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Rad Rats
Fallout 76 NPC

Rad Rats spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 1–25. They count as animals in kill challenges. They include Glowing Plagued Radrat. Killing one usually drops Ammo and Radrat Meat.

They spawn at 156 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Summersville Docks, The Burrows and Ash Cave. They count toward 11 daily and weekly challenges.

Level
1–25
Health
11–62

Find It on the Map

Open the Challenge Navigator with its 11 challenges added, then add the rest of today's challenges and plan one route for all of them.

Open the Challenge Navigator

Rad Rats Spawn Locations

Found at 156 locations across Appalachia, 24 in fixed spawns and 787 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Summersville Docks (5).

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.

Summersville Docks
5 fixed
The Burrows
4 fixed
Ash Cave
3 fixed
22 × 14% chance nearby
Freddy Fear's House of Scares
3 fixed
Wendigo Cave
3 fixed nearby
Watoga Underground
2 fixed
Charleston Fire Department
1 fixed
Lewisburg
1 fixed
Organ Cave South
1 fixed
Transmission Station 1AT-U03
1 fixed
Sutton
9 × 50% chance
Sugar Grove
10 × 33% chance
7 × 7% chance nearby
Burning Mine
11 × 33% chance
1 × 6% chance nearby
Fort Defiance
12 × 25% chance
Pioneer Scout Camp
7 × 33% chance
2 × 9% chance nearby
Uncanny Caverns
11 × 20% chance
Athens
12 × 17% chance nearby
Kanawha Nuka-Cola Plant
4 × 50% chance
Dino Peaks Mini Golf
21 × 9% chance nearby
Watoga High School
6 × 25% chance
3 × 9% chance nearby
Show all 156 locations

Drops

What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Rad Rats 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.
Drops
Chance
Ammo
always
Radrat Meat
always

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 Animals with a Pipe Gun
Daily ×3 · Weekly ×25 · Epic Daily ×5
Kill Creatures with the Cold Shoulder
Daily ×10 · Weekly ×30
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 Animals with a Pipe Gun
Any of 19
BeaversBrahminCatsChickensFoxesMega SlothsGlowing Mega SlothMole RatsGlowing Mole RatOwletsRabbitsRad PheasantsRad RatsGlowing Plagued RadratRad TurkeysGlowing Rad Turkey
Show all 19
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