Thirst Things First Fallout 76 Quest
Group: Main Quests
Become a Volunteer Responder by completing basic training courses.
Related points of interest
Flatwoods
Appalachia / West Virginia
Prior quests
To begin Thirst Things First you must first complete First Contact.
Quest stages of Thirst Things First
1. Locate Kesha McDermott
If I become a volunteer for the Responders, I should be able to get access to their systems. Their training course wants me to locate the Responder Kesha McDermott.
2. (Optional) Search for her location in the system
According to the administrative terminal in the Flatwoods outpost, Responder Kesha McDermott was on assignment testing water down by the river. I pulled her coordinates, so I might be able to find the water testing kit nearby.
Use the terminal and search for her location in the [People Directory].
3. Search for Kesha along the nearby river
4. Retrieve the Water Testing Kit from Kesha McDermott
Kesha McDermott, the Responder in charge of the water testing course in Flatwoods, last checked in by the river and it looks like she's still there. If I go there, I might be able to retrieve her Water Testing Kit.
5. -
So, Volunteer Kesha died while sampling the river water. Bummer. At least I have her Water Testing Kit so I can continue her work. Looks like the kit is programmed to automatically sample water collected from the coordinates that Kesha was already testing.
6. Test a sample of water from the river
7. Test a sample of water from Flatwood's Water Pumps
8. Analyze the Water Testing Kit's results in Kesha's Lab
Now that I've used the Water Testing Kit to sample some of the water that I collected, I can transfer the Kit's data to the lab's terminal to see exactly how gross this water probably is.
[Analyze Water Sample]
9. Boil water using Dirty Water and Wood fuel
Okay, natural water is unsafe to drink. Noted. Now, as part of my volunteer training, I need to boil some water that is safe to drink.
9.1. (Optional) Collect Dirty Water
9.2. (Optional) Harvest Wood
10. Add Boiled Water to the Outpost's water supply
11. Check in with the Self-Serve Kiosk
Looks like this training program tried to emphasize precautions about using unsafe water, probably due to a lot of deaths early on. I should check in with the Kiosk to see if I have Volunteer access yet.
After completing Thirst Things First you will get or will be able to get Second Helpings.