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Take it Back!

Take it Back!

Completed "Take it Back!"

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How to unlock the Take it Back! achievement in Fallout 3 - Definitive Guide

This is the final storyline mission that starts in the Citadel. Follow Liberty Prime from The Citadel to the Jefferson Memorial where Project Purity is. Liberty is so ungodly powerful you'll not really have to do anything on the way there, maybe just mop-up any survivors.

Once you reach the Memorial, enter and fight a group of Enclave Soldiers in the gift shop before heading into the control room. Here you'll face Col. Autumn again. If you have a high enough speech skill, you can talk him out of attack period with the middle dialogue option. Otherwise, dispose of him and his two guards and head up to the airlock.

You'll be given the choice of who to send into the airlock, and if you go, you'll have the chance of entering Eden's virus into the water system. You'll have to enter a password into the console to activate it. The password is 216, after Revelation 21:6, your mother's favorite biblical passage. Even if you fail to enter the password, you'll still get one of the endings, and the achievement will unlock when the credits start.
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10 Nov 2008 01:04

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where do you put the modified FEV in the Purifier?
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By HarbingerOfKaos on 03 Apr 2009 23:48
Right inside the entrance once the door shuts on you is where you can input the virus.
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By Codsternation on 03 Apr 2009 23:52
k thanks! i tried like 3 diff endings and i couldnt find it lol. now i'll know where to look for it! lol thanks!
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By HarbingerOfKaos on 03 Apr 2009 23:57
Get Broken Steel, it continues the storyline.
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By Codsternation on 29 May 2011 17:27
with the broken steel dlc, can I do other stuff like making the weapons and hacking the terminals? I'm close to finishing the main story but worried about starting this mission caz i have other stuff left
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By PlanesWalker 97 on 20 Dec 2012 00:16
What? Can;t play after its done? Its bull !!!
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By Sgt Malarkey Br on 28 Nov 2015 21:44
I am outraged by this awful ending. No matter what choice I make I can't keep playing. I've tried both options and on both occasions I was expecting to regain control of my character at the end of the cutscene but the game just decides to end itself even though I have a ton of DLC and other achievements to get. Thankfully I have one save just before I started this mission so I can keep playing normally. Seriously mad at this though. I just came to this solution to see if there was any mention of not being able to play afterwards. Perhaps if you could find a way to include it without giving any spoilers.
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By Confused Shelf on 29 May 2011 09:34
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Take it Back! it is the last mission of the game so try to make all the missable achievements before finishing the game.
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WARNING: The point of no return is during this quest. I would suggest finishing any achievements or side-quests you need before speaking with Sarah Lyons.

Speak with Sarah when you're ready to finish the game. You will head outside and follow the giant robot from the Citadel back to the Jefferson Memorial. Again enter the Gift Shop door and head to the Rotunda where the control room for Project Purity is located. Colonel Autumn will be waiting for you. With a high speech skill you can convince him to step aside. Otherwise, just kill him. However, the control room is now completely irradiated and is about to self-destruct.

You have three options now to finish the game:

  1. Sacrifice yourself or Sarah to enter the room and activate Project Purity. The code for the console is 216.
  2. Inject the FEV virus into the water filter.
  3. Do nothing and let the place explode.
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WARNING: The point of no return is during this quest. I would suggest finishing any achievements or side-quests you need before speaking with Sarah Lyons.

Speak with Sarah when you're ready to finish the game. You will head outside and follow the giant robot from the Citadel back to the Jefferson Memorial. Again enter the Gift Shop door and head to the Rotunda where the control room for Project Purity is located. Colonel Autumn will be waiting for you. With a high speech skill you can convince him to step aside. Otherwise, just kill him. However, the control room is now completely irradiated and is about to self-destruct.

You have three options now to finish the game:

  1. Sacrifice yourself or Sarah to enter the room and activate Project Purity. The code for the console is 216.
  2. Inject the FEV virus into the water filter.
  3. Do nothing and let the place explode.
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Story Related, Unmissable

Do note that the description for this trophy is misleading because just finishing the "Take it Back!" Quest won't pop the trophy, you also have to finish another Quest you're given once you reach the Jefferson Memorial called "Project Impurity".

Make sure that before accepting this Quest you have made a manual save and backed it up somewhere, because this Quest is the point of no return if you don't have the Broken Steel DLC installed. You won't be able to complete any other Quests except this one once you start.

Note: On entering the Laboratory you will be unable to equip any weapons or use your Pip-Boy until the cutscene and conversation with Sarah are finished. When you finally tell Sarah you're ready, you won't be able to control your character again until Liberty Prime is being raised to ground level.

WARNING: Whatever you do, don't go through the main gate of the Citadel before Sarah does else there’s a chance you'll crash the game.

On exiting the Citadel you have to escort Liberty Prime to the Purifier but the very first time Harry did this Quest, Liberty Prime got his foot stuck on one of the rocks and he didn't get out for ages!

I just started wandering around the wasteland getting Bobbleheads and every once in a while I'd return and see if he was moving, most the time I checked he was still stuck then one time I killed some of the brotherhood (while being in a 'hidden' state) and carried the bodies to the foot of the bridge. To my astonishment, after doing that Liberty Prime started moving and I was able to complete the Quest.

Don't try shooting Liberty Prime if he gets stuck else he will turn hostile and kill you almost instantly.

The easiest thing to do is to just let Liberty Prime to do all the killing as he throws nukes and has a big laser for a face. The enemies that do get around him, you want to make sure you kill them quickly as their energy weapons will take a lot of health off you.

Once you reach the Memorial (and have triggered the Quest "Project Impurity") you have to fight off a few Enclave soldiers and when you reach the lab, Colonel Autumn and his goons will be there. Autumn will have a brief conversation with you then you can kill him and his goons, they don’t take much to kill. Once you've done that, approach the Purifier chamber and Dr. Li will say that the Purifier is going to explode if the pressure isn't released but it’s a one-way trip for whoever goes inside. Normally it doesn't matter who enters the code into the Purifier 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 the Broken Steel DLC).

If you enter the Purifier then you have chance to use the Modified F.E.V virus (if you still have it) with the console next to the inner door of the chamber.

Without Broken Steel installed this trophy will pop either during or just after the final cutscene but with it installed, the trophy will pop sometime during or just after you speak to Elder Lyons when you wake up.

Note: If you activate the Purifier then there may be a minor but harmless audio glitch where Sarah will tell you to activate it even though you already have.

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Attention: This is the last story quest. You must first obtain all other achievements and complete all optional tasks before you talk to Sarah Lyons. Talk to Sarah when you are ready to end the game. Now you must follow the giant robot from the Citadel to the Jefferson Memorial where the "Uncleanness Project" is located. Colonel Autumn will be waiting for you in the control room; you can either negotiate with him to leave or kill him. The room itself, however, is radioactive, and a self-destruction mechanism has been launched there. To complete the game you will have three options:
1. Sacrifice yourself or persuade Sarah to sacrifice by launching the installation. Installation code 216.
2. Introduce FEV virus into water filters.
3. Do nothing and let the installation explode.
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13 Jul 2011 10:03