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Fallout 3 Hints

Escape from Vault 87.

  • 1 of 5: Turn around and go back the way you came.
  • 2 of 5: Eventually, you'll be zapped by a stun grenade, and captured by the Enclave.
  • 3 of 5: When you come to, you'll be interrogated by Colonel Autumn.
  • 4 of 5: It doesn't matter what you say to him as long as you don't tell him the correct code, which is 2-1-6.
  • 5 of 5: After President Eden calls him away and releases you, the "The American Dream" quest will begin.