Port-A-Diner (Fallout 76)

Port-A-Diners are world objects in Fallout 76.

Background[]

A pre-War claw style vending machines that when activated, has a small chance of dispensing a perfectly preserved pie.

Characteristics[]

When a Port-A-Diner is activated, its claw drops down in an attempt to grab the perfectly preserved pie. If the claw misses, nothing is dispensed. A successful grab is always preceded by the claw slightly adjusting its position before dropping down.

Success rate[]

To determine whether the claw will successfully grab the pie, the game generates a random number between 1 and 1000, and achieves a success if that number is less than or equal to ${\displaystyle (2 \times Luck + attempts / 2)}$, where attempts denotes the number of previous failed attempts.

The above procedure amounts to a probability of ${\displaystyle {\frac {(Luck\times 4)+attempts}{20}}\%}$. Thus, even with a Luck of 10, there is still only a 2.1% chance of obtaining the pie on the first attempt. However, the probability increases after every failure, giving the following cumulative probabilities.

Locations[]

There are many Port-A-Diners scattered throughout Appalachia:

Specific Location	Region	Image	Description
Abandoned Bog Town, Adelaide's Diner	Cranberry Bog		In Adelaide's Diner, on the northern edge of town.
AMS corporate headquarters	Watoga, Cranberry Bog		On the third floor in the upper level, in an eating area by some Nuka-Cola machines.
AVR Medical Center	Ash Heap		From the main entrance, straight ahead to a large desk, then right, then left down a hallway. You'll see it straight ahead in the cafeteria.
Beckley	Ash Heap		Outside of the town to the North-East, in a shed by a pond.
Beckley Red Rocket & Gift Shop	Ash Heap		Just inside of a gift shop in an unsigned Red Rocket station. It's a little to the east of the Beckley town fast travel point.
Bolton Greens	The Forest		You'll find it in the playground in the back of the house. Through the house entrance, straight to the back, left, then right, then left and into the playground.
Braxson's Quality Medical Supplies	The Mire		Next to the staircase inside the building.
Camden Park	Ash Heap		Outside of the building containing the Mr. Fuzzy token redemption terminal and behind the vendor bot stall.
Charleston Capitol Building	Charleston, The Forest		From the DMV Entrance, go right at desk, left through half broken door, right through double doors, straight, take a right at statue, through wide door, right before two columns, down the stairs, right, then right and see the Port-A-Diner straight ahead. It's in the Capitol Food Court in the basement.
Tattoo parlor	Charleston, The Forest		Located in a destroyed tattoo parlor. From the Charleston Herald, walk southeast down the road about two blocks. It is in a small compound surrounded by barbed wire, turrets and under a red striped tent.
Cow Spots Creamery	The Forest		Inside the main building. May be broken.
Dyer Chemical	The Mire		Inside the center of the building with three chimneys across from a chemistry station.
Flatwoods	The Forest		Inside of the Flatwoods Tavern, just across from the church.
Fort Defiance	Cranberry Bog		In the kitchen on the left side of the building. It is on the lowest level, just past the two sets of double doors in the middle of the long hallway.
Garrahan Mining Headquarters	Ash Heap		After entering, head down the stairs and to the right. It's just outside the kitchen.
Hemlock Holes	Toxic Valley		Inside the diner.
Morgantown High School	Morgantown, The Forest		At the cafeteria.
Mount Blair Trainyard	Ash Heap		In a small shed.
Mount Blair Workshop	Ash Heap		Entering from the west, climb the stairs to reach the door that leads to the interior. Enter, then right, then left down the hall towards a yellow bin. Before the yellow bin, left to enter the kitchen and it'll be on the left.
Philippi Battlefield Cemetery	Toxic Valley		Inside of the vistor center building, on the lowest floor.
Pittsburgh, The Pitt, Union Dues	The Penn		Located in The Penn in the Cafeteria on lower floor of the building just across from Hex's and Wicker's Offices.
Pittsburgh, The Pitt, Union Dues	The Foundry		In a Cafeteria area in the building not far from the vats of goo.
Pleasant Valley Ski Resort	Savage Divide		On the second floor, just outside of the vendor bot area.
Pleasant Valley cabins	Savage Divide		Behind the destroyed Tavern nearest the Top of the World. Enter through the double doors, to the back behind the ramp. Left at open wall, then right. Walk along sidewalk. It will be between buildings and is next to a BBQ grill and dumpster.
Prickett's Fort	Toxic Valley		Inside of the gift shop at the Audio Tour Station 8, at the northeast exit of the fort.
Red Rocket filling station	Ash Heap		In a small shed beside the main building.
Red Rocket Megastop	Savage Divide		Located in the smaller separate Red Rocket station.
RobCo Research Center	The Mire		Located in a small kitchen. Main entrance, head towards elevator at back of lobby, turn left into Research Wing, go straight (no stairs) and turn right, then immediate right into a small kitchen.
The Rusty Pick	Ash Heap		Upon using the main entry door, it's immediately to the right.
Site Alpha	Savage Divide		In the kitchen area not far from the elevator. No keycard access is required.
Site Bravo	Savage Divide		In the kitchen area not far from the elevator. No keycard access is required.
Site Charlie	Savage Divide		In the kitchen area not far from the elevator. No keycard access is required.
Sutton	The Forest		It's located in the Red Rocket Station near the center of town.
Thunder Mountain Power Plant	The Mire		Double door main entrance, enter lobby. Right past the desk, up the stairs, then straight and up stairs to "Roof Access". Right at top of stairs, then right again into "Pipe Interchange", then immediate right. It's against the back wall in a break area with picnic tables.
Top of the World	Savage Divide		Located on the Mezzanine Level inside Dreamboat Yachts.
Toxic dried lakebed	Toxic Valley		Located inside of the Lakeside Grill diner south and slightly east of fast travel point.
Valley Galleria	The Mire		Enter the double doors behind a restaurant. Head straight, through the water, up the stairs and slightly to the right. It's in an open dining area in the main mall area. Note: This port-a-diner has since been removed from the game.
Vault-Tec University	West of Morgantown, The Forest		On the rooftop of a building that is northeast of Vault-Tec University and west of Morgantown and is accessed through the university monorail track by unlocking a chainlink gate.
Watoga Civic Center	Watoga, Cranberry Bog		On the top floor on the side nearest the Watoga Transit Hub.
Watoga Estates	Watoga, Cranberry Bog		On the outdoor platform bar area.
Watoga High School	Watoga, Cranberry Bog		Main entry, straight back past Lion into dining hall, right then left into Cafeteria, it's on other side of wall from Eat-o-tronic.
Watoga Shopping Plaza	Watoga, Cranberry Bog		Inside Slocum Joe's behind Super Duper Mart.
WV Lumber Co.	The Forest		Added as part of Wastelanders. Interior of main building, upper floor.

Gallery[]

Examining that tasty pie!