Defend Vault 88 When It Gets Under Attack While You Are Away!

Did Vault 88 come under attack while you were away and you didn't know about the back entrance in to Vault 88?  Also, did you forget to put defenses up like I did while you were away? To my credit, I'm trying to use the Idiot Savant perk, so my Intelligence is only set at 2.

I had some trouble getting in to Vault 88 when it became under attack.  This is mainly because when I entered it, there were about 6 Super Mutant Overlords/Masters and 3 Mutant Hounds jamming up the door way!

Here is what I did to get through them:

1.  Save at the sleeping bag in the shack above the Vault 88 entrance (I'm playing Hardcore Mode).  You can't sleep if you are taking radiation damage, but if you step out of the shack slightly, you can sleep.

2.  Go down to the entrance and enter.

3.  Right after you enter, start smashing your Pip-Boy key (mine is Tab or I).  Right when the loading screen is finished, pull up your Pip-Boy and start taking drugs!  I took a Psychobuff and a Psycho Jet for the 15 seconds of slowed time.  I also drank a Nuka Cola for fun, but also drank some waters so I had full AP.

4.  Make sure you have a melee weapon selected before you exit the Pip-Boy.

5.  Start swinging your melee weapon!  I also jumped as I dodged around the Super Mutants.  Push through them in to the Vault 88 Door area.  As soon as you pass them, turn around and run backwards.

6.  Throw a grenade.  I used a fragmentation grenade, but I wish I would've used my plasma or nuka grenade.

7.  Pull out Spray'n'Pray*.  Spray'n'Pray is a submachine gun sold by that crazy weapons dealer, Cricket (from Always Sunny In Philadelphia?).  It uses .45 ammo.  Shoot at the Super Mutant's feet.

8.  It took me a reload to kill the entire group inside the tunnel, so be careful and take cover when you are reloading.

9.  The few times I have successfully completed this quest, there was also a Super Mutant Overlord below the tunnel, so be careful when you go to Vault 88!