By now most players have had the chance to complete Fallout 4 several times. Yet everyone who has completed the main quest will surely confirm that there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of secrets in the game. Whether it be mysterious locations for you to explore or some details that mess with the player, there is always something to discover. Some of these mysteries are so well hidden that very few people can claim to h🌸ave known them beforehand.
So whether it's because you're taking a break from Fallout 76, or because it's been too long since your treck through Boston, it's time to revisit some of those details. Today, we'll be looking at 30 details you may have missed during your last playthrough and their implications on the lore of the game. Some of these are merely referential, and fun to look at; others may change how you see the game and its characters. Without further delay, let's d𒊎ive right in.
30 Car-Henge?
Another clever scene was constructed near Wald♐en's Pond. What can only be described as "Car-Henge".
Modeled after the great construction of Stonehenge, the location is just south of Walden Pond under the overpass. Cars are carefully laid out to recreate the mystic stone circle, and ominously do appear quite convincing from afar. Players who want to discover the location for themselves should be careful, however. While real-life Stonehenge is shrouded in a certain mystique, this 🔥car re-creation was the work of a very real, very angry, artist.
You'll have to get past the scene's creator to explore it for loot. But it does beg the question: why the impulse to re-create Stoneheng𓄧e? We may never 🎉know.
29 Rockets Galore
If you've ever wandered the wasteland and heard an explosion behind you, you've experienced fear in Fallout.
So it comes as that some little folk would get a kick out of spooking wanderers with a devilish contraption. If players head north-east of relay tower 0BB-915, they can wander upon a small shack constructed atop a cliff. It's easy to miss, being as there is no map marker for it...but it's home to a heck of a lot of fun. One side of the shack, facing the wasteland below, is left open and mounted w🎃ith individual silos which house propane canisters. By the chairs and beers nearby, it's clear someone's had some fun shooting the canisters off into the sunset. If the player is so inclined, you can even partake in the fun and send a few off yourself.
Go ahead, it'll be our secret.
28 Cricket The Merchant
This next may be a huge surprise for all Fallout fans.
So by now, most players have encountered Cricket the merchant in her travels of Boston. But did you ♐know she actually has ties to the institute? More than that. What if I told you, Cricket is actually a spy working for the organization? The next time you're in the Institute, visit the Synth Retention Bureau and peruse their terminals. You're bound to find her name in the list of informants which the Institute uses to track down and return rogue synths.
Keep that in mi💯nd nex🤪t time you cross her in your travels and don't do anything a synth would do.
The institute might just come after you.
27 The Mini-Human In Carbonite
The last of the Harrison Ford reference's, this one is included in a small (very distur🧸bing) detail.
While you're exploring the raider bases in Nuka-World, head for Fizztop Mountain, the Disciple Gang's lair. At the tಌop of the Mountain itself, you'll find a tiny human frozen in what appears to be...carbonite? While some players may have dismissed the sight as a simple reference to Star Wars, given the bizarre small size of the figure, some players chose to poke around some more.
Hitting the statue with a w💞eapon or letting 🎃loose a few bullets in its direction will verify that there really is a human body in there! Creepy.
How was the body shrunk to such a size? By what process were they frozen? It's bound to remain a Discip💜le mystery.
26 Where Is Deacon?
Wandering the Wasteland of Boston, it's a common occurrence to feel...watched. After all, much of the plot in Fallout 4 revolves around the mysterious institute, their dodgy representatives and an ever-increasing dread. But did you know that even the Railroad, the organization intent on 🎃freeing synths, is watching you? If you were completing the Railroad questline for the first time, you may have run into a character called Deacon. Now Deacon, claims to have been following you around since your exit from Vault 111. At that comment, it's excusable for players to scoff and dismi✃ss the man as just another eccentric.
But Deacon isn't lying, he HAS been watching the player. Once you know, you can't unlearn it.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Playing through the game again, look for signs of his presence. He's not very good at hiding one you kn𓄧ow he's there, but he IS there. Confront him if you can, and be ready for another surprise.
25 A Mysterious Stranger
Who is the mysterious stranger? Players have been trying to figure it out since his first appearance in Fallout. After all, he's always there in a time of need.
Fallout 4 expands on the mystery in an interesting way. Curious players have noticed that everyone's favorite private detective, Nick Valentine, is on the case. A folder can be found in his office which details an ongoing investigation into the mysterious stranger. Apart from detailing his MO, "appearing suddenly" and dispatching foes swiftly🐈, the file also lists his appearances in previous Fallout games. The file only adds to the cryptic nature of "reliable" 🐭pal some players with high luck have had the chance to meet.
24 Crashed UFO
Many players have an extra-terrestrial appearance in Fallout 4. A close encounter, if you will.
While it's not anything like Mothership Zeta, which was featured in Fallout 3, the encounter is no less mysterious. While walking around the wasteland, you might spot a ship flying past your head and directed at Oberland Station. Heading south of Oberland, you may just find a crashed UFO. A trail will lead you to a nearby cave where you'll meet the ship's occupier. After the aliꦅen attacks you on sight, you'll be rewarded with an alien blaster.
Does this confirm theories that the world of Fallout is actively monito💙red by aliens? Do the𓄧y have a link to the nuclear armageddon?
23 The Incident At Dunwich
There are many great references to authors and artists from the Boston area in Fallout 4. One of the most famous is H.P. Lovecraft, his Cthulhu Mythos and the short story The Dunwich Horror.
Players who have explo🐈red a mine known as the Dunwich Borers,♋ east of the Slog. While there is one bobblehead and magazine for completionists to collect, the reality of the location is much darker.
Exploring the mine wil꧑l revealꦑ a host of memories frozen in time, outlining the waning sanity of the mine's occupiers.
Deep within the mine, you'll be confronted with a scene pulled right out of Lovecraft's wo💮rk.
22 Pickman And His Craft
In a run-down part of B🅰oston꧅, players may have encountered a mysterious, and troubling encounter.
Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's short-story, Pickman’s model, Pickman's gallery is a dark dive into the mind of an artist. While the painter in Lovecraft's work drew ghoulish horrors inspired by real creature's he has witnessed, Pickman's gallery in Fallout 4 is a display of violence aℱgainst the local raiders. It is sig🌳nificant to notice that both galleries, in the text and game, end with a provocative final piece that troubles the narrator and player alike.
Pickman knows.
21 The Skeleton In The Castle
In keeping with the references to famous texts and the author's link to Boston, we now turn to💞 Fort Independence.
When players aren't busy taking up the castle in the name of the Minutemen, they may have spotted a cheeky easter-egg which references the Cask of Amontillado, a short story by Poe in which narrator gets a rival a little too tipsy and entombs him in a brick wall. As one does, I guess. Digital Trends, who has a knack for investigating these mysterious details, even 🔥reminds theiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr readers that Poe was stationed at Fort Independence during his time in the army.
Though it may be obscure to most, it's a clever ♛(maybe a little freaky) detail to i🍌nclude.
