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Belly of the Beast, Fallout 76 Quest

Walkthrough for the quest Belly of the Beast in the game Fallout 76. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the quest smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.

Quest Group: Main Quests

Prerequisites: To play this quest, you must first complete the quest Recruitment Blues.

Paladin Taggerdy tried to end the Scorched threat. What happened? Time to find out.

Belly of the Beast

Note: One of the prizes will be a full set of Ultracite Power Armor lvl 50.

Related points of interest

Icon of Other POI Fort Defiance Appalachia / West Virginia
Icon of Town / City Watoga Appalachia / West Virginia
Icon of Military Base Survey Camp Alpha Appalachia / West Virginia
Icon of Bunker Drop Site V9 Appalachia / West Virginia
Icon of Quarry Glassed Cavern Appalachia / West Virginia

Quest stages of Belly of the Beast

1. Find a way into Paladin Taggerdy's Quarters

Complete Recruitment Blues quest.

2. Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Paladin Taggerdy led an expedition to do something about the Scorchbeasts. There's a transponder frequency I can follow to find out what happened to her.

You have to find several transponders based on the signal strength which is displayed in the upper left corner of the screen. The closer you are to the transponder, the closer the signal strength is to 100%.

1st transponder

A small watchpost southeast of Appalachian Antiques.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

2nd transponder

It's next to a crashed Vertibird near AMS Corporate Headquarters.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

3rd transponder

You will find it in the Survey Camp Alpha.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

4th transponder

It's on the roof of the Drop Site V9 bunker.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

5th transponder

The last transponder is at the end of the Glassed Cavern. It is a very long cave with several large chambers and a large number of enemies.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

The entrance to the cave. The last transponder is inside.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

It is not a dead end. Turn left here and continue through the narrow corridor (I missed it the first time).

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Go deep into the cavern. At the end you will reach the large chamber shown in the screenshot below.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

When you approach closer, the Scorchbeast will come out of the fissure.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Now you can access the last transponder.

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

Use the Brotherhood Emergency Transponder radio to find Taggerdy

3. Clear the rubble

I heard Paladin Taggerdy's last words as she blew up the Scorchbeasts in the Glassed Caverns. I should find her body.

Corpse of Paladin Lizzy Taggerdy lies right next to the transponder.

4. Search Taggerdy's remains

Take Lieutenant Elizabeth Taggerdy's ID.

Search Taggerdy's remains

5. Learn more about the Scorched at Taggerdy's quarters

I have Paladin Taggerdy's ID card. If I go to her quarters at Fort Defiance, I may be able to find out more about the Scorchbeasts.

Return to the 4th floor of Fort Defiance and use the Paladin Taggerdy's Terminal > Ultimate Solution.

Learn more about the Scorched at Taggerdy's quarters

One of the prizes will be a full set of Ultracite Power Armor lvl 50.

Learn more about the Scorched at Taggerdy's quarters

Learn more about the Scorched at Taggerdy's quarters

After completing this quest, you will be able to play the quest Uncle Sam.