I Don't Hurt Anymore is an NCR side quest in Fallout: New Vegas.
Quick walkthrough[]
| Side Quest: I Don't Hurt Anymore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Speak with Lieutenant Gorobets about his First Recon squad's capabilities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Speak with Corporal Betsy about her past trauma. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass a 40 Medicine skill check to diagnose and advise Betsy to seek treatment with Doctor Usanagi at the New Vegas medical clinic. | Pass a 60 Speech check to convince Betsy to go to Usanagi for treatment. | Speak with Betsy's teammates to convince her that she will be supported in getting treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reward: 40 XP | Reward: 60 XP | Talk to 10 of Spades. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Talk to Cpl. Sterling. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Talk to Sgt. Bitter-Root. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Talk to Betsy again. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Speak to Lt. Gorobets again. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach the New Vegas medical clinic to inform Doctor Usanagi about Betsy's treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reward: 250 XP NCR fame Karma gain | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
The quest is started by finding and talking to Lieutenant Gorobets, commander of First Recon's Alpha Team. He typically resides in and around Alpha Team's tent at Camp McCarran, outside the terminal building.
- If the objective to kill Driver Nephi as part of Three-Card Bounty was completed for Major Dhatri at Camp McCarran, the whole of Alpha Team including Gorobets will have been transferred to Camp Forlorn Hope northeast of Novac, requiring completing the bulk of the quest there.
Talking to Gorobets, asking questions about his squad leads to him saying that one of his marksmen, Corporal Betsy suffered a traumatic experience in the past when she was ambushed and raped by Cook-Cook, one of the leaders of the Fiends raider tribe. He mentions that since then, her behavior of aggressively hitting on any woman she sees has been spiraling out of control and become unacceptable for a member of the 1st Recon. The lieutenant wants Betsy to seek psychiatric help for her trauma but knows that trying to pull rank to make her do it would just worsen the situation, so he requests that they, an outsider's voice be the one to get her to go to treatment on her own.
Betsy can be located in proximity to the Lt., usually in the same tent as him. Convincing her to get psychiatric treatment can be accomplished via the following methods:
- Pass a 60 Speech skill check to directly convince Betsy to go and see Dr. Usanagi at the New Vegas Medical Clinic for help dealing with her trauma.
- Pass a 40 Medicine skill check to diagnose Betsy's symptoms and come to the same conclusion.
If one cannot pass the Speech and Medicine skills, they must talk with Betsy's 1st Recon squadmates, Cpl. Sterling, 10 of Spades and Sgt. Bitter-Root to learn each one's own history of suffering and how they overcame, or are still overcoming it, in order to show Betsy that she won't be weakening herself to get the help she needs. After talking with everyone, return to speak with Corporal Betsy and tell her that the 1st Recon thinks that she indeed needs to seek medical help. The show of support will get her to cave and agree to seek help, also thanking the player character for helping her realize what she needs.
Note: Before talking to Bitter-Root, it is necessary to talk with 10 of Spades, as otherwise the Sgt. won't have the option to share his past in order to help Betsy.
Note: 250 XP is awarded for completing the quest, whichever path is taken through it, however, the skill tests give an additional 60XP (Speech) or 40XP (Medicine), so they are the most "profitable" path. Missing out on the extra character insights provided from speaking to all the squad members is not necessary, as one can opt not to select the skill tests the first time they speak to her, and just say "Goodbye". The rest of the squad can then be talked to, and the tests can be passed at any time.
After finishing conversation with Corporal Betsy, speak to Lt. Gorobets again, where he will thank the player character for doing their part to help one of his squad. He will ask them one more favor, to go to the medical clinic and let Dr. Usanagi know that Corporal Betsy is on her way. Usanagi will also thank them for their help once told, completing the quest and garnering NCR fame and Karma gain.
Quest stages[]
Behind the scenes[]
The quest name is a nod to the 1954 song "I Don't Hurt Anymore" written by Hank Snow.
Bugs[]
Corporal Betsy, if she is stationed at Camp Forlorn Hope, will only use a generic reply and not initiate quest dialogue. This occurs if the quest is initiated while the recon team is still stationed at Camp McCarran, and their help is used in the quest Three-Card Bounty. This triggers their move to Camp Forlorn Hope while the quest is still going on, before the Courier has convinced Corporal Betsy that she needs help. A work around to this bug (PC only) is to enter the command "setstage 0015e480 20" to bypass the first stage of the quest. If the quest is still difficult to complete, increase the final two numbers by multiples of ten (20 then 30, etc.) to bypass each objective that cannot be solved by traditional means. [verified]
- Inputting "setstage 0015e480 100" will complete this quest.
- The quest variables may get stuck on the wrong value if Driver Nephi is killed before First Recon move into position at the rock crushing plant, which causes Betsy's speech bug.
- This can be fixed with one or both of these commands.
- set "f81bd".bGetIntoPosition to 0
- set "f81bd".bFirstReconTraveling to 0
- Sometimes during the quest, if initiating dialogue with Corporal Betsy and telling her that Cook-Cook is dead before advising her to deal with her trauma, she will thank the Courier and the dialogue will be over. Upon attempting to initiate another dialogue with her, she will only give a generic reply. The same thing happens when quitting the dialogue before advising her to seek mental therapy; again, dialogue will be unavailable with her. [verified]
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