Fallout 4
84 Achievements
1,600
108-139h
Better Living Underground
Unlock all Vault 88 build areas
15
3.89%
How to unlock the Better Living Underground achievement in Fallout 4 - Definitive Guide
Bring stimpaks, radaway and weapons because there are mirelurks, mole rats, radscorpions and ghouls along the way!
I completed it before the interview quest.
Also I've competed all quests now.
After speaking with her the first time, you will trigger the "Model Citizen" quest, and after turning on the distress beacon during this quest, "Explore Vault 88" will unlock, too. During the latter quest, you will need clear out rubble that's blocking the entryways to each "Sector," North, North-East, and East. Follow your compass and make your way around the underground tunnels of Vault 88 to unlock the three workshop stations in each Sector.
Your compass will guide you in finding each station with ease; however when you try to interact with a workshop station, you'll be tasked with finding the nearby control board in order to power it up. The control boards are marked on your compass. Once all three workshop stations are powered up and available to use, this achievement will unlock and the "Explore Vault 88" quest will be completed.
The quest will guide you were to go but if you want to try to avoid the big fights pick up the control board before you go to the work shops. The first one I went to is at the far end of the vault down a train tunnel as you go down it instead of turning left to join another tunnel as your tunnel is blocked go to were the rubble is and there is a room on your right and the control board is there.
The second control board can be found on the way to the next work shop as you head towards it you will come to a set of stone stairs you have to go up under them is a room and in that room you will find the next control board on the shelf on the left.
The last one is found in the train station if you keep heading through the vault past the 2nd work shop, you will find the 3rd work shop first if you go past that you will get to the train station, go to the right and you will find the control board sitting on top of a box next to the pillar.
If you would like a guide on where to find any of the control boards or would like a video guide in general check out my video I have posted below
Video below shows the locations but it's pretty easy to find.
Make sure to take enough ammo and stimpaks tough Mirelurk Queen in East Sector.
- North sector
- Northeast sector
- East sector
The workshops will be marked by quests markers, and will each require the corresponding control unit. If you reach a workshop without the control unit, it will be tracked by a quest marker to help you find it.
After clearing the initial areas of Ghouls, building the Overseer a desk and turning on the recruitment beacon, you are given the quest "Exploring Vault 88" which has you restoring the 3 remaining Workshops in Vault 88. Like the first one, this entails finding a Control Board and installing it. You will occasionally have to clear walls/obstructions (whilst in Workshop/Building mode) to continue your exploration.
After restoring the third and final workshop, the trophy will pop.
So long as you are a Level 20 or higher, the DLC's first quest, "Vault-Tec Calling," will be added to your journal. After completing this short quest and the subsequent, "Better Living Underground," you will meet Overseer Barstow.
Speaking with her the first time will trigger the "A Model Citizen" quest, during which you will need to build an Overseer's Desk (which is found under the "Special" tab of the workshop menu) and activate the Vault's Radio Beacon. This will then trigger "Explore Vault 88." During this quest you will need clear out rubble that's blocking the entryways to each Sector - North, North-East, and East - and find their workshop stations.
Your compass will guide you in finding each Sector's workshop station, however when you try to interact with one, you'll be tasked with finding a nearby control board in order to power it up. The control boards are marked on your compass. Once all three workshop stations are powered up and available to use, this achievement will unlock.