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Cave Crickets
Fallout 76 NPC
Cave Crickets spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 15–100. They count as insects in kill challenges. They include Glowing Cave Cricket. Killing one usually drops Cave Cricket Gland, Cave Cricket Meat and Waste Acid. Less often it leaves Ammo.
They spawn at 96 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Tanagra Town, The Deep and Carleton Mine. They count toward 12 daily and weekly challenges.
Level
15–100
Health
244–1611
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 NavigatorCave Crickets Spawn Locations
Found at 96 locations across Appalachia, 30 in fixed spawns and 479 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Tanagra Town (10).
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.
- Jackson Junkyard
- Highway Town
- Shade Hill Church
- Abraxodyne Chemical Power Substation
- Hornwright Testing Site #02
- Sand Fork Lumber
- Sacramental Glade
- Drop Site V9
- Starlight Drive-in
- Abandoned Waste Dump
- Quarry X3
- Super Duper Mart
- Prospect Hill
- Glassed Cavern
- The Rust Kingdom
- Red Rocket Filling Station
- Relay Tower HG-B7-09
- Abandoned Mine Shaft 4
- Thunder Mountain Substation TM-02
- Blakes Offering
- Fissure Site Alpha
- Sunrise Field
- Survey Camp Alpha
- Watoga Station
- Gnarled Shallows
- Abandoned Mine Site Kittery
- Gulper Lagoon
- Overgrown Sundew Grove
- Dolly Sods Lookout
- The Chop Shop
- AMS Testing Site
- Big Bend Tunnel East
- Pylon Ambush Site
- Dabney Homestead
- Ranger Lookout
- The Thorn
- Veiled Sundew Grove
- Watoga Estates
- Highland Marsh
- Railroad Service Yard
- Brim Quarry
- Hornwright Testing Site #04
- Watoga High School
- Monongah Power Substation MZ-03
- Vault 63
- Abbie's Bunker
- Ella Ames' Bunker
- Abandoned Mine Shaft 1
- Abandoned Bog Town
- Appalachian Antiques
- Drop Site G3
- Crevasse Dam
- Mosstown
- Thunder Mountain Power Plant
- Lake Reynolds
- Abandoned Mine Shaft 5
- Mount Blair
- Unfinished Mansion
- Meadow Breeze Storage Depot
- Mire's Eye
- Sunday Brothers' Cabin
- Camp Venture
- Firebase Major
- Forward Station Alpha
- RobCo Research Center
- Tycoon Lake
- Thunder Mountain Substation TM-01
- Abandoned Mine Shaft 2
- Abandoned Mine Shaft Elaine
- Lewisburg Station
- Widow's Perch
- Crimson Prospect
- Berkeley Springs West
- Watoga
- Welch
- Burning Mine
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Drops
What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Cave Crickets 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
Any of 46
AnglersGlowing AnglerBeaversBloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugBrahminCatsCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketChickensDeathclawsGlowing Deathclaw, Rusted DeathclawFeral GhoulsCommunist, Glowing OneFirefliesFloaters
Show all 46
Kill a Creature with a Hammer
Any of 46
AnglersGlowing AnglerBeaversBloatfliesGlowing BloatflyBloodbugsGlowing BloodbugBrahminCatsCave CricketsGlowing Cave CricketChickensDeathclawsGlowing Deathclaw, Rusted DeathclawFeral GhoulsCommunist, Glowing OneFirefliesFloaters
Show all 46
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