Hacking (Fallout 4)

Hacking is a gameplay mechanic used to gain access to terminals in Fallout 4.
==Characteristics==
A list of words will be presented, all of the same character lengths, interposed with random characters. One of the words is the correct password, and the goal is to guess it by clicking on it. Terminal hacking ability is determined by the Hacker perk and one's Intelligence, with terminal locks being of the Novice, Advanced, Expert, or Master tiers.
If incorrect, the terminal will display "x/y correct" where x is the number of correct letters, and y is the word length. There will be four attempts to select the correct password, at which point the player character will be locked out for 10 seconds.
==Symbols==
Several words and symbols are displayed on the locked terminal, with word length dependent on the terminal's tier. Finding complete bracket sets (e.g. "<...>", "[...]") on one row will (at random) either remove incorrect words or reset the number of tries.
==Locations==
Place (or closest map marker)	Location in place 	Perk level	Name 	Content/Purpose
Andrew station 	Railway platform (eastern part) 	 	Terminal 	Spotlight control
ArcJet Systems 	Laboratory (2nd floor, southwest) 	 	Lab terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe control
Back Street Apparel 	Backroom (ground floor, southwest) 	 	Terminal 	Safe control
BADTFL regional office 	Chief's office (ground floor, northwest) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe controlTurret control
BADTFL regional office 	Holding cells (basement, northeast) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entries
BADTFL regional office 	Archive area (lower floor, southeast) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Beantown Brewery 	Tower Tom's office (upper floor, northeast) 	 	Tower Tom's terminal 	Terminal entries
Boston mayoral shelter 	Security area (ground level) 	 	Terminal 	Turret control
Boston mayoral shelter 	Storage room (underground level) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entriesDoor control
Boston mayoral shelter 	Sleeping quarters (underground level, lower floor) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Cabot House 	Jack Cabot's lab (2nd floor, southeast) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entries
Cabot House 	Emogene Cabot's room (3rd floor, northeast) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entries
Cambridge Police Station 	Chief's office (ground floor, eastern side) 	 	Recon data terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe control
Crater House 	Southeastern shack 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entriesSpotlight controlTurret control
Diamond City 	Mayor McDonough's office 	 	Mayor McDonough's terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe control
D.B. Technical High School 	Yellow classroom (2nd floor, western side) 	 	Terminal 	Spotlight control
D.B. Technical High School 	Computer lab (2nd floor, southeast) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entries
Fallon's department store 	Staff room (upper floor, western side) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Faneuil Hall 	Main entrance (ground floor, western side) 	 	Security terminal 	Protectron control
Faneuil Hall 	Commonwealth Bank (upper floor, southwest) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Faneuil Hall 	Commonwealth Bank (upper floor, northwest) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Fraternal Post 115 	Executive office (upper floor, northeast) 	 	Executive terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe controlTurret control
Goodneighbor 	Bobbi's place (upper floor) 	 	Bobbi's terminal 	Terminal entriesSafe control
Jamaica Plain 	Town Hall basement (northern side) 	 	Treasures access terminal 	Door control
Jamaica Plain 	Town Hall basement (northern side) 	 	Security terminal 	Protectron control
Lexington 	Lexington parking garage 	 	Security terminal 	Protectron control
Lexington 	Security room, southeast of Lexington Bank. 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Listening Post Bravo 	Bunker entrance 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Mass Bay Medical Center 	Reception (ground floor, western side) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Museum of Freedom 	Generator room (basement) 	 	Computer terminal 	Door control
Museum of Freedom 	Director's office (3rd floor, northwest) 	 	Museum Operations terminal 	Terminal entriesDoor control
Sanctuary 	Yellow house (southwest) 	 	Ledger terminal 	Terminal entries
Shaw High School 	Main office (ground floor, southern side) 	 	Faculty terminal 	Terminal entries
Suffolk County Charter School	Main hall (ground floor) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Suffolk County Charter School	Basement 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Sunshine Tidings co-op 	Central building 	 	Sunshine Tidings terminal 	Terminal entriesMr. Handy control
Super-Duper Mart 	Manager's office (ground floor, southern corner) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron controlSafe control
Tenpines Bluff 	Train tracks checkpoint (to the east) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
The Institute 	West stairs (ground floor, near clinic) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
The Institute 	East stairs (ground floor, near commissary) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
University Point 	Sedgwick Hall: machine parts magazine (2nd floor, northwest)	 	Gerald's terminal 	Terminal entries
University Point 	Slocum's Joe cafeteria (ground floor, northwest) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
University Point 	University Credit Union (basement, southern side) 	 	Vault control terminal 	Door control
USAF Satellite Station Olivia	USAF Satellite Station Olivia (basement, southern side) 	 	Guard Terminal 	Opens intel room
Vault 81 	Clinic (bottom floor, residential area) 	 	Terminal 	Terminal entries
Vault 81 	Overseer's office (top floor, atrium area) 	 	Overseer's terminal 	Terminal entries
Vault 81 	Secret Vault (close to the end) 	 	Vault 81 Secure Access terminal	Door control
Vault 81 	Reactor room (under the stairs) 	 	Old Overseers terminal 	Terminal entries
Wicked Shipping Fleet Lockup 	Warehouse (outside) 	 	Terminal 	Protectron control
Yangtze 	Medbay (lower deck) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
Yangtze 	Southern stairs (upper deck) 	 	Bulkhead terminal 	Door control
Yangtze 	Reactor room (lower deck) 	 	Bulkhead terminal 	Door control
Yangtze 	Armory (lower deck) 	 	Terminal 	Door control
==Notes==
* The fourth level rank of the Hacker perk prevents all lockouts.
* With the Science bobblehead, one additional attempt is granted. 
* The Close to Metal perk both allows one additional attempt and reduces lockout time by 50%.
* For the RobCo's Worst Nightmare achievement/trophy, the Sole Survivor must hack 50 terminals.
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