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Fallout 4: Far Harbor guide

Quest walkthrough, how to get the Marine Armor, best weapons and more.

As if Fallout 4 wasn't expansive enough, the downloadable content pack, Far Harbor, delivers the biggest landmass Bethesda has ever created for an expansion. It takes us to an irradiated island based on a real-world place called Bar Harbor, Maine. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, it's the perfect setting for a self-contained story away from the familiar politics of post-apocalyptic Boston.

What may at first seem like a simple missing person's case will soon have you embroiled in the problems of the island, forcing you to decide which factions deserve their place in this harsh, windswept land. High-level characters (around level 30) are recommended to face the new creatures and enemies you'll encounter on your travels. Even the game itself suggests you don't go it alone, encouraging you to take along a new companion, Old Longfellow, as a guide.

Cover image for YouTube videoFallout 4 Far Harbor DLC: PS4 vs Xbox One Gameplay Frame-Rate Test
Fallout 4 Far Harbor DLC: PS4 vs Xbox One Gameplay Frame-Rate Test

Far Harbor, as the small coastal town is called, is the last bastion for many of the island's residents - its people forced to flee towards the coast, away from a deadly fog that's been relentlessly sweeping through the land. If the fog itself doesn't kill you, the new mutated creatures hiding within just might... unless you follow our guide, of course.

So let us be your Old Longfellow as we talk you through the quests, the various ways you can approach them and the rewards available for each. If you're wondering how to get the Marine Armour, pondering what you need to do to access the different endings, puzzling over a puzzle, or if you just need to find efficient tactics to survive this geiger-counter bothering landscape, you're in the right place.


Fallout 4: Far Harbor quest walkthrough

Progression through the main storyline of Far Harbor is fairly simple and linear to begin with, but at the point of the Best Left Forgotten quest, you have a number of options and branches. Visions in the Fog is optional (though skipping it will involve quite a battle), and which of the last three quests in this list you see to completion will depend on your choices. We've outlined the options in the guides, and made it clear when you will need to move between the different quest walkthroughs.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Far From Home
A walkthrough for the opening quest of Fallout 4's Far Harbor expansion, including how to start the DLC, and holotape locations.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Walk in the Park
Arrive in Far Harbor, fight Gulpers, buy weapons and meet Old Longfellow in our guide to this Fallout 4 DLC's second quest.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Where You Belong
Head into Acadia, pick up some side quests and investigate DiMA in our walkthrough for this quest in Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Best Left Forgotten
Meet the Children of Atom and explore DiMA's memories in this epic quest. Includes links to the other quests you'll need to complete.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Visions in the Fog
Play along with the Children of Atom by performing their rites in our guide to this optional quest in Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - The Way Life Should Be
Explore the VIM! Pop factory and decide the fate of Acadia in our guide to this quest in Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Cleansing the Land
You face a choice of three rather destructive ways to end your trip to Far Harbor in this guide to one of the closing quests to the latest Fallout 4 DLC.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Reformation (the best ending)
The best ending with the most rewards is available if you choose this quest to end the main storyline in Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC.


Other guides:

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - How to get the Marine Armor
It might be the best armour set in the whole game. Here's where to find all pieces of the Marine Armor in the Far Harbor DLC.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Best weapons
We pick our eight favourite tools of destruction from the new DLC - and tell you where to find them.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - How to start
A handy video guide to how to get your new expansion kicked off.

Fallout 4: Far Harbor - Easter Eggs
A video guide to our eight favourite bits of secret fan service in the Far Harbor DLC.

Everything you need to know about the real Bar Harbor
Far Harbor is based on a real tourist destination in the Northeast US - much to the local tourist board's delight. Here's a quick tour.