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How to unlock the Prepared for the Future achievement in Fallout 4 - Definitive Guide

amenazamenor JF

TrueAchievements

07 Dec 2015 17:54

This achievement is obtained by reaching one of the four faction endings for the main questline of the game for the first time.

I made a chart that shows how to obtain all the achievements with only one save / reload, and also the best point to save in order to obtain all 4 endings (not necessary for achievements).

Scroll down for a more detailed explanation (inside the Spoiler Tag, as it is an awful lot of text).

For starters, keep in mind a thing: having high charisma will help you when you'll have to balance several factions at once. I recommend having at least 6-7 points of charisma, and using "charisma-enhancer" gear like Glasses, Hats or Suits, or even using, when neccessary, beer or some drugs as Grape Mentats or Day Tripper that give charisma points for a few minutes.

Open this thing for the full explanation:

START MAIN MISSIONS

As soon as you're out in the Commonwealth, you'll be able to explore freely. Follow the main quest for a while, and, after completing the quest "Reunions" the Brotherhood of Steel will be available. That moment, or a little later (after "Shattered", for example), is a good time to join the available factions and advance on their questlines. I recommend advancing until your current mission is "The Glowing Sea", that way you'll have a higher level to face these missions.

The War Never Changes achievement in Fallout 4 worth 10 pointsEnter The Wasteland

The Unlikely Valentine achievement in Fallout 4 worth 26 pointsComplete "Unlikely Valentine"

The Reunions achievement in Fallout 4 worth 27 pointsComplete "Reunions"

The Dangerous Minds achievement in Fallout 4 worth 28 pointsComplete "Dangerous Minds"

JOIN THE FACTIONS

You'll probably have met the Minutemen already as you came out of the Vault. Their questline starts with "When Freedom Calls".

The When Freedom Calls achievement in Fallout 4 worth 11 pointsComplete "When Freedom Calls"

Once you complete the mission, make sure you complete "Sanctuary" too, as it isn't necessary for progression but it has an achievement.

The Sanctuary achievement in Fallout 4 worth 25 pointsComplete "Sanctuary"

"The First Step" is the mission in which you join the faction, and it unlocks a series of secondary missions related with helping settlements.

The The First Step achievement in Fallout 4 worth 12 pointsJoin the Minutemen

Do three of these secondary missions, and the next mission, "Taking Independence", will be available. Do it, and then the next one, "Old guns". Upon completing these, you'll have all Minutemen achievements, and you can forget of this faction for the rest of the game if you wish.

The Taking Independence achievement in Fallout 4 worth 14 pointsComplete "Taking Independence"

The Old Guns achievement in Fallout 4 worth 45 pointsComplete "Old Guns"

Time to join the Brotherhood. You'll find a military radio channel that will lead you into a police station, where you find some Brotherhood members. You'll have to complete a few missions until you become a member. "Reveille", "Fire Support", "Call To Arms", and, finally, "Semper Invicta".

The Semper Invicta achievement in Fallout 4 worth 13 pointsJoin the Brotherhood of Steel

You can do a few more quests for them, and I reccommend to do it. These are available after you complete the main mission "Reunions", and are "Shadow Of Steel", "Tour Of Duty" and "Show No Mercy".

Railroad time. You'll only be able to do a couple of missions for them at this point. These are "Road to Freedom" and "Tradecraft", in which you join the faction.

The Tradecraft achievement in Fallout 4 worth 15 pointsJoin the Railroad

Okay, time to continue the main missions.

CONTINUE MAIN MISSIONS

After "The Glowing Sea", you'll complete "Hunter / Hunted"

The Hunter/Hunted achievement in Fallout 4 worth 29 pointsComplete "Hunter/Hunted"

And here the decisions start. In the next mission, "The Molecular Level", you'll need to

Make sure you choose the Railroad, to ensure you can access everything later.

The The Molecular Level achievement in Fallout 4 worth 31 pointsComplete "The Molecular Level"

Next mission is "Institutionalized". And here, you are offered another choice. You need to

The Institutionalized achievement in Fallout 4 worth 15 pointsComplete "Institutionalized"

CONTINUE WITH FACTIONS

Time to deviate from the main quests and work in the factions again. As soon as you complete "Institutionalized", start "Underground Undercover" for the Railroad, and advance in the quest until your objective is

Then, switch to Brotherhood missions. Complete "From Within", "Outside The Wire" and "Liberty Reprimed". Now "Blind Betrayal" will be available, but DON'T COMPLETE IT. If you do, Railroad quests will turn unavailable. So, let's get back to the Institute.

REACH THE DIVISION POINT

Complete "Synth Retention". Then, in "The Battle Of Bunker Hill", you'll have two optional objetives. Choose to

and, at the end of the mission

Complete the next mission, "Mankind - Redefined".

The Mankind-Redefined achievement in Fallout 4 worth 18 pointsComplete "Mankind-Redefined"

This is the DIVISION POINT where the different paths to the ending start. I believe this is a good moment to get all miscellaneous achievements done (Bobbleheads, Miscellaneous Quests, Secondary Quests, Giant Enemies, Settlement Hapiness, etc) so you can then pick tne ending you want and conserve all of the benefits of these tasks.

And here's the important point. As soon as the next mission, "Mass Fusion" asks you to make a choice, MAKE A MANUAL SAVE. I'd create 3 or 4 saves in that moment, for precaution. Write the location and time of the save in a piece of paper so you can recognise it easily later on.

And now, you'll have 2 different paths to the ending.

PATH 1: RAILROAD + INSTITUTE

In "Mass Fusion", choose

This will turn you into a permanent enemy of the Brotherhood, making their quests dissapear. But you can still work for the Institute and Railroad.

Complete "Pinned" and "Powering up" for the Institute.

The Powering Up achievement in Fallout 4 worth 20 pointsComplete "Powering Up"

As soon as you finish "Powering up", you can finally complete "Underground undercover" for the Railroad. Do so.

The Underground Undercover achievement in Fallout 4 worth 25 pointsComplete "Underground Undercover"

Continue with the railroad questline. Dependind of the secondary missions you have done for them, you'll have to do a quest named "Operation Ticonderoga", or you may jump directly to the next mission, "Precipice of War". Anyways, complete those and the next one, "Rockets' Red Glare", for the last Railroad achievement.

The Rockets' Red Glare achievement in Fallout 4 worth 77 pointsComplete "Rockets' Red Glare"

Stop here, because the next Railroad mission ends the main questline. Time to go back to the Institute and complete their missions (You can make another save here and go back later for the Railroad ending, if you wish). "End Of The Line" will turn the Railroad hostile, and, because you already did "Rocket's Red Glare", you'll skip "Airship Down" and jump directly to the final Institute mission, "Nuclear Family".

The Nuclear Family achievement in Fallout 4 worth 66 pointsComplete "Nuclear Family"

And if this is your fist "final mission", you'll get the achievement for completing the main storyline.

The Prepared for the Future achievement in Fallout 4 worth 86 pointsDecide the Fate of the Commonwealth

PATH 2: BROTHERHOOD

In "Mass Fusion", choose

This will turn you into a permanent enemy of the Institute, making their quests dissapear. You'll be able to work for the Railroad at this point, but we won't do that.

As soon as you finish "Mass Fusion", "Spoils Of War" will be available. Complete it (make a save here if you want to do the Minutemen ending later), and go on the next quest, "Blind Betrayal". Now we can complete it without messing the other achievements.

The Blind Betrayal achievement in Fallout 4 worth 20 pointsComplete "Blind Betrayal"

Why do I say that? Because, as soon as you complete this quest, the next, "Tactical thinking" will start automatically... and it will block the Railroad quests, making them unobtainable. But at this point tat doesn't matter, because we will obtain them in the other path.

After "Tactical Thinking", complete "Ad Victoriam"

The Ad Victoriam achievement in Fallout 4 worth 67 pointsComplete "Ad Victoriam"

And, finally, "The Nuclear Option".

The The Nuclear Option achievement in Fallout 4 worth 57 pointsComplete "The Nuclear Option"

Railroad and Minutemen have their own "Nuclear Option" too, but only one of those is required for the achievement. So if you don't want to end the game with the Brotherhood, reload one of the two optional saves I mentioned, and complete the game with either of those factions to get the achievement.

Hope it helps!

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30 Comments

Thanks, again. Absolutely great guide.

By UraMallas on 05 Mar 2016 06:41

That is best chart and it help me out a lot.

By ReAl ImPuLsE on 24 May 2016 15:29

Perfect!

By Jedi Pirate Oni on 07 Dec 2015 23:39

So just to be clear, where you mention an Optimal Save for the Railroad ending, there isn't an achievement tied to that at all? So I can skip over that little section if I'm not interested in seeing it?

Thanks for this, definitely the easiest guide I've seen this far!

By samsaBEAR on 11 Dec 2015 15:40

^ clearly meant Optional, and not optimal. That's my bad haha

By samsaBEAR on 11 Dec 2015 15:40

There's only one mission for The Railroad after that save. It has an achievement tied to it, The Nuclear Option, but you can also unlock it with the Brotherhood or Minutemen. If you follow my guide you'll unlock it with the Brotherhood. So it's a matter of preference. As you said, skip it if you're not interested in seeing that ending.

By amenazamenor JF on 11 Dec 2015 16:50

Awesome, thought I'd ask and make sure. Thanks so much for this!

By samsaBEAR on 11 Dec 2015 16:59

You're welcome!

By amenazamenor JF on 11 Dec 2015 17:16

Great post, thanks!

By KILLnFOOLz on 13 Dec 2015 16:09

Have I messed this up if I have accidentally captured the synths for the Institute at Bunker Hill?

By PattyAFC1903 on 05 Jan 2016 01:16

Dude, awesome chart. It helped a lot. Thank you!

By Feiffer05 on 05 Jan 2016 01:53

When underground undercover popped up I didn't do it so it said I failed it. Am I screwed?

By WZRD 179 on 05 Jan 2016 06:42

Will this achievement pop at the same time as Nuclear Family / Nuclear Option? Trying to maximise achievements in a streak

By oX xM1K3x Xo on 20 Jan 2016 01:34

@oX xM1K3x Xo, yes, this achievement will unlock the first time you complete the game, along as one of those two.

By amenazamenor JF on 20 Jan 2016 11:31

Thank you so much for making this walkthrough guide.

By Evil Internet on 06 Feb 2016 16:25

This is not working for me. I've completed all quests up to but excluding "From Within" for The Brotherhood. "From Within" will not show up for me. I successfully completed "Show No Mercy" as well. I followed the chart exactly. Any ideas?

By UraMallas on 27 Feb 2016 04:44

@UraMallas, go to the Prydwen and talk to Maxson. That should work if the quest doesn't appear automatically.

By amenazamenor JF on 27 Feb 2016 13:07

Worked like a charm, amenazamenor. Thanks!

By UraMallas on 27 Feb 2016 18:03

Looking at it, I do not need to make a second save on the Brotherhood/Minutemen branch if I don't care to watch the Minutemen ending, correct?

By UraMallas on 04 Mar 2016 22:58

Looking at it, I do not need to make a second save on the Brotherhood/Minutemen branch if I don't care to watch the Minutemen ending, correct?

By UraMallas on 04 Mar 2016 23:19

Looking at it, I do not need to make a second save on the Brotherhood/Minutemen branch if I don't care to watch the Minutemen ending, correct?

By UraMallas on 05 Mar 2016 00:23

Correct. I marked on the guide where to make an optional save in order to obtain all the endings, but that isn't required for any achievement. So, if you aren't interested in that ending, there's no need to make another save.

By amenazamenor JF on 05 Mar 2016 00:33

Great guide, thanks! This chart is AWESOME!

By antyagonista on 05 Sep 2016 13:10

Excellent thanks

By eHead on 12 Nov 2017 21:15

Thanks, great guide.
Do you have a chart of the far harbor questline and nuka-world questline??

By AxillaryMees on 02 Jul 2018 07:44

When you are making your key saves, make a neon sign that says "mass fusion save" or whatnot and save standing in front of it so it'll be easy to find later.

By Cheese Touch on 03 Apr 2021 17:40

Thank you so much for this great guide!!!

By TSservice on 14 May 2024 10:50

It may be dependent on which missions you've completed for each faction, but in my case, completing Blind Betrayal hasn't kept me from progressing with the Railroad. It could be that the decisions you make during Blind Betrayal determines where you stand with the Railroad afterward. For example, I completed the mission diplomatically (ie without killing anyone) and instead of advancing any further in the Tactical Thinking mission, I went on to really start advancing further in the Railroad and Insitute storyline like by completing Synth Retention and starting Underground Undercover.
It should also be noted that I chose to build the transportation device to enter the Institute with the Minute Men. I felt that was a more neutral solution then siding with one of the other factions. I also never actually had to agree to join The Institute. I told father I would think about it and he said "Okay" kept giving me missions anyway. I did however agree to join the Botherhood and because I built the device with the Minutemen, I had to tell Desdemona I would side with The Railroad over the Minutemen before Underground Undercover would start.

By ZonaFan1 on 24 Dec 2015 19:27

Way to go on the flowchart. Thank you so much! Made this nightmarish "multiple playthrough" business a walk in the park. My only complaint is that Bethesda made four different endings to a story that wasn't all that interesting. I only hope they make a game where achievements are more general to the overall game and not so specific to mundane quest lines. Just my personal opinion, no offense meant to fans of the story. Thanks again for a great guide.

By Super NES tevez on 23 Jul 2018 08:52

Powering up didn't unlock for me. So I went to check it and it says "Done unlocking" so this will probs unlock in 1 yrs time.

Edit - This unlocked for me on 2/7/16 so it only took 1 week. I only knew it unlocked because Trueachievements congratulated me on my completion.

By We Ban Ash on 02 Jul 2016 21:09

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Sashamorning

TrueAchievements

13 Nov 2015 17:54

This is earned after completing one of the major questlines in the game.

PLEASE NOTE!! The major questlines cannot all be earned in one playthrough, so make sure that, if you want to be efficient, you make plenty of save files before you reach a point of no return so that you don't have to restart the game to go down a different path.

Probably the best place to save your playthrough will be at this point:

Farther along, there is another branch that can help you finish all of the quest achievements for two separate factions, depending on which faction you choose:

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nice tips +1

By Apocalypse Kane on 15 Nov 2015 10:35

@GrumpyYogi1968 -You're wrong. I have two characters. You press 'Y' while in the load menu to switch characters and saves.

By TheSlyAlmond on 16 Nov 2015 11:19

I don't understand. I have started both the Minutemen and The Brotherhood quest lines. Why won't I be able to do all of this in one play-through?

By Instapissed KC on 18 Nov 2015 16:58

Eventually they'll conflict and you'll have to choose one.

By Sashamorning on 18 Nov 2015 17:07

Where's the point of no return?

By BiLLzuMaNaTi on 21 Nov 2015 22:05

According to the guide, it's after Hunter/Hunted. I think you can go up to when you leave Virgil because then you only have one place to go after that, but I saved before I started that mission just in case.

By Sashamorning on 21 Nov 2015 22:13

Awesome thanks dude

By BiLLzuMaNaTi on 23 Nov 2015 05:15

You have to choose one, right? ..... i have to do all the three companions?

By Vingador Brambz on 28 Nov 2015 09:41

You definitely have to choose, but there are ways to combine various factions into one run. There's no way to avoid backtracking and taking another path, though.

By Sashamorning on 28 Nov 2015 14:46

A time saving technique involving the major quest lines:

By FightingMegaFoo on 30 Nov 2015 00:38

I completed the quest line through BoS and no achievement yet, any ideas?

By TicKLe ME TiGHT on 02 Dec 2015 03:23

Are there any other missions open?

By Sashamorning on 02 Dec 2015 04:35

TicKLe ME TiGHT got these three achievements, in this order on 2nd Dec 15:

The Ad Victoriam achievement in Fallout 4 worth 67 pointsComplete "Ad Victoriam"

The The Nuclear Option achievement in Fallout 4 worth 57 pointsComplete "The Nuclear Option"

The Prepared for the Future achievement in Fallout 4 worth 86 pointsDecide the Fate of the Commonwealth

So either there was delay in it popping, or they hadn't finished "A New Dawn".

By HolyHalfDead on 04 Jan 2016 23:34

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BiggD, THE, DEADLY, DOG

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This is the end game achievement. You will be awarded this after you choose the path for "Nuclear Family" or "The Nuclear Option".

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Story related and cannot be missed.

To get this you simply need to complete the game and get either the Nuclear Family or Nuclear Option endings.

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07 Dec 2015 09:37

This guide was translated automatically.

The final trophy for any of the factions.

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