Welch

Welch is a town in the Ash Heap region of Appalachia .
==Background==
In 2077, the unemployment rate in town was increasing due to automation put in place by the Hornwright Industrial Mining Company.The Rusty Pick terminal entries; Mick Flanagan's terminal, Entry 01 A transition to complete automation would be mandatory if Ballot Measure 6 in the November 2077 election passed.Sam Blackwell: "No" on Measure 6 
A second mining company Atomic Mining Services approached the town with promises to revitalize the area and reenergize its economy due to the discovery of valuable ultracite.AMS: Corporate Bully After an earthquake damaged several homes, AMS began to evict those with property containing the ore, claiming "resource rights to the land."AMS corporate headquarters terminal entries; CEO Kilson's terminal, Ultracite R&D Report The townspeople revolted against those trying to evict them.Eviction notice recording: The KaminskisHornwright Industrial Headquarters terminal entries; CEO's terminal, Personal Entry 06 The National Guard was called in due to the violence.Hornwright Industrial Headquarters terminal entries; Terminal: Penelope Hornwright, Archived Message - 10.3.77
After the Great War, part of the U.S.S.A. spaceship conducting the Deep Sleep project crashed into a street in Welch, containing the remains of three astronauts, Carol Bernard, Nowak and Lee, who had been separated from their mission commander, Sofia Daguerre, during the reentry.
==Layout==
Welch is now a wasteland, nothing but a set of one and two-story buildings and their remnants, situated at the bottom of a cliff from Welch Station. Ground fires are scattered and numerous in the area. Perched on the southwestern slope of Mount Blair, the entire western edge of the town was torn apart by the shifting ground. Moving up requires navigating around the gaping maw in the ground, in order to gain access to the town.
The cluster of buildings in the downtown area includes boarded-up houses and cracks in the earth. The central area has a weapons workbench, surrounded by a derelict gas station, post office, and bakery with an adjacent pawn shop. There is also a U-Mine-It! vending machine by the gas pumps on the north side of town.
The two intact houses to the southeast contain a tinker's workbench and another weapons workbench. One of them is Evan's house, a brick building up the hill. A weapons workbench can be found against a garage west of the post office on Elkhorn Street. Wooden catwalks connect several of the buildings on this street and ash rose can be found around the street and throughout the rest of the town. Duchess' hideout is located at the collapsed back of a building west of town, down a cliff from most other houses. Its blue mailbox says "Z. Wilson." The whole town is usually crawling with mole miners.
==Notable loot==
* Overseer's journal, entry 5 - Holotape, in Evan's house, during Personal Matters.
* Surveillance system tape - 8/08/77 - Holotape, at the southeast side of town, in a destroyed house in the open bedroom, on the ground.
* Case notes: Duchess - Note, next to the surveillance system tape.
* Eviction notice recording: The Kaminskis - Holotape, inside an open coffin jutting out of the cliffside near Duchess' stash, beside a skeleton.
* Safe key - Inside Welch's post office, on the second floor, against the wall. It is only available while Baa Baa Black Sheep is active and has not yet been completed.
* Three potential plans:
** Randomly generated, at Duchess' hideout.
** On a crate near a skeleton, at the back of the house opposite of Duchess' house, on the hill (armor plan).
** On a crate near the weapons workbench in front of the house marked "Electrical."
* Two potential weapon mods:
** On a crate near the weapons workbench in front of the house marked "Electrical."
** Inside a console, on the second floor of a house with a green propane tank.
* Recipe: Delbert's sunshine oil - Inside a southeast house, in the kitchen, to the right of a sink.
* Potential recipe - Inside a southeast house with the body of a young woman, near a sink. 
* Silver and uranium ore veins - Just to the right of Duchess' safe box.
* U.S.S.A. crew dog tags - Quest item, in the crashed spaceship, during Hope Remains.
== Notes ==
The crashed satellite will very rarely appear among the ruined suburban homes to the south, but there does not seem to be a typical object-type random encounter spawn point here.
==Appearances==
Welch appears .
==Behind the scenes==
Welch is based on the real-world location of Welch, West Virginia.
==Gallery==
F76 Welch2.png|Descent into town
FO76 191020 Welch sign.png|Entrance sign
F76 Welch Sign.png|View of the town from Route 83
F76 Welch Approach.png|Road approaching the town
F76 Welch.png|View of the town from the Welch Station
F76 Welch Vista.png|View of the town from afar
FO76 Welch (Z Wilson).png|Z. Wilson's house
FO76 Welch (Duchess' stash).png|Duchess' stash
FO76 Location misc 7.png|Bridge to the town
FO76 Welch (Surveillance system tape - 8 08 77).jpg|Surveillance system tape - 8/08/77
Overseer's journal entry 5.png|Overseer's journal, entry 5
FO76 Nelson lookin place.png|Ad in Welch
FO76 Welch (Eviction notice recording The Kaminskis).jpg|Eviction notice recording: The Kaminskis
FO76 Roadway sign 83.png|Nearby roadway
FO76 Kanawha sign.png
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FO76 Another Mt Blair sign.png
FO76 191020 Welch McDowell Street sign.png|McDowell Street sign
FO76 Misc lox 9.png|Fallout 76 loading screens
FO76 251020 Welch Beckley Camden Park sign.png
FO76 Welch cemetery.png|Cemetery on the outskirts
==References==
Category:Fallout 76 locations
Category:Ash Heap locations
Category:Pre-War cities
Category:Fallout 76 towns
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