Water Beggars

	For the water beggar met in a random encounter in Fallout 4, see The Water Beggar.

“I've been drinking this irradiated shit and... I can't do it. I just throw it up now. I need purified water... please...”— Water beggar

Water Beggars is an unmarked and repeatable quest in Fallout 3.

Quick walkthrough

Unmarked Quest: Water Beggars

While exploring the wastes find, and talk to, a water begging Wastelander.

Refuse to give the beggar water.

Give the beggar some water.

+50 Karma

Detailed walkthrough

A lot of Wastelanders are suffering dehydration and need Purified Water, which when given to them rewards the Lone Wanderer with positive Karma (+50). Denying them water causes them to die at the next map change, even if they were given purified water before. However, telling them to find their own water, and then giving them water is fine, and they live on. They do not die if they are not explicitly told to find their own water, however, and their death inflicts no karmic penalty on the player character.

Water beggars locations

Micky, outside Megaton
Carlos, outside Rivet City
Willy, outside Tenpenny Tower

Rewards

Karma +50
Karma -50 (With Modified FEV in Aqua Pura)

Notes

Giving them Aqua Pura with the FEV will incur -50 Karma.
The wastelander never drinks the water they are given and it can be pickpocketed back.
Ben Canning, a wastelander who appears in a random encounter, can be given purified water or dirty water in exchange for good Karma, but is not part of the same quest.
Individuals can be heard saying that the beggars are scammers and trick people into giving them money.

Quests in Fallout 3

Main quests		Baby Steps • Growing Up Fast • Future Imperfect • Escape! • Following in His Footsteps • Galaxy News Radio • Scientific Pursuits • Tranquility Lane • The Waters of Life • Picking Up the Trail • Rescue from Paradise • Finding the Garden of Eden • The American Dream • Take it Back! • Project Impurity

Side quests		Agatha's Song • Big Trouble in Big Town • Blood Ties • Head of State • The Nuka-Cola Challenge • Oasis • The Power of the Atom • Reilly's Rangers • The Replicated Man • Stealing Independence • Strictly Business • The Superhuman Gambit • Those! • Tenpenny Tower • Trouble on the Homefront • Wasteland Survival Guide • You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head

Unmarked quests		A Manhandled Manservant • A Nice Day for a Right Wedding • Happy Birthday to You • Church Donations • Collecting Holotags • Council Seat • Economics of Violence • Election Day • Fungus Deal • Gallows Humor • Geomapping with Reilly • Grady's Package • Hired Help • I Want to Drink Your Blood • Jiggs' Loot • Just for the Taste of It • Keller Family Refuge • Leo's Drug Habit • Lincoln's Profit Margins • Merchant Empire • Mississippi Quantum Pie • Murphy's Bombing Run • Nectar Collecting for Fun and Profit • Our Little Secret • Ryan Brigg's Wonder Meat • Searching for Cheryl • Slave Hunt • Strictly Profitable • The Kid-Kidnapper • The Lost Initiate • The Outcast Collection Agent • This Old House • Treatment • Walter's Scrap Metal • Water Beggars • Yearning for Learning • Zip's Nuka Fix

Add-on quests	Operation: Anchorage	Aiding the Outcasts • The Guns of Anchorage • Paving the Way • Operation: Anchorage!

	The Pitt	Free Labor • Into The Pitt • Mill Worker • Toys for Tots • Unsafe Working Conditions • Wild Bill's Last Stand • Slave Snitch

	Broken Steel	The Sorrowful Suitor • Blood Brotherhood • Death From Above • Getting Ready for Prime Time • Shock Value • Who Dares Wins • Holy Water • Protecting the Water Way • The Amazing Aqua Cura! • Wastelander Water Request

	Point Lookout	The Local Flavor • Walking with Spirits • Hearing Voices • Tailing the Tomboy • Thought Control • A Meeting of the Minds • A Spoonful of Whiskey • An Antique Land • Plik's Safari • The Dark Heart of Blackhall • The Velvet Curtain

	Mothership Zeta	Not of This World • Among the Stars • This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough... • The Legend of Zeta