West Virginia

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Fallout 76 location
West Virginia
Nickname	The Mountain State Montani Semper Liberi
Part Of	United States
Appears	Fallout 76

West Virginia is a location in the United States mentioned throughout the Fallout Series and is where the majority of Fallout 76 takes place. Post-war, most of what was West Virginia is often colloquially referred to as Appalachia.

Background

West Virginia was founded on June 20, 1863.

Mentions

• Edgar Blackburn writes in a log that he is returning to West Virginia.
• Russell Dorsey mentions the Brotherhood of Steel's plans to travel to the state.
• The seal of the state of West Virginia is seen on several signs, such as the Helvetia placard.
• The Department of the Interior West Virginia Park Service emblems are found after the war.
• Fire stations before the war utilized fire axes with the state name engraved on the top.
• On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed. The sign commemorating the event has a West Virginia state seal.
• The West Virginia Lottery Company game Lucky Hits! was the largest ever lottery game in the state.
• Junk mail was sent to an address in Charleston, West Virginia.
• Paul encouraged his friend Gary to apply for a job at the West Virginia lumberyard, noting better pay and no automation. The address to the location is listed as State Route 81A in the town of Friendly.
• The front of the Morgantown Airport reads "Welcome to Morgantown, West Virginia."
• A tourist sign displays the state's nickname, "the Mountain State."
• A note mentions that the government, the mining companies, and Vault-Tec aim to have the state run by machines.
• RobCo Industries had a West Virginia division research facility in Watoga.
• The eviction notice has addresses including the state name.
• Several Pleasant Valley Ski Resort posters feature the state name.
• Anne Litzinger shares that she wants to explore West Virginia after graduation, hoping to be a photojournalist.
• Harold Clark recorded a message, sharing that he was locked in Vault-Tec's Vault 51 in the Appalachia region of West Virginia.
• Uncanny Caverns poster features the state name.
• West Virginia was home to many varieties of sparrows, including the lark sparrow, the field sparrow, the vesper sparrow, and the fox sparrow.
• A reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the state in 1950.
• The name of the state is on the Crevasse Dam sign.
• In an edition of Informant, the state is mentioned in the subheader, "what exactly is going on in the woods of West Virginia?"
• Charleston's main city sign is labeled with the state name.
• The Pioneer Scouts of West Virginia's Camp Lewis mentions the state name.
• Issue #6 of Scouts' Life features Pioneer Scouts West Virginia Troop 24.
• The Clarksburg city limits sign is stylized in the shape of the state.
• The Whitespring Resort has a West Virginia room.
• School buses in Appalachia read "West Virginia School District" on the side.
• Several maps of West Virginia can be found throughout the Appalachian region.
• West Virginia's naturally occurring cranberry, pitcher, and sundew plants are mentioned as existing post-War.
• A Spruce Knob sign describes the highest point in West Virginia, at 4,863 feet of elevation.
• The New Appalachian Railroad installed warning signage and poles for underground cable, noting the state in the instructions.
• The state is mentioned in several Pioneer Scout exams including herpotologist, mammalogist, archaeologist, collector, and robotocist variants.
• A statue and museum featuring a local folklore legend known as the Mothman is situated in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A poster for the Mothman Museum also features the state name.
• The Miners Monument features a placard that reads "West Virginia Coal Miners."
• Both signs at Sugar Grove display the state's shape and abbreviation.
• West Virginia is mentioned in the Exodus and Observations, vol. XXVII notes in Fallout 76, introduced in the Night of the Moth update.
• The West Virginia Dept of Environmental Affairs is mentioned on a sign above The Burning Mine.
• White Sulphur Springs is located in West Virginia.
• Workers in the state were reported to "refuse to take it lying down."

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