< Fallout
These can be good or bad. Generally, good encounters can be identified with a cross, while bad encounters can be identified with a lightning icon. Good encounters can be found with high luck and perception.
Good Encounters (most in Desert)[edit | edit source]
Name | Description |
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Talking Cows | I don't know what this means. Ignore the message about something going wrong. I think it is a possible reference to Mad Cow disease or something. |
UK Police Box | Go to it, and the box disappears, and a motion sensor appears. Desert only. Reference to the popular TV show Dr. Who. |
Bob's Used Cars | Inside his shack, there are two guns. In a crate to the left is the Red Ryder LE BB gun and in the footlocker there is a standard Red Ryder BB gun as well as 100 BB pellets. |
Footprint | Has a Stealth Boy on the corpse on the footprint. Occurs in the desert. Possible reference to Godzilla. |
Overturned truck | Contains a box with loads of money. |
Bob's Used Cars | If you pick the locked door and open it, you'll find both the Red Ryder BB and LE BB guns. |
Aliens | You can find the alien blaster along with a portrait of Elvis in the ship. Reference to the 1947 Roswell incident. |
Patrick the Celt | You don't need high luck for this one. He'll give you directions to places. You can ask him to sing a song to you in Gaelic, and your Charisma will increase by one. Identified with the lightning icon and he is found in the mountains. |
Bad Encounters (can occur anywhere)[edit | edit source]
Name | Decsription |
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Enemy | Random critters, from rats to deathclaws. |
Raiders and Thugs | They will be either attacking you, some peasants, or each other. |
Dehydration | Don't worry if it says you lost health points. There isn't a health point statistic in the game. |
Rough terrain | Only in mountains. |
Nausea | Happens when radiation is in your system. |
Town guards | If travelling close to city. |
Caravans | |
Dead traveler | (sometimes accompanied with critters). Usually, the corpse has some items in it. |
Caravan guard | A deathclaw ate his caravan. At least he'll give you his equipment, so it isn't too bad. |
Fisherman and his son | Only at coastal areas. |