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Aqua Pura is a consumable added with the Fallout 3 add-on Broken Steel.

Background[]

After reactivating Project Purity with the aid of the Brotherhood of Steel, while the Lone Wanderer was in a two-week coma, Brotherhood scribes planned for the distribution of the waters of the Tidal Basin that the purifier within the Jefferson Memorial was pushing out, leading to the creation of "Aqua Pura". Though their goal was to distribute it to the entire population of the Capital Wasteland, some groups were naturally left out of their bartering, such as raiders, slavers, the Brotherhood Outcasts, though they also included non-feral ghouls,[Non-game 1] allowing enterprising, if morally bankrupt individuals like Griffon to take advantage and open new avenues of gaining Aqua Pura on the black market.

Characteristics[]

Uninfected Aqua Pura[]

If Project Purity was not infected with the modified FEV during Take it Back!, then all bottles of Aqua Pura are just normal, filtered water that restores 20 Hit Points, identical to standard purified water.

Infected Aqua Pura[]

If the modified FEV was used during Take it Back!, drinking a bottle of Aqua Pura will poison the player and anyone else who drinks it. While it will still restore 20 Hit Points, infected Aqua Pura has a debuff that is not initially listed in its effects. The first time that the player consumes given amounts of Aqua Pura, the debuffs effects will be added.

Drinking infected Aqua Pura will display a message stating that "Continued consumption of FEV-laced water will be fatal." and give the Aqua Pura debuff. The first bottle of Aqua Pura will lower Strength by 1. The second bottle of Aqua Pura will increase the Strength debuff to -2. The third bottle will reduce Intelligence by 1 in addition to the Strength debuff.

Drinking four bottles in total of infected Aqua Pura will kill the player. The game keeps track of how many bottles of Aqua Pura have been consumed, and even if the debuff has worn off and multiple in-game days have passed, drinking a fourth bottle of Aqua Pura will kill the player instantly.

Locations[]

Yellow barrels of Aqua Pura can be found across the Capital Wasteland. Scavengers with pack brahmin carrying barrels can be seen making deliveries on merchant routes, protected by Brotherhood of Steel knights and paladins. Stolen barrels can be found in the possession of raiders, Talon Company mercs, Enclave troops, super mutants, and slavers.

However, these barrels cannot be interacted with. Aqua Pura crates, wooden boxes containing roughly 10 bottles of Aqua Pura each, can be looted for their contents. These crates are found at:

  • The Citadel - throughout all of the occupied sections of the Citadel, including the courtyard.
  • Rivet City - crates can be found in the water caravan checkpoint outside the city.
  • Jefferson Memorial - crates can be found at the water caravan checkpoint outside the memorial.
  • East of Evergreen Mills - three empty crates can be found at the entrance to the canyon leading into Evergreen Mills. Interacting with these crates triggers a raider ambush.

Loose bottles of Aqua Pura can be found in the following locations:

  • In abundance within the Citadel, with at least five bottles per room, or in crates, for roughly 151 in total.
  • 17 bottles can be found in the Holy Light Monastery.

Related quest[]

Notes[]

  • Due to actually being born within the Jefferson Memorial and thus the wasteland, John Henry Eden's claim that the Lone Wanderer won't be affected by the FEV-infected water will be proven wrong if infected Aqua Pura is consumed four times.
  • Other than the value and the label, uninfected Aqua Pura is identical to the purified water found throughout the Capital Wasteland in Fallout 3.
  • Aqua Pura infected with modified FEV can be given to various characters during Water Beggars in exchange for evil Karma. Uninfected Aqua Pura, like purified water can be given to water beggars in exchange for good Karma.
  • If the purifier was infected by FEV, it's later revealed that the residents of the Holy Light Monastery were able to neutralize the virus in the purified waters by subjecting it to radiation again.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

  • Aqua pura translates to "pure water" in Latin.
  • The item's name is also a reference to Aqua Pura, one of the largest real-world purified water brands.

Bugs[]

  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Giving any amount of Aqua Pura to water beggars will result in their death at the next map change, regardless of whether or not the Aqua Pura contains modified FEV.[verified]
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes, after drinking Aqua Pura, a message will appear saying that "Aqua Pura has worn off." This is like when a chem wears off but there were no effects to begin with. This message may appear at random times, days after drinking Aqua Pura. It's not really a bug but a scripting quirk. Because tainted Aqua Pura has a debuff effect, it's treated like a chem. The taint effect is still applied to the player, but since the effect fails a condition check, the actual debuff and player's death chance aren't applied. The pure Aqua Pura is thus also treated as a chem though it has no ill effects; the result being the "worn off" messages.[verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 Non-player characters use this as an aid item during firefights. It has the same effects on them if there is modified FEV added to the water. However, non-player characters drinking it will trigger the script that attributes the negative effect to you. In essence, if non-player characters drink a lot of infected Aqua Puras, the script kills the player character instead of the NPC.[verified]
  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Aqua Pura crates can appear before Take it Back! has been completed if Broken Steel is installed.[verified]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The Lone Wanderer: "How do you make your "holy water"?"
    Curie III: "It was a gift from Atom. I was meditating right here in Springvale, when four of His armored angels came to me. When I said I was from Megaton, they gave me barrels of "Aqua Pura," and said I should share it with my people. They were very clear on that. But when I shared some with my Enlightened brethren, it made them terribly ill. I questioned why Atom had brought a pestilence upon us. That's when I thought to consecrate it with Atom's Light. And lo and behold, it removed the pestilence and made the finest holy water imaginable!"
    (Curie III's dialogue) Note: This is the response given should the player have completed the quest Project Impurity by infecting the water supply with modified FEV.

Non-game

  1. Fallout 3 Official Game Guide p.577: "The Brotherhood has a zero tolerance policy against Ghouls receiving Aqua Pura. So Griffon made a deal, and swindled his brethren for a few Caps."
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