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We've received reports from nearby Settlers that their building is haunted by a wailing female spirit. That sounds unlikely, but we should investigate in the name of... Science! Don't worry, we'll honor your memory if the angry dead end up eating your souls.

The Banshee's Keen is an overseer quest and the final part of When Irish Eyes are Glowing, the multi-stage questline in Fallout Shelter.

Walkthrough[]

This quest takes place in a red brick building with a random layout and around six floors. Enemies will include radroaches, sometimes glowing radroaches, mole rats, mole rat broodmothers, as well as raider equivalents.

In the second room are two settlers you can speak to. If the second dialogue option is selected, a random rare outfit is rewarded. The room contains a common outfit and some caps.

At or around the second floor, there will always be a glowing radroach accompanied by four more radroaches that your dwellers will comment on. At or around the same floor, there will also be three more settlers who can be spoken to. They will always be wearing an accountant outfit, a vault socialite dress, and a lab coat. The first and fourth dialogue options end in a fight. The second dialogue option is neutral. If the third dialogue option is selected, the settlers will reward a laser pistol. The room they are in contains a rare junk. Settlers who are enemies are raider equivalents.

Somewhere around the third floor, you will come across two crazed settlers who will attack you on sight, wearing a lab coat and a motorcycle outfit. Around the fourth or fifth floor is a mole rat broodmother accompanied by two more mole rats. Around the fifth or sixth floor are two more crazed settlers, one wearing nightwear, and the other wearing a wasteland medic outfit. The room they are in contains a rare junk. These fights are guaranteed optional events that your dwellers or the enemy settlers will comment on, assuming no rooms are skipped.

Around the top floor of the building are three synths who can be spoken to, one of which is a raider leader equivalent. The first two dialogue options result in a fight, and the third one ends the exchange peacefully. Regardless of which dialogue option is chosen, a legendary trained parrot with +6 damage named Polly is rewarded. In addition, there are two Nuka-Cola Quantum's in their room.

Dialogue[]

Opening dialogue Dweller response Character response
Welcome Dwellers! Boy are we glad to see you guys.

That incessant wailing is driving everyone here mad.
Some say that it's an omen of death, and they might be right...
People are starting to attack each other!

What does the wailing sound like? What, you can't hear it? But, it's so *loud*!
Don't worry, we'll take care of it. Thank you so much! Here, this might help.
We don't hear anything... It's so loud I can barely make out what you're saying!
You! Make that noise stop right now!

We can't think straight anymore...
Killing other Settlers helps, but just for a little while.

Sorry, but we can't hear anything. Then you're one of *them* and you must be killed!
Let us through! We'll take care of it. You'd better, or we'll kill you too!
Give us your weapons first, then we'll make it stop. Okay. Sure. Whatever. Here you go!
You guys are nuts! Nuts? NUTS?! I'll show you nuts!
So you're the ones messing with our little experiment...

We transmit the sound of a barn owl screeching directly into the Settlers' brains.
We then measure how quickly they turn against each other.
And, yes, we know owls are extinct. We've trained parrots to mimic them.

You can't experiment on Settlers without their consent. Sure we can! It's for the greater good, or something...
Your scientific experiment is enabling superstitious beliefs. Meh, we're just following orders.
We'll let you live if you give us the parrot. Fine, we were done anyway.

Quest stages[]

StageStatusDescription
1 Travel for 9 hours, 30 minutes to the designated location.
2Quest finishedSolve the mystery of the wailing spirit.
3 Talk to settlers. (optional)
4 Talk to second group of settlers. (optional)
5 (optional) Continue to further rooms to find some more loot

Behind the scenes[]

A banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology that keens to herald the death of a family member.

Gallery[]

Single-stage quests
Main questsA Gathering of Ghouls · A Pale Imitation · A Poorly Thought-Out Plan · Against the Odds · Animal Rescue · Argh, Matey! · Arms Race · Beware of Over-dog! · Burnout · Can't Stop the Signal · Captured Critter · Choo-Choo! · Collector's Edition · CoveWatch! · Death and Denial · Den of Thieves · Diplomatic Mission! · Divide and Conquer · Dog Gone · Dog Shelter · Firestarter · Game of Vaults · Getting Started · Ghooooooooooooooooooul! · Honeymoon Horror · Hostage Negotiations · Hot Tub Slime Machine · Humans Like Us · Little Miss Wasteland · Little Red Radium Hood · Mall Madness · Monday Night Brawl · Monster Under the Bed · My Metal Pony · My Weird Science Project · Out of the Vault, Into the Shadows · Overwhelming Force · Queen of the Deathclaws! · Radiation Leak! · Raiding Party · Reign of Radroach Rodney! · Revenge of the Geeks · Robot Retrieval · Scientific Progress · Shotgun Wedding · Signal Failure · Take Me out to the Ball Game · Target Practice · The Abyss · The Brothers Grime · The Cat Burglar · The De-Buggers · The Scorpion... King? · The Secret of [REDACTED] · Time to Wake Up! · Too Good to Be True · War of the Nerds · Wasteland Doctoring · Wasteland: The Musical · Wedding Crashers · Wonders of Nature · Wonders of Science · Wonders of Technology
Daily questsBounty: 'Ol One-Eye · Bounty: Bash · Bounty: Butcher · Bounty: Shiner · Bounty: Snips · Bounty: Yak · Caps Run · Duo of Destruction: Alpha Deathclaws · Duo of Destruction: Glowing One (x2!) · Duo of Destruction: Glowing Radroaches · Duo of Destruction: Glowing Radscorpions · Duo of Destruction: Mole Rat Brood Mothers · Friendly Settlement! · Guardian of the Wastes: Deathclaws! · Guardian of the Wastes: Feral Ghouls! · Guardian of the Wastes: Mole Rats! · Guardian of the Wastes: Radroaches! · Guardian of the Wastes: Radscorpions! · Junk Run · Lunchbox Run · Nuka-Cola Quantum Run · Outfit Run · Rescue Operation · Science Cooperative! · Spelun-King Training · Spy on Raiders! · Weapons Run
Weekly questsBrotherhood of Feels · Game Show Gauntlet · Robot Hood · Vault-Tec Experiment Review
Limited time questsGhostly Gag · Horror Movie Night! · The Door Buster · The Haunting of Mass Chemical · The Spirit of Taking · To Grandmother's House We Go · Who's Carving the Turkey?
Special questsFactory Floor of Fear · The Mystery of Vault 666  · Vault 789 · Welcome to Paradise · With Friends Like These
Random questsA Cry for Help · A Nice Ghoul Like You · Anybody Home? · Big Trouble · Cabin Fever · Cabin Without the Woods · Clean-Up on Aisle Five · Crossing Paths · Dibs at the Red Rocket · Express Checkout · Family Matters · Fashion Statement · Food Fight! · Gas 'N Go · Get in Line · Hop on the Roach Coach · Infested! · Misery Loathes Company · One Ghoul Customer · Party Crasher · Pest Control · Pest-Case Scenario · Pit Stop · Post-Apocalyptic World Problems · Super-Duper Trooper · The Scenic Route · Uninvited Guests · Wasteland Getaway
Multi-stage questlines
A Settler Needs Your HelpFollowing His First Steps · Raider Troubles at Corvega · When Preston Calls · Kidnapping at Vault 778 · A Settler Needs Your Help
A Wasteland TailSOS! · Canine Recovery · Vault 199 · In Another Vault · The Tail Continues · No Time for Paws
Almost HumanOff the Rails · Synth in a Pinch · Not-so-Safehouse · Synths for Sale
Climbing the RanksClearing a Path · Taking out the Trash · Heat of the Knight · In Shining Armor
Detective Case FilesThe Case of the Captured Canine · The Case of the Missing Mitt · The Case of the Quantum Creeper · The Case of the Lost Lunch · The Bigsby Brown Case
Echoes of SteelHave Gun, Will Travel · Toy Soldiers · No Stone Unturned · Slash and Burn · Mission of Mercy · The Final Push
Food, Glowrious FoodAll Sales Final · Thyme is Money · Cheese, Please! · The Yolk's on You · High Steaks · The Towering Il Forno · By Hook or by Cook
Horsemen of the Post-Apocalypse Part 1Radroach Roundup · Undercover Operations · Dogs of War · Springing the Trap · Beat Reporting · Matters to Settle
Horsemen of the Post-Apocalypse Part 2Parley Time · Crime Scene Investigation · Death Revealed? · Give me Liberty and/or Death · Operation: Sandman · Release the Raiders!
Horsemen of the Post-Apocalypse Part 3Set 'em Up: Pestilence · Set 'em Up: Famine · Run, Three Dog, Run! · Knock 'Em Down · At Death's Door · Just Deserts
Journey to the Center of VaultopolisThe Path of Paula Plumbkin · A Thirst for Adventure · Paula's in a Pickle! · Into Vault 333! · Tankbusting · Return to Vault 333 · Truth Among the Ashes · Overrun · Powered Up! · The Road to Vaultopolis · The Vault-Tec Vantage · The Quest for Vault 525 · Playing Politics · The Red Rocket Reveal! · Vaultopolis Awaits!
Secret Agent PersonLive Dead Drop · The Infiltration Game · Secret Weapon Test · Sabotage! · Dart of Harkness · Extreme Prejudice
The Great Tato FamineThe Mysterious Disappearing Spuds · The Spreading Blight · The Night Watch · Spear Fishing · The Shadow Wolf · The Mole Rat Man
The Search for Jobinson's Jersey!Man on First · Man on Second · Man on Third · Time for a Grand Slam? · Worst. Coach. Ever. · Picked off at Second! · Seventh Inning Stretch · Getcha' Peanuts Here! · Last Inning! Or not... · There's no Crying in Baseball! · Runners in Scoring Position! · Conference on the Mound · Here's the Pitch... · Homerun! · Here's to You, Rackie Jobinson
The Thrill of the HuntBug Hunt · Whack-a-Mole · Aim for the Head! · Rock Them Like a Hurricane · The Most Dangerous Game · 12-Point Buck · The Final Hunt
The Wizard of WaterFons Vivus · Our Cups Runneth Over... WITH FAILURE · Half Full, Half Empty · Water into Brine · Aqua Nuka-Cola · Aqua-schema · The Reluctant Shill · Snake Water
When Irish Eyes are GlowingShamrock the Casbah · Driving the Snakes Out · The End of the Rainbow · It's Not Easy Being Green · The Banshee's Keen
Zines from the CommonwealthBroadsides · Headshots · A Map to the Stars · The (Thinly Veiled) Plot Thickens · Collateral Murder · Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy · Stop the Presses!
Limited time multi-stage questlines
Labor Dispute!Power to the People? · No Rest for the Wicked · All Work and No Play · Working Overtime · Rubarb's Reckoning
Nabbed from Nuka-WorldBottlecap Blues · In Hot Pursuit · Playing Catch-up · Pet Peeve · A Refreshing Rescue
No Thanks for the Gobbler!Gobble Gobbler! · A Delicious Trail of Danger! · The Last Gobble!
Springtime for AtomThe Rite of Spr(ay)ing · Spring Forward, Fall Back · E-Ster is Coming · The Sixth Sun · E-Ster Egg Hunt · Saving Daylight
The Book of WuvAll's Fair in Love and Nuclear War · This Golden Ring · A Labor of Love · Groom for Doubt
The Gridiron GangFirst Down · Second-Stringers · Third and Goal
The Mystery of Vault 31Halloween (Non)Fiction · Go West · Days Gone Bye · Mask Hysteria · Scare Tactics
The Party at the End of the WorldBlackout · A Special Brand · Walk of Shame · Jack Ain't Back · Human Bean Juice · KHAAANNNNN!!!!
Vault-Tec Saves Christmas!Santa's Helpers · Christmas at the Raider Camp · Cheer for the Ghouls · Rescue Santa!
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