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The Wasteland Survival Guide
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Location(s)	Megaton
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Copy of The Wasteland Survival Guide (book) Survival perk
Related Quests	n/a

Quest Objectives

The Wasteland Survival Guide will be offered to you by Moira Brown in Megaton, shopkeeper of Craterside Supply. She wants your help in writing a book to help travellers survive in the wasteland. You can opt to help her, which requires you to do nine mini-quests, or persuade her out of writing the book to get the Dream Crusher perk. It´s recommend to solve the optional goals, you´ll receive some very nice items.

Chapter 1

Find Food and Medicine at the Super Duper Mart

Food and Medicine at the Super Duper Mart
Location(s)	Super Duper Mart
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Food Sanitizer

Main Objective: Find food in the Super Duper Mart

Optional Objective: Find medicine in the Super Duper Mart.

From Megaton, travel east to the Super Duper Mart. There's around 8 Raiders within the building, they shouldn't cause you too much trouble, even at a low level. To the left of the main doors you'll see a counter, go behind it and you'll find a fridge, remove all the food from the fridge to complete the main objective.

Head to the back of the building and into the storage room, you'll find a first aid box next to a Protectron robot, take all the Medicine from the box to complete the optional objective. At this point you'll hear Raiders over the intercom and more will enter the building. Fight them off, leave the building and head back to Megaton. If you only took the food you'll only complete the mini quest, but if you took the Medicine, Moira will reward you with a Food Sanitizer which will increase the amount of Hit Points from food items by 20%.

Radiation Poisoning

Radiation Poisoning
Location(s)	n/a
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Rad Regeneration Perk

Main Objective: Contract 200 Rads

Optional Objective: Contract 600 Rads.

For this quest you simply have to stand in an irradiated area a watch your Radiation level go up. The quickest way to do this is to go down to the bottom of Megaton and drink from the pool of water around the Atomic Bomb. This will give you +20 Rads per second.

Head back to Craterside Supply and talk to Moira, she will cure your Radiation but she says there was a problem and you've contracted an small mutation. This mutation will cause any crippled limbs to heal if you have Advanced Radiation Poisoning, it's know as the Rad Regeneration Perk.

Explore the Minefield

Explore the Minefield
Location(s)	Minefield
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Frag Mines Bottlecap Mine Schematics

Main Objective: Travel to the Playground in the middle of the Minefield.

Optional Objective: Bring Moira back a Frag Mine from the Minefield.

The Minefield is located north-east of Megaton. It's a small abandoned town with over 60 Frag Mines planted around the area, however, avoiding the mines isn't the hardest thing. There's also a man called Arkansas in one of the buildings, he has a Sniper Rifle and will attempt to kill you if you're spotted. Arkansas will not only shoot you but also the Mines and Cars around you causing them to explode. You can simply kill Arkansas if you can get a good enough shot, but he's also used in another quest so you may want to keep him alive. To complete the main objective simply sneak your way to the playground in the middle of the Minefield. If you're spotted by Arkansas you'll want to get in and get out as quick as you can. To complete the optional objective sneak up on a mine and press the activate button before it explodes, this will disarm the mine. Now you can pick it up and take it back to Moira.

Head back to Megaton and tell Moira of your adventure. If you completed the optional objective she'll give you Frag Mines and a Bottlecap Mine Schematics

Chapter 2

Loose over 50% of your Health

Loose over 50% of your Health
Location(s)	n/a
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Environment Suit

Main Objective: Return to Moira with less than 50% of your total health. .

Optional Objective: Return to Moira with a crippled body part.

There's no specific route to take during this quest, simply injure yourself in anyway you can think of. A quick an easy way is to jump of the balcony in front of Craterside Supply, this should cripple your legs but you may have to jump off again to get below 50% health. Another way is to throw frag grenades on the floor and walk under them as they explode. Be careful not to throw them close to any Megaton Residents or the town will likely turn hostile.

Return to Moira and she will heal your injuries and reward you with a few doses of Med-X and an Environment Suit

Use the Repellent Stick on Mole Rats

Use the Repellent Stick on Mole Rats
Location(s)	Tepid Sewers
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Repellent Stick

Main Objective: Test the Mole Rat Repellent on 3 Mole Rats.

Optional Objective: Test the Mole Rat Repellent on a further 7 Mole Rats.

Moira will give you a stick covered in Mole Rot Repellent and asks you to see how the Mole Rats react when hit with it. Hitting a Mole Rat over the head with the stick will cause smoke to come from their head, if you hit it again it's head will explode. If your character is at a low level, Mole Rats can be found all over the Capital Wasteland. Moira will mark Tepid Sewers on your Pip-Boy, there's plenty of Mole Rats in the sewer, however, there's also a lot of Raiders. If you're not quick the raiders will kill all the Mole Rats before you get a chance. If there's not enough Mole Rat's in the sewers, large numbers of them can be found in the RobCo Facility or the Jury Street Metro Station.

Once you've killed the Mole Rats, return to Moira in Megaton. If you completed the optional objective she will allow you to keep the Repellent Stick and she'll give you some Jet and Psycho.

Infiltrate a Mirlurk Nest

Infiltrate a Mirlurk Nest
Location(s)	Anchorage Memorial
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Shady Hat

Main Objective: Place an observer inside a Mirelurk Egg Clutch in the Anchorage Memorial.

Optional Objective: Complete the mission without killing any Mirelurks.

The Anchorage Memorial is crawling in Mirelurks, so completing the objective without killing any is hard work. There are 3 easy solution to working around this:

• You can go into the Memorial before starting the quest and kill them all, they won't re-spawn during the quest.
• You can take a large amount of Stealth Boys into the Memorial and Sneak your way to the bottom and plant the observer. You can also use the Chinese Stealth Armor if you have the Operation: Anchorage DLC Pack.

• Go into the Memorial with a strong Companion like Fawkes. It doesn't matter if a follower kills the Mirlurks, you only fail if you kill them.

The quickest way into the Memorial is through Service Entrance to the side of the building. You can quickly run in, plant the observer and run out without too gaining too much attention from the Mirelurks.

After planting the observer, return to Moira in Megaton. If you completed the optional objective she will reward you with some Stealth Boys and the Shady Hat.

Chapter 3

Look into the history of Rivet City

Look into the history of Rivet City
Location(s)	Rivet City Broken Bow
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Mentats 10% discount at Rivet City's Merketplace.

Main Objective: Look into the history of Rivet City.

Optional Objective: Discover the true history of Rivet City.

To complete the main objective simply talk to Bannon in Rivet City, he will claim that he discovered the city. To complete the optional objective and find out the real history of Rivet City you'll have to talk to Belle Bonny in the Muddy Rudder bar. She won't tell you anything but she'll direct you towards Pinkerton in the Broken Bow section of Rivet City.

To enter the Broken Bow you'll have to go through an underwater door within the gap that separates the Rivet City ship from the Broken Bow section. There is a door above water that leads you straight to Pinkerton but you need a Lockpick skill of 100 to open it. If you've already completed The Replicated Man quest, the journey to Pinkerton should be easy. If you haven't done the quest, you'll have to watch out for Mirlurk Hunters and various traps within the Broken Bow. In Pinkeron's room, read the council notes on his terminal to complete the optional objective.

Return to Moira in Megaton to complete the quest. If you completed the optional objective she will reward you with some Mentats] and a 10% discount at Rivet City's Merketplace.

RobCo Production Facility Mainframe

RobCo Production Facility Mainframe
Location(s)	RobCo Facility
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Pulse Grenades Big Book of Science

Main Objective: Install a processor in the facility mainframe at the RobCo Facility.

Optional Objective: Hack the production facility mainframe.

The RobCo Facility is located in the far south-west of the Capital Wasteland, close to Tenpenny Tower. On the bottom floor of the facility, you'll find a few Mole Rats and Radroaches, clear them out and head up to the next level. As you make your way to the top level you'll see many deactivated robots. On the top floor you'll find the facility mainframe, install the processor to complete the main objective. Adding the processor will start up all the previously deactivated robots and they will be hostile towards you. To complete the optional objective you must hack the facility mainframe, this can be done in the same room but it will require you to have a Science skill of at least 50. Hacking the mainframe will stop the robots from attacking you, otherwise you'll have to fight you way out of the building.

A quick and easy alternative is to have the Robotics Expert perk before starting the quest. You can simply tell Moira everything she wants to know about the robots without moving a foot. Once the quest is complete Moira will reward you with some Pulse Grenades, if you complete the optional objective she'll also give you a Big Book of Science.

The Arlington Library Card Catalog

The Arlington Library Card Catalog
Location(s)	Arlington Library
Received by	Moira Brown
Reward(s)	Caps Lying, Congressional Style

Main Objective: Access the Card Catalog form the Arlington Library.

Optional Objective: Find the Library Archive.

The Arlington Library is located in the south of the Capital Wasteland, not far from the Citadel. Enter the building and talk to Scribe Yearling. Ask her for help finding the Library Archive and she'll grant you access to the library. The main objective is easy, check out the terminal behind Scribe Yearling and click on the "Access card catalog" option. To complete the optional objective you'll have to go further into the library which is occupied by Raiders. Luckily you can find Brotherhood of Steel members on every floor, they're trying to clear the building of Raiders which makes it much easier for you to avoid trouble. On the third floor you'll find a room with a few raiders and a Ceiling Turret, kill and destroy everything in the room a head over to the terminal to download the Library Archive which will complete the optional objective.

Head back to Moira in Megaton to complete the quest and she'll reward you with Bottle Caps. If you completed the optional objective she will also give you a copy of the Lying, Congressional Style skill book.

Reward

For completing the quest you'll be rewarded with a Mini Nuke and a copy of the Survival Guide (which has no real purpose).

You'll also be given the Survival Perk, there are 3 different version of this perk, which one you get will depend on how many Optional objectives you completed:

Complete less than 5 Optional Objectives:
Junior Suvivor: +2% Poisons and Radiation Resistance.

Complete between 5 and 8 Optional Objectives:
Expert: +4% Poisons and Radiation Resistance.

Complete all Optional Objectives:
Guru: +6% Poisons and Radiation Resistance.

Dream Crusher Perk

At any point during the quest, you can question Moira's reasons for writing the book. If you pass a Speech option you can convince her to give up on the book. This will result in Bad Karma and will bring an end to the whole quest. However you will gain the Dream Crusher perk which will reduce the chance of your enemy getting a critical hit by 50%. You will also get 30% discount at the Craterside Supply.

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