21. Fort Defiance
- COLLECTIBLES: Bobblehead, Holotape, Magazine, Nuka-Cherry, Power Armor (4)
- CRAFTING: Chemistry (2), Cooking (3), Power Armor (2), Tinker, Weapons (2)
- DANGER: Turret!
- ITEMS: Arms and Ammo+++; Harvestable: Brain Fungus, Glowing Fungus, Scorchbeast Guano Pile, Wild Carrot Flower; Health and Chems++; Recipe/Mod/Plan; Overseer’s Cache
- INFO: Expected Enemy: Ghoul, Irradiated Animal, Irradiated Insect, Scorched; Note; Quest: Defiance Has Fallen, Recruitment Blues, Belly of the Beast; Scavenge Rating: 5+; Size: 5; Sleeping; Threat Level: 35–99
- LOCK: Door (0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2), Safe (0, 0), Terminal (Key)
- ITEM EXAMPLES: Abraxo Cleaner+, Abraxo Cleaner Industrial Grade+, Acetone Container, Adjustable Wrench, Army Helmet, Asylum Worker Hat Blue/Pink/Red/Weathered/Yellow, Asylum Worker Uniform White Dirty, Autopsy Board Game, Bag of Fertilizer, Basketball, Binoculars, Blamco Brand Mac and Cheese, Blue Table Lamp, Bobby Pin Box, Boiled Water, Brahmin Skull, Broken Lamp, Carlisle Typewriter+, Chalk, Chemistry Jar+, Clothes Hanger, Coffee Cup++, Cram, Dandy Boy Apples, Dirty Ashtray, Doll, Duct Tape, Economy Wonderglue+, Enamel Bucket++, Excess Adhesive, Faschnacht Man Mask, Flask, Garden Gnome, Glass Jar, Gold Plated Flip Lighter, Gum Drops, Hallucigen Gas Canister+, Hot Dog, Hot Plate, Jangles the Moon Monkey, Kitchen Scales, Lab Bottle+, Large Beaker, Makeshift Battery, Marksman Sniper Rifle, Microscope+, Military Ammo Bag, Mini Nuke, Mop, Nuka-Cola, Office Desk Fan, Pack of Cigarettes, Pack of Duct Tape+, Pen, Perfectly Preserved Pie, Pillow+, Plastic Plate+, Pool Ball+, Pool Cue, Pork n’ Beans, Prosnap Camera, Prospector’s Hat, Shot Glass, Soap, Straight Jacket+, Surgical Tray+, Tall Drinking Glass, Tall Flask, Toilet Paper+, Toy Rocketship, Vodka Bottle, Wakemaster Alarm Clock, Walking Cane, Whiskey Bottle, Wine Bottle, Wood Block++
Known historically as the Allegheny Asylum until it was commandeered (and subsequently lost) by the Brotherhood of Steel, this sprawling and imposing Gothic structure is dilapidated, though the outer defenses are still operational (including surface-to-air missile launchers and a sonic generator). Aside from the odd sprawled skeleton and a good view of Cranberry Bog, the rest of the exterior is relatively sedate. Check the main doors to find two possible Brotherhood of Steel corpses clad in Power Armor.
Inside the asylum, expect a lengthy and confusing trek through a multitude of ruined cells, rooms, offices, and sagging floors, which have given way to treacherous gaps the farther up you go. When you’ve powered up the doors and returned to the security doors near the entrance, you can investigate the Brotherhood of Steel wing of the fortification and finally reveal its base of operations.