The Outer Worlds 2 - The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice Walkthrough

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice is a side quest in The Outer Worlds 2 on the Paradise Island location. It involves working with Minister Milverstreet to persuade the Protectorate holdouts in Westport to relocate to Fairfield. You get two main options to succeed: sabotage Westport's infrastructure to make the town unlivable or convince the citizens to defect willingly.

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice quest in The Outer Worlds 2 is unlocked automatically after you complete the side quest called A Refreshing Bit of News for Minister Milverstreet on Paradise Island. Once you finish that quest, Minister Milverstreet will give you a new request to persuade the Protectorate holdouts in the town of Westport to relocate to Fairfield. Accepting this request triggers The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice quest. 

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice: Objectives

• Speak to Vigilant Hogarth in Westport: Minister Milverstreet is looking to win over the people of Westport with either kindness or cruelty. Talk to Hogarth about letting his people move.

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"Inspired by your success in retrieving the Mental Refreshment data, Minister Milverstreet has provided you with a cache of items to convert the subjects of the Protectorate town of Westport. Milverstreet has promised some form of aid in your attempts to infiltrate the Vox for your assistance with this matter."

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice: Locations

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice starts in the Fairfield Town hall.

The rest of the quest unfolds in the Protectorate town of Westport.

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice: Step-by-step guide

After getting the quest from Minister Milverstreet, head to Westport and find Vigilant Hogarth, who oversees the town.

Vigilant Hogarth outlines the situation and your two options: sabotage Westport’s infrastructure or persuade the citizens to defect peacefully. We chose the sabotage route — proceed with plans to disrupt the city’s systems.

Head to the small building on the main building’s right, go inside, and use the terminal to unlock the Water Purifier access.

Climb down and go to the Water Purifier, interact with it, and select one of the two sabotage options to disable it.

Return to the main building, enter the ground-floor room with the workbench, and pick up the Westport Broadcast Facility Keycard.

To sabotage the radio, head to the western building with the radio dish and use the keycard to gain entry.

Enter the building, access the terminal, and use the Auntie’s Choice Automated Propagandizer option to sabotage the radio broadcasts — you should already have that item from Minister Milverstreet.

Head to the southeast side of Westport where the generator station is located. Look for a large damaged building with visible generator equipment.

The main entrance is locked — approach via the rooftop path instead. Climb nearby boxes and metal structures to reach the roof, find the breach in the wall, and drop through it to enter the generator station interior.

Access the terminal and use the Galvanic Subverter (given to you earlier by Minister Milverstreet) to sabotage the generator and complete the objectives.

After completing all the objectives, return to Vigilant Hogarth on the balcony and inform him that the infrastructure has been sabotaged. He will accept defeat and agree to have Westport's inhabitants relocate to Fairfield.

Return to the Fairfield Town hall and interact with Minister Milverstreet to complete the quest.

The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice: Tips

• Choose your approach early: sabotage infrastructure for a quicker, combat-heavy route or convince citizens for a dialogue and skill-based path.
• Pick up keycards early from Vigilant Hogarth’s area to open locked buildings like the broadcast facility and generator station.
• If choosing peaceful defection, talk to Curativist Rowe and Charlton Weintraut and be prepared for speech and medicine skill checks.