Wendigo

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Wendigos are creatures found in Appalachia in 2102.

BackgroundEdit

Wendigos are humans that were mutated by radiation into deadly cannibalistic creatures with emaciated bodies that reflect their insatiable hunger.^{citation overdue}

CharacteristicsEdit

BiologyEdit

The wendigo resembles a gaunt, emaciated humanoid with ashy gray skin, long bony arms, a pot belly and a skull-like face topped with scant strands of long, stringy hair, with mouth filled with long, jagged teeth. They have large claws on the tips of each finger.

They exhibit similar characteristics to ghouls, such as radiation resistance. They do not engage in combat with ghouls when they're near.

Gameplay attributesEdit

Wendigos are fast and can deal a large amount of damage in a very short amount of time. They get close and can be hard to hit without V.A.T.S. if using a firearm. Wendigos will not run away if the player character climbs onto objects or furniture, but will continue to screech. During combat, wendigos may let loose a piercing shriek that doesn't damage the player but will possibly attract a horde of feral ghouls to their location.

VariantsEdit

WendigoEdit

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Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Wendigo 00015583	22 ? 390 150 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Wendigo teeth Loose screws

Ravenous wendigoEdit

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Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Ravenous wendigo 003cbc5f	32 ? 525 200 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Wendigo teeth Loose screws

Progenitor wendigoEdit

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Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Progenitor wendigo ????????	32 ? 650 250 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Wendigo teeth Loose screws

Glowing wendigoEdit

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Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Glowing wendigo 003cbc61	42 ? ? 132 125 Immune 100 ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Wendigo teeth Loose screws

Scorched wendigoEdit

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Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Scorched wendigo ????????	42 ? 900 150 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Wendigo teeth Loose screws

LocationsEdit

• Wendigos can appear in Cranberry Bog, the Ash Heap, the Savage Divide, and the Mire.
• A wendigo can appear in the Garrahan Estate.
• A wendigo can appear in Fort Defiance.
• A wendigo can appear in the solitary confinement block of Eastern Regional Penitentiary.
• A wendigo can appear in Haven Church.
• A wendigo can appear in Lewisburg.
• A wendigo can appear in Freddy Fear's House of Scares.
• A wendigo can spawn in the R&D section of Garrahan Mining Headquarters.
• Groups of wendigos can appear between the Whitespring golf club and a fissure site.
• There is a large possibility for a ravenous/scorched wendigo to spawn at Hawke's Refuge. It is one of three creatures that can spawn in a small cavern off of the main cave. The other creatures that may be found there are a withered feral ghoul or a putrid glowing one. It will always be one of these three.
• Wendigos can sometimes be found attacking Grahm's caravan.
• Inside the Wendigo cave.
• Inside the Mountainside Bed & Breakfast.
• Three can be found just northeast of Abandoned mine shaft 2.
• A wendigo can sometimes spawn at the Seneca Rocks Visitor Center.

NotesEdit

• There is a miscellaneous quest to kill a Wendigo while wearing a clown costume. Completion of the quest requires wearing both the clown outfit and clown hat. Although the quest marker suggests going to the Wendigo Cave, any wendigo located throughout the game will also be acceptable.
• A wendigo is created through radiation according to "The Curse Of The Wendigo" holotape radio play accompanying issue #1 of Tales from the West Virginia Hills, also called "Curse of the Wendigo."
• Wendigos have an acidic bite. When the player character scraps a wendigo's teeth, they gain acid from them.
• Edie's note, found on a woman's corpse on Wendigo Cave, tells of her and her partner, Morris Stevens, committing cannibalism. After being exiled from the Gourmands for eating fellow gang members, a short amount of time later he became greedy (in folklore, a sign of becoming a wendigo), and began to watch her. She is discovered dead and Morris is not found.

AppearancesEdit

Wendigos appear only in Fallout 76.

Behind the scenesEdit

In Algonquin folklore, a wendigo is a malevolent spirit that is frequently associated with winter, coldness, famine, and starvation. It possesses and transforms human beings who have committed sins such as selfishness, greed, gluttony, murder, and especially cannibalism. The spirit then forces them to consume human flesh, turning them into a monster with an insatiable hunger for it. The wendigo are also part of the traditional belief system of many Algonquin-speaking cultures, such as the Ojibwe, Eastern Cree, Saulteaux, Westmain Swampy Cree, Naskapi, and Innu peoples. Though the folklore among cultures varies somewhat, the wendigo is commonly seen as an evil, cannibalistic, supernatural entity.

GalleryEdit

Harry Osborn lithograph

Wendigo appearing on the cover of Tales from the West Virginia Hills: Curse of the Wendigo!

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