A random element is the place where a given scripted event will appear. Once a special encounter has been activated in a particular area, no other random event will occur in this area. You can save outside the spawning area and keep reloading if you don't get the encounter you want.
There are two different types of scripted random encounters in the game: unique encounters and repeatable ones. Unique encounters can only occur once per playthrough whereas repeatable ones can occur multiple times.
Random encounter locations are divided into two groups. Some encounters occur only in one group of locations (A in the location table's "Group" column); others occur only in the second group of locations (B in the location table's "Group" column). Only very few encounters are available in all locations.
The encounters are grouped by living characters or creatures they contain. There are no duplicate listings; if you are looking for an encounter which involves multiple parties, make sure to check all potentially relevant sections.
| Closest map marker
| Directions
| Group
| Trigger Zone
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| Dunwich Building
| West of the building there is a radioactive pool. North of it there is a canyon which can be accessed only from the pool. You must approach it on the road from the building, jumping down the cliffs will not trigger.
| A
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| VAPL-84 Power Station
| From any directions, the event is at just west of the gates.
| A
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| Jocko's Pop & Gas Stop
| Head east in the direction of the large advertisement board on top of hill then E-SE. The location of the event is SE of the board.
| A
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| Jocko's Pop & Gas Stop
| NW of it, up on the highway.
| A
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| MDPL-16 Power Station
| From any directions, the event is at the back of the building.
| A
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| Chaste Acres Dairy Farm
| West of it at the red rocket, from any directions.
| A
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| Greener Pastures Disposal Site
| West of it there is a broken bridge. The event location is exactly south of the Alien Crash Site, from any directions.
| A
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| Clifftop Shacks
| North of it there is a radiactive pool, the event is there. You must approach it on the lower canyon road. Going simply north then jumping off the cliffs will not trigger, so jump down the suspension bridge then go north.
| A
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| Clifftop Shacks
| Continue north from the previous pool then go W-NW until the next pool with another event in the canyons.
| A
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| Regulator HQ
| W-NW of it there is a large group of dead trees. The event is just before them, down in the canyon.
| A
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| Regulator HQ
| Head east for the large tree. Quicksave and head exactly east. The event is at the fallen part of the highway.
| A
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| Minefield
| Head west then north on the road for MDPL-13 Power Station. Quicksave just before reaching the pylon on the left. The event is at the water tower. Alternate approaches exist from the east and north of the tower.
| A
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| Super-Duper Mart
| Right in front of it. Approaching from Farragut West Metro Station will not trigger. Best approach: from SW direction. There is a fence at the back of the Super-Duper Mart. Quicksave at the southern most point of the fence then go NE.
| A
| Trigger
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| Relay Tower KX-B8-11
| The event is at E of the tower, approaching from any directions will do.
| A
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| Relay Tower KX-B8-11
| head S-SE for the water tower, but stop before the car wrecks. Then go east, the event will be down there.
| A
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| Temple of the Union
| Go exactly west for the small gap in the highway and stop just as soon you have left the fallen part of it. Then head north for the larger gap.
| A
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| Temple of the Union
| Go south staying on the road. Pass the advertisement board, the truck, and quicksave after the pole on the road before the car wrecks. The event will be at the 4-way crossing.
| A
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| Temple of the Union
| Going to the entrance will trigger an event inside, in front of Hannibal's door.
| A
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| Canterbury Commons
| Go east, then follow the road between the buildings to north. Keep north, cross the brahmins. Go down, the event is in the narrows NE.
| A
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| Robot Repair Center
| Approach from Canterbury Commons following the road to east then south between the buildings. Just as soon the road would turn west, quicksave, then go to the Robot Repair Center.
| A
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| National Guard Depot
| Locate the water tower in front of National Guard Depot and head exactly north from there passing the car wreck under the highway until you are halfway between the highway and elevated railroad lines (should be a whirlwind there). From there go exactly NE. If successfully triggered, the event is under the railroad gap, exactly north.
| A
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| Corvega Factory
| From the factory go W for the two large advertisement boards next to the highway. Then follow the highway S-SE, the event is under the highway near the red rocket.
| A
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| Corvega Factory
| Go east to the car advertisement board and continue east. The event triggers almost immediately at NE in the narrows.
| A
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| F.Scott Key Trail & Campground
| There is a wood shack up in the rocks. Head west from the campground for the brain fungus, then you should be able to climb up at the southern part of the rocky wall. Quicksave before start climbing. The shack is N-NW from there.
| A
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| Shalebridge
| Follow the elevated railroad line NW until you find the gap right after the train. From the gap go south to the top of the hill. The event is downwards, SW of the highest point of the hill.
| A
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| Vault 101
| On the top of the hill westwards near the highway, there is a farmhouse with the event. Any approach will work.
| A
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| Jury Street Metro Station
| go south for the broadcast tower, then go exactly SW. The event is down in the canyon.
| A
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| Meresti Trainyard
| approach from SE, quicksave at the corner of the fence. The event is between the tunnel exits.
| A
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| any approach should work, the event is there.
| A
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| N-NW, under the turning highway.
| A
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| NW, up on the hill with a lot of trees W of turning highway.
| A
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| Even more NW, W of the train wreck. The event is there where the whirlwind is.
| A
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| WKML Broadcast Station
| Event is in front of station, approach it from the stairs.
| A
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| W of Roosevelt Academy
| To the west, where train wreck is.
| A
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| Sewer Waystation
| Go SW to the Talon Company Camp, then continue south. The event is in the next - destroyed - building.
| A
| Trigger
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| Wilhelm's Wharf
| Go NW, the event is behind the building W of Wilhelm's Wharf.
| A
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| Anchorage Memorial
| Any approach will do, in front of the statues.
| A
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| Fort Bannister
| East of it, nearly in line with the northern fence of Fort Bannister. N-NW of Enclave Camp.
| A
| Trigger
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| Tenpenny Tower
| There is a red rocket east of it. South of the rocket there is an abandoned building, the event is there.
| A
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| Alexandria Arms
| In front of it. Approaching it from Arlington Library will not trigger, so come from Citadel or Flooded Metro.
| A
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| Flooded Metro
| Approach it from W, event is next to the escalators.
| A
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| Red Racer Factory
| Between the factory and the building W of it. Any approach will do.
| A
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| Evergreen Mills
| South of Evergreen Mills, northwest of VAPL-84 Power Station, north of the ruined part of the highway. Any approach will do.
| A
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| MDPL-05 Power Station
| in front of it. Approach it only on road, descending on cliffs will not trigger.
| A
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| Raven Rock
| Southwards on the road. Event is about SW of MDPL-05 Power Station.
| A
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| Chryslus Building
| At the ruined building SE of it. Approach from Farragut West Metro Station!
| A
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| Old Olney
| At the red rocket SW of it. Any approach will do.
| A
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| Broadcast Tower KB5
| Approach from NW!
| A
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| Mount Mabel Campground
| Go N-NW until you see a suspension bridge above. Enter the canyon under it then keep north. Quicksave under the bridge.
| A
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| SatCom Array NW-05a
| Go N until you find the second fallen tree. (That one is lying exactly W to E.) Quicksave, then continue NW to hilltop until you see the power pylons. The event is down, westwards.
| A
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| Fort Constantine
| This is very tricky. There is a water tower north of Fort Constantine. Keep NE from there, until you are able to climb up to the car wrecks. From there, head west. The event is exactly north of the water tower.
| A
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| MDPL-21 Power Station
| Go north following the power lines until you find a bent power pylon. Keep north in the canyon jumping down. After passing the suspension bridge, keep NW through the water.
| A
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| SatCom Array NW-07c
| Go south from the scavenger's fallen dish, then keep SW direction. The event is about halfway between the Array and the destroyed elevated railroad, S-SW from the dish.
| A
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| SatCom Array NW-05a
| Bandit camp: there is a small radioactive pool SW of SatCom Array NW-05a. Any approach will do.
| A
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| VAPL-66 Power Station
| South of the station, W of a Dot's Diner, where the radioactive pools are.
| A
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| Jalbert Brothers Waste Disposal
| Any approach will do. Event is in front of the eastern building.
| A
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| Yao Guai Tunnels
| Go NW, up the hill. Event is in the canyon at the radioactive pool.
| A
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| Rockopolis
| Right in front of it, any approach will do.
| A
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| Megaton
| Go W until the road under the fallen highway. Then follow that road SW until the Enclave advertisement board (quicksave before the tree). Event is behind the board, down there.
| A
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| Megaton
| Get to the southernmost outer part of Megaton. Then go SW, the event is between the highway remnants and the other road above in the rocks.
| A
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| Nuka-Cola Plant
| Approach from Andale. Event is W of the plant, E of the blue car.
| A
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| Vault 106
| S of the entrance, upwards.
| A
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| Bethesda Ruins
| West at the red rocket. Fast travel to Bethesda ruins then go W.
| A
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| Vault 108
| Head S to the two trees then keep heading S-SE until you can climb up through a short ridge. After climbing up, go back down and go E, the event is there at the whirlwind.
| A
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| Arefu
| Go to the boat under Arefu, then head NW. Event is on the left bank after a while.
| B
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| Broadcast Tower KB5
| Go SW where the road turns by the water near the pond. Cross between the pond and the water, then head W-SW under the highway, go up a bit then turn back, the event is between the pond and the highway.
| B
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| Broadcast Tower KT8
| Descend the canyon N of it, try heading NE. When crossed the narrows and could go N and E, turn back, and go N to the bent tower, the event is there.
| B
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| Broadcast Tower KT8
| Head exactly E until you find a N-S path. Follow it to north; when it forks, keep right where the event is.
| B
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| Go far up north where the last white train wreck is. Descend W in the canyon, and head NE, the event is there, under the railroad line.
| B
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| Broadcast Tower LP8
| Head exactly N until there are two small patches of rad brain fungus. Go under the highway to NW, then turn NE, cross the bridge and head N to the event.
| B
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| Canterbury Commons
| Go W from Joe Porter's diner until the traffic circle, then follow the nearest rut passing the house on your right. The rut leads north a while then turns left and right. Follow the rut, the event is behind the second large group of rocks on the right.
| B
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| Charnel House
| Head N-NE, until you are on the road, and follow it N. Pass the blue car but go exactly W after it and before the shack. Event is on the top of the hill.
| B
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| Chaste Acres Dairy Farm
| Go NW to the red rocket, then follow the road starting eastwards, leading NE. As soon as you are seeing the blue car, the event is right of you, W of the building.
| B
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| Chaste Acres Dairy Farm
| Go SW and pass under the highway where the truck is. Then go S by the highway, until the gap with the half pillar. The event is at the east of that pillar.
| B
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| Chryslus Building
| Fast-travel to the place and turn 90-degrees to your right towards the parking lot. From there, take the road to the North. At the crossing, turn left and the event will be at the bottom of the road next to the destroyed building on the right.
| B
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| Chryslus Building
| Follow the road to the red rocket, event is behind the building N of it.
| B
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| Cliffside Cavern
| Head up E, then leave the path to N when you are able to do it. Go N-NW, and follow that path leading to a canyon with the event.
| B
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| Clifftop Shacks
| Cross the bridge and go SW almost until the highway. Descend and go north into the canyon. (That will likely trigger an A-type encounter further away, too.)
| B
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| Clifftop Shacks
| Descend to the canyon near the bridge and go SW, W, NW, N so you are almost at the bridge again.
| B
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| Corvega Factory
| From the factory, go NW until you get to a stop sign. Take a left and take another left before the blue car. The encounter will spawn behind the last house on the left.
| B
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| Corvega Factory
| Go the E wall of the building where the blue truck and car is. From the car go S to the white truck under the railway. Follow the road; the event is behind the destroyed building right of another blue car.
| B
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| Dickerson Tabernacle Chapel
| Go to the shack at the 3-way crossing, then follow the road north.
| B
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| Dunwich Building
| Go NE then NW until you are east and a bit north of F.Scott Key Trail & Campground. The event is there.
| B
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| F. Scott Key Trail & Campground
| Head exactly north, and just as you have passed the narrows, go E, the event is there.
| B
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| Fairfax Ruins
| Head E, event is behind the building of Car Dealership. (If coming from Grayditch, event is at the red rocket.)
| B
| Trigger
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| Farragut West Metro Station
| Head east, it is just around the corner.
| B
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| Fordham Flash Memorial Field
| Go S-SE where the whirlwind is behind the big rock, cross the road, then head back W by the road until the gap, where the event is.
| B
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| Fort Bannister
| Go to Fort Bannister Ground Zero, descend the crater and go to the front of the truck. Then exit the crater eastwards through the canyon, the event is at the end of it.
| B
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| Fort Constantine
| Go E, then up N when you can. After the 4 fallen trees, turn and keep NE through the trees. Pass the large tree, cross between another two and keep to the large cliffs at your left. The event is up there, you can approach it from NE, where the cliff ends.
| B
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| Girdershade
| Follow the highway westwards until it touches the rocky cliffs, and cross between its pillars. Event is at north, left of trees.
| B
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| Grisly Diner
| Follow the road with the wrecks N, event is in the highway gap.
| B
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| Greener Pastures Disposal Site
| Head south from Office building, then up west at the second truck. After going up go back and go SE until the whirlwind.
| B
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| Greener Pastures Disposal Site
| Head E-SE from Office building until the southeastern pool. From there go SE and S near the rocky wall.
| B
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| Hallowed Moors Cemetery
| Go to the 3-way road crossing between the Enclave and "Stop the red menace" billboards N-NW of Hallowed Moors Cemetery. Go north from the Enclave billboard, the event is after passing the house at the rocks on the left.
| B
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| Jalbert Brothers Waste Disposal
| Follow the road E, event is behind the "Stop the red menace" billboard near the power station.
| B
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| Jury Street Metro Station
| Go exactly S for a long time until you find a rad pool with shacks and a lot of car wrecks. N-NE of it there is a crater-like place with a tree in the center, go there. The event is upwards at the cliffs, in NW.
| B
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| Jury Street Metro Station
| Take a circle around the metro entrance, then head to the destroyed house with a car and a sewer entrance in S-SW direction, the event is behind it.
| B
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| MDPL-13 Power Station
| Go exactly E from the center chimney on the rocks. When the rocks end, go down S and E around the rocks.
| B
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| Minefield
| Follow the road southwest until the blue car at the unnamed power station, then turn and head back to the large boulder next to the power station.
| B
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| National Guard Depot
| Go N, pass the trucks and the car and stop on the W-E road. Go E, cross the circular traffic and go N behind the destroyed house. The event is at the top of the cliff.
| B
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| National Guard Depot
| Go to the water tower, then circle the house behind it. The event is at the SW corner of the water tower.
| B
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| Northwest Seneca Station
| Head W-SW, until you find a lot of car wrecks near the water. Then go NW by the water until the boat. Then enter the canyon under the highway N-NE, the event is at the wrecked train.
| B
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| Oasis
| Go to the edge of the map, there is a 3-way crossing on the W-E road to up south between two whirlwinds. Go up, then right at the next 3-way crossing.
| B
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| Paradise Falls
| Go the northern bounds of Paradise Falls, where a road leads to North. Follow it. After the crossing, keep going north, following the rut N, NW directions and stop when it turns W. Turn back and go exactly in SE direction, the event is around at the second tree.
| B
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| Reclining Groves Resort Homes
| Walk to Reclining Groves Resort Homes from Germantown Police HQ. Event is left of the shack with the car at the N-NW part.
| B
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| Red Racer Factory
| head north by the other building, follow the curve. The event is under the scavenger's bridge.
| B
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| Regulator HQ
| Head exactly north until you'll see a fallen tree. Go just as much as you have came since the HQ. You are in position, if there is a large rocky hill in front of you and another fallen tree near NE. Go to there and N upwards. Event is just up.
| B
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| Relay Tower KX-B8-11
| Go to the nearby end of a road where the small car wreck is, then head to the water tower S-SE. The event is down the cliff east of the water tower.
| B
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| Relay Tower KX-B8-11
| Head S-SE for the water tower, stop at the car wrecks. Head E, the event is down there NE of water tower.
| B
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| RobCo Facility
| Go E on the road, until the advertisement board, then go back to the SW corner of the building.
| B
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| Rock Creek Caverns
| Go W, then N for the destroyed house, but stop on the road and follow it eastwards. The event is behind the car.
| B
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| Rockbreaker's Last Gas
| Follow the road NE, event is SW of the pond.
| B
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| SatCom Array NN-03d
| Head NE where you can go up NE through a narrows. Go up, then turn back, the event is E-NE of the array, under the cliffs.
| B
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| SatCom Array NN-03d
| Go W to the shack, then head north, the event is where the rocks end at your left.
| B
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| SatCom Array NW-05a
| N of Bandit Camp NW of the Array. Circle the blue car near the dock, then head N to the pond.
| B
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| SatCom Array NW-05a
| There is a larger radioactive pool with three cars next to it. From there go exactly N for a while where there is a canyon leading up NE, the event is there.
| B
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| Scrapyard
| Exit Scrapyard to south and go to Enclave advertisement board. Then head W by Scrapyard's fence until the rock after the SW corner of Scrapyard. The event is behind it.
| B
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| Smith Casey's Garage
| Head N on the road, pass the trucks and the roadblocks, the event is at the car.
| B
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| Springvale School
| Head SE for the water tower, but stop on the road, then follow it eastwards. Event is behind the big rock.
| B
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| Temple of the Union
| Go S until there is a fallen tree on left. Go E-NE, pass the heap of beton blocks until you find the remains of a small pillar. Turn S-SE there, where is a lone tree. Keep heading that way and pass it keeping the same direction. The event is at the rocks.
| B
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| Temple of the Union
| Go south staying on the road. Pass the advertisement board, the truck. The event is behind the rocks SE at the NE fence of the corral.
| B
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| The Overlook Drive-In
| Go SW to a pond then W from it under the cliff. Then turn back, the event is about in NE direction.
| B
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| The Silver Lining Drive-In
| Circle the drive-in starting NE through the SE canyon. Event is behind the movie screen.
| B
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| VAPL-58 Power Station
| Go to the NW corner of the station's fence. Then go SE, pass the shack, the event is SE from there.
| B
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| VAPL-58 Power Station
| Travel to Arefu then go S to the car billboard. Go SW from there, the event is on the road.
| B
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| VAPL-84 Power Station
| Follow the pylons W-SW, then turn south at the whirlwind after the broken pylon and go back to power station SE then NE.
| B
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| Vault 101
| Follow the road south until passing between the highway remains and the pillar, where the road turns W. Then go back on the road, the event is halfway between Vault 101 and the water tower.
| B
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| Vault 87
| Find the pond NW of Vault 87. Go N through the canyon, then turn E, the event is there.
| B
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| Warrington Trainyard
| Go W-NW by the northern fence, then up the hill a bit. There should be some enemy around. Then you can go back for the event, as it is around the rocks looking like a cavern / vault entrance (without the door) east from you, north from the broken parts of the fence.
| B
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| Yao Guai Tunnels
| Go S to the large lonely tree. There turn back and head to N-NE, the event is about halfway between the tree and Yao Guai Tunnels.
| B
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| Yao Guai Tunnels
| Go N, the event is not far from there.
| B
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| Megaton
| Fast-travel to Megaton and exit. Go right and around to the South end. The encounter will spawn behind the two big trees to the SE.
| B
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