The Hold Out

Far Harbor side quest
The Hold Out
Location	The Last Plank National Park visitor's center
Given By	Mitch
Rewards	300+ XP 610 caps Fire Belly recipe National Park visitor's center as a settlement (Hard Speech check) 3 stimpaks 2 RadAway
Actors	Uncle Ken
Quest Chain
Previous	The Changing Tide
Technical
Editor ID	DLC03FarHarborS01
Form ID	xx00A991

The Hold Out is a side quest in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Quick walkthrough

Far Harbor side quest: The Hold Out

Talk to Mitch.

Reward: Whiskey

(Hard Speech check) Persuade Mitch to increase the reward.

Reward: 3 stimpaks 2 RadAway

Travel to the National Park visitor's center.

Talk with Uncle Ken.

Reward: National Park visitor's center as a settlement

Defend the visitor's center.

Talk with Uncle Ken.

Let Uncle Ken stay at the visitor's center.

(Speech Check) Persuade Uncle Ken to go to Far Harbor.

Report to Mitch.

Reward: 300 XP 610 caps Fire Belly recipe

Detailed walkthrough

This quest does not become available until Rite of Passage is completed.

Start the quest by talking to Mitch in Far Harbor's bar, The Last Plank. He will ask the Sole Survivor to check on his uncle and possibly bring him back to Far Harbor.

Travel to National Park visitor's center. Beware of the mines and traps near the entrances, but try not to disarm them since they will help later. Once inside, talk to Uncle Ken and tell him that Mitch asked to check on him. He will immediately warn of an imminent trapper attack. The Sole Survivor can use the workshop immediately afterwards, but resources are slim at the visitor's center.

Repel the attacking trappers. Once they are dead, talk to Uncle Ken again. With some difficult charisma checks he can be persuaded to go to Far Harbor; doing so will result in him being present when returning to Mitch and will change the dialogue slightly, but provide no additional rewards. Regardless of the result, return to Mitch for payment. After the quest is completed, Mitch will send two new settlers to the location. If the player character did not convince Uncle Ken to leave, he will remain in the settlement and become a settler.

Companion reactions

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Paladin Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Convince Uncle Ken to return to Far Harbor.	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?

Quest stages

Quest stages
Stage	Status	Description	Log Entry
100		Search for Uncle Ken	I've accepted a job from Mitch to find his uncle at the National Park visitor's center. He's the only person still living on the interior of the island and may be in danger.
200		Defend the Visitor's Center	I found Uncle Ken just in time to help defend him and his farm from a trapper attack.
300		Talk with Uncle Ken	The Visitor's Center is secure. I should talk with Uncle Ken.
400		Return to Mitch	I finished talking with Uncle Ken and should head back to the Last Plank in Far Harbor to talk to his nephew, Mitch.
500		Turned in with Mitch	Mitch was relieved that his uncle is alive and well. Another job complete.
600		Quest Completed
9000		Quest Failed

Notes

• Even if the player character hasn't spoken to Uncle Ken or set up any defenses, the Trappers will launch their attack a minute or two after the player character arrives at the Visitor Center.
• Uncle Ken is marked as protected in the Creation Kit and as such he cannot be killed by enemy attacks. However, if he is hit by an attack from the Sole Survivor while downed, he will die and thus the quest will fail. This includes Uncle Ken running into any mines the player character has set.
• Sleeping even an hour before speaking to Uncle Ken will result in being attacked shortly after, with no time to set up defenses. One may not have enough time to speak to him at all.
• If Uncle Ken is convinced to return to Far Harbor, Mitch will say nothing about sending additional settlers to the Visitor's Center, but they will still appear.

Far Harbor Quests Main quests Far From Home •  Walk in the Park •  Where You Belong •  Best Left Forgotten •  The Way Life Should Be •  Cleansing the Land •  Reformation •  Close to Home Side quests Ablutions •  Acadian Ideals •  Blood Tide •  Brain Dead •  Data Recovery •  Forbidden Knowledge •  Hull Breach •  Hunting the Hunter •  Living on the Edge •  Rite of Passage •  Safe Passage •  Search and Destroy •  Shipbreaker •  The Arrival •  The Changing Tide •  The Great Hunt •  The Heretic •  The Hold Out •  The Price of Memory •  The Trial of Brother Devin •  Turn Back the Fog •  Visions in the Fog •  What Atom Requires •  Witch Hunt Achievements Cleansing the Land •  Close to Home •  Far From Home •  Hooked •  Just Add Saltwater •  New England Vacationer •  Push Back the Fog •  The Islander's Almanac •  The Way Life Should Be •  Where You Belong Locations The Island •  Acadia •  Aldersea Day Spa •  Atom's Spring •  Beaver Creek Lanes •  Briney's Bait and Tackle •  Brooke's Head Lighthouse •  Children of Atom Shrine •  Cliff's Edge Hotel (Vault 118) •  Cranberry Island (Bog •  Docks •  Supply shed) •  Dalton farm •  DiMA's cache •  Eagle's Cove Tannery •  Echo Lake Lumber •  Eden Meadows Cinemas •  Far Harbor (The Last Plank) •  Fringe Cove docks •  Glowing Grove •  Haddock Cove •  Harbor Grand Hotel •  Horizon Flight 1207 •  Huntress Island •  Kitteredge Pass •  Longfellow's cabin •  MS Azalea •  Nakano Residence •  National Park campground •  National Park visitor's center •  National Park HQ •  Northwood Ridge Quarry •  Oceanarium •  Old Pond House •  Pine Crest Cavern •  Radiant crest shrine •  Rayburn Point •  Rock Point camp •  Ruined church •  Ruined Radio Tower •  Southwest Harbor •  The Nucleus (Nucleus Command Center •  The Vessel) •  Vim! 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