How To Get Final Judgment Without Killing Maxson In Fallout 4

Looking to obtain the Final Judgment weapon in Fallout 4 without personally eliminating Elder Maxson? While the game’s main storyline makes this challenging through scripted events, there are legitimate workarounds and console commands that allow you to acquire this powerful weapon. This guide walks you through your options.

Understanding the Final Judgment Weapon

Final Judgment is a unique weapon in Fallout 4 that is normally tied to Elder Maxson’s fate. Unfortunately, if you want to obtain this weapon legitimately through gameplay, you will need to progress far enough in the game that Maxson dies as part of scripted events.

Legitimate Gameplay Methods

If you want to avoid personally pulling the trigger on Maxson, you have two faction options available:

The Railroad Route

You can align yourself with the Railroad faction. By following their questline, Maxson will ultimately be eliminated as part of the scripted story progression, and you can claim the Final Judgment weapon without directly killing him yourself.

The Institute Route

Alternatively, you can side with the Institute faction. Similar to the Railroad path, following the Institute questline results in Maxson’s death through scripted events rather than player action.

In both cases, Maxson will die regardless of your direct involvement due to the game’s predetermined story events.

Using Console Commands (PC Only)

If you prefer to skip the faction questlines entirely, you can use the console command method to add the Final Judgment weapon directly to your inventory. This method only works on PC.

Steps to Add Final Judgment via Console

Press the tilde key (~), which is located below the Escape key on your keyboard. This will open the developer console.

Type the following command: player.additem 00225ABE

Press Enter to execute the command.

The Final Judgment weapon will now be added to your inventory and ready to use.

Summary

While Fallout 4’s design makes it impossible to truly avoid Maxson’s death and obtain Final Judgment through standard gameplay without some involvement, you have options. Siding with the Railroad or Institute allows scripted events to handle his fate, or you can bypass the entire process using the console command player.additem 00225ABE on PC to instantly acquire the weapon. Choose the method that best fits your playthrough style.

Want to Support?

If you would like to help us continue making these guides – please consider joining our patreon here – https://www.patreon.com/c/JaviHeals

Alternatively – you can join our discord here – https://discord.gg/zD7Gjt6MHF