Fallout 4 quests: Full list of main chapters and side missions

The game will have you doing everything from recovering stolen technology and dispatching a squad of raiders to rescuing a cat.

The game’s opening shows how the world descended into ruin after nuclear bombs were dropped on Earth.

As you would expect, there is a detailed character creation screen before you are let loose on what is left of civilisation, where you will come up against an odd organisation called The Institute, a heap of giant scorpions and hulking super mutants.

Tackling a game this size can be overwhelming, so we’ve assembled a list of the game’s main missions, as well as its raft of side quests.

How many main quests are in Fallout 4?

There are 12 main quests in Fallout 4.

The game is split into a prologue and three separate acts. It is estimated that the story alone will take players around 27 hours to complete, according to HowLongToBeat.

However, if you’ve ever played a role-playing game before, then you will know that there are enough side quests, oddball characters and intriguing locations to keep you distracted from finishing the main missions swiftly, so for a 100 per cent completion score it will take much longer.

Full list of Fallout 4 main quests

Read on for the full list of Fallout 4’s main story quests.

Prologue

1. War Never Changes

Act One

2. Out of Time
3. Jewel of the Commonwealth
4. Unlikely Valentine
5. Getting a Clue
6. Reunions

Act Two

7. Dangerous Minds
8. The Glowing Sea
9. Hunter/Hunted
10. The Molecular Level
11. Institutionalised

Act Three

Depending on how you choose to deal with The Institute at the end of the game, you will take on The Nuclear Option or The Nuclear Family quest.

Full list of Fallout 4 side missions

If you are seeking to complete every aspect of Fallout 4, including its enormous selection of side missions, then it is estimated that you will need around 200 hours.

The side quests are split into several different categories, so read on for a full breakdown.

Faction missions

Primary quests for The Minutemen:

1. When Freedom Calls
2. The First Step
3. Taking Independence
4. Old Guns
5. Inside Job
6. Form Ranks
7. Defend the Castle
8. The Nuclear Option
9. With Our Powers Combined
10. Out of the Fire
11. Returning the Favour
12. Sanctuary
13. Troubled Waters
14. The Sight

There are also a further 16 quests based around a radiant settlement.

Primary and side quests for The Brotherhood of Steel:

1. Reveille
2. Fire Support
3. Call to Arms
4. Semper Invicta
5. Shadow of Steel
6. Tour of Duty
7. Show No Mercy
8. From Within
9. Outside the Wire
10. Liberty Reprimed
11. Blind Betrayal
12. Tactical Thinking
13. Spoils of War
14. Ad Victorian
15. The Nuclear Option
16. A New Dawn
17. A Loose End (side quest)
18. Duty of Dishonour (side quest)
19. The Lost Patrol (side quest)

There are also a further five quests based around a radiant location.

Primary and side quests for The Railroad:

1. Road to Freedom
2. Tradecraft
3. Underground Undercover
4. Precipice of War
5. Rockets’ Red Glare
6. The Nuclear Option
7. Boston After Dark (side quest)
8. Mercer Safehouse (side quest)
9. Burning Cover (side quest)
10. Butcher’s Bill (side quest)
11. Butcher’s Bill 2 (side quest)
12. Memory Interrupted (side quest)
13. Operation Ticonderoga (side quest)
14. To the Mattresses (side quest)
15. Randolph Safehouse (side quest)

There are also a further seven quests based around a radiant location.

Primary and side quests for The Institute:

1. Synth Retention
2. The Battle of Bunker Hill
3. Mankind Redefined
4. Mass Fusion
5. Pinned
6. Powering Up
7. End of the Line
8. Airship Down
9. Nuclear Family
10. A House Divided (side quest)
11. Building a Better Crop (side quest)
12. Plugging a Leak (side quest)

There are also a further five quests based around a radiant location.

Non-faction side missions

1. Banished from The Institute
2. Cambridge Polymer Labs
3. Confidence Man
4. Curtain Call
5. Dependency
6. Diamond City Blues
7. Emogene Takes a Lover
8. Here Kitty, Here
9. Here There Be Monsters
10. Hole in the Wall
11. Human Error
12. In Sheep’s Clothing
13. Kid in a Fridge
14. Last Voyage of the USS Constitution
15. Mystery Meat
16. Order Up
17. Out in Left Field
18. Painting the Town
19. Pickman’s Gift
20. Public Knowledge
21. Pull the Plug
22. Short Stories
23. Special Delivery
24. Story of the Century
25. The Big Dig
26. The Devil’s Due
27. The Disappearing Act
28. The Gilded Grasshopper
29. The Marowski Heist
30. The Memory Den
31. The Secret of Cabot House
32. The Silver Shroud
33. Trouble Brewin’
34. Vault 75
35. Vault 81
36. Art Appreciation
37. Atom Cats
38. Botany Class
39. The Combat Zone
40. Detective Case Files
41. Diamond City’s Most Wanted
42. Fallen Hero
43. Find the Treasures of Jamaica Plain
44. Fly Fishing
45. Giddyip ‘n Go
46. Greet the Dog
47. Gun Run
48. Hazardous Material
49. Help Defend
50. Home Plate
51. MacCready for Action
52. Meet Ness at the Crash Site
53. Message in a Bottle - Trapped for Days
54. Message in a Bottle - Predator Becomes Prey
55. Message in a Bottle - Not Going Well
56. Message in a Bottle - Need a Hand
57. Message in a Bottle - Difficult to Kill
58. Message in a Bottle - X Marks the Spot
59. Nuca Cola Needs
60. Pool Cleaning
61. Prep School
62. Recruiting Hancock
63. Galleria
64. The Cleaner
65. Traffic Jam
66. Vault 81 Tour
67. Virgil’s Cure
68. A Pillar of the Community
69. Bill Sutton
70. Brother Against Brother
71. Familar Faces
72. Fertiliser Woman
73. Holly
74. Lucy Abernathy
75. Maintenance Man
76. Quality Assurance
77. Supervisor Brown
78. Supervisor Green
79. Wedding Day
80. Benign Intervention (tasked by companion Cait)
81. Emergent Behaviour (tasked by companion Curie)
82. Long Road Ahead (tasked by companion MacCready)
83. Long Time Coming (tasked by companion Nick Valentine)

DLC/Expansion missions

Missions from the Automatron DLC:

1. Mechanical Menace
2. A New Threat
3. Headhunting
4. Restoring Order
5. Rogue Robot (radiant quest)

Missions from the Far Harbor DLC:

1. Far From Home
2. Walk in the Park
3. Where You Belong
4. Best Left Forgotten
5. The Way Life Should Be
6. Cleansing the Land
7. Reformation
8. Close to Home
9. Brain Dead
10. Shipbreaker
11. Condensers Down (radiant)
12. Deadliest Catch (radiant)
13. Super Mutants in the Fog (radiant)
14. Trapper Attack (radiant)
15. Acadian Ideals
16. Data Recovery
17. The Arrival
18. The Price of Memory
19. Hunting the Hunter
20. Ablutions
21. The Heretic
22. Visions in the Fog
23. What Atom Requires
24. The Trial of Brother Devin
25. Witch Hunt
26. Blood Tide
27. Hull Breach
28. Hull Breach 2
29. Hull Breach 3
30. Living on the Edge
31. Rite of Passage
32. Safe Passage
33. The Changing Tide
34. The Great Hunt
35. The Hold Out
36. Turn Back the Fog
37. Forbidden Knowledge
38. Search and Destroy

Missions from Vault-Tec Workshop:

1. Vault-Tec Calling
2. Better Living Underground
3. A Model Citizen
4. Explore Vault 88
5. Power to the People
6. The Watering Hole
7. Vision of the Future
8. Lady Luck
9. Overseer’s Most Wanted

Missions from Nuka-World:

1. All Aboard
2. Taken for a Ride
3. An Ambitious Plan
4. The Grand Tour
5. A Magical Kingdom
6. A World of Refreshment
7. High Noon at the Gulch
8. Safari Adventure
9. Star Control
10. Home Sweet Home
11. Power Play
12. Amoral Combat
13. Cappy in a Haystack
14. Open Season
15. Precious Medals
16. Trip to the Stars

There are also a further 13 radiant missions to complete.

Read more on Fallout:

• Fallout games in order - best place to start
• Best Fallout 4 mods - and how to use them
• Fallout 4 cheats - the full list
• When is Fallout 4 set? Timeline explained
• Is Fallout 76 cross-platform?
• How to get Fallout 76 free - Prime Gaming deal
• Fallout: New Vegas cheats
• Fallout: New Vegas explained - how will TV address it?
• Fallout London release date - latest news
• Will there be a Fallout 3 Remastered? What we know
• Fallout 3 cheats
• Fallout 5 release date speculation
• Fallout 4 next-gen update - key details
• Fallout season 2 - will the TV show continue?
• Fallout 4 power armour - where to get it
• Fallout 4 trophies and achievements guide
• Fallout 4 registration form - top tips and best builds
• Fallout 4 canon ending - did TV confirm it?
• How to scrap junk in Fallout 4
• How to wait in Fallout 4
• Hack your game of choice with Fallout 4 mods, Fallout 76 mods or Fallout: New Vegas mods

Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.