Thistle (Fallout 76)

Thistle is a consumable item in Fallout 76.

Gameplay
A thistle is a flower that grows on thistle plants, found in the Toxic Valley region of Appalachia. Similar to the giant pitcher plant and firecracker berry, the thistle plant is volatile. When trampled, they will start to rattle before exploding, creating toxic smoke and dealing 30 radiation damage in a medium radius. The flowers cannot be gathered afterward.

The harvested flower can be consumed raw to satisfy a negligible amount of hunger with a medium dose of radiation and low chance for disease, or can be cooked for additional benefits.

Blast zone
When affected by a blast zone, thistle will mutate into irradiated thistle which will yield raw fluorescent flux when harvested.

Bugs
Prior to patch 1.5.1.26, harvesting from irradiated thistle yielded regular thistle.

Behind the scenes
The removed Vault 94 terminal entries refer to thistle as Cirsium discolor.