Fallout 76: Mole Miner Location And Loot Drops (2024)

You may have come from the underground, but the Mole Miners in Fallout 76 have made the old mineshafts of Appalachia their domain. While it might have saved them from the initial nuclear destruction that befell the world, over time they have become aggressive mutant versions of their former selves, and a target for your daily challenges.

Unlike other types of mutants and creatures in Fallout 76, these foes have some form of societal structure, with groups led around by leaders and supervisors. If you're on the hunt for some Mole Miners, here's their location and loot drops to check this mission off with ease.

Updated May 2, 2024, by Andrew Scariati: If Fallout 76's boom in popularity has you back in Appalachia looking for Mole Miners, you've come to the right place. To hunt down every Mole Miner Fallout 76 has to offer, you'll need to trek through dangerous mines and challenging events. We've updated this guide with more Fallout 76 Mole Miner locations for your convenience.

What Are The Best Mole Miner Locations?

While Mole Miner locations in Fallout 76 sound difficult to pin down, they're found all around Appalachia.

There are 20 locations where Mole Miners are present, most of which are in the Ash Heap and Savage Divide regions.

The best locations to search for Mole Miners are:

As mentioned earlier, Mole Miners tend to travel in groups, which is good if you're looking to wipe out a bunch in one trip but could also be dangerous depending on what types you run into.

Most of these areas are underground sections or very near to caves. This is where you'll want to go hunting.

To trigger the Seismic Activity Event, you first need to prepare to launch a nuke by completing a run through one of the missile silo locations.

Once you're able to select a location, launch the nuke at Abandoned Mine Shaft 2 in the Ash Heap, thus triggering Seismic Activity.

This will initiate the challenging Ultracite Titan boss fight, where Mole Miners will spawn in large numbers.

Mole Miner Types And Loot

Mole Miners come in a lot of different varieties with each offering slightly different rewards. We'll be covering every Mole Miner type you'll find in Appalachia and what their drop table looks like.

Mole Miner Types

There are 14 Mole Miner types in Fallout 76, most of which are leveled variants that deal varying amounts of damage.

The most dangerous variants are Scorched Mole Miners, Mole Miner Juggernauts, and Treasure Hunters​​​​​​.

Every Mole Miner type is listed below:

1. Mole Miner
2. Mole Miner Scraper
3. Mole Miner Digger
4. Mole Miner Rockbreaker
5. Mole Miner Foreman
6. Mole Miner Supervisor
7. Glowing Mole Miner
8. Scorched Mole Miner
9. Mole Miner Juggernaut
10. Mole Miner Sapper
11. Mole Miner Dredger
12. Mole Miner Skullcrsher
13. Deadly Mole Miner
14. Treasure Hunter

Mole Miner Loot Tables

There's quite a bit of overlap with the drop table of each Mole Miner type, so we'll be grouping some of the Mole Miner types together for the sake of brevity.

Each item listed in the drop table has a percentage chance of dropping when you kill that Mole Miner type, some items being rarer than others.

What Are Treasure Hunters?

Treasure Hunters are only available during the "Hunt for the Treasure Hunter" community event that periodically runs throughout the year.

You'll want to maximize your time farming these enemies since the event only lasts for a few days whenever it's up.

The goal of the "Hunt for the Treasure Hunter" event is to collect as many Mole Miner pails as possible from Treasure Hunters.

You can earn one of three different tiers of pails (from worst to best):

1. Dusty Mole Miner pail
2. Mole Miner pail
3. Ornate Mole Miner pail

These pails contain valuable and certain limited-time items, including:

• Caps
• Scrap
• Legendary Scrip
• Ammo
• Event-specific plans
• Event-specific gear

Whenever this event is up, consider looking at the following locations:

• Whitespring Golf Club: One of the most popular farming spots, this zone seems to have a fairly high spawn rate for Treasure Hunters. If quite a few players are already here, farm elsewhere.
• Lewisburg: This town spawns 1-3 Treasure Hunters consistently.
• Welch: Same as Lewisburg, and both towns are both in Ash Heap.
• Clarksburg: Running through this town doesn't take long and typically spawns one Treasure Hunter.
• Morgantown Airport: Multiple spawn locations for the Treasure Hunters are at this location, most of which are fairly close to each other.
• Grafton Steel: Yet another location with a high chance of spawning Treasure Hunters.