What Atom Requires

Far Harbor side quest
What Atom Requires
Location	The Nucleus The Vessel
Given by	Grand Zealot Richter
Rewards	300 XP
Actors	High Confessor Tektus Sister Mai Zealot Ware
Quest chain
Previous	Visions in the Fog
Related quests	Ablutions The Heretic The Trial of Brother Devin Witch Hunt
Technical
Editor ID	DLC03CoA_QuestPointers
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What Atom Requires is a side quest in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Quick walkthrough

Far Harbor side quest: What Atom Requires

Help the Children of Atom

(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot Richter.

(Optional) Show the Mother icon to the High Confessor Tektus.

(Optional) Help the High Confessor.

(Optional) Help Zealot Ware.

(Optional) Help Sister Mai.

Leads to: The Heretic

Leads to: Witch Hunt

Leads to: The Trial of Brother Devin

Leads to: Ablutions

Reward: 300 XP

Detailed walkthrough

What Atom Requires is an overarching quest that has no actual target itself but serves as a checklist for a number of different Children of Atom side quests instead.

• (Optional) Show the icon to the High Confessor completes after talking to Tektus about the icon that is found during Visions in the Fog.
• (Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot starts the quest The Heretic.
• (Optional) Help the High Confessor starts the quest Witch Hunt.
• (Optional) Help Zealot Ware starts the quest The Trial of Brother Devin.
• (Optional) Help Sister Mai starts the quest Ablutions.

Finishing any of these quests also marks the respective optional task from What Atom Requires as complete. Once all active optional tasks are completed, What Atom Requires will be considered finished as well, resulting in gaining the appropriate reward in XP.

Note that only the first three tasks are given by default once the quest is started; the prompts to help Mai and Ware appear upon overhearing ambient chatter of random Children of Atom in the Nucleus, or simply by talking to the quest givers. Both related quests can also be done after What Atom Requires has been finished.

Companion reactions

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Respond with "An honor" when first speaking with Tektus
Respond with "Surrounded by fanatics" when first talking to Tektus
Respond with "Too many rads" when first speaking to Tektus
Saying you would wipe out Far Harbor
Saying you would try to make peace with Far Harbor
Say you wouldn't know what to do about Far Harbor

(Optional) Help the High Confessor

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Agree to help Tektus
Decline to help Tektus

(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Propose talking to Gwyneth
Agree to find Gwyneth
Refuse to find Gwyneth

(Optional) Help Zealot Ware

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Say that Devin's actions are very admirable
Say that Devin's actions are his choice
Say that Devin's actions sound nuts
Say that Devin should be encouraged
Say it's not my problem
Agree to help, that you'll talk to Devin

(Optional) Help Sister Mai

Event	Cait	Codsworth	Curie	Danse	Deacon	Hancock	MacCready	Piper	Preston	Strong	Valentine	X6-88	Longfellow	Gage
Agree to help
Decline to help

Quest stages

Quest stages
Stage	Status	Description	Log Entry
10		Help the Children of Atom	I've joined the Children of Atom. If I want to really earn a place for myself in this family, it'd probably be worth asking around to see if anyone could use my help.
10		(Optional) Assist the Grand Zealot
10		(Optional) Show the Icon to the High Confessor
300		(Optional) Help Zealot Ware
400		(Optional) Help the High Confessor
500		(Optional) Help Sister Mai
600			I've aided the brothers and sisters of the Nucleus, proving my worth to Atom and his Children.
750		Quest Failed

Far Harbor Quests Main quests Far From Home · Walk in the Park · Where You Belong · Best Left Forgotten · The Way Life Should Be · Cleansing the Land · Reformation · Close to Home Side quests Ablutions · Acadian Ideals · Blood Tide · Brain Dead · Data Recovery · Forbidden Knowledge · Hull Breach · Hunting the Hunter · Living on the Edge · Rite of Passage · Safe Passage · Search and Destroy · Shipbreaker · The Arrival · The Changing Tide · The Great Hunt · The Heretic · The Hold Out · The Price of Memory · The Trial of Brother Devin · Turn Back the Fog · Visions in the Fog · What Atom Requires · Witch Hunt Achievements Cleansing the Land · Close to Home · Far From Home · Hooked · Just Add Saltwater · New England Vacationer · Push Back the Fog · The Islander's Almanac · The Way Life Should Be · Where You Belong Locations The Island · Acadia · Aldersea Day Spa · Atom's Spring · Beaver Creek Lanes · Briney's Bait and Tackle · Brooke's Head Lighthouse · Children of Atom shrine · Cliff's Edge Hotel (Vault 118) · Cranberry Island (Bog · Docks · Supply shed) · Dalton farm · DiMA's cache · Eagle's Cove Tannery · Echo Lake Lumber · Eden Meadows Cinemas · Far Harbor (The Last Plank) · Fringe Cove docks · Glowing Grove · Haddock Cove · Harbor Grand Hotel · Horizon Flight 1207 · Huntress Island · Kitteredge Pass · Longfellow's cabin · MS Azalea · Nakano residence · National Park campground · National Park visitor's center · National Park HQ · Northwood Ridge Quarry · Oceanarium · Old Pond House · Pine Crest Cavern · Radiant crest shrine · Rayburn Point · Rock Point camp · Ruined church · Ruined radio tower · Southwest Harbor · The Nucleus (Nucleus Command Center · The Vessel) · Vim! Pop factory · Waves Crest Orphanage · Wind farm maintenance · Zephyr Ridge Camp Items Weapons Atom's Judgement · Bear trap (Bleeding bear trap) · Caltrops (Poisoned caltrops) · December's Child · Fencebuster · Harpoon gun (Admiral's Friend · Defender's Harpoon Gun · Skipper's Last Stand) · Lever-action rifle (Lucky Eddy · Old Reliable) · Meat hook (Butcher's Hook) · Pole hook (Bloodletter · The Fish Catcher) · Radium rifle (Kiloton radium rifle · Radical Conversion) · Sergeant Ash · The Harvester · The Striker Apparel Acadia's Shield · Atom's Bulwark · Chase's uniform · Coastal armor · Fisherman's hat · Fisherman's outfit · Fisherman's overalls (Black · Brown · Green · Grey) · High Confessor's robes · Hunter's hood · Hunter's long coat · Hunter's pelt outfit · Inquisitor's cowl · Legend of the Harbor · Lobster trap helmet · Marine armor · Marine wetsuit · Old fisherman's hat · Pirate hat · Robes of Atom's Devoted · Rescue diver suit · The Captain's Hat · The Dapper Gent · Trapper armor · Trapper leathers · Unyielding synth chest piece · Wool fisherman's cap · Vault 118 jumpsuit Consumables Angler meat · Aster · Cave fungus · Ground mole rat ·Gulper innards · Ice cold Vim · Ice cold Vim Captain's Blend · Ice cold Vim Refresh · Ice cold Vim Quartz · Poached angler · Raw fog crawler meat · Seasoned rabbit skewers Vim · Vim Captain's Blend · Vim Refresh · Vim Quartz · Wolf meat Holotapes An execution · Chores list · DiMA's memory · Ezra's holotape · Family announcement · Gwyneth's journal · Holotape · Husky family holotape · Kasumi's projects · Levi's holotape · Mark Wilson's holotape · Martin's New Age · Mysterious holotape · Safe room security tape · To Franny · Vault 118 overseer's log · What Atom Requires · What's Done is Done Notes A New Path · A Safer Way · A Stranger Arrives · A Vengeful Creature · Aubert's note · Blank note · Brother Alders · Brother Devin's diary · Carlo's note · Cog's journal · Consultation note · Craneberry Island supplies note · Douglas's note · Drain corpse note · Dylan's note · Edgar's note · Eliza family drawing · Eliza journals · Eliza map of home · Fanatical writings · Fire Belly recipe · Gift card · Grandfather's note · High Confessor's note · Kasumi's journal · Kenji Nakano case notes · Last note from mom · Letter from Maxwell · Letter to Ezra · Love letter to Bridget · Mariner's goodbye · Mariner's will · Northwood Quarry notes · Note · Note from Atom's shrine · Old letter · Put it from your mind · Radioman's note · Repairs in progress · Report from PV · Request for detective · RUN! · Scrawled journal · Scrawled note · Sister Gwyneth's visit · Storage room notice · Taste test · The Children Trapped · The Sacred Elements · These mannequins! · To my "family" · Trapper's note · Unfinished note · Victoria's note · Ware's brew recipe · Wind turbine code Misc items Condensed fog · Jug Characters Acadia Aster · Brooks · Chase · Cog · Cole · Dejen · DiMA · Faraday · Jule · Kasumi Nakano · Miranda · Naveen Children of Atom Brother Andrews  · The Archemist · Sister Aubert · Grand Zealot Richter · Brother Devin · Brother Edgar  · Sister Gwyneth · Sister Harriet · Brother Kane · Sister Mai · Confessor Martin  · Mother of the Fog · High Confessor Tektus · Zealot Theil · Zealot Ware Harbormen Allen Lee · Andre Michaud · Cassie Dalton · Debby · Dottie · Howard Dunbar  · Jared Gresham · Mitch · Old Longfellow · Olympia Avery · Sandra Lee · Small Bertha · Teddy Wright · The Mariner · Tink · Tony · Uncle Ken · Zachary Trappers Bilge · Braun Husky  · Bray Husky  · Douglas · Luke Husky  · Malcolm · Rowan Husky Vault 118 Bert Riggs · Ezra Parker · Gilda Broscoe · Julianna Riggs · Keith McKinney · Maxwell · Pearl · Santiago Avida · Scruffy · Spencer Lords Other Boxer · Eliza Gibbons  · Elli  · Emmi  · Erickson · Frederick Gibbons · Gregory  · Grun · Hayley  · Jade  · June  · Kenji Nakano · Larsen · Machete Mike · Nathaniel Gibbons  · Nick Valentine · Patrick Gibbons · Rei Nakano · Steven Gibbons · William Moseley · Victoria Gibbons Creatures Angler · Fog crawler · Gulper · Hermit crab · Wolf · Rad chicken · Rad rabbit Factions Acadia · Church of the Children of Atom · Harbormen · Trappers Perks Action Boy/Action Girl (rank 3) · Captain's Feast · Critical Banker (rank 4) · Crusader of Atom · Destroyer of Acadia · Far Harbor Survivalist · Hunter's Wisdom · Inquisitor of Atom · Islander's Alamanac · Lone Wanderer (rank 4) · Night Person (rank 3) · Protector of Acadia · Rad Resistant (rank 4) · Scrapper (rank 3) · Strong Back (rank 5) Settlement Objects and Items Banner · Bottle lantern · Bulb lantern · Crate · Fish basket · Fish rack · Grill · Hanging buoy · Lobster cage · Sign · Tannery hides · Vim machine

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