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Exploring Salem
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Exploring Salem

Explore Sandy Coves Convalescent Home in fallout 4, find keys for safes, and get the Syringer Rifle. Help Barney Rook in the Rook Family House.

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Explore Sandy Coves Convalescent Home in fallout 4, find keys for safes, and get the Syringer Rifle. Help Barney Rook in the Rook Family House.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Fast-travel to the Museum of Witchcraft and travel north-east to find the Sandy Coves Convalescent Home.
  2. 2
    Before entering, head south-east to find shacks with containers, including an Expert Safe near the water.
  3. 3
    A third shack is on the shore west of Sandy Coves; a random encounter may occur here.
  4. 4
    Enter the Convalescent Home and approach the front desk.
  5. 5
    Speak with the Mr. Handy NPC (non-player character — anyone the game controls, not you). You can pass a Speech check to obtain Gladys’s Room Key.
  6. 6
    Search the nearby Novice Terminal and read the “Lost Safe Key Reminders” entry to learn where safe keys are hidden.
  7. 7
    To the west, you will find six locked safes containing chems.
  8. 8
    Select the entry [ > Security Door Control] on the terminal to open the door to the west.
  9. 9
    Beyond the security door, find two First Aid Boxes, a Syringer Rifle, and a Massachusetts Surgical Journal.
  10. 10
    Check the Book Return Machine to the east for loot.
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    Pick the Novice locked door to a bathroom to the north. Inside, find two Stimpaks, some Jet, and a First Aid Box.
  12. 12
    Head down the hallway to the north.
  13. 13
    Enter the first room to the east and loot a Footlocker near the bed.
  14. 14
    Grab Mortimer’s Key from a shelf along the eastern wall.
  15. 15
    In the second room to the east, find a hole in the wall to the north leading to another room. Exit this room to bypass rubble.
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    Continue north and turn east into the room to the north. Search under fertilizer for Margaret’s Safe Key.
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    In the bathroom of this room, find an Overdue Book and a First Aid Box.
  18. 18
    Return to the hallway and continue west to find more rooms to the north.
  19. 19
    The first room has collapsed; use the rubble as a ramp to a room upstairs.
  20. 20
    Turn west and find three cat bowls. Under the middle one is Catherine’s Key.
  21. 21
    Return down the ramp and continue west down the hallway. Enter the next room to the north to find Edward’s Key on a desk near a Typewriter.
  22. 22
    Find an Overdue Book on a dresser nearby and another on the floor near the bed.
  23. 23
    Return to the hallway and venture further west, then ascend stairs to the north.
  24. 24
    Head down a hallway to the east, being careful of a hole in the floor.
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    Enter Gladys’s Room (Novice lock). Find Frag Grenades on the floor near the bed and a Trunk full of goodies.
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    Leave Gladys's Room and head down the hallway to the east. Ignore rooms to the north and south, and head down a hallway to the south.
  27. 27
    Maneuver around a hole in the floor and enter a room to the east. Find Ethel’s Safe Key on a Surgical Trail on the ground, under a Paintbrush.
  28. 28
    Go through two holes in the wall to the south to reach another room. Search the bed for Randall’s Safe Key behind a pillow.
  29. 29
    Return to the hallway and continue down it. Synths will arrive; kill them.
  30. 30
    Return to the lobby and open the safes behind the counter with the keys you've collected.
  31. 31
    Leave the Convalescent Home and continue following the coast north-east towards Salem.
  32. 32
    Kill any Mirelurks encountered until you see a house on a hill. This is the Rook Family House.
  33. 33
    As you approach, Barney Rook will yell about Mirelurks and open a gate. Head through the gate and down the hatch.
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    Use a metal trapdoor under some stairs to reach the Basement where Barney is waiting.
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    After speaking with Barney, who will ask you to reactivate some turrets, haggle for a reward. He will promise you Reba’s younger sister, a unique weapon.
  36. 36
    Search a desk to the south to find a copy of Guns and Bullets.
  37. 37
    Head south from the Rook Family House to find a brick building with wooden ramps leading to the roof.
  38. 38
    Climb to the roof, kill any Mirelurks, and jump over the ruined wall of a white brick building.
  39. 39
    Head up stairs to the south-west to find a Terminal. A Bottlecap Mine is nearby.
  40. 40
    Interact with the Terminal, enter the password, and power up the turret.
  41. 41
    Head back downstairs and go through a hole in the wall to the so... (rest of the sentence is cut off in the source).
Tips
  • The safes in Sandy Coves Convalescent Home only contain a few chems each.
  • The Massachusetts Surgical Journal can be found beyond the security door.
  • Mortimer’s Key is in the first room to the east off the main north hallway.
  • Margaret’s Safe Key is under fertilizer in a room to the north-east of the main hallway.
  • Catherine’s Key is under the middle of three cat bowls in an upstairs room accessible via rubble.
  • Edward’s Key is on a desk in the next room to the west down the main hallway.
  • Ethel’s Safe Key is on the ground under a paintbrush in a room to the east down the southern hallway.
  • Randall’s Safe Key is behind a pillow on a bed in a room south of Ethel’s.
  • Barney Rook will offer Reba’s younger sister as a reward for reactivating the turrets.
  • A copy of Guns and Bullets can be found on a desk in the Rook Family House basement.

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