Whack-a-Mole

Fallout Shelter multi-stage overseer quest
Whack-a-Mole
Requirements	Level 15+ dwellers Any .32 pistol
Rewards	Lone Wanderer Nuka-Cola Quantum Recipes Outfits Theme recipe fragment Weapon Caps
Travel time	2h
Quest chain
Previous	Bug Hunt
Next	Aim for the Head!

 

The following is based on information from Fallout Shelter or Fallout Shelter Online.

“Now Big Wes wants you to kill a Mole rat Brood Mother, with one catch. You can only use pistols. Good luck piercing moleskin with those!”

Whack-a-Mole is an overseer quest and part of The Thrill of the Hunt multi-stage questline in Fallout Shelter.

Walkthrough

Throughout the building you must clear several rooms of feral ghouls, radroaches, and mole rats. The brood mother is located in the first room on the top floor.

Quest stages

Stage	Status	Description
1		Travel for 2h
2		Clear several rooms from various vermin
3		Kill the Mole rat Brood Mother.
4		(optional) Continue to further rooms to kill some more creatures and find some more loot

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Rewards

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