Lewisburg is a town in the Ash Heap region of Appalachia.
Background
In the 21st century, Lewisburg was a mining town, though its unique welcoming atmosphere earned it the title of Coolest Small Town USA in 2061.[1] Lewisburg engaged in initiatives such as rooftop gardens cultivating produce, flowers, and hair purity, art exhibitions at the local Serenity Road Art Gallery, and street festivals. Due to the poor air quality in the area, on some days, Lewisburg citizens had to utilize gas masks.[2]
Prior to the Great War, Lewisburg's miners were striking along the southern section of the town. Voting was also taking place, as well as Halloween celebrations, which included stalls around the town and a live band.[Non-game 1] A train wreck can be seen on the southeastern side of the town, the cars stretching all the way to Big Bend Tunnel.
Some Lewisburg citizens survived and stayed in town after the Great War. The Spring Garden Festival was advertised along the main roadway, above trading stalls built to barter weapons, armor, and food. During one of these festivals, raiders decided to exploit their momentary distraction and hit the town, taking to the rooftops and gunning the denizens down thanks to having the high ground on them.[3]
A Cutthroat raider by the name of "Bleeding" Kate was looking to attract more customers from Lewisburg to her road cinema at the Grindhouse in the Forest.[4] Kerry and his crew of raiders ambushed Natasha Hunt, a member of the Order of Mysteries, in Lewisburg. She managed to take down half of the crew and Kerry himself before dying to the raider band.[5]
Layout
Lewisburg is a small town laid out in the shape of a square, with the two streets in the center dividing it into four neat quadrants. The northern two sectors flank a street where a festival was taking place, with stalls stretching all the way out to the northern end of the town.
Approaching from the west, Lewisburg's station can be seen on the first right and has a Responders vendor. The road continues past the train station and leads to Monongah power substation MZ-03 and Big Bend Tunnel West, home to the office of the Blue Ridge Caravan Company. The road left climbs upward and turns right, leading to a series of open-air shops. A concert area comprises the northeast corner of the town and provides access to Pleasant Hills Cemetery to the north. There is a cooking station at the northern end of the main street, in the food stall.
The other sector contains an art gallery on the northwestern corner and the visitors center in the southeast. The emergency exit in the courtyard grants access to the rooftops. The visitors center attic contains a steamer trunk. The back alleys have stairs leading up to the roofs, connected by sky bridges, and topped with greenhouses. These provide a source of fertilizer, ash roses, and access to the attic of the town hall, which contains another steamer chest. On the other end of the rooftops is another cooking station. Just southeast of the town, towards Big Bend Tunnel West, is a Bot-Stop, which is used in Bots on Parade. On the outskirts of the town there is Lake Reynolds, and the Hornwright air purifier site 02, which is part of the township.[Non-game 2]
Locations
- Historic Downtown Lewisburg
- Lewisburg Station
- Lewisburg Veterinary Clinic
- Lewisburg Visitor's Center
- Pleasant Hills Cemetery
- Serenity Road Art Gallery
- Van Lowe Taxidermy
Pre-War inhabitants
Notable loot
- Order of Mysteries - Lewisburg - Holotape, on the body of Natasha Hunt during Initiate of Mysteries.
- Easy pickins - Note, on a roof next to the body of Kerry.
- Note to Lorri - Note, on the upper floor of the visitor's center sitting on a clipboard next to a working terminal.
- Kerry's orders - Note, on a dead raider on a roof during Initiate of Mysteries.
- Klein's notes, part 1 - Holotape, in a duffle bag in a rusted police patrol car. Found during The Lowe-Down.
- Klein's notes, part 2 - Holotape, next to two skeletons behind a house with a plastic flamingo in front of it (the house is northeast of the police patrol car where part 1 is found). Found during The Lowe-Down.
- Wolf check-in 64 - Note, in a cooler behind a house with a plastic flamingo in front of it. Near Klein's notes, part 2. Found during The Lowe-Down.
- Further instructions - Note, in a leather bag on a roof of a building across the road from Van Lowe Taxidermy (to the north). It is near a greenhouse containing ash roses. Found during The Lowe-Down.
- C.H. Monthly, January - Note, on the same roof of the greenhouse, outside.
- Note from Greg - Note, in the greenhouse behind the Timmermans' old home, on the west side of town. Found during Costa Business: Carver.
- Mistress Natasha Hunt's login - Keycard, on the body of Natasha Hunt during Initiate of Mysteries.
- Spare operative keycard - Key, in the leather bag that the Further instructions note is in.
- Two potential Vault-Tec bobbleheads:
- One on the upper floor of the visitor's center, near the restrooms, sitting on a wooden desk next to a radio.
- In the east-central block of the rooftop garden area of town, in the "rooftop living room" on top of the two-level white brick building, on a wooden crate near a couch.
- Potential magazine - Inside the malt shop, on the counter near a skeleton.
Appearances
Lewisburg appears only in Fallout 76.
Behind the scenes
In the real world, Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Lead artist Nathan Purkeypile visited the city while scouting out West Virginia for the game.[Non-game 3]
Gallery
References
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia p. 385–386, LEWISBURG:
"Lewisburg's miners may have been striking along the southern perimeter of town, but the majority of the townsfolk still came out to vote and celebrate Halloween with a festival, complete with stalls and a live band. All that has been replaced with crumbling buildings, dilapidated and faded bunting, and ferocious enemies ready to cut you from gizzard to throat. The town is initially a little mazelike, but most of the fire escapes provide access onto one of the two rooftop garden areas in the center of town (this has an excellent selection of plants to harvest). You can also visit a few of the stores still standing." - ↑ Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Atlas of Appalachia p. 385, HORNWRIGHT AIR CLEANSER SITE #02:
"The site is set into the hills northwest of Lewisburg and is technically part of the township." - ↑ Nate Purkeypile on Twitter: "Yeah, Lewisburg was really cool. I've been to the Greenbrier 3 times now and done the bunker tour twice. Fun stuff!"