John Hancock

This page is about the Fallout 4 companion who named himself after the Founding Father. For the American Founding Father, see John Hancock.
For the reenactment Protectron that is mentioned in Fallout 3, see John Hancock (robot).

Fallout 4 / Fallout: The Board Game / Fallout: Wasteland Warfare / Fallout Shelter Online character
John Hancock
Lore
Race	Human (formerly) Ghoul
Gender	Male
Eye color	Dark
Alias(es)	John McDonough Hancock
Affiliation	Diamond City (formerly) Goodneighbor Sole Survivor (optional)
Role	Mayor Companion
Family	McDonough - brother Martha McDonough - mother Patrick McDonough - father Fahrenheit - girlfriend Sole Survivor - significant other (optional)
Gameplay
Location	Old State House in Goodneighbor
Quests	The Big Dig The Silver Shroud Art Appreciation Recruiting Hancock
Other
Dialogue	Hancock.txt Hancock.txt/COM
Voice actor	Danny Shorago
Appearances	Fallout 4 Fallout: The Board Game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Fallout Shelter Online
SPECIAL	5 ST, 10 PE, 8 EN, 9 CH, 14 IN, 10 AG, 8 LK
Level	10→
Misc stats	Hit Points: 185 + ([Player Level - 10] x 5) Damage Res.: 0% Energy Res.: 0%
Combat
Combat style	csCompHancockRanged
Aggression	Aggressive
Confidence	Foolhardy
Assistance	Helps Allies
Form ID	00022613
Ref ID	00022615
Editor ID	Hancock
Voice type	NPCMHancock
GECK race	GhoulRace
Physical traits
Hairstyle	None

“Goodneighbor's of the people, for the people, you feel me? Everyone's welcome.”

John Hancock is a ghoul residing in and serving as the mayor of Goodneighbor in the Commonwealth in Fallout 4. He is a possible companion of the Sole Survivor.

Background

Past

Born John McDonough, Hancock is the estranged younger brother of Diamond City's Mayor McDonough. The two had a rocky relationship from the beginning; Hancock remembers him as the "standard big brother" - an obnoxious, entitled bully.

Despite this, he held some degree of brotherly love for his elder sibling - but this all changed in 2282, when the elder McDonough ran in that year's DC mayoral election on an anti-ghoul platform, inciting hatred and fear towards the city's mutated inhabitants. The relationship between them broke down completely when John confronted him in his office after his inauguration speech, only for his brother to offer no sign of remorse for the anti-ghoul violence that his campaign had incited, simply gloating over his new position, making him unrecognizable to the younger McDonough.

Drugs and despair

Abandoning Diamond City and his estranged brother, John tried to save as many ghouls as he could by relocating them to the town of Goodneighbor, at the time run by the ruthless mob boss Vic. Unfortunately, though they found shelter, many of the refugees could not adjust to living rough in the slums and fled back into the ruins of Boston and the surrounding wasteland of the Commonwealth, eventually dying to starvation or violence. The weight of his supposed failure to stop his brother caused John to fall into a rut of depression and drug abuse, up to taking and getting hooked on Jet. At some point, he discovered an experimental radioactive drug that he describes as producing a remarkable high, regardless of the fact that the result of it was his ghoulification, which he came to accept due to allegedly now being "immortal," or rather just aging much, much slower than humans.

Even with his new outlook on life as a chem-addicted ghoul, John still had yet to hit his absolute lowest point, which came after witnessing the murder of a fellow drifter at the hands of Vic's henchmen. Despite knowing that there was nothing he could have done against the armed goons, John nonetheless considered his lack of intervention cowardly, in the same vein as doing nothing to stop his brother's purge of the DC ghouls. He talks about the aftermath of that incident as him feeling "like less than nothing." In a fit of despair, he went on a particularly intense bender of drug abuse until eventually blacking out completely.

Revolution

When he later regained consciousness, John found himself lying on the floor of the Old State House next to a set of clothes that belonged to the historical John Hancock. Reflecting on his past actions, he broke the display case and took the clothes. The ghoul set out to raise a revolutionary militia to overthrow Vic and make Goodneighbor a safe haven for drifters and the outliers of society. Temporarily going sober in preparation, Hancock gathered a crew of drifters and even convinced KL-E-0 to loan them some weapons. His group stayed away from Goodneighbor to secretly train themselves in combat tactics during that time.

When the time came, Hancock and his crew gathered together one night, waiting on the rooftops and inside buildings around Goodneighbor for Vic's goons to gather. Holding off until their opponents were heavily intoxicated from a night of partying, the militia burst from their hiding spots and massacred the gangsters. His muscle wiped out to a man, it was a simple matter for Hancock and his men to storm Vic's quarters in the State House, dragging him out to be hanged by the neck from the balcony.

Looking down from the balcony and seeing that most of the town had gathered to witness the commotion, Hancock issued a simple proclamation: "Of the people, for the people!" With that, he was no longer John McDonough, the Diamond City refugee, but John Hancock, the undisputed mayor of Goodneighbor.

Mayor of Goodneighbor

By 2287, Hancock continues to serve as mayor. The majority of Goodneighbor's citizens look to him for leadership, and he acts as a source of reassurance concerning the looming synth threat from the Institute. He's had prior positive interactions with Nick Valentine to the point he considers Nick a "guest of honor" in Goodneighbor. He also made a deal with MacCready sometime after the gunman left the Gunners to allow him the use of the Third Rail's VIP lounge to meet clients for his mercenary jobs.

Privately, however, Hancock has been holding doubts, believing that sitting in the mayor's seat has led to him becoming too pampered and comfortable. Fearing a reprisal of Diamond City and becoming a tyrant like his brother, he longs for an opportunity to put his mayoral obligation on the backburner while he "hones the razor."

Interactions with the player character

Fallout 4

Interactions overview

Interactions
	This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
	This character is a permanent companion. They grant the Isodoped perk.
	This character starts quests.	Art Appreciation
	This character is involved in quests.	The Silver Shroud The Big Dig Confront Bobbi
	This character can be slept with.	Requires romance

Effects of player's actions

• Reaching maximum affinity with Hancock grants the Isodoped perk, which offers a temporary 20% increase to Critical Hit accumulation when rads are at 250 or higher.
• Hancock is a potential candidate for romance.
• Hancock has unique dialogue if Finn is killed by the player character when first entering Goodneighbor, rather than letting Hancock do it himself.
• If Hancock is present when confronting McDonough during In Sheep's Clothing, and the synth mayor is killed, he will express regret that he hated his brother for the wrong reasons.
• If taken to Vault 81, some of the residents there will insult Hancock, to which he often responds sarcastically. He similarly cracks back at members of the Brotherhood of Steel if brought to Boston Airport and aboard the Prydwen.

Range of interests

Approvals

Disapprovals

Likes Using chems Becoming addicted to chems. Giving others chems. Nudity. (repeatable) Asking people what they need. Harm/cruelty towards those who rightfully deserve it. Saying love conquers all to Miss Edna. Thanking Captain Maria during Special Delivery. Threatening Brother Thomas during Emogene Takes a Lover. Telling Supervisor White that the Graygarden supervisors' personalities are "definitely unique." Giving Emogene Cabot the anti-aging formula when talking to her during Emogene Takes a Lover. Siding with Jack Cabot at the end of The Secret of Cabot House. Responding "Glimmers of hope" while talking with Kent during The Silver Shroud. When agreeing to Kent's idea to bring back the Silver Shroud during The Silver Shroud. When agreeing to take care of Sinjin during The Silver Shroud. Killing Theodore Collins during Mystery Meat. Calling Ann Codman a bitch or being sarcastic when talking to her for the first time. When successfully persuading Wolfgang to lower his weapon during Order Up. Keeping Buddy for themselves during Trouble Brewin'. Joining the Minutemen. Witnessing the firing of the new artillery at the Castle during Old Guns. Joining the Railroad. Using the 'anger option' with Cedric Hopton during Building a Better Crop. Destroying the Prydwen with the Minutemen during With Our Powers Combined. Telling Gabriel that "I'll take whatever I want" or "on second thought" when asking about his plunder during Synth Retention. Telling Billy his parents are probably dead during Kid in a Fridge. Agreeing to take Billy home during Kid in a Fridge. Deciding to kill Crocker during The Disappearing Act. Choosing "I'd risk my life" when being asked by Desdemona about whether the Sole Survivor would die for a synth during Road to Freedom. Telling Vadim it's "a horrible idea" to take out Travis during Confidence Man. Saying "yes" to Vadim's question about being in barfights during Confidence Man. Offering to help Travis fight in the bar during Confidence Man. Convincing Scarlett to meet with Travis during Confidence Man. Convincing Travis that his help is needed getting Vadim back during Confidence Man. Agreeing to split the spoils 50/50 with Paul Pembroke during Diamond City Blues. Giving Brian Virgil the experimental serum. Giving Sheffield a Nuka-Cola. Agreeing to work for Whitechapel Charlie during The Cleaner. Telling Magnolia that the "Song was Lovely" when speaking to her in The Third Rail. Praising Wiseman for creating a settlement for ghouls at the Slog. Telling Ada that her personality defines her. Agreeing to help Kasumi Nakano investigate DiMA. Telling Zealot Ware that Devin is nuts. Agree to convince Devin to stop his fast during The Trial of Brother Devin. Successfully convincing Devin that one is the "messenger of Atom." Agreeing to help Sister Mai rig the decontamination arches. Supporting Sister Aubert during The Heretic. Choosing the "Vault-Tec are bastards" option when talking to Overseer Barstow in A Model Citizen. Offering Harvey a stimpak. Telling Nisha that "rules hold us back" when first meeting her. Telling Mags Black that it was "a thrill" to kill Colter. Loves Defending the innocent. Choosing "I won't tell anyone" when asked what to do about the ghouls below the airport by Initiate Clarke during Duty or Dishonor Choosing "What kind of person" or "Stays with me" when asked by Bullet to sell Billy during Kid in a Fridge. Defending Billy and his parents against Bullet during Kid in a Fridge. Rejecting Doctor Chambers' offer and siding with Honest Dan in the Compound during Human Error. Killing Chambers after becoming an enemy of the compound during Human Error. Giving Austin Engill the cure during Hole in the Wall. Saving Kent's life in The Silver Shroud. Speaking as the Shroud to Sinjin during The Silver Shroud. Killing Clint in Quincy. Killing Baker in Quincy. Killing Captain Sally during To the Mattresses. Siding with the Railroad when speaking with Desdemona during End of the Line. Choosing "Slavery is wrong" when talking to Desdemona about the synths during Road to Freedom. Rescuing all of the caravan survivors for Kessler during Prep School. Letting human Art kill synth Art during the Two Faces. One Synth random encounter. Telling the Mariner to help others during The Great Hunt. Starting Reformation by agreeing to help DiMA. Completing Open Season.

Dislikes Stealing. Cruelty towards those that don't deserve it. Telling Mama Murphy that she is an addict and needs help during The Sight. Using pacification on a caravan brahmin. Using his terminal in the Old State House. Joining the Brotherhood of Steel. Joining the Institute. Completing Synth Retention. Keeping or splitting the cure during Hole in the Wall. Sparing Pickman's life. Telling Paul to give Cooke a chance when confronting Cooke during Diamond City Blues. Taking the test to enter Covenant. Freeing Lorenzo Cabot during The Secret of Cabot House. Returning to Cabot house after Lorenzo has been killed and a week has passed. Talking to Jack Cabot and taking Lorenzo's Artifact gun. Telling Mandy that the player character is siding with Ironsides during Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution. Convincing the Vault-Tec rep to leave Goodneighbor during Familiar Faces. Telling Magnolia that they don't like jazz music. Telling Bobby De Luca that he is a waste of space for being a Jet addict. Telling Zealot Ware that Devin's devotion is admirable. Agreeing to help Grand Zealot Richter hunt down Gwyneth during The Heretic. Agreeing to help High Confessor Tektus during Witch Hunt. Picking the appetite suppressant or mood enhancer for the soda fountain prototype. Hates Flirting with others after being romanced. Optionally assassinating Shelly Tiller during The Silver Shroud. Killing Ashes. Telling Tina De Luca that her brother Bobby De Luca should die for being a Jet addict. Murdering innocent people. Killing the sentry bot outside of Cabot House. Deciding to kill the Railroad when speaking with Desdemona during End of the Line. Killing Virgil for the Brotherhood during Loose End. Threatening Trudy to pay up during Order Up. Killing Trish during Diamond City Blues. Killing any of the Atom Cats. Killing Jake Finch even if he becomes hostile during Out of the Fire. Negotiating a higher selling price for Billy when talking to Bullet during Kid in a Fridge. Capturing a Commonwealth settlement for the Nuka-World raiders during Home Sweet Home.

Comments

Hancock's location comments
Location/Requirement	Comment
Diamond City, entrance	"Diamond City, huh? You know they ain't real fond of Ghouls in this town."
Goodneighbor, entrance	"Home sweet home."
Combat Zone, exterior	"Raiders always go hogging all the nice places for themselves."
Boston Airport, before the barricades	"The airport, huh? Really seein' the sights, aren't we."
Boston Airport, before the barricades after the Brotherhood of Steel arrive	"Brotherhood of Steel thinks Ghouls are all monsters. Let's see 'em make a move. I'll show 'em who the monster is."
Cabot House, exterior by the shrubbery	"Place looks like it opted out of the war entirely."
Parsons State Insane Asylum, entrance foyer on the rug just past the front door; during the quest The Secret of Cabot House.	"They always said I'd end up in the looney bin."
Jamaica Plain, northwest road entrance, by the diner	"Ain't this Jamaica Plain? Supposed to be some ancient treasure buried around here. Up for a dig?"
Vault 81, entrance walkway	"Heh. Pretty sure the Vaults were built to keep riff-raff like us out."
[[]],	"This certainly counts among the stranger places I've ever been."
[[]],	"Libertalia. The only place in the Commonwealth that could benefit from an outbreak of Mirelurks."
[[]],	"Sure you don't just want to explore the lobby?"
[[]],	"Doesn't look like they were expecting visitors, that's for damn sure."
[[]],	"This place is the closest thing the Minutemen ever got to a memorial. Shame."
[[]],	"Always wanted my own fortress."
Covenant, gate exterior	"What kinda place you gotta take a test to enter?"
[[]],	"Heard Bunker Hill pays off the Raiders instead of just shootin' them. Where's the sport in that?"
[[]],	"Ground zero."
Cave (Glowing Sea), after entering the parking garage	"Something ain't right in here. Where'd all the Ghouls go?"
[[]],	"Aren't they gonna be surprised to see us."
Sentinel site Prescott, bomb storage room entrance	"A stray shot in here and we'll all be going out with a bang."
Sentinel site Prescott, gantry just inside the main entrance	"Christ. Those things ain't still armed, right?"
Sentinel site Prescott, exterior entrance	"Well, ain't that ominous."
[[]],	"Hey. Check your fire. Lot of fission engines down here."
Ticonderoga, penthouse foyer	"Impressive hunk of sky the Railroad's carved out for themselves up here."
Old North Church, catacombs	"Fanciest crypt in Boston."
Old North Church, nave	"Old girl's seen better days."
[[]],	"You could just drop a bullet from up here and kill someone."
[[]],	"Sure hope the elevator works."
Hubris Comics, shop floor	"Probably still good reading in here."
Hubris Comics, top floor studio	"This is the most half-assed gun range I've ever seen."
[[]],	"Damn. And folks lived down here listening to that?"
[[]],	"That is some serious hardware."
Yangtze-31, bridge	"I'd love to not have to swim out of here, so maybe don't touch anything."
Starlight Drive-In, in the projection room	"Be able to see anything coming for miles from up here... you know, so long as they came from that way."
Starlight Drive-In, at the screen	"Think we missed the last show."
Wilson Atomatoys corporate HQ, Arlen Glass' office	"Jeez. Looks like these folks got to skip the war."
Wilson Atomatoys corporate HQ, foyer display	"You know, someone, somewhere would play real good money for that ugly thing."
Wildwood Cemetery,	"Guess just throwing 'em in the nearest ditch wasn't good enough back then."
[[]],	"Oh, I am way too sober for this."
West Everett Estates, backyard bunker	"Nice little place they got down here."
[[]],	"Well, there goes the neighborhood."
Walden Pond, just in front of said cabin.	"Guess this Thoreau guy found claustrophobia inspiring."
Milton General Hospital, basement morgue	"Phew. One of these is past its sell-by date."
Milton General Hospital, waiting foyer	"This is just the waiting room? Guess there was real money in the suffering of others."
Vault 95, Overseer's office	"Looks like someone interrupted their meeting."
[[]],	"Place sure used a lot of juice."
Museum of Witchcraft,	"...well at least we know whatever's up there's probably full."
Museum of Witchcraft,	"The hell was that?"
Vault 75, combat training room	"This really what they thought the world would look like? Not bad, actually."
Vault 75, entrance	"Hello."
Vault 114, entrance construction	"Looks like they were still working when the bombs hit."
Vault 111, cryonic stasis room	"Damn. Hey, look, if you wanna get outta here..."
Vault 114, exterior tunnel construction	"Well, well. Vault 114. You'd be surprised how much scum from the Commonwealth trickles in here."
Trinity Church, theatrical rigging	"Huh. Not a bad setup. Guess the pastor had a sense of showmanship."
Trinity Church, nursery	"Let's make this a quick one, huh?"
Thicket Excavations, near the waters edge; before the conclusion of the quest Pull the Plug.	"How long you think it took to fill this thing? Decades?"
[[]],	"Don't worry, bud. We'll look after ya."
Gwinnett Brewery, brewing floor	"You know, I like a drink as much as the next Ghoul, but looking around, I'm thinking I might just stick to chems."
[[]],	"Now that is a lot of beer."
[[]],	"Always figured the life of a cage fighter would be more glamorous than this..."
Combat Zone, front row	"Ain't this a hell of a sight."
[[]],	"Ours to scour."
[[]],	"Damn. This the same place?"
[[]],	"Couple tons of earth and brick resting on a centuries old foundation... sounds like fun."
[[]],	"Careful. Might be Mirelurks around here."
[[]],	"Having trouble imagining a worse way to go... wait. Got one."
Boston Common, just in front of the infantry fighting vehicle	"Hey. This is the Common. You sure you don't just wanna go around?"
[[]],	"Hey. Hold up. We got company."
South Boston military checkpoint	"There has to be a way to turn that off."
Skylanes Flight 1981,	"How the hell did something this big stay in the airborne?"
[[]],	"They sure did a number on this place."
[[]],	"Uh, watch your step."
[[]],	"Looks like someone heard we were coming."
Sandy Coves Convalescent Home, captain's room	"Dying in your bed. That's no way to go."
[[]],	"These are some lame torture devices."
[[[]],	"Hey. I think I woke up here once..."
Robotics disposal ground, in front of the sentry bot	"Hey. Free ordnance."
[[]],	"How long you think before the sea takes all this back?"
Revere Beach Station, end tunnel raider encampment	"Those Raiders blocking the exit? And here I thought this trip was gonna be dull."
	"Looks like these folks thought they'd outrun the bombs."
	"Looks like she was running from something."
Quincy ruins, Freeway stronghold bridge to roof catwalks	"Gonna be a hell of a show when this thing finally goes."
[[]],	"Quincy's Gunner territory. At least, for now."
Boston Police rationing site, in front of the trailer kiosk	"Think this used to be a rationing site. Folks turned on the Boston PD, accused them of hoarding food. God, I would've like to see that."
[[]],	"This thing's powered down, right? Like permanently?"
Poseidon Energy, generator room - the part past the raider defenses.	"Could cook a lot of chems with this much juice."
[[]],	"You wanna find out what all these buttons do?"
[[]],	"What the hell is this stuff?"
Pickman's Gallery,	"See, this is why I got no taste for art."
[[]],	"Something nasty went down in here."
Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates, entrance	"If I wanted to live on top of my neighbors, I'd at least do it someplace with a wall."
Neponset Park,	"Lose the bloodthirsty crabs, and this place'd be real nice."
Natick power station	"Looks like this place used to turn out some serious volts."
[[]],	"Well, if it wasn't waterfront before..."
Nahant Oceanological Society, second floor	"The Old State House in Goodneighbor used to have something like this. Best practice dummy we ever had."
Nahant Oceanological Society, research laboratory	"See, this is why you don't play ball inside."
[[]],	"Savage bastards."
Gorski Cabin, root cellar workshop	"That what I think it is? I guess our days of losing arguments are over."
[[]],	"Christ. What kinda massacre took place in here?"
[[]],	"Let's see what you were hiding."
[[]],	"Decent setup up they've got here. Shame it didn't help."
University Point, just inside the gate	"All this? This is how the Institute deals with folks in the Commonwealth."
[[]],	"You'd think with a perch like this he would've put up more of a fight."
[[]],	"Hope you brought your Rad-X."
Mass Fusion disposal site,	"Is water supposed to do that?"
[[]],	"Here's hoping this thing doesn't decide now's the time to melt down."
[[]],	"Can you imagine being the guy hired to paint this place? He's probably still at it."
[[]],	"Little cramped down here. Mind your fire."
Mahkra Fishpacking, basement store room	"Yeah, antique fish ain't a meal I'm exactly interested in."
[[]],	"That bastard better hope we die down here."
[[]],	"Can of Longnecks would hit the spot right about now."
Vault 81, observation room	"No cost too great to control the common folk."
[[]],	"Place just keeps going, doesn't it?"
[[]],	"Libertalia, huh? You looking to put down some Raiders?"
Libertalia, at the top of the main structure	"Surveyin' the kingdom."
[[]],	"You spend too long in here, you're gonna come out looking like me. Though you would make a hell of a Ghoul."
Kingsport Lighthouse, at the top beacon	"Putting a giant beacon in the middle of your settlement ain't the best way to keep a low profile."
WRVR broadcast station, control room	"Huh. Ain't this where the "Charles River Trio" broadcasts? Not enough Jet in the world to fix what comes outta there."
Jamaica Plain, treasure room	"You gotta be kidding me..."
Jamaica Plain, security room	"Someone went through a lot of damn effort to protect whatever's down here."
Jalbert Brothers Disposal, at the barn with the barrels	"The Children of Atom and rads. Like Bloatflies to corpses."
Super-Duper Mart, front counters	"Let's hope the rest of the roof doesn't get the same idea."
Irish Pride Industries shipyard, at the corpse of Rory Rigwell	"You need more selective about your friend group, pal."
[[]],	"This is some sick shit."
Cambridge crater, edge	"You looking to join the brotherhood of Ghouls? I ain't sure this is how it works."
[[]],	"Not a big fan of the neighborhood, but it's one fine view."
[[]],	"How'd anybody get any sleep in here with all that damned light?"
Hub City Auto Wreckers, while on the crane	"Gotta hand it to 'em. This is damn clever."
Hester's Consumer Robotics, entrance: showroom floor	"People do anything for themselves back then?"
[[]],	"This is where they decided hide? If the Ferals were looking for brains, it must've been a light meal."
College Square, the square	"College Square, huh? You looking to become someone's dinner?"
[[]],	"Gearhead heaven."
[[]],	"Hey. Something's not right."
Fort Hagen, command center – outside the gated main room, next to the door	"Fancy room for a bunch of soldiers."
Greater Mass Blood Clinic, basement storage	"So this was either a blood bank or home to the laziest bunch of vampires..."
[[]],	"Well, ain't that clever."
Atom Cats garage, unable to determine due to bugged content.	"Now these boys know how to have some fun."
Gunners Plaza, cafeteria – before the staircase	"Dome's seen better days."
Gunners Plaza, main entrance of the atrium writer's room	"So this is a "writer's pit?" How the hell could anyone fight with all these desks in here?"
When walking on a mirelurk infested beach, between Reeb Marina and Gibson Point Pier.	"This is one lousy shortcut."
General Atomics factory, quality assurance test chamber	"The finest robot slaves money could buy."
Back Alley Bowling, at the lanes	"Bowling. Sport of kings."
General Atomics galleria, at the gate	"Guess they'd build a statute to anything back then."
[[]],	"Stock's in decent shape. Seems these boys knew how to pick their arms."
Fort Strong, sublevel in the room before the main mini nuke storage room.	"You telling me I've been using small arms for all these years while these have been just sitting here?"
West Roxbury station, platform	"Looks like those things are getting power."
[[]],	"A lifetime of wet boots? No wonder folks abandoned this place."
Federal surveillance center K-21B, gantry overlook	"Roomier than it looks."
Faneuil Hall, the hall	"The hell are those nets for anyway? I don't think the meat's going to escape."
Concord civic access, main pipe room	"Enjoy lovely downtown Concord. Honestly, I might prefer this view."
[[]],	"Wanna find out if Deathclaws are light sleepers?"
Fairline Hill Estates, at the fortified house	"Well, well. What do you think they're hiding in here?"
Fairline Hill Estates, at the entrance to the cul-de-sac	"Awful quiet."
[[]],	"They built the Mirelurks a damn ramp. Great."
[[]],	"So this is where all the magic happens."
Easy City Downs, northern corner fence hole to the racetrack, next to the stands	"Ah, the Downs. Hope we're not going anywhere for a while."
East Boston Preparatory School, third floor torture chamber	"You think these were part of the original building design?"
[[]],	"I don't throw the phrase "watery grave" around a whole hell of a lot. But in this case..."
[[]],	"Don't slip."
[[]],	"Even the gardens are depressing."
[[]],	"What the hell was all this for?"
[[]],	"Well, if they weren't nuts when they got here..."
[[]],	"You'd think after the fourth boat, folks might get the hint."
USS Constitution, after quest the completion of the quest Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution	"You gotta be kidding me."
Weatherby Savings and Loan, before the completion of the quest Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution	"Huh. Always just figured I hallucinated this thing."
D.B. Technical High School, basement – after killing Bosco or at the throne	"That's about the weirdest thing I've seen all day."
[[]],	"Not a bad way to make an entrance."
Croup Manor, basement	"So I guess we missed dinner, then..."
Crater House, edge of crater	"Huh. Wouldn't expect this to be popular real estate."
[[]],	"You think they accept their tolls in lead?"
Corvega assembly plant, entrance of the assembly line room	"Lookin' round, the word "deathtrap" comes to mind."
Coast Guard Pier, either at the corner of the pier by the tower, or the center of the building. The super mutants were supposed to be wearing Coast Guard hats.	"And here I thought they couldn't look more ridiculous."
[[]],	"This kind of idiocy takes real dedication."
Chestnut Hillock Reservoir,	"Huh. There's a boat out there."
[[]],	"Oh god. Were they using this place as their bathroom?"
Shaw High School, cafeteria	"You can bet your ass no one would've skipped if they'd had these meat bags before the bombs."
Charles View Amphitheater,	"What? You got the theater bug? I think caught that once."
[[]]	"Whatever space-age shit they made here, it sure wasn't blast-proof."
Cabot House, laboratory	"Wanderin' into places like this is how people end up lab experiments. Trust me."
Cabot House, living room	"People can't actually live here, right?"
Bunker Hill, base of the monument	"Don't know how that obelisk is still standing, but I don't want to be around when it finally quits."
Breakheart Banks, at the building	"Can't fault 'em for wanting to carve out a life of their own. Though that life probably should've involved a bigger wall."
Boston Public Library, hall where defenses are	"Rotten books and dead bodies. Pungent."
Boston Public Library, main entrance	"You mind explaining to me what lions have to do with lending books?"
Boston mayoral shelter, at the basketball court	"Oh yeah. This seems like a real good use of public funds."
[[]],	"Sniper heaven..."
[[]],	"Damn. Things got messy in here."
Beantown Brewery, bottling room floor	"Never could bring myself to drink this stuff sober."
Fallon's Department Store (West Roxbury township), by the fountain	"Now this is my kinda art."
Fallon's Department Store (West Roxbury township), by the escalators	"This some sort of "moving target" thing?"
Joe's Spuckies (Southie speakeasy), speakeasy stairway	"Huh, place is like the Third Rail... with less gunfire."
The Switchboard, the foyer of the agency	"Defense Intelligence Agency, huh? Think they might've dropped the ball."
BADTFL regional office, evidence lockup	"Jackpot."

Other interactions

• When talked to, Hancock will occasionally give a single unit of a random kind of chem, similar to Piper giving sweets and MacCready giving ammo.
• If spoken to after gaining more than 500 affinity, Hancock refers to the Sole Survivor as his friend. It is then possible to flirt with Hancock, and by passing his Speech challenge he will mention that he has impure thoughts about them, and hints at acting on those thoughts. This is obtainable without the Silver Shroud costume while he is a companion and flirting within the second private conversation.
• When the player character travels nude across location borders, one of Hancock's comments is to call them "emperor", a reference to the Danish folktale The Emperor's New Clothes.
• When the player character travels through an open, exposed area for a long time, one of Hancock's comments is to call them "Napoleon" and remark on their "poor tactical position", a reference to the French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonparte.

Fallout: The Board Game

The following is based on information from Fallout: The Board Game.

Hancock can be found randomly when taking a card from the loot deck. While Hancock is the active companion, the player character can exhaust him to move one enemy to their space and fight it. If the player character fails to kill that enemy, he must be discarded.

When the player character performs the camp action, he will become unexhausted. However, if the player character does not have Perception at that time, he must be discarded.

End of information based on information from Fallout: The Board Game

Inventory

Apparel	Weapon	Other items
Red frock coat Tricorn hat	Sawed-off double-barrel shotgun Combat knife

Notes

• According to dialogue when swapping companions, Hancock likes Cait, MacCready, Nick Valentine, Codsworth, Curie, Piper, and Strong; he is neutral with Dogmeat, Preston Garvey, Deacon, and X6-88; and he dislikes Danse.
• If taken to Nate/Nora's corpse in Vault 111, he will say "Damn. Hey, look, if you wanna get out of here..."
• Hancock has participated in the services of the Memory Den at least once, according to a client profile on Irma's terminal.
• According to Deacon, Hancock turns a blind eye to the Railroad's activities in Goodneighbor. This can also be noted by the existence of a "Join the Railroad" holotape on his coffee table.
• Hancock mentions that his chem of choice is Mentats because they make him feel "intellectual." He has the second-highest Intelligence S.P.E.C.I.A.L. score of the companions, at 14.
• Hancock's red frock coat incorporates an American flag as a sash over his waist.
• It is possible that settlers in the settlements have a short conversation where they call him mayor and talk about their owing him money, indicating that they once lived in Goodneighbor.
• Piper considers Hancock as her "second least favorite mayor," referring to Mayor McDonough.
• Sometimes, if the player character shoots a firearm outside of combat, Hancock will comment "Wait, you see 'em too?"

Notable quotes

• "Of the people, for the people."
• "Plenty of folks wanna make life hard for people just tryin' to survive. I'm not willing to stand for that kinda shit."
• "What kind of settlement requires a test for entry?" – Referring to Covenant.
• "Whoa, the Downs. Hope we're not going anywhere for a while." – Referring to Easy City Downs.
• "That kinda bull is the reason I became mayor in the first place." – Referring to The Big Dig

• "Damn. Hey, look, if you wanna get outta here..." – If taken to Nate/Nora's corpse in Vault 111.
• "If someone needs help, we help 'em. If someone needs hurting, we hurt 'em. It's not hard."
• "Like it? I think it gives me a sexy, king of the zombies kinda look. Big hit with the ladies."
• "Hey, does that play "Red Menace?" Love that damn game." – Accessing a terminal
• "Looks like you can use a little pick me up." – Said when initiating dialogue with him as a companion (and him giving the player character a random chem)
• "Whoa ho ho, I like you already! Walk into a new place, make a show of dominance. Nice." – referring to the Sole Survivor killing Finn
• "Listen close. It's the last thing you're ever gonna hear." – When Sinjin tells the player character to stop speaking as The Silver Shroud
• "Christ, it's bright in here. Clearly they didn't consider some folks might be nursing hangovers. " – Possible comment when entering Vault 81.
• If completing The Big Dig with Bobbi No-Nose:
  • "How you doin' killer? Arms tired from all that digging? You know, my strongroom is surprisingly empty now..."
  • "Now if it was just the money, I'd rough you up, break a few bones, and then we'd be square once you paid me back. But you killed Fahrenheit. That means blood for blood."
• When traveling naked:
  • "Hey Emperor, love the outfit."
  • "Let them stare."
  • "Don't mind me, just enjoying the view"
• When committing Cannibalism:
  • "Suppose they're...beyond caring at this point"
  • "You...you do what you gotta"
  • "That one...all yours"
  • "At least you have the politeness to wait til they're dead"
• When using chems:
  • "Two a day, keep reality at bay."
  • "Lean back and enjoy the ride."
  • "That's a good one, take it all in."
  • "Never trip alone."
• When getting Addiction:
  • "You feel as bad as you look?"
  • "Wow, how much did you take?"
  • "'ay, you should slow down, and that's ME saying that"
• When not responding while talking with him:
  • "Did I say something wrong?"
  • "You wanna talk? Make me a little nervous over here."
  • "What gives? I thought we were talking."
  • "Did your chems just kick in or something?"
  • "Like talking to a brick wall."
  • "Hmm, lights are on but no one's home."
  • "What? Mole rat got your tongue?"
  • "Uhm... You alright?"
  • "You check out on me?"
  • "Anybody in there?"
  • "That's right. Take it all in."
• After committing to a close relationship
  • "Words don't begin to do it justice. You, you're the best thing I got."
  • "Guess you're the piece I'd always missing...that and that toe I still can't find..."
• "It's like I found a part of myself I never realized was missing... which happens sometimes when you're a ghoul."
  • "Nothing to lose but each other."
  • "Moments like this, I know all that karma stuff is bull. Because no one like me should be this lucky."
  • "You sure you wanna be stuck with this ugly mug?"
• When Lover's Embrace is activated:
  • "Morning, sunshine."
  • "Well look at you. I must still be dreamin'..."
  • "Don't mind me... just enjoying the view."
• Upon picking up junk:
  • "Careful! You don't know where that's been."
  • "That actually worth something?"
  • "If anybody could find a use for that."
• Upon looting a corpse:
  • "Time to collect."
  • "To the living, go the spoils."
• When the Brotherhood of Steel arrives in the Commonwealth:
  • "Holy shit." – When witnessing the Prydwen's arrival.
  • "Brotherhood knows how to make an entrance. I'll give 'em that." – When commenting on the Brotherhood of Steel.

Appearances

John Hancock appears in Fallout 4, Fallout: The Board Game, Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, and Fallout Shelter Online.

Behind the scenes

• In localized versions of the game, Hancock's voice is dubbed by Roberto González (Spanish), Takaya Kuroda (Japanese) and Davide Lorenzo Palla (Italian).
• In the Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, Fahrenheit is referred to as Hancock's "main squeeze," though her relationship marker in the game's files lists her as Hancock's daughter. Neither relationship is referenced nor expanded upon in-game.

The following is based on Fallout 4 cut content.

• Cut dialogue lines from the first encounter with Finn mention Hancock as being deceased, indicating that at some point in development, Hancock would have been able to be killed.

End of information based on Fallout 4 cut content

Bugs

• PC Xbox One Hancock can be killed by the player character regardless when he is dismissed as a companion.^[verified]
• PC Xbox One Hancock issues a misc quest to investigate Pickman Gallery, but if he is available as a companion, on returning to report to him there will be no dialogue available to complete the misc quest. This is also the case with the interaction with Hancock in The Silver Shroud mission. To finish this quest, speak with Hancock and let him join as the companion. Then speak with him again and in dialogue, there will be an option to finish the mentioned quest. Hancock will say something like: "When I wanted you to investigate Pickman Gallery, I didn't mean you to take me there." He does it even if one didn't take him with or had another companion on that quest. After that, the quest will be finished.^[verified]
• PC Playstation 4 As Hancock seems to be non-essential, dismissing him while being far away from a settlement the Sole Survivor wants him to be (e.g. the Sole Survivor is at Sanctuary Hills, dismissing him back to Goodneighbor) can cause him to be killed on his journey back.^[verified]

Gallery

Fallout 4

As seen in the launch trailer

Meeting John Hancock

Overseeing Goodneighbor

Addressing Goodneighbor

From The Art of Fallout 4

Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

Hancock in Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

Unit card

Fallout Shelter Online

Hancock's hero card in Fallout Shelter Online

Hancock's maxed hero card in Fallout Shelter Online

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering card

Extended Art

Winter of Atom

References

Non-game

Major characters in Fallout 4 Major factions Player Character Sole Survivor (Nate · Nora) Brotherhood of Steel Elder Maxson · Paladin Danse · Lancer-Captain Kells · Proctor Ingram · Proctor Quinlan · Proctor Teagan · Scribe Haylen · Knight Rhys The Institute Father · Kellogg · X6-88 · Dr. Madison Li · Dr. Allie Filmore · Dr. Justin Ayo · Dr. Clayton Holdren · Dr. Evan Watson The Railroad Desdemona · Deacon · Glory · Doctor Carrington · Tinker Tom · Old Man Stockton · High Rise · P.A.M. Minutemen Preston Garvey · Mama Murphy · Marcy Long · Jun Long · Ronnie Shaw · Sturges Minor factions Unaffiliated companions Codsworth · Cait · Curie · Dogmeat · Piper Wright · Robert MacCready · Nick Valentine · Strong Minor faction leaders John Hancock · Mayor McDonough · Gwen McNamara · Mother Isolde · Kessler · Jacob Orden · Zeke · Bedlam Other characters Doctor Amari · Big Mack · Brian Virgil · Vault-Tec rep · Jack Cabot · Shaun (synth) · Captain Zao Add-ons Automatron Ada · The Mechanist Far Harbor DiMA · Grun · Kasumi Nakano · High Confessor Tektus · Old Longfellow · Olympia Avery Vault-Tec Workshop Valery Barstow Nuka-World Mags Black · William Black · Nisha · Mason · Overboss Colter · Porter Gage · Dara Hubbell

Companions in Fallout 4 Permanent Cait · Codsworth · Curie · Danse · Deacon · Dogmeat · John Hancock · Nick Valentine · Piper Wright · Preston Garvey · Robert MacCready · Strong · X6-88 · Ada  · Automatron  · Old Longfellow  · Porter Gage Temporary Allie Filmore · Arthur Maxson · Billy Peabody · Bobbi No-Nose · Paladin Brandis · Cito  · Glory · H2-22 · High Rise · Honest Dan · Proctor Ingram · Jack Cabot · Knight Lucia · Mel · Pearl  · Rex Goodman · Sonya · Travis Miles · X4-18

Major characters in Fallout: The Board Game Base Game Companions Cait · Codsworth · Curie · Deacon · Dogmeat · Eyebot · Hancock · Loadlifter · MacCready · Nick Valentine · Paladin Danse · Piper · Preston Garvey · Protectron Characters Fawkes · Overseer Hayes · Liberty Prime · Doctor Merkins Fallout: New California Companions Goris · Harold · Ian · John Cassidy · Lady Butterheart · Marcus · Tycho

Goodneighbor Locations Memory Den · The Third Rail · Daisy's Discounts · Hotel Rexford · Kill or Be Killed · Old State House · Warehouses Characters Doctor Amari · Bobbi No-Nose · Daisy · Finn · Fahrenheit · John Hancock · Irma · Kent Connolly · KL-E-0 · Magnolia · MacCready · Sonya · Vault-Tec rep (ghoul) · Whitechapel Charlie · Ham · Fred Allen · Clair Hutchins · Rufus Rubins · Caretaker · Drifter · Hotel worker Quests Main Dangerous Minds Side The Big Dig · Trouble Brewin' · The Silver Shroud Unmarked Hazardous Material · Familiar Faces · Art Appreciation · The Cleaner