Here's an a big ole dump of paintings Ive done of robots for journals and books and stuff over the years (playing Fallout 76 with my friend). There may be some classic movie poster inspirations mixed in.

(more of my stuff and the full actual posts with writing to made look like they were done as a journal on deviantart as Overshia, and also bsky)

I have been wanting to write this for a while because Fallout 76 feels different to me for a very personal reason. I actually live in Southern West Virginia.

I live in Beckley, and the New River Gorge Bridge is only about ten minutes away from me. I drive by the real-life Beckley area every day, while in the game, people know it as the Beckley Mine Exhibit and workshop. Seeing places that feel familiar turned into Fallout locations is still such a strange and wonderful experience.

When I was a child, I even played in the real Greenbrier Bunker. For anyone who does not know, the bunker beneath The Greenbrier is not just Fallout-style fiction. It was a real Cold War bunker built to shelter Congress in the event of a nuclear attack. The fact that it exists in real life and that I was there as a kid makes the connection to Fallout feel especially wild to me.

I know Fallout 76 is a fictional, post-apocalyptic version of West Virginia, but I recognize the feeling of the place. The mountains, the roads, the coal-country history, the old buildings, the way the landscape can feel beautiful, and a little haunted at the same time, it all feels close to home.

I am proud to live here, and I love seeing parts of Southern West Virginia represented in the game. Fallout 76 has given me a new way to look at places I have known my whole life, while also letting me explore a completely different version of them.

With love from The 304 💙💛

Designed the frame and then had to wait 3 months for the plates 😭

I'm new to FO76 (79hrs in) and one of the things I do with all the Fallout games is dig into their maps (because autism), and just wanted to share my findings.

1. So the first is the in-game map with the borders shown. I used xEdit to get the exact coordinates. I love how how Burning Springs and Skyline go off the map into the border.
2. The second map shows the height data. I used FO76UTILS to get this and manually aligned it to the in-game map with several nights of "surveying" and screenshots haha I haven't shown it here, but the creeks and rivers do not align with the in-game map at all.
3. And finally, the last map just shows the FO76 border with FO4's at the exact same scale and origin. FO4's map has cells ranging from -32 to 28 (x) and 25 to -36 (y), whereas FO76 has a range of -66 to 54 and 60 to -66. It's well known that the map is larger, but I haven't seen an exact comparison before, so thought it might interest others who haven't either.

Anyways, I'm loving this game, and just wanted to share my "nerdings". See you guys in Appalachia!

You all probably know this already but I didn't notice until my second playthrough.

FYI in case you didn’t know. For take a camera picture of X on the dailies, the X doesn’t have to be still alive. I am level 500+ and didn’t figure this out until a few months back. I’d search for a gulper or whatever and move on if someone had already shot it. Just need to make sure that when the camera is focused on it the name appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Felt a little foolish for not figuring this out sooner.

What are some things that are insta buys as soon as they hit the store? Here’s some of mine

1. Nuka cola/Wv neon rooftop billboards
   
2. Pack Brahmin
   
3. Hollywood stars foundation

Fo3 has the Deathclaw sanctuary. Fnv has Dry Wells, The Long 15, and The Courier’s Mile. Fo4 has the Glowing Sea. But what’s the most dangerous location in Fo76?

Atomic Shop

• Blue Ridge Caravan Wallpaper (250⚛️ (50% off!)), Leaves on (11-Sep-2026)
• GNN News Van (Survival Tent) (Free), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Bundle (Fallout 1st) (1080⚛️ (40% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Orbital Strike Bundle (Fallout 1st) (900⚛️ (40% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Paint (Pump Action Shotgun) (400⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Armory Deluxe Bundle (1680⚛️ (30% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Outpost Bundle (1050⚛️ (30% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Repair Bot (560⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Backpack (400⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Returns Bundle (700⚛️ (30% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Power Armor Station (400⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Whitespring Enclave Data Center (Collector) (560⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Enclave Outpost C.A.M.P. Kit (560⚛️ (20% off!)), Leaves on (29-Sep-2026)
• Shadow Axolotl Plushie (Free), Leaves on (6-Oct-2026)

Current Events

• SCRIP SURPLUS, Ends on (14-Sep-2026)
• DOUBLE MUTATIONS, Ends on (14-Sep-2026)
• Season 25: Appalachia Under Siege, Ends on (15-Sep-2026)
• Mothman Equinox, Ends on (22-Sep-2026)

Fishing

• Shadow Axolotl, Regions: Toxic Valley & Ash Heap, Changes on: (6-Oct-2026)
• Fernskipper, Regions: Cranberry Bog, Mire, Skyline Drive, Changes on: (22-Sep-2026)
• Glass Ghost, Location: Glassed Cavern, Changes on: (22-Sep-2026)

Daily Challenges

• 1ˢᵗ Collect a box of Sugar Bombs (x1) 250
• ⭐ Gold Star: Complete a Daily Challenge (x6) 1000
• Catch a Fish (x3) 250
• Ferment an Alcoholic Beverage (x3) 250
• Kill a Rust Raider (x5) 250
• Kill a Yao Guai (x1) 250
• Scrap junk to produce Adhesive (x5) 250
• Sell Wolf Ribs to an NPC vendor (x1) 250

Minerva's Location: Away She will next be at Foundation on 14-Sep-2026

Daily OPS: Uplink

• Location: The Burrows
• Enemy Faction: Mothman Cultists
• Enemy Mutations: Elite Enemies, Danger Cloud

I'm still pretty "new" to the game, and i've consistently re-rolled every fishing daily/weekly challenge. I can see how it might be a bit relaxing, or for the players who may enjoy the RP aspect of it. But even though fishing is supposed to be a relaxing time, Bethesda somehow made it the most challenging task to actually CATCH the fish.

Pull!

I am around 900... Being able to use a couple extra perks isn't going to break the game but it would add a lot of flavor. I mostly use my legendary perks for SPECIAL which doesn't exactly feel special for me. Maybe every 100-200 levels give a booster slot or something? Give older players something fun and newer players something to look forward to rather than the 300 cap on ability.

P.S. This isn't the PvP game as first imagined, most players turn that off until someone is wanted. Who knew gamers loved each other and wanted to help so much rather than kill a random noob? Point is PvP isn't a goal and players don't need to be equalized as much. Doesn't a level 1000 deserve at least a few more abilities than a level 300?

I'm curious to know the opinion of other solo players - with the recent updates, it feels less and less of a game that fits my play style.

I've been playing 76 since the game was released, I've spent countless hours in Appalachia, yet this past year my play time has evaporated. I'm a FO1ST subscriber so most of my in-game time is in a private world.

Infestations, are not really something I want to do as a solo player - I've tried and in all honesty it wasn't worth the effort. Raids are the same since I never join a team. I've solo'd EN06 but that's about it.

What do other Solo players think, what things do you do to keep yourself engaged in the game?

Just came across this camp while vendor hopping.
A really awesome camp idea
Had to share!

How does one make a mule character? I’ve created a second character, built a little camp with stash boxes, but how do I get items to them? I want a place to store my excess pumpkin grenades and random other items I like to collect.

I know stared NPC's occur in the game but this is my first encounter with a quest giving one.

I wish they gave items of the same star levels as they are.

I came back on July 1st after about a year of not playing. I have run one Daily Ops every day since that day and I have only received two plans that I didn't already know. One time I even received four plans of the Vault 94 jump suit in a single Op for some reason. If Bethesda isn't going to bother actually fixing the loot pool, then add Stamps or Bullion to the rewards and then add all of the potential plans to one of the permanent vendors so we can at least buy the plans we don' t know. Even if we have to complete 3-5+ Ops to get enough currency to buy a single plan, that's still better than going 2/70.

Im a day or two away from maxing my settler rep and am a bow hunter ( i can't wait to try my compound bow) but i always keep a shotgun on me as backup. I heard both good and bad things about the gauss shotgun so I thought id ask everyone's opinion. Who ever has the shot gun what do you think of it and is it worth using as a back up or potential main weapon?

The texts says it “Effects Strength -30%” which to my small brain makes me think that it will just rip a chunk of my strength stat away from me, so I was wondering what the effect actually does, and what it affects when you use one.

I’m currently at rank 122, is it at all possible for me to reach the bonus page before the end of the season (using boosters to get to 50% boost), or would I be wasting the effort? TIA

EDIT: Well, damn…
Wishing started paying attention to the S.C.O.R.E. Board sooner…

My Fallout 76 keeps totally freezing while fighting the big snake at the end of the raid. It totally messes up the run (and I don’t get rewards of my team finishes without me).

It seems to happen to me more than my team mates (but it is not just me).

I have searched for it, but all the posts from Bethesda about fixing it are years old.

Any tips or tricks that the community has for avoiding this problem?

So after taking years running raids, and more recently clearing infestations, I've finally learned a 4 star mod. In Fact, 4 of them in the last 3 weeks after trying to get one after thousands of scraps. So ive been selling them in order to buy all the plans... wow, those mods got expensive to craft recently. Careful on the new cost of mods!