You cannot miss this trophy. You receive the Pip-Boy at the age of 10 and this is controlled by the game.

You can miss this trophy if not prepared. Do not choose to skip taking the G.O.A.T. It is a test that basically is used to set up your character automatically. You can still make changes once it is done so don’t worry. You’ll be prompted by the game to take the test so don’t worry about when it’s done.

*This is the first chance to grab the Medicine Bobblehead.

Some events have unfolded and you must now escape from the Vault. You’ll only face radroaches and the occasional security guard so this quest is not difficult at all. As long as you keep advancing through the vault you will complete this quickly.

*This is the second chance to grab the Medicine Bobblehead.

See Escape! for details.

You should first head to Megaton to find out where your father has gone. On the highest level in the town is Moriarty’s Saloon. You can use a speech option to get the answer or pay him 100 caps. However you get the information is up to you. You’ll find out he has gone to the Galaxy News Radio (GNR) building.

Follow your map and compass to get to the building. Once you get close you can team up with some Brotherhood of Steel members to help deal with combat situations. You will fight a Super Mutant Behemoth once you arrive outside of GNR. Once he is taken down, enter the building and go upstairs to talk with Three Dog. You will be given a speech challenge, however do not choose it. Instead he wants help with something so you will get the “Galaxy News Radio” quest (which is a trophy). You can skip the quest so make sure you do not skip it.

See Following in His Footsteps for details.

You should ask Three Dog for the directions to the Museum of Technology as well as the Washington Monument. You’ll basically want to exit the GNR Building out of the back door and find the Collapsed Car Tunnel. You’ll enter that and you’ll find yourself at Dupont Station. Follow the tunnels south until you reach the Museum of Technology. Remember to use your map and compass to help you.

Once at the museum, you want to make your way to the West Wing to find the Virgo II Lunar Lander. There are many ways to get to this point so do whatever you have fun doing; stealth all the way to it or kill all the Super Mutants along the way. Once you get the dish from the Lander, make your way back out of the museum.

When you are out of the museum, head west toward the Washington Monument. Ride the elevator up and place the dish. Now just return to Three Dog at the GNR building to complete the quest and get the trophy.

See Galaxy News Radio for details.

First off, make sure that you get the quest from Three Dog and have not talked to Dr. Li prior to this point in the game. You’ll need to head to Rivet City which is quite a distance away. You’ll likely fight a variety of enemies along the way so be on the look out. Once you talk to her, she’ll tell you to look for your father in the Jefferson Memorial.

Head on over to the Memorial and enter the gift shop door. There will be many Super Mutants before the door and once inside. Make your way to the Rotunda and find Log Tape #10. This will tell you that your father has gone to Vault 112 now.

Travel on over to Smith Casey’s Garage. Inside you’ll encounter some Mole Rats and Radroaches so kill them. There is a switch on the wall in the back that will open up a door. Enter here and continue on until you enter Vault 112. Once inside, make your way down to the lab and enter the only empty lounger available to complete the quest.

See Scientific Pursuits for details.

This quest follows immediately after the “Scientific Pursuits” quest. You’ll find yourself in a small virtual reality world at the start. There are different ways to play this quest; however I will only detail the easiest and quickest method. Once inside, find the door that is labeled “Abandoned House.” Once inside, you have to interact with the objects in the correct order for the fail-safe to appear. The order is: Radio, Pitcher, Gnome, Pitcher, Cinder Block, Gnome, Bottle. Use the terminal and select the “Chinese Invasion” option. A small Chinese army will arrive outside and murder all the residents (not including the important ones). Back outside the house, talk to Braun and then exit the simulation.

Once out of the simulation, your father will approach you to progress the story. After the dialogue, exit Vault 112. You can just fast travel back to Rivet City and your father will appear there as well. You can also walk back if you so desire.

See Tranquility Lane for details. 

When you get back to Rivet City, meet your father and Dr. Li in the Science Lab. After the conversation you will be asked to head to the Jefferson Memorial with the scientists. The first task is to clean out all of the Super Mutants inside. Most of them should have been taken out already from the previous visit here so go ahead and clean up what’s left.

Your father, who will be in the control room now, will then ask you to do 3 tasks in total. They are to turn on the Flood Control Power Pump, replace the damaged fuses, and to boot up the mainframe. Follow your compass and any signs that may be on the wall to complete these objectives. After these are done, your father asks you to clear a blockage in a pipe. This pipe is straight ahead when you first originally enter the Gift Shop door. Enter the pipe and turn the valve and watch what happens. Now you must fight your way back to the Rotunda.

After watching the scenes that take place, follow Dr. Li to the secret exit. Keep advancing as it’s hard to get lost here and battle through enemies including Feral Ghouls and Enclave Soldiers. Toward the end you’ll encounter a Brotherhood of Steel soldier with a Flamer. Do not shoot him as he is a friendly! Let him take care of the ghouls coming up behind you. After all of that, you’ll find yourself back on the surface and at the Citadel. After some scenes the quest will be complete.

See The Waters of Life for details.

Now that you’re in the Citadel, you’ll need to find Scribe Rothchild in the lab area. He will tell you where to find the terminal that you need to access information to advance the quest. Vault 87 is then revealed and you are told to look for an entrance within Little Lamplight.

Travel to Little Lamplight and you’ll be stopped at the gate. You can enter the area by either passing a speech check, or doing a quest/favor for the Mayor. I advise you to do the quest and not pass the speech check as you can leave and complete the quest “Rescue from Paradise.” Then return and continue on your way.

Now that you have access to Little Lamplight, talk with Mayor MacCready about Vault 87. You can either have him show you the gate which leads to Murder Pass or get him and Joseph to restore power so you can use the terminal to open the door. You’ll do more fighting going through Murder Pass, but the choice is yours. Both methods get you to the same point.

See Picking up the Trail for details.

You should get this quest from the Mayor of Little Lamplight in exchange for being allowed access to the town. If you didn’t follow my advise, you’re only other option is to assault Paradise Falls and find Sammy inside and agreeing to help him escape. This should activate the quest as well.

I’m writing this as though you got this from Little Lamplight though. You’ll have to gain access to Paradise Falls. You can do this by either paying your way in or completing part of the quest “Strictly Business” which is given by Grouse at the main gate. I recommend you to enslave only ONE person (Arkansas or Susan Lancaster – NOT RED!) on the list and return to Grouse. He will then allow you access to the camp.

Once inside the camp, head toward the back of the camp to find the fenced in areas with the children on the left. Talk to Sammy and then Squirrel to learn about their plan. Now you’ll need to head to Eulogy’s Pad and find the terminal to the right of the bed on the desk. Hack the terminal successfully and upload the new network. Return to Squirrel and he tells you that you will need to distract Forty, a guard, so they can escape. Talk to Forty and convince him to talk to Eulogy about his pay rate. Return once again to Squirrel and him and Sammy will make a run for it.

Talk to Penny who refuses to leave the fenced in area. I saved before speaking to her so that if I failed the speech challenge, I could reload to try again. I convinced her to leave Ronald and just escape.

Once they have escaped, exit through the front of the camp and follow the marker on your compass. You will meet up with the children and complete the quest.

You can also just choose to purchase the children from the beginning, however I chose not to do this.

See Rescue from Paradise for details.

It doesn’t matter how you choose to get into Vault 87 as you appear in the Reactor Chamber regardless. You will need to get through the Living Quarters and then to the Test Labs. You can find Fawkes in this area and you are presented with yet more choices.

The G.E.C.K. you need is in a highly radiated area to the left of where Fawkes is. You can make the move yourself (try and wear some RAD resistant apparel if you do) or you can release Fawkes and he will help you get it. To release Fawkes, you’ll need to use a terminal to hack open the cell or release the fire alarm down the hall. Fawkes can be killed so be aware of this if he is released.

As you attempt to leave with the G.E.C.K., the Enclave will show up and take you out while stealing the G.E.C.K. from you. Quest complete.

See Finding the Garden of Eden for details.

You will find yourself in a prison cell being interrogated by Colonel Autumn. Don’t deal with him and instead wait to talk with the President. He will agree to meet with you and allow you to come to him. Your inventory is inside the locker so don’t forget to grab that.

Follow the marker and make your way through the Enclave hideout. Do not forget the grab the bobblehead (see that section for details). Eventually you will enter a room and encounter President Eden. You have several options including using Science, Speech, etc. The end result is either the base and the President being destroyed or just having the base sealed off.

As you leave the base, robots will turn on the Enclave soldiers so use this to your advantage. Once out you will need to return to the Citadel. After you become a member of Lyon’s Pride, you will see Liberty Prime being raised up. This finishes this quest and begins the last main story quest.

*This is the only chance to grab the Energy Weapons Bobblehead. It is located in Raven Rock and if you go past it then you will not be able to get it.

See The American Dream for details.

*Attention* Do not complete “Strictly Business” prior to doing this quest. Red is needed for this quest and if you enslave her prior to this, you can’t complete the quest. Better yet, complete the quest “Strictly Business” and then load the game so that the people aren’t enslaved.

You will be approached by someone as you enter Big Town. Ask about the person’s friends and you will receive this quest. You are now told to head toward Germantown Police HQ to rescue Red. Make your way to this location and dispose of any Super Mutant or other enemies you may encounter. Go to the north side of the building and enter the door at the top of the stairs.

Once inside, you’ll fight several Super Mutants and Radroaches. You want to make your way down to the ground floor where Red is being held in a jail cell. Once you get her set free, she will tell you about her friend Shorty. If you decide to help, Shorty can be found in the basement about to be eaten by a Super Mutant. Kill the Mutant and talk with Shorty. Now head back the way you came and fast travel back to Big Town.

Talk to Red back at the town and the quest will technically be completed. You then are given the option to help them against the next wave of attacks or not. This is up to you. You are given several different ways to help them so experiment if you feel like it.

See Big Trouble in Big town for details.

You get this quest after entering Canterbury Commons. This place is located on the east side of the map, just north of Vault 108. When you enter there will be a fight between 2 individuals, the AntAgonizer and the Mechanist. Once they are finished, Uncle Roe will approach you and request that you fix the situation. You can now go after the AntAgonizer (north of town) or the Mechanist (south of town).

It should be noted that you have several options in dealing with either of these people. You can try to convince them to give up on who they are (difficult speech challenge), outright kill them, or agree with one to destroy the other.

The AntAgonizer is located north of the town. You’ll deal with frag mines and ants if you choose this path. There is a pipe to the west of the entrance that can be picked (50 skill) and this leads directly to the AntAgonizer Lair and around all other fighting.

The Mechanist is located south of the town is has a more difficult area to deal with. There are many security robots to deal with along with a number of turrets. You can also lockpick the elevator near the entrance (75 skill) to bypass the security robots.

Return to Uncle Roe in Canterbury Commons to complete the quest.

See The Superhuman Gambit for details.

This is a long quest to complete but if you do what I suggest then you can at least get the trophy quickly. This quest is given by Moira Brown in Megaton. She can be found in the Craterside Supply on the right side of town. It is only open during the day so be sure to go there then.

She wants your help in researching different things for her Guide Book. There are a total of 9 different tasks to complete in order to get the trophy. These, in order, are as follows:

1-1: Find food at the Super Duper Mart.
1-2: Contract Radiation Sickness.
1-3: Traverse a Mine Field.
2-1: Test the Repellent on Mole Rats.
2-2: Place an observer unit inside a Mirelurk nest.
2-3: Injure yourself more than 50% of your health.
3-1: Research Rivet City’s history.
3-2: RobCo Production Facility Mainframe.
3-3: Arlington Public Library.

As you can probably guess, these can take quite some time to complete. INSTEAD, if you have a high enough speech skill you can just convince her to not write the book and you will complete the quest that way. You can then load your previous save file if you wish to complete the quest the regular way later.

See The Wasteland Suvival Guide for details.

To begin this quest you’ll need to speak with a boy named Bryan Wilks. His location varies but you can find him around the Super Duper Mart area running around. Bryan Wilks will be told to hide in a shelter while you take care of the problem.

Run to Grayditch and enter Bryan’s father’s house (it is the house right next to the shack). When you find his father dead inside, exit the house and enter the shack next door. In here use the terminal and it will place Marigold Metro Station on your map. Exit the shack and head there.

Make your way through the station and you will find Dr. Lesko. I recommend to enter the area like he says and only to kill the Nest Protectors. I did not touch the Ant Queen at all. Once you’ve killed off the Protectors, return to the doctor and let him know. You will be rewarded with a perk that either increases your Strength or Perception by +1.

See Those! for details.

You start this quest by speaking with Sierra Petrovita in Girdershade. Agree to take her tour around her house of various Nuka-Cola collectibles. At the end of the tour she will ask you to bring her 30 Nuka-Cola Quantums. When you leave the house, Ronald will ask that you instead bring the Quantums to him instead. You will lose karma by doing this but it is possible to get double caps from him instead. The choice is yours in the end. Click on the link below for a list of all the locations of known Nuka-Cola Quantums.

See The Nuka-Cola Challenge for details.

Hannibal Hamlin in the Temple of the Union will give you this quest. Talk to Caleb after and he will ask you for a picture of the Lincoln Memorial. Travel to the Museum of America History and the picture will be in the Museum Office area, above a desk. You will have to fight some feral ghouls along the way so be prepared.

Travel to the Lincoln Memorial and you’ll find Slavers instead of Super Mutants. You have choices here as what to do, however you can just kill all the Slavers when you first arrive and return to Hannibal to tell him what happened. Give Caleb the picture as well if you haven’t yet.

The group will depart for the Northwest Metro Station and you are supposed to meet them there. You can fast travel to the location, however they may not be there yet. If not, head back and make sure they depart and then you can fast travel and it should be complete. You can of course escort them as well but it is a long walk. Members of the caravan can die if you escort while if you fast travel, they will all appear unharmed.

See Head of State for details.

Dr. Zimmer, in the Rivet City Science Lab, will be the one to give you this quest. He wants you to find his missing Android for him. After some research and asking around (see the link below for details), you will be tasked with finding and asking Dr. Pinkerton about the Android. Pinkerton is found in the broken bow of the ship that Rivet City is in. To enter this area, go across the main bridge leading to Rivet City. Once across, turn right and drop down on the lower level. Go straight to the edge and jump down into the water. You’ll want to swim straight ahead and dive underwater to find a door. Make your way through this area (beware of Mirelurks and traps) and you will find the doctor.

Talking with Pinkerton reveals that the Android is actually Harkness. He is the security chief of Rivet City, so return there and talk with him. How you handle the situation in telling him is up to you.

See The Replicated Man for details.

Talk to Lucy West in Megaton to receive this quest and a letter from her. Travel to Arefu and speak with the man (Evan King) guarding the town. He will ask that you check on the 3 families and make sure they are okay. Doing so will allow you to discover that Lucy’s parents have been killed in their home. Her brother, Ian, is missing and Evan King asks that you go find him.

Head over to the Meresti Trainyard and get into the Meresti Metro Station. There are other ways to get to this point, but this is the quickest route. Make your way through the tunnels while avoiding any possible traps and you will eventually arrive in the main area of the hideout. Talk with the various people inside to learn where Ian may be held. Once you find your way to Ian, show him the letter or pass a speech check to convince him to leave and go back home. Now return back to Evan King in Arefu to finish the quest.

See Blood Ties for details.

You will begin this quest upon entering Oasis. Tree Father Birch will ask you to follow him, so do so. You must take part in a ritual in order to meet with “Him.” After the ritual, you are able to meet and talk with Harold. He wishes that you would destroy his heart so that his suffering will end.

After talking with 2 other residents, you are given 3 basic choices. You’ll need to enter the Oasis Caverns in search of Harold’s heart. There are the occasional Radroach and Mirelurk inside the cave, so be aware of them. You will eventually make your way to the thumping sound which is his heart. Interact with it and you are given your 3 choices. I’ll mention that destroying the heart will grant you the Bearskin perk which adds a permanent 5% damage resistance to your character. However, the choice is yours.

See Oasis for details.

You get this quest from either Sheriff Lucas Simms or Burke in Megaton. Simms wants you to disarm the bomb, while Burke wants you to set it off. I recommend you to disarm the bomb as there is quite a lot in the town of Megaton that you’d have to get or do before setting off the bomb.

To disarm the bomb, you need to have a minimum of 25 points in Explosives. If you are not at that skill level, use some Mentats to boost your Perception by 5 and you should have it then. To disarm the bomb, simply walk up to the bomb and interact with it by pressing (X). Then choose disarm.

See The Power of the Atom for details.

Let me first say that there are several ways to complete this quest. You can be diplomatic, convince the residents to let the ghouls move in, sneak the ghouls in and they will kill everyone, etc. The only way to keep the residents alive is to kill Roy Phillips. If you chose to convince them to let him move in or help the ghouls overtake the tower then all the residents will die. I chose to convince the people to let them live there and then snuck the ghouls in so they wiped the place out. Before doing this, I enslaved Susan Lancaster so I had my one person for “Strictly Business” so I had access to Paradise Falls. I also dealt with Tenpenny for the quest “You Gotta Shoot ‘Em in the Head.” Once those 2 things are complete, I completed this quest. This is not the quickest method to complete this quest however.

The quickest is to agree with Chief Gustavo (main guard) to kill Roy Phillips. You will then need to travel to Warrington Station and wipe out the non-feral ghouls and Roy Phillips. Doing the quest in this fashion will leave the residents in Tenpenny Towers safe and alive, but you will lose out on a unique item, Ghoul Mask. It’s not a big item so deal with this how you like.

See Tenpenny Tower for details.

This quest is given by Grouse at the entrance of Paradise Falls. He asks you to enslave 4 VIP’s and bring them to him. You are given the Mesmetron and a Slave Collar. Each time you enslave a person, you have to return to Grouse to get a new Slave Collar.

To enslave a person, equip the Mesmetron and then shoot them. They will start to act dizzy and confused, at which point you should talk to them with (X). You can steal them of their items or just tell them to put on the collar.

This is what I recommend to do. Complete the quest in one sitting to get the trophy and then load the old game file. Do not save it if you want these people to exist in the world afterwards. Red is one of the requested people and if you enslave her before doing “Big Trouble in Big Town,” you will miss out on that quest and trophy.

The four people needed are:
1. Flak – Rivet City: I found him down in the Marketplace and enslaved him there. I had to run and shoot my way out of Rivet City so this is another reason I suggest not saving after completing the quest.
2. Red – Big Town/German Police HQ: She is the doctor in Big Town. If you haven’t done the quest “Big Trouble in Big Town,” you’ll have to travel to the German Police HQ and enslave her there.
3. Susan Lancaster – Tenpenny Tower: Preferably find her in her penthouse on the top floor at night. Also do this before the quest “Tenpenny Tower” if you plan on letting the ghouls overtake the building. Otherwise, you’ll have to find her wandering outside the building.
4. Arkansas– Minefield: You’ll have to either try and sneak up on him or lure him down the platform so that you can use the Mesmetron on him more safely. He is a sniper in the Minefield. Also remember to watch out for all the mines.

See Strictly Business for details.

Mister Crowley can be found in the Underworld and would like you to do some work for him. You are asked to kill and collect keys off of 4 specific people. Like many other quests, you have many options on how to finish this quest. I will detail how I did it and this method will also give you a nice power armor suit and helmet.

1. Dukov – Dukov’s Place: You can handle this in 3 ways. Kill him and steal the key, pay him for the key, or convince Cherry to steal the key for you. I chose to kill him but you can do this in any way.
2. Strayer – Rivet City: You’ll find Ted Strayer (Jeff’s son) in Rivet city. I found him asleep in his room. Talk with him and you can threaten him if your Strength is above 6, pay him 25 caps, or pass a speech check. No reason to kill him.
3. Dave – Republic of Dave: You can kill him if you want, however I passed a speech check in which you convince him you are an Ambassador and he will give you the key.
4. Tara – Fort Constantine: Go for this key last. Once you have the other 3 keys, enter the Fort through the CO Quarters. Make your way through the fort (watch out for the robots) and you will find her corpse in front of a locked door. Take her key.

Once you have the keys, you can do whatever you like to finish. My choice was to stay in Fort Constantine and use the keys to open the door to the Power Armor. Once you use the terminal there, simply take the helmet and armor and the quest is complete. You also have some great armor to use in the game.

See You Gotta Shoot ‘Em in the Head for details.

This quest is given by Abraham Washington in Rivet City. He wants you to go to the National Archives and steal the Declaration of Independence. When you get to the National Archives by following your map markers, you’ll find Sydney in the rotunda. There are several mines around her so be careful. You will need to hold off a small wave of Super Mutants when you talk to her and then you are given the choice of accompanying her to steal the document (shorter quest) or decline her request and do it yourself (longer quest).

If you chose to help her she will tell you of a secret elevator. Use the terminal in front of you and it will appear. This gets you much closer to the document. If you decline her help, you’ll have to travel much farther to get to the document. However you want to do it leads you to the next part.

A robot will come to you named Button Gwinnett. You then have several options open to you. You can kill him and steal the document, you can help him and forge the document or you can pass a speech challenge and he will give you the document. Once you have it or a copy of it, return to Abraham Washington in Rivet City.

See Stealing Independence for details.

You can begin this quest anytime once you have completed the main quest “The Waters of Life.” To get the quest, go near Vault 101. Open your Pip-Boy with (O), go to data on the right and then select Radio. You should see a Vault 101 Distress Signal. Listen to the recording and you’ll get the quest. Now travel to Vault 101 and enter your old home.

A lot has changed since you left, so have a look around and talk with the people inside. There are a variety of ways to complete this quest. You can convince Amata to stay in the vault, you can kill the Overseer, you can convince the Overseer to give in and Amata will become the new Overseer, etc. You can handle this in whatever way you desire. No matter what happens, you will be asked to leave the vault forever. You cannot return at any point in the game.

*This is the third, and FINAL, chance to get the Medicine Bobblehead out of the clinic. You may also want to pick the lock behind the bible quote on the wall in your father’s office. In it you will find a Rock-It Launcher schematic.

See Trouble on the Honefront for details.

Agatha’s house is located roughly northeast of Meresti Trainyard. It is located in a cut out of a cliff with a bridge leading over a gap to her house. There is usually a caravan on the other side of the bridge to help locate the house. Speaking with Agatha you learn that she is a musician that plays her music over the radio. She wants you to find her a violin known as the Soil Stradivarius.

You have the optional task of going to Vault-Tec Headquarters. The only thing to get from this is using a terminal to obtain the location of various vaults on your map. If you’ve already done the quest “Picking up the Trail,” all the locations of the vaults are already on your map. You can skip straight to Vault 92.

In Vault 92 you’ll fight mostly Mirelurk variations. There are also other creatures such as Radroaches but nothing too difficult. You want to make your way to the Sound Testing section of the vault. The violin is in the southwest room in this section on a table. Simply retrieve the violin and return to Agatha.

See Agatha’s Song for details.

There are two ways to get this quest. The first is by speaking with Reilly in the Underworld. She is found unconscious in the hospital and you will either have to convince the doctor to wake her or use your Medicine skill (60+) to do so. The other way to begin this quest is to receive the Ranger Emergency Frequency that can be heard around the National Archives area.

You will have to find the Our Lady of Hope Hospital (Super Mutants and traps) and cross over to the Statesman Hotel using the crane. Make your way to the roof of the hotel to meet up with the team. The elevator is broken and requires a fission battery to work again. If you don’t have one in your inventory, you are told that there is a robot down on the first floor that has one.

Help them escape the hotel now and head toward Ranger HQ in Seward Square.

See Reilly’s Rangers for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

This one could be somewhat of an issue getting in a normal playthrough depending on how much you explore. I would recommend playing through the majority of the game without worrying about this trophy. Toward the end hopefully you’ll either have it or be relatively close. At this point make trips to places like Megaton, Rivet City, Paradise Falls, Evergreen Mills, etc. and kill everyone. You should get the trophy that way and then reload your game.

There should be no issue getting this trophy in the course of the game. Creatures such as radroaches, bloatflys, deathclaws, Yao Guai, dogs, mole rats, etc. all count toward this trophy. If you are toward the end of the game and worried about reaching the 300 kills needed, wander the wastelands looking for mole rats and radscorpians. You really don’t need to go out of your way to get this trophy though as it will come in time.

I prefer the use of a mine to do this as it gives more time to back away from the blast. Save your game before attempting in case you fail. The easiest way to do this is to be in good karma and crouch (R3) behind any NPC. I did this in Megaton in the Saloon on my game. Press (X) to pickpocket when no one is looking. Then simply transfer a mine or grenade into the NPC’s inventory and back out of the menu. If you get caught, reload your game. You can use a Stealth Boy if you want to, however I didn’t need it.

You should know that you cannot return back to finish any side quests once you’re into this quest. Take care of anything else you want to do before beating this or make a save file to reload after.

Once Liberty Prime is launched, follow after it. Once on a bridge, the Enclave will launch an assault. Liberty Prime will take care of the aircraft so don’t fire on those. You will need to help take care of any of the ground troops that appear however. Keep following Liberty Prime until he stops on the second bridge. He and the other troops will not advance any further, so enter the Memorial with Sarah Lyons. Make your way into the rotunda and make your last few choices of the game. One final choice requires the use of the password for the purifier. It is 216.

See Take it Back! for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

See “Last, Best Hope for Humanity” for details.

All of these leveling trophies are self explanatory. You do not have to play through the game 3 times to get all of these trophies as long as you save at the right times. You’ll want to save your game when your character is level 7, level 13 and level 19. You will most likely want to be relatively close to leveling to the next level (8, 14, 20) when the save is made. Now simply do actions depending on your current karma to get into another karma and level up. Now reload, and work toward another karma.

For example, let’s say you’ve been playing on good karma (recommended). After you save at level 7, go on a killing rampage through places such as Megaton or Rivet City. You’re aiming to have negative karma when you level up to 8. Now reload your game. Neutral karma is the hardest set to get. Remember that you can steal stuff that is red to lose karma without gaining experience.
It may take a bit of planning but this is the best way to make sure you get all of these level trophies.

You must first find a weapon’s schematic, get all the required parts and then you can find a workbench to create the weapon. You are only required to find 1 schematic, even if more exist, to make the weapon. If you’re just worried about getting the trophy, don’t waste your time getting multiples of one schematic. There are 7 in total.

Bottlecap Mine
Ingredients: Lunch Box, Cherry Bomb, Sensor Module, 10 Bottlecaps
Location: The Wasteland Survival Guide quest, Jocko’s Pop & Gas Stop, Knick Knack, Herbert Dashwood
Dart Gun
Ingredients: Paint Gun, Radscorpian Poison Gland, Toy Car, Surgical Tubing
Location: MDPL-05 Power Station, Lydia Montenegro, Head of State quest, Michael Masters
Deathclaw Gauntlet
Ingredients: Wonder Glue, Leather Belt, Medical Brace, Deathclaw Hand
Location: F. Scott Key Trail & Campground, Random Encounter, Help Bannon in Rivet City
Nuka Grenade
Ingredients: Nuka-Cola Quantum, Tin Can, Turpentine, Abraxo Cleaner
Location: Doc Hoff, Sierra Petrovita, Yao Guai Cave
Railway Rifle
Ingredients: Fission Battery, Pressure Cooker, Steam Gauge Assembly, Crutch
Location: Tulip in Underworld, Stealing Independence quest, MDPL-13 Power Station
Rock-It Launcher
Ingredients: Vacuum Cleaner, Leaf Blower, Firehose Nozzle, Conductor
Location: Crazy Wolfgang, Moira Brown, Rivet City Armory, Vault 101
Shishkebab
Ingredients: Motorcycle Gas Tank, Motorcycle Handbrake, Lawnmower Blade, Pilot Light
Location: Lucky Harith, Vance/Blood Ties quest, Outcast Shack

See Schematics for details.

A speech challenge is simply an option in conversation with a percentage in front of it. That percentage is the chance you have to be successful. Save the game before attempting a speech challenge. If you fail, reload the game and try again. My recommendation is to have your speech skill rather high at the start of the game. This will give you plenty of opportunities to work toward the 50 successes for this trophy.

If you grow impatient or desire to “boost” these challenges, look for a little girl named Knock Knock in Little Lamplight. You’ll have to gain entry to this area by either a speech challenge of completing the quest “Rescue from Paradise.” Talk to her and get her to tell a joke. You can do this an unlimited number of times until you get the 50 needed. *Note: Some people have to end the conversation for the trophy to pop and others have had to fire their weapon or equip a weapon to get the trophy to register after.

I recommend having at least 50 Science skill in the game. You can either assign points to get to 50 or use apparel to boost your skill level. Having 50 will let you hack any terminal [Average] and below. I personally have around 65-70 skill and boost it to over 75 with apparel so I can hack the [Hard] terminals as well.

Terminals that can be hacked will be computers that say [Locked] when examined. When you open it up with (X), you will find yourself on a hacking screen with many symbols and words. The words will be different lengths depending on the difficulty of the terminal. My strategy that works every time is to simply pick a word randomly (usually the first word). On the right it will list that word and have a number such as (2/8). This number shows how many right characters there are out of the total. You should be aware that the 2 characters that are correct means those 2 characters are in the right placeholder in the word, not just present in the word. From that point you look over the other words and find another that could match the correct letters and be the correct word. You may have to attempt the hack a couple times, but I’ve never gotten stumped by a terminal for more than a few tries.

*Note: You have 4 guesses until the terminal is locked forever and you can’t hack it. You need to use only 3 attempts and then back out with (O) to cancel the hack. Now you can try the hack again using only 3 attempts. The perk “Computer Whiz” will allow you to hack back into these locked terminals, however it’s a pretty pointless perk as long as you’re careful.

The majority of the larger buildings in the game have several terminals in them. Some terminals will have a password that can be found nearby. I don’t use the password and opt to hack instead. Don’t forget about terminals in places like Megaton and Rivet City. You will lose karma with each one, but as long as no one sees you do it then it’s a clean hack.

I recommend having at least 50 lockpick skill by either default or by equipping apparel that boosts lockpicking. The reason is that the majority of locks are [Average] or below and the [Average] locks require 50 skill.

To pick a lock you need to have a bobby pin. You will enter a lockpick screen where the (LS) moves the bobby pin. When in a place you want it, use the (RS) to move the screwdriver. Do not move the pin while moving the screwdriver. If you pin clicks and vibrates, stop moving the screwdriver. Move the pin another direction (only a little if the screwdrivers turn most of the way or move the pin a lot if the screwdriver stops right away). The pin will only last for 3 attempts so if you don’t want to want to lose the pin you need to try 2 times and then back out with (O) and try again.

There are a ton of locks all over the game so you should not have any issues getting this trophy. Be sure to check doors, safes, ammunition boxes, etc. for chances to pick the lock.

This is another trophy that should come with time. When out in the wastelands take a look at your compass. You will see 2 small triangles when close enough to a location. A solid white triangle is an already discovered location. A hollow triangle is a location that is undiscovered still. You want to go toward the hollow triangles.

There is also a perk called “Explorer” that reveals all locations on your map. You are still required to travel to 100 locations for the trophy though. I wouldn’t recommend the perk as it’s easy enough to get the trophy without it and probably before Level 20 when the perk becomes available.

See “Vault-Tec C.E.O.” trophy. 10 Bobbleheads is exactly half of the total available. 

There are a total of 5 Super Mutant Behemoths in the game. Don’t worry, they are easy to recognize due to their size over other mutants. I will list some general tips to kill these and then list where they can be found. Generally, these creatures are relatively slow and easy to avoid. You can make them slower by shooting their legs with the Dart Gun. It only takes one shot with this gun to cripple a leg (or arm) so if you want to be somewhat safer, feel free to use it. Some of the behemoths are involved with fighting other characters besides you so use this to your advantage. It will take approximately 3 shots from a Fat Man to down a behemoth (assuming the Fat Man has adequate durability). The Experimental MIRV will however kill a behemoth in one hit if you prefer that method.

1. GNR Building – You will encounter this one while doing the “Galaxy News Radio” quest. You will be fighting this Behemoth along side several Brotherhood of Steel members. One member has a Fat Man and will die, so grab the Fat Man and use it!
2. Evergreen Mills – Evergreen Mills is the large Raider base camp. They have a Behemoth trapped in an electrified cage within the base. I recommend clearing out the base of the Raiders so that nothing can get in the way. There is a possibility that the Behemoth can get out during this time, however it seems rare. If he does escape, deal with him normally. You can sit on the cliffs above the cage and kill the Behemoth from above also for a safer approach.
3. Capitol Building – This Behemoth will be fighting with a group of Talon Company mercenaries. There will likely be a number of Super Mutants as well in the fight so be aware of that. You can use the doorway near where the Behemoth is to shoot him from. He is too large to get through the doorway so take safer shots from where he can’t reach you.
4. Takoma Park – This one is northeast of Takoma Park. You should see a water tower that has a truck close by. There is a switch on the truck that you can use to fire artillery to help you down the Behemoth. There is also a safe spot you can shoot from where he can’t hit you. There is a truck to the right of the gate that you can get into and be completely safe from any damage.
5. Jury Street Metro Station – You want to head west from Vault 101 to find this area. Keep heading west once you find the Metro Station and you should find many train cars. In one of the overturned storage containers you will find Cart Cages. In one of these there is a teddy bear. Take the bear to make the behemoth spawn. It is possible that you do not have to take the teddy bear, but he will still spawn in the area.

There are 2 bobbleheads that can be missed in the game. Your actions can alter the accessibility of a third. These are noted with an *.

Stats:
*Strength – Megaton: In Lucas Simms house. His house is the first on the right when you enter Megaton. The bobblehead is on the desk in a room upstairs. *If you blow up Megaton, get this first! If not it is gone.
Perception – Republic of Dave: On a bookshelf in the Museum of Dave.
Endurance – Deathclaw Sanctuary: Next to the entrance by a brahmin corpse.
Charisma – Vault 108: On a table in the Cloning Lab. There are a lot of beds in the room.
Intelligence – Rivet City: On a table in the center of the Science Lab.
Agility – Green Pastures Disposal: On a desk in the office on the western side of the area.
Luck – Arlington Cemetery: There is a house near the center of the cemetery that is on a hill. The bobblehead is in the basement of this house on a shelf.

Skills:
Barter – Evergreen Mills: On a shelf behind the work bench in the Market Bazaar. This is in the room to the right of Smiling Jack.
Big Guns – Fort Constantine: CO Quarters in the basement.
*Energy Weapons – Raven Rock: On a desk in Colonel Autumn’s bedroom. Get this before you leave the Enclave Base as you cannot return later to get it.
Explosives – WKML Broadcast Station: You have to go behind the Station and drop down off the small cliff. There is a manhole tucked away that you can enter and the bobblehead is at the end of the short tunnel on a desk. Click Here for a picture of the location.
Lockpick – Bethesda Ruins: In the East Offices on a desk with a lamp turned on.
*Medicine – Vault 101: It is on your dad’s medical desk. You have 3 chances to get this and they are before the G.O.A.T., during the escape, or during the quest “Trouble on the Homefront.”
Melee Weapons – Dunwich Building: In the Virulent Underchambers, center of a room by the exit to Dunwich Building.
Repair – Arefu: On a white table in Evan King’s house. You need a 50 Lockpick skill to get into the house.
Science – Vault 106: On a shelf in the Living Quarters (east most room).
Small Guns – National Guard Depot: This is in the National Guard Armory. It is in a sealed storage room in the basement on a shelf. Click Here for a more detailed description and video.
Sneak – Yao Guai Tunnels: In the Yao Guai Den on top of a box north of the pool of water.
Speech – Paradise Falls: On a table next to the computer terminal in Eulogy’s Pad.
Unarmed – Rockopolis: On the ground next to Argyle’s body.

Earn all other trophies in the game.