Ant Misbehavin' is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas .
Synopsis [ ]
Giant ants have tunneled into the Boomers ' generator room and set up a nest. They would be grateful if the Courier took care of their pest problem.
Walkthrough [ ]
Speak to Master at Arms Raquel about the "bug problem".
Head to the Nellis array and kill all the giant ants in generator room.
(Optional) Talk to Loyal : pass a Science or Speech check to convince him to hand over a sonic emitter and then place it on the ant mound.
Restart the two array generators, then reset the main breaker.
Return to Raquel and inform her that the array is bug free.
Quest stages [ ]
Stage Status Description 1 Restart the 2 array generators, then reset the main power breaker. 2 Kill all ants in the generator room. 3 (Optional) Loyal may have something to help with the ants.4 (Optional) Place Loyal's sonic emitter on the Ant Mound .5 (Optional) Activate the sonic emitter.6 Quest finished Return to Raquel and let her know the generators are running again.
Notes [ ]
It is actually not necessary to kill the ants as long as you turn the power back on. You can then return to Raquel and lie about the ants being cleared out with a Speech check (55). You lose a bit of karma but still get the Boomer fame, experience points and complete the quest.
The ants will explode if killed with most weapons including explosives , energy weapons , the ballistic fist , the Ripper , or the chainsaw . This is due to the ants eating munitions and gun powder. Regular ammunition firearms do not have this issue.
Activating the sonic emitter will kill any ants in the vicinity.
Behind the scenes [ ]
The title of the quest is a cultural reference to the song "Ain't Misbehavin' " written by Fats Waller , Harry Brooks (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics).
Bugs [ ]
PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 When completing the quest, the terminal near the solar panels seems to magically disappear leaving no trace whatsoever.
PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 When speaking to Raquel after completing all objectives, the only available option available may be "Goodbye", making it impossible to complete the quest.
PC Xbox 360 On occasion, the main circuit breaker switch will not register being activated. The switch will move up and down, but the quest will not advance. Using completeallobjectives 1083de gets you past this. For the Xbox 360, just leave the three switches alone, then do a quest for the Boomers and return to turn on the switches after the quest is complete.
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