Flatwoods is a town in the Forest region of Appalachia.
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Background
A town on the Flatwoods River, known for tales of its namesake monster. Entryway signs reading "Home of the Green Monster" can be found at the town's entryways. The only current residents of Flatwoods are Heather Ellis and her dog, Chloe.[1][Non-canon 1]
After the war, Responders settled here in an attempt to help survivors. The local reverend, Delbert Winters, born and raised in Flatwoods, offered to volunteer as well as provided his church as a location for their outpost.[2] The group began to offer training, shelter, food, water, and a purpose to the survivors of the Great War.[2][3]
Layout
Flatwoods is a small town with two main roadways - Church Street and Bridge Road. Heading south from the overseer's camp, the road leads past the Green Country Lodge and a house where the body of Willie Mae is found.
Heading under the Green Country Bridge, the church and tavern come into view. Bridge Road is a left hand turn from here, and to the right is the house in which Sofie Yates' remains are found. Down Bridge Road, both Colonel and Jeremiah Ward are found deceased in houses to the left. Vesta's Housewares is located on the right. Heading west down State Route 86B leads to the Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center across a bridge over the Flatwoods River.
Continuing on Church Street leads to the meeting hall, a yellow house with a tinker's workbench and a weapons workbench, and the Responder command center at the church, and the Flatwoods Tavern. The tavern has two floors, with a large cooking area established in the adjacent parking lot where Rev. Delbert Winters taught residents how to cook after he encountered survivors eating "raw rat carcass behind a dumpster."[2] The automated training kiosks are set against the northeastern wall on the first floor, offering training as a Responder volunteer.
Past the tavern is a parking lot with a cooking station and moving forward leads to the trailer of Delbert Winters, inside of which his remains are found. On the south side of town is a Red Rocket gas station that has a stash box within it and a tinker's workbench on the outside/rear. A few feral ghouls linger around the Red Rocket.
South of the Flatwoods Tavern are several more locations including the house Nurse Scott's body is found, the community garden, and a tent campsite. Several harvestable items can be found in the garden, including silt beans and mutfruit. The tent city is a mix of destroyed and intact tents and has several ghouls laying on sleeping bags until the Vault Dwellers approach and a mix of crafting and consumable items. The holotape I hate Flatwoods can be found under a white pillow in the white tent on the right of the camp.
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Notable loot
General area
- Last will and testament of Jeremiah Ward - Note, on a kitchen table inside of a small trailer on the northeastern end of Flatwoods.
- Survivor story: Kesha McDermott - Holotape, along the river in Kesha McDermott's inventory.
- Survivor story: Willie Mae - Holotape, on the body of Willie Mae, on the porch of a house with a working radio across from the Green Country Lodge.
- Survivor story: Sofie - Holotape, on the body of Sofie Yates, on the back porch of the house just past the overpass on the north side.
- Survivor story: Responder Colonel - Holotape, on the body of Colonel on the porch of a red house to the southeast of the overpass.
- A reminder to myself - Holotape, found in a hidden cache in a tree stump north of the Flatwoods church. From the graveyard, cross the river and climb the hill to the stump.
- Confessions of an addict - Holotape, found on the body of a settler at a small campsite north-northwest of the yellow house to the right of the church, across the river.
- Water safety report - Note, in a mailbox, near the armor workbench, at a house marked 'Supplies'.
- Who Goes There? - Part 1 - Holotape, on a rolling table near the body of Willie Mae.
- Recipe: Delbert's Appalachili - On the metal shelf on the porch of the house with the armor workbench, directly south of the church.
Delbert Winter's home
- Survivor story: Nurse Scott - Holotape, immediately to the north is a house with two bathtubs in the back yard. The holotape will be in a cooler between the two bathtubs.
- Survivor story: Rev. Delbert Winters - Holotape, in Delbert Winter's inventory.
Other
- I hate Flatwoods - Holotape, in the white tent with the two radstags hanging by it. The tape will be hidden under a pillow on the white mattress with the blanket.
- Two potential armor plans:
- One can be found near the armor workbench on top of the cabinet by the hammer (armor mod plan).
- One can be found near the armor workbench on the bottom shelf of the metal shelves (armor plan).
- Two potential weapon mod plans:
- Can be found near the weapons workbench, near a greenhouse, on the middle shelf of the metal shelves.
- Can be found near a weapons workbench with a blank Responders sign at the entrance of town, on the lower middle row of a metal shelf.
- Two potential weapon mods:
- Can be found near the weapons workbench, near a greenhouse, on the middle shelf of the metal shelves.
- Can be found near a weapons workbench with a blank Responders sign at the entrance of town, on the lower middle row of a metal shelf.
- Four potential recipes:
- Two inside Delbert Winter's trailer, to the right of the fridge and along the wall over the oven.
- Two inside the home where Jeremiah Ward is found, to the right of the fridge and along the wall over the oven.
Notes
- Entering the vicinity of Flatwoods or fast traveling to the town will trigger the event Fertile Soil.
- Flatwoods was once one of two places available as a map for the Nuclear Winter game mode.
Appearances
Flatwoods appears only in Fallout 76.
Behind the scenes
Flatwoods is based on the real-world town of Flatwoods, known in West Virginia folklore as being home to the Flatwoods monster, located in Braxton County.
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Fallout 76 loading screens: "In pre-war West Virginia, near the town of Flatwoods, many claimed to see a dark, mysterious figure with glowing eyes. Was this Flatwoods Monster some kind of demon? Or something far worse?"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Survivor story: Rev. Delbert Winters
- ↑ Flatwoods terminal entries; Delbert's Diary
Non-canon
- ↑ Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 290: "14. FLATWOODS
This rural town was home to a group of maverick holdouts with a willingness to help others, a ragtag bunch known as the Responders. Sadly, they are all departed, but their legacy lives on: As you pass under the bridge from Green Country Lodge, the main drag is Church Street, named after the Church ("Command Post") with a trading robot, Overseer's Cache. There are also Responder quest terminals inside, including the Responders Database and a lab terminal (as well as a couple of Chemistry Stations).
Check the Flatwoods Tavern ("Volunteers Needed") for two Self-Serve Registration Kiosks (to begin your work as a volunteer), as well as a holotape, a Kitchen Terminal (0), and an Automated Pantry you can donate to. Upstairs is another holotape.
Reverend Winters's
trailer is also here; search inside for clues during the Responder Quest: Second Helpings. Along the western side of town runs a river. Seek out Kesha McDermott here; she was testing the water supply. On the far south side of town, across the road, are military tents, the Community Garden (with Water Pump), and the Red Rocket Gas Station ("Supplies"), where you find a Stash Box.
Perhaps your questing might reveal the secrets of the Flatwoods Green Monster? Start with Nurse Scott's Holotape.
There are 10 Survivor Story holotapes in Flatwoods, most of which are on the corpses of the deceased Responders and refugees. There are a couple in coolers, chests, and on tables as well."
(Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia)
