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Return to Vault 3

Complete the Motor-Runner Bounty and loot Vault 3 in fallout new vegas. Rewards include 400 XP, 300 Caps, Great Khan Fame, and Khan Trick perk.

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Complete the Motor-Runner Bounty and loot Vault 3 in fallout new vegas. Rewards include 400 XP, 300 Caps, Great Khan Fame, and Khan Trick perk.

  • Talk to Col. James Hsu in the Terminal Building at Camp McCarran.
  • Select the dialogue option “I’m up for hire if you need some extra manpower around the base.”
  • Inquire further with the dialogue option “The Fiends?”.
Walkthrough
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    Fast-travel to Camp McCarran and enter the Terminal Building.
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    Speak with Col. James Hsu and accept the “Motor-Runner Bounty” quest to find and assassinate Bryce Anders and Motor-Runner.
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    Fast-travel to Vault 3 and eliminate the Fiends outside.
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    Enter Vault 3 and deliver the package to Motor-Runner.
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    Return to Diane to complete the quest for the Great Khans.
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    Loot the Vault 3 Recreation Area:
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    West of the entrance, find chems and food in the cafeteria.
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    Unlock the south door [Easy] to the kitchen and loot the First Aid Box and pantry.
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    Loot the storage room [Easy] opposite the cafeteria for a First Aid Box and components.
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    Head west from the hallway, go down stairs, and enter the game room to the south. Loot chems from pool tables, a Vending Machine, and other minor loot.
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    Go up the north stairs for more pool tables.
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    Go up the south stairs for an Ammo Box.
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    Enter the movie room through the west door to find three Ammo Boxes, a Doctor’s Bag, a 10mm Pistol, and Stimpaks.
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    Enter the north-western storage room [Very Easy] for Pool Cues and Nuka-Colas, including a Nuka-Cola Victory and a Nuka-Cola Quartz.
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    Return to the hallway and continue south.
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    Check the two bathrooms to the west; one contains a First Aid Box [Very Easy].
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    Enter the locked clinic to the east [Hard] to find a First Aid Box, chems, and a Today’s Physician magazine.
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    Continue south, turn east, and head down a hallway.
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    Find stairs leading to the Living Quarters area.
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    Before going to the Living Quarters, enter another storage room [Easy] to the east for a First Aid Box, a Fixin’ Things magazine, and minor loot.
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    Loot the Vault 3 Living Quarters:
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    From the stairs, head south to a locked door [Average]. Hack the nearby terminal [Average] to open it.
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    In the room beyond, find a Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual on a bookshelf and magazines on a bedside table.
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    Enter the south-western door to reach the Overseer’s office.
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    Alternatively, to reach the Overseer’s office and free prisoners:
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    Leave the room and head west down a hallway, then south down stairs into a prison chamber.
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    Behind the locked cell [Hard], talk to the prisoner Rick Lancer.
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    He will ask you to steal the key from a Fiend named Daniel to free him. In return, he provides the password to a nearby Terminal [Average].
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    This terminal allows access to the halls beyond the first room (with the Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual), leading to the Overseer’s office.
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    Alternatively, pick the locked door [Hard] to get the password.
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    To find Daniel, go through a doorway south, down stairs west, down a tunnel south, then up stairs east.
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    Head down a hallway south and enter the southernmost room to the east where Daniel is.
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    Pickpocket Daniel to get his Fiend Prisoner Key, which unlocks the cell door and frees the prisoners.
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    You can also steal a Vault 3 Maintenance Key.
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    Freeing the prisoners grants a small quest reward and the Overseer Password for the terminal.
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    From the prison room, go through the door in the south-eastern corner, ascend the stairs, and go to the Overseer’s office to the south.
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    Loot the office for ammo on a bookshelf and a Hunting Rifle on the floor.
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    Access the “Overseer’s Terminal” [Hard] behind the desk.
  • For delivering the package to Motor-Runner: 400 XP, 300 Caps, Great Khan Fame, Khan Trick perk.
  • For freeing the prisoners: 100 XP, Vault 3 Overseer Password.
Tips
  • If you have received Veronica’s dialogue from the Boomer Museum, Cottonwood Cove, and Camp McCarran, she may ask you to take her home, starting the quest “I Could Make You Care” after completing Aba Daba Honeymoon.
  • The Fiends outside Vault 3 may have respawned since your last visit.
  • The locked clinic door in Vault 3 requires an Easy lockpick skill.
  • The locked cell in the prison chamber requires a Hard lockpick skill.
  • The Overseer’s Terminal requires a Hard skill to hack.

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