Walter (Fallout 3)

Walter spends his days minding the machines and fixing drainage devices that break. He's increasingly worried about the state of the of the water and drainage structure and knows it won't hold for much longer - and neither will he. At 61, he's one of the oldest residents of Megaton.

Related Quests
If you question Walter about how you can help out around Megaton, he will present you with the free-form quest Treatment, complete the task of hunting down three leaking pipes scattered around Megaton. If the quest is completed, the player will be compensated with 200 caps and 100XP. Completing the quest also allows the player to return to Walter with any Scrap Metal they find. They can turn in the pieces they find for 10 caps and 5XP each, or donate the pieces for positive karma and the 5XP.

Loot

 * Lead Pipe
 * RobCo Jumpsuit

Appearances
Walter only appears in Fallout 3.

Not to be mistaken with Initiate Walter, one of the Followers of the Apocalypse in Fallout.

Bugs

 * There used to be an issue where Walter (along with other named Megaton residents) would disappear from the town. This has been corrected in the latest patches (not confirmed on PC version 1.5, and remains to be corrected on the ps3 version). Walter was in an outworld place but not dead, so I could move him back in the world with help of the console).
 * Walter will also wander around in the airplane structure on the roof of Lucas Simms' house, which is accessible through a trap door in the ceiling. He might fall from this area while attempting to return to the water processing plant, meeting his demise on the pipes below.
 * If you go behind him and step around him a bit you can actually "drink" from him. It gives you 30 hp and +3 rads. It is seen as a crime which makes Walter attack you.
 * It is possible that after a long time, the dialogue option " what can I do to help out around here?" reappears even if you have already fixed the pipes. If you have repaired the piped, you can then say the pipes are all fixed. He will ask you to collect scrap metal, give you 200 caps and 100 XP. It is currently unknown if this bug is repeatable.
 * If you give Walter more than 1000 Scrap Metal pieces, you will be paid for all of them, but only 1000 will be removed from your inventory.