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Megaton Tour

  • 1 of 17: Let's start the tour outside Megaton, where you can easily find a secret item stash in a hollowed-out rock.
  • 2 of 17: After you enter Megaton, be sure to speak to Lucas Simms right away. He should be easy to find near the entrance. Get the "The Power of the Atom" misc. quest from him and do it before doing the rest of this tour, preferably.
  • 3 of 17: A short distance SW of the entry gate is Lucas Simms' house. If you can't pick the lock, either wait until you can, or quicksave and keep trying to pickpocket the key from Simms until you succeed (if you didn't get him killed in the above-mentioned quest, that is).
  • 4 of 17: From Simm's house, head SW up the steps, then around to the door to the Water Processing Plant.
  • 5 of 17: Head south and down a covered ramp to reach the Craterside Supply store, which is open from 8 am to 9 pm. Before you go inside, look to the left of the entrance door to find a locked refrigerator and some tin cans in a box. (The fridge just has a few food items in it, so don't fret if you can't pick its lock.)
  • 6 of 17: From outside the store, head north down the ramp and all the way to the ground, then find the entrance to the nearby clinic.
  • 7 of 17: Go right across the street from the clinic to find the Brass Lantern.
  • 8 of 17: Go a short way SW from Jenny's outdoor counter to find the ramp leading up to the door to the Children of Atom church.
  • 9 of 17: Follow the walkway past the church and head up the ramp on the right to reach the town's armory. It's locked with a very hard lock, but you'll be able to get in if you have Lucas Simms' key.
  • 10 of 17: Go around to the armory's left side, then head up some steps and turn right. Go forward until you reach the base of a small ramp, then go up it and around to the men's restroom door.
  • 11 of 17: Go back the way you came until you reach the top of the steps that lead back down to the armory. Go up the nearby ramp to reach the locked back door to Moriarty's Saloon. If you enter by picking the lock on this door, you'll get some extra XP.
  • 12 of 17: Just a bit east of the saloon, you'll find the locked door to Billy Creel's house. It's pretty easy to pick open, though if you can find Billy Creel somewhere outside his house, you can try to pickpocket the key from him.
  • 13 of 17: Go down the ramp near the front of Billy Creel's house and around to the door to Nathan and Manya's house. It's another easy one to pick open.
  • 14 of 17: Up a short ramp near that house is the women's restroom.
  • 15 of 17: Turn right while facing the women's restroom door and follow the walkway along to the common house.
  • 16 of 17: Return to the women's restroom door, then go along the walkway north from it until you reach Jericho's house, and then Lucy West's house just past it.
  • 17 of 17: Go down the ramp that leads to the ground from Lucy's house, then turn left to find Mr. Burke's house nearby. Unfortunately, it's got a very hard lock on it, so it'll probably be impossible to get in. Tour cancelled.