Fallout 3 quests

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This article lists all quests in Fallout 3.

General information

Every quest that appears in your Pip-Boy grants an achievement (on Xbox 360 and PC) or a trophy (on PlayStation 3) upon completion in base game only. Unmarked quests do not provide achievements/trophies. Side quests in Point Lookout and Broken Steel do not provide achievements/trophies either.

Most of the quests in Fallout 3 either involve or can be completed with a combat situation (e.g. killing Vance and The Family in Blood Ties).

There are 59 quests (main, side and repeatable) in the base game. The 5 add-ons provide for a further 35, which makes the total 94 quests.

Main quests

Main quests with names in italics can be skipped through a speech check. This is one of two ways to skip Galaxy News Radio (other than through unintentional glitches), the second way to skip through Galaxy News Radio is by going directly to Rivet City, Rescue from Paradise can also be skipped through use of Child at Heart to convince Robert MacCready to let the player character into Little Lamplight. Both quests can then be completed as a side quest at any time.

All quests up to Tranquility Lane can be skipped by finding and entering Vault 112. Doing so may cause some bugs and glitches. Another way is to glitch your way into the Citadel and find the Vault Locations Computer in the A ring. Doing so will skip you to the Picking Up the Trail quest and may cause a very large number of glitches.

Prologue

Icon	Name	Location	Acquired	Rewards	Form ID
	Baby Steps	Vault 101	Dad		00014E83
	Escape!	Vault 101	Amata	200 XP	00014E86
[[File:\|100x100px]]	Future Imperfect	Vault 101	Dad		00014E85
	Growing Up Fast	Vault 101	Dad	Pip-Boy 3000 BB Gun Grognak the Barbarian A birthday poem Sweetroll Kid's Baseball Cap	00014E84

Act One

Name	Location	Acquired	Rewards	Form ID
Galaxy News Radio	Galaxy News Radio Museum of Technology Washington Monument	Three Dog	400 XP Information about Dad's location Able to hear Galaxy News Radio at longer ranges Key to weapon cache in Hamilton's Hideaway	00014E88
Following in His Footsteps	Vault 101 Megaton GNR building plaza Rivet City Chevy Chase		Variable XP Up to 400 Caps (optional) Fat Man (optional)	00014E87
Scientific Pursuits	Rivet City Jefferson Memorial		500 XP	00014E89
Tranquility Lane	Vault 112 Tranquility Lane Simulation		600 XP	00014E8A

Act Two

Icon	Name	Location	Acquired	Rewards	Form ID
	The Waters of Life	Vault 112 Rivet City Jefferson Memorial	James	700 XP Power Armor Training (optional) Star Paladin Cross as a potential companion	00014E8B
	Picking Up the Trail	Citadel Little Lamplight	Elder Lyons	800 XP	00014E8C
	Rescue from Paradise	Little Lamplight Paradise Falls	Mayor MacCready, Sammy	Entry to Little Lamplight Accessing to Vault 87 900 XP	00014E8D
[[File:\|100x100px]]	Finding the Garden of Eden	Little Lamplight	Scribe Rothchild	1000 XP	00014E8E
[[File:\|100x100px]]	The American Dream	Raven Rock	President Eden	Power armor or recon armor Fawkes as a potential companion	00014E8F
	Take it Back!	Citadel Jefferson Memorial	Elder Lyons Sarah Lyons	End of game (without Broken Steel) Colonel Autumn's Laser Pistol Colonel Autumn's uniform 1200 XP	00014E91
	Project Impurity	Jefferson Memorial	John Henry Eden	End game -1000 Karma	00014E93

Side quests

Secondary quests

These quests are not necessary for game completion.

Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Agatha's Song	Agatha's House	Agatha	Agatha's Station or evil Karma Blackhawk or Good Karma (optional)	00014EA4
Big Trouble in Big Town	Big Town	Anyone in Big Town	300 XP Access to medical supplies and Lucky 8-ball 200-500 Caps	00014E94
Blood Ties	Megaton Arefu Meresti Metro Station	Lucy West Evan King	300 XP Schematics - Shishkebab Hematophage (optional)	00014E9C
Head of State	Temple of the Union Lincoln Memorial	Hannibal Hamlin	Schematics - Dart Gun 300-400 XP	00014E99
Oasis	Oasis	Harold	Barkskin or Linden's Outcast Power Armor and Poplar's Hood or Missile Launcher and Maple's Garb	0002A274
Reilly's Rangers	Underworld	Reilly or by tuning into the Ranger emergency frequency	Ranger Battle Armor or Eugene	00014EA5
Stealing Independence	Rivet City National Archives Arlington Library	Abraham Washington Sydney	400 caps and Schematics - Railway Rifle or Evil Karma	00014EA2
Strictly Business	Paradise Falls	Grouse	250 caps for each of the 4 targets Evil Karma	00014EA0
Tenpenny Tower	Tenpenny Tower	Gustavo Roy Phillips	500 caps and 10mm Submachine Gun or 700 caps and Chinese Assault Rifle or ghoul mask	00014E9F
The Nuka-Cola Challenge	Girdershade	Sierra Petrovita	1200 caps and Schematics - Nuka Grenade or 2400 caps	00014E98
The Power of the Atom	Megaton Tenpenny Tower	Lucas Simms Mister Burke	My Megaton House and 100-500 caps and good Karma or Tenpenny Tower Suite, 500-1000 caps and evil Karma	00014E9E
The Replicated Man	Rivet City	Dr. Zimmer	50 caps or A3-21's Plasma Rifle and/or Wired Reflexes	00014E9B
The Superhuman Gambit	Canterbury Commons	Uncle Roe	200-600 caps and Ant's Sting or 200-600 caps and Protectron's Gaze	00014E95
Wasteland Survival Guide	Megaton Underworld	Moira Brown	Wasteland Survival Guide, Survival Expert and various smaller rewards or Dream Crusher and evil Karma	00014E96
Those!	Grayditch	Bryan Wilks	Ant Might or Ant Sight and Lesko's Lab Coat (optional)	00014E97
Trouble on the Homefront	Vault 101	Vault 101 distress signal	Modified Utility Jumpsuit or 10 Cram	00014EA3
You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head	Underworld	Mister Crowley	400 caps and/or T-51b power armor	00014EA1

Unmarked quests

Aside from the major quests listed above, there are a number of minor ones that are not listed as quests in your Pip-Boy. They don't count as achievements or trophies either.

Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
300 Pieces of Silver	Megaton Springvale	Silver Colin Moriarty	Karma (good or bad) Moriarty friendly	-
A Manhandled Manservant	Rockopolis	Argyle's corpse	Key to Herbert "Daring" Dashwood's safe	-
A Nice Day for a Right Wedding	Rivet City	Angela Staley	Good Karma	-
Happy Birthday to You	Little Lamplight	Sticky	Party hat	-
Council Seat	Rivet City	Bannon	Schematics - Deathclaw Gauntlet Shop discount Shop price increase	-
Economics of Violence	Paradise Falls	Pronto	20% discount at Lock and Load Better shop inventory	-
Election Day	Republic of Dave	Dave	25 caps	-
Gallows Humor	Citadel	Paladin Kodiak	1000 caps	-
Grady's Package	Marigold Station	Grady's corpse	Naughty Nightwear	-
Hired Help	The Ninth Circle, Underworld	Ahzrukhal	Charon as a companion	-
Jiggs' Loot	Museum of Technology	Prime (via terminal)	500 caps Xuanlong Assault Rifle	-
Just for the Taste of It	Nuka-Cola Plant, Red Racer Factory	Winger Mercier's corpse	250-400 caps	-
Keller Family Refuge	Capital Wasteland	A Keller family transcript	Experimental MIRV 5 Mini Nukes Random loot	-
Leo's Drug Habit	Megaton	Doc Church Mister Burke	Good or evil Karma Medical supplies XP	-
Lincoln's Profit Margins	Museum of History	Abraham Washington Hannibal Hamlin Leroy Walker	Caps	-
Merchant Empire	Canterbury Commons	Uncle Roe	Improved inventories and repair abilities for caravan merchants Crow's eyebot helmet Mini Nuke Stimpaks Stealth Boys	-
Our Little Secret	Andale	Old Man Harris	Good Karma some loot	-
Searching for Cheryl	L'Enfant South	Finding the burial mound	Mini Nuke various loot	-
Slave Hunt	Rivet City	Mei Wong	Evil or good Karma and location of the Temple of the Union	-
The Kid-Kidnapper	Paradise Falls	Eulogy Jones	Boogeyman's Hood	-
The Lost Initiate	Falls Church	Paladin Hoss	250 XP and 100 caps or 250 XP and good Karma	-
Treatment	Megaton	Walter	XP and caps or XP and good Karma	-
Overdose	Rivet City	Paulie Cantelli	Negative Karma	-

Repeatable quests

Some characters want specific items. These can be repeatedly given for XP, caps, or Karma.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Traded items		Quest ID
Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Bring	Receive	Quest ID
	Church Donations	Megaton, Rivet City	Confessor Cromwell Father Clifford	10, 50, or 100 caps	1 point of good Karma for each cap donated	-
	Collecting Holotags	Citadel	Scribe Jameson	Brotherhood of Steel Holotag	100 caps and 25 XP	-
	Fungus Deal	Little Lamplight	Lucy, Eclair	Buffout, Strange Meat	Cave Fungus	-
	Geomapping with Reilly	Ranger Compound	Reilly	Pip-Boy 3000 locations	30 caps per location	-
	I Want to Drink Your Blood	Meresti Metro Station	Vance	Blood Pack	15 caps	-
	Mississippi Quantum Pie	Girdershade	Sierra Petrovita	Nuka-Cola Quantum, Vodka, Flour	Miss. Quantum Pie	-
	Murphy's Bombing Run	Northwest Seneca Station	Murphy	Sugar Bombs	15 caps per box, 30 with persuasion; eventually he will sell ultrajet to you (one per 8 boxes).	-
	Nectar Collecting for Fun and Profit	Grayditch	Doctor Lesko	Fire Ant Nectar	40 caps per sample	-
	Ryan Brigg's Wonder Meat	Jury St. Station	Wonder Meat Maker	Mole Rat Meat, Wonderglue	Mole Rat Wonder Meat	-
	Strictly Profitable	Paradise Falls	Grouse	Slaves	Caps	-
	The Outcast Collection Agent	Fort Independence	Protector Casdin	Power armor, Scrap Metal, Energy Weapons, Sensor Module. Protector Casdin however will not buy Brotherhood armor.	5.56mm Rounds, Frag Grenades, RadAway or Stimpaks. Access to Fort Independence.	-
	This Old House	Underworld	Winthrop	Scrap Metal	Trade 5 pieces of scrap metal for a stimpak, Rad-X, or RadAway	-
	Walter's Scrap Metal	Megaton	Walter	Scrap Metal	10 caps, XP, or good Karma	-
	Water Beggars	Outside Megaton Outside Rivet City Outside Tenpenny Tower	Micky Carlos Willy	Purified Water, Aqua Pura(Broken Steel)	Good Karma	-
	Yearning for Learning	Arlington Library	Scribe Yearling	Pre-War Book	100 caps, 10 XP	-
	Zip's Nuka Fix	Little Lamplight	Zip	Nuka-Cola	Various items	-

Add-on quests

Operation: Anchorage

These quests are only available after Operation: Anchorage has been installed.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Main quests
	Aiding the Outcasts	Bailey's Crossroads	Outcast distress signal	100 XP	xx0009BE
	The Guns of Anchorage	Anchorage Reclamation Simulation (Outcast Outpost)	Sgt. Benjamin Montgomery	100 XP	xx0009BF
	Paving the Way	Anchorage Reclamation Simulation (Outcast Outpost)	General Chase	100 XP	xx0009C0
	Operation: Anchorage!	Anchorage Reclamation Simulation (Outcast Outpost)	General Chase	100 XP, Chinese stealth armor, Gauss Rifle, winterized T-51b power armor, various other loot, Covert Ops perk (possibly)	xx0014F6

The Pitt

These quests are only available after The Pitt has been installed.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Main quests
	Into The Pitt	Radio Tower Train Tunnel	Wernher	150 XP	xx00108C
	Unsafe Working Conditions	Pitt Steelyard The Mill The Hole	Midea	150 XP, Auto Axpert, Pitt Fighter, various weapons and armor	xx00108B
	Free Labor	Haven Wernher's Hideout	Krenshaw	150 XP, Ashur's Power Armor, Booster Shot, access to the Ammo Press	xx00108D
Unmarked quests
	Mill Worker	Pitt Steelyard	Everett	Various weapons and armors	-
	Wild Bill's Last Stand	Downtown Pitt Steelyard	Milly	Wild Bill's Sidearm, Stimpaks	-
	Slave Snitch	The Mill	Brand	2 Stimpaks, negative Karma	-
Repeatable quests
	Toys for Tots	Downtown Haven	Midea Sandra	30 Caps	-

Broken Steel

These quests are only available after Broken Steel has been installed.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Main quests
	Death From Above	Citadel Rockland Car Tunnel Satellite Relay Station	Elder Lyons	1300 XP	xx000802
	Shock Value	Citadel Old Olney S. Wilson Building Olney Powerworks	Paladin Tristan	1400 XP	xx000AFD
	Who Dares Wins	Citadel Presidential Metro Adams Air Force Base	Paladin Tristan	1500 XP, Tesla Cannon	xx0011AD
Side quests
	Holy Water	Jefferson Memorial Megaton Holy Light Monastery	Scribe Bigsley	100 XP, 300 caps	xx004C75
	Protecting the Water Way	Jefferson Memorial Rivet City Wilhelm's Wharf	Scribe Bigsley	100 XP, various weapons and armors	xx003B42
	The Amazing Aqua Cura!	Museum of History Jefferson Memorial Museum Authority Building	Scribe Bigsley Griffon	100 XP and\or caps every few days visiting griffon	xx003B67
Unmarked quests
	The Sorrowful Suitor	Presidential Metro La Maison Beauregard	Sorry, my darling holotape	All-Nighter Nightwear, Lag-Bolt's Combat Armor, Lag-Bolt's Shades	-
	Wastelander Water Request	Megaton	Caravan guards Megaton Settlers		-
Repeatable quests
	Getting Ready for Prime Time	Citadel	Scribe Rothchild	Camera: 100 caps, 25 XP Sensor module: 75 caps, 10 XP	-
	Blood Brotherhood	Citadel	Paladin Tristan	50 caps, 10 XP	-

Point Lookout

These quests are only available after Point Lookout has been installed.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Main quests
	The Local Flavor	Riverboat Landing Duchess Gambit Calvert Mansion	Notification	Superior Defender	xx005846
	Walking with Spirits	Ark & Dove Cathedral Sacred Bog Entrance	Desmond	300 XP, Punga Power!	xx005847
	Hearing Voices	Ark & Dove Cathedral Calvert Mansion Sea Cave	Desmond	300 XP	xx005848
	Thought Control	Calvert Mansion Boardwalk	Desmond	300 XP	xx005849
	A Meeting of the Minds	Calvert Mansion Point Lookout Lighthouse	Desmond	Microwave Emitter	xx00584A xx00584B
Side quests
	A Spoonful of Whiskey	Marguerite's Shack	Marguerite	50 XP, 300 caps, 6 moonshine	xx003F70
	An Antique Land	USS Ozymandias (Point Lookout)	Bysshe Energy Partners terminal	50 XP, expedition supplies, Bio-Gas Canisters	xx002F18
	Plik's Safari	Coastal Grotto (Point Lookout)	Plik	100 XP, The Dismemberer, Ghoul Ecology	xx009B5E
	The Dark Heart of Blackhall	Blackhall Manor Ritual Site	Obadiah Blackhall	100 XP, 1000 caps or 100 XP, good Karma	xx002F47
	The Velvet Curtain	Homestead Motel Sub Recovery Site	Terminal in room 1D	350 XP, Backwater Rifle	xx00436E
Unmarked quests
	Tailing the Tomboy	Riverboat Landing Ark & Dove Cathedral	Catherine	10 Refined Punga Fruits, 300 caps	-

Mothership Zeta

These quests are only available after Mothership Zeta has been installed.

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
Main quests
	Not of This World	Mothership Zeta	Notification	300 XP	xx000802
	Among the Stars	Mothership Zeta	Sally	300 XP	xx000803
	This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough...	Mothership Zeta	Sally	600 XP, Captain's Sidearm	xx000804
Unmarked quests
	The Legend of Zeta	Mothership Zeta	Self	Alien Archivist achievement/trophy	xx003419