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MAlipioC Jan 30, 2020 @ 1:08am
Side quests and main quests
How do i know if a mission is a side quest or not?
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DouglasGrave Jan 30, 2020 @ 1:20am 
Most of the time you don't, except through past experience. I don't remember the game listing it anywhere in particular.

If you have to complete a quest as part of finishing the game's main questline (in any one way), it's a main quest. If you don't, it's a side quest.
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R.O.T.O.R. Jan 30, 2020 @ 1:42am 
The main quest at the start revolves around finding your son, anything about that is the main quest.
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Nite69 Jan 30, 2020 @ 3:50am 
The main turning point (decision making) mission doesn't happen until the very southwest corner of the map, so don't worry about it.
Last edited by Nite69; Jan 30, 2020 @ 7:00am
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spared_life Jan 30, 2020 @ 7:49am 
You didn't elaborate on why you need that info but I am currently playing a no main quest game. Not that I won't finish the game properly just not now.

I have only done quests assigned by my settlers. The kidnappers or group of troublemakers. It looks like the "help defend" are tagged as minutemen quests, possibly because of location. I am at 29 quests completed. 24 minutemen, 2 brotherhood, and 3 side quests. My settlements are Sanctuary, Red Rocket, Oberland, Hangman, Jamaica Plain, and Egret.

I never talked with Codsworth so I don't know if that completes a main quest or not. I went to Concord and tested helping the minutemen. Picking up the musket does complete a main quest as does just opening the door. In Diamond City you can talk to Piper and get her as a companion without completing a main quest but you cannot open the door to Valentine's agency. Those are the only ones I have been to so far outside of settler given quests.
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Nite69 Jan 30, 2020 @ 7:58am 
lol I am doing the same, skipping the storyline current playthrough for now and just working on settlement building, playing around with mods, and other stuff
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spared_life Jan 30, 2020 @ 9:06am 
Originally posted by Nite69:
lol I am doing the same, skipping the storyline current playthrough for now and just working on settlement building, playing around with mods, and other stuff

I keep an eye on the pipboy/data/stats/quest/main quests completed. To make sure. I just completed one more side quest.
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