Can you save Kasumi?

Yes, you can save Kasumi and even romance her in the game, but it requires careful consideration of the storyline and the choices you make throughout the Far Harbor quest. Ultimately, the fate of Kasumi Nakano depends on your decisions regarding Acadia, Far Harbor, and The Nucleus, and your ability to navigate the complex web of relationships and allegiances within the game.

Understanding the Context

To answer the question of whether you can save Kasumi, it’s essential to understand the context of the game and the various factions and characters involved. Kasumi Nakano is a key character in the Far Harbor quest, and her fate is tied to the decisions you make regarding the Children of Atom, Acadia, and The Nucleus.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

1. What happens if Kasumi isn’t killed and Acadia is spared from mob justice? As long as Kasumi isn’t killed and Acadia is spared from mob justice, you can speak to Kasumi to begin the Close to Home quest, after deciding the fate of both Acadia, Far Harbor, and The Nucleus.
2. How do I get Kasumi back in Fallout 4? Detonating the Children of Atom’s nuke will allow you to return to Kasumi, at which point she will question the morality of destroying the Children of Atom but also allow you to tell her to return home.
3. What should I do with Kasumi? You can nudge her into either staying with Acadia, or convincing her to make the trip back to her parents.

Character Background

4. Is Kasumi Nakano a synth or not? No, she is not; she was manipulated/brainwashed into believing she was a synth to compel her to assist DiMA.
5. How old is Kasumi Nakano? The Nakano family consists of 19-year-old Kasumi Nakano, as well as her father Kenji Nakano and her mother Rei Nakano.
6. Why does Kasumi think she is a synth? She and her grandfather used their mechanical knowledge to restore the pre-War appliances around her house, and after restoring a radio and contacting DiMA by chance, she is led to believe that she is a synth who has replaced the real Kasumi Nakano.

Game Progression and Choices

7. How do you get the peaceful ending in Far Harbor? If you tell DiMA you will keep his secret, this new branch will open up, revealing the ending with the least bloodshed.
8. What Far Harbor ending does Nick like? To Nick, there is no good ending for how DiMA is handled because players either get DiMA killed by admitting his crimes to the people of Far Harbor, or do injustices to the people of the island.
9. Can you convince Kasumi to return home? You can nudge her into either staying with Acadia, or convincing her to make the trip back to her parents.

Relationships and Romances

10. Can you make Kasumi your girlfriend? Yes, you can romance Kasumi by telling her you love her during her rank nine scene.
11. How do you know if Kasumi is a synth? It’s shown in the game with various ways that she is not a synth, including the fact that she doesn’t have a synth component and that both the Institute and the Railroad comment that they never had interaction with her.

Game Mechanics and Consequences

12. What is the reward for returning Kasumi? If Kasumi came back with you, or she’s at least safe and made her own choice, you’ll be rewarded with a stash of Kenji’s father’s supplies, hidden in the shack next to the boathouse.
13. Should I tell Cog or Jule? If you agree to keep Jule in the dark, Cog will give you a legendary Sledgehammer as thanks.
14. What happens when you tell the Brotherhood about the synth refuge? Telling the Brotherhood about the synth refuge does indeed end up harming them.

Character Identities

15. Is Nick Valentine a synth? Yes, Nick Valentine is a synth, a term used in the Commonwealth to refer to a type of advanced self-aware android built by an organization of elusive technocrats known as the Institute.