Fallout 4 quests: Full list of main chapters and side missions

A full breakdown of Fallout 4’s enormous list of story and side missions.

By Joshua Lamb

Published: Wednesday, 17 April 2024 at 11:25 AM

Fallout 4 is a behemoth of a game. It has the blueprint of many of developer Bethesda’s other games, such as Skyrim and Starfield, and players can expect a sprawling tour through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

One of the biggest appeals to a role-playing epic like Fallout 4, which was released in 2015, is the sheer volume of quests and tasks available.

The game will have you doing everything from recovering stolen technology and dispatching a squad of raiders to rescuing a cat.

The game’s opening shows how the world descended into ruin after nuclear bombs were dropped on Earth.

As you would expect, there is a detailed character creation screen before you are let loose on what is left of civilisation, where you will come up against an odd organisation called The Institute, a heap of giant scorpions and hulking super mutants.

Tackling a game this size can be overwhelming, so we’ve assembled a list of the game’s main missions, as well as its raft of side quests.

How many main quests are in Fallout 4?

There are 12 main quests in Fallout 4.

The game is split into a prologue and three separate acts. It is estimated that the story alone will take players around 27 hours to complete, according to HowLongToBeat.

However, if you’ve ever played a role-playing game before, then you will know that there are enough side quests, oddball characters and intriguing locations to keep you distracted from finishing the main missions swiftly, so for a 100 per cent completion score it will take much longer.

Full list of Fallout 4 main quests

Read on for the full list of Fallout 4’s main story quests.

Prologue

  1. War Never Changes

Act One

  1. Out of Time
  2. Jewel of the Commonwealth
  3. Unlikely Valentine
  4. Getting a Clue
  5. Reunions

Act Two

  1. Dangerous Minds
  2. The Glowing Sea
  3. Hunter/Hunted
  4. The Molecular Level
  5. Institutionalised

Act Three

Depending on how you choose to deal with The Institute at the end of the game, you will take on The Nuclear Option or The Nuclear Family quest.