Fallout 3

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This is a lengthy Side Quest trophy and can be missed because if you kill Moira or she dies on the way to Underworld (if you nuked Megaton), then the Quest will fail. It should also be noted that you can mess up the Scientific Pursuits trophy if you haven't already got it so get that before doing the "Research Rivet City's history" objective for Moira.

To start this Quest, you need to speak to Moira Brown at the Craterside Supply Store or in Underworld if you chose to nuke Megaton.

Notes:

• It is also possible to complete this Quest without doing any real work by telling Moria the book is a waste of time and not to bother writing it but doing this is a really bad idea because you will miss out on lots of XP, caps and gear, as well as seriously slowing down your progress towards certain other trophies.
• We recommended doing all the optional objectives because you will get much better rewards for doing so, especially at the end when you hand in the final objective. Credit to The Great American Savior for providing info regarding what the optional objectives are called and confirming a couple of other details.

Chapter 1: Survive

Primary objective: Find food at the Super-Duper Mart
Optional objective: Find medicine in the Super-Duper Mart

Be careful here as the place is swarming with Raiders both inside and out. Once you get inside, clear the place out and grab the medicine and as much food as you can carry then exit and Fast Travel back to Megaton.


Primary objective: Contract radiation Sickness
Optional Objective: Contract 600 RADs

The way Harry did it was to stand next to the Megaton Nuke but the fastest place is at the old water tower by Springvale High School, because it has loads of radioactive barrels and the water inside the tower is highly radioactive. If you go down the barrel route then stand on top of the barrels to ensure you absorb +8 RADs a second. Once you've absorbed 600+ RADs for the optional objective, walk or Fast Travel back to Megaton and tell Moira how sick you feel. Moira will then cure your radiation and give you a new Perk.

Note: Do this early on in the game, else you will be almost immune to radiation due to all the Perks and specialised gear you will inevitably get.


Primary objective: Traversing a minefield
Optional objective: Retrieve a land mine for Moira

For this you have make your way to the settlement of Minefield which is directly East of the Germantown Police HQ. When you get there, pick your way through the minefield and make your way to the Playground. Be warned though because there's a sniper at the other end of town that will be taking pot-shots at you and the unexploded cars so kill him before he kills you. Also, make sure you grab a few mines so you will have one to give to Moira to complete the optional objective and be able to sell the rest to her for a good price.

Notes:

• You can also wait until you hit Level 14 and take the Light Step Perk (providing your Perception and Agility are at 6 or higher), then you won’t trigger any of the mines.
• The sniper is called Arkansas and is part of the Strictly Business trophy.

Chapter 2: Thrive

Primary objective: Test the repellent on Mole Rats
Optional objective: Test the repellent on 7 or more Mole Rats

Moira will send you to the Tepid Sewers for this Quest so make your way there and kill all the Mole Rats you see with the Repellent Stick but watch out for traps and Raiders whilst you're there. There are also several Mole Rats round the back of Megaton (providing you haven't already killed them) and the more you kill before entering the Tepid Sewers, the less you will have to kill when you're in there. This is one of the easier objectives because you just have to keep on killing Mole Rats until the game says stop.

Note: There is a chance the stats for optional objective may glitch and not count correctly, if this happens then you will need to kill 10 Mole Rats before the objective will be marked as complete (credit to The Great American Savior for this information).


Primary objective: Place an Observer unit inside a Mirelurk nest
Optional objective: Complete the objective without killing a single Mirelurk

If your Sneak Skill is high enough and you have a Stealth Boy handy then the optional objective to complete this without killing any Mirelurks will be easy but if it isn't, then you will have to run to the nearest nest on the lowest level of the Memorial, plant the Observer Unit and get out of there before the Mirelurks kill you!

See here for an alternate method involving the Service Entrance (it has an "Easy" lock):

(Credit to TopSpec-Gaming - TopSpec Players for this video. Although this is for the Xbox 360 version, the info should still be relevant).

Note: Only Mirelurks inside the Anchorage Memorial count towards the optional objective, it doesn't matter if you kill any on your way there (credit to The Great American Savior for this information).


Primary objective: Return to Moira with injuries equalling more than 50% of your health
Optional objective: Come back to Moira with a crippled limb

There are several possible ways of doing this but the most efficient are the following:

• Get attacked during Mirelurk Nest objective, get badly injured and cripple at least one limb in the process.
• Blow yourself up with some Grenades or the Missile Launcher, you can't overcook Grenades so you will have to throw them close by you.
• Place some Frag or Plasma mines (Pulse ones don't count), stand on top of them then shoot one - this works best when you're at a low level because you’re weaker and have fewer Perks.
• Jump off the balcony outside Craterside Supply in Megaton.
• Re-arm a Bear Trap (there a some in Meresti Trainyard), step on it then re-arm it again and repeat until you get crippled.

Make sure you don't heal yourself by mistake else you will have to cripple yourself again.


Chapter 3: Survive

Primary objective: Research Rivet City's history
Optional objective: Find out the "true" history of Rivet City

WARNING: Do not do this mission if you haven't done the Scientific Pursuits Quest, else you could render that trophy unobtainable for your current playthrough.

Talk to the following people:

Vera Weatherly - Weatherly Hotel (Upper Deck)
Seagrave Holmes - Rivet City Supply (Marketplace)
Pinkerton - Broken Bow (required for the optional objective)
Bannon - Potomac Attire (Marketplace)


Primary objective: Go to the RobCo facility and use the Mainframe
Optional objective: Hack the RobCo production facility Mainframe

The bulk of the enemies in here are Raiders, Radroaches and Mole Rats but take plenty of Pulse Grenades and/or Pulse mines when you do these objectives because there will be loads of Robots after reprogramming the Mainframe. If you don't do the optional objective, then you will face far more hostile robots in the Capital Wasteland.


Primary objective: Arlington Public Library
Optional objective: Retrieve the complete Library Archive

The only enemies you will face in the Library are Radroaches and Raiders so nothing too taxing. Be warned though, that there are a couple of turrets in one of the back rooms so make sure your Hacking Skills are up to scratch else you will have to tackle them the hard way.

The Archives are held in the Arlington Library Media Archive but you will face a lot of enemies in there so be prepared. In one of the rooms is a box marked "Restoration Supplies" which is part of the Stealing Independence trophy but do not remove the Ink Container because you will be stuck with it for the remainder of the game due to a glitch. In a back room you will find a terminal called the "Arlington Public Library Public terminal", access it and choose the "Access Card Catalogue" and "Transfer Library Archives" options.

If you choose to finish The Wasteland Survival Guide in its entirety then the trophy will pop after your conversation with Moira is over but If you chose to avoid doing any work and just convinced Moira the book is a bad idea, then the trophy will pop soon after she agrees with you.