Talk:Ben Canning

Places found
I first found Ben near the Anchorage Memorial. After giving him water I later found him outside Rivet City and Arefu.82.3.87.13 06:00, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I think I found him at Meresti Trainyard, he disappeared after a couple of hours and I never saw him again. This water quest is not repeatable (like that guy out front of Megaton). Dafpants 06:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Found Ben collapsed in a ravine, halfway between Megaton and the RobCo plant, on my way to doing the RobCo quest for Moira. --158.180.64.10 11:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the spot-list is useful. He can be anywhere where there can be a Random encounter. --Mirar 09:18, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

I activated the radio tower at Broadcast Tower KB5 and Ben appeared out of thin air (kind of like when someone enters through a door). I followed him and watched him pull out a missile launcher to kill a Bloatfly and then use his fists on a Mirelurk King (who quickly dispatched him). On his body was a missile launcher and 1 missile along with the other items. PS3 version.

other times, he simply runs away from anything near him

I saw him get killed in front of Arefu by a couple raiders. On him was a laser weapon (which he didn't use to defend himself with) and a Roving Trader Outfit (+5 to barter) which I was happy to find.96.18.58.130 18:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

I found him by Minefield I followed a road around a bend and he was by a water tower. He was actually submerged in the ground an obvious glitch.
 * Same here. Mr White 23:45, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

I found him lying dead upon exiting Rockopolis. He hadn't been anywhere in the vicinity when I entered. He appears to have wandered up and gotten killed while I was exploring inside.64.92.13.111 01:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I found him dead in front of Super Duper mart, i never saw him before, so i googled for him to see if he was important somehow... seems not to be

I found Ben (alive) outside the Robot Repair Center. After I gave him water, he later appeared in the Trader's spot outside Rivet City. Contrary to what the article claims, Ben is not traveling the Trader route, he's just loitering. His refusal to leave Rivet City has caused the other Traders to skip Rivet entirely in my game. --Nymphonomicon 03:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I found Ben near a powerstation that was pretty close to the Robco Building.

Humerously, I found him near a gorge somewhere (I wasn't paying attention to where I was, I was just heading to landmarks) with water in it. He was sitting directly in front of it, facing the opposite direction, and asking for water. Dragon1300 02:11, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Jefferson Memorial/Project Purity
I encountered Ben behind the Enclave shields at Project Purity whilst on a mission to get Colonel Autumn's trenchcoat. Apparently, Ben either found a way through the shields, or is unaffected by them. As this is very late in my game, I am surprised that he is still alive. I encountered Ben Canning IN THE ROAD, not a typo! he was halfway inside the road as if were poured cement all around except for one arm and free....

I was going to start the "Into the Pitt" quest, and was walking towards the start location, when I noticed him at the bottom of an apparently sealed off (no way out) depression, with sheer rock faces surrounding, and a pool of water. He was up to his shoulders, one arm free, in the dirt, and had the standard dialog choices. Is this just a combination of a random encounter and a bug? Anyway, yeah, oh and this was on the X-Box 360.98.156.98.132 00:27, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw ben once outside Arlington library needing water, and now he's hangin out by the megaton entrance. Seems almost like he's one of those ghosts that re-enact their deaths or something from what i've read here.

Traders' Routes?
After giving Ben water, he always seems to be on the traders' routes outside Megaton and Rivet City. When I wait two hours to cycle the merchant, he always appears in the cycle and doesn't leave until I wait for quite a long time, sometimes as long as twelve hours. Has this happened to any other person and if so, should I just blow his brains out to stop it? This is on the 360 version, by the way. Insincerity 18:09, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Nah, he just follows the trader's routes if you give him water.- you've got some OTHER hang up, killin him wont fix it. Try an earlier save, or experiment with "placeatme" console stuff. Caveat- stay well back from these guys when yer "cycling 1 hour", or they won't move away from you. Kingmarco66 12:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Teehee
I gave him a fully repaired set of Tesla Armor and a fully repaired Gatling Laser and 10 Stimpacks. Let's see anything take him down now. SuSpence95 (Talk) 21:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Scratch that, he died from an Enclave Officer. :P SuSpence95 (Talk) 11:33, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Super Ben Canning!
Kingmarco66 11:12, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Here's a bat I use if I run into Ben- It works for "vanilla" F3 or all-DLC versions.(PC only) Save it as a .txt in yer F3 folder, then open the console, type

bat superben

(or whatever you saved it as) and you've got an unbreakable (if kinda weak) heroic ally in the world. Follow him round awhile, see if you can stand the carnage!

Code follows-

prid 00031e2f

removeitem 0002B385 1

removeitem 00074334 1

removeitem 00004335 1

additem 6c587 1

additem 5c99f 1

additem 236d8 1

additem 25b83 1

additem 000ae8ae 1

additem 0004c5f9 10

setessential 00031e28 1

Have fun! Kingmarco66 11:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I left similar code for the traders at the Merchant Empire discussion- it all seems to work well (for me), hassle free Merchants + Ben.Kingmarco66 12:55, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

What? WHAT?! I... Spoon 11:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Daaammmm... I keep kettin kilt just followin the guy around, he attracts such mass carnage, and never rests. He obviously doesn't give a fuck about *you* (the Player Character)... remind you of anyone? You get a lot of common loot this way, but not much XP.Kingmarco66 12:24, 25 August 2009 (UTC)