Broken Steel ~ Road Map and Trophy Guide

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Road Map

Overview:
Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10 (Personal Opinion).
Total Trophy breakdown:
Offline: 6 (3, 2, 1)
Online: None.
Approximate time: 20-40hrs (This strongly depends on how long it takes you to get from Level 20 to Level 30).
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 (Only if you don’t manage your saves correctly).
Missable trophies: None.
Glitched trophies: None.
Cheats disable trophies: No cheats available.
Difficulty affects trophies: There are no difficulty specific trophies though increasing the difficulty can make the Level/Karma trophies easier to get.


Introduction:

Broken Steel takes place two weeks after the end of the main game and sees the Lone Wanderer re-join the Brotherhood of Steel, to help them defeat the Enclave once and for all!

The activation message for this DLC is different to the others as you don’t get a radio signal, instead you will get a message to say Broken Steel has been activated and the Level Cap has been raised to 30. This is the only DLC that allows you to take Companions with you into the DLC areas. Once you reach the Adams Air Force Base you will not be able to return to the Capital Wasteland until your quest there is complete.


Step 1: 2 Weeks Later:

Normally it doesn't matter who enters the code into the Purifier at the end of "Take it Back!" but sometimes it will glitch if your companion enters it. If it does glitch then all you can do is load an earlier save and make sure only yourself or Sarah Lyons enters the code. (Credit to Gretty for confirming companions can start this DLC)

Once awake and have been debriefed by Elder Lyons go to Scribe Rothchild and speak to him; then go to the Rockland Car Tunnel, speak to Paladin Tristan and gain access to the Satellite Relay Station. When you’re inside the Relay Station you need to find the Satellite Uplink Terminal and download the data it contains. Make your way out of the Relay Station, return to the Citadel and hand over the data to Rothchild for decrypting.

Finishing this step will net you the "Death From Above" trophy.

Step 2: Build the Secret Weapon:

After the above conversation find and speak to Paladin Tristan about your next task, then talk to Scribe Vallincourt and she will give you a Deathclaw Control Scrambler. Leave the Lab, Fast Travel to the farm near the optional objective then go to the marker, free the Deathclaw and move onto Old Olney.

Once in Old Olney make your way to the Sewers and the Old Olney Underground and gain entry to the Olney Powerworks where the Tesla Coil is Located. To get the Tesla Coil you will have to make your way past all the Sentry Bots and Turrets to the Control room on the bottom level and turn off the power. When you’ve obtained the Tesla Coil exit the Powerworks via the ladder in one of the previous corridors, then Fast Travel back to the Citadel and give the Coil to Tristan.

Finishing this step will net you the "Shock Value" trophy.

Step 3: Attack Adams Air Force Base:

You now need to make your way through the Metro to get to the Air Force base (See the trophy guide for a walkthrough). After you have done everything here and cleared out the Enclave you will unlock the trophy “Who Dares Wins", which should be your last trophy for this DLC. Continue to Step 4 if you still need the Karma trophies.

Step 4: Karma clean up:

This step is only needed if you did not get the Karma trophies by the time you finished all the available missions. If at this stage you still have any outstanding DLCs now is the time to start them and you should be at or near Level 30 by the time you have finished them.

Getting the Karma trophies:

To get the Karma trophies you need be at Bad, Neutral or Good Karma when you hit Level 30. To obtain these trophies in one playthrough, do the following:

1. Save in a new slot when you are 100-400 XP away from leveling up to Level 30.
2. Level up and take either the Devil's Highway, Escalator to Heaven or Karmic Rebalance perk, depending on which Karma level you’re aiming for and what you’re already at to get the respective trophy.
3. Reload your save and repeat Step 2 to get the next trophy.
4. For the last Karma trophy you probably won't have to take one of the Karma perks as it depends on what Karma you already have i.e if you're already at "Messiah" level, then you can just level up as normal without needing the perk.

If you don’t have any of the other DLCs, then collect Scrap Metal for Walter, who works in Megaton’s Water Processing Plant, as that will net you a lot of XP and cash every time you turn some in. To be able to collect Scrap Metal for Walter you need to help him to fix all the leaks that have appeared in the pipes around town. After turning in this quest, speak to him again and ask if there is anything else you can do to help. He will say he needs lots of Scrap Metal and will pay you for each piece you bring him.


NOTES:

• You may or may not wish to start a new game for this DLC, as doing it when your Save File is approaching the 10MB Danger Zone may make life harder for you.
• There is a rare activation bug with this DLC that prevents it from working if it’s installed whilst you are inside the Jefferson Memorial, during the final section of the "Take it Back!" quest. To avoid this bug, make sure you have a Save from before you entered the Memorial. Hang around until the message appears confirming Broken Steel is installed and the Level Cap has been raised to 30. This bug only affects people who downloaded Broken Steel from the PS Store, if you have the GOTY Edition then you’re immune to it.
• If you have the Puppies! perk then spawning a Puppy can cause the game to glitch and prevent you from gaining any more Companions. To fix this problem read this quote from the Fallout Wiki:
  
  

  The Puppies! perk also has a problem, when you have a follower fired, Dogmeat's puppy takes up a space and you will not be able to have a follower in your party anymore. A way to fix it, is to bring Dogmeat's puppy to the follower, kill him then quickly tell the follower to be in your group.

• If you go down the bad Karma route, you gain access to a hidden Armoury under the Citadel (Thanks to Infinitez for reminding me of this).
• Puppies! - The Vault, the Fallout wiki - Fallout: New Vegas and more (Credit to the Fallout Wiki for the link and quote)
• See here for general advice and other tips: Fallout 3 Advice Thread

[Terminator]

Trophy Guide

Death From Above
Complete 'Death From Above'

Story Related and Unmissable

Before starting this DLC make sure all your equipment is fully repaired and you have plenty of ammo and health items.

After waking up and being debriefed by Elder Lyons, he will tell you to speak with Scribe Rothchild. For some reason the quest marker for this part of the quest will send you the long way round to the Lab. To avoid an un-necessarily long walk, turn right after you leave the Clinic and follow the signs to the Lab.

After arriving at the Laboratory speak to Rothchild and he’ll tell you to go to the Rockland Car Tunnel and talk to Paladin Tristan. The fastest way to get to the tunnel is to Fast Travel to the Dunwich Building then walk South West until you reach it. Inside the tunnel speak to Tristan and then make your way outside to the Satellite Relay Station.

Once outside stay a good distance behind Liberty Prime and let it kill most of the Enclave soldiers. Once LP gets to the wall of the Relay Station stand back whilst it makes a hole in the wall and then make your way up the cliff on the right, then walk along the ledge into the building. You won’t be able to go through the door that is there because Tristan has the key; he will appear after the subsequent event and following a short conversation will give you the key.

Once inside the Relay Station make your way up to the Satellite Uplink Terminal, killing all the Enclave soldiers as you go, and download its data. Now leave the building via the nearby exit, Fast Travel to the Citadel and give the data to Scribe Rothchild. After handing over the Data, talk to Elder Lyons.

The trophy will pop after you finish talking to Lyons.

See here for a list of bugs you may encounter and how to fix/avoid them: Death From Above - The Vault, the Fallout wiki - Fallout: New Vegas and more (Credit to the Fallout Wiki for the link)

Shock Value
Completed 'Shock Value'

Story Related and Unmissable

During the Conversation with Scribe Rothchild he will tell you to speak to Paladin Tristan because he has a mission for you which is to retrieve a Tesla Coil from the Olney Powerworks. You must first call on Scribe Vallincourt as she has a little something for you to make the job easier.

After leaving the Citadel make your way to the spot marked by the optional Quest Marker and free the Deathclaw there, sit back and let it kill all the Enclave soldiers. After clearing out the Enclave outpost make your way North West to Old Olney and locate the Grate that leads to the Sewers. Be careful as there are many Deathclaws down there. Once in the Sewers locate the entrance to the Old Olney Underground. On entering the Underground you will be stopped by two Ghouls who want to know what you’re doing there and will eventually leave via the way you came in. You will have to be careful in the Underground as there are several Deathclaws in there. Eventually you will enter a large bombed-out building that’s crawling with Enclave soldiers, kill them all before entering the Powerworks.

The only real threats you will encounter inside the Powerworks are Sentry Bots and Turrets, all of which can be remotely disabled if your Science Level is high enough, otherwise you will have to destroy them. There are lots of high level Locks and Terminals so make sure you have the relevant skills at a high enough level. Also, watch out for a extremely radioactive corridor on the mid-level but the Radiation Traps inside can be deactivated via a Terminal next to the exit on the other side. To get to the Terminal you will have to walk the long way around as going to it directly will be fatal.

Before you can collect the Tesla Coil you will have to use the Terminal in the room next door to deactivate the power supply, then flip a switch that’s on the wall behind the Coil to release it. Once the power has been turned off and you’ve picked up the Tesla Coil, make your way to the exit, Fast Travel back to the Citadel and give it to Tristan.

The trophy will pop after you’ve finished talking to Tristan.

Who Dares Wins
Completed 'Who Dares Wins'

Story Related and Unmissable

After you've handed over the Tesla Coil to Tristan he will tell you to go to Adams Air Force Base, locate the Enclave's main base and destroy it. To get to the base you need to gain access to the Presidential Metro, the entrance to which can be reached by going down the grate guarded by a Brotherhood of Steel soldier, outside the White House ruins.

Once inside find the door to the Metro and go through it. Inside there will be lots of Sentry Bots, so make sure you’ve brought some Pulse Grenades/Mines. The Metro is littered with skeletons so take all the items lying next to them, one of which will be holding a Senator’s Pass Card. You must take this as you may need it later.

Eventually you will enter a small room with a computer called M.A.R.Go.T, who will want to know who you are and what you’re doing there. You can either try persuading her you are friendly by:

1. Saying you are the US President.
2. Using the Science option if your Science level is high enough.
3. Using the Senator’s Pass Card.

After a long conversation she will tell you that the main fuse for the Adams Air Force Base train line has been forcibly removed but can’t be replaced due to a security breach in the South East Tunnel.

This is where things get tricky as the “breach” has been caused by a load of Feral Ghouls so make sure your weapons and armour are in a good state of repair. When all those Ghouls are dead move on to the Adams Air Force Base train line and kill all the Ghouls there. The Presidential Sentinel Unit will then replace the Fuse and the Emergency Lights will go Green so you will be able to take the train to the Air Force Base.

WARNING: Sometimes the Presidential Sentinel Unit will get stuck by the lockers in the narrow corridor. To unstick it just push it towards the Fuse Box.

On arriving at the Metro Station you will have to fight several Enclave soldiers and a Ceiling Turret (which can be hacked via a nearby Terminal) before you can safely enter the base. After exiting the Station head up the stairs and go left to see the Supply Crate which Tristan told you about earlier. Open it and take everything inside. One of the items is a Holodisk containing your orders, so listen to them then enter the little structure to your right and use the Terminal to disable some of the nearby Turrets.

There are several buildings in the area with Turrets on them so you will have to go the roof of each building to find the appropriate Terminal in order to disable them.

WARNING: The area between the Hangers and the Air Traffic Control Tower suffers from major frame-rate problems so save, exit, reload the game and clear the cache to fix it. (See the Advice thread linked to in the Road Map for details)

You will find a switch on two of the rooftops. Use them to trigger artillery bombardments on the respective areas to kill all the Enclave soldiers and save yourself some bother. Press the switches too often and they will break thus forcing you repair them before they can be used again.

On reaching the Air Traffic Control Tower make your way inside, use the Terminal in the Tower to lower the Gang Way that's on the side of the Crawler. Enter the Crawler, make your way upstairs towards the Satellite Tower, clearing all the enemies as you go. There will be keys on the bodies of the Enclave Officers which allow access to the Mainframe, take them and make your way there. Use the Terminals to unlock all the doors and disable all the Security measures.

After disabling all the security measures go back downstairs to the Armoury, kill the Armoury Master and take everything of value from his body, especially the Alien Blaster which is the most powerful weapon in the game. Now go to the Repair Bay and speak with Stiggs who will give you some useful info about what’s happening on the Crawler and how to get to the Uplink Terminal. Once you’ve finished with Stiggs, he’ll leave the Crawler and you can make your way back upstairs.

Because the level design of this section is so complicated, here’s a video showing how to get from the Mainframe to the Uplink:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Fallout 3 Broken Steel Walkthrough - Who Dares Wins Pt 7 - YouTube Fallout 3 Broken Steel Walkthrough - Who Dares Wins Pt 7 - YouTube (Credit to Mahalo.com for the video)

At the Uplink Terminal, you will have 5 options of where to drop the missiles:

1. The Citadel
2. Project Purity
3. Megaton
4. Rivet City Carrier
5. Adams AFB Platform

Option 5 is the one you want, as dropping the missiles anywhere else will cause pretty much everyone in the Capital Wasteland to hate you.

Exit the Crawler after dropping the missiles, watch all the cutscenes then you will be returned to the Citadel to be congratulated by Elder Lyons.

The trophy will pop after you have finished talking to Elder Lyons.

See here for a list of potential bugs and how to fix them: Who Dares Wins - The Vault, the Fallout wiki - Fallout: New Vegas and more (Credit to the Fallout Wiki for the link)

[Terminator]

Devil
'Reached Level 30 with Bad Karma'

See "Messiah"

True Mortal
'Reached Level 30 with Neutral Karma'

See "Messiah"

Messiah
'Reached Level 30 with Good Karma'

These Karma Trophies will unlock once you reach Level 30 with the right Karma e.g. Neutral.

The two fastest ways to get the DLC Karma trophies are:

1. Make a save at Level 27, a few hundred XP before you hit Level 28.
2. Level up and take either the Devil's Highway, Escalator to Heaven or Karmic Rebalance perk, depending on which Karma level you’re aiming for and what you’re already at.
3. Level up again to Level 29, take the Here and Now perk, get the trophy then reload your save, rinse and repeat.

OR

1. Make a save when you are a few XP away from hitting Level 30.
2. Level up, take either the Devil's Highway, Escalator to Heaven or Karmic Rebalance perk, depending on which Karma level you’re aiming for and what you’re already at.
3. Reload your save, level up again and take whichever perk you didn’t take last time, get the trophy then reload one last time and take the final perk. If you are already at that Karma level, though, you can just take another perk.

If you'd prefer not use the above methods then the ones described in the guide for the main game can be used.

The Messiah trophy is another one that takes its time popping so don’t worry if it takes a short while to appear.

When the trophy tiles for The True Mortal and Messiah trophies were being coded and linked, Bethesda accidentally switched them so when you unlock “True Mortal” you get the Trophy Tile (not the actual trophy) for “Messiah” and vice versa. Here’s the exact quote from the Fallout Wiki:

The trophy icons for True Mortal and Messiah have been mixed up. True Mortal shows a "Jesus" like Vault Boy and the Messiah shows the True Mortal icon.

(Credit to the Fallout Wiki for the quote)

There is another purely cosmetic glitch that affects the Karma/Level trophies i.e when you reach Level 30, your XP gauge will state your next level is 31 which is not possible as 30 is the maximum you can reach. Also, your Karma "rank" will not update correctly in your Pip-Boy or on your Save File after Level 20, though Three Dog will give the correct one when he talks about you on the Radio.

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[Terminator]

I just have to tweak a few things but the guide is essentially done. Please let me and Harry94 know what you think. This guide is entirely our own work .

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*guide stuck*

[Terminator]

Thank you again for the Sticky .

[Jungalist]

So let me get this straight here. I can rank upto level 30 then choose one of the karma perks and it gives you that persific karma trophy?

i.e. choose neutral perk & I get neutral level 30 trophy?

~ Nice guides btw also

[Terminator]

That's right, I surprised myself when I discovered that little detail . Just follow the instructions in the guide and say hello to 3 shiny new trophies .


Thanks for the compliment . The guides only took about a month to write from scratch .

[Jungalist]

Awesome thanks for the clear up. Glad we can do this as I'm already not looking forward to the karma trophies when I get to them lol.

Yeah they good guides, it saving me from switching to the wiki most the time as experience of you guys already played the game shows in the guide. You got compliment a well written guide when you see one as they can be very rare