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.

Dead and Dismembered
Find Ford, holding a holotape.

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.

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 on a raider corpse.

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

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 diffuse 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 diffuse the bomb and allow the player character to collect scrap from the device. The appropriate wire to cut changes for each encounter.

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.

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

Critter Tracking
Encounter with Mister Handy Rachel.

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

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.

Malfunctioning Mister Handy
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 to repair it, and collapses into a heap on the ground. Fixing the robot requires two Steel, one Copper and one Circuitry; the reward is a weapon mod.

Mannequin Friends
The player character will come across four mannequins with flower vases underneath them and a green chest containing various items. The paper note, Not sorry, will be in the chest.

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 Sweeptakes, and will give them random items or the G.A.S. prize certificate.

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 three stray cats while calling for help because the world has gone mad and their lives are in danger. It requests that whoever is in earshot help it get the cats to the Wixon homestead.

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 story 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 wondering 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.

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.

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:

This random encounter is likely a reference to a Jan 2017 video stream of two Google Home devices (named Mia and Vladimir) stuck in a loop asking each other questions.

Free Roaming Gutsy
Associated with 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.

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

Wandering Responder Protectron Merchant
The player character may occasionally find a wandering Vendor bot Responder traveling through an area. They can be traded with, but share their inventory with the Responders vendor bots.

Lemonade Stand
Involves an encounter with Mr. Squeeze.

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