Welcome to the Electrician merit badge guide for Fallout 76! As with all of the other Possum merit badges, make sure you’ve reached the Possum rank before you begin working on this badge. While this is by far one of the simplest of the merit badges, requirement #6 is also currently bugged (Thanks satnab from Reddit!), so you may or may not be able to complete this one. Before we get into our full guide, here are the requirements for the Electrician merit badge.

Pass “Electrician” knowledge exam at an exam terminal
Build a generator in a Workshop or C.A.M.P.
Build a light fixture in a Workshop or C.A.M.P.
Build a power connector in a Workshop or C.A.M.P.
Mod a weapon to do shock damage
Restore power to a Power Plant (BUGGED)
Be a conduit in the Encrypted Event (x/60)
Take a camera picture of a generator

If you’re looking for the answers to the Electrician knowledge exam, you’ll find those at the bottom of the article in an expandable tab. Building generators, light fixtures, and power connectors in a workshop or camp is easy enough, and you’ll unlock plans for more types of generators as you complete the event to restore power to a power plant. You can also buy plans for these at various vendors, but might as well kill all the birds with minimal stone throwing. Gotta keep that throwing shoulder healthy, after all.

Depending on which weapon you choose, modding shock damage onto it may require learning that mod, and a few points of the Makeshift Warrior perk (Intelligence), and your options include the Baton, Chinese Officer Sword, Revolutionary Sword, Mr Handy Buzzblade, and Assaultron Blade, among others. After you’ve taken a camera picture of a generator, then you need to do the Encrypted event and be a conduit for least 60 seconds. If your character has high health and energy/damage resistance, then you can potentially be a conduit for two or three of the machines at once, but be prepared to blow up to 50 diluted stimpaks per fight, depending on how tanky you are.

So that’s that! Again, it’s incredibly simple, but currently bugged.

Electrician Knowledge Exam Questions and Answers

Alfonso doesn’t believe that you can make a battery out of simple household items. What can you use to prove him wrong?: All of the above
America uses safe and reliable direct current electricity. What do the commies use?: Dangerous alternating current
Brendan is directing a movie and has put you in charge of all the electrical setup. What does that make your job title?: Gaffer
Eels are strange creatures that can produce electricity. If Sally wanted to use an eel as a natural power source, how much power could she get?: At least 500 Volts
Everyone loves delicious Nuka-Cola! Which of these local power plants makes power for the Kanawha Nuka-Cola plant?: Poseidon Energy Plant WV-06
Hannah got a brand new Pip-Boy, but it’s defective! She’s decided to try fixing it herself. What icon represents a resistor on her Pip-Boy’s circuit diagram?: A zig-zagging line
Many of the Founding Fathers had numerous talents. Which Founding Father invented the lightning rod?: Benjamin Franklin
Mary needs to reattach a wire to the circuit board on her terminal. What process could she use to do this?: Soldering
Our troops on the front lines use power armor in service to our country. But what puts the “power” in their armor?: Fusion cores
Silicon is crucial to making electronics, especially microchips. But how is silicon produced?: It’s grown as a crystal
Susie wants to work on the circuitry of her school terminal but is afraid of electrocution. What could she wear to protect herself?: Rubber gloves
Which fine American invented the modern light bulb?: Thomas Edison
You need to construct a circuit for an electrical experiment, and need a good conductive material. Which of the following is the best electrical conductor?: Copper
You need to measure the voltage on a part of Robert’s terminal to perform repairs. Which tool could you use to do so?: A multimeter
You reach out and touch a Mr. Handy and get a quick static shock! What causes this?: The sudden flow of electricity
You want to begin repairing a broken radio for a fellow scout. What’s the first step?: Unplug it
You’re learning about Ohm’s law in school. The law uses the equation I = V/R. What is the “V” in this equation?: Voltage
You’re repairing your Pip-Boy and need to measure the flow of current through a certain wire. What unit of measurement do you use for this?: Ampere
You’re walking down the sidewalk after a big storm and come across a downed power line laying in your path. What do you do?: Call the power company to report it
You’re working on a circuit and need an electrical insulator, but only have a limited set of materials. Which of the following is the best electrical insulator?: Teflon
Your class took a field trip to the Poseidon Energy Plant to learn about nuclear power. How do most nuclear plants turn energy into electricity?: Using steam from heated water to turn turbines