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
Image | Icon | Name | Location | Acquired | Rewards | Form ID |
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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
Image | Icon | 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
Image | Icon | Name | Location | Acquired | Rewards | Form ID |
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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.
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.
Repeatable quests
Some characters want specific items. These can be repeatedly given for XP, caps, or Karma.
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 |
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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 |
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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.
Point Lookout
These quests are only available after Point Lookout has been installed.
Mothership Zeta
These quests are only available after Mothership Zeta has been installed.
Icon | Name | Location(s) | Given by | Reward | Quest ID |
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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 |