Skip to content
From Medford to Med-Tek Research
Fallout 4

From Medford to Med-Tek Research

Guide to Medford Memorial Hospital, Malden Police Department, and Malden Center in fallout 4. Find the Medford Operating Theater Key and Massachusetts Surgical Journal.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Guide to Medford Memorial Hospital, Malden Police Department, and Malden Center in fallout 4. Find the Medford Operating Theater Key and Massachusetts Surgical Journal.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Continue east to Medford Memorial Hospital. Exterminate the Super Mutants outside, including a Suicider and a mutt, then enter the hospital.
  2. 2
    Clear the Super Mutants on the three floors and deeper within the complex. Be wary of another Suicider.
  3. 3
    Head west down a hallway. Explore the northern room for an Ammo Box [Novice] and a Duffle Bag.
  4. 4
    Explore the southern office to find an Advanced Terminal that unlocks an Advanced floor Safe.
  5. 5
    Continue west to a stairwell and go up to the third floor.
  6. 6
    Head east, clearing northern rooms, then enter a small waiting room. Use the Novice Terminal to activate a nearby Protectron.
  7. 7
    Continue east to a balcony overlooking the lobby. Head north to find the “Operating Theater Door” [Master].
  8. 8
    If you can bypass the Master door, use the “Operating Theater Terminal” inside to control lights, doors, and music.
  9. 9
    Enter the operating room through a door [Advanced], or go up the stairs east to the rear of the operating room.
  10. 10
    Defeat the leveled Super Mutant, weaker Super Mutant, and two Mutant Hounds. Loot Heavy Super Mutant Armor from the western wall.
  11. 11
    Go up the northern stairs into a preparation room to find a Syringer Rifle and a Steamer Trunk.
  12. 12
    Go down a southern tunnel and pick an Expert door to find a dead Raider with a Super Mutant Helmet on a bench.
  13. 13
    Return to the balcony over the lobby. Head east across the damaged floor and through a doorway.
  14. 14
    Head north down a hallway, then east to a southern doorway. Use the Expert Terminal inside to open a caged-off area containing chems and medical supplies.
  15. 15
    Continue east through two doorways to find two laboratories (now one room) with random junk and a Tool Case [Novice].
  16. 16
    Return to the room with the caged-off area, then head north past an elevator shaft.
  17. 17
    Follow winding hallways and stairs down to another waiting room.
  18. 18
    Head south through the waiting room to find a desk with the “Medford Operating Theater Key”.
  19. 19
    Continue south down a hallway, looting eastern and western rooms for minor junk.
  20. 20
    In the southern hallway, turn west, go through a doorway, past another desk, and back into the lobby.
  21. 21
    Head west on the second floor. Use a door [Advanced] or a hallway to proceed west.
  22. 22
    Pick the lock to the Advanced door and search the desk near the window for the Massachusetts Surgical Journal.
  23. 23
    Continue west down the hallway to a northern room with minor loot.
  24. 24
    At the end of the hallway, the southern room contains a Fusion Core.
  25. 25
    Leave the hospital and continue east to the Malden Police Department.
  26. 26
    Enter the Police Station and go upstairs to the south-eastern corner.
  27. 27
    Find the “Malden Police Evidence Terminal” and nearby “Eddie Winter Holotape 2” and a box of Jet. The terminal may provide a map marker.
  28. 28
    Head north from the Malden PD to find Malden Center Station.
  29. 29
    Enter the subway tunnel and pass turnstiles to find two Synths. Defeat them.
  30. 30
    Search north for dead Raiders, a First Aid Box, and an Ammo Box.
  31. 31
    Look south for a chained door, indicating a loop back to the beginning.
  32. 32
    Continue east down two staircases to reach the metro tunnel with several Synths.
  33. 33
    To the east, two subway lines have trains that serve as tunnels. At the southern end of the western-most track, find two dead Raiders.
Tips
  • Picking the lock to the Advanced door on the second floor of Medford Memorial Hospital will yield the Massachusetts Surgical Journal.
  • The Medford Operating Theater Key bypasses the Master lock on the “Operating Theater Door” upstairs.
  • The Malden Police Evidence Terminal may provide a map marker for your next objective.

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content