Recruiting Hancock[1] is a miscellaneous quest in Fallout 4.
Contents
1Walkthrough
2Quest stages
3Gallery
4References
Walkthrough[]
After completing The Big Dig through siding with Bobbi No-Nose, John Hancock will intercept the Sole Survivor in front of the store area of Goodneighbor. Hancock is unhappy with the Survivor killing his friend and bodyguard Fahrenheit, and demands 1,000 caps compensation, which can be reduced to 750, 500 and 200 caps successively with increasingly harder Speech checks, and tasks the Sole Survivor with confronting and killing Bobbi to retrieve those caps. Bobbi can be found at the Hawthorne Estate, where apart from Bobbi herself there will be two initially passive turrets. There the player character will have a conversation with three potential outcomes, all of which will progress the quest:
Kill her and get 425 caps off her body.
Persuade her to give the player character the caps and get 375.
Leave and get nothing.
If left alive, Bobbi will allow the Sole Survivor to take the few items scattered around the estate (it will no longer be considered stealing).
Upon returning to Goodneighbor, Hancock will be waiting near the exit door on the second floor of the Old State House. Regardless of the action taken or dialogue options chosen, Hancock will respect the Sole Survivor's decisions and will not request the previously arranged payment. He'll remark that he's not the same as he had been years ago and that he needs to get back on the road again, to hone his edge.
After making a speech from State House balcony to the crowd of Goodneighbor, Hancock becomes available as a companion.
Quest stages[]
Stage
Status
Description
10
Talk to Hancock
20
Confront Bobbi
55
Report back to Hancock
80
Talk to Hancock
200
Quest failed - Quest giver dead
Gallery[]
References[]
↑Name from Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, page 489
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Act 1
War Never Changes · Out of Time · Jewel of the Commonwealth · Unlikely Valentine · Getting a Clue · Reunions
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Dangerous Minds · The Glowing Sea · Hunter/Hunted · The Molecular Level
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Brotherhood of Steel
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A Loose End · A New Dawn · Cleansing the Commonwealth · Duty or Dishonor · Feeding the Troops · Leading by Example · Learning Curve · Quartermastery · The Lost Patrol
Commonwealth Minutemen
Main quests
When Freedom Calls · Sanctuary · The First Step · Taking Independence · Old Guns · Inside Job · Form Ranks · Defend the Castle · The Nuclear Option
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Clearing the Way · Ghoul Problem · Greenskins · Kidnapped Trader · Kidnapping · Out of the Fire · Raider Troubles · Resettle Refugees · Returning the Favor · Rogue Courser · Taking Point · The Sight · Troubled Waters · With Our Powers Combined
The Railroad
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Road to Freedom · Tradecraft · Boston After Dark · Underground Undercover · Operation Ticonderoga · Precipice of War · Rockets' Red Glare · The Nuclear Option
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A Clean Equation · Burning Cover · Butcher's Bill · Butcher's Bill 2 · Concierge · High Ground · Jackpot · Lost Soul · Memory Interrupted · Mercer Safehouse · Randolph Safehouse · To the Mattresses · Variable Removal · Weathervane
The Institute
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Institutionalized · Synth Retention · The Battle of Bunker Hill · Mankind - Redefined · Mass Fusion · Pinned · Powering Up · End of the Line · Airship Down · Nuclear Family
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A House Divided · Appropriation · Building a Better Crop · Hypothesis · Plugging a Leak · Political Leanings · Reclamation · Pest Control
Add-on quests
AutomatronFar Harbor
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Side quests
Rogue Robot
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Side quests
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Overseer's Most Wanted
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All Aboard · Taken for a Ride · An Ambitious Plan · The Grand Tour · Home Sweet Home · Power Play
Side quests
A Magical Kingdom · A World of Refreshment · Amoral Combat · Cappy in a Haystack · High Noon at the Gulch · Open Season · Precious Medals · Safari Adventure · Star Control · Trip to the Stars
