Grayditch

Grayditch was once a community on the outskirts of the D.C. ruins. Until recently, it was inhabited by a handful of survivors, including Dr. Lesko. The town has been taken over by a colony of mutated Fire Ants. The player is brought to Grayditch through Bryan Wilks, a boy who is the sole survivor of the town.

Much like Evergreen Mills, Three Dog will continue to discuss the "sudden silence" of Grayditch, regardless of the player's actions. Finishing Those! only adds a news report on how the player handled the Fire Ant infestation and whether the player found Bryan Wilks a foster parent.

Characters
Bryan Wilks is one of the last survivors of Grayditch, there is also a man sometimes seen fleeing from Grayditch who also talks to you. Bryan Wilks contacts the player to save his father, who he fears is trapped or dead. Bryan will run up to the player when he is near Grayditch and beg for assistance, kicking off Those!.

Dr. Lesko worked in a small workshop next door to the Wilks' home. According to his computer archives, Dr. Lesko was involved with the accidental creation of the Fire Ants. Lesko hoped that he would be able to return the mutated ants to their original size through genetic re-sequencing. For some reason, batch A27 became a disastrous failure, and the ants overran the town. Dr. Lesko hid in a room in the nearby Marigold Station, where he continues his experiments. It is possible to acquire the Ant Sight (+1 Perception and fire resist) or Ant Might (+1 Strength and fire resist) perks from Dr. Lesko if you choose to help him destroy five ant guardians in the area without destroying the Ant Queen (however, with a successful Speech test or a high Science skill, you may convince him killing the Ant Queen was for the best and still receive the perk reward.) If you push Dr. Lesko about what he will give you for completing that quest, he will add Lesko's Lab Coat to the quest reward.

Body of another inhabitant of Grayditch - William Brandice - can be found north of Doctor Lesko's Marigold Lab. On the body you can find a Wasteland Surgeon Outfit (Medicine +5). You also get the key to his footlocker in his Grayditch home containing a Missile Launcher and a Missile. His home seats right opposite to the Wilks'.

Another survivor of Grayditch can be found in a Random encounter. The survivor is not mentioned by Bryan should you ask about the residents, but if spoken to, the location of Grayditch will be marked on your map.

Houses

 * Lesko's shack
 * Wilks' house
 * Brandices' house - William's Footlocker, Toolbox behind busted fridge contains a random gun and ammo to go along with the gun found.
 * Two abandoned houses
 * Dumpster behind diner (Key can be given from Bryan using speech when quest is first given)

In abandoned houses can be found:
 * 10mm Pistol
 * Guns and Bullets book in the NE abandoned house (east of Brandices') in a crate. The crate is on the bookshelf to the right just after you enter the house
 * Hunting Rifle
 * Chinese Assault Rifle
 * Various ammunition
 * Buffout, Mentats, Med-X, Psycho
 * Pre-War Money
 * First Aid Boxes

Wastelander Outpost
This Outpost can be found in the building that forms the southwest border of Grayditch. The outpost doors are found on the south side of the building. Four hostile Ghoul Wastelanders live inside, and they have trapped a Super Mutant inside a locked cage (very hard difficulty).
 * A booby-trapped terminal is present in the room with the caged Super Mutant. If you have Explosives 45 or greater, you can access the rear panel of the Terminal for a frag grenade.
 * A Nuka Cola Quantum may be found in a box next to the chem lab in the same room as the Super Mutant. A Mini Nuke is on the floor in the same room.
 * A gun cabinet in the room with the Super Mutant may contain a Scoped .44 Magnum.

Sewer
South of the Wastelander Outpost above (found directly west of Falls Church Metro map marker) is a slightly radioactive sewer that can be accessed from the bottom of a crater. Deathclaws, strangely, are seen in the sewers.
 * Two groups of Feral Ghoul Roamers and a Glowing One can be encountered within this sewer system.
 * Within the northernmost part of the sewer at some Wastelander corpses, a Gun Case can be found containing a Missile Launcher, and an ammunition box with Missiles within it.
 * A Wastelander corpse found in the southwest portion of the sewer will be accompanied by some Grenade Boxes.
 * On picking up loot in the upper section of the sewer, an additional Ghoul and Glowing One may spawn downstairs, as well as a new gas leak (PC confirmed)

Talon Company Camp

 * West of Grayditch is a Talon Company Camp.

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3.

Related quests

 * Those!

Known Issues

 * Grayditch has been known to cause crashes and bugs, especially before cleared of Giant Ants; it is recommended that you save often in this area.

Bugs
Start by going to the second floor then jump onto the ledge of the furthest NE window and continue simply up from there.
 * The player can access the roof of the house 3 houses over from the Brandices, by climbing several edges on the wall to hop to the top.