The following is based on Fallout 76 seasonal content. |
Event: Primal Cuts is a seasonal public event in Fallout 76, introduced in the Nuclear Winter update. It is part of the Meat Week community event.
Quick walkthrough[]
Event Quest: Primal Cuts | |||||
Bang on a metal drum to attract prime creatures' attention. | |||||
Fend off the first wave of enemies. | |||||
Fend off the second wave of enemies. | |||||
Fend off the third wave of enemies. | |||||
Fend off the fourth wave of enemies and defeat the boss. | |||||
Reward: 3-5 prime meat, 20 caps, 150 XP | |||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
Every 15 minutes, three separate Primal Cuts events will simultaneously begin in any three of the six regions of Appalachia. Upon arriving at the event, the Vault Dwellers will have to bang on a drum near the center of the location to begin, where Grahm has hung up some bait meat to lure in potential predators. They will then fight through four waves of "prime" creatures. The creatures vary based on the region and may include mongrels, radscorpions, wolves, mirelurks, etc. Wave 1 and 2 contain smaller creatures like the mongrels and wolves. Wave 3 consists of larger creatures assisted by smaller creatures, such as yao guai or mirelurk kings. In the fourth wave, there will be a boss, which has a high chance to be a legendary creature. The boss will be supported by both small and large creatures. Once the boss is killed, the event is complete.
Rewards[]
Easy | Medium | Hard |
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3 prime meat | 4 prime meat | 5 prime meat |
The Forest Toxic Valley |
Ash Heap Savage Divide |
Cranberry Bog The Mire |
Quest stages[]
Notes[]
- The prime boss can be one of six creatures, with each creature showing up in a different map region. These creatures can be either a deathclaw (the Forest), Grafton Monster (Toxic Valley), sheepsquatch (Ash Heap), hermit crab (Savage Divide), mirelurk queen (the Mire) or a super mutant behemoth (Cranberry Bog).
- Every prime variant drops double their standard loot pool. For example, this means that if a legendary enemy is killed, it will drop 2 legendary items. This can lead to ludicrous amounts of items being looted, and with the enemy corpses despawning at a faster rate than usual, even more can be picked up off the ground. This makes the Primal Cuts event located between the Sacramental Glade and Abandoned Bog Town an excellent source of loot, due to it featuring enemies such as Fog crawlers and Super mutant behemoths, which have larger loot inventories than most creatures encountered within the other event locations.
Availability[]
Start | End |
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August 1, 2019 | August 8, 2019 |
September 26, 2019 | October 3, 2019 |
August 20, 2020 | August 26, 2020 |
September 22, 2020 | September 28, 2020 |
August 17, 2021 | August 23, 2021 |
April 26, 2022 | April 29, 2022 |
August 16, 2022 | August 30, 2022 |
August 29, 2023 | September 12, 2023 |
May 21, 2024 | June 4, 2024 |