Botany Class is a miscellaneous quest in Fallout 4.
Quick walkthrough
| Miscellaneous Quest: Botany Class | |||||||||||||
| Talk to Solomon in Diamond City market. Accept his request. | |||||||||||||
| (Optional) Go to Forest Grove marsh. | |||||||||||||
| Find a mutated fern flower. | |||||||||||||
| Report back to Solomon. | |||||||||||||
| Reward: 150 XP 100 caps Buffout x1, Jet x1, Psycho x1 | Extort Solomon (Charisma check) | ||||||||||||
| Reward: 150 XP 125 caps Buffout x1, Jet x1, Psycho x1 | Extort Solomon (Charisma check) | ||||||||||||
| Reward: 150 XP 150 caps Buffout x1, Jet x1, Psycho x1 | Extort Solomon (Charisma check) | ||||||||||||
| Reward: 150 XP 200 caps Buffout x1, Jet x1, Psycho x1 | |||||||||||||
Detailed walkthrough
Solomon in Diamond City market asks the Sole Survivor to find him a mutated fern flower, offering Forest Grove marsh as a possible search location. It is possible to extort him for more money through three separate Charisma checks: 125 caps, 150 caps and 200 caps. Solomon will also reward the player character with Buffout, Jet, and Psycho along with the caps.
Quest stages
Companion reactions
Notes
- Even if it is initially refused, the quest can still be accepted later. Companions will react both times.
- After handing over a fern and completing the quest, it may be possible to reselect the "looking for work" dialogue, which will assume that you heard the quest and previously refused it. ("You reconsidered getting that Mutated Fern for me?") However, Solomon will neither take a second fern nor issue a second reward, so this is likely a bug.
- Strong dislikes agreeing to this quest and likes refusing it. However, if one already has a fern, the "Yes" changes to "Already have it" and will not yield any affinity changes.
- One need not travel all the way to Forest Grove Marsh in order to find fern plants. Two are located near Mass Pike Tunnel west, namely the encampment on the south side of the road, right next to the nearby doghouse. Another four plants are slightly further west, just down the hill from an upright orange and overturned blue railroad boxcar.
