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Fallout 3 Hints

Set B Unique Encounters

  • #1: You come across three hunters who will sell you some strange meat (which is actually human flesh).

    #2: The same hunters in #1 can be encountered while on the hunt (for wastelanders).

    #3: A guy named Sam Warrick shoots down a wastelander with his sniper rifle, then starts firing at you. Kill him quickly and claim his rifle for yourself.

    #4: A wastelander runs up to you and says that raiders have him strapped with explosives. You can try to disarm the explosives, but you won't succeed unless your Explosives skill is very high. If you can't prevent it, the raiders blow the guy up, and then attack you.

    #5: You meet a half-crazed wastelander who's fleeing from the fire ants at Grayditch. No matter which dialogue response you choose, you'll get Grayditch marked on your world map.

    #6: The ranger Donovan is being attacked by super mutants. If he survives, talk to him to get a mini nuke. If he gets killed, finish off the super mutants and take the mini nuke from his body. (This can only happen after you finish the misc. quest "Reilly's Rangers" if Donovan and Reilly are still alive, and you got the geomapper device from Reilly.)

    #7: You meet Susie Mack from Vault 101. She updates you on what's been happening in the vault, and gives you some purified water. (This can only happen if you finished the "Trouble on the Homefront" misc. quest by convincing the Overseer to open the vault up to the outside world.)

    #8: A herd of 2 to 5 mad brahmin come charging at you. The lower your Luck stat, the more brahmin there are likely to be.