Railroad - Tradecraft

[ManOWar2]

Hello guys. I'm currently level 16 and about to finish that quest. I read that this quest render another quest from the intistute, Plugging a Leak, unavaible. So they are mutually exclusive quests ?

Is this quest the best of the two ? Is it worth completing it ?

I have not meet the institute yet, is it too soon for me to undertake the tradecraft quest ?

[DouglasGrave]

Yes, they're mutually exclusive. If you complete Tradecraft, you'll never even get a hint Plugging a Leak exists, and if you complete the Institute quests that bring you to when Plugging a Leak can trigger, Tradecraft fails if not already completed.

Tradecraft is by far the better of the two overall, since completing it is required in order to join the Railroad as a faction and get Railroad stuff like ballistic weave (it's still possible to progress the main quest without joining them, though). In comparison, Plugging a Leak is only a single side-quest in the Institute.

Spoiler: One of the results for Plugging a Leak does allow you to frame Justin Ayo and have him replaced with a less inquisitorial leader for the Synth Retention Bureau within the Institute.

[ManOWar2]

Thanks. I guess I'll stick with the railroad quest. If I ever go throught another play, I'll go for that institute mission.

I actually just completed Tradecraft and found so many stuff, good weapons, 2 fusion cores, tons of useful junks for my settlements, that I want to keep it.