Finishing the main quest quickly with no side quests

[gamedesigner]

I know this is most likely a dumb question but I think
it's possible. If not then I stand corrected

Can the player just get through the main quest
without doing any of the side quests for any of the factions.

You go to Concord and free Garvey's group then there are 2 possibilities
You can go to Diamond City right away or go back to Sanctuary
and do the quest that Garvey asks you about.

If you do go to Diamond City can you finish the game by
not doing any of the side quests or not for any of the 4 factions.

[red255]

you want to look up speed runs for the game for the absolute minimum needed to beat the game.

typically glitch free speed runs I think is what you want.

people with ADHD do alot of research into this field.

you have to do some stuff for the factions.

I like watching Mitten squad. CAN YOU BEAT FALLOUT 4 with only XXX. pretty sure you need to side with a faction at a certain point though.

[Aachen]

“Build a bunch of machinery somewhere” will come up eventually.

[Zotliatlicor]

Skip Preston too, at least a lot of it. Speak to him outside the Museum then go back to get Codsworth. Then Head to DC. And do pick some Rifleman perks along the way. Beeing low level in the southern part IS VERY HARD lol

[gamedesigner]

Thanks much to red255, Aachen and Zotliaticor

[Bored Peon]

Minutemen have the shortest ending I think. All you need is 8 settlements, including The Castle.

[MartyrmanX]

Originally posted by Zotliatlicor:

Skip Preston too, at least a lot of it. Speak to him outside the Museum then go back to get Codsworth. Then Head to DC. And do pick some Rifleman perks along the way. Beeing low level in the southern part IS VERY HARD lol

It's been a while since I played, but does this Yao Guai Roast glitch still work? (The OP melee buff) If it does, that makes things so much easier combined with Ninja and Sneak perks (Also Kremvh's Tooth, Pickman's Blade, and loads of Jet).

[BlazeD]

Completing the main quest removes many faction side quests. I do the main story, generally, 'till i get in good enough with the institute to use their teleporter. Then I start working the factions (if i havn't already) 'till they demand a showdown. Thats when I decide what to do with the rest of the game.

SIde note: The railroad would never advocate for the destruction of the institute if they truly believed synths were sentient. Bad plot point / writing.

[NecroMaster]

If you go straight to nick valentine you can skip a huge chunk of act 1 and that may help a bit.

[Zotliatlicor]

Originally posted by BlazeD:

SIde note: The railroad would never advocate for the destruction of the institute if they truly believed synths were sentient. Bad plot point / writing.

Well, people of all the real world have been waging wars for ages, their adversaries beeing "sentient" or not really hasen't been the question. If a horde of sentient beeings are programmed to destroy you, wil you let them do so? The synts inside the Institute are pretty much on the Institute's side. It's a "Kill or be Killed" scenario.

And on the fly you work to free as many you can before destroying them.

[Včelí medvídek]

Actually even if not obvious game is well ready for various paths player can take - as example you can go to Memory den in Goodneighbor right after start the game,before Concord or even Nick and pass the speak check and experience memory on vault from different perspective than Kellog progressing you past this point..

Otherwise particular part of main quest chain need help of one of factions so this can not eb completely skiped.

As complete side note - as in most Bethesda games, main quest is likely the weakest part of game plus it shift the world and you make some of them your enemy... so no particular reason rush it..