News wise Fallout 4: How to unlock a terminal?
One of the mechanics that always confuses new Fallout 4 players a little comes when you need to unlock your first terminal in the game. If you don’t panic either, in this article we will explain everything you need to know!
Summary
- How does unlocking a terminal work in Fallout 4?
- Terminal Intelligence and Hacking
- How to get more chances to unlock a terminal in Fallout 4?
Let’s start at the beginning by showing you how terminal hacking in Fallout 4 generally works. At the end you will get a screen full of English words and 4 attempts to find the right one. At first you have no idea at all.
So choose a word at random. Then look at the right side of the screen and You will notice that your word has a number of similarities. But what exactly are these famous similarities? For better understanding, let’s take the example from the image below.
The chosen word “river” has two similarities. This means that if it is not the correct password, two letters will be in the correct place. Therefore, we can conclude from these similarities The word “water,” which is at the bottom right of the screen, could be the password.
If we click on it, we will again be told two similarities. By eliminating the word “Races,” which has two similarities to “River” and “Water,” is the correct password. If you don’t find it in 4 tries, a new word grid will be randomly generated and you will have to start the process again.
Terminal Intelligence and Hacking
As you level up in Fallout 4, you’ll have the opportunity to assign attribute points, and there’s one that will particularly interest us here if you want to unlock terminals in Fallout 4: Intelligence. As a matter of fact, This does not necessarily affect the difficulty of the puzzles.
However, this will allow you to handle the most complex hacks and even get a nice bonus if you reach level 33 in this capacity. Details on the contents of these points can be found at Below we take a look:
- Level 1: Allows advanced hacks
- Level 9: Allows expert hacks
- Level 21: Allows master hacks
- Level 33: You will no longer be kicked out of a terminal when hacked
We just told you in the first part of this article that you have 4 attempts to unlock a terminal in Fallout 4. Except that it is possible to increase this number through several elements in the game. It’s just a matter of finding a character.
There are 20 of them in the game and this is the one we will be interested in here It’s the “scientific” variant that gives you an extra shot at unlocking a terminal. To find them and the 19 others, take a look at our complete Vault Tech miniatures guide.
The other way to win a new attempt and thus have a total of 6 is to connect with Nick Valentine until you reach maximum affinity. There you have that extra attempt. Now you have everything you need to know about terminal hacking in Fallout 4!
