News tip Boston Common Fallout 4: How to encounter the Rail Network with the quest “The Path to Freedom”?
In Fallout 4, you will meet several major factions including the Rail Network. Your first encounter will be in Boston Common during the quest “The Path to Freedom” and we explain how to easily complete it in this article.
Summary
- How to start the quest “The Path to Freedom” in Fallout 4?
- Fight against the Super Mutant Kamikaze
- Solve the puzzle “Boston the Freedom Trail”
As you can imagine, but to start this quest “The Path to Freedom” in Fallout 4, you will have to go to Boston Common. On site, you will have tohead towards the blue tourist robot who is in the square and talk to him.
He will then tell you about the path to freedom and take you on a little guided tour of the place. For this, nothing very complicated on paper, just follow the red line which is on the ground to pass by a lot of buildings.
You will pass the Massachusetts Parliament or even Faneuil Hall before reaching Old North Church. There, for the first time, stop walking around outside and enter this church. So keep moving forward until coming across an unpleasant encounter.
Fight against the Super Mutant Kamikaze
This encounter is a Super Mutant Kamikaze and he is a mortal danger if you don’t know how to defeat him quickly. Don’t try to run away from him or aim for the head. to try to bring it down quickly before it reaches you.
No, stay put and just aim at the bomb that the latter is carrying. This way, you will make it explode and you will ensure that you do not suffer any damage in the process! Continue your progress in the church by eliminating the ghouls.
Take the door on the right and go down the stairs. At the end of the tunnel, after another fight against ghouls, you will come across a mechanism to activate. You will then be presented with a riddle which is ultimately quite simple once you understand how it works.
Solve the puzzle “Boston the Freedom Trail”
This puzzle is a rotating circle with the inscription “Boston the Freedom Trail”, a red arrow just below it and a central button. The idea will be to move the inscription to put a letter in front of the red arrow.
Then simply press the central button to validate the letter. That’s the basic workings of this puzzle. What you are going to try to do, it is to type the word “Railroad” which is the original name of the Rail Network. To do this, follow the instructions below.
- R of Freedom
- A of Trail
- I of Trail
- L of Trail
- R of Trail
- O of Freedom
- A of Trail
- D of Freedom
Once this is done, you will have access to the Rail Network hideout. Talk to Desdemona and you will be done with “The Path to Freedom”. You can then choose whether or not to continue with these. To find out more, we advise you to take a look at our faction guide.