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Yao Guai
Fallout 76 NPC

Yao Guai spawn across Appalachia in Fallout 76 at level 16–100. They count as animals in kill challenges. They include Glowing Yao Guai. Killing one usually drops 6 kinds of loot. Less often it leaves Junk and Magazines.

They spawn at 32 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Research Site Rhineland, Dolly Sods Wilderness and Mountainside Bed & Breakfast. They count toward 12 daily and weekly challenges.

Level
16–100
Health
427–2638

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

Yao Guai Spawn Locations

Found at 32 locations across Appalachia, 17 in fixed spawns and 26 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Research Site Rhineland (3).

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.

Research Site Rhineland
3 fixed nearby
Dolly Sods Wilderness
2 fixed
Mountainside Bed & Breakfast
2 fixed nearby
Camp Liberty
1 fixed
High Knob Lookout
1 fixed
Miners Monument
1 fixed nearby
Monongah Overlook
1 fixed
Philippi Battlefield Cemetery
1 fixed
Radiant Hills
1 fixed nearby
Rapidan Camp
1 fixed
Site Alpha
1 fixed nearby
Thunder Mountain Substation TM-03
1 fixed nearby
Vault 96
1 fixed nearby
Seneca Rocks Visitor Center
1 × 50% chance
The Bounty
1 × 50% chance nearby
Beckwith Farm
3 × 14% chance
Hawksbill Weather Station
2 × 20% chance nearby
The Whitespring North Entrance
3 × 13% chance nearby
Sacramental Glade
2 × 8% chance nearby
Sugar Grove
2 × 7% chance nearby
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Drops

What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Yao Guai 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 a Yao Guai
Daily ×1 · Weekly ×3
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
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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