Events are quests that randomly appear on the map and can be played by anyone in the area. Completing an event gives you a chance at earning a Legendary weapon or piece of armor. Events are also endlessly repeatable, meaning you can play it again anytime it appears on the map.
Avoid events early in the game, as some of them can be truly challenging and most will soak up more of your tiny backpack of supplies than you’ll want to share at that point in the game. Once you’ve got a decent gun, a sturdy set of armor, and a backpack full of ammo and supplies, visit events whenever you can. On top of getting a chance to earn a Legendary, you’ll also earn crafting plans just about every time you complete one.
For convenience’s sake, you can Fast-Travel to any event so long as it’s visible to you on the map—even if you haven’t yet visited the area it takes place in!
One thing you need to be aware of is that most Event Quests have timers that are actively ticking down whether you’re participating in the event or not. If you’re fishing for Legendaries and Plans, don’t sleep when you see an event marker appear. Some of these require all the time you’re allowed if you’re hoping to complete them.
The Forest (Levels 1–9)
Back on the Beat
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Among the Responders’ various projects to protect the people of Appalachia was Steelheart, a stout and loyal Protectron. Power Steelheart up and join him on his patrol through the streets of Morgantown to unlock Responder stash rooms.
Collision Course
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Defeat waves of Scorched to give a Vertibot a safe spot to land and make a supply drop. Be sure to wait for the Vertibot to drop off the Government Aid Drop and loot it for additional rewards.
Death Blossoms
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Five Corpse Flowers around the event area are about to bloom, which is driving the local wildlife population absolutely mad. Guard all five Corpse Flowers from waves of enemies until the timer runs out.
Feed the People
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Hunt down and deposit canisters of food into food-processing machines in Mama Dolce’s Food Processing while fending off enemies and repairing the machines as they break.
Fertile Soil
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Robotic farmhands from the nearby Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center (and its surrounding farms) have begun to run amok around the Flatwoods area. Destroy them, then enter the Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center and reprogram them.
Leader of the Pack
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Head to each of the marked locations north and south of Tyler County Fairgrounds, and hunt down the Wolf Pack Leaders. They’ll be accompanied by a pack of Wolves, so expect a fight.
Project Beanstalk
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Follow a Pharmabot and protect it while it takes care of (and destroys) crops around a local farm.
The Path to Enlightenment
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Some call the Cult of the Mothman a bunch of lunatics, but Brother Moncrief knew otherwise. To prove his devotion, he was determined to light the lamp at the Landview Lighthouse in hopes of summoning the Mothman for a holy communion. Now you must follow in his footsteps.
Tea Time
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There’s nothing like a fresh cuppa to lift your spirits—something the proprietors of the Giant Teapot know all too well. Unfortunately, enemy attacks are keeping the Giant Teapot from brewing up its famous Sweetwater Tea. Protect the water pipes leading into the Giant Teapot while it finishes its tasty brew.
Toxic Valley (Levels 10–14)
Dogwood Die Off
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Find and repair three aerosolizers around Toxic Valley.
Grafton Day
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It’s Grafton Day in Grafton. Again! And the Grafton Monster is on parade...well, rampage actually.
Jailbreak
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An onslaught of Super Mutants is pouring into the Eastern Regional Penitentiary in an attempt to break Mad Dog Malone out of prison. Run along the prison’s rooftops and repair turrets to keep them from freeing this notorious prisoner.
Manhunt
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Find a way into Grafton Dam and take out the Super Mutant criminal known as “Mad Dog Malone.”
Protest March
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Grafton’s mayor has caught wind of a protest and wants you to break it up. Head to the protesters’ location and get ready for a fight.
Patrol Duty
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Escort a penitentiary guard through the prison on its daily rounds.
Swarm of Suitors
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A horde of Mirelurks has been spotted heading toward their breeding ground in Grafton Lake. Stop them before they call the Mirelurk Queen.
Savage Divide (Levels 15–24)
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
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The Maître d’ at Bolton Greens, Billingsley, is in distress. He is convinced that distinguished guests will be arriving at any moment for the Halloween Gala, but the club is in such disarray! In addition to getting the robot waitstaff back to work and setting the tables, uninvited guests must be turned away and kept out of the function room so as not to disturb the guests’ delicate sensibilities.
Guided Meditation
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Light the Brazier of Transcendence in the courtyard of the Palace of the Winding Path; then get ready for guided meditation. Breathe in, exhale. Take in positivity, eject negativity. Protect the four speakers around the palace from enemy attacks to synchronize your chakras.
One Violent Night
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The Nightstalker, a murderous abomination with a taste for human flesh, attacked residents of the Sons of Dane Compound every night while they partied at the Buck’s Den Beer House. Making noise and playing raucous music is the key to luring in one of the region’s deadliest threats and finally killing this monster of legend.
Uranium Fever
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Enter the Blackwater Mine and protect uranium extractors from waves of Mole Miners.
the Ash Heap (Levels 25–29)
Battle Bots
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Destroy a roaming Sentry Bot and shut down the security system in the nearby bunker it was protecting.
Breach and Clear
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Clear the work site of trouble; then grab as many goodies as you can from the mining apparatus.
Lode Baring
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Enter Mine Site Kittery and repair a trio of Auto-Miner robots to get them digging again. Keep them safe from enemy attacks and they’ll kick you back some of their findings—just make sure to escape the mine before the 60-second timer runs out at the end of the dig.
The Mire (Levels 30–34)
Heart of the Swamp
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Fight and destroy a Strangler Heart and its Mirelurk and Feral Ghoul reinforcements in the Mire. Avoid the Heart’s poison gas and take down the boss (usually a Strangler Queen, with a 50% chance to be a Mirelurk Queen or Grafton Monster) that appears when the Strangler Heart is at 25% health.
Irrational Fear
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Protect the apiphobic Beckham from waves of Raging Honey Beasts and Yao Guai while he visits beehives to harvest honey.
Cranberry Bog (Level 35+)
AWOL Armaments
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Fight off waves of misbehaving military-grade robots.
Census Violence
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Defend a robotic census taker as he “fixes” his count (through killing incorrectly tallied creatures, naturally.)
Line in the Sand
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Build up your defenses, repair the walls, enable the turrets, and arm the ASAM: A Scorchbeast is in the area and it’s looking to tear your Sonic Generator to pieces. Fell the beast and protect the generator to claim victory in another event.
Surface to Air
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Defend and repair an automated surface-to-air missile launcher while Scorchbeasts do everything in their power to destroy it.
Multi-Location
Always Vigilant
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Repair Rover the Eyebot and protect him from waves of enemies for 5 minutes while he repairs a relay tower. Rover’s timer will pause whenever he’s damaged, so keep him repaired to keep the timer running!
Distant Thunder
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Use a Recon Scope to mark enemies as targets for a destructive air strike. Mop up the leftovers and you’ll be home free.
It’s a Trap
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You will have the opportunity to defeat one of the most feared creatures in Appalachia: the Scorchbeast. The work done to restore the Free States detector system pays off with the opportunity to isolate and lure the powerful creature and its allies into a trap. This fight is difficult and dangerous!
The Messenger
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Repair and then safely escort Mr. Messenger to his destination. Expect a long, quiet countryside walk, as Mr. Messenger doesn’t have the sharpest memory on the market.
Powering Up Power Stations
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Power Boxes can be found throughout Appalachia. If the local Power Plant has broken down, these still have a bit of residual power you can draw on (only 10 power). But once the local Power Plant has been repaired, Power Boxes provide substantially more (100 power in most locations, or 400 power for Power Boxes at the plant itself).
If you have big plans for a Workshop, or just want to build the C.A.M.P. of your dreams, Power Boxes can save you a fortune in generators. But that means you’ll need to get those plants back online.
Powering up a Power Plant
Once at the Power Plant of your choosing, you’ll need to locate the plant’s Cooling Towers, Turbine Hall, and Reactor Room. In each area, you’ll find a number of broken black-and-yellow-striped pipes spewing steam, and several sparking control consoles. You need only activate them to repair them—no materials required.
There are a lot of objects to find. Initially, you’re on your own, with no quest targets to guide you, but once you’ve repaired about half of the objects in each area, quest targets will point you to the remaining broken objects. It may be helpful to turn off any other quests you’re tracking to focus in on the targets all around you.
Once you’ve finished basic repairs to each system, you can restart the Power Plant by using the terminal in the plant’s control room; that completes the event and restores the power. But if you have a few more minutes, take the time to finish fully repairing all three systems: you’ll get a better much reward for your efforts.
Enclave Events
A Real Blast
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Initialize arrays in the marked area to start an orbital bombardment strike. Continuously repair the arrays as they break until the orbital bombardment is ready to fire; then hightail it out of there! You have only 15 seconds to clear the area before getting blown back into the Stone Age.
Bots on Parade
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Protect a small squad of bots from enemies while MODUS reprograms them. Guard them until the timer runs out; then kill off any remaining enemies to wrap things up.
Dropped Connections
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Move around the enemy-filled event location while activating marked arrays. Once you finish activating each of them, an orbital supply drop will plunge to the earth. Kill or destroy all of the enemies drawn to the supply drop, and claim its inventory as your own to complete the event.