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Vicious Dogs
Fallout 76 NPC

Vicious Dogs spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 3–60. They count as animals in kill challenges. They include Glowing Mongrel. Killing one usually drops Mongrel Dog Meat and Junk.

They spawn at 190 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Big Bend Tunnel West, Aaronholt Homestead and Camp Adams. They count toward 13 daily and weekly challenges.

Level
3–60
Health
35–323

Find It on the Map

Open the Challenge Navigator with its 13 challenges added, then add the rest of today's challenges and plan one route for all of them.

Open the Challenge Navigator

Vicious Dogs Spawn Locations

Found at 190 locations across Appalachia, 86 in fixed spawns and 810 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Big Bend Tunnel West (15 + 4 × 8% chance).

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.

Big Bend Tunnel West
15 fixed
4 × 8% chance nearby
Aaronholt Homestead
8 fixed
3 × 14% chance nearby
Camp Adams
7 fixed
Charleston Landfill
5 fixed
3 × 14% chance nearby
Super Duper Mart
5 fixed + 2 × 11% chance nearby
Grafton
5 fixed nearby
Philippi Battlefield Cemetery
5 fixed
The Whitespring Golf Club
4 fixed nearby
Thunder Mountain Substation TM-03
3 fixed
7 × 12% chance nearby
National Isolated Radio Array
3 fixed + 8 × 8% chance nearby
Abandoned Bog Town
3 fixed
3 × 8% chance nearby
Abraxodyne Chemical Power Substation
3 fixed nearby
Green Country Lodge
3 fixed nearby
Jackson Junkyard
3 fixed
Sugarmaple
3 fixed
Sylvie & Sons Logging Camp
3 fixed
The Bullengrube
3 fixed nearby
The Trading Post
3 fixed nearby
Meadow Breeze Storage Depot
2 fixed + 5 × 78% chance nearby
Burning Mine
11 × 33% chance
1 × 6% chance nearby
Show all 190 locations

Drops

What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Vicious Dogs 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 Canine
Daily ×5 · Weekly ×30
Kill a Canine with a Melee Weapon
Epic Daily ×20 · Epic Weekly ×30
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 Canine
Any of 4
FoxesMutant HoundVicious DogsGlowing MongrelWolvesGlowing Wolf
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