 | For the preacher randomly encountered in Fallout 4, see Preacher. |
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The Preacher, called Wastelander in-game, is an inhabitant of Seward Square in Fallout 3.
Background
The Preacher is standing on the second floor of a building in an alleyway west of the Ranger Compound entrance in Seward Square. From there, he preaches mad "logic" to anyone that can hear him, with intermittent complaints about severe headaches.
The topics of his rants vary. He rants about the apocalypse, the sun and the sun in a jar, trees to the north, and an evil worm that he plans to blow up with the explosives he gathered. The alley he overlooks has been rigged with 5 Frag Mines and 5 Mini Nukes that he detonates if anyone tries to get close to him.
There is a hostage (another wastelander) at the east end of the alley the Lone Wanderer can talk to about the booby-trapped alley and the Preacher.
Publication
In an alley just west of Reilly’s Ranger Compound, a lunatic has rigged up a P.A. system. His babble is nonsense, but it’s freaking out the locals. Find one of them at the southern entrance to this alley. Speak to the Wastelander about the situation, and attempt one of the following plans:
- Aim a Sniper Rifle at the preacher and shoot him before the explosion takes place, then gather up his explosives.
- Activate a Stealth Boy, ignore the madman’s babbling, and gather the explosives up.
- Convince the Wastelander to go in and greet the preacher, which he does, before getting caught in the firestorm.”— Fallout 3 Official Game Guide
Interactions overview
| Interactions | ||
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| This character drops an ear upon death (Contract Killer). | ||
Other interactions
- If the player approaches the Preacher, he will set off the charges (they go off even if the player disarmed all the mines and mini-nukes), moments after waving at the player character. The ledge he's on is inaccessible without stacking items or noclipping, and contains nothing of value.
- Dogmeat does not trigger the scripted explosion. This makes it easy to retrieve all of the Mini Nukes without using a Stealth Boy.
- The Lone Wanderer can talk to the hostage and, with a Charisma 1 check, convince him to confront the Preacher for negative Karma. This will result in him running towards the Preacher but being blown up by the Mini Nukes and killing the Preacher in the process.
- Speaking to the hostage once the Preacher is dead (assuming he was killed before he could set off the explosion event) will result in no dialogue, but rather a comment regarding how quiet it is now. He will still stay in the same place however, as there is no way to release the hostage.
Inventory
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Random Wasteland Outfit |
Quotes
- "Hungry... hungry... so hungry. What? No. I'm not hungry. The worm is hungry. Hungry for me, for you, and for fire."
- "Not one step further! Not one! Come no closer! I'll do it! I'll blow us all to hell! All of us! Me, you... and the worm..."
- "Beware worm, I shall destroy you with the fire of this small sun before me. BEWARE WORM! Not one step further!"
- "A great crack shall open in the earth and swallow the non-believers! And they shall weep. Weep! Weep! Tears of salt and earth and dirt!"
- "THE SUN! IT BURNS! Why does it burn? Why have we put the sun into a jar? And what did we do with that jar? We broke it all over our little world..."
- "Trees! So many trees! To the north! But be careful... the trees... are deadly, and the trees too will be consumed in the belly of the great fat worm!"
- "In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, your mother and my mother were hanging up clothes around the mulberry bush..."
- "Try new BLAMMO! Soap! Blasts stains out! Blasts the whole world out! We've all been BLAMMO'd!"
- "The sky will fall! The Earth will rise! The stars will shine open their toothy grins and caress the sun with their love!"
- "And the sun will rise in the north! No! The northwest! For forty-four days and sixty-seven nights! And we'll never notice!"
- "You don't know, you can't know. Little fools. You wish you knew! You wish! But only I know! Only me... only me... only me..."
- "Oh... God... it hurts. My head... why doesn't it ever stop hurting... why? Please... please... I can hear it! Moving! Pulsing! Just leave me alone!"
- "Fire, fire, burning bright... burning... fire... pain, misery, peace, love, murder, death, death, death, death... love..."
Appearances
The Preacher appears in Fallout 3.
Bugs
The player character may find the Preacher dead and the hostage missing, but all of the explosives still in place.
The Preacher will finish his sentence, even after he is killed.- There is often a possibility that the Preacher may not be killed by the explosion (usually because the player has managed to disarm the mines while wearing a Stealth Boy). This may stop any interaction with either the Preacher or hostage, and the message saying that they are fleeing will appear, even though they are walking normally.
Gallery
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The Preacher and his hostage
