Complete Fallout 76 Key to the Past walkthrough. Learn how to find all five Key Fragments, defeat the Wendigo boss, and retrieve the Broken Uplink.
Walkthrough
- 1Head to Blackwater Mine.
- 2Search the office to the left inside the mine.
- 3Find and take a Bobby Pin Box.
- 4Head upstairs and locate a safe; you can pick the lock with the Bobby Pins.
- 5Follow the train tracks down into the mine shaft.
- 6At the fork, head left and be prepared for battle.
- 7After defeating enemies, follow your Quest Marker to the corpse of Freddie Lang.
- 8Loot Freddie Lang for the Blackwater Bandit's Key Fragment.
- 9Head to the Trapper's Camp, marked on your map.
- 10At the camp, follow your Quest Marker to find the Trapper's Note.
- 11The Note will direct you to Huntersville; head there and be prepared for battle.
- 12After fighting through the town, follow your Quest Marker to the corpse of Walter Griswold.
- 13Loot Walter Griswold for the Trapper's Key Fragment and run away as soon as you have it.
- 14Head to Sunnytop Ski Lanes.
- 15Follow your Quest Marker to a Terminal.
- 16At the Terminal, locate Margie McClinktock's Holotape and listen to it.
- 17Follow your Quest Marker to a different building containing Vincent Fried's Terminal.
- 18At the Terminal, select the 'Inbox' option, then 'Admin Password'.
- 19Head to the Palace of the Winding Path, but be prepared for battle.
- 20Following your Quest Marker, find the password hidden in a dresser.
- 21Again following your Quest Marker, find the Holotape Duplication Terminal.
- 22At the Terminal, select 'Duplicate From Archives', then 'Diehard's Key Fragment'.
- 23With the first three Key Fragments, head to Bolton Greens.
- 24At Bolton Green's, head up to the third floor.
- 25In front of the fireplace, you will find the Gourmand's Note.
- 26The Gourmand's Note will direct you to Wendigo Cave; track down as many supplies, Stimpaks, weapons, and performance drugs as you can, as you will be fighting a strong Wendigo boss. It may be best to fight this in a group. Travel to Wendigo Cave.
- 27Head inside the cave, following your Quest Marker.
- 28Once you reach the Progenitor Wendigo, fight and kill it.
- 29Once the Wendigo is dead, loot it for the Gourmands Key Fragment.
- 30The fifth and final Key Fragment is at Big Fred's BBQ Shack; follow your Quest Marker there.
- 31When you arrive, track down David Thorpe, a living man you must kill for the next Fragment.
- 32Once he is dead, loot David Thorpe for the Cutthroat's Key Fragment.
- 33With all five Key Fragments, return to Rose.
- 34Rose will send you to the Charleston Capitol Building.
- 35Head inside and locate the Crime Log Terminal.
- 36At the Terminal, access 'Doe, J.'.
- 37Head to the Pleasant Valley Ski Resort.
- 38Once there, head inside the Resort. At the front desk, go upstairs. Head down the hall and back downstairs (to the left, after the gift shop).
- 39Once you find the locked door, Rose will instruct you on where to find the key: under the floormat, at the door protected by a laser.
- 40Find the floormat and get the key.
- 41Using the key, go through the locked door.
- 42Head to the back left corner of the room and pick up the Broken Uplink.
Tips
- Feel free to loot along the way.
- Be prepared for battle in Huntersville and the Palace of the Winding Path.
- It may be best to fight the Wendigo boss in a group.
- Run away as soon as you have the Trapper's Key Fragment.
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