The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Ever since Fallout 4’s release, inquisitive players have been obsessed with one thing: what in the world is Fallout 4 hiding?

Take a look at a map of Fallout 4:

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

[Source: Fallout 4 Wiki]

There is a lot of water in Fallout 4. Surely there must be something under there? At least, this is an assumption players have been making for over a month now. To wit, if you type ‘Fallout 4 underwater’, Google will likely autocomplete with “secrets”. The mystery is a Thing within the Fallout fandom.

Consider the following. Fallout 4 has a perk called “Aqua Boy”, which lets you breathe underwater without taking any damage. We also know that at one point, Bethesda was developing a harpoon weapon for the game. It even has a special bubble animation that percolates from the gun whenever it is used:

[Source: Tyrannicon]

With all of this ‘evidence’, it’s not surprising that some players began exploring the depths of Fallout 4 to see what could be found. One player in particular, Lavon Smith, has spent 30+ hours going through Fallout 4’s waters. He says he’s traversed nearly 100 per cent of the water in Fallout 4, all of which he documented in a huge imgur you can find here. Some highlights:

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

A man in a wheelchair in the middle of nowhere.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Obligatory bugginess.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater
The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Some loot!

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Boats. Of course.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Skeletons AND teddy bears.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

This poor guy didn’t make it.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Random, empty pipes.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Surprisingly normal-looking fish.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Not-so-normal-looking-fish. This one is a Jaws easter egg, actually.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Downed bombers.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

Yes, there are apparently enemies floating in the water, too! Legendary enemies, too.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

A boat with a hilarious number of cat paintings. MEOW.

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

MYSTERIOUS STRUCTURES. Some of them even have symbols/words on em!

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

A suit of Power Armour. Well I’ll be.

In short: there is no huge, mind-blowing secret hiding in Fallout 4’s waters, as best as anyone can tell. That’s OK, though. There’s still plenting of cool stuff hiding under there, as well as some loot.

Helpfully, if you’d like to explore this stuff on your own, Lavon Smith provided a map that highlights areas of interest:

The Mystery Of What Fallout 4 Hides Underwater

And you should definitely check the original imagur, which provides all sorts of other images of what’s hiding in Fallout 4’s water.

Of course, just because people haven’t found anything big within the waters of Fallout 4 doesn’t rule out the possibility that Bethesda might go there with the DLC. One can dream, at least!


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