Where to find and how to farm for Bone and Bone Shards in Fallout 76

Dedicated to Jeremy "Grim Reaper". Thank you for all you and your team do for the community.

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This guide is broken into the following sections:

• Tips and Tricks

• Vendors

• Creatures

• Collectrons and Camp Ally's

• Containers

• Seasonal and Themed Events

• Events

• Other

• Extractors, Deposits and Veins

• Farming Locations

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We are going to start with the boring bits first. It can make farming a lot easier and less time-consuming once you know and can identify what junk gives what scrap and what junk item yields the most scrap.

Super Duper does not work when turning junk scraps into bulk.

5 bone shards per item

• Brahmin Skull

• Jawless Brahmin Skull

• Rib Cage

• Sheepsquatch Skull

• Spine

4 bone shards per item

• None

3 bone shards per item

• Large Left Antler

• Large Right Antler

• Left Arm Bones

• Left Leg Bones

• Pelvis Bones

• Rib Cage and Pelvis

• Rib Cage and Spine

• Right Arm Bones

• Right Leg Bones

• Skull

2 bone shards per item

• Acidic Gulper Hand

• Beaver Teeth

• Broken Femur

• Broken Tibia

• Deathclaw Hand

• Femur

• Human Jaw

• Jarred Scorched Head

• Large Sheepsquatch Horn

• Left Foot Bones

• Megasloth Claw

• Mysterious Quill

• Right Foot Bones

• Scorchbeast Bones

• Skull Cap Bone

• Skull Eye Socket

• Skull Faceplate

• Skull Fragment

• Small Left Antler

• Small Right Antler

• Tibia

1 bone shard per item

• Autopsy Board Game

• Capless Skull

• Cracked Deathclaw Egg

• Jarred Scorched Foot

• Jarred Scorched Hand

• Left Hand Bones

• Mole Rat Teeth

• Right Hand Bones

• Upper Skull

Use the tag for search option to help find junk that has bone in it.

Open your pip boy and scroll across to Item and then Junk.

Press RB (right button for Xbox)

Press R3 (right click joystick for PlayStation)

C for PC

This will bring up the component view.

Scroll down and find the junk component you are farming for and then press A to set up the tag for search.

If the junk component that you are looking for is not on the list, then you will need to collect a piece of junk that has the component in it and then repeat the above steps.

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Science of Love Challenge

Collect 5 Human Skulls or Skull Fragments.

What counts as Skulls and Skull Fragments for this challenge:

• Full Human Skull

• Upper Skull

• Capless Skull

• Human Jaw

• Skull Eye Socket

• Skull Cap Bone

• Skull Faceplate

• Skull Fragment

Ash Heap

Camden Park

External

5 Spawns

Enter the park and head over to the Lucky Mucker. Stand next to Zeke and face North.Walk forward to the first green stall on your left. There will be 4 skulls on the counter and another in the bucket inside the stall against the back wall.

Riverside Manor

External

5 Spawns

Face West and follow the road until you get to an intersection. Turn left and there will be a pile of bones in front of the street sweeper. You may need to dig around among the bodies a bit to find the skulls.

Forest

Helveria

External

5 Spawns

Head to The Honey Haus and open the storage room behind the counter. You can lock pick the door or grab the key from under the flower pot by the back door. The Skull pieces are on the mattress in the corner of the storage room.

Vault 76

External

6 Spawns

There are six skulls here, but they are mostly under the leaf piles in the middle of the area and can be painful to find and grab. There are 6 Silt Bean plants here, which might make it worth the visit.

Stand in front of the Vault and face East. Run straight forward, and you should be able to see the faint glow of the lantern on your left.

North Kanawha Lookout

External

5 Spawns

Turn South and run up the hill. At the top of the hill face SW and run over to the unmarked cabin. The 5 Skulls can be found in the Spa Bath outside.

Toxic Valley

Clancy Manor

External

15 Spawns

Face North and run up the hill behind the Manor. Climb up to the top of the rock pile in front of you, face East, and look for the wooden platform against the tree.

Crater Watchstation

External

6 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Black Bear Lodge

External

6 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Savage Divide

Palace of the Winding Path

External

7 Spawns

Run over to the back of the bus, turn NW, and run forward until you see the stairs on your left.

Go down the stairs, follow the path around, and go up the first set of stairs on your left.

Face NW, go up the stairs, turn left, and enter the room on your right. The Skulls will be on the ground and on either side of the altar.

Skullbone Vantage

External

5 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

The Whitesprings Service Entrance

External

12 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Skyline Valley

The Trading Post

External

18 Spawns

Line up with the Dark Hollow Manor map marker and run forward. Climb over the rocks and drop down to the ground. You should be near a Lion Statue and some paths. Face West and follow the path to the end (turn left at the T Junction). The Skull Fragments are on the ground near the ribcages and legs.

The Mire

Freddy Fear's House of Scares

External

5 Spawns

-This is the Bloatfly and Honeybeast fixed spawn for the Dolly Sod's Scout Daily, Stings and Things.

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Braxson's Quality Medical Supplies

External

21 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Big Maw

External

10 Spawns

Refer to the directions in the section below.

Digger's Den

External

10 Spawns

There are 10 spawns here but they are all over the camp, not in one place or pile. If you enjoy looting then head over and spend an hour here, otherwise I'd go to another location.

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Fixed Spawn Locations

Bones are a per-server, pick-up history, world spawn item.

This means they will only spawn once per location per server. If another player collects it before you, you won’t be able to collect it on the same server. If the Bones aren't there for you and you haven’t collected it from that location before, try server hopping or switching to a private server to look again.

However, if you’ve already collected Bones from that location and it isn’t there when you return, you’ll need to refresh your pick-up history list before it can respawn for you.

If you’re still unsure or would like more details, check out my How Spawns Work in Fallout 76 guide, which you can find here.

While bone can be found throughout the Wasteland, I’ll only list locations with 20 or more spawns.

Toxic Valley

Black Bear Lodge - 46 bone shards

Human bones and animal skulls.

Mostly in the basement with an animal skull upstairs, on the side table.

South of the Crater Watch station - 45 bone shards

Human Bones.

The bones are scattered around on the ground, mostly near the roots of the tree log. There are some small bones in this area so do a double run through to not miss any.

Forest

Aaronholt Homestead - 28 bone shards

Antlers.

They are scattered through out the houses, in the barn and the shed that is out the back in the field. The dogs can also drop bone.

Hunter's Ridge - 37 bone shards

Antlers and a Brahmin Skull.

The antlers are scattered around the camp site including upstairs. The Brahmin Skull is at the end of the look out. The dogs can also drop bone.

Bolton Greens - 30 bone shards

Human Bones and Autopsy Board Game.

The boardgame is inside, upstairs in the bedroom. The human bones are outside, on top of the fridges, in the fridges, on the tables and in other scenes that are scattered around on the green and near the sand pits.

Savage Divide

Monongah Mine - 65 bone shards

Human Bones.

Downstairs in the waiting lobby, some bones are in the stew pot and on the bottom shelf in the trailer. A large pile of bones can be found in the right hand corner of the lobby, near the workbenches, in one of the open robot pods.

Only accessible during A Colossal Problem event.

Fort Atlas Substructure - 35 bone shards

Mole Miners.

Kill the Mole Miners in both sections of the cave and scrap the mole miner gauntlets for mole rat teeth and in turn bone.

Wendigo Cave - 72 bone shards

Human Bones and Bone Chimes.

Scattered throughout the cave.

Very good location for brain fungus but a jetpack may be required.

Skullbone Vantage - 56 bone shards

Brahmin Skulls on the tips of the poles and one capless skull on the table.

Note you will need a jetpack to access these.

Whitesprings Service Entrance - 45 bone shards

Human Bones

In and around the dumpsters. Some of the bones are small and or under the debris so walk around and click the ground.

Freak Show - 61 bone shards

Human Bones, Bone Chimes and Animal Skulls.

Lucky Hole Mine - 44 bone shards

Mostly Bone Chimes. Antlers and Skulls down the bottom on the alter. Don't forget to grab the bone chime hanging in the doorway near the spawn in location.

Door Code: 238 963

Lucky Hole Key: On the podum, on the alter, at the bottom of the mine.

The Mire

Freddy Fear's House of Scares (Unmarked Location) - 133 bone shards.

Same location as the collect a Bloatfly Gland for the Stings and Things daily.

Human Bones and Animal Skulls.

The bones and skulls are scattered around the area. Check in the water for them as well.

Braxson's Quality Medical Supplies - 177 bone shards

Human Bones

They are everywhere. Look in boxes and on shelves and on the tables. Don't forget to check the dog bowl upstairs.

Big Maw - 107 bone shards

Human Bones.

At the bottom and on the rock ledges. There are a few in the shallow pools of water.

Abandoned Waste Dump - 58 bone shards

Human Bones and Cracked Deathclaw Eggs.

Out the front of the entrance and inside. Don't forget to check the Deathclaw Nests.

Good place for farming brain fungus.

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Vendors

Bone can be purchased in the form of Bulk Bone Shards, from the following vendors.

Note that while the % is low, if bulk bone shards do spawn, then the vendor can have up to 10 bulk in their inventory.

Cap'n Kidd (Whitesprings Resort) - 37.57%

Autopsy Board Game

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Creatures

Super Mutants - 1.74%

Human Bones.

West Tek on average yields 40 bone shards after killing and looting the Super Mutants

Mongrel and Attack Dogs - 0.80%

Human Bones.

**Mole Rat - 15%

**Mole Rat Broodmother - 100%

Drop Mole Rat Teeth. When scrapped, Mole rat teeth give 1x bone shard.

**Beavers - 100%

Beaver teeth give 2x bone shards when scrapped.

**Mole Miners - 40%

Drop Mole Miner Gauntlets. When scrapped, these give 2 mole rat teeth.

**Deathclaws - 25%

Drops Deathclaw Hands. When scrapped, this gives 2 bone shards.

**Radtoad

Human Bones - 0.15% to 0.61%

Deathclaw Hand - 0.08%

Brahmin Skull - 0.15%

**Gulper

Human Bones - 0.15% to 0.61%

Deathclaw Hand - 0.08%

Brahmin Skull - 0.15%

**Acidic Gulpers - 5%

Drops Acidic Gulper Hand. When scrapped, this gives 2 bone shards.

Only drops from Acidic Gulpers during the Moonshine Jamboree event.

**Sheepsquatch

Mysterious Quill (x5) - 100%

Sheepsquatch Skull - 100%

Large Sheepsquatch Horn - 75%

Sheepsquatch can be found during the event Free Range.

There is also a small chance that they can spawn at "Scene" random spawn locations in The Mire, Cranberry Bog and Savage Divide.

**Scorchbeast

Scorchbeast Bones - 33.33%

**Megasloth

Megasloth Claw - 30%

Good luck trying to find these handsome guys. They can spawn during Scorched Earth, daily Queen of the Hunt, location Treetops in The Mire, in the carpark out the front of Cranberry Glade and in the NAR repair yard.

**Does not directly drop bone. You will need to scrap something that drops from them, to get the bone shards.

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Collectrons and Ally's

Fetch - 0.102%

Human Bones.

Unlocked from the Season 6 scoreboard or the plan for Fetch's dog house can be purchased from Samuel at Foundation.

Note: You will need to be at Ally reputation with the Settlers for this plan to show in Samuel's inventory.

Scavenger Collectron Station - 2.18%

Human and Animal Bones when set to collect junk.

Bone shards when set to collect scrap.

Atom shop purchase only.

If you wish to choose a different skinned collectron such as the raider or communist bot, simply use the terminal attached to the collectron base and select the "Scrap" or "Junk" option.

Note: If you are using the FETCH skin collectron, his loot pool is diluted with his default settings so he will always have circuitry as well as whatever collectron function you have chosen.

Daphne - 11.11%

Autopsy Board Game

Unlocked from the Season 6 scoreboard or the plan for Daphne's toy box can be purchased from Samuel at Foundation.

Note: You will need to be at Ally reputation with the Settlers for this plan to show in Samuel's inventory.

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Containers

Deathclaw Nests

Human Bones - 3.55% to 7.07%

Cracked Deathclaw Egg - 20%

Deathclaw Hand - 0.01%

Brahmin Skull - 0.03%

Scorchbeast Nests - Nest locations

Human Bones - 11.52%

Scorchbeast Bones - 8.33%

Meat Bags

Human Bones - 0.57%

Human Skull - 17.04%

Mole Rat Teeth - 14.28%

Scorchbeast Guano Piles

Human Bones - 0.57%

Mole Rat Teeth - 14.28%

Footlockers

Deathclaw Hand - 0.83%

Human Bones - 0.12% to 1.50%

Brahmin Skull - 1.50%

Metal Box

Deathclaw Hand - 0.52%

Human Bones - 0.94%

Brahmin Skull - 0.94%

Locker

Deathclaw Hand - 0.52%

Human Bones - 0.12% to 1.50%

Brahmin Skull - 1.50%

Trunk

Deathclaw Hand - 0.70%

Human Bones - 1.27%

Brahmin Skull - 1.27%

Dumpster

Deathclaw Hand - 0.05%

Human Bones - 0.07% to 0.09%

Brahmin Skull - 0.09%

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Seasonal & Themed Events

Holiday Gifts - 4.17%

Autopsy Board Game.

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Events

Breach and Clear - 0.16%

Human Bones and Mole Miner Gauntlets.

Human Bones only spawn in the Priority Collection Container. You will need to have completed the Motherlode quest line and have the Hornwright Senior Executive ID in your inventory to unlock these containers.

The enemy Mole Miners and Mole Rats that spawn can drop Mole Miner Gauntlets and Mole Rat Teeth.

It's a Trap - 33.33%

Scorchbeast Bones.

Event complete reward.

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Extractors, Deposits and Veins

Junk Piles

No extractor - gives junk

Human Bones - 0.15% to 0.37%

Deathclaw Hand - 0.20%

Brahmin Skull - 0.37%

Junk Piles

With extractor - gives scrap

A junk pile with an extractor on it does not give bone shards. Bone is not in the extractor loot pool.

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Other

S.M.A.R.T choice machine - 6.25%

Autopsy Board Game.

The smart machine is located in the lobby of Watoga High School in Watoga. The machine only accepts Halloween Candy as a currency.

West Virginia Slot Machine - 6.66%

Beaver Teeth.

Chance to drop if you lose.

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