Forum:Random explosions

Throughout the game I have encountered places where it seems like a bomb going off for no reason, or an explosion but no one around to have thrown a grenade or missle. Does anyone have any idea what these are?? Smkingjoker 07:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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♠ Could be any number of things, mate. If you're sure no one is around then the most common are eyebots getting destroyed by critters or the Firelance event, or another event that may involve explosions (like wastelanders trying to diffuse a mine, etc). The Firelance event is often preceded by another sound effect that sounds like a plane flying overhead, so watch out for that...and alien power cells scattered across the ground, of course. Cheers! Magnum101 08:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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Yesterday I was on a bridge occupied by raiders, I was observing their patroling routine while in stealth mode for a good bit of time and I have noted explosions going off at regular intervals, coinciding with a sequence of moves and spoken words by the raiders. It happened repeatedly so I deduced that the explosions were part of their life-simulation routine. It was a raiders bridgeblock, not just raiders on a bridge. Quintal 78.114.155.215 19:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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I have had this happen and i think that many times the source of the explosion is someone you can't see. Recently I decided to take a good look for a source of the blasts and found Outcasts with missile launchers. this makes a lot of sense because they wander around and can be seen almost anywhere in the wasteland. They are also aggressive to most wasteland creatures like animals and enclave. Other possibilities are Raiders or sentry bots fighting random spawn creatures.--Warhammerork 04:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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I happened to see two Yao Guri off in the distance start to run to something I couldn't make out. I whipped out the sniper rifle and zoomed in for a better look when I saw that it was an Enclave Eyebot. They destroyed it, and I heard the resulting boom, which was identical to others I have heard and seen in the distance. That could also be an explanation.

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i was on my way to start a DLC when a mortar similar to those fired by the enclave at liberty prime flew right past my head and into a collapsed bridge a few yards ahead of me. i believe that this could be one cause and i happened to be in the right place at the right time

These blasts are a creature appearing. Nukey (talk) 00:45, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

I once heard a boom indoors. It confused me for a long time, but lately I realized what it was. That cell has a trapped section at the far end from where I entered (one of the metro tunnels between the collapsed car tunnel and Museum Station). What I heard was a raider triggering one of the mines. Kris (talk) 01:19, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

I have been having random explosions too, but mine are just weird. Once I found an Outcast with a missle launcher that explained a lot of booms, until he blew up. He tried to shoot at something but then he got hit with a missle. There were no enemies on my radar (perception 7) and I could fast travel and wait. What could that have been? Yum Brahmin 21:35, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

It happened more than once that I was carefreely walking around the Wasteland and suddendly I heard a whistle. I turned around and a missile passed like 50 cm from my head. Empty radar, sneak mode indicating hidden. I just lol'd and proceeded. Niflheimr 17:33, August 15, 2010 (UTC)