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Ticks
Fallout 76 NPC

Ticks spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 1–26. They count as insects in kill challenges. They include Glowing Tick. Killing one usually drops Tick Blood Sac. Less often it leaves Tick Blood.

They spawn at 70 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Moth-Home, Dolly Sods Wilderness and Dolly Sods Lookout. They count toward 12 daily and weekly challenges.

Level
1–26
Health
18–103

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

Ticks Spawn Locations

Found at 70 locations across Appalachia, 67 in fixed spawns and 114 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Moth-Home (8).

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.

Moth-Home
8 fixed nearby
Dolly Sods Wilderness
4 fixed + 2 × 6% chance
Dolly Sods Lookout
2 fixed
2 fixed nearby
Gorge Junkyard
4 fixed
Moonshiner's Shack
4 fixed
Spruce Knob Campground
3 fixed + 1 × 33% chance
Federal Disposal Field HZ-21
3 fixed + 1 × 3% chance nearby
Sunnytop Station
3 fixed + 1 × 2% chance nearby
Fissure Site Sigma
3 fixed nearby
Glassed Cavern
3 fixed nearby
Morgantown High School
3 fixed
Seneca Rocks Visitor Center
3 fixed nearby
Dent & Sons Construction
2 fixed + 1 × 3% chance nearby
Abbie's Bunker
2 fixed nearby
Big Fred's BBQ Shack
2 fixed nearby
Drop Site G3
2 fixed nearby
Hunter's Shack
2 fixed
North Mountain Lookout
2 fixed nearby
Ransacked Bunker
2 fixed nearby
The Deep
2 fixed nearby
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Drops

What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Ticks 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