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This page lists all quests in Fallout 3.
  • The content is not described in full detail on this page. For details, please see the respective articles.
  • For quests in other Fallout games, please see "Quest".
  • For an overview of Fallout 3 content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout 3".
 

General information[]

Every quest that appears in your Pip-Boy grants an achievement (on the Xbox 360 and PC) or a trophy (on the PlayStation 3) upon completion in base game only. Unmarked quests do not provide achievements/trophies.

Most of the quests in Fallout 3 either involve or can be completed with a combat situation (e.g. killing Vance and The Family in Blood Ties).

Base game[]

Tutorial quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Baby Steps Vault 101 Dad None 00014e83
Growing Up Fast Vault 101

Overseer

Grognak the Barbarian, BB gun, 50 BBs 00014e84
Future Imperfect Vault 101 Dad Good Karma (if the player makes the Tunnel Snakes stop bullying Amata) 00014e85
Escape! Vault 101 Amata Good Karma (if the player saved Ellen DeLoria) and Tunnel Snake outfit (received from Butch if the player saved his mother) 00014e86

Main quests[]

Main quests with names in italics can be skipped through a speech check. This is the only way to skip Galaxy News Radio (other than through unintentional glitches), though Rescue from Paradise can also be skipped through use of Child at Heart to convince MacCready to let the player into Little Lamplight. Both quests can then be completed as a side quest at any time.

All quests up to Tranquility Lane can be skipped by finding and entering Vault 112. Doing so may cause some bugs and glitches. Another way is to glitch your way into the Citadel and find the Vault Locations Computer in the A Ring. Doing so will skip you to the Picking Up The Trail quest and may cause a very large number of glitches.

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Following in His Footsteps Megaton Colin Moriarty Clue to Dad's location 00014e87
Galaxy News Radio GNR building plaza
Museum of Technology
Washington Monument
Three Dog 400 XP, clue to Dad's location or weapon stash 00014e88
Scientific Pursuits Rivet City Three Dog
Doctor Li
500 XP, clue to Dad's location 00014e89
Tranquility Lane Vault 112 Brain bot in Vault 112 600 XP, reunion with Dad 00014e8a
The Waters of Life Jefferson Memorial Dad 700 XP, access to the Citadel
Access to Power Armor Training
00014e8b
Picking up the Trail Citadel
Little Lamplight
Elder Lyons 800 XP, location of all vaults 00014e8c
Rescue from Paradise Little Lamplight
Paradise Falls
MacCready
Sammy
1000 XP, access to Little Lamplight 00014e8d
Finding the Garden of Eden Vault 87
Raven Rock
Scribe Rothchild 1000 XP, access to Raven Rock 00014e8e
The American Dream Raven Rock
Citadel
President Eden Power armor & Power helmet or recon armor & Recon helmet 00014e8f
Take it Back! Citadel
Jefferson Memorial
Elder Lyons 1200 XP, end of game (unless Broken Steel is downloaded) 00014e91

Side quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Agatha's Song Agatha's House Agatha Agatha's station, Blackhawk 00014ea4
Big Trouble in Big Town Big Town Anyone in the town 300 XP, medical supplies, around 200-500 caps 00014e94
Blood Ties Megaton
Arefu
Lucy West
Evan King
Schematics - Shishkebab, Hematophage (optional) 00014e9c
Head of State Temple of the Union Hannibal Hamlin Schematics - dart gun, 300-400 XP 00014e99
Oasis Oasis Harold Barkskin or Linden's Outcast power armor, Poplar's hood or missile launcher, Maple's garb 0002a274
Reilly's Rangers Underworld Reilly Ranger battle armor or Eugene 00014ea5
Stealing Independence Rivet City Abraham Washington 400 caps, Schematics - railway rifle or bad karma 00014ea2
Strictly Business Paradise Falls Grouse 250 caps for each of the 4 targets and bad karma 00014ea0
Tenpenny Tower Tenpenny Tower Gustavo
Roy Phillips
500 caps, 10mm SMG or 700 caps, Chinese assault rifle or ghoul mask 00014e9f
The Nuka-Cola Challenge Girdershade Sierra Petrovita 1200 caps, Schematics - Nuka grenade or 2400 caps 00014e98
The Power of the Atom Megaton
Tenpenny Tower
Lucas Simms
Burke
My Megaton house, 100 caps, 500 caps or good karma or Tenpenny Tower suite, 500 or 1000 caps, bad karma 00014e9e
The Replicated Man Rivet City Dr. Zimmer 50 caps or A3-21's plasma rifle and/or Wired Reflexes 00014e9b
The Superhuman Gambit Canterbury Commons Uncle Roe 200-600 caps, Ant's Sting or 200-600 caps, Protectron's Gaze 00014e95
The Wasteland Survival Guide Megaton Moira Brown Wasteland Survival Guide, Survival Expert, and various smaller rewards or Dream Crusher, bad karma 00014e96
Those! Grayditch Bryan Wilks Ant Might, Lesko's lab coat (optional) or Ant Sight, Lesko's lab coat (optional) 00014e97
Trouble on the Homefront Vault 101 Vault 101 Distress Signal Modified utility jumpsuit or 10 Cram 00014ea3
You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head Underworld Mister Crowley 400 caps and/or T-51b power armor 00014ea1

Unmarked quests[]

Aside from the major quests listed above, there are a number of minor ones that are not listed as quests in your Pip-Boy. They don't count as achievements or trophies either.

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
A Manhandled Manservant Rockopolis Argyle's corpse Key to Dashwood's safe -
A Nice Day for a Right Wedding Rivet City Angela Staley Good karma -
A Sticky Situation Little Lamplight Sticky None -
Council Seat Rivet City Bannon Schematics - deathclaw gauntlet, shop discount, shop price increase -
Economics of Violence Paradise Falls Pronto 20% discount at Lock and Load, better shop inventory -
Election Day Republic of Dave Dave 25 caps -
Gallows Humor Citadel Paladin Kodiak 1000 caps -
Grady's Package Marigold Station Grady's corpse Naughty nightwear -
Hired Help The Ninth Circle, Underworld Ahzrukhal Charon as companion -
Jiggs' Loot Museum of Technology Prime (via terminal) 500 caps, Xuanlong assault rifle -
Keller Family Refuge Capital Wasteland A Keller Family Transcript Experimental MIRV, 5 mini nukes, Random loot -
Leo's Drug Habit Megaton Doc Church
Mister Burke
Good karma, medical supplies, XP -
Lincoln's Profit Margins Museum of History Abraham Washington
Hannibal Hamlin
Leroy Walker
Caps -
Merchant Empire Canterbury Commons Uncle Roe Improved inventories and repair abilities for caravan merchants, Crow's eyebot helmet, mini nuke, stimpaks, Stealth Boys -
Our Little Secret Andale Old Man Harris Good karma, some loot -
Searching for Cheryl L'Enfant South Finding the burial mound Mini nuke, various loot -
Slave Hunt Rivet City Mei Wong Bad karma or good karma, location of the Temple of the Union -
The Kid-Kidnapper Paradise Falls Eulogy Jones Boogeyman's hood -
The Lost Initiate Falls Church Paladin Hoss 250 XP, 100 caps or 250 XP, good karma -
Treatment Megaton Walter XP, caps or XP, good karma -

Repeatable quests[]

Some characters want specific items. These can be repeatedly given for xp, caps or Karma.

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Traded items Quest ID
Bring Receive
Church Donations Megaton, Rivet City Confessor Cromwell
Father Clifford
1 cap 1 point of good karma -
Collecting Holotags The Citadel Scribe Jameson Brotherhood of Steel holotag 100 caps and 25 XP -
Fungus Deal Little Lamplight Lucy, Eclair Buffout, strange meat Cave fungus -
Geomapping with Reilly Ranger Compound Reilly Pip-Boy 3000 locations 30 caps per location -
I Want to Drink Your Blood Meresti station Vance Blood pack 15 caps -
Mississippi Quantum Pie Girdershade Sierra Petrovita Nuka-Cola Quantum, Vodka, Flour Mississippi Quantum pie -
Murphy's Bombing Run Northwest Seneca Station Murphy Sugar Bombs 15 caps per box, 30 with persuasion; eventually he will sell ultrajet to you (one per 8 boxes). -
Nectar Collecting for Fun and Profit Grayditch Lesko Fire ant nectar 40 caps per sample -
Ryan Briggs' Wondermeat Jury St. Station Wonder Meat Maker Mole rat meat, Wonderglue Mole rat wonder meat -
Strictly Profitable Paradise Falls Grouse Slaves Caps -
The Outcast Collection Agent Fort Independence Protector Casdin Power armor, scrap metal, Energy Weapons, sensor module. Protector Casdin however will not buy Brotherhood armor. 5.56mm rounds, frag grenades, RadAway or stimpaks. Access to Fort Independence. -
This Old House Underworld Winthrop Scrap metal Trade 5 pieces of scrap metal for a stimpak, Rad-X, or RadAway -
Walter's Scrap Metal Megaton Walter Scrap metal 10 caps, XP, or good karma -
Water Beggars Outside Megaton
Outside Rivet City
Outside Tenpenny Tower
Micky
Carlos
Willy
Purified water
Aqua pura(Broken Steel)
Good karma -
Yearning for Learning Arlington Library Scribe Yearling Pre-War book 100 caps, 10 XP -
Zip's Nuka Fix Little Lamplight Zip Nuka-Cola Various items -

Operation: Anchorage[]

Main quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Aiding the Outcasts Bailey's Crossroads Outcast Distress Signal 100 XP xx0009be
The Guns of Anchorage Anchorage Reclamation simulation
(Outcast Outpost)
Sgt. Benjamin Montgomery 100 XP xx0009bf
Paving the Way Anchorage Reclamation simulation
(Outcast Outpost)
General Chase 100 XP xx0009c0
Operation: Anchorage! Anchorage Reclamation simulation
(Outcast Outpost)
General Chase 100 XP, Chinese stealth armor, Gauss rifle, winterized T-51b power armor, various other loot, Covert Ops perk (possibly) xx0014f6

The Pitt[]

Main quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Into the Pitt Radio Tower
Train Tunnel
Wernher 100 XP xx00108c
Unsafe Working Conditions Steelyard
The Mill
The Hole
Midea 150 XP, Auto Axpert, Pitt Fighter, various weapons and armor xx00108b
Free Labor Haven
Wernher's Hideout
Krenshaw 150 XP, Ashur's power armor, Booster Shot, access to the Ammo Press xx00108d

Unmarked quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Mill Worker Steelyard Everett Various weapons and armors -
Wild Bill's Last Stand Downtown
Steelyard
Milly Wild Bill's sidearm, stimpaks -
Slave Snitch The Mill Brand 2 stimpaks -

Repeatable quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Traded items Quest ID
Bring Receive
Toys for Tots Downtown
Haven
Midea
Sandra
Teddy bear 30 caps -

Broken Steel[]

Main quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Death From Above Citadel
Rockland Car Tunnel
Satellite Relay Station
Owyn Lyons 1300 XP xx000802
Shock Value Citadel
Old Olney S. Wilson Building
Olney Powerworks
Paladin Tristan 1400 XP xx000afd
Who Dares Wins Citadel
Presidential Metro
Adams Air Force Base
Paladin Tristan 1500 XP, Tesla cannon xx0011ad

Side quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Holy Water Jefferson Memorial
Megaton
Holy Light Monastery
Scribe Bigsley 100 XP, 300 caps xx004c75
Protecting the Water Way Jefferson Memorial
Rivet City
Wilhelm's Wharf
Scribe Bigsley 100 XP, various weapons and armors xx003b42
The Amazing Aqua Cura! Museum of History
Jefferson Memorial
Museum Authority Building
Scribe Bigsley
Griffon
100 XP xx003b67

Unmarked quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
The Sorrowful Suitor Presidential Metro
La Maison Beauregard
Sorry, My Darling holotape All-nighter nightwear, Lag-Bolt's combat armor, Lag-Bolt's shades -
Water Caravan Squabble Megaton Caravan guards
Megaton Settlers
-

Repeatable quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Traded items Quest ID
Bring Receive
Getting Ready for Prime Time Citadel Scribe Rothchild Camera
Sensor module
Camera: 100 caps, 25 XP
Sensor module: 75 caps, 10 XP
-
Blood Brotherhood Citadel Paladin Tristan Super Mutant Blood Sample 50 caps, 10 XP -

Point Lookout[]

Main quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
The Local Flavor Riverboat Landing
Duchess Gambit
Calvert Mansion
Notification Superior Defender xx005846
Walking with Spirits Ark & Dove Cathedral
Sacred Bog Entrance
Desmond 300 XP, Punga Power! xx005847
Hearing Voices Ark & Dove Cathedral
Calvert Mansion
Wrecked Seatub
Desmond 300 XP xx005848
Thought Control Calvert Mansion
Boardwalk
Desmond 300 XP xx005849
A Meeting of the Minds Calvert Mansion
Lighthouse
Desmond Microwave emitter xx00584a
xx00584b

Side quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
A Spoonful of Whiskey Marguerite's Shack Marguerite 50 XP, 300 caps, 6 moonshine xx003f70
An Antique Land USS Ozymandias (Point Lookout) Bysshe Energy Partners terminal 50 XP, expedition supplies, Bio-Gas Canisters xx002f18
Plik's Safari Coastal Grotto (Point Lookout) Plik 100 XP, The Dismemberer xx009b5e
The Dark Heart of Blackhall Blackhall Manor
Ritual Site
Obadiah Blackhall 100 XP, 1000 caps or 100 XP, good karma xx002f47
The Velvet Curtain Homestead Motel
Sub Recovery Site
Terminal in room 1D 350 XP, backwater rifle xx00436e

Unmarked quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Tailing the Tomboy Ferry Dock
Ark & Dove Cathedral
Catherine 10 Refined Pungas, 300 caps -

Mothership Zeta[]

Main quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
Not of This World Mothership Zeta Notification 300 XP xx000802
Among the Stars Mothership Zeta Sally 300 XP xx000803
This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough... Mothership Zeta Sally 600 XP, Captain's sidearm xx000804

Unmarked quests[]

Icon Name Location(s) Given by Reward Quest ID
The Legend of Zeta Mothership Zeta Collecting the Alien captive recorded logs Alien Archivist xx003419

Notes[]

  • The G.E.C.K. has a field "Log Entry" which was used in Oblivion for journal entries. As in Fallout 3 no journal exists, these entries do not appear in the game, instead this field is used by the developers to take notes.

See also[]

Quests in Fallout 3
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