Fallout 4 Player Spots Strange Bleeding Trees

A Fallout 4 player has discovered that their trees bleed from gunshot wounds. Though it’s a post-apocalyptic landscape, Boston in Fallout 4 features different types of foliage, but these bleeding trees may be among the strangest.

Bethesda’s open-world games emphasize realistic locations by implementing rocks and foliage that may look familiar in the real world. While there are many fantastical elements of Bethesda games, this aspect makes role-playing more seamless. Although the Fallout 4 Boston commonwealth is void of most greenery, there are places to find trees. Fallout 4 Settlements also often include trees, enabling players to scrap the ones that are unnecessary for their builds. One Fallout 4 player stumbled across some unique trees in their playthrough that bleed when attacked.

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Reddit user 420danger_noodle420 recently shared a clip of their Fallout 4 adventure. The video begins with the player shooting a tree with their revolver which unexpectedly draws blood from the wood. They then fire at ten more trees in a notably greener Boston to check if they all have the same response. Moving from one tree to another, the Reddit user’s video shows that each one bleeds when shot. The clip concludes with the player facing a Fallout 4 settlement, indicating that trees near the Starlight Drive-in may be different from those elsewhere on the map.

The video ends before VATS is activated to see if the player was able to target different parts of the tree as they can with Fallout 4 enemies. According to 420danger_noodle420, they left the area with the trees and returned, but weren’t able to replicate the experience. Because they couldn’t repeat it, the clip may portray one of the bugs that can impact Fallout 4 trees or a mod. The player stated that the Healthier Commonwealth mod has been enabled, but it isn’t expected to feature bleeding trees. Many Fallout enthusiasts compared these Boston trees to Harold from previous titles. Harold was a tree-like mutant in multiple Fallout games that tasked players with spreading seeds around the wasteland to regrow it.

Though the Bloody Mess Fallout 4 perk and its upgrades can make defeated enemies more gorey, it isn’t supposed to impact the foliage. Because the trees reacting to the player’s shots were part of a Fallout 4 mod, there may be a bug associated with Healthier Commonwealth. Given that most Fallout 4 trees are part of the game’s environmental design, other players may not easily replicate 420danger_noodle420’s bleeding trees.

Fallout 4 is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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