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War Paint is a side quest in the Fallout 4 Creation Club content "Gunners vs. Minutemen".
Walkthrough[]
The quest starts off by traveling to the church located west of Hyde Park and heading to the upper floor. Apart from the raiders inhabiting Hyde Park, note that enemies may also be randomly encountered at the church. On the second floor, the corpse of Nunez holds Nunez's note, revealing that the Commonwealth Minutemen under Captain Mercer are aiming to retake the Quincy ruins from the Gunners. A legendary laser musket can be found nearby.
After reading the note, head east of Hyde Park and look for the warehouse, located by the water's edge. Inside, a set of Gunner T-51 power armor can be found alongside the corpses of Alexandra Trumbull and a Gunner scout. The Gunner scout's note reveals that they killed each other. Take Trumbull's power armor designs from her corpse, which will unlock the Minutemen Armored Cavalry, Minutemen Patriot, and Minutemen Revolutionary power armor paints. Repaint the power armor suit with one of the three paints and then head towards the Quincy ruins to join the fight. Note that approaching Quincy without wearing the power armor will still start the fight.
The fighting will start once Quincy is entered. A Gunner commander who wears power armor will be singled out and must be killed, supported by the other Gunners around Quincy. Clint, Baker, and Tessa will also be present as enemies if they had not been previously killed. Various Minutemen will spawn to act as friendly backup as well as a minuteman in T-60 power armor decorated in patriot paint. After the commander is killed, climb to the top of the Quincy apartments and pick up the Minutemen flag from Captain Mercer's corpse. Planting the flag on the nearby flagpole will complete the quest. Note that all Gunners within Quincy must be killed before the flag can be planted.
After completing this quest, Quincy will be permanently cleared of all Gunners. Any surviving Minutemen will stay and sandbox in the area, and may or may not be recruitable for settlements.
Quest stages[]
Behind the scenes[]
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Unused quest stages and assets suggest there was originally intended to be an option to side with the Gunners by entering the power armor without repainting it. In this path, the Minutemen would have been the enemies in the Quincy ruins, and Captain Mercer would have been found alive as the enemy commander, with the end goal being to raise the Gunners' flag over Quincy instead of the Minutemen flag. It is unclear how this would have affected Quincy after the quest, since presumably the Gunners in Quincy would have become friendly during the battle.
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Bugs[]
It is possible for Nunez to spawn without his note. In this state, the quest cannot be progressed normally.[verification overdue]
- Using setstage to advance to 15 and reading the note (if added to the world via console) will not advance the quest, but advancing to stage 20 will allow normal progression.
