Forum:Spontaneous Combustion

I was travelling by foot to Underworld from Megaton, with a lvl 9 Neutral character. I had just met a scavenger with a whole heap of dogs on a bridge. Seeing some ghouls near a ramp leading into the ground, I thought I had found the Railroad. When I had taken care of the ghouls I started moving towards what I thought was a ramp, however, I started getting a 1 rad p/s. As i moved closer it moved through 2 to 3 rad p/s. I discovered it was actually a hole in the ground, flooded with water & an exposed pipeline. It was at 6 rad p/s when I reached the pipe. It simply read: 'Open Sewer Grate to Underground Sewers', so I took some Rad-x.

When I entered the Geiger counter jumped to 9 rad p/s, even with the Rad-x & my high endurance. There were a few ghouls around, not noticing me with my 60% sneak. I shot one with free-aim, but a roamer noticed me. When he was close enough I entered VATS. I selected his head, & upon exiting VATS to the replay, he & other ghouls burst into flames. After this when I was exploring I found a dead wastelander, which I looted. After I'd finished, his corpse caught fire as well, along with a nearby roamer corpse.

Later still, a Chosen one that was yelling at caught fire too. When I exited the Underground Sewers the corpses of the ghouls I had encountered outside were burning as well.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Pararaptor 06:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

That was a gas leak--Meca-dope 17:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, if you use the flamer, shishkebab, or nuka grenade by a gas leak, the gas in the air gets set on fire and damages you and others nearby. Broeman 13:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I've had it happen with small guns as well. If there's enough gas I think any weapon firing will ignite it. Always fun. Which reminds me....

When you go to Broken Bow, chuck a frag grenade down the hallway and close the door before it blows. It'll save you a BBQ. LVTDUDE 16:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

energy weapons help get rid of gas leaks.Maccy Man the man with no plan. 20:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I was in the same sewer yesterday, and ran into a (glitch) Glowing One who would not DIE! I hit it with multiple headshots while Charon was blasting away at it, I moved away, moved back, chucked a Frag Grenade at it and it still would NOT die. I ended up running like hell. Thecrystalcrow

Thanks for the help 218.215.182.1 05:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I wish I'd read that above post about tossing a frag grenade into that room in the Broken Bow with that fire trap, a little earlier. After picking the lock to get in there, I was creeping my way through the different rooms, taking out a few mirelurks and watching for traps. I was so intent on looking for landmines and rigged shotguns I didnt see the trap in that last room...I'm standing in the doorway leaning close to my screen looking for obvious traps...and all of a sudden the room EXPLODES and my character is on fire...I was not impressed, but now it's pretty funny. Zool7