by passing up to three Charisma checks. If the Sole Survivor has already cleared the factory before meeting Arlen, a dialogue option will appear allowing the Sole Survivor to tell him where to find the toy parts he wants. Arlen will reward 150 caps as payment for the tip and decides to go to the factory himself, denying the player character the miscellaneous quest.
 * Holly - Arlen Glass can be given Marlene's holotape, a pre-War recording of his daughter and his wife who both died when the bombs hit more than two centuries ago. It can be found in his terminal, which in turn is located in the locked-down office on the uppermost level of the Wilson Atomatoys Corporate HQ. Returning the holotape to Glass will be rewarded with more caps and the Buttercup toy, a unique Giddyup Buttercup toy horse. If the Sole Survivor has already cleared the factory and listened to Marlene's holotape (this could also possibly require certain terminal entries read at the factory) before meeting Arlen, when he first introduces himself a dialogue option appears that allows the Sole Survivor to recognize him. There is then a yellow dialogue challenge on the response "Daughter?" when he asks how the Sole Survivor knows of him. He will then relate his sad tale of neglecting his daughter and how he should have been a better father. He can then be given her holotape resulting in the previously mentioned rewards.

Appearances
The Slog only appears in Fallout 4.

Bugs

 * Upon discovery, several (if not all) of the settlers may already be dead. If this occurs and their bodies are present on the ground, opening the console and clicking them for their ID and typing will restore them to functionality. If the bodies are missing body parts, resurrecting them via console will cause their mesh to bug. To fix this, open the console and click on the person and type  followed by  and  (otherwise they will recycle with no equipped items or items in their inventory). Quests may then be accepted from Wiseman and Arlen Glass. However, because the settlers were killed, resurrecting them will not restore their settler count for the settlement, in which case it is best to disable or kill them once all accepted quests are completed and turned in.

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