Fallout 76 offers a bunch of funny Easter eggs, fitting the crazy humor of the Fallout series. The best Easter eggs, from the perspective of our author Benedict, are listed here for you.
What are Easter eggs? Easter eggs are sometimes more, sometimes less well-hidden references to other media such as film, television, other games, or general pop culture.
Easter eggs often give games more depth and bring smiles to fans – especially when they are cleverly incorporated.
Fallout 76 also offers plenty of these Easter eggs. Four stand out in particular.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
What is this Easter egg? As a random event, an eye bot can spawn in various locations of Appalachia. Several RAD rats follow it.
The eye bot goes, or rather floats, its way through Appalachia. The rats follow it obediently in line.
What does this Easter egg refer to? The reference is quite easy to recognize but still not obvious. The eye bot is the Fallout version of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, one of the most famous German legends.
In the legend, a piper frees the town of Hamelin from a rat plague by hypnotizing the rats with his pipe and luring them to drown in the Weser river. When he is refused payment, he returns and curses the town’s children, who he abducts and are never seen again.
The Mad Hatter
What is this Easter egg? North of Anchor Farm and west of Tyler County Fairgrounds, there is a covered table in the middle of nowhere. Several colorful chairs and balloons surround the table.
On the plates and table, there are several teapots and cakes. Additionally, numerous hats, plush toys, and board games are spread around.
What does this Easter egg refer to? The table is a reference to Alice in Wonderland, specifically to the character of the Mad Hatter from the tale.
Alice meets the Hatter in the children’s book while he is having a tea party. (in the chapter: “A Mad Tea Party”) There, the Hatter sits with a hare and other guests at a similarly set table and invites Alice to join.
The Overlook Hotel
What is this Easter egg? Southwest of the forest and northeast of Ash Heap, in the villa district of Summersville, is the Torrance house. On one of the balconies of the house, you will find a tricycle and toy dice showing the word “Redrum”.
In front of the house, there is a hedge maze where you find a skeleton with a fire axe, which has met its end leaning against a hedge.
What does this Easter egg refer to? The killer referenced in this Easter egg is probably known only to older gamers. The basis for the reference is the 1980 horror film classic “The Shining”, based on the book by Stephen King.
In “The Shining”, author and former teacher Jack Torrance spends some time with his family. However, he increasingly loses his mind and chases his wife and son with an axe until he eventually freezes to death in a hedge maze. The word “Redrum” is repeated by his son several times, it means “murder” when read backwards.
Back to the Future
What is this Easter egg? You might have already come across this Easter egg if you have obtained the Nuka-Cola skin for your power armor. In the Cranberry Bog, you will find the “Pylon V-13” directly next to the Bog Town workshop.
The pylon serves as a support for a monorail. This no longer works but points to a strange construct, a ring that is electrically charged with several coils and heavily irradiated. The records of a scientist explain that it is a time travel device.
What does this Easter egg refer to? The pylon makes allusions to two media. The first, more obvious one is the cult film “Back to the Future”. Similar to Doc Brown and Marty McFly in the film, the scientist also wants to travel through time by achieving certain speeds and through a vehicle.
The second reference is to an earlier iteration of Fallout 76. Under the name “Project V-13” lies an idea that was once supposed to be an online title of Fallout and was later called Fallout Online. However, the project was abandoned after disputes.
The Final Pam
What is this Easter egg? Our last top Easter egg in Fallout 76 is located in the west of Ash Heap and belongs to the most bizarre places in Appalachia. It is a small blue house in the woods.
Inside the house, you will find a slaughtered Mr. Handy, a creepy children’s room, and a special dead resident. On the toilet sits a RAD roach with a melon, cane, and wedding ring.
What does this Easter egg refer to? The reference is likely known only to Fallout fans, especially few in the German-speaking world. It refers to “The Final Pam”, a character created by the US site Polygon in a Let’s Play.
“The Final Pam” is a quite ugly and crazy lady with whom the two moderators in their series “Monster Factory” cause as much nonsense as possible in Fallout 4. “The Final Pam” quickly became a phenomenon and a meme in Fallout 4 that Bethesda has immortalized in Fallout 76.
What are your favorite Easter eggs in Fallout 76?
If you are well acquainted with Appalachia and already knew these Easter eggs, our quiz should be easy for you:
