Railroad Sidequest Bugs

[Orphan Martian]

After trying to do all the RR quests, I realized just how many bugs affect progression. Just in case anyone else is having troubles and is stuck reloading the same saves over and over, here's how I got all the quests. I did this before completing The Molecular Level and before getting Tactical Thinking from the Brotherhood.

1. After finding the Railroad, do Tradecraft right away. Turn it in and get into the RRHQ, then immediately do Boston After Dark without talking to anyone else. The goal is to do all the main quests before initiating the side quests. You should then do Butcher's Bill 1, then Mercer Safehouse, Butcher's Bill 2, and finally Memory Interrupted. Don't talk to Tinker Tom, PAM, or Drummer Boy while doing these, they will try to give you side quests that may mess up the progression.

2. Once you've done Memory Interrupted and have no side quests in your journal, go immediately to PAM. If you do too many other side quests she won't give you all the Jackpot caches, as I found out the hard way. If you do them immediately after the main quests, she should give you all three in a row without a hitch. All you have to do is leave the HQ and walk back in, and Drummer Boy should run by and tell you that PAM wants to see you.

3. After doing all three of PAM's missions, you can do the Randolph Safehouses, which Drummer Boy will bug you about every time you enter the HQ. Get these 6 quests out of the way quick.

4. Now, go talk to Tinker Tom, and he should give you his introductory talk about injections. Turn down the injection of course, then leave the HQ and come back in. The Weathervane quests should be available , though there is a bug that can keep you from getting all 11 locations if you've cleared them already. I was missing one, and found an easy workaround with the console: setstage b926a 300. If you use this, it will automatically start the next location on the list and continue the quest.

If you do exactly what I did, you should only have to use the console once in order to get the Ballistic Weave and complete all the side quests. Then again, the locations are randomized, and the order might affect progression as well. Point is, RR quests suck, and hopefully this will help someone get past them all.

[CaptainSarcastic]

I had no problem with them, although I did use the Wiki to check on the quests which made further progression impossible. I stuck with the Railroad ending for my continuing playthrough, and it's been fine - I just wish there were more locations for the radiant quests they give, and a little more variation (I get the Courier elimination mission from P.A.M. at no less than a 9:1 ratio with the Vertibird destruction or BoS patrol elimination missions).

[craigsters]

I only found I had to go wait or sleep else where to get the Randolph Safehouse quests going, Drummer Boy doesn't inform you of more Randolph quests sometimes in tell you've waited or sleep else where for a few days, I always wait 5 in game days at my safe house or player home

[Orphan Martian]

I'm trying to do everything I can before completing The Molecular Level, so I haven't done a lot of the radiant quests for the RR after siding with them permanently. I just figured this would help people get them done, since I kept getting locked out of PAM's sidequests specifically. It seems like a lot of people have trouble with her quests, and getting all the Weathervane ones done. Randolph is easy since Drummer Boy is in your face about it all the time.

EDIT: @Craigsters, I've only had to exit the HQ and enter again to begin the next quest. If it doesn't activate after re-entering, something might not be right. I've gotten all of the Jackpot quests this way, and the Randolph ones. I'm not sure but if you talk to anyone else, Drummer Boy might change his dialogue which would affect the Randolph progress. Idk, this part is confusing as hell, I've struggled so hard to do the quests in an orderly OCD fashion and it's impossible.

[Marquise*]

Ack searched for this, found thid tread and Desdemona is in dialog loop. but I an in survival mode so......