What Atom Requires

	For the similarly named holotape, see What Atom requires.

	Far Harbor main quest What Atom Requires
	Quest data Location The Nucleus Given By Richter Reward Experience Technical Editor ID DLC03CoA_QuestPointers Base ID xx0500e4 Related quests previous: Visions in the Fog leads to: The Trial of Brother Devin The Heretic Ablutions Witch Hunt

 

What Atom Requires is a main quest in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Synopsis

To truly become a member of the Cult, for good or bad, the Survivor needs to help several Children in their tasks.

Walkthrough

1. The quests starts automatically. It's a pointer quest, completed by solving:
2. The Trial of Brother Devin (Zealot Ware)
3. The Heretic (Grand Zealot Richter)
4. Ablutions (Sister Mai)
5. Witch Hunt (High Confessor Tektus)
6. The quest completes and grants an experience reward.

Quest stages

Status	Stage	Description
	Help the Children of Atom	I've joined the Children of Atom. If I want to really earn a place for myself in this family, it'd probably be worth asking around to see if anyone could use my help.
	(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot
	(Optional) Show the Icon to the High Confessor
	(Optional) Help Sister Mai
	(Optional) Help Zealot Ware
	(Optional) Help the High Confessor
		I've aided the brothers and sisters of the Nucleus, proving my worth to Atom and his Children.

Fallout 4 quests Main quests Sole Survivor main quests War Never Changes · Out of Time · Jewel of the Commonwealth · Unlikely Valentine · Getting a Clue · Reunions · Dangerous Minds · Shattered · The Glowing Sea · Hunter/Hunted · The Molecular Level · Institutionalized Institute main quests Institutionalized · Synth Retention · The Battle of Bunker Hill · Mankind - Redefined · Mass Fusion · Pinned · Powering Up · End of the Line · Airship Down · Nuclear Family Brotherhood of Steel main quests Reveille · Fire Support · Call to Arms · Semper Invicta · Shadow of Steel · Tour of Duty · Show No Mercy · From Within · Outside the Wire · Liberty Reprimed · Blind Betrayal · Tactical Thinking · Spoils of War · Ad Victoriam · The Nuclear Option (Brotherhood of Steel) · A New Dawn The Railroad main quests Road to Freedom · Tradecraft · Underground Undercover · Operation Ticonderoga · Precipice of War · Rockets' Red Glare · The Nuclear Option (Railroad) · Burning Cover The Minutemen main quests When Freedom Calls · Sanctuary · The Sight · Taking Independence · Old Guns · Inside Job · Form Ranks · Defend the Castle · The Nuclear Option (Minutemen) · With Our Powers Combined Side quests Miscellaneous side quests Benign Intervention · The Big Dig · Confidence Man · Curtain Call · The Disappearing Act · The Gilded Grasshopper · Here There Be Monsters ·Long Time Coming · Diamond City Blues · The Devil's Due · Emergent Behavior · Human Error · Kid in a Fridge · Last Voyage of the USS Constitution · Long Road Ahead · Pull the Plug · Special Delivery · Emogene Takes a Lover · The Secret of Cabot House · The Silver Shroud · Vault 81 · Hole in the Wall · Here, Kitty Kitty · Short Stories · The Marowski Heist Institute side quests Building a Better Crop · Plugging a Leak · A House Divided Brotherhood of Steel side quests The Lost Patrol · Duty or Dishonor · A Loose End · Getting Technical · Blood Bank · Reactor Coolant The Railroad side quests Boston After Dark · Memory Interrupted · Butcher's Bill Minutemen side quests The First Step · Raider Troubles · Abernathy Farm: Retribution Radiant quests Pest Control: (location) · Hypothesis · Appropriation · Reclamation: (location) · Political Leanings · Cleansing the Commonwealth · Quartermastery · Leading by Example · Learning Curve · Feeding the Troops · Jackpot: (location) · Concierge · Weathervane · Randolph Safehouse · Variable Removal: (location) · To the Mattresses · Lost Soul: (location) · A Clean Equation · High Ground · Kidnapping at (location) · (location): Greenskins · Clearing the Way for (location) · Taking Point · Ghoul Problem at (location) · Rogue Courser at (location) · Resettle Refugees at (location) · Defend the artillery at (location) · Stop the Raiding at (location) · Kidnapped Trader at (location) · Suspected Synth at (location) · Water, Food, or Power Freeform/Unmarked quests A New You · Art Appreciation · Botany Class · Brother Against Brother · The Cleaner · Familiar Faces · Fly Fishing · Gun Run · Hazardous Material · MacCready for Action · The Memory Den · Nuka Cola Needs · Order Up · Prep School · Public Knowledge · Recruiting Hancock · Tough Times · Traffic Jam · Trouble Brewin' · Wedding Day Add-on quests Automatron A New Threat → Headhunting → Mechanical Menace → Restoring Order → Rogue Robot Far Harbor Far From Home → Walk in the Park → Where You Belong → Best Left Forgotten → The Way Life Should Be → Cleansing the Land (Reformation) → Close to Home Living on the Edge: Blood Tide · Safe Passage · Hull Breach · Rite of Passage · The Hold Out · Turn Back the Fog · The Great Hunt Acadian Ideals: The Arrival · Hunting the Hunter · Data Recovery · The Price of Memory What Atom Requires: Visions in the Fog · The Heretic · The Trial of Brother Devin · Witch Hunt · Ablutions Workshop quests: Condensers Down  · Super Mutants in the Fog  · Trapper Attack  · Deadliest Catch Vault-Tec Workshop Vault-Tec Calling → Better Living Underground → A Model Citizen → Explore Vault 88 Power to the People → The Watering Hole → Vision of the Future → Lady Luck Nuka-World All Aboard → Taken for a Ride → An Ambitious Plan → The Grand Tour (Star Control  · High Noon at the Gulch  · Safari Adventure  · A World of Refreshment  · A Magical Kingdom) → Home Sweet Home (Claiming the Commonwealth) → Power Play (Cleaning House) Open Season Cappy in the Haystack · Precious Medals · Trip to the Stars A Goods Defense · A Permanent Solution · Amoral Combat · Collaring Outside the Lines · Taking Out the Trash · Under the Collar · Capture Settlement/Clear Out Settlement → Subdue Settlement/Shake Down Settlement Cut quests 20 Leagues Under the Sea · Bullet · Off the Grid · Salvage · That's the Spirit · The Enemy of My Enemy · The Replacement

Far Harbor Quests Main quests Far From Home → Walk in the Park → Where You Belong → Best Left Forgotten → The Way Life Should Be → Cleansing the Land (Reformation) → Close to Home Side quests Living on the Edge: Blood Tide · Safe Passage · Hull Breach · Rite of Passage · The Hold Out · Turn Back the Fog · The Great Hunt Acadian Ideals: The Arrival · Hunting the Hunter · Data Recovery · The Price of Memory What Atom Requires: Visions in the Fog · The Heretic · The Trial of Brother Devin · Witch Hunt · Ablutions Achievements Cleansing the Land · Close to Home · Far From Home · Hooked · Just Add Saltwater · New England Vacationer · Push Back The Fog · The Islander's Almanac · The Way Life Should Be · Where You Belong Locations Acadia · Aldersea Day Spa · Atom's Spring · Bar Harbour Nautical Museum · Beaver Creek Lanes · Briney's Bait and Tackle · Brooke's Head lighthouse · Cliff's Edge Hotel · Cranberry Island Bog · Dalton Farm · Eagle's Cove tannery · Echo Lake Lumber · Echo Lake lumber mill · Eden Meadows Cinemas · Emmet's Causeway · Far Harbor(Far Harbor ruins) · Far Harbor wind farm · Fringe cove docks · Glowing grove · Haddock Cove · Harbor Grand Hotel · Horizon Flight 1207 · Kitteredge Pass · Longfellow's cabin · Mount Desert Island · MS Azalea · Nakano residence · National Park campground · National Park headquarters · National Park visitors center · Northwood Ridge quarry · Nucleus memory banks · Pine Crest cavern · Pump control · Radiant Crest shrine · Rayburn Point · Red Death's Island · Rock Point camp · Ruined church · Southwest harbor · The Last Plank · The Mother's Shrine ·The Nucleus · Vault 118 · Vim! basement · Vim! Pop factory · Waves Crest orphanage · Wind farm maintenance · Zephyr ridge camp Items Weapons Harpoon gun (Admiral's Friend) · Lever action rifle (Old Reliable) · Meat hook (Butcher's Hook) · Pole hook (Bloodletter · The Fish Catcher) · Radium rifle (Kiloton radium rifle) · Bear trap · Bleeding bear trap · Caltrops · Poisoned caltrops · (The Striker) · (Atom's Judgement) · (Fencebuster) · (The Harvester) Armor Fisherman's outfit · Fisherman's overalls · Black fisherman's overalls · Green fisherman's overalls · Brown fisherman's overalls · Grey fisherman's overalls · Atom's Bulwark · Old fisherman's hat · Hunter's long coat · Wool fisherman's cap · Fisherman's hat · Coastal armor · Hunter's pelt outfit · Trapper leathers · Vault 118 jumpsuit · Lobster trap helmet · Hunter's hood · Marine wetsuit + Marine tactical helmet · High Confessor's robes + High Confessor's helm · Diver suit · Super mutant bearskin outfit · Waders · Robes of Atom's devoted · Chase's uniform · Pirate hat · Inquisitor's cowl · Legend of the Harbor · Trapper armor · Heavy trapper armor Consumables Agile sludgepak · Angler meat · Angler stalk · Aster · Black bloodleaf · Blight · Chicken noodle soup · Chicken thigh · Durable sludgepak · Fire Belly · Fried fog crawler · Grilled hermit crab · Gulper innards · Gulper slurry · Hermit crab meat · Lure weed · Mirelurk jerky · Poached angler · Rabbit leg · Raw fog crawler meat · Raw sap · Resilient sludge cocktail · Seasoned rabbit skewers · Strong sludge cocktail · The Captain's Feast · Ware's brew · Wolf meat · Wolf ribs · Vim (Ice cold Vim) · Vim Captains Blend (Ice cold Vim Captains Blend) · Vim Quartz (Ice cold Vim Quartz) · Vim Refresh (Ice cold Vim Refresh) Miscellaneous Banner piece · Buried stash · Campground banner · Heretical sign · Islander's Almanac · Missing synth's head · Remains of Pepper · Remains of Pepper II · Remains of Mr. Purrs · Remain of Sir Cattington · Remains of Missy I · Remains of Missy II · Remains of Missy IV · Storage drive Holodisks and notes A new path · A safer way · A stranger arrives · A vengeful creature · An execution · Aubert's note · Brother Alders · Brother Devin's diary · Carlo's note · Chores list · Consultation note · Cranberry Island supplies note · Cog's journal · DiMA's memory no. 1 · DiMA's memory no. 2 · DiMA's memory no. 3 · DiMA's memory no. 4 · DiMA's memory no. 5 · Douglas's note · Dylan's note · Edgar's note · Eliza family drawing · Eliza journal 1 · Eliza journal 2 · Eliza journal 3 · Eliza journal 4 · Eliza journal 5 · Eliza journal 6 · Eliza journal 7 · Eliza map of home · Ezra's holotape Cut content · Family announcement · Fanatical writings Cut content · Fire Belly recipe · Gift card · Grandfather's note · Gwyneth's journal · High Confessor's note · Holotape · Kasumi's final holotape · Kasumi's holotape to grandad · Kasumi's journal · Kasumi's projects: Dreams · Kasumi's projects: Holotapes · Kasumi's projects: Kitchen · Kasumi's projects: Lamp · Kasumi's projects: Radio · Kasumi's projects: Swings · Kasumi's projects: Television · Kawaketak Station flyer · Kenji Nakano case notes · Last note from mom · Letter from Maxwell · Letter to Ezra · Levi's holotape · Love Letter to Bridget · Mariner's goodbye · Mariner's will · Mark Wilson's holotape · Martin's new age · Mysterious holotape · Northwood Quarry Note - 1 · Northwood Quarry Note - 2 · Note · Note from Atom's Shrine · Old letter · Put it from your mind · Radioman's note · Repairs in progress · Report from PV · Request for detective · RUN! · Safe room security tape · Scrawled journal · Sister Gwyneth's visit · Storage room notice · Taste test · The Children trapped · The Sacred Elements · These mannequins! · To Franny · To my family · Torn flyer piece · Trapper's note · Unfinished note Cut content · Vault118 Overseer's log · Victoria's note · What Atom requires · What's done is done Characters Named Alders · Aster · The Archemist · Aubert · Santiago Avida · Captain Avery · Small Bertha · Bilge · Boxer · Brooks · Gilda Broscoe · Chase · Cog · Cole · Cassie Dalton · Debby · Dejen · Devin · DiMA · Dottie · Douglas · Duke · Howard Dunbar · Ellie Perkins · Erickson · Faraday · Franny · Ghostly Figure · Frederick Gibbons · Nathaniel Gibbons · Patrick Gibbons · Steven Gibbons · Victoria Gibbons · Gracie · Jared Gresham · Gwyneth · Harper · Jasper · Jule · Junkyard Dog · Kane · Uncle Ken · Larsen · Allen Lee · Sandra Lee · Spencer Lords Cut content · Keith McKinney · Mai · Malcolm · The Mariner · Maxwell · Machete Mike · Andre Michaud · Miranda · Miranda · Mishka · Mitch · William Moseley · Kasumi Nakano · Kenji Nakano · Rei Nakano · Naveen · Old Longfellow · Ezra Parker · Pearl · Penny · Red Death · Reinhart VII Cut content · Brian Richter · Bert Riggs · Julianna Riggs · Scruffy · Rupert · Sebastion · Tektus · Theil · Tink · Tony · Vault 118 overseer · Ware · Teddy Wright · Zachary Generic Concierge · Fisherman · Harborman · Harborwoman · Synth refugee · Trapper Mentioned-only Andrews · Bedline · Bentley · Braun · Bray Husky · Bruce · Candace · Carlo · Cromwell · Daniel Dalton · George Dalton · Peter Dalton · Dylan · Edgar · Edward Grath · Elli · Emmi · Gregory · Hayley · Petra Horvath · Jade · Jess · Jim · Jimmy · JuneTemplate:Dt Laurie · Levi · Luke · Mark · Martin · Mike · Merra · Peggy · PV · Rowan · Willis Rudd · Tom · Unknown speaker · Sergey Urbonas · Stanley Van Robb · Arnold Wabash Creatures Angler · Fog crawler · Gulper · Hermit crab · Feral wolf Perks Crusader of Atom · Destroyer of Acadia · Far Harbor Survivalist · Hunter's Wisdom · Inquisitor of Atom · Protector of Acadia