Fallout 76: All Cryptid Locations (2024)

While various Fallout games have played host to a lot of mutated creatures, Fallout 76 is the first to have cryptids — creatures from legend and folklore. There is a combination of Fallout 76 cryptids and real-world legends present in the game. Some, like the Grafton Monster, are FEV mutants like many Fallout creatures, while Mothman, on the other hand, is from real-life folklore and exists in Fallout.

One thing that Fallout 76's cryptids have in common is that they are rarer than other Fallout creatures. Luckily, in Fallout 76, most cryptids spawn in set locations. We've listed them below so you can hunt down these fearsome critters.

Updated on May 29, 2024, by Andrew Scariati: The list of Fallout 76 cryptids roaming Appalachia continues to grow, so we've included a few more cryptids and where to find them. Whether you just joined your fellow Vault Dwellers in Appalachia or haven't hunted down Fallout 76's cryptids yet, now is a great time to dive headfirst into some hunting.

Where To Find The Blue Devil

The Blue Devil is a legendary Fallout 76 cryptid and features heavily in the Once in a Blue Moon update, in which you can help Aries and Clyde (from the Blue Ridge Caravan Company) to track one down.

The Blue Devil is a tricky beast to find, though you can luckily get one to appear at the Safe and Sound Event.

Where To Find The Flatwoods Monster

Flatwoods Monsters are aliens, but they bear little resemblance to the “little green men” aliens of other Fallout games. Surprisingly, you won’t want to travel to Flatwoods to find this floating energy creature.

Instead, try your luck at the locations below, but keep in mind that Flatwoods Monsters will only spawn at night, and even then, only on rare occasions.

Where To Find The Grafton Monster

The Grafton Monster is a mutated headless hulking mass released from the same lab that produced all of Appalachia’s super mutants. The most reliable way to find it is to complete the Grafton Day event quest.

However, if that event isn’t going on, you can try to find this monster at some of the following spots.

Where To Find The Jersey Devil

The Jersey Devil is a dragon-like mutated creature and a terrifying monstrosity. It can only be found in Atlantic City during the Sins of the Father quest line.

When you fight the Jersey Devil, you will receive experience points for winning the fight, but the beast will flee and not die.

If you want to check this cryptid out for yourself, head over to Atlantic City and enjoy the quest.

Where To Find The Mothman

Mothman is the one of the wasteland's most elusive cryptids. While Mothman paraphernalia – and backpacks – can be found all over the map, Mothman can only be found as a random encounter in the overworld.

However, there are a couple of methods that are more reliable than the others for tracking down Mothman.

One is by completing the Path to Enlightenment event quest, which will summon a non-hostile Wise Mothman. Or, head to Cell Block Z, where a hostile scorched variant of Mothman will spawn without fail.

The Steel Dawn update has also added an individually instanced location where Mothman can be found.

The Enclave Research Facility (formerly Transmission Station 1AT-U03) in the Forest region is just south of Tyler County Dirt Track. It is the same location that you'll venture through during the quest, Over and Out.

Lastly, you'll also find guaranteed Mothman spawning during the Mothman Equinox Event. These Mothman spawns will change to Hatchlings if you place a Perfect Mothman Egg in the Cradle of Pretenders.

Unfortunately, the event period is limited, so you will not be able to access these spawns outside of the special timeframes.

Aside from those options, there is a 20 percent chance to find a Mothman spawn at any Cultist camp, like Moth-Home.

Where To Find The Ogua

An Ogua is a mutated turtle-like creature that was introduced to Appalachia via the Once in a Blue Moon update.

The Ogua is hunted by followers of the Mothman, who hope to sacrifice it to their god to gain favor.

Unfortunately, the Ogua doesn't have many guaranteed locations where it will appear.

You'll find a legendary version of this enemy as a boss for the Beasts of Burden at the Sacramental Glade.

You'll often find an Ogua roaming around some destroyed cars or buildings near Becker Farm.

Otherwise, you may find these creatures in random events, usually battling a Blue Devil or cultists.

Where To Find The Sheepsquatch

The most reliable way to find Sheepsquatch is to wait for the Free Range event quest and escort a group of brahmin with other players to the end, where one will spawn.

A Sheepsquatch will also spawn as a Prime enemy during the Primal Cuts event, which is only available during Meat Week.

Otherwise, Sheepsquatch have been known to spawn at these locations.

Where To Find The Snallygaster

Snallygasters are folklore creatures that are described as bird-reptile chimeras that are afraid of seven-pointed stars.

In Fallout 76, however, they are nothing like that; instead, they are a mass of limbs and bodily horrors — the results of FEV mutations like super mutants.

If you want to deal with acid-spitting mutants, there are a few places you can find Snallygasters.

Where To Find The Wendigo

In Algonquin folklore, the Wendigo is an emaciated giant and the embodiment of greed. This cryptid's Fallout 76 version, however, is more or less a scarier ghoul that screams at you.

One will always appear at the end of the One Violent Night event quest — a special legendary variant called the Nightstalker.

Additionally, the A Colossal Problem event tasks groups of players with fighting a Wendigo Colossus and more Wendigo Spawn (equivalent to Glowing Wendigos) than you'll know what to deal with.

To trigger the event, someone has to drop a nuke on Monongah Mine.

Otherwise, you can usually find Wendigo at one of these spawn points.