Fallout 76
72 Achievements
1,580
171-215h
LITerally
Read 20 Magazines
20
3.13%
How to unlock the LITerally achievement in Fallout 76 - Definitive Guide
Spawn locations as of 15.10.2019 (these may change in the future)
Credits for video: G Patch
Every time I reloaded into the world after quitting, it was there.
- (others have noted not having the same success rate probably due to others doing the same thing or it was previously taken in that server you have joined)
Took 20 mins just because of the loading times.
Also, I did not move my camp (saving caps for other achievement). I just used the fast travel spawn location with a custom marker and ran there every time.
In the upper part of the Savage Divide, northeast of ATLAS Observatory, you have the following:
a. Relay Tower LW-B1-22 (Super Mutants; one location - on top of one of the computer cabinets inside)
b. Sylvie & Sons Logging Camp (Hounds; one location - inside the tent on the right from the spawn spot)
c. Sons of Dane Compound (Ghouls and a Wendigo; four locations - two at the guard tower, one in the basement of the building to the right of the tower, and one on the table to the right of the entrance inside the hall at the upper left)
I ran this for about an hour and picked up eight magazines. If you're feeling adventurous and need some Black Titanium too, you can also go up to Hopewell Cave a little to the northeast of these three. There is a dead campfire just inside the entrance on the left with a potential magazine there (I never had one spawn here). But, there is a Deathclaw Matriarch in there too.
Notice that after taking the first magazine, I go behind the cabin and look to a pile of wood logs. Here sometimes lies the second magazine. Take a look just in case there it is if you do this tour.
Notice, the servers are public. If some other player has already taken the magazines, they will not respawn after a long time, so if you dont find them, wait while you do other things (Missions, etc) or exit and re enter in hopefully another server.
I take credit for the video
Edit 1: You dont have to "read" them in order for the trophy to count. Taking them counts towards it. Also, it doesn't count if another player drops or sell them to you.
Magazines (as well as bobbleheads) appear repeatedly throughout the world and will randomly respawn in locations. If you go to find a magazine in a known location and it isn't there then try loading into another world. It could be that it isn't spawning right now in that location or it could be that someone beat you to it recently.
The following magazines are available in the game:
- Astonishingly Awesome Tales
- Backwoodsman
- Grognak the Barbarian
- Guns and Bullets
- Live and Love
- Scout's Life
- Tales from the West Virginia Hills
- Tesla Science
- Tumblers Today
- The Unstoppables
- U.S. Covert Operations Manual
An easy help to finding magazines is by activating the Pannapictagraphist Perk Card. It is available as a Perception Perk at Level 12 and will give you an audio cue whenever you're near a magazine:
For a list of possible magazine locations visit the resource guide here: Resource Guide
Magazines in Fallout 76 give temporary buffs to your character (as opposed to permanent buffs in the single-player games), and will be consumed upon use. These have a chance to spawn in multiple locations each time you log on, so you could theoretically collect the same one 20 times and use it over and over to unlock the achievement, or just find them randomly as you play and get it over time. All of their possible locations can be found here.
Example: The journal is located in the Twin Lakes location.
Video guide .
We took the magazine, went to the menu, re-entered the server, took the magazine. And so 20 times.
Sometimes you will get to the server without a log, no problem, continue the algorithm. Everything will take 20-40 minutes, depending on luck.
Guarded by 3-4 low level mobs.