Fallout 76 Random Encounters

While traveling throughout Appalachia, the player character can experience some random encounters.

Brotherhood Caravan
Associated with the note Brotherhood requisition order.

Satellite Crash with Robots
Protectrons guard a crashed satellite, which contains an assortment of robotic themed junk items.

Crashed Vertibird
A crashed vertibird, with a variety of junk, healables and weapons.

Crashed Vertibird with Feral Ghoul Crew
A crashed vertibird, with a variety of junk, healables and weapons surrounded by feral ghouls.

Dead and Dismembered
Find Ford, holding a holotape, with a duffel bag nearby.

Dead Miner
Find a dead Hornwright miner. He has a safe key on him.

Free States Loner
Find Kora's corpse.

Fujiniya Intelligence Base scientist corpse
Find a PRC scientist, holding the We have failed holotape.

The player character will come across a skeleton in a lab coat with a 10mm pistol and a doctor's bag lying near it. Searching the bag produces a security ID card for the Fujiniya Intelligence Base, and a holotape, revealing the skeleton to be the remains of a scientist from that facility and working for the People's Republic of China. The holotape reveals the scientist's final moments regarding being sent out to integrate with the survivors of the Great War after losing contact with their superiors in the People's Liberation Army and Communist Party of China. Satisfied that the United States of America met the same fate with being nuked, and apologizing to his comrades, the scientist declares his undying loyalty to the PRC and Communism before committing suicide.

Fresh Grave
The player character will come across a fresh grave with a headstone guarded by feral ghouls. The grave will contain random junk or apparel items.

Location Revealed

 * Pumpkin House - Location is revealed after finding the holotape Appalachia landmarks - Pumpkin house on a trick-or-treater.
 * The Rusty Pick - Location is revealed after finding the note Honky tonk flyer on a Greaser corpse.
 * Prickett's Fort - Location is revealed after finding the holotape Appalachia landmarks - Prickett's Fort on a Civil War reenactor.
 * Philippi Battlefield Cemetery- Location is revealed after finding the holotape Appalachia landmarks - Philippi's Cemetery battlefield on a Civil War reenactor.
 * Hawke's Refuge - Location is revealed after finding the Note from Brianna Hawke and Plan: Skiing outfit on a raider corpse.

Lone Traveler
A dead lone traveler with a random rifle and a duffle bag with food/water aid items, in addition to a weapon and binoculars.

Merchant Killed by Ghouls
Merchant carries the note Volunteers needed!.

Mistress of Mystery Corpse
Triggers the quest Into the Mystery if not already started from finding one of the preset corpses.

Satellite Crash
A couple of protectrons patrol the site of a crashed satellite, which contains robotic junk items such as copper tubes and military-grade circuit boards.

Survivor Camp vs Supermutants
One encounters a dead civilian near a tent, surrounded by a couple of super mutants.

Undetonated Ordnance
The player character may come across an undetonated bomb sitting in a pile of debris. Interacting with the bomb will give them the option of cutting a red wire, blue wire, or green wire to defuse it. Cutting the wrong wire will cause the bomb to subsequently begin beeping and explode, similar to an exploding vehicle in size. Cutting the right wire will defuse the bomb and allow the player character to collect scrap from the device. If the bomb is successfully defused it will beep only once. The bomb can then be looted of crystal shards, fiber optics bundles, nuclear waste, copper, and steel scrap. The appropriate wire to cut changes for each encounter.

Unusual Pipe
A pipe labeled "unusual pipe" spewing gas with a dead settler carrying the Pipe... note nearby. Inhaling the gas grants the "Unusual Pipe" effect, causing mild hallucinogenic visuals for 25 seconds and regenerating Hit Points for 30 seconds at a rate of four per second.

Wendigo Versus Dead Caravan
Two wendigos patrol the perimeter of dead merchants and pack brahmin, in addition to minor loot.

Wrecked Tank with Robots
The abandoned wreck of a tank. There are the skeletons of two soldiers by it and three ammo boxes. It is guarded by two Mister Gutsies and an assaultron.

Autominers Digging
Three auto-miner protectrons dig into the ground with their drill hands, ignoring the player character and focusing on mineral extraction.

Brahmin Wrangler
Involves meeting with a Mister Handy, Mr Herder, and three brahmin: Mindy, Mertle and Matilda. Grants 50 XP

Crashed Plane
Location found by listening to holotape Scope out the crash, held by a Scorched believer.

Critter Tracking
Encounter with Miss Nanny Rachel. She will ask the player character if they have a recon scope on a given firearm. Equipping the recon scoped weapon will enable the encounter to continue. Rachel will then ask the player character to "mark" one type of randomized critters (such as chickens or opossums) with the recon scope's aiming feature. Once all the critters have been marked, Rachel will thank the player character and reward them with a random weapon mod.

Dead Cultists
Associated with the notes Cultist's invitation and Cultist's reply.

Dead Brahmin Herd
Five dead brahmin within proximity, with the associated items on death.

Dead Responder
The player character will come across the corpse of a dead Responder, possibly beside a duffle bag containing materials. The Volunteers needed! note will be either on their person or in the duffle bag.

Disabled Protectron
Associated with the Responder protectron config tape. Grants 250 XP

Escaped Inmate
The corpse of a man wearing a straight jacket. His corpse contains crazed ramblings, a radbear, and a table spoon.

Follow the Trail
Involves finding observant radstags. Following them leads you to buried treasure.

Free Samples - General's Steak House
One meets the General's Steak House protectron, advertising for The General's Steakhouse.

Free Samples - Wavy Willards
One meets the Wavy Willard bot randomly in Appalachia, advertising for the Wavy Willard's Water Park.

Mama's Rage
Involves a baby mega sloth.

Mannequin Friends
The player character will come across four mannequins with flower vases underneath them and a green chest containing various items. One of five paper notes (randomly selected between All gone, Memorials, Not sorry, Remember them and Survive) will be in the chest.

Military Recruitment
A Recruiter Gutsy offers to join the United States Armed Forces and go to Camp McClintock.

Morse Code Eyebot
A Responder eyebot is seen hovering along transmitting a message in Morse code. The message reads "Reconnaissance of designated location recommended. Stand by to receive coordinates. Tactical assessment. Possible situation developing." If followed, it will simply repeat the same message as it continues onward, sometimes doubling back on its path and repeat its patrol until the area is left. Sometimes, a non-hostile scorchbeast will be flying overhead, thus reason for the eyebot to maintain its quiet Morse code transmission to avoid alerting the scorchbeast to its presence as the scorchbeast might be reason for the Morse code message.

Note to Dungeon
Find five corpses with the scavenger's note on them.

Paranoid robot about to explode
A Mister Handy cries piteously for help. If it is interacted with, it will explain that it is on the verge of a malfunction that could cause it to explode. The Mister Handy pleads with the player character to repair it, and collapses into a heap on the ground. Fixing the robot requires two pieces of steel, one piece of copper and one military-grade circuit board; the reward is a weapon mod.

Prizewinner - Mr. Handy delivers a player a prize
The player character will occasionally be approached by a Mister Handy called Mr Prize-bot, that claims the player character has won a prize from the Great Appalachian Sweepstakes, and will give them random items or the G.A.S. prize certificate.

Random Air Drop
A random encounter of a supply drop as if requested from a relay tower. Contains random aid items and a weapon.

Responder Courier
The player character can find a dead courier for the Responders dressed as a postman. They will be holding random items and the Casualty report: Flatwoods note.

Revenge For a Settler
Associated with the holotape Last words. Grants 250 XP

Save the Animals
A Mr. Handy called Mr Veterinarian will be leading two to three stray cats while calling for help He requests that whoever is in earshot help him get the cats to the Wixon homestead. The Scorched at Wixon homestead are hostile to Mr. Veterinarian and will attempt to kill him on arrival.

Scorchbeast Droppings
The player character may find several bloatflies hovering about Scorchbeast guano piles that contain various items.

Story Time with Miss Nanny
The player character may occasionally find a Miss Nanny in the wilderness of Appalachia that will randomly tell one of 6 children's stories about either: Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs or Hansel and Gretel. Waiting and listening to her entire story will reward some random aid items.

Tameable animal
The player character may occasionally find a single animal wandering the wastes. These base animals can be tamed with Animal Friend or Wasteland Whisperer. Once tamed said animals will head to the camp and act as a guard taking up 10% of the camp budget.

List of possible animals: Yao guai, radtoad, radstag, deathclaw, snallygaster, mongrel, mega sloth, chicken, brahmin, wolf, dog mirelurk hunter, mirelurk king.

Treasure Hunter
A dead treasure hunter with a random treasure map, two boiled water and a machete.

Tyler County Fair Traveling Barker
Involves meeting with a Mister Handy, Mr. Barker.

Uncanny Caverns Free Pass Winner
Find Willie with a box of Blamco Brand Mac and Cheese and The Golden Holotape. Reference towards Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Wendigo Returning to Cave
This is encountered by the wendigo cave.

Wise Mothman!
A non-hostile mothman with purple eyes roams the area and is non-essential.

2 Mr. Handies talking back and forth in endless loop
Ms. Nanny Mia and Mr. Handy Vlad are encountered by the player character, asking each other random questions and answering with random responses.
 * See RE_SceneSM02_NannyMia.txt and RE_SceneSM02_HandyVlad.txt for dialogue.

Eyebot Evangelist
Involves a wandering eyebot, Preacher Levenson, inviting one to go to Haven Church to repent.

Eyebot Pied Piper
A non-hostile eyebot followed by five non-hostile radrats, playing "The British Grenadiers" on a flute recording.

Free Roaming Gutsy
The Free States Gutsy will give the player character the note The Free States.

Handy Walker
While traveling the roads, the player character will encounter a Mister Handy walking four mongrels. The mongrels will be hostile to the player character. The Mister Handy has no reaction to the mongrels being killed.

Morse Code Eyebot
A Responder eyebot is seen hovering along transmitting a message in Morse code. The message reads "Reconnaissance of designated location recommended. Stand by to receive coordinates. Tactical assessment. Possible situation developing." If followed, it will simply repeat the same message as it continues onward, sometimes doubling back on its path and repeat its patrol until the area is left. Sometimes, a non-hostile scorchbeast will be flying overhead, thus reason for the eyebot to maintain its quiet Morse code transmission to avoid alerting the scorchbeast to its presence as the scorchbeast might be reason for the Morse code message.

Mothman!
A mothman may either stalk and/or attack the player character. A regular mothman may disappear if approached by the player character, leaving with a flash of light. A stalking mothman may attack and escape shortly after. A vengeful mothman will attack the player character without retreating afterwards, and chase after them if the player character attempts to escape.

Responders Eyebot
A Responders eyebot patrols the area, on forest watch patrol. Interaction results in two outcomes upon being scanned by the eyebot. If the player character is not wearing a Responder outfit, the eyebot will decline access to the forest watch program and further comment. However, if the player character is wearing a Responder outfit, the eyebot will comment on the forest watch program and any possible threats within the area. Usually with the eyebot ending dialogue with no threats found and wishing the player character well.

Scorched Patrol
The player character can come across a group of Scorched roaming the Forest. One of them will be carrying a Responder's note in their inventory.

Sentry Bot Patrol
One encounters a sentry bot patrol.

Super Mutant Patrol
Five super mutants patrol the area, often in single file lines.

Wandering Responder Protectron Merchant


The player character may occasionally find a wandering Vendor bot Responder traveling through a region of the Forest, partied up alongside a pair of eyebots and a pack brahmin. They can potentially sell a variety of outfits and plans that cannot be found anywhere else.

Wendigo By Night
As dusk approaches in-game, the player character may suddenly be attacked by a wendigo.

Bandit Bot
A seemingly innocent Mister Handy will ask the player for help, and then accost the player character, informing them to drop an item of value or the robot will attack. Dropping an item of meager value, such as junk, will pacify the robot. The robot will then inform the player character to leave. Refusing to either drop junk or leave will make the now named Mr. Bandit to turn hostile and attack. Destroying the mister handy will allow the player character to loot the junk given to the robot just beforehand.

Brahmin Quill Attack
A dead brahmin with spoiled meat, three mysterious quills, and brahmin hide that can be looted.

Dead Brahmin
Two dead brahmin corpses surround a sheepsquatch "nest" while a sheepsquatch howl can be heard in proximity to the encounter.

Insult Bot
An insult bot protectron moves towards the player character, informing the player character to wait, then insulting the player character from a variety of insults tailored towards the resident in mind. Upon the verbal insult being delivered, a note appears in the player character's inventory and the protectron thanks the player character for participating.

Lemonade Stand
Involves an encounter with Mr. Squeeze, a mister handy robot with yellow coloration. Can appear with or without a lemonade stand.

Raider's Last Laugh
Randomly found on a raider corpse, has the Dead raider's note on him.

Sleeping Sheepsquatch
A sheepsquatch sleeping in its nest. When approached, it will leap up and attack the player.

Super Mutant Massacre
Five dead super mutants carrying mysterious quills are accompanied by one alive, and injured, super mutant who is non-hostile, mourning his dead comrades from a sheepsquatch attack.

Blood Eagle Hostile Camp
Involves finding the four Cultist's final pleas notes.

Car Fail
This scene encounter involves a mechanic attempting to repair a car. Claiming that he has been working on the car for over five years, he will declare that it is finally fixed before the car explodes, killing him.

Cultist Hostile Camp
Involves finding three Cultist's scrawlings.

Dino and Carla's Wedding Anniversary
Two former vault dwellers, Dino and Carla, are met at a campsite in the Forest at night celebrating their 50th anniversary. They reminisce on meeting in high school, getting together a few months before the Great War, and their time in their Vault before asking the player character to leave.

Fake Gold Bars
A shopping cart holding three fake gold bars, found between the corpse of Private Miller and Tom's now-destroyed robot, who apparently have killed each other. The robot holds the note Meetup, and Miller holds the note Requisition form.

Former Bullies
Involves finding Bully's note.

Friendly Raider
A raider offers a casual greeting. Replying rudely negatively affects raider reputation, while telling him the player character mistook him for a settler from Foundation positively affects Raider reputation.

Injured Raider
An injured raider can be found laying on the ground clutching his side. When approached, he'll say he was caught by surprise and attacked by some settlers. Talking with the raider will cause him to ask the player for some spare ammo. If the player chooses to do so, they will be awarded with positive reputation for the Raiders.

Lucy the Cat's Grave
A child can be found a few feet away from a grave with a toy alien that can be picked up. A picture of a cat can also be seen at the tombstone that can not be picked up. The child will mourn the loss of her cat Lucy, who was killed by a mole rat. Should the player character pick up the toy alien, she will engage them about the theft. One has an option to give it back or keep it. Deciding to keep it will cause her to cry and call the player character a monster. Deciding to give it back, the child will be pleased and give the player character a toy rocketship.

Object - Sniper Game
Involves finding the note READ CAREFULLY. The note itself will be laying on a small table. Behind it there will be a blackboard with the words "read note!" written on it.

The note will ask the player to put an item worth at least 20 caps into the box.

If one ignores the instructions on the note, a Blood Eagle member will spawn with a dog and attack the player.

Returning Camper
Involves finding four Camper's notes.

Rusted Protectron
A scavenger's protectron has broken down. The scavenger will ask for the player character's help in repairing the robot. The player character can fix the protectron and receive a reward, or cause the robot to overheat and end up destroyed.

Settler Vs. Possums
Involves finding a settler attacking a pack of possums. If one kills the possums, the settler will remark that they had been bugging them for weeks, and the player character will receive a small amount of settler reputation.

Settler Vs. Raiders/Raiders Vs. Settlers
Involves finding one of the factions camping out at a location being attacked by the opposing faction. If you attack one of the factions the faction that is still alive will thank you and award you with a small amount of reputation.

Scientists
Two scientists, one male and one female, found at a campsite in the Forest at night. The female scientist is studying mutations in the local wildlife. The male scientist is studying the soil and measuring environmental damage.

Scientist and Soldier
One male scientist and one female Army soldier, found at a campsite at night. They remark about their partnership, such as how the scientist makes explosives for the soldier to use.

Soldiers
Two Army soldiers, a male private and a female lieutenant, found at a campsite. The lieutenant wears a helmet and remarks about it, as well as her partnership with the private. The private may ask her for advice, as well as remark about his childhood in the Scouts and the pair's time in a Vault.

Super Mutants Admire Floater
A short dialogue between two super mutants discussing the nature of their newfound floater ally. The super mutants and floater are hostile, requiring the player character to eavesdrop to hear the entire conversion. Appears at small campsite encounter locations.

Scavenger Chef
A scavenger met at a campsite praises the merits of good cooking and offers the player character a random "gourmet" recipe.

Scavenger Cutting Wood
A scavenger is met chopping wood. He will mention that he has cut too much wood and offer some to the player character.

Scavenger Drunkard
A drunken scavenger asks for more alcohol. He will take beer, whiskey, and rum. He may mention the Wayward in dialogue. If you give him more than three beverages, he will expire, allowing you to loot what little he had on him.

Scavenger Gold Panner
A scavenger is found at a riverbank panning for gold and may tell one to get away from their "claim." They may also have dialogue where they offer to give the player character some ammo. If one accepts, they will receive some random ammunition.

Scavenger Trader
A scavenger trader, found at various locations throughout Appalachia, offers to do business with the player character.

Scavenger Treasure Hunter
A scavenger offers the player character a random treasure map, saying that they cannot understand it.

Settler Surveyor
A settler is met at a vantage point, including lookouts such as the Dolly Sods lookout, and talks about their exploration efforts.

Wandering Storyteller
A wandering storyteller with two dogs is met at various small campsite encounter locations and offers stories about his encounters with various cryptids.

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