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Learn the history of Rivet City.

  • 1 of 6: The first thing you'll need to do is make the long journey to Rivet City (location 64 on the Zone 9 Map). You have to visit it on a couple of Main Quests, so if you haven't yet, you may want to wait until you're working on them.
  • 2 of 6: Once you reach the Rivet City area, you'll need to figure out how to enter it.
  • 3 of 6: Ask all the people you can find about Rivet City's history.
  • 4 of 6: You can get referred to four different people: Bannon, Vera Weatherly, Seagrave Holmes, and Belle Bonny.
  • 5 of 6: The easiest person to find is probably Bannon, who'll be at his shop in the market area during the day.
  • 6 of 6: Ask him about Rivet City history to complete this objective.