If you desperately want to play a bugged quest, then try forcing it to start to see what happens. But this doesn’t always happen when you want it to, so forcing a quest to start comes in. Bethesda has said that there are systems in place in Fallout 4 that ensure all quests pop up eventually, even if they’re bugged. We recommend making a backup if you plan to do any quest force starting. This, unfortunately, is a side effect of using console commands to force quests to start in the game.įorcing quests to start in Fallout 4 can be dangerous because there’s always a chance it will corrupt your save file. Forcing a quest to start ensures you get to play it, but there is a chance you’ll miss any preamble that came before.
At times, the internal ID of a quest doesn’t update, or a series of choices you’ve made in your playthrough so far cause a bug preventing a quest from starting in the first place. This triggers the next step of the quest and makes it possible to progress and complete it. Whenever the player accomplishes a task marked out by the quest, the number associated with that quest’s internal ID updates to that of the next stage. Related: Best Fallout 4 Mods For Graphics, Performance, Weapons, Crafting, And MoreĮvery quest in Fallout 4 operates as a series of integer-based stages.
