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Bloatflies
Fallout 76 NPC

Bloatflies spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 1–90. They count as insects in kill challenges. They include Glowing Bloatfly. Killing one usually drops Bloatfly Meat and Bloatfly Gland. Less often it leaves Caps.

They spawn at 142 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at New River Gorge Resort, Athens and Super Duper Mart. They count toward 12 daily and weekly challenges.

Level
1–90
Health
15–330

Find It on the Map

Open the Challenge Navigator with its 12 challenges added, then add the rest of today's challenges and plan one route for all of them.

Open the Challenge Navigator

Bloatflies Spawn Locations

Found at 142 locations across Appalachia, 45 in fixed spawns and 593 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at New River Gorge Resort (9).

A plain number is how many are always there. The number after the is spawn points that may roll it; hover one for the odds.

New River Gorge Resort
9 fixed
Athens
7 fixed nearby
Super Duper Mart
6 fixed
5 × 12% chance nearby
Freddy Fear's House of Scares
6 fixed nearby
World of Corn
4 fixed
2 × 17% chance nearby
Hocking Hills Station
3 fixed + 8 × 17% chance nearby
Stony Man Lookout
3 fixed + 7 × 16% chance nearby
Mire's Eye
3 fixed nearby
Research Site Saxony
3 fixed nearby
Transmission Station 1AT-U03
1 fixed
Aaronholt Homestead
11 × 47% chance
Dino Peaks Mini Golf
19 × 18% chance nearby
Fort Defiance
12 × 25% chance
Bastion Park
5 × 47% chance
Spruce Knob Campground
5 × 47% chance
Jackson Junkyard
6 × 31% chance nearby
Uncanny Caverns
9 × 20% chance
Prospect Hill
9 × 20% chance nearby
Dolly Sods Wilderness
13 × 12% chance
The Giant Teapot
7 × 22% chance
Show all 142 locations

Drops

What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Bloatflies the map spawns. Kinds of loot stand for lists too long to spell out; the chance is how often the roll includes them, not how many turn up.

Types

Challenges

Challenge
Daily / Weekly
Kill a Creature
Daily ×12 · Weekly ×20
Kill a Creature while in a Team
Daily ×10
Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Hard Lemonade
Daily ×5
Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Lead Champagne
Daily ×5
Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Mire Magic Moonshine
Daily ×5
Kill a Creature While Mutated
Epic Weekly ×25
Kill a Creature while Wearing a Costume
Daily ×10 · Weekly ×20
Kill a Creature while Well Fed
Daily ×10 · Weekly ×20
Kill a Creature with a Hammer
Epic Weekly ×15
Kill Creatures with the Cold Shoulder
Daily ×10 · Weekly ×30
Kill Insects
Daily ×5 · Weekly ×30
Kill Insects with an Energy Weapon
Epic Daily ×5 · Epic Weekly ×15
Kill a Creature · Kill a Creature while in a Team · Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Hard Lemonade · Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Lead Champagne · Kill a Creature while intoxicated by Mire Magic Moonshine · Kill a Creature While Mutated · Kill a Creature while Well Fed
Any of 46
AnglersGlowing AnglerBeaversBloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugBrahminCatsCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketChickensDeathclawsGlowing Deathclaw, Rusted DeathclawFeral GhoulsCommunist, Glowing OneFirefliesFloaters
Show all 46
Kill a Creature while Wearing a Costume
Kill a Creature with a Hammer
Kill Creatures with the Cold Shoulder
Any of 46
AnglersGlowing AnglerBeaversBloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugBrahminCatsCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketChickensDeathclawsGlowing Deathclaw, Rusted DeathclawFeral GhoulsCommunist, Glowing OneFirefliesFloaters
Show all 46
Weapons that count
Kill Insects
Any of 12
BloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketFirefliesFog CrawlersGlowing Fog CrawlerHoney BeastsGlowing Honey BeastMothmenGlowing MothmanRad AntsGlowing AntRadroachesGlowing RadroachRadscorpionsBurning Radscorpion, Glowing RadscorpionStingwingsCorrosive Stingwing, Glowing StingwingTicksGlowing Tick
Kill Insects with an Energy Weapon
Any of 12
BloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketFirefliesFog CrawlersGlowing Fog CrawlerHoney BeastsGlowing Honey BeastMothmenGlowing MothmanRad AntsGlowing AntRadroachesGlowing RadroachRadscorpionsBurning Radscorpion, Glowing RadscorpionStingwingsCorrosive Stingwing, Glowing StingwingTicksGlowing Tick