- Armaments and Ammo++
- Armaments and Ammo: Mini Nuke
- Armaments and Ammo: Trunk
- Bottlecaps+++
- Collectible: Bobblehead: Medicine
- Collectible: Required Reading: Grognak the Barbarian
- Collectible: Required Reading: Taboo Tattoos
- Collectible: Holotape: Vault 81 Tech Password
- Collectible: Nuka Cherry (4)
- Companion: Curie
- Danger: Turrets!
- Faction: Settler (Vault Dweller)
- Faction: Vault 81 Lab Mole Rats
- Faction: Character: Miranda
- Faction: Character: Neil
- Faction: Character: Calvin
- Faction: Character: Overseer McNamara
- Faction: Character: Officer Edwards
- Faction: Character: Holt Combes
- Faction: Character: Alexis Combes
- Faction: Character: Erin Combes
- Faction: Character: Austin Engill
- Faction: Character: Mark Summerset
- Faction: Character: Maria Summerset
- Faction: Character: Horatio
- Faction: Character: Dr. Penske
- Faction: Character: Katy
- Faction: Character: Old Rusty
- Faction: Character: Tina De Luca
- Faction: Character: Bobby De Luca
- Faction: Character: Doctor Forsythe
- Faction: Character: Rachel
- Faction: Character: Curie
- Faction: Character: Ashes
- Health or Chems+++
- Quest Start: Vault 81 (Side)
- Quest Start: Hole in the Wall (Side)
- Quest Start: Vault 81 Tour (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Start: Here Kitty, Kitty (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Start: Maintenance Man (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Start: Fertilizer Woman (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Start: Dependency (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Start: Short Stories (Vault 81 Freeform)
- Quest Visit: Emergent Behavior (Side Companion)
- Services: Trader (Alexis Combes)
- Services: Trader (Maria Summerset)
- Services: Trader (Horatio)
- Services: Trader (Dr. Penske)
- Unique Item: Short Syringer Rifle
- Unique Item: Vault Room
Fig 3.22A: Vault 81 Entry (Interior)
Somewhere in the Commonwealth is a vault that never fulfilled its secret purpose. The people just lived normal lives for generation after generation. They are aware of the outside world but choose to remain within the safety of the vault rather than brave the dangers of the Commonwealth. They do trade with the outside world since they aren’t entirely self sufficient, so the people are used to seeing outsiders every couple of weeks or so. What secrets does Vault 81 contain?
Find the entrance to Vault 81 cut into the rocks inside a small shanty trading camp due west of the Fens Neighborhood.
Fig 3.22B: Vault 81 (Interior)
Not all areas are accessible unless the Side Quests are active. Once you’ve performed a small task for the overseer (bringing her a Fusion Core), you’re free to move about the vault. Visit the different locations starting at the atrium:
- Alexis Combes runs the Vault 81 Depot and trades with you.
- Horatio runs a barbershop where you can go for a quick haircut or something more involved.
- Maria Summerset runs the Sunshine Diner and trades with you.
- The hydroponics laboratory is run by Doctor Penske and is focused on solving long-term food and water supply problems.
- Katy runs the learning center, teaching the vault’s children.
- Gwen McNamara is the overseer of this vault and has been for over a decade.
- Fraternal twins Bobby and Tina De Luca maintain the reactor.
- Doctor Forsythe runs the medical facility with his assistant Rachel.
In addition to the more involved quest in Vault 81, the following smaller tasks are available:
Freeform Quest: Vault 81 Tour
When you first enter the vault, Austin hopes you’ll pay him for a tour. You can accept, ask for a free tour, or ignore him. Break off the tour at any point and the quest fails. Continue, and you receive a reasonably adept understanding of this facility.
Freeform Quest: Maintenance Man
Calvin the maintenance man needs any tools you scavenge and will pay you for any you bring back to him.
Fig 3.22C: Secret Vault 81 (Interior)
Freeform Quest: Fertilizer Woman
Doctor Penske runs the hydroponics lab. She asks you to taste a Mutfruit for her. Answer how you wish. She needs fertilizer you scavenge and will pay you for any you bring back.
Freeform Quest: Here Kitty, Kitty
Speak to Erin Combes and agree to help her find her lost cat. Find the wayward kitty at the Chestnut Hillock Reservoir, and let Erin Combes know afterward for a small reward.
Freeform Quest: Dependency
Bobby and Tina DeLuca are in the reactor area. Bobby will buy chems off you. Tina wants Bobby off the Jet and Buffout. You can use your Charisma and challenge him to quit, or speak to Rachel in Doctor Forsythe’s medical bay to help. Or encourage Bobby to continue using Jet, with quest (and heart) failure in mind.
Freeform Quest: Short Stories
Katy is the teacher in the classroom. Complete Miscellaneous Quest: Short Stories here for a copy of Grognak the Barbarian.