Fallout 76: Hardest Survival Challenges

May 9, 2024

Fallout 76 is all about survival. Players need to find good armor, great weapons, and plenty of ammo in order to thrive in post-war Appalachia. The game rewards good survivors with Atoms. Atoms are an in-game currency that can be purchased with real-world money or earned by completing challenges.

There are four Gold Bullion merchants in Fallout 76. Here is where each of them can be found.

There are lots of survival challenges that players can complete in Fallout 76. Some are easy, and some are incredibly difficult and time-consuming. This article will focus on the most difficult survival challenges that players can complete. It will also offer a few tips on how to complete some of them a little faster.

7 Harvest Different Herbs

Can Be Tricky For New Players

Crafting and cooking are big parts of Fallout 76. There are lots of items in the game that require certain herbs to make. Just like in real life, herbs are mostly used to cook food. Food helps to boost the player’s health and hunger bar, and some foods offer special buffs for the player to use.

The challenge requires the player to go out and collect one of every main herb in the game. Seasoned players will have no problems collecting the herbs, but newer players may struggle to find one of each type.

While most of the herbs are relatively easy to collect, some, like Thistle, can be trickier to find. Some of the herbs only grow in high-level areas on the map. So, it’s important for new players to gear up before going out to find the herbs needed to complete this challenge.

6 Harvest Fungi, Plants, And Nuked Flora

A Tedious Task

Similar to the previous entry, veteran players will have no problems finding all the items needed to complete this challenge. It’s new players who may struggle. To complete this challenge, players will need to find one of each of the following items:

Razorgrain
Glowing Resin
Snaptail
Swamp Plant
Stangler Bloom Or Pod
Raw Cobolt Flux
Raw Yellowcake Flux
Raw Crimson Flux
Raw Violet Flux
Raw Florescent Flux

While most of the items listed above are pretty easy to find, flux items can only be obtained by entering nuclear blast zones. This is very difficult for low-level players due to the amount of radiation present and the tough enemies that roam the area. In order to get these, players will need a hazmat suit and a lot of bullets.

5 Collect 76 Nuked Flora

Running Around In A Nuclear Blast Zone

As mentioned in the previous entry, there are some things that can only be farmed in nuclear blast zones. As the name suggests, nuked flora are some of those things. Luckily, players tend to launch nukes fairly often, so it’s not too difficult to find a blast zone. What is difficult is surviving in the blast zone.

When it comes to weapons in Fallout 76 Nukes are as strong as it gets. These areas are perfect for players wanting to test out their capabilities.

Players will need to gather 76 nuked flora. Thanks to poor visibility, difficult enemies, and high levels of radiation, this is easier said than done. The best way to complete this objective is to hop in a hazmat suit and run around the outside of the blast zone, looking for flora.

4 Learn 76 Cooking Recipes

That’s A Lot Of Recipes

Players will come across lots of plans and recipes as they journey through Appalachia. For the first 50 levels or so, the player is constantly picking up new recipes to learn. However, as the player learns more recipes, they will find it difficult to find new recipes that they don’t already know.

While most players will complete this challenge eventually, it can be a fairly lengthy one to complete. The best way to do this is to head to player vendors and see what plans they have for sale. If the player has some extra caps to spend, then they can head to the Whitespring Mall and purchase recipes from the vendor bots that work there.

3 Scrap Junk To Produce Resources (7600)

It’s Time To Farm Junk

Scrapping items for junk is something that players will do frequently in Fallout 76. Almost everything in the game can be scrapped for resources. Weapons, armor, clothing, and just about anything that’s not legendary can be broken down into their core components.

7600 is a big number. This will require players to scrap thousands of items. It is a long and boring job, but it can be made easier by taking over workshops. Workshops tend to give players a fair amount of junk that can be scrapped. However, even by using workshops, it will still take quite a long time to complete this challenge.

2 Acquire Different Kinds Of Diseases 22

Become A Walking Disease

There are 22 different diseases that players can pick up in Fallout 76. Most of them, players will naturally get as they play. However, there is one disease that can be very difficult to acquire: Woopsies. The player can only fall ill from the Woopsies if they are hit by a diseased Mirelurk Hatchling. And even then, there’s no guarantee that the player will get this disease.

Mirelurk Hatchlings can be produced by Mirelurk Queens. For those who haven’t yet encountered a Mirelurk Queen, they are tough to kill. While the Queen is tough to kill, her hatchlings die from the slightest touch. Since a dead hatchling can’t give the player Woopsies, it is easy to see why this is a difficult objective to complete.

1 Collect 7600 Wood

The Most Tedious Challenge In Fallout 76

This challenge is as boring as it sounds. Players must go around Appalachia collecting wood. While 7600 pieces of wood may not sound too difficult to obtain, that’s not what the challenge is. The challenge requires players to pick wood 7600 times. That means heading up to a wood pile or a fallen tree and collecting wood.

With this Fallout 76 farming guide, players can gather at least 1,000 Wood Scraps in around thirty minutes.

Since there’s a 24-hour refresh before players can collect wood from the same source again, this is a long and arduous task. There are players with thousands of hours of gameplay under their belt who have still not completed this challenge.

While there are places like Helvetia that have lots of wood piles the player can collect, it will still take a very long time to complete this challenge.