Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant is a town in the Forest region of Appalachia.
==Background==
Point Pleasant sits on the shores of the Ohio River, opposite the town of Gallipolis. The Silver Bridge collapsed during heavy traffic on December 15, 1967, and many drowned in the river.Silver Bridge sign
It featured the Mothman Museum attraction, dedicated to one of Appalachia's most well known cryptids.Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 294: "ZONE B: NORTHWEST FOREST AND POINT PLEASANT""This sliver of the Forest follows the winding Ohio River, the western boundary of Appalachia, and is mainly comprised of wooded and mountainous terrain. It is more remote and has fewer large settlements, with the exception of Point Pleasant, where a strange band of cultists have started to worship a possibly apocryphal shadow creation known as the Mothman."(Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia)Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide pp. 300–301: "27. POINT PLEASANT""Point Pleasant is home to the Mothman Museum and the adjacent statue. Its recent past has seen it change hands from a Raider to a Responder camp, though the current inhabitants are Scorchers and some mutated and unpleasant wildlife. Expect a number of inaccessible dwellings, upper rooftops with ramps, and bridges connecting them to narrow interiors, allowing for you to dodge violence as well as explore. Clear the rooftops of Scorchers first, before venturing into structures and finally securing the town. Don't forget to search for "The Mothman Cometh" holotapes (parts 1 and 2), and observe the worrying sacrificial display by the river. Check the church for the remains of a Responders triage center. Attempt to enter the Mothman Museum via either the locked front door (1) or the rear upper back door (0); then unlock the toilet door (2), which leads to a secret staircase into the basement, where true cultist horrors await!"(Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia)
The Cult of the Mothman gathered for a sermon on October 21, 2077, preparing for a ritual. Brother Charles experienced a vision of flood, and this warning was proclaimed the following day. The cult ultimately fled to the Lucky Hole Mine across the state, where they took shelter. One Mothman enthusiast, Jeff Lane, remained in the town for some time after the War, before a mad storyteller motivated him to leave in search of the Interloper.Interloper 
After the Great War, The town was controlled by raiders for some time. Then, it was a Responders outpost. Operating out of the converted church, the Responders held out until Appalachia fell to the Scorched.Search teamsLeaving at dawn The town remained a nest of Scorched activity in the following years.
When the Dwellers of Vault 76 rediscovered the town in 2102, the North Road Bridge which had replaced the Silver Bridge had similarly collapsed. At the waterfront outdoor auditorium, they found human remains arranged on a table in a grisly display, indicating cult activity at some point.
In 2103, the area was reclaimed by the Cult of the Mothman sect known as the Followers of the Winged One, and the corrupt vines which infested the basement of the Mothman Museum had come to cover the entire town. Several large effigies of Mothman were constructed from the bones of an unknown aquatic creature and hoisted prominently at the southern bridge and the church which overlooks the town. The collapsed North Road Bridge was converted into a shrine.
In 2104, the Enlightened reclaimed the town for the first time, and constructed several new structures, including a third Mothman effigy by the water. Each Mothman Equinox, the town temporarily comes under their rule. 
==Layout==
The ruins of Point Pleasant are set up as three tiered streets descending to a waterside outdoor auditorium. In 2103, the Cult returned to their pre-War territory and added fortifications, altars, and totems throughout the town. Most buildings are boarded up and inaccessible, but the rooftops are well connected by makeshift walkways. The South Road Bridge entrance is an ominous, heavily guarded gate. The North Road Bridge has collapsed into the Ohio River. Foliage has been amassed here overwhelmingly, creating a central fecund prayer space. Marigold Pavilion overlooks the town from a hillside to the west.Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 302: "MARIGOLD PAVILION""To the east of Point Pleasant, atop a rugged hillside, is an old wooden structure, along with an irradiated lake, which once beckoned tourists and hikers. Check the lake for a sunken safe to open."(Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia) Bonfires dot the road leading north out of town. A burning effigy is located at the intersection closest to the church. By the river, cultists kneel before a central towering shrine.
State Route 81 is situated to the west, running alongside the river until branching off by the main Responder outpost in the church to the east. The church was used as a medical aid staging area and contains a safe, medical loot, a chem station, medical supplies automated vendor as well as the remains of the former faction. Jeff Lane's second-story apartment across the street from the Mothman Museum. The same street contains a store containing a safe. The closed storefront of Bernardo's is nearby. North of this block is an open garage with a potential power armor spawn. Down the the road behind the museum is an ammo vendor and a weapons workbench.
==Inhabitants==
Pre-War
* Jeff Lane (formerly)
Responders
* Millie (formerly)
* Jackson (formerly)
* McCoy (formerly)
* Fields (formerly)
Enlightened
*Wise Charles the Forewarned 
* Interpreter Clarence 
* Observer Errol 
* Observer Johanna 
* Observer Marlon 
==Notable loot==
=== Holotapes and notes ===
* Interloper - Holotape, found in the southern apartment across from the Point Pleasant bus stop on a nightstand. The apartment is accessed by jumping onto the fire escape from the top of the nearby truck.
* The Mothman Cometh - Part 2 - Holotape, found sitting on the television in the same apartment.
* Wilson's Bros. garage - Note, in the same apartment, found next to the interloper holotape on the dresser.
* Search teams - Note, in the church on a desk near a Responder corpse.
* Leaving at dawn - Note, found on a metal table on the roof just west of the entrance to the church.
* South bridge watch - Note, found on the rooftop of the northwestern hardware store with the power armor, sitting on the cinderblocks of a campfire. The building itself is independent of the main system of Mothman cultist walkways along the town's rooftops, and is instead a separate building near the Silver Bridge and the Ohio River that can be accessed by jumping from the bridge to the roof.
* Note from Miller - Note, found to the left of the base of the Mothman statue.
* C.H. Monthly, January - Note, inside the same apartment as the Mothman Cometh - Part 2 holotape, on a small nightstand near a door.
* C.H. Monthly, October - Note, inside the same apartment as the Mothman Cometh - Part 2 holotape, directly opposite of the small nightstand.
=== Other loot ===
* Mothman Museum key - Inside the same apartment room where the Interloper holotape is found, underneath the bed's left pillow.
* Mothman eggs - Found on the ground around the Mothman statue and around a makeshift shrine table near the collapsed west bridge.
* Power armor chassis with T-series armor pieces - Found on the rooftop of the hardware store opposite the western bridge with random power armor pieces attached.
* Potential weapon mod plan - In the open garage, on a cabinet to the left of a power armor station.
* Two potential workshop plans:
** Inside the church, on a small metal shelf opposite of the chemistry workbench.
** Inside the Mothman Museum, on the second floor, on a desk behind a tinker's workbench.
* Three potential armor mods:
** Inside the church, on a metal shelf close to the northern door.
** Inside the church, on a wooden shelf to the right of a Picklock 2 safe.
** On the left side of the hardware store, on a shelf underneath a 'Plumbing' sign, to the left of a large toolbox.
* Two potential weapon mods:
** Near the weapons workbench in front of the hunting supplies store, on top of a stacked wooden crate.
** In the open garage near a power armor station, on top of a crate.
* Four potential recipes:
** Sitting on a wooden crate near the campfire on the same roof.
** On a roof with a blue and white tent, on a lower metal shelf.
** On the back veranda facing the river, on a small table, near the ice cream shop.
** On the roof of the Nuka-cola shop with a cooking station, on a cinderblock near the cooking station.
==Notes==
*Originally, an upright Christmas tree could be seen at the bottom of the river beneath the collapsed bridge. This world object is no longer present.
*After cargobots drop their payload anywhere on the map, they seem to travel to Point Pleasant and orbit a spot across the river, just north of North Road Bridge. At times, fifteen or more can be seen there.
**Observer Marlon's bridgeside pyre seems to directly face this spot.
== Appearances==
Point Pleasant appears , and was expanded upon in the Wastelanders and Night of the Moth updates.
==Behind the scenes==
*In real life, the Mothman statue at Point Pleasant was not erected until 2003, six years after the release of the original Fallout.
* A reference to the 1988 film Beetlejuice can be found at the church in Point Pleasant. On the outer wall facing the graveyard, a door has been drawn in chalk, complete with an "O" for a doorknob. In an important scene from the film, Adam Maitland draws a door on a similar brick wall, and the door opens after following the instructions in the "Handbook for the Recently Deceased."
==Gallery==
===Night of the Moth===
76 NOTM Museum block.png
FO76 Steam Point Plz.jpg|Equinox weather
FO76 Home decor 2.png|Totem of Warding
76 NOTM Responders gate.png
FO76 Tome home 1.png|Tomes in church
FO76 Tome home 2.png|Tomes in church
FO76 Home decor 1.png|Rug near throne
FO76NM Point Pleasant candles.png|Candles across from the throne
76 Point Pleasant Equinox.png
76 NOTM Waterside pyre.png
76 NOTM Bound pyre.png
76 Point Pleasant Cargobot Equinox.jpg
76 NOTM Church front.png
76 NOTM Moth cloud.png|Totem of Warding
76 NOTM Graves.png
76 NOTM Heraldic totem.png
===Wastelanders===
76 WL Point Pleasant sign.png|Front gate
FO76WL Point Pleasant south entrance.png|South Road Bridge in 2103
FO76WL Point Plez 2.png|Roots and tree limbs on the Silver Bridge
FO76WL Point Plez 3.png|Route 81 signs
FO76WL Point Plez 4.png|Silver Bridge
FO76WL Point Plez 5.png|Silver Bridge
F76 Point Pleasant Ext Shrine.jpg|Ritual site
FO76WL Point Plez 12.png|Ritual site
FO76WL Point Plez 13.png|Closeup of ritual site and skeleton
FO76 NOTM Point Pleasant effigy.png
FO76WL Point Plez 1.png|Campsite
FO76WL Point Plez 8.png|Campsite
FO76WL Point Plez 7.png|Silver Bridge sign
FO76WL Point Plez 9.png|Cultist trough
FO76WL Point Plez 10.png|Cultist walkway
FO76WL Point Plez 11.png|Cultist totem
FO76 Point Pleasant (Jeff Lane Apartment).jpg|Jeff Lane's apartment (Interloper, The Mothman Cometh - Part 2, and Wilson's Bros. garage)
FO76WA Point Pleasant (C.H. Monthly, January).jpg|C.H. Monthly, January
FO76WA Point Pleasant (C.H. Monthly, October).jpg|C.H. Monthly, October
FO76 Point Pleasant (Leaving at dawn).jpg|Leaving at dawn
Note from Miller.png|Note from Miller
FO76 Point Pleasant (Search teams).jpg|Search teams
FO76 Point Pleasant (south bridge watch).png|South bridge watch
FO76 Point Pleas Vault 76 sign.png|Directional sign
FO76 Flora Forest 3.png|Graves
76 Mothman Museum Jeremy.png
76 WL Pantheon.png
===At release===
Point Pleasant.png|Responder checkpoint
F76 Point Pleasant 1.png|South Road Bridge in 2102
Fo76 P Pleas bridge.png|South Road Bridge
FO76 Silver Bridge sign.png|Silver Bridge sign
F76 Point Pleasant Southern View.png|Southern view
F76 Mothman Museum Ext.png|Mothman Museum and statue
F76 Mothman Museum Int .png|Interior
F76 Mothman Museum Bas 1.png|Chapel
F76 Mothman Museum Bas 2.png|Chapel decorations
FO76 Point Pleasant Beetlejuice door.png|Beetlejuice reference
F76 Point Pleasant Church Ext.png|Responder outpost
F76 Point Pleasant Church Int.png|Interior
PowerArmor Point Pleasant.png|Power armor
FO76 City Mothman poster.png|Mothman city poster
76 Moth church tryptich.png
==References==
Non-game
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