Flare (Fallout 4)

The flare is a type of ammunition in Fallout 4.

Characteristics
The flare is an ammo type that is specifically used in the flare gun. The round has a familiar look of a shotgun shell but with red paint on the sides. As this is a type of ammo, it has no weight, except in Survival mode.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * Flare gun

Locations

 * Occasionally sold by vendors.
 * Eight at Cutler Bend.
 * Five inside the Yangtze.
 * Three in Barney's bunker.
 * Given to the Sole Survivor by Preston Garvey after completing the Minutemen quest The First Step.
 * After retaking the Castle and completing Old Guns to gain access to the armory, 10-13 flares will respawn in a crate along with artillery smoke grenades in the shelves that contain turrets and traps on the right side of the wall.
 * 10 can be collected daily from the Sanctuary Hills workshop after completing When Freedom Calls.
 * Several can be found inside a stranded ship with feral ghouls, to the near north of Far Harbor.
 * Rarely found in ammo boxes, more commonly if one has the Scrounger perk.