Mercer Safehouse

Learn how to establish a new safehouse for the Railroad in Fallout 4. This guide covers potential locations, clearing enemies, and building defenses.

Alright, so you've been doing some work for the Railroad, huh? After you've helped them out with quests like 'Road to Freedom,' 'Tradecraft,' and 'Boston After Dark,' PAM's gonna have a new job for you. She needs more safehouses, and it's your task to set one up in a new spot.

The tricky part is, the game picks the location randomly for this quest. It could be anywhere from Coastal Cottage, Croup Manor, Hangman's Alley, Jamaica Plain, Kingswater Lighthouse, Murkwater Construction Site, Outpost Zimonja, Spectacle Island, Starlight Drive-In, Sunshine Tidings Co-op, or Taffington Boathouse. Don't worry too much about lower-level players; the game usually picks spots that make sense for your current level, avoiding the really far-flung places.

Heads up: If you've already claimed a settlement that the game picks for this quest, or if you've already cleared it for another mission, it might skip some steps. The game's pretty smart about that stuff. Also, if you're really set on a specific location, you can try saving right before you talk to Dr. Carrington at the end of 'Boston After Dark.' That's when the game decides where Mercer Safehouse will be.

Once you know your target location, you'll need to head over there and clear out whatever baddies have moved in. Depending on the area, you might be fighting Mole Rats, Ghouls, Raiders, Mirelurks, or even a nasty Mirelurk Queen if you're unlucky!

After you've dealt with the local wildlife or raiders, find the Workshop at the location. Interact with it to claim the settlement. Your next job is to build up the defenses. You don't need anything fancy, just get your Defense score up to 10. Two Machinegun Turrets should do the trick nicely.

Once that's all set, head back to PAM. She'll give you your reward, which is some XP and 200 Caps. After this quest, she'll usually offer you her 'Jackpot' quest, which is super important because it can unlock Ballistic Weave for you!

• XP
• 200 Caps