Radroaches are among the first enemies encountered inFallout 4and so are easily killed, but some pose a bit more of a threat. OneFallout 4player recently had an intense and prolonged fight with a radroach that nearly killed them in its initial hit.
Reddit user Uncooked_wonton posted a clip of theirFallout 4adventure in which they’re running around Sanctuary Hills, one of the early locations players come across after emerging fromVault 111. Sanctuary Hills is one of the early settlements thatFallout 4players can customize as well, but this player is interrupted by a Glowing Radroach before they’re able to open the Workshop menu. Just prior to reaching the house that’s featured inFallout 4’s intro before the player is sent to Vault 111, the player turns around to see a glowing radroach that’s a mere few feet away and is ready to attack.
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Beyond some radiation damage already incurred at +1 damage per second, Uncooked_wonton’s health pool is fairly full as they turn around to face the nearbyradroachthat’s been in pursuit since before theFallout 4player returned to Sanctuary Hills. Uncooked_wonton’s quickly initiates VATS while the Glowing Radroach lunges for its first attack, and they target the head with four melee attacks to maximize their damage. The Radroach’s first hit almost kills theFallout 4player, who takes multiple stabs at the enemy with a knife, crippling it and causing the creature to stumble backwards with their second hit.
While Sanctuary HIlls typically has several NPCs that can help with such confrontations and someFallout 4settlementshave defense systems, Uncooked_wonton is forced to fend off the Glowing Radroach on their own. After a brief combat cutscene that shows the Radroach on its back after the player unleashes their stored critical attack, Uncooked_wonton flanks the large bug to take two more manual stabs at its back that kill it. TheFallout 4player takes a Stimpak to recover from their wounds after the intense fight prior to pausing for a moment to rest after the onslaught.
TheFallout 4fan is notably in very minimal gear beyond their Vault 111 Jumpsuit and small knife which may suggest that the player doesn’t have much equipment as they didn’t swap to anything else with theirPip-Boyto make the intense fight easier. BecauseFallout 4is still giving the player early game tips in Uncooked_wonton’s video, this glowing radroach may have been their first challenging encounter in their playthrough. A lot of Sanctuary Hills remains unchanged despite being the first area mostFallout 4players experiment with customization in, and it’s visibly quite barren in Uncooked_wonton’s clip which also points to the save being fresh.
Fallout 4is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
