Sacred bog

The sacred bog is a location in Point Lookout in 2277, accessible by the sacred bog entrance.
==Layout==
On the westernmost side of the map, the entrance leads to a swamp consisting of a winding path populated with swamplurks, mirelurk hunters and swamplurk queens, all of which are found along the path towards the Mother Punga, a very large variant of the punga plant. Up to 35 regular punga plants are located around the Mother Punga plant.Jimson: "Truly, the Mother Punga has bestowed her wisdom upon you, and your mind has been expanded!"(Jimson's dialogue)Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census p. 86: "Mother PungaThis is an enormous "seed," part of a huge wild bloom of the Punga fruit. The seeds nestle on a pod in the recessed part of the fruit. The plant shudders and releases a puff of pollen, said to cause vivid hallucinations."
==Related quests==
* Walking with Spirits: Experiencing the hallucinations brought on by the Mother Punga is a rite of passage, allowing one to find out more information about the local tribals for Desmond Lockheart.Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition Tour of Point Lookout p. 673: "The Ark & Dove CathedralThe cathedral grounds and gate are inaccessible until you've completed the Ritual of Mother Punga, during Main Quest: Walking with Spirits."
==Notes==
* Directly north of the sacred bog entrance is a burned out house with some loot.
* The water inside the sacred bog has low levels of radiation. Drinking from most bodies of water inside the bog will heal 20 HP while only causing an increase of one unit of radiation. The exception is the body of water immediately prior to the Mother Punga plant, which has a normal level of radiation.
* Upon entering this location, fast travel is not available until exit from the sacred bog entrance has been achieved.
* The sacred bog has its own world map. 
* The Lone Wanderer will still have hallucinations of Moira Brown's and Elder Lyons' dead bodies as well as Mister Break, even if the characters have not been met beforehand.
==Appearances==
The sacred bog appears .
==Behind the scenes==
* Developers who worked on the creation of the sacred bog include Megan Sawyer,Megan Sawyer portfolio Jesse Tucker and Philip Nelson. According to Joel Burgess, much of the hallucination sequence was implemented by either Jesse or Philip based on a concept by Joel.Fallout 4 Point Lookout Mod with Joel Burgess and Nate Purkeypile (59:07)Kenneth Vigue: "Yeah, this is a pretty unsettling fever dream. Who's idea was this and is everything okay at home?"Joel Burgess: "I think it was mine? [laughter]"Nathan Purkeypile: "Yeah, I don't think it was mine, so... surprisingly."Joel Burgess: "Oh yeah, there's the bonesaw, right? So this is him like, going into your skull. Like, that's the thing is, these things are happening to you for real and then in your sort of fevered state, you're interpreting them... and so yeah, that's what all... gah. [laughter] And then of course like Jesse, right? One of our level designers implemented all this stuff, or maybe Phil did the hallucination? There's definitely some Phil vibes in here, like the Schmault-Tec is very Phil."Nathan Purkeypile: "This is a good example though of why that filesize is small. It's like this is all level designers leveraging stuff that we have in interesting ways."
* The "buffer" cell of the sacred bog entrance was created due to engine limitations preventing direct travel from worldspace to worldspace.Fallout 4 Point Lookout Mod with Joel Burgess and Nate Purkeypile (54:11)Nathan Purkeypile: "I mean, isn't it, Joel, that we couldn't load worldspace to worldspace? So we had to go interior to worldspace. [...] For some totally random tech reason."
==Bugs==
* There are reports of unusually frequent crashes in this area. Upon investigating in the G.E.C.K., there is an activator in this cell that can cause some PCs to crash. There is a third party fix available.
* There is a possible bug that will allow one to remain under the swamp water just outside of the sacred bog entrance without affecting oxygen levels.
* There is a bug that if you have any temporary follower with you it will crash the game.
==Gallery==
Sacred bog entrance.jpg|Entrance door, interior
PL Sacred hollow.jpg|The hollow between Point Lookout and the bog
PL Sacred bog mirelurk queen.jpg|One of the swamplurk queens that live here
FO3 Megan Sawyer portfolio Point Lookout1.jpg|Mother Punga
==References==
Non-game
Category:Point Lookout locations
Category:Swamps
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