Backwoodsman

“Thrilling, true stories FOR RUGGED MEN!”— Tagline

Backwoodsman is a magazine in Fallout 76.

Background[]

Backwoodsman was a monthly magazine series featuring articles about outdoor survival for people who like to talk about surviving in the wild,^{[Non-game 1]} covering topics such as the best way to defend against animals or the cooking methods of meats and plants. The cover art for the magazine depicts one of the sensationalist headlines from each issue, depicting violent struggles between man and nature. Issues of Backwoodsman cost $35 per copy.

Characteristics[]

Reading an issue of Backwoodsman will temporarily give the player a unique bonus, such as cheaper weapon crafting or increased healing from cooked food. All bonuses expire after 30 minutes (60 minutes with Curator), and the magazine is consumed once read.

Issues of Backwoodsman are affected by Pannapictagraphist and will emit directional audio when the player character is in range.

Magazine issues[]

Issue	Effect	Form ID
Backwoodsman 1	80% chance to get 1 extra piece of meat from animal kills.	004303B1 (book) 004303B3 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 2	-50% food/drink disease chance	004303B4 (book) 004303C5 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 3	Crafting weapons costs fewer materials	004303B7 (book) 004303B9 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 4	+50% chance to gain double the yield from plants	004303BA (book) 004303BC (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 5	+15% damage to animals	004303BD (book) 004303BF (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 6	+50% health from cooked food	004303C0 (book) 004303C2 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 7	+30% Thrown Weapons Damage.	004303C3 (book) 004303B6 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 8	+30% satisfaction by eating and drinking	004303C6 (book) 004303C8 (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 9	Repairing workshop objects costs -50% materials	004303C9 (book) 004303CB (ALCH) potion
Backwoodsman 10	+50% workshop turret damage	004303CC (book) 004303CE (ALCH) potion

Magazine text[]

Image	Issue/Month	Details
	#01: Get Off My Lawn (January)	Black Market Knives to Impress Your Lover Owls Came For Me In the Night Get Off My Lawn! - "It was like the Alamo...with bears"
	#02: Down Home Cookin' (February)	Turn Your Urine into Malt Whiskey Lost and Snake Bit! Down Home Cookin'; Who's Left and Who's Leftovers?
	#03: Homesteading Horror (March)	Homesteading Horror! "Darn, I'm Trapped in a Dam! Beaver Attack Blues; "They weren't just deadly... they were industrious!"
	#04: Hardy as a Sasquatch (April)	Guano to Gunpowder Rabies... Schmaybies!; Beat Blood Borne Diseases Faster Hardy as a Sasquatch; 36 Days of Eating Vampire Bats
	#05: Home In the Hills (May)	Home in the Hills: "I started a buzzard brawl!" Carnivorous Rabbits of Appalachia Taxidermy Feature: Making the Most of a Carcass
	#06: The Appalachia Squirrel Massacre (June)	The Appalachia Squirrel Massacre: Tree-Rats Attacked My Lover Special Feature: I Survived for 10 Days Eating My Own Fingers Are You a Machete Man? (Page 28)
	#07: Art of the Tomahawk (July)	I Chopped Off My Hand! Turn Your Chest Hair Into a Rope Curse of the Mountain Voodoo Man Art of the Tomahawk: Ancient tribal secrets, revealed
	#08: The Gunsmith of Harper's Ferry (August)	The Gunsmith of Harper's Ferry Self-Surgery 101: Where and where not to cut Kidnapped by Commies! (page 19)
	#09: The Ohio River Hermit (September)	Queen of the Piranhas: Terror Down River! "I killed a bear with a PORCUPINE!" THE OHIO RIVER HERMIT
	#10: Nightmare in the Garden (October)	Nightmare in the Garden Raised on Wolverine Milk Whiskey Feature: Clean your bullet wounds without sacrificing flavor

Locations[]

The magazines are randomly found throughout Appalachia, including a selection of potential spawn points.

Behind the scenes[]

The art for the Backwoodsman magazines was created by illustrator Michael Koelsch, who specializes in 1950s-style pulp art.

Gallery[]

References[]

Non-game

↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game p. 173: "Thrilling, true stories for rugged men! Backwoodsman is a magazine series containing articles and stories about outdoor survival, for people who like to talk about surviving in the wild."

Fallout 76 magazines

Astoundingly Awesome Tales · Backwoodsman · Grognak the Barbarian · Guns and Bullets · Live & Love · RobCo Fun · Scouts' Life · Tales from the West Virginia Hills · Tesla Science Magazine · Tumblers Today · U.S. Covert Operations Manual · Unstoppables

[1] Fallout: The Roleplaying Game p. 173: "Thrilling, true stories for rugged men! Backwoodsman is a magazine series containing articles and stories about outdoor survival, for people who like to talk about surviving in the wild."

[Non-game 1]