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Fallout 3 Hints

So what am I supposed to do?

  • 1 of 9: Start by talking to all the people around here to see if anyone else is wise to the fact that Tranquility Lane is just a messed-up VR program.
  • 2 of 9: You need to talk to Old Lady Dithers. If she's not wandering around the street circle, go check her house (east of the playground's center).
  • 3 of 9: She mentions a failsafe in the abandoned house, so go check it out next.
  • 4 of 9: It's north of the playground's center. Go up to its front door and use it to go inside.
  • 5 of 9: Look around the main room for several interactive items that will play musical-sounding notes when you activate them.
  • 6 of 9: There's a garden gnome standing on an overturned couch, a cinder block on a small table, a glass pitcher and a broken radio on the table next to the cinder block, and an empty bottle on a small table next to the door.
  • 7 of 9: When you activate the items in the correct sequence, a large and staticky failsafe terminal will appear on the south wall.
  • 8 of 9: To wreck this crazy place, choose to access the Chinese invasion program, then initiate it.
  • 9 of 9: It'll insist you read the failsafe program documentation first, so do so, then initiate the program.