How do I get the Recruitment Blues quest in Fallout 76?

How do I get the Recruitment Blues quest in Fallout 76?

Cleanup (Issue: Detailed walkthrough rewrite)

To meet Nukapedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. Please help by improving the article.

Recruitment Blues is a main quest and achievement/trophy in Fallout 76.

Background

The quest Back to Basic is required to be completed first before all of this quest can be completed due to needing to be a U.S. soldier to get access to the Brotherhood of Steel's most secure information on the fourth floor of Fort Defiance. This goes the same for proceeding onto Officer on Deck as MODUS won't allow new Enclave members full access to the Whitespring bunker's military wing until they are officially a member of the United States Armed Forces.

Quick walkthrough

  • Take the elevator to the top floor of Fort Defiance.
  • Register for elevator security.
  • Search for clues to bypass security.
  • Complete Back to Basic.
  • Obtain a military ID card by completing a series of steps involving collecting forms and talking to robot clerks at the Charleston DMV.
  • Register for the Brotherhood of Steel.
  • Investigate the Brotherhood and scorchbeasts.

Detailed walkthrough

  • Take the elevator to the top floor.
    • In Fort Defiance, take a right at the locked door and head through the opening ahead. After taking another right, one will find an elevator with a laser grid blocking the path. To pass, one will need to register themselves in the fort's security system.
  • Register for elevator security.
    • Head back to the bulletin board and follow the hall and up the first ramp. Continue to the second and third floors until reaching another elevator with a laser grid block.
    • Use the terminal and select "Register new personnel."
    • Note: The terminal will say "Access denied." This is working as intended.
  • Search for clues to bypass security.
    • Head to the room at the other end of the hall, finding a note among the shelves near the middle of the room labeled "Squire Evelyn's Journal-- Page 16."
    • A military-issue ID is required, which can be obtained by completing basic training at Camp McClintock. If completed, the ID must be printed.
    • Note: The "military-issue ID" is the soldier's certificate received as a reward for completing Back to Basic, which is required to progress.
    • To have their ID printed, one will need to head to the DMV, located at the Charleston Capitol Building.
  • Survive the DMV.
    • Obtain a military-issue ID and head to the Charleston Capitol DMV near the Charleston Capitol building.
    • Use the terminal on the left side and select "Government ID Application." Fill out the information to complete the application.
    • DMV bot B2
      • Approach DMV bot B2 and print a number from the printer to the robot's right, one's number is C42.
      • Head to the computer terminal in the center of the room and select "Boot up Department B."
      • Fight off waves of feral ghouls as one waits for their number to be called.
      • Once one's number is called, speak with DMV bot B2. He'll ask the player character to retrieve a piece of mail.
      • Leave the DMV building and head directly west through the gap between the two other capital buildings. Turn right after going down the wooden staircase to find an old mailbox on the ground directly north of the blue tower next to a white arrow road sign and the remnant corner of a blue house with white trim. Loot the junk mail from it and head back to the DMV.
      • Back at the DMV, talk to DMV bot B2. He will ask one to retrieve another form.
      • A short distance up the hall find the "Blank DMV-AT-21C-V forms" in the Registrar's Office. Head back to the DMV and hand it over to DMV bot B2.
      • DMV bot B2 will redirect the player character to DMV bot C1.
    • DMV bot C1
      • Use the number printer next to DMV bot C1 to take a new number, one's number is A3.
      • Use the terminal in the center of the room to select "Boot up Department C."
      • Round 2: Fight off the waves of feral ghouls (including J47) while waiting for the number to be called. After it is called, speak to DMV bot C1.
      • Once DMV bot C1 finishes his coffee break, he will ask one to provide a valid birth certificate.
      • Use the terminal to learn about "Error 34B/1" and figure out why one's birth certificate isn't valid.
      • Find the "governor's seal" in the room to the south. Use it to stamp the document.
      • Head back to the DMV to turn in the validated application. Get one's picture taken and collect the new ID.
  • Register for the Brotherhood of Steel.
    • Travel back to Fort Defiance and head to the terminal at the top of the building.
    • Use the terminal to select "Register new personnel" and then "Scan military ID card." Now the player character will be registered as a member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
    • With one's name registered in the Brotherhood of Steel database, they are now free to use the elevator.
    • Head to the fourth floor and enter the room at the end of the hall on the left.
  • Investigate the Brotherhood and Scorchbeasts
    • At the computer terminal here, select “URGENT: Touchdown Recovery” to complete the quest and trigger the next one, Belly of the Beast.

Quest stages

Notes

  • If Back to Basic has already been completed but the quest is not progressing, the soldier's certificate must be in the player character's inventory as opposed to the player character's stash.
  • If prompted to complete Recruitment Blues again after one has already completed it, one may need to take the soldier's certificate received as a reward for completing Back to Basic and put it into the stash box and take it back out again.[1]

References

  1. Bethesda.net

v · d · e

Fallout 76 quests

Main quests

Overseer Reclamation Day · First Contact · The New Arrivals · Overseer, Overseen
Responders Thirst Things First · Second Helpings · Final Departure · An Ounce of Prevention · Into the Fire (Runner's High) · The Missing Link
Raiders Signal Strength · Flavors of Mayhem · Key to the Past
Free States Early Warnings · Reassembly Required · Coming to Fruition
Brotherhood of Steel Defiance Has Fallen · Recruitment Blues · Back to Basic (Marksmanship Course · Agility Course · Patriotism Training · Live Fire Training Exercise) · Belly of the Beast
Enclave Uncle Sam · Bunker Buster · One of Us · Officer on Deck · I Am Become Death
The Wayward Wayward Souls · Hunter for Hire · Strength in Numbers · The Elusive Crane
Foundation Here to Stay · Trade Secrets · Invisible Ties · Duty Calls · Siding with Foundation · Division of Wealth · All That Glitters · Secrets Revealed
Crater Strange Bedfellows · Cheating Death · Fun and Games · The Ol' Weston Shuffle  · Siding with Crater · From Russia With Lev · Buried Treasure · Secrets Revealed
Fort ATLAS Welcome to the Neighborhood · Forging Trust · Mother of Invention · Field Testing · Disarming Discovery · Property Rights · Supplying Demands · Over and Out · The Best Defense · A Knight's Penance · Missing Persons · Out of the Blue · A Satisfied Conscience · The Catalyst

Side quests

Order of Mysteries Into the Mystery · Initiate of Mysteries · Novice of Mysteries (Chasing Shadows · Forging a Legend · Prototypical Problems) · Seeker of Mysteries · The Mistress of Mystery
Sheepsquatch Lying Lowe · Baa Baa Black Sheep · The Lowe-Down · Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Pioneer Scouts Bucket List · The Order of the Tadpole (Tadpole Archery Test · Tadpole Athletics Test · Tadpole Swimming Test) · Possum Junior Roboticist Tour
Beckett Narrow Escape · An Eagle Flies Free · (Dirty Little Secrets · Exit Sage Left · Out of Key · Traitor's Demise · Supply and Demand · Spilling Blood · Pet Peeve · Shooting Star · Bot of Gold · Sibling Piracy · Needs of the Many · Eye for an Eye) · Thicker Than Water
Sofia Daguerre Crash Landing · The Woman Who Fell to Earth (One Small Step · In Case of Emergency · Bring Home the Beacon · The Universe Conspires · Hope Remains · Search and Destroy · Heavy Eyes · Patently False · Privacy Violation · Contractually Obfuscated · Boot Camp · Past Expiration · No Brainer · Calling Long Distance · Who Sat Down Beside Her · Lab Rat) · Mission Out-of-Control
A Perfect Getaway · An Organic Solution · Breaking Radio Silence · Bureau of Tourism · Cold Case · Falsely Accused · Home Expansion · Miner Miracles · Mistaken Identity · Overseer's Mission · Personal Matters · Safe for Work · Something Sentimental · Tentative Plans · That Sinking Feeling · The Motherlode · Tracking Unknowns · Treasure Unknown · Unsolved: Best of Intentions · Unsolved: Death and Taxidermy · Unsolved: Picnic Panic · Unsolved: Tracking Terror · Waste Management · Wasted on Nukashine · A Refugee's Guide · Code Blue · From Ashes to Fire · Hunter's Mark · Mutual Aid · Recipe for Success · Responders Reborn · Union Dues

Refuge encounters

Camera Shy · Chess Problem · Dog Ex Machina · Garbage Day · Honor Roll · Hotel Makeover · Impostor Syndrome · Letters to Home · Lover's Quarrel · Conversion Error · Mr. Makeover · No Surprises · Reading Material · Responder Recruitment · The Perfect Fussfungle · Toothache · Ultimate Showdown · Weapon of Choice

Where are the clues to bypass security Recruitment Blues Fallout 76?

Look For Yellow Papers. Clues to bypass security are found at the opposite end of the hall where the terminal is located. Go to the room on the right, and there will be yellow pages scattered around the room that you can pick up.

How do I turn in application to C1 fallout 76?

Turn application in to C1 Use DMV Number Terminal > Boot up Department C. Wait a bit then talk to DMV Bot C1 again.

How do you get a military ID card in Fallout 76?

Charleston Capitol Building: The card is obtained from the Charleston DMV Department during the mission Recruitment Blues.

How do I get to the fourth floor Fort Defiance?

Fort Defiance's interior consists of four floors, with the fourth one only accessible through an elevator protected by a laser grid which is unlocked by completing Recruitment Blues and obtaining a military ID card.