What Atom Requires

Quest stages

What Atom Requires is an overarching quest that has no actual target itself but serves as a checklist for a number of different Children of Atom side quests instead.

(Optional) Show the icon to the High Confessor completes after talking to Tektus about the icon that is found during Visions in the Fog.
(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot starts the quest The Heretic.
(Optional) Help the High Confessor starts the quest Witch Hunt.
(Optional) Help Zealot Ware starts the quest The Trial of Brother Devin.
(Optional) Help Sister Mai starts the quest Ablutions.

Finishing any of these quests also marks the respective optional task from What Atom Requires as complete. Once all active optional tasks are completed, What Atom Requires will be considered finished as well, resulting in gaining the appropriate reward in XP.

Note that only the first three tasks are given by default once the quest is started; the prompts to help Sister Mai and Brother Ware appear upon overhearing ambient chatter of random Children of Atom in the Nucleus, or simply by talking to the quest givers. Both related quests can also be done after What Atom Requires has been finished.

Main quests

War Never Changes • Out of Time • Jewel of the Commonwealth • Unlikely Valentine • Getting a Clue • Reunions

Dangerous Minds • The Glowing Sea • Hunter/Hunted • The Molecular Level

Institutionalized • From Within • Inside Job • Underground Undercover

Quest stages
Stage	Status	Description	Log Entry
10		Help the Children of Atom	I've joined the Children of Atom. If I want to really earn a place for myself in this family, it'd probably be worth asking around to see if anyone could use my help.
10		(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot
10		(Optional) Show the Icon to the High Confessor
300		(Optional) Help Zealot Ware
400		(Optional) Help the High Confessor
500		(Optional) Help Sister Mai
600			I've aided the brothers and sisters of the Nucleus, proving my worth to Atom and his Children.
750		Quest Failed

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! Pop factory • Waves Crest Orphanage • Wind Farm Maintenance • Zephyr Ridge Camp

Items	Weapons	Admiral's Friend • Atom's Judgement • Bear Trap • Bleeding Bear Trap • Bloodletter • Butcher's Hook • Caltrops • December's Child • Defender's Harpoon Gun • Fencebuster • Harpoon Gun • Kiloton Radium Rifle • Lever-action rifle • Lucky Eddy • Meat Hook • Old Reliable • Poisoned caltrops • Pole hook • Radical Conversion • Radium Rifle • Sergeant Ash • Skipper's Last Stand • The Fish Catcher • The Harvester • The Striker

	Apparel	Acadia's Shield • Atom's Bulwark • Black Fisherman's Overalls • Brown Fisherman's Overalls • Chase's Uniform • Coastal armor • Fisherman's Hat • Fisherman's Outfit • Fisherman's Overalls • Green Fisherman's Overalls • Grey Fisherman's Overalls • High Confessor's robes • Hunter's Hood • Hunter's Long Coat • Hunter's Pelt Outfit • Inquisitor's Cowl • Legend of the Harbor • Lobster Trap Helmet • Marine armor • Marine Wetsuit • Old Fisherman's Hat • Pirate Hat • Robes of Atom's Devoted • Rescue diver suit • The Captain's Hat • The Dapper Gent • Trapper armor • Trapper leathers • Unyielding synth chest piece • Wool Fisherman's Cap • Vault 118 Jumpsuit

	Consumables	Angler meat • Aster • Cave Fungus • Ground mole rat • Gulper innards • Ice cold Vim • Ice cold Vim Captain's Blend • Ice cold Vim Refresh • Ice cold Vim Quartz • Poached angler • Raw fog crawler meat • Seasoned rabbit skewers Vim • Vim Captain's Blend • Vim Refresh • Vim Quartz • Wolf meat

	Holotapes	An execution • Chores list • DiMA's memory • Ezra's holotape • Family announcement • Gwyneth's journal • Holotape • Husky family holotape • Kasumi's projects • Levi's holotape • Mark Wilson's holotape • Martin's New Age • Mysterious holotape • Safe room security tape • To Franny • Vault 118 Overseer's Log • What Atom Requires • What's Done is Done

	Notes	A New Path • A Safer Way • A Stranger Arrives • A Vengeful Creature • Aubert's note • Blank note • Brother Alders (note) • Brother Devin's diary • Carlo's note • Cog's Journal • Consultation note • Craneberry Island supplies note • Douglas's note • Drain corpse note • Dylan's note • Edgar's note • Eliza family drawing • Eliza journals • Eliza map of home • Fanatical writings • Fire Belly recipe • Gift card • Grandfather's note • High Confessor's note • Kasumi's journal • Kenji Nakano case notes • Last note from mom • Letter from Maxwell • Letter to Ezra • Love letter to Bridget • Mariner's goodbye • Mariner's will • Northwood Quarry Notes • Note • Note from Atom's shrine • Old letter • Put it from your mind • Radioman's Note • Repairs in progress • Report from PV • Request for detective • RUN! • Scrawled journal • Scrawled note • Sister Gwyneth's visit • Storage Room Notice • Taste test • The Children Trapped • The Sacred Elements • These mannequins! • To my "family" • Trapper's note • Unfinished note • Victoria's note • Ware's Brew Recipe • Wind turbine code

	Misc items	Condensed Fog • Jug

Characters	Acadia	Aster • Brooks • Chase • Cog • Cole • Dejen • DiMA • Faraday • Jule • Kasumi Nakano • Miranda • Naveen

	Children of Atom	Brother Andrews • The Archemist • Sister Aubert • Brian Richter • Brother Devin • Brother Edgar • Sister Gwyneth • Brother Kane • Sister Mai • Confessor Martin • Mother of the Fog • High Confessor Tektus • Zealot Theil • Zealot Ware

	Harbormen	Allen Lee • Andre Michaud • Cassie Dalton • Debby • Dottie • Howard Dunbar • Jared Gresham • Mitch • Old Longfellow • Captain Avery • Sandra Lee • Small Bertha • Teddy Wright • The Mariner • Tink • Tony • Uncle Ken

	Trappers	Bilge • Braun Husky • Bray Husky • Douglas • Luke Husky • Malcolm • Rowan Husky

	Vault 118	Bert Riggs • Ezra Parker • Gilda Broscoe • Julianna Riggs • Keith McKinney • Maxwell • Pearl • Santiago Avida • Scruffy

	Other	Boxer • Eliza Gibbons • Erickson • Frederick Gibbons • Grun • Kenji Nakano • Larsen • Machete Mike • Nick Valentine • Patrick Gibbons • Rei Nakano • Steven Gibbons • William Moseley • Victoria Gibbons

Creatures

Angler • Fog crawler • Gulper • Hermit crab • Wolf • Rad chicken • Rad rabbit

Factions

Acadia • Children of Atom • Harbormen • Trappers

Perks		Action Boy/Action Girl (rank 3) • Captain's Feast • Critical Banker (rank 4) • Crusader of Atom • Destroyer of Acadia • Far Harbor Survivalist • Hunter's Wisdom • Inquisitor of Atom • Islander's Alamanac • Lone Wanderer (rank 4) • Night Person (rank 3) • Protector of Acadia • Rad Resistant (rank 4) • Scrapper (rank 3) • Strong Back (rank 5)

Settlement Objects and Items		Banner • Bottle Lantern • Bulb Lantern • Crate • Fish basket • Fish rack • Grill • Hanging Buoy • Lobster Cage • Sign • Tannery Hides • Vim machine

Quests in Fallout 4

Side quests		Cambridge Polymer Labs • Confidence Man • Curtain Call • Dependency • Diamond City Blues • Emogene Takes a Lover • Here Kitty, Kitty • Here There Be Monsters • Hole in the Wall • Human Error • In Sheep's Clothing • Kid in a Fridge • Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution • Mystery Meat • Order Up • Out in Left Field • Painting the Town • Pickman's Gift • Public Knowledge • Pull the Plug • Reveille • Short Stories • Special Delivery • Story of the Century • The Big Dig • The Devil's Due • The Disappearing Act • The Gilded Grasshopper • The Marowski Heist • The Memory Den • The Secret of Cabot House • The Silver Shroud • Trouble Brewin' • Vault 75 • Vault 81

Companion quests		Benign Intervention • Emergent Behavior • Long Road Ahead • Long Time Coming

Miscellaneous quests		Art Appreciation • Atom Cats • Botany Class • The Cleaner • The Combat Zone • Detective Case Files • Diamond City's Most Wanted • Fallen Hero • Find the Treasures of Jamaica Plain • Fly Fishing • Giddyup 'n Go • Gun Run • Hazardous Material • Meet Ness at the Crash Site • Nuka Cola Needs • Pool Cleaning • Prep School • Traffic Jam • Treasure Hunt • Vault 81 Tour • Virgil's Cure

Unmarked quests		A Pillar of the Community • Bill Sutton • Brother Against Brother • Familiar Faces • Fertilizer Woman • Holly • Lucy Abernathy • Maintenance Man • Quality Assurance • Supervisor Brown • Supervisor Greene • Suspected Synth • Wedding Day

Cut quests		20 Leagues Under the Sea • Bullet • Off the Grid • Salvage • That's the Spirit • The Enemy of My Enemy • The Replacement

Creation Club quests		A Pint-Sized Problem • A Place to Call Home • Burned on the River • Can You See Me Now? • Captain Cosmos • Carbonated Concerns • Combat Ready • Crucible • Deathmatch • Dog Rescue • Early Retirement • Enclave Radio • From Hell • Giddyup! • Holiday Spirits • Malevolent Malfunction • Method to the Madness • Neon Winter • Over the Moon • Pyromaniac • Shrouded Manor • Silver like the Shroud • Slocum's Joe • Speak of the Devil • The Paper Mirror • The Prototype • The Quantum Stag • Tunnel Snakes Rule! • Way Back Home

Faction quests

Brotherhood of Steel	Main quests	Fire Support • Call to Arms • Semper Invicta • Shadow of Steel • Tour of Duty • Show No Mercy • From Within • Outside the Wire • Liberty Reprimed • Blind Betrayal • Tactical Thinking • Spoils of War • Ad Victoriam • The Nuclear Option

	Side quests	A Loose End • A New Dawn • Cleansing the Commonwealth • Duty or Dishonor • Feeding the Troops • Leading by Example • Learning Curve • Quartermastery • The Lost Patrol

Commonwealth Minutemen	Main quests	When Freedom Calls • Sanctuary • The First Step • Taking Independence • Old Guns • Inside Job • Form Ranks • Defend the Castle • The Nuclear Option

	Side quests	Clearing the Way • Ghoul Problem • Greenskins • Kidnapped Trader • Kidnapping • Out of the Fire • Raider Troubles • Resettle Refugees • Returning the Favor • Rogue Courser • Taking Point • The Sight • Troubled Waters • With Our Powers Combined

The Railroad	Main quests	Road to Freedom • Tradecraft • Boston After Dark • Underground Undercover • Operation Ticonderoga • Precipice of War • Rockets' Red Glare • The Nuclear Option

	Side quests	A Clean Equation • Burning Cover • Butcher's Bill • Butcher's Bill 2 • Concierge • High Ground • Jackpot • Lost Soul • Memory Interrupted • Mercer Safehouse • Randolph Safehouse • To the Mattresses • Variable Removal • Weathervane

The Institute	Main quests	Institutionalized • Synth Retention • The Battle of Bunker Hill • Mankind - Redefined • Mass Fusion • Pinned • Powering Up • End of the Line • Airship Down • Nuclear Family

	Side quests	A House Divided • Appropriation • Building a Better Crop • Hypothesis • Plugging a Leak • Political Leanings • Reclamation • Pest Control

Add-on quests

Automatron Far Harbor	Main quests	Mechanical Menace • A New Threat • Headhunting • Restoring Order

	Side quests	Rogue Robot

	Main quests	Best Left Forgotten • Cleansing the Land • Close to Home • Far From Home • Reformation • The Way Life Should Be • Walk in the Park • Where You Belong

	Side quests	Ablutions • Acadian Ideals • Blood Tide • Brain Dead • Data Recovery • Deadliest Catch • 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

Vault-Tec Workshop Nuka-World	Main quests	Vault-Tec Calling • Better Living Underground • A Model Citizen • Explore Vault 88 • Power to the People • The Watering Hole • Vision of the Future • Lady Luck

	Side quests	Overseer's Most Wanted

	Main quests	All Aboard • Taken for a Ride • An Ambitious Plan • The Grand Tour • Home Sweet Home • Power Play

	Side quests	A Magical Kingdom • A World of Refreshment • Amoral Combat • Cappy in a Haystack • High Noon at the Gulch • Open Season • Precious Medals • Safari Adventure • Star Control • Trip to the Stars