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Chapter 17 - Recruitment Blues
Fallout 76

Chapter 17 - Recruitment Blues

Complete Fallout 76 Recruitment Blues walkthrough. Learn how to register new personnel at Fort Defiance and get your Military ID.

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Complete Fallout 76 Recruitment Blues walkthrough. Learn how to register new personnel at Fort Defiance and get your Military ID.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Head to Fort Defiance.
  2. 2
    Locate the bulletin board that ended Chapter 15 (Defiance Has Fallen).
  3. 3
    On the same floor, explore until you find an elevator with a laser grid blocking your path forward.
  4. 4
    Return to the bulletin board.
  5. 5
    Follow the hallway, and up the first ramp.
  6. 6
    On the second floor, find metal stairs leading up to the third floor.
  7. 7
    Explore the third floor until you locate a second laser-protected elevator.
  8. 8
    In front of the elevator, use the Terminal to 'Register New Personnel'.
  9. 9
    You will be denied access; head to the room on the opposite end of the hall on the third floor.
  10. 10
    Find and read 'Squire Evelyn's Journal - Page 16'.
  11. 11
    Complete Chapter 16 (Back to Basic).
  12. 12
    Head to the Charleston Capitol Building.
  13. 13
    Find and enter the Charleston Capitol DMV Building.
  14. 14
    Use the Terminal to select 'Government ID Application'.
  15. 15
    Fill out the application.
  16. 16
    Talk to DMV Bot B2.
  17. 17
    Print a number from the printer to the right of the robot.
  18. 18
    Go to the Terminal in the center of the room.
  19. 19
    At the Terminal, select 'Boot Up Department B'.
  20. 20
    Wait for your number to be called.
  21. 21
    Once your number has been called, talk to DMV Bot B2 again.
  22. 22
    Leave the building and follow your Quest Marker to a mailbox.
  23. 23
    Take the Junk Mail from the mailbox.
  24. 24
    Return to the DMV.
  25. 25
    Give the Junk Mail to DMV Bot B2.
  26. 26
    Leave the building again and go to the Charleston Capitol Courthouse.
  27. 27
    Head to the bottom floor.
  28. 28
    Find and take the DMV Form.
  29. 29
    Return to the DMV.
  30. 30
    Give the DMV Form to DMV Bot B2.
  31. 31
    Find and talk to DMV Bot C1.
  32. 32
    Print a number from the printer next to this robot.
  33. 33
    Use the Terminal in the center of the room to 'Boot Up Department C'.
  34. 34
    Wait for your number to be called.
  35. 35
    Once your number has been called, talk to DMV Bot C1 again.
  36. 36
    Use the Terminal on the west side of the room to learn about Error 34B/1.
  37. 37
    Head through the doors to the south of the room, continue south, then head west. Search this area for the Governor's Seal.
  38. 38
    Once you find it, stamp your application and return to the DMV.
  39. 39
    Turn in your application.
  40. 40
    Have your picture taken and receive your ID.
  41. 41
    Return to Fort Defiance.
  42. 42
    Head to the top of the building and return to the Terminal from earlier.
  43. 43
    At the Terminal, select 'Register New Personnel' again, then 'Scan Military ID Card'.
  44. 44
    Use the elevator to get to the fourth floor.
  45. 45
    Search the floor for a Terminal and select 'URGENT: Touchdown Recovery'.
Tips
  • Feel free to loot along the way.
  • Chapter 17 will NOT automatically start at the end of Chapter 15.
  • The next chapter will begin automatically upon completion of Chapter 17.

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