Walkthrough for the quest Cold Case 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: Side Quests
The first stage of this quest will appear in your Pip-Boy in the miscellaneous section when you approach Wavy Willard's Water Park.
Delve into a pre-war mystery and discover what happened to the missing boy.
Note: Currently, this page contains raw quest data only. I know that it is not much, and I will try to update it with more valuable information as soon as possible.
Wavy Willard's Water Park
Appalachia / West Virginia
Clarksburg
Appalachia / West Virginia
Grafton Dam
Appalachia / West Virginia
Woods Estate
Appalachia / West Virginia
I've found some kind of amusement park. Who is Wavy Willard?
Find and talk to a robot called Miss Annie.
I found a nanny bot who has been looking for a missing child for a long time. She wants info from the security office but can't break her privacy protocol to get it herself.
Use Park Security Terminal > Holotape Review > October 19.
Park security was working with the local police to find holo footage to help with the investigation. I need to locate the tapes.
I need to find the security office safe to see if that holotape is still there.
This holotape sure looks like a good clue. The man that took off Freddy's tracker must be the kidnapper!
I need to search the underground area storeroom to see if the holotape is still there.
The man that dropped off the package is the same man that removed the kid's ID bracelet.
I found Freddy's ID, it's got his name on it. But there isn't any power so I can't look at the data.
You need:
3 x Adhesive
1 x Circuitry
1 x KidSecure ID
1 x Nuclear Material
I guess I'm off to the Clarksburg Post Office to see who owns the box and what they stored inside.
Now this is interesting. Inside the mailbox I found a letter to some news reporter and a post office box key.
Go to Clarksburg
Use Clarksburg Public Records Terminal > Search by BOX NUMBER > Box 012.
I managed to use a post office terminal to figure out who owned the box. It's a guy named Otis Pike who lives in Grafton. He must be the kidnapper? I will go check his house and see what I can find.
There is a Terminal in the basement > Correspondence > Dam Safety Inquiry.
I searched Otis Pike's house and found out a few interesting things. I think he's got to be the man in the holotape. His terminal had all kinds of clues. I'm going to head to the Grafton Dam. I think that might be where he took the kid.
Go to Grafton Dam. All doors are locked (lock level 3). If you don't have the necessary skill to unlock them, then you can get inside through a pipe.
I am pretty sure I found Otis Pike. He was hanging upside down from a catwalk so it didn't end well for the guy. I found the rest of his diary and it explains his story.
I'm not sure what happened to the kid but it's clear he took care of the kidnapper himself even if he didn't really understand the consequences. I wonder if he made it home and no one realized.
Go to Woods Estate.
Found the Woods home. Now to look for signs that Freddy made it back here.
In the desk you will find another clue.
Amazing! The kid did make it back here and was taken to a Vault. He might have survived after all.
What a sad story. The uncle takes the kid in the hopes of pressuring the father but the kid gets bored and then through a twist of fate leaves the uncle to die. The war breaks out and bombs fall. At least the nanny knows more now.
