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Upon reaching the green circle on your map, enter the community of Shady Sands.

Speak with Katrina at the entrance and choose "Please help me..." to ask all available dialogue options for 250 xp.

Talk to Seth, the guard, and introduce yourself.

Enter the building to the right of Seth. If guards tell you to leave, do not.

In the bookcase on the north side of the guardhouse, collect .223 caliber ammunition and BB gun ammunition for selling.

Open the curtain on the east side and speak with the man in the leather jacket and blue jeans. Speak to him again and ask for help. He will join you for free if you have 9 charisma and a high speech skill, otherwise, he costs approximately $100. His name is Ian, and he provides an additional 100 xp. Alternatively, you can offer him 'a piece of the action' to recruit him for free.

Go to the building south of the guardhouse and speak with Aradesh, the robed figure. Tell him you are from a Vault to the west and offer to help eliminate the radscorpions for free.

Head south to the wall, then go to the building on the west and speak with the doctor, Razlo, about the Radscorpion problem.

Travel eastward to the green translucent area, which are the farms of Shady Sands. Green areas on the (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)) indicate navigation paths through different town areas.

Speak with Curtis, the farmer in the southern farm area. If you have a good (science skill), you can teach him new agricultural skills, including Crop Rotation.

Raid the shelves and floors of the buildings north and east of the farm for items like a Scout Handbook, ropes, and a sledgehammer.

Return to the town hall area and go to Razlo's house again. Steal items from the bookcase. If caught by Razlo or his wife, use your (sneak skill) and try again.

Go to the deserted building to the north and take the Scout Handbook.

Go to Aradesh's house and open the curtains leading to the bedroom. The room on the far left (or your character's right) contains a bookcase with a knife and a stimpack.

After looting, speak to Seth again and tell him you want to go to the Radscorpion caves.

Enter the caves and kill the 9 radscorpions. Each is worth 110 xp, and you will receive 500 xp for solving the problem. You can use your 10mm weapon.

Alternative for caves: Use dynamite on the weak portion of the cave wall to prevent radscorpions from entering the town. Explosives are found in Vault 15 later in the game. Killing them yields more xp and a chance to make the Radscorpion cure.

Examine a radscorpion corpse and take its tail. Give it to Razlo to make the radscorpion antidote, earning 250 xp.

Scout the caves for items: 10mm ammo can be found near the first radscorpions killed, and a stimpack is near bones in an area with four radscorpions.

Behind Razlo and past the curtain, use the antidote on the man lying on the floor to receive 400 xp and an increase in (karma).

Report to Aradesh that the radscorpion problem is solved.

Find one rope. Seth has one to barter for, and another is in the farm. You will need it for Vault 15.