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Athens is a location in the Burning Springs region of Appalachia in Fallout 76, introduced in the Burning Springs update. It is home to Hocking University, but has since become abandoned and a dangerous locale in post-War Ohio.
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Layout[]
When entering the city from its main entrance at the fast travel point, there is a boarded-up train station to the west, before the large wooden gate. Past this gate, the player emerges onto Richland Avenue. Before reaching the end of the avenue to the north, there are various sites to the west and east. To the west, an unnamed building with a dome on its roof sits next to the Abraxodyne office, which can be spotted by the large Abraxodyne Chemical sign on its side. The office is attached to a ruined storefront that is still accessible, containing various loot on its shelves. Behind this area is a basketball court. A National Guard Protectron roams around the intersection of Richland Avenue and Union Street. Seismic activity has caused a landslide at this intersection, leading to the ground becoming extremely uneven just before the courthouse in the center of town.
Athens is supported by several roadways, including the aforementioned Richland Avenue and Union Street, the latter of which runs through much of the south-central part of town. Three north-south roads connect Union Street to Carpenter Street on the northern side of town: Congress Street in the west, Court Street in the center and College Street in the east. These three streets are broken up into segments with different elevation.
On the eastern side of Richland Avenue, there is a large wooden grandstand set up for live music as part of the Athens Halloween celebration pre-War. A first aid box and various other containers can be looted behind the main stage. Also on this eastern side is the main entryway to Hocking University's campus. Stepping through the brick gateway onto the college green, there are three inaccessible buildings in a plaza. Heading further east, there are two more buildings: a university hall and the library, connected by a walkway. In the area underneath this walkway and surrounding it, there are various tents set up, as well as dead Highway Town settlers and brahmin. Feral ghouls will attack from this area. A cooking station is found here, as well as various containers to loot.
Further east past the college buildings is the Hocking University football stadium, a wide-open area, supported by two opposing sides of bleachers. There is a scoreboard that can be read here, but not much in the way of notable loot. North of the football stadium, on Union Street, there are several houses including some used by fraternities and sororities. While heading east leads out of town, west of this area, there is more earthquake damage, including in front of a large parking garage on the southern side of College Street. The garage has five levels (counting the top of the garage as the fifth) with varying levels of deterioration, and the third level has various workbenches inside. It also connects to Athens' complex network of rooftop structures, similar to Morgantown.
West of the parking garage still along College Street, there is a pub that can be accessed, situated next to a much smaller diner. In the central part of town, the courthouse is found in the heart of Athens, and the University Bookstore is situated east of it. On the road (Court Street) between the two, various Halloween decorations and festival stalls were repurposed for aid, including one with a sign that reads "NO MORE WATER." A building known as 8 North Court is inaccessible. More hostile feral ghouls appear in this area. Various stairs and barriers have been set up to the north, where another change in elevation due to seismic activity has occurred. The segment of Court Street above this area features a scarecrow and more Halloween stalls. A building to the east has a large scaffolding face and can be climbed to access the rooftops. The entrance to the executive's apartment is found east of this area, along the ruins of Washington Street, which connects the north-south Court Street to the upper part of College Street, where the Pallas Cinema is located.
To the west behind the courthouse, on the ground level, there is a garage that can be accessed, holding many lootable containers. A fire escape in this alleyway leads to a third-floor apartment in a white building, with some items of interest. Further west, there is an intersection of Union Street and Congress Street, where there are more Halloween stalls with feral ghouls near a few tall buildings that were severely affected by the seismic activity, including a ruined brick apartment building with a sign on the top. There is also an inaccessible barber shop, noted by a sign near one of the Halloween stalls. The walkways to the north here (designated by a right-pointing street sign against the rock wall) cross the roof of a blue building before reaching a small segment of Congress Street with a pile of burnt bodies in the center. Another pub is found on this street, in worse condition than the one further to the east, but it does have more verticality and ruined upper floors to see, as well as a Pulowski Preservation shelter near the back door.
On the ground level further west along Union Street, there is a ruined building with stone columns facing south, before reaching a segment of the train crash with various overturned boxcars. Past the wreck on the train tracks, there is a dug-in hole for burnt corpses (in which bloatflies may appear) and a few more houses before reaching the western city limits.
On the upper, northeastern side of town, the Pallas Cinema is found along College Street. Carpenter Street runs along the northern and eastern edges of town; Strouds Run State Park is east of the city when exiting it along Carpenter Street, past a bridge. An inaccessible Slocum's Joe is on the corner of the intersection between Carpenter Street and College Street. Carpenter Street, on the northeastern side of town, is also the site of a large brick church, surrounded by various military tents and a cemetery. Part of the church has collapsed into a large ravine further to the north, while a wooden bridge crosses this canyon, accessible via the graveyard.
At the far northern part of town, in its center, is the Athens Armory, at the ending of the north-south Court Street and the middle of the west-east Carpenter Street. The armory is not a separate interior and can be explored as part of the game's overworld. For more information on the Athens Armory, see its page's layout section. The area surrounding the armory is fenced-off for the National Guard. Some accessible buildings in the area include a hardware store that has collapsed (south of which is the area of Court Street with the scarecrow decoration) and a ruined department store containing clothes hangers and whose stairs connect to the roofs and balconies of other buildings, including one with a hot tub. There is also an inaccessible beauty salon within the fenced-in area. Past the gate to the northwest, there are additional fraternity houses on Carpenter Street, split up by more boxcars from the train wreckage. More earthquake damage has taken place around the site of the crash. A bluish-gray house on an elevated area marks the most northwest point of interest.
An unmarked location adjacent to Athens, the Athens Lunatic Asylum, is found southwest of the town, populated by stingwings. For more information on the Athens Lunatic Asylum, see its page's layout section.
Buildings[]
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Inhabitants[]
- Bodhi (in the Abraxodyne office)
- National Guard Protectrons
- The Exec (in the executive's apartment)
Notable loot[]
| For notable loot in the wilderness east of Athens, see Strouds Run State Park's notable loot. |
Paper notes[]
- At least sixty - Note, on a metal table on the roof of the Pallas Cinema in the northeastern side of town, overlooking the stadium and parking garage.
- Clara's diary - Note, inside the church on the northeastern side of town.
- Dinner - Note, on a kitchen table on a kitchen table on the third floor of a destroyed building, across from Pallas Cinema and behind the Slocum's Joe in the northeastern side of town.
- Ecological report on beetles - Note, to the west of the football field, on a pile of books near a campfire, underneath a walkway connecting two university buildings.
- Frank's journal - Note, on a table in the destroyed house by the train tracks, in the northwestern side of town.
- Heading east - Note, on a desk next to the National Guard Armory terminal, inside the Athens Armory.
- Hear me out - Note, on top of a picnic table, behind the Abraxodyne office.
- Hocking hogs forever - Note, on a ledge in between the university and stadium.
- I blame Abraxodyne - Note, on a table in a tent just outside of the church, on the northeastern side of town.
- It will work - Note, on a table in a booth inside the diner across from the parking garage, in the central part of town.
- Marion Well's journal - Note, on a kitchen counter in a destroyed house by the train tracks, in the northwestern side of town.
- Meet me at midnight - Note, on a table on the fourth floor of a destroyed building in the northwestern side of town.
- Scavenger's note - Note, next to a dead Highway Town settler behind the Slocum's Joe in the northeastern side of town.
- Shouldn't have left - Note, south of the city limits, at an unmarked campsite on a hill on the way to Shade Hill Church.
- Stay away - Note, pinned to the door of a boarded-up house on the far northwestern side of town.
- The King's witness, VIII - Note, on a barrel on the top floor of the parking garage in the central part of town. It is the same place where the Rust raider patrol is found during Insurrection.
- The mailman - Note, on a record console on the fourth floor of a destroyed building, across from Pallas Cinema and behind the Slocum's Joe in the northeastern side of town.
- The only problem I got - Note, to the west of the football field, on a makeshift table underneath a walkway connecting two university buildings.
- The only thing that matters - Note, tucked under the doormat of a small house across the street from the stadium, in the eastern side of town.
- To Mom - Note, on the table of a booth with a skeleton, inside the diner across from the parking garage in the central part of town.
- What about us? - Note, in a small, three-story apartment building (not the large ruined building with the apartments sign) on the west-central side of town, accessible via a fire escape or the rooftops. The note is on a dresser in an accessible apartment on the top floor.
Other loot[]
- Backpack of supplies - Quest item, in a wooden crate, on the top floor of the parking garage in the central part of town, during Insurrection.
- Two potential magazine spawns:
- On a desk next to the National Guard Armory terminal, inside the Athens Armory.
- On a table inside the pub directly west of the large parking garage.
- Potential plan spawn - In one of the three tents west of the Athens Armory, on a shelf.
- Three potential recipe spawns:
- One is on a kitchen counter in a small, three-story apartment building (not the large ruined building with the apartments sign) on the west-central side of town, accessible via a fire escape or the rooftops.
- One is on a metal shelf next to a cooking station outside of the tents immediately west of the Athens Armory.
- One is on a picnic table covered in dirt on the Hocking University Campus, near the elevated walkway, across from a cooking station.
- Four potential Vault-Tec bobblehead spawns:
- Inside the tent immediately east of the Athens Armory, on top of a filing cabinet.
- At the large statue on the southern side of town at the university, near the main entrance to town.
- On the table next to Meet me at midnight.
- On top of the southern stadium, on top of a radio next to a skeleton.
Abraxodyne intel[]
- Abraxodyne intel:
- One can be found on top of a box at the small building by the railway bridge, on the western outskirts of town.
- One can be found on a raft at an unmarked point along the river, on the southwestern outskirts of town.
- One can be found underneath the main bridge leading into town, at the fast travel point.
- One can be found on the balcony of the university library, facing the river.
- One can be found is at the end of a walkway connecting two university buildings near the football stadium, facing south.
- One can be found on the ground level beneath the aforementioned walkway, on a makeshift table next to the note The only problem I got.
- One can be found to the left (west) of the fast travel point, near the main entrance to town, around the back of a wide, boarded-up train station, next to some benches.
- One can be found in the back area of the giant Halloween celebration stand near the entrance to town.
- One can be found leaning up against the light pole in the basketball court behind the Abraxodyne office.
- One can be found on a shelf in the larger corner store adjacent to the Abraxodyne office.
- One can be found on a kitchen counter in the same room as the note What about us?.
- One can be found on top of a short bookcase, in a shack below the radio tower in the central part of town.
- One can be found one can be found inside the pub next to the diner in the central part of town.
- One can be found on a cabinet on the 2nd floor of parking garage, across from the diner.
- One can be found in the back of a bus in front of the football stadium.
- One can be found in the hands of a skeleton against a brick wall with a faded Abraxo cleaner logo, in the northwestern part of town.
- One can be found half buried in a destroyed house, on the northwestern outskirts of town.
- One can be found between shelves inside the quonset hut on the right side of the Athens Armory.
Related quests[]
- Insurrection - The player is sent to Athens to ambush a patrol of Rust raiders, in order to earn Moose's trust during this quest.
- Dirty Laundry - Entering the vicinity of Athens automatically starts this side quest, prompting the player to investigate the Abraxodyne office and speak with Bodhi, beginning the search for Abraxodyne intel across Burning Springs.
- Bounty Hunting: Grunt Hunt - Athens is a possible location to hunt down an outlaw for this repeatable side quest. It may appear in the quest objectives as "Athens Ruins."
Appearances[]
Athens appears only in Fallout 76, introduced in the Burning Springs update.
Behind the scenes[]
- Athens is based on the real-world city of Athens, Ohio, which is the county seat of Athens County. Hocking University is the Fallout world's equivalent of Ohio University, which is located in the real-world Athens. The name of the university is also similar to a nearby community college, Hocking College, in Nelsonville, Ohio. Several of the buildings found throughout Athens in Fallout 76 are modeled after real-world buildings in Athens and on Ohio University's campus.
- The large building in the north central part of town with a clock tower corresponds to the Athens County Courthouse.
- In general, many of the buildings featured on Hocking University's campus in-game correspond to the College Green of Ohio University:
- The brick gate shortly to the right (east) after entering through the main entrance (at the fast travel point) corresponds to the Alumni Gateway at the College Green.
- The building with a clock tower and scaffolding attached to its face, to the southeast directly across from the gateway, corresponds to Manasseh Cutler Hall, the oldest academic building at Ohio University.[1] It is flanked by two smaller buildings, facing north and south, with two chimneys on each end of their respective roofs. These correspond to McGuffey Hall and Wilson Hall, which are administrative buildings in the real world. All of these buildings are named in the game's files, but do not have signage in-game.[2][3]
- Behind Cutler Hall, there are two university buildings facing each other, connected by an elevated walkway. The building to the north with a tower on top of it corresponds to Jefferson Hall, a residence hall on the Ohio University campus.[4] The building to the south, with a flatter roof, corresponds to the Vernon R. Alden Library, the central library facility of Ohio University. The latter is referred to by name in the game's files as the "VRA Library," but has no signage in-game.[5] In the real world, these two buildings are located in different areas and are not physically connected (Alden Library is on the south end of the College Green, while Jefferson Hall is on the East Green side of campus).
- The football stadium of Hocking University, found on the southeastern side of Athens behind Jefferson Hall, corresponds to Peden Stadium of Ohio University. It is referred to as "Penden Stadium" in the game's files, but has no signage for its name in-game, aside from "Hocking University 1804."[6]
- 8 Court Street, which in-game is a boarded-up building with block letter signage, is a real-world historic office building in Athens.
- All seven of the street signs found throughout this location in-game correspond to real-world roadways in Athens, though with several geographic changes, as the city is not a 1:1 recreation.
- The Athens Armory and Athens Lunatic Asylum both correspond to real-world historical locations in Athens, with more information found on their respective pages.
| The following is based on Fallout 76 cut content. |
- The lore of Athens, as presented in-game, went through a number of revisions during development of Burning Springs; a draft of the Athens National Guard terminal can be found in the game's files as cut content, with a slightly different story for how the post-War aftermath unfolded.
| End of information based on Fallout 76 cut content |
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Abraxodyne intel[]
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References[]
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: Cutler_Hall (form ID 007DD2BE)
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: McGuffey_Hall (form ID 007DD2B5)
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: Wilson_Hall (form ID 007DD2B8)
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: Jefferson_Hall (form ID 007DD2B4)
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: VRA_Library (form ID 007DD2B6)
- ↑ LAYR record editor ID: Penden-Stadium (form ID 00816196)
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