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Thirst Things First, Fallout 76 Quest

Walkthrough for the quest Thirst Things First 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 First Contact.

Become a Volunteer Responder by completing basic training courses.

Thirst Things First

Related points of interest

Icon of Town / City Flatwoods Appalachia / West Virginia

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].

(Optional) Search for her location in the system

3. Search for Kesha along the nearby river

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.

Retrieve the Water Testing Kit from Kesha McDermott

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

Test a sample of water from the river

7. Test a sample of water from Flatwood's Water Pumps

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]

Analyze the Water Testing Kit's results in Kesha's Lab

Analyze the Water Testing Kit's results in Kesha's Lab

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.

Boil water using Dirty Water and Wood fuel

Boil water using Dirty Water and Wood fuel

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.

Check in with the Self-Serve Kiosk

Check in with the Self-Serve Kiosk

After completing this quest, you will be able to play the quest Second Helpings.