Broken quests, may contain spoilers

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:04 am

Why don't we include a list of unusable items, or items that have no quest purpose? Here's a start, if I'm wrong please correct me, and if you can think of more, add them.

Lighter
Chemistry Journals
Flowers
Shiv
Small Statuette
Ballgag
Blowup doll
Gold tooth
Radio - Vic does make a comment about this though
Waterchip

I'm unsure about the following:
Marked cards
Loaded dice

requiem_for_a_starfury · Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:15 am

You need the radio to free Vic, non-violently, and the blow up doll is a quest item for Broken Hills. I suppose technically you could say the ball gag is a booby prize for losing the arm wrestling match in Broken Hills.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:44 am

No, there are two types of radio: Vic's Radio, which is found in his shack, and then just "Radio", which is found in a Navarro locker, near Raul iirc. Actually, I think there might be two places to find the "Radio", but I'm not quite sure. If you try to give the "Radio" to Vic, he says it's close, but he needs his own personal radio specifically.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 4:23 am

Small Statuette

What's this? Got a pic?

Doyle · Post by **Doyle** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:02 am

Blowup doll

That's actually used in a Broken Hills quest.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:43 am

ExtremeDrinker wrote:
Small Statuette
What's this? Got a pic?

kill the wright children (the ones playing outside) and they will have the small statuettes of pipboy in their inventory.

InfinityBall · Post by **InfinityBall** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:27 pm

I don't know if there was supposed to be a use for lighters or not, but they're good for cash and don't weigh anything. Useful loot.

Hatchen · Post by **Hatchen** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:30 pm

How would you get the abby location? and how do you save the death claws? i never new you could!!

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:49 pm

You can't. That's why they're broken.

Strap · Post by **Strap** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:01 am

Howabout that one quest in the NCR where you are supposed to agree with Mira to help kill her husband. (bartender) I've never tried this one, is it broken?

and what about Doc Henry in the NCR, he says some stuff about the vault projects but abruptly stops, are there any quests involved with what he says?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:21 am

Strap wrote:and what about Doc Henry in the NCR, he says some stuff about the vault projects but abruptly stops, are there any quests involved with what he says?

You need to have certain stats to get the quest. (Might be int or even science?).

He gives you a syringe that would kill a super mutant when used. After testing it, he will give you a cybernetic dog.

Blizzard · Post by **Blizzard** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:09 am

What about that painting in broken hills, in one of the houses, whats that for?

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:07 am

Strap wrote:Howabout that one quest in the NCR where you are supposed to agree with Mira to help kill her husband. (bartender) I've never tried this one, is it broken?

I don't know if it's broken or not, but I have run and told her about her husband's death in which case she rewarded me w/a H&K P90c. She says that she's been waiting for someone w/more brawn than brains to come along and do it for her. So I'd recommend that you try it w/an appropriate character. I believe it also involves climbing over the wall at night by way of a rope.

Strap wrote:and what about Doc Henry in the NCR, he says some stuff about the vault projects but abruptly stops, are there any quests involved with what he says?

Like Dan says, but I'll add that it's a 91% Science that you need in order to get this quest.

Incidentally, you can use the syringe on any SM you happen to run into.

Cheers,

OTB

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:40 am

OTB the Wise wrote:I don't know if it's broken or not, but I have run and told her about her husband's death in which case she rewarded me w/a H&K P90c. She says that she's been waiting for someone w/more brawn than brains to come along and do it for her. So I'd recommend that you try it w/an appropriate character. I believe it also involves climbing over the wall at night by way of a rope.

Yes it's done with a stupid character. I've been trying to activate the quest with a regular character, but no luck! I guess I could always pop some mentats and wait till the withdrawl sets in.

Strap · Post by **Strap** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:03 pm

Howabout Melchior Jr. and you finding his father in the military base... I never really tried, but is there some dialog/closure if you talk to his son after you... dispose of him?

Oh yea, that blue key card you get in Gecko is worthless, right? I always thought that you were supposed to be able to use it, or a rope on the crane in the gecko reactor room to supply access to the reactor from the Brain's caves or vise versa... never could get that to work. (the fo2 book says you can "lower the crane for another way into the reactor room")

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:55 pm

Strap wrote:Howabout Melchior Jr. and you finding his father in the military base... I never really tried, but is there some dialog/closure if you talk to his son after you... dispose of him?

No, you don't get any more dialogue options w/Melchior, Jr. after you've bumped his father off. Apparently that whole deal w/Melchior, Jr. was to hint at the the fact that the Enclave had abducted miners from Redding for their operation.

Strap wrote:Oh yea, that blue key card you get in Gecko is worthless, right?

No, that key will unlock the door that you come to if you enter Navarro through the ventilation shaft. (The door that you release the Deathclaw through.)

Strap wrote:I always thought that you were supposed to be able to use it, or a rope on the crane in the gecko reactor room to supply access to the reactor from the Brain's caves or vise versa... never could get that to work. (the fo2 book says you can "lower the crane for another way into the reactor room")

I've never heard anything about lowering the crane in the Gecko reactor room. However, the FO2 hintbook is full of inaccuracies, like most of those things, largely because they go to press before the game is actually finished.

OTB

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:25 am

Well the EPA and Abbey aren't really broken, they were unimplemented. There weren't any refrences to the Abbey in Fallout 2 that I know of.

Strap · Post by **Strap** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:19 am

OTB wrote:
Strap wrote:Oh yea, that blue key card you get in Gecko is worthless, right?
No, that key will unlock the door that you come to if you enter Navarro through the ventilation shaft. (The door that you release the Deathclaw through.)

Isn't that just one of those little mistakes with generic items? Like the keycard from the vertibird crash working with the doors at Gecko, or any other red/yellow cards you find working there also.
(ie, it isn't really intended to be for the door in navarro)

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:37 am

Rather the vertibird yellow card NOT working on anything.

swiver · Post by **swiver** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 10:56 am

what about the holy hand grenade quest?
And the ubologists' shuttle