Spore plant

Spore plants are mutated plants that grow across the wasteland after the Great War.

Background
Part of the agricultural experiments of Vault 22, the plants breached the confines of the vault and proliferated into the wasteland, seen growing in the Mojave and Big MT. A research scientist named Keely shares her research on the plants, noting that although they largely ignored her as she progressed through the vault, they were capable of contaminating her live samples. She mentions that the vault's mantises feed some of their prey to the spore plants, but the plants were "disinclined to eat ghoul meat." Keely continues to report that one of the chemicals secreted by the spore plants serves as a mild stimulant when ingested by humans, and reiterates to the Courier the utmost importance in keeping the vault sealed, to avoid any more spores escaping the quarantine.

Characteristics
 Semi-intelligent, spore plants are violent in nature and attack most anyone without provocation. They also have an immunity to poison and radiation. They possess two attacks: one is a thorn, which it shoots at its enemies, the other is a bite from its thorny maw. Spore plants grow only a few specialized shooting spikes at a time, so a spore plant barrage is always brief. In Fallout 2, one can recover thorns (named plant spike) and use them like a weapon.

Spore plant


A normal spore plant.

Giant spore plant


A giant version of the basic spore plant, found in Zion Canyon and Big MT.

Seymour


The Professor living in Broken Hills has created an intelligent, talking spore plant named Seymour.

Dionaea Muscipula


A unique specimen of the spore plant found in Big MT northeast of the Signal Hills transmitter and is the most powerful variant of the spore plant.

Behind the scenes
The spore plant is an homage to the 1960 film named The Little Shop of Horrors.