An Ounce of Prevention Summary
This Fallout 76 quest requires you to create a vaccine and administer it. However, it requires some scavaging and testing. Also, there are no optional objectives for this quest.
Furthermore, this quest will take you to AVR Medical Center and Greg’s Mine Supply to gather the items for the vaccine.
AVR Medical Center
You need to get to the basement of the AVR Medical Center. Head to the right of the building’s north entrance, however, you need to be careful as you will be surrounded by Scorchers. Once you get down, use the AVR Medical Laboratory Terminal and read the “Inoculation Project Overview”.
The Experiment
For the experiment, you will require some items that need to be acquired from Greg’s Mine Supply located South of Morganton Airport. Once you are there, to the house located across the street and get inside the basement and the entrance is at the rear of the house.
Follow the path from there and you will end up inside the Greg’s Mine Supply. You will find the Type-T Fuse inside the yellow wooden crate.
Blood Samples
Return to AVR Medical Center and before you install the fuse, you need to collect some blood samples from a Feral Ghoul, A Wolf, and a Mole Rat. Objective markers will lead you to these creatures.
To collect the blood sample, just kill your target and loot it. In the loot window, look at the bottom right. There will be a button to collect the Blood sample.
Once you have collected three blood samples, return to the AVR Medical Center. Insert the Type-T Fuse in the fuse box and insert the blood samples in the centrifuge. Now use the terminal to analyze the blood samples.
Once the process is done, use the Symptpo-Matic to administer the vaccine. This is the end of the “An Ounce of Prevention” quest.
An Ounce of Prevention Walkthrough
Ounce of Prevention is a quest in the Flatwoods area of Appalachia. In it, you’ll find directions on where to find and how to complete each objective, along with any tips we can think of along the way.
Quest Rewards
- Recipe: Diluted RadAway x1
- Recipe: Diluted Rad-X x1
- Rad-X: Diluted x3
- RadAway: Diluted x3
- .44 Round x19
- Troubleshooter’s Leather Right Arm x1
Ounce of Prevention is automatically accepted after completing the preceding quest Final Departure. Your first objective is to “Study Doctor Hudson’s Research”, located in the AVR Medical Center far to the south of Flatwoods.
Follow the road south out of Flatwoods toward the quest marker, or simply hop on the railroad tracks which lead almost directly there. You are likely to encounter various hostile wildlife, wanderers, and robots along the way so be sure to grab whatever supplies you need at the Command Post in Flatwoods before heading out.
Head inside the AVR Medical Center and prepare yourself to do battle with a large number of Scorched Wanderers. They come equipped with all kinds of melee weapons and firearms, so clear out as many as you can before taking time to explore the building. The objective is located in the basement. Drop through the large hole in the floor in the lobby, then walk around the large machine until you find an opening in the wall leading to the underground lab. (Note: this machine has a Fusion Core in it, so feel free to grab that as you go past)
Drop into the lab and kill the elite Scorched Wanderer guarding it. If you collected a lot of loot and junk in the medical center you can use the Chemistry table in this room to break them down. When you are ready to advance the quest head to the AVR Medical Laboratory Terminal and read about the Inoculation Project.
This will unlock a new set of objectives. You must obtain a blood sample from a Feral Ghoul, Molerat, and Wolf, as well as obtain a T-Type Fuse. Head out of the AVR Medical Center and open your mini map. You will see three small circles indicating where you can find the required enemies. When you defeat them, walk up and press “collect blood sample”. Be careful of the wolves, as they are high level and travel in packs. If you are having trouble trying leading just one away or hopping into a nearby obstacle where they can’t reach you.
To obtain the T-Type Fuse you will have to head back north to a location called Greg’s Mine Supply. This location is northeast of Flatwoods. I recommend fast traveling to the Overseer’s Camp, crafting whatever supplies you need, then heading east toward the quest marker.
When you arrive at Greg’s Mine Supply you will discover the front door is locked. Head around back and enter the basement through the back door. Battle your way past some Scorched Wanderers and into the mine shaft underneath the building. Follow the trail and you will eventually find the objective: a small toolbox containing the T-Type Fuse.
After you grab the fuse you can head into the store and look around for loot. The keys are on the second floor, along with a safe. Once you are done looting this area fast travel or begin walking back to AVR Medical Center.
Head back into the basement lab and place the T-Type Fuse in the fuse box to the right of the terminal, then place the Blood Samples in the machine on the table to the left. Interact with the terminal and select “Analyze Blood Samples” to progress the quest, then walk over and use the Sympo-Matic to inoculate yourself and complete the quest.
