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Big Town
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition guide · Rescuing the townspeople from Super Mutants
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Big Town is a settlement populated entirely by young adults exiled from Little Lamplight who are constantly terrorized by Super Mutants. You are asked to travel north to the Germantown Police HQ to rescue their captured residents, Red and Shorty. After bringing them back safely, you must help the citizens defend the town from a retaliatory mutant raid to secure a final reward.
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Enemies
Super Mutant
Weak to HeadSteal / drop Hunting Rifle, Board
Attacks in small raiding parties using melee weapons and ranged firearms
Centaur
Weak to HeadSteal / drop Centaur Blood
Accompanies the mutants and spits radioactive, toxic bile
Shops and people
- Red: Medical healing, radiation removal, and basic medical supplies
- Dusty: Brahmin meat and various scavenged items
Tips
- After returning Red to Big Town, you can prepare the townspeople for the mutant counterattack by training them in combat, setting mines, or repairing the broken Protectron and Sentry Bot in the junkyard with sufficient Science or Repair skill.
- Repairing the robots in the scrapyard is the safest defense strategy, as they can defeat the invading Super Mutants without risking the lives of any named residents.
Not listed for this area: secrets.
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