Even a fancy dress can serve as armor in Fallout: London with the right modification.
A walk through post-apocalyptic London requires the right clothing. And ideally, it has to protect you against attacks from cannibals, crooks and mutated creatures. If you are looking for strong armor, you should definitely stop by Hackney. Because here you get the opportunity to massively upgrade your armor.
Defensive fashion
More specifically, it is about the so-called Ballistic Fibers, which you can find in Fallout: London with the quest Fashion Terrorism
Once available, you can use it to upgrade certain items of clothing, which massively improves their armor values. Many of you are probably familiar with the principle from Fallout 4.
For example, it is possible to wear a stylish outfit instead of a piece of mismatched armor and still be well protected. But it can be even better: Some items of clothing that you can wear under armor can even be improved. So you can combine the values of your armor with the upgraded clothing items.
You can even wear the Tommy Uniform in addition to normal armor.
To benefit from the stronger upgrades, however, you need the skill Armourer
Each rank of this skill unlocks a better version of the Ballistic Fibers. The prerequisite for unlocking the skill is three points in strength, higher ranks are only unlocked at certain level limits.
How to complete the quest
If you want to unlock the Ballistic Fibers, you have to go to Hackney. Sooner or later, the main quest will take you to this walled district in Fallout: London. If you want to find your way there yourself, you have to go far to the north of the city. We have marked the entrance to the district on the map here:
Once you reach the marked gate, you simply have to activate the intercom so that it opens for you.
Once you arrive in Hackney, you will witness a firefight between two gangs. Help Rosie and Guy against Miller’s henchmen. You will then receive the quest Hurly Burly
which you should activate immediately and follow up on.
The fighting continues here: You help the gang called Roundels in a street fight and in the raid on a club. After the battle, you listen to a speech from the leader and then you can meet the leader of the Roundels. Before your meeting, however, you should get something decent to wear.
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You get two new, optional quest objectives that lead you to the Chanelle and Milano shops. Simply follow the quest marker and speak to one of the two fashion designers. Both will ask you to sabotage the other’s shop. It doesn’t matter who you choose.
Complete the three small tasks and then pick up your new suit. You should now receive a message saying that you can now use Ballistic Fibers.
If you still need a little help with orientation in post-apocalyptic London, you will of course find what you are looking for here. We have linked some of our guides above. We will help you set up your own hideout, complete the tricky quest The Lost Tommies
and find the way through the Bank of England.
