Wayward Souls

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

Background
A full year has elapsed since the Reclamation Day. The Vault 76 residents succeeded in containing the Scorched threat: Although not eliminated, they are no longer an extinction-level threat to humanity, and humans are starting to return to Appalachia, establishing new settlements, outposts, and even... a bar.

Walkthrough
Returning to Vault 76, or upon exiting it after completing "Reclamation Day", speak with Pennington by the "Vault-Tec Celebrates 300 Years Of America" arch where he is normally found, and 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 Drummond and Isela Mejia, 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.

Alternatively, the player can visit Roper over at the WV Lumber Co.. The leader of the Free Radicals will send the player to the Wayward to track down a treasure for him. The result is the same as following the Lacey and Isela path.

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, though if the player characters intervene, most choices they have to choose from based on SPECIAL stats will result in Batter still meeting his end by Mort and his 10mm pistol. 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.

Quest stages
Души «Уэйуорда»