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Scavengers are wastelanders operating as independent traders in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Background[]

Scavengers may appear at pre-determined scavenger locations or as random encounters. Some scavengers will be accompanied by a pack brahmin, non-hostile guard dogs, non-hostile yao guai, or even robots. If asked about their merchandise (after Megaton is blown up), they will say people in Megaton no longer need things. Their comments can also reflect other player character actions, such as helping Big Town's residents.

Scavengers that appear from random encounters may be programmed to guard an object or travel the wasteland. The object may be a vehicle, a dead robot or a burning barrel. Their movement may simply be set to patrol the local vicinity or travel across the map. In the cases of guarding vehicles and robots, they may react with hostility when approached, though they may still barter if engaged in dialogue. Once traveling scavengers reach the location around their target, they remain there indefinitely.

Scavengers always wear a roving trader outfit with some type of wasteland headwear. If worn, eyewear is typically in the form of either biker goggles or sunglasses. They are equipped with random low to mid-level weapons.

Additionally, scavengers have noticeably higher than average health and combat skills than other human combatants, being marginally superior to Brotherhood of Steel paladins in terms of health and skill. Additionally, as mentioned before, their combat skill is supplemented somewhat by using whatever weapon they have in their inventory that is the most powerful. However, their lack of proper armor leaves them vulnerable to most hostile wasteland inhabitants.

Broken Steel[]

In Broken Steel, scavengers can be seen leading the Aqua Pura caravans, carrying water throughout the Capital Wasteland. Each Aqua Pura caravan is led by a generic scavenger merchant, along with an Aqua Pura brahmin and two bodyguards (consisting of either the Rivet City Security Force or Brotherhood of Steel).

Interactions with the player character[]

Interactions overview[]

Interactions
FO76 ui trading team
This character is a merchant. Bottle cap 100-300
Sells: weapons, ammunition, aid, armor/clothing, junk items
2d20 Jury Rigger
This character can repair items. Max Repair condition: 20-51
Mesmetron icon
This character can be enslaved with the Mesmetron.

Inventory[]

Apparel Weapon Other items On death
Roving trader outfit and a type of random headwear .32 pistol or
10mm pistol or
Chinese pistol or
Hunting rifle or
Sawed-off shotgun or
Chinese assault rifle or
Sledgehammer
Shop's inventory

Locations[]

Scavengers can be found throughout the Capital Wasteland in various fixed locations where they have set up shop. These do not include random encounter locations where scavengers may appear.

Notes[]

  • Several random encounters include scavengers. These encounters may be stationary or mobile, and the scavenger involved may not always provide merchants services. See the random encounter subsection: scavengers and wastelanders for details.
  • Scavengers found at fixed locations that are not part of random encounters do not respawn if killed.
  • The number of caps that are in a scavenger's inventory during bartering will be on their person after being killed. This means that no matter how many caps are spent for the wares, one can get 100% of their caps back.
  • After the 1.2 patch, it seems scavengers have access to the weapons in their store inventory, causing them to often end up wielding high-powered weaponry, such as missile launchers or flamers.

Appearances[]

Scavengers appear in Fallout 3 and its add-on Broken Steel.

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