Evergreen Mills

Evergreen Mills is located just East of Casey's Garage, in the lower left quadrant of the map in the Capital Wasteland. It is populated by Raiders who, surprisingly, have managed to capture a Super Mutant Behemoth. There are a large number of guards outdoors, which can put up a decent fight, especially if visiting this location at a low level. To best handle this situation if visiting Evergreen Mills early, approach from the West - the cliffs over looking the town make for an ideal position to snipe the raider guards with a sniper rifle or hunting rifle. For best results, sneak and target the raiders outside of VATS. Most attacks should result in one-shot kills using a sniper rifle in decent condition.

Alternately, the Behemoth leads to a rather interesting scenario: it can be unleashed on the raider camp itself. (Insert evil laughter). If you circle around evergreen mills, and stand on the cliffs to the south, you'll have the perfect vantage point to watch the Behemoth lay an absolutely savage beating on over a dozen Raiders. Just take a single shot at the generator box keeping his gate electrified - it'll blow and he'll go on a rampage. By the end of it the Behemoth will be significantly weakened and can be safely taken out from the cliffs with a rifle.

In order to best do this, approach from the west. Circle around the Mills across the cliffs and you will come across 2 viewing platforms with spotlights (a funny twist from the level designers!). You want to be on the right hand platform of the two. Crouch and get your shoulder into the rock at the right of the platform. You should be able to shoot the generator from here, it is to the left of the electrified gate. Continue to use the scope to enjoy the show! Once youre happy that the behemoth has taken out the raider population (he wont take out all of them as there are a couple of spawns, particularly when you release slaves), drop down into the quadrangle to your left next to the factory type building. Given the size of the behemoth, he cant get through the entrance so this is an ideal are to pop your head out and shoot with low cost weapons until he kicks the bucket. On occasion the behemoth disappears. Dont worry, he will have tried to run off and will soon turn back when he hits the mines at the entrance to the mills!

Loot
Through a door across the main chamber of the foundry in Evergreen Mills is a bazaar where the Barter Bobblehead can be obtained, found behind the workbench in the area Smiling Jack is in. The Terrible Shotgun can be obtained from Smiling Jack, whose death carries no negative karma and leads to a large supply of goods.

Although somewhat obvious, it is worth mentioning that when you loot Smiling Jack's corpse, he will be holding the "Smiling Jack Vendor Key" which opens "Smiling Jack's Locker" containing a copious supply of weapons, and apparel.

In the highest level of the bazaar, you will find a copy of Nikola Tesla and You on the bottom of the bunk bed on the left in the holding cell in Madams store. Here you will find assorted loot on the bodies of the four raiders along with caps in the register and safe underneath.

Before leaving the foundry, when you get back to the main chamber, go up the highest metal stairs and into the offices where a room has a radio playing. In a desk there is a key to another room which has ammo and a Fat Man, which can be used to easily take out the Behemoth (assuming you have some mini-nukes), or you can simply shoot the Behemoth through the fence without taking any risk. Each room also has a safe with a few goodies. The easiest option is to shoot a missle at the gate itself. The gate will open, and the Behemoth can be taken out with a few shots from a sniper rifle (after he kills the raiders).

A shorter metal staircase in the foundry leads to another room with lots of goodies (and a safe).

In the foundry there is also a copy of Duck and Cover! lying next to a dead body on the ledge above where the broken terminal is. To reach it go up the stairs and jump off onto the ledge below.

The Southern Shack contains a Missile Launcher, some first aid boxes and a Raider. You can also find a copy of U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes here.

Just after entering the Bazaar, there is a Nuka-Cola Quantum behind the bar.

The Slaves
In order to free the slaves, you need to obtain the Evergreen Mills slave pen key from one of the raiders or from the guard house or simply just pick the lock.

Be sure to clear out the mines at the entrance to Evergreen Mills if you want to keep the slaves alive.

Sometimes loading a game that was saved in the area or leaving and coming back will cause the slaves to disappear and you cannot get the karma boost from freeing them. And some occasions the slaves loiter about ambivalent to their situation wondering where they can go.

The Behemoth


There is a power generator right outside of the gate/cage the Behemoth is being held in (indicating that the cage has been electrified keeping the behemoth inside) if you stand on the cliffs that are on the left (saying if you were walking straight into Evergreen Mills along the train tracks) you will have a good sight on the power generator and one shot with a sniper rifle will take out the generator. The Behemoth will then free itself and go on a raider killing-spree.

If you clean out the Raiders first you can use one of these approaches:

Stand back from the cage and lob a mini-nuke up into the air and into his cage, but be careful not to hit the generator or you will be faced with the next approach:

The most ambitious approach is to shoot out the generators and to take him head-on but this is highly risky, especially for Dogmeat (or any other companion). If he's with you, he'll insist on fighting up close and personal. If the Raiders are not yet dealt with, released Behemoth will fight them making things easier for PC.

You can avoid combat with the Behemoth by running into a building and waiting for a few hours after which he will have disappeared. You need to beware if you come back later he may reappear - quite a shock when you are using evergreen as a transit point!

Finally, it's possible - if not a particularly efficient use of ammo - to use direct fire weapons to plink away at the Behemoth through the front gate of the fence. If he hides, back away and he will come out into the open again. This is a good opportunity to try out different weapons (dart gun, railroad gun, etc. - a plasma weapon is a good bet) to see what effect they have on a Behemoth. If you do this, having companions with you will naturally decrease the ammo required. But make sure you have them all in ranged mode or one of them might open the cage and let the behemoth loose!

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3.