Fallout 3 Hints

The Search for Cheryl

• 1 of 25: Start on this undocumented quest by going to L'Enfant South (location 62 on the Zone 9 Map.) That's in the D.C. metro ruins, so see the D.C. Ruins Interior Regions hints to find out how to get there.
• 2 of 25: Find a small side area in the street that has a blue-and-white truck cab in it. It's east of the Office building and NE of the Irradiated Metro entrance.
• 3 of 25: Near the truck cab, you'll find a small burial mound with a wooden cross stuck into it.
• 4 of 25: Open the burial mound to find a few items, including the Search Party Log #1.
• 5 of 25: Read the log in your Pip-Boy's Data/Notes section to learn about the search for Cheryl.
• 6 of 25: The note mentions the Ranger Compound (location 58), so head there next.
• 7 of 25: You need to access the terminal that's next to the compound's entry door, but you won't be able to unless your Science skill is 100 or you've gotten the password.
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• 8 of 25: Choose the terminal's "Notice from Canterbury Search Parties" option to learn that the search for Cheryl continued at the western ruins across the river.
• 9 of 25: However, don't go that far yet. The next thing you need to find is the burial mound of one of the searchers who got killed before they could cross the river.
• 10 of 25: Look for the burial mound on the east side of the river, almost directly west of the Ranger Compound.
• 11 of 25: It's near some rocks just south of the festive raider camp (secondary location h).
• 12 of 25: Search the burial mound to find some more items, including the Search Party Log #3.
• 13 of 25: It says the search party moved on into the western ruins, but don't bother searching inside the ruins yourself. Your next goal is yet another burial mound that's a bit west of the ruins.
• 14 of 25: Look around near the Sewer Waystation (location 4).
• 15 of 25: Look next to some large rocks just across the road to the NW of the waystation building. (This mound's cross is bigger, and should be easier to spot.)
• 16 of 25: Searching the mound will get you more items, including the fourth log in the Search Party series.
• 17 of 25: This one mentions a park nearby, and how the super mutants who were holding captives there headed west.
• 18 of 25: Go west yourself, all the way to the Jury Street Metro Station (location 13 on the Zone 5 Map).
• 19 of 25: Neither the super mutants nor Cheryl are there, so search around nearby.
• 20 of 25: A bit south and a ways to the west, you'll find two super mutants hanging around the entrances to two rubble-blocked metro tunnels with several red train cars scattered about. (It's secondary location c on the Zone 8 Map.)
• 21 of 25: Kill the two super mutants, then check the large turned-over storage bin that has weird shopping cart cages in it.
• 22 of 25: You'll find the body of Manny Koch, the leader of the search party. It seems that his search ended tragically here.
• 23 of 25: WARNING: Going too near that turned-over storage bin will cause a super mutant behemoth to appear a ways to the NE and run toward your position.
• 24 of 25: You may be able to take cover from the behemoth inside the storage bin or on top of the red train car that's next to one of the blocked tunnels, but you probably won't be able to get away (unless you're a very good sneak) without killing the giant mutant. Due to this, you may not want to come here until after you get a Fat Man weapon and some Mini Nukes.
• 25 of 25: After you kill the behemoth, loot its body and Manny Koch's for items. The search is over, and that's all the reward you're going to get.

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