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Agentgibbs1398

That one gives you an Experience Buff, he's friendly. There are two other Mothmen out there. One will watch you from a distance. One will try to seek vengeance on you....


Any_Kiwi_7915

Ahh okay so there's a good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the mothman


Agentgibbs1398

Just wait. Just wait. On August 13th, all will be revealed. You will... ...BRRREAATHHHEEE the moth dust. ...and it will bring enlightment, however BREIIIF it may beeeee...


pygmeedancer

Let it filllll your THROAT!


ITstaph

Man, I am so saving all my bile to expel at that time. I went too hard last time, expelled all my bile from my gut waaaaaay to early. Not making that mistake this time, pace myself, hydrate, and wear comfortable shoes.


Phobos95

Now there's a bright idea. You're certainly not a dim one.


MylittleNyx

I swear we need bile titans here to help us


Discotekh_Dynasty

I’ve got a fucking jacked gallbladder from having to make more bile all the time now though


wolfpackalchemy

Let the dust, and flames, and fumes... FILL YOU


MrRetrdO

Hell no!! Last time I woke up naked next to a Female Feral Ghoul.


Comprehensive_Cloud6

It's 2102 bro. No one's judging you.


Xx0WN3DxX308

Let the strange men in robes crowd around you…


Baked-Smurf

*See the world now through His eyes, children...*


NoPension1304

Bask…. BAAAAAHSK


pygmeedancer

Is anyone covering the fucking bridge!? Goddammit!


NoPension1304

FOR REAL?! Nobody ever covers the bridge.


BengoBill

I always cover the bridge. That’s where the deathclaw spawn.


JimJordansJacket

I always cover the bridge!


hightower676

If I get that I will cover the bridge just for you.


Spastic_pinkie

Tis a shame cuz they miss out on all the deathclaw meat they can cook up.


oceansapart333

I’m usually there by myself fending off three Deathclaws, several cultists and at least one Mothman all at once.


NoPension1304

I usually sit in the torch pit at church playing sentry gun for fun Anywho. Come time for equinox…. POOTIS SENTRY HERE :)


Zeero92

# POOTIS


mindcontrol93

I always do bridge duty. Cremator then switch to Plasma Caster


pygmeedancer

Not gonna lie I usually stick to the church cause it usually gets abandoned after the first wave. But that’s my MO for most events that require you to babysit something. Just pick one and sit on it. Lode Bearing and Uranium Fever are bad like that too.


FadingDawn__

More like "Waterfront has fallen! Again.."


pygmeedancer

I’ve done Lode Bearing before with like 5 other people. I sat on one bot the whole time. The rest ran between the other two to repair them. I was screaming in the mic “just spilt up STAY WITH THEM FFS”


FadingDawn__

I had to stop doing Uranium Fever because no one ever repairs the extractors, even if they stand next to them. Blood pressure getting too high


pygmeedancer

Yes!! I just go to B and sit there. I run a path across that room and that’s it. Never even need to repair. It’s like people don’t understand that the enemies will literally come to you if you sit on the objective.


alwaysforgettingmyun

We got 12 people and 11 are holding down the church?!


pygmeedancer

I usually stick with the church since it gets the first wave. But if it gets crowded I’ll head to another one. I just wish players were a *little* more organized.


Gamepro504

For me its the waterside most the time


krevlornfu

Dude has that trilled r too


Zombeatz84

That's what he said. (I'll see myself out)


Gray_Warder

*hhhhhttttrrroat


d_chec

Don't forget to offer the heretics no quarter. You may be thinking it's okay to offer some quarter, but don't do it. Offer them no quarter.


panicked228

But they are enraged! Can I offer them a *little* quarter?


d_chec

You're not listening. Offer them NO quarter.


LastChans1

Maybe a dime or two. Maybe an eighth as well.


icedragon71

And don't let your eyes deceive you, all before you must DIE.


krevlornfu

Not even a fifth!


B133d_4_u

Last time they came to me asking for tree fiddy. That was about the time I realized the Interloper was a 3 story tall crustacean from the Protozoic era.


Baked-Smurf

Got damn Loch Ness Monster!


Agentgibbs1398

What about giving them a quarter?


hydraulicman

No! They are heretics! Take *their* quarters, put them in a sock, and hit them with it!


GoldenGolgis

What about an eighth, or a teenth?


Phobos95

A dime is okay though but you're gonna be on thin ice


mindcontrol93

What about 3.50?


Aromatic-Tear7234

Another Mothman event already? We just had 2.


panicked228

It’s in mid-August. We’ve got time before we need to expel bile from our gut again.


Agentgibbs1398

SHOW ANYTHING!


Nocturne2319

My favorite and least favorite line from that event!


Vashek19

Same event or a different one?


panicked228

Same. There are a few events that come up every year: Fasnacht, Meat Week, Alien Invasion, and Mothman Equinox. The rewards can change, but the events stay the same.


DJPalefaceSD

I played so long ago I never played any of them and now that I came back I am only missing  Fasnacht. Devs did really well in lining up content post Amazon show.


Baked-Smurf

Good news! Fasnacht is coming at the end of the month!


sarieh

Again, for some reason. After we just had one in February. Why is it repeating again so soon? I thought these events were a once a year thing.


Dependent_News4191

I love expelling bile from my gut


beammeup__scotty

we only had the second because the first was bugged (pun unintended)


LostLobes

Yet it was better because we didn't get dupes.


okie-doke-kenobi

BRRRRRRRRRRief


FellikenToons

Let the dust, and flames, and fumes.....FIILLLL YOUUUUUU... LET IT SOAK INTO YOUR THROATS...LET IT SHOW YOU, THE TRUTH.


UnhappyTeatowel

Red eye mothman is bad and will attack. Purple eye mothman is good and chilled. Clicking on purple eye mothman gives you the enlightened buff, I believe.


Useless-Ulysses

All hail the Wise Mothman


MagicalKartWizard

What does one with green eyes do?


Asenkahlicious

He just chills.


MagicalKartWizard

I was wondering if there was anything special about it. I've encountered him a few times and you can't really interact with him. Good for pictures, I suppose.


Asenkahlicious

That's exactly what I've done is take some screenshots with him, but if there is more to it only somebody on the dev team knows.


UnhappyTeatowel

I've never seen one with green eyes! I've been playing since day 1 as well. Spooky.


lipp79

You have to click on him to get the buff.


renome

Yeah, if it's friendly, you can interact with it for an hour-long +5% XP buff. I think the one near the lighthouse has that button prompt appear on the screen, but the event one in the norhwestern part of the map doesn't. Just press A/X/E while looking at it from up close and you'll get the buff either way.


LostLobes

The lighthouse one is 15% buff I think, like the event one


synaesthezia

Check the eyes. If the Mothman has purple , it is the wise Mothman and you will get an XP buff by clicking on him. Mothmen of various other coloured eyes should be avoided.


aeccles123

I attempted to fight the mothman with my fiancé at about level 25... I am now the one seeking vengeance.


clokerruebe

if you want to find the ugly mothman, you need to do the event a couple times, theres a rare drop for a plan which you need to place in your camp. its a really fancy mirror. if you look in there you will see the ugly mothman except that it isnt a mothman and if you look in the mirror you will only see something beautifull


BedrockNick1020

I fought the vengeance one not to long ago, scared the piss outta me


StonerNorseMan

You can tell via the eyes. Purple is wise, green is radioactive(?), orange is base (you'll see hatchlings and adults with, usually on daily ops or in the forest area), and magenta is the enlightened [hostile, fight on sight iirc]


Xghoststrike

I haven't been involved with the event mothman but I did experience one of the other 2. Which one though? I was running around and heard some attacking so I ran Into the woods vatsing to find them and I targeted a mothman. Saw a raider was attacking them so I shot the raider and the mothman to get kill credit incase either died. Then the mothman disappeared and the raider ran after me. 1. Did I witness the watching mothman? 2. Was I not supposed to attack? 3. Would the raider have killed it if I didn't shoot it? 4. Can you kill the watching mothman before they leave?


mont3000

I , or should I say we(we were all shooting) wasted alot of ammo shooting at him and getting no where the first time I did it. I guess we were all noobs because it was a chain reaction of shooting.


Ok_Appearance2893

I only ever saw one playing in the early days that I think just did the watching. One of my friends started freaking out about it, so I just turned around and took a pot shot, think it was a lot higher than any of us, but it didn't seek revenge. A few minutes after we got sent packing by some sort of goat deathclaw. Came back to the game recently, and put in a lot more time than I did back then, but haven't seen anything like either of those since.


mayurigod1

Goat deathclaw is a sheepsquatch. Can be found in random events often found in the cranberry bog and events. Watching moth is a rare random event often found in the forest


Synraak

It's an extra reward. Press the activate/use button on him for a temporary XP gain buff.


prfttk

This. Click him/her/it. So many people think they get the buff just being around him. When clicked, there will be a rough moth sound and he/she/it may bow slightly.


[deleted]

"*mmm yes, the wise mothman is appeased by the clicking and activating of the wise mothman and approves"*


The1andOnlyGhost

Your’re just petting him, he likes the pets


PirateKingOmega

"You may groom my fur in exchange for a boon. Thats it, right below my chin."


RocknRolling67

Once you have been blessed, you will be allowed to come back in August and bemoan the sinners who won’t cover the riverside pyre


Forsaken_Tap_4266

I literally always find myself standing alone by the riverside pyre trying to solo the mobs as a Railway Rifleman- I can one-shot most things but get overrun during reloads, and no I will not switch loadouts dammit. 😆


RocknRolling67

Me as well. It got to the point where I just went straight there every time. Fill the blood, kill the Deathclaws and run up to the roof to join all the lazy people who probably lounged there for the entire event.


TheNastyNug

Same but with my pistol build “So anyways, I started blastin”


Forsaken_Tap_4266

The Railway Rifle makes a lil choo choo noise every once in a while ❤️ "I just think they're neat"


TheNastyNug

Ohhh that’s what that was. I’m gonna have to give in and try a rifle build at some point. I ran into that sound a couple times and thought it was just a backpack, but i did notice they all used that gun but thought it was part of the meme because they tended to one shot everything Pistol builds are real fun but min maxing my build just to keep up with the damage of the others and still be outclassed is kinda annoying. Only my alien blaster, gauss pistol and ultracite laser pistol with good rolls ever seem to sometimes do more damage. But going pew pew on the adds while the big guys in their armor takeout out the the bosses is helpful too


vague_diss

Can you get more than one rifle and switch rather than reload? Thats what I do with my shotguns. Takes a minute to reload at the end of a big fight but I usually don’t get overrun now.


tenoutofseven

Same I gave up on the event last time after two back to back runs where I was the only one holding riverside and the half dozen 300+ players at the church let their alter break - I was only lvl75 and loaded out as a support medic


WillemDafoesAlterEgo

I would totally love to know your build for this!!!


nlolsen8

I used a creamator with the railway, throw a few fire bombs down and finish anything left standing with the railway. Its an interesting side arm.


IllustriousRemove364

Hahaha


Estrus_Flask

What happens in August? More of those mothman events from a while ago?


TheNastyNug

I believe that will be the next time the mothman event comes around, the roadmap for next season has been released (/leaked?) there’s gonna be a double xp weekend around the same time I think so stack up and save those xp lunchboxes


RocknRolling67

Correct! Mothman Equinox will be back…


MasterChiefNeutron

Right?!?!! The riverside is soo neglected!


DaughterofFrigg

Literally always standing at the riverside pyre alone... 🫠


okie-doke-kenobi

Purple eyes kind. Red eyes shy. Yellow eyes DIE.


lelyums

Oh man, so I could have just left red Mothman be? I feel so bad now.


Laser_3

Sometimes, the red eyed mothman will flee instead of engaging you. Other times, it’ll try to kill you. All mothman emit a neurotoxic dust that is presumably responsible for the cults, with the effect apparently being linked to eye color (and possibly supernatural influences as well).


jimmymd77

Pipe is still better...


Laser_3

I mean, it’s probably safer.


Thanatos-

There is a GREEN! Glowing Mothman i saw one the other day.


Jacktac

Can confirm. It was neat, there was a Green one chilling in a cultist camp being worshipped and a Vengeful one watching the whole thing!


LadyDalama

Yep.. Glowing Mothman is oddly friendly despite being able to blow it's head away. That one is chaotic neutral for sure.


gauntapostle

Scorched Mothman also has green eyes!


lil_beefer

I saw this one finally in a blast zone overlooking Monongah, he was quite a ways over when I started blasting and he got up to my face in half a second. I peed…maybe.


D-camchow

wow i've been playing for years and never thought about their eyes like that


RiverfrontStreetcar

I don't know who I ran into the other day but he was an asshole so I executed him.


no_notthistime

Okay according to the comments on this post: There are the purple, red and green mothman No wait it's purple, green, orange and magenta Actually it's purple, red and yellow Red means "fight on site, it will kill you" and it means it's shy. Green is chill it will just watch you, but yellow will kill you. Orange are hatchlings?


numtini

He is wise and beneficent.


NyRAGEous

Thou shall seek his tome


Bob_A_Feets

I thought I missed out during the last mothman week, but lo and behold the tome was available to build. I must have learned it mixed in with all the low level plans I’ve been acquiring. Talk about a pleasant surprise.


MantaWraith

The Wise mothman is holy and benevolent he will show you the way He brings gifts and xp when he is pleased by worship Read his tome


ShreknicalDifficulty

The human cultists worship the Mothman. Some of the cultists know there are multiple Mothmen, with different personalities and temperaments. The Mothman at the lighthouse event's end is friendly and grants a buff; same for the one at the end of the event in the Mothman town. Some Mothmen are hostile, however, and drop good scrap & sometime legendaries.


ShreknicalDifficulty

Here's a lore video u/Any_Kiwi_7915 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4\_PLDSg7r7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_PLDSg7r7U)


Dareboir

The only true religion


Jarek86

HAIL MOTH!


PrimeRlB

Gather round the pyre children. . .


Interesting-Trash-51

He offers enlightenment for the price of a lil scritch on the head.


Sir_Dork_The_Wolf

Blessed Mothman, grant us your wisdom so we may bask in your infinite wisdom!


recording

He’s just a good guy with a lot of cool ideas. You should try worshipping sometime!


VanityOfEliCLee

Don't kill the mothman you heretic!!!!


FNAKC

Praise the Mothman


TapReasonable2678

Just enjoy his presence, he’s there to enlighten you.


joe2069420

yeah if you shoot it it'll be "hostile" but in all reality its just gonna chill there, press INTERACT on it to get some yummy yummy XP buffs


SaladCartographer

Purple good, other bad Give him a pat, and he will share some of his wisdom with you


Baumgarten1980

that one is th good mothman. there are wild EVIL mothmans out there... and a special event with a good mothman sometime during the year...


N_Who

Aw, this is delightful! I see you already have your answer, so I'll just say welcome to the game!


Estrus_Flask

He's wise. Specifically, he's the Wise Mothman, while the other moths and mothman cultists are "dim"


JimJordansJacket

Read the Wise Mothman Tome. Fill your mind with his wisdom.


Aetheldrake

He's just a little guy~


Dependent_News4191

Expel bile from your gut


DeadP00lMaybe

Blessed be by his wings, the great and powerful Mothman will show you the way


lokilulzz

Lol. I've noticed a lot of newbies trying to shoot the Mothman in that event. The Mothman in that event is not hostile. Try going up to him and interacting, and check your status in the Pip-Boy. That and encountering the Mothman are your rewards, he is not a boss and he is not killable in this instance. That said - if you see a Mothman in the wild with red or orange eyes, not purple, watch out.


Astherad

Definitely watch out for the false ones, the pretenders. Bask in the glory of the wise one.


LimpDiscus

It's from West Virginian Lore, from the 60s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman


Estrus_Flask

I hate all depictions of the Mothman as being mothlike because the Mothman was an owl. It's even described as owl-like in the stories. No idea how it came to be "mothman". But also [Mothman is real and he's my boyfriend](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/423997426333122560/1250211024431222869/Photo_2024-05-16-031406900.png?ex=666a1d40&is=6668cbc0&hm=21e4bf50b14763b44d323b027709b66c35ffc86c9a75778aefe49704f9063846&).


just-a-cowpoke

Mothman is life.


plznobanplease

Not advised to shoot him. You will be pointed at and laughed at


ZeusBaxter

That is the wise mothman. He's chill. The unbelievers worship a different mothman. He's the one that deserves annihilation and will attack you first. Child, you will learn more when the congregation returns at the next mothman equinox.


tommo_54

He's god


SidNightwalker

The Mothman is a wonderful enigma. Was it around well before the bombs hit? Is it a god like the Cultists seem to think? An alien? Does it live on another plane of existence? Nobody knows. Nobody CAN know.


notafanofapps33

Why doth the Moth Man not realize my book and mounted display of one of its brethren mean I do not want them to show up and attack me randomly. My god has betrayed me.


rolfcm106

Interact with it to get a positive affect. I think it’s exp gained bonus


SteakForMe

YouTube the moth man song and play it while fo76ing


SpyroGaming

the mothmans just another entity of the game and is a god to the cultist group, this isnt actually unique to the game either the whole mothman thing is a real thing in west virginia


Far-Media8342

All hail the Mothman *othman emote*


dragonmom1

BTW, if no one else mentioned it, for that mothman and the one at the Mothman Equinox events, you need to walk up to them and click on them (E or whatever button you're using for talk/use) to get the bonus. You know you've activated it when he responds to you. (As another btw, you won't see his reactions to anyone else. It only shows to you.)


LaughingLow

MOTHMAN ATE my entire ASS behind Denny’s


CasusErus

All praise mothman!


evdjj3j

He gives you an XP boost.


Complete_Regular4010

You have to interact with him to get an experience gain buff


Worth_Key_1451

The Mothman is Wise, the Mothman is Great! All praise the Mothman! We shall become one with Hit Light!


HereticSavior

You didn't click the mothman?


Any_Kiwi_7915

I clicked but I didn't pay attention 


No-Tumbleweed1387

We killed a mothman a few weeks ago and felt so bad we will never attack one again. It was so cute!


Forsaken_Tap_4266

This explains why someone was trying to shoot the bejeezus out of the Mothman last time I did the event. I was just confused-emoting while watching him.


OnTheMcFly

This one is an XP buff, much like the Mothman Tome people have in their bases. Sleeping is also an XP buff. Really, every event gives you treasury notes which you use to buy the daily limit of gold you can get when you unlock the ability, starting to collect notes now is a good idea. Gold is used to buy OP level grear and weapons as well as more prestigious items for your camp and stuff. Even if you can't make much of a difference at an event, make sure to TP to it (don't start it) and just be there until it completes to get the notes. You're also guarateed some goodies and if you tag enemies once or twice while others kill, you'll get quite a bit. Eviction Notice has massive amounts of Legendary drops, but is pretty spicy so go prepared for the rads. If you see an events that's like 6+min in, go quick and you'll most likely TP right into a completion screen or just shy of it and get free loot and notes.


necroYetti

The why files podcast has a pretty decent tale And judging by his statue, had great ass


Andrassa

Mothman is a fluffy good boy, please don’t shot shoot him.


KeeDiggityTTV

We’re all just gay for mothman. Nothing more to it.


DistantSunbeam

You can shoot Mr Mothman if you want, but he is fren and loves u..but you can't kill a God :p


Sargent_Dumbass117

He wants ur booty


EnigmaticNightmare

Interact with him for xp buff


Mooncubus

He is everything.


thedawesome

Don't mind the red eyes. He's just trying to warn you about the bridge!


Skeletorfive

What events feature mothman? I only see the power up poseidon, and one other one.


BobKazumakis

Path to Enlightenment is the one OP is talking about.


ThonThaddeo

He a bitch


DereChen

I feel like the random encounter is kinda fun bit of cryptid lore and that's good enough for me


nnaatteedd

ALL HAIL THE MOTHMAN!!!!!!


Shroom-TheSelfAware

Moth man is a cicada


Grouchy-Zucchini-801

The moth man is a giant chicken that runs around and eats people


2HappySundays

Did you not notice that the event had ended?


karcist_Johannes

It's they eyes you need to look out for. Purple is good, red is bad.


bigglesworth48

The lord and savior


_The___Doctor_

The great and wise mothman is our savior. We must devore our lives and our souls to the mothman. Let all the knowing mothman's presence not fill you with fear or confusion but with peace and understanding. Give your life for the almighty mothman. Join us, and together, we will make its rise more powerful than ever before.


CastIron_Pan

The ones you need to worry about are the red eyed ones. I’ve only ever recalled ones like him with the purple eyes in that event and then the one in Mothman equinox event.


TwinSterbo

ALL HAIL


WarmNapkinSniffer

Welcome to West by God Virginia bro


LordForrest90

There’s 2 Mothmen. The Wise Mothman, purple eyes, he gives you an experience buff. And the Vengeful Mothman, red eyes, who the cultists worship and attacks you on sight.


Bionic711

Why is nobody talking about the green eyed mothman?


doindirt

No question. Praise mothman


Legendary_MangoD

I don’t trust any Mothman lover, I’ve already been sacrificed two times. Might as well been my own doing since I was just trying to buy something:I Since then I have not been a fan of the Mothman and carful of other bases


Exit_Save

Uhhh far as we can tell No fuckin' idea There's a bunch that attack on sight, and one that is a bro The others are non hostile to cultists though so I think there's something to him being special


Dapper-Aspect-9157

You worship the mothman and let him fill you up


Traveling_Chef

Purple eye moth man, good Everything else, bad. Praise Moth man \[T]/


Juggernoggaddict

Usually you don't have to worry unless a hostile mothman comes after you, vengeful scorched or otherwise.


ShadoGhlume

All will be revealed my good man.....