Once you've discovered an area, you can fast travel to there from the map screen (in the Pip Boy) anytime, as long as there are no baddies nearby. My last hint is to use fast travel get around.

Pick these up whenever you see them (they look like little piles of small metal parts - about the size of a helmet) and bring them back to this guy. He'll ask you to fix 3 (?) leaks around Megaton. Another really good quest is in the water processing plant near the entrance of Megaton. If you kill all the baddies in an area you can sleep on any mattress/bed that you find. Also remember to save your stimpaks by sleeping instead. Better quality stuff sells at higher prices at vendors so selling 2 crap rifles is roughly equal to selling one reparied rifle. Don't be afraid to repair stuff if you're getting weighed down. You'll also be able to loot their weps/armor. As you go around completing it you'll be killing lots of raiders and ghouls (regulars) which give good XP at the lower levels. It will level you up a lot and give you loot. Good Luck!Īs previously mentioned pick up the Moria Survival Guide quest. If your going to start off a DLC i'd reccomend Point Lookout first. Kind of a spoiler, but if you go NE you might walk into the area of the Mothership Zeta starting and will not be able to return to the Wasteland for a while until you complete it. (The Feral Ghoul Reavers especially) And try and stay away from the NE until you level up a bit.

Don't go into Metro's as there can be a lot of Feral Ghouls and some of them are so powerful, even my level 22 cannot defeat them easily with Alien Weaponry. Stay away from the DC ruins until you level up a bit, as the Super Mutants will screw you over a couple times.

You can get a lot of experience from the Wasteland Survival Guide quests from Moira (As dankempster has mentioned above) and this will help you rack up XP at a fast rate. I'd say do some of the more easier quests at first. (Rivet City decontaminates enough surplus to run a small hydroponics setup) So irradiated water must be used, which will stunt growth. But it’s nowhere near the amount needed to grow sufficient food. Megaton, maybe enough for its population. I found myself in the same boat about 2 weeks ago, as i just purchased the GOTY edition then also. Mr Handy can crank out enough uncontaminated water for 2-3 people.

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