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Ground Zero

Ground Zero

Be at Ground Zero of a Nuclear Blast

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How to unlock the Ground Zero achievement in Fallout 76 - Definitive Guide

While playing the game, you may get a notification for a quest called "Death From Above". When this happens, you'll have only a few minutes to arrive at a location indicated by a large red circle on your map. In almost every case, this circle appeared for me in the southeast region known as the Cranberry Bog.

When you get close to this circle, you will see a radiation symbol on your compass, which is probably a location somewhere in the middle of the circle's area. Run quickly towards the radiation symbol and hope that you die in the blast. I got this achievement by simply rushing towards that symbol and instantly dying when the bomb dropped, with mere seconds to spare.

In my experience, the red circle appeared in a few different locations in the Cranberry Bog (and once near Whitespring, northwest of Cranberry Bog), leading to some frustration as I never had a fast-travel location close enough to the blast. Eventually, I had several locations discovered in the Cranberry Bog region and was able to fast-travel to one of them and run to the blast radius. Even so, it was a close call. Your results may vary, but I'd recommend unlocking as many fast-travel points in Cranberry Bog as you can and then wait for the quest notification to pop up.
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04 Aug 2019 13:23

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Monongah Mine is a good spot for this. When you fast travel during “Death from Above” you spawn in the center, very near to the nuke icon mission. It’s more easy than other spots where you have to run in the center, specially compared to the low-right one with radiation.
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By Poia on 28 Jun 2021 16:08
Well written and explained. Thank you.
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By Car56 on 03 Jul 2021 16:54
You're welcome!
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By ragnarok0272 on 04 Jul 2021 00:21
Thank you I finally got it. First time I tried I was in the blast radius but not at the drop point so didn't get it, this one had me worried because the radiation symbol was outside the playable map but it still hit me
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By ShindoruSenpai on 09 Jul 2021 20:13
Attention citizens. Nuclear strike imminent. Please exit the area at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your cooperation.
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By GG Gong on 24 Nov 2021 23:43
Took me about 6 attempts to get this. First few times I was killed in the blast but no achievement. Then I tried with a hazmat suit on so that I could arrive early and literally wait for the blast right on the radiation symbol, but somehow survived having a nuke detonate on top of me without so much as a scratch! Then I used the hazmat again but took it off a few seconds before impact but got killed by a random scorchbeast just before the bomb hit - was fuming, and then the achievement popped, wtf?!
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By JOHN SWFC on 10 Dec 2022 09:47
Just a thought -- if you have Rank 3 of the Marathoner perk you can run to the spot faster by not running out of AP as fast
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By KOAL82 on 26 Jun 2023 21:33
As soon as the alert popped i used fast travel to the nuke location. There was enough time to run to the center of the circle with about 30s to spare. The bomb fell, my character first went down and after a few seconds died of radiation. The achievement unlocked on the loading screen.
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By Maverick Hiro on 15 Aug 2023 15:41
You need to be in the center of the red circle.
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By SuzyRedd on 14 Jan 2024 02:45
I got nuked so bad it restarted my Xbox, it's not a bug it's a feature!
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By Pmalone6 on 06 May 2024 18:59
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When someone launches a Nuke you have 2:30 to get into the blast radius. Thankfully somone dropped one on top of Vault-Tec University in the server I was in, so it was a quick fast travel to ground zero. Make sure to have a haz mat suit or other protection to go in and start looting high end enemies.

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19 Nov 2018 09:40

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You need to survive the blast? I ask this because i did and died, and the achiev didn't pop.
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By Tropoebus on 27 Nov 2018 15:27
No, just be near the middle of the blast zone
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By redjarman on 27 Nov 2018 18:33
Do I have to be there before or after nuke drop?
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By ReAl ImPuLsE on 28 Nov 2018 01:49
you have to be hit by the nuke itself
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By redjarman on 28 Nov 2018 04:12
I was unfortunately, not close enough to the center of the nuke I dropped...so, try again next week I guess...going through the silo alone eats up a LOT of ammo...
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By SCVidiot on 02 Dec 2018 03:05
How do you drop a nuke? I have one of those fatman mini nukes. I haven't used it yet. But from what i remember in fallout 4 they are pretty small explosion so I assume it's not the same. And can you drop it on top of yourself?
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By Osakamitsu on 19 Nov 2018 23:55
How do you drop a nuke? I have one of those fatman mini nukes. I haven't used it yet. But from what i remember in fallout 4 they are pretty small explosion so I assume it's not the same. And can you drop it on top of yourself?
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By Osakamitsu on 20 Nov 2018 01:34
The mini nuke isn't the same... There is a quest associated with dropping the nuke
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By Facedog25 on 21 Nov 2018 04:36
The mini nuke isn't the same... There is a quest associated with dropping the nuke
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By Facedog25 on 21 Nov 2018 20:23
yea ive been inside 3 nuke sites now and never got the ach for this ...
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By R3f1CuL on 22 Nov 2018 13:20
do you have to be close to the TRUE ground zero at the center of the blast zone? I got killed by one just a few feet into the blast zone but didn't get the achievement
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By redjarman on 22 Nov 2018 19:32
When I saw the notification that it was being launched somewhere I had been before, I immediately fast traveled to Valut-Tec University and by the time I loaded the countdown was over and I ran as close to dead centre as I could before it landed. Not sure how close you have to be, but as you can see it almost landed right on my head
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By Trujew on 22 Nov 2018 21:53
Wont unlock for some reason
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By AKfoy0face on 24 Nov 2018 19:21
I tried again with a second nuke that happened. This time I ran to the absolute center, you can tell by following the nuke symbol on your radar. Looked up, nuke hit my square in the face, achievement unlocked.
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By redjarman on 24 Nov 2018 19:59
I launched my own nuke solo. became overencumbered from the rewards it gives you and couldn't make it to the blastzone in time laugh
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By Lots a LOUD on 26 Nov 2018 06:17
I got it when standing very close to the center of the drop. I fast traveled to the location, then died as I loaded in. Achievement unlocked.
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By KiRRAYNE on 04 Dec 2018 15:36
i tried it with my own nuke nothing. soon as it was someone elses it unlocked for me
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By Lots a LOUD on 05 Dec 2018 04:43
yup, worked also for me with my own nuke.
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By Recovski on 06 Dec 2018 11:31
Launch a nuke and get to the middle so it hits you.
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By AKfoy0face on 06 Dec 2018 17:57
I couldn't get to my own nuke blast zone in time after stumbling around trying to find the exit after launching the nuke, and then waiting for the loooong fast travel load time. When I arrived I died from the blast but wasn't close enough to the center for it to count.
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By NeM2K on 13 Jan 2019 02:37
I did this totday but did not unlock
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By kloakaTV on 10 Feb 2019 21:45
Just got this, fast traveled, walked to the marker, caught the nuke
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By Seitzz on 18 Feb 2019 02:13
I tried this the other day, but I did not get the achievement. Looking at previous comments, it seems maybe I need to be near the center before the nuke hits. I will try that next time, and update with whether or not it works.
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By Lord Varic on 25 Feb 2019 20:34
Yeah this solution is garbage. You would think you only need to be inside the blast radius, but the nuke has to land almost on top of you to get this.
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By Hexa Fox on 31 May 2019 05:32
Will the achievement unlock playing in Adventure Mode?
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By MrWhite2U on 22 Jun 2019 17:25
Pretty easy, not sure what people are having issues with. I joined a game with 2 minutes until the nuke would hit, plenty of time to fast travel to a place just outside the blast radius, followed the little nuke icon on my compass and waited. Got it a few seconds after I died.
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By Leo Ascendent on 11 Aug 2019 18:51
goddamnit. 2 nukes where basicly landing on my head and naaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaa. been already into 8 nuked sites or something and still... naaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaa. I dont really get this achievement.
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By Recovski on 03 Dec 2018 15:05
This worked for me when the nuke landed directly on me, I went to the circle and checked for the marker and stared directly into the air like the video. It’s pretty easy to line it up and have it drop on you, the difficult part I would guess is the game unlocking the semi-broken achievement.
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By AHGreg on 28 Apr 2019 19:21
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To earn the Ground Zero trophy in Fallout 76 you need to be in the blast radius of a nuke strike as it goes off. You have two and a half minutes after a nuke is launched to get into the radius. Obviously, pack a radiation suit.

There's a certain amount of luck involved to get in the radius in time, eventually you will likely have a player drop a nuke on or near a fast travel point to make this easier.
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27 Nov 2018 09:59

Whether its you or someone else who fired a nuke, simply fast travel to the blast zone and rush inwards into the middle of the very zone. You will hear a sound of warning while you wait and soon enough you will see the nuke coming down, for atleast few seconds before it detonates, blowing up the whole zone and killing you. Remember, all your junk you carry will drop, and if you want it back, you must enter the now highly radiated zone. If you want to keep your junk before doing this achievement, you will have to head to a stash or junk stash to keep the items. You will have to do this fast before the nuke is launched, as there doesn't go long, either a minute or two, before the nuke hits its target and you lose valuable time running into the middle of the zone. If you die on the outskirts of the zone, from the blastwave, then you won't get the achievement.
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06 Mar 2022 00:00

Whenever someone launches a nuclear blast a warning will come on and let you know this is happening so that you can vacate the area if need be. It's approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the bomb drops.

To achieve this trophy you need to head into the area and wait in the very middle of the map so that bomb damn nearly lands on you.

To know where to go open up your map and you'll see the area that's been targeted will have a red circle around it. Head into this area and at get to the middle most part of that circle and wait.

Alternatively you can launch your own nuke and fast travel into it to suicide by nuclear explosion!

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Here is my 100% Achievement plan for Fallout 76. If you need help on an achievement, hopefully it will help. And let me know if you need any help. THIS achievement is at 39:34 in the video.
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11 Sep 2023 17:27

When someone on your server launches a nuke in the game, you will get a notification and have 2:30 to travel to the red circle on the map. Once you get there, you will see a radiation symbol pointing toward the center of the circle. Rush toward this and be directly on top of it (or as close as possible) when the nuke lands to unlock the achievement by dying.
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When someone on your server launches a nuke in the game, you will get a notification and have 2:30 to travel to the red circle on the map. Once you get there, you will see a radiation symbol pointing toward the center of the circle. Rush toward this and be directly on top of it (or as close as possible) when the nuke lands to unlock the achievement by dying.

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All players on the server are notified about the launch of a nuclear bomb. As soon as the bomb is dropped, you have about 3 minutes to open the map, see the crash site and run and teleport to the affected area. The epicenter of the bomb will be marked on the minimap as a nuclear threat icon. You need to be right there with him to get the trophy.
A 100% guarantee of a trophy is to raise your head up and if you see a bomb falling right on you, you did everything right.
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07 Dec 2018 08:35

I received this trophy after completing the final mission "I Became Death" when I launched the nuclear bomb myself. After the bomb was launched, the 3-minute countdown began, I quickly moved to the epicenter of the explosion and waited for my own bomb to fall, simultaneously killing mobs and running around the rift. As a result, I accidentally fell into this rift 3 seconds before the bomb fell and, accordingly, died immediately, but I still received the trophy, being dead.
Ps to be able to immediately move to the epicenter, you need to mark the red and green marks on the map that hangs in the mine, I had Charlie, to the right of the four posters (unless, of course, you have never been to this location before) when completing the mission “I have become death” will be a task where there will be instructions on how to launch bombs and 4 instructional posters will hang on the wall.
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14 Sep 2020 21:29