The Trench

The Trench is a district of the Pitt. It is connected to the Sanctum.

Background[]

The Trench is an area primarily consisting of industrial ruins - including the Pittsburgh Union Railroad train depot, which is currently occupied by the Pittsburgh Union, as well as the Abraxodyne Chemical Complex, occupied by the Fanatics. The only way through to the Sanctum is through underground tunnels leading from the Trench, as the surface is covered in radioactive chemical waste.^[1]

The ruins and chemical waste in the Trench are likely due to waste byproduct from Abraxodyne Chemical's prototype PID 31148 - industrial grade drain cleaner.^[2] The drain cleaner was produced without devising a way to treat the waste byproduct,^[3][4] and after at least three railway employees became sick due to the chemical,^[5][6] the Pittsburgh Union Railroad refused to transport the waste out of the area,^[7] leaving Abraxodyne Chemical to begin stockpiling it in their own warehouse^[8][9] before illegally dumping it nearby.^[10] In addition, exposure to radiation causes the byproduct to expand in size,^[11] and even before the Great War, it was feared that the waste had the potential to devastate entire city blocks.^[12]

Layout[]

Inhabitants[]

• Ava Rose
• Danilo
• Fanatic skeptic
• Morley
• Survivor

Notable loot[]

Outside the Trench[]

• "Mission Critical" is a joke! - Note, in a locker in the main laboratory area of the collapsed building on the edge of the Trench.
• Chemist note - Note, in the collapsed building, on a table next to a scientist skeleton.
• Concerned employee - Note, on the main receptionist's desk in the Abraxodyne Chemical complex.
• Get well soon Margaret - Note, on the main receptionist's desk in the Abraxodyne complex.
• Janitor notes - Notes, found throughout the Abraxodyne complex:
  • Note 1 is on a cabinet in the transition area of the collapsed factory, between the laboratory area and the warehouse. It is against the western wall.
  • Note 2 is in the same room, on a cart against the southern wall.
  • Note 3 is on a cabinet in a hallway behind the main laboratory section of the building.
• Labor yard openings - Note, found at the end of the train tunnel near the vertibird landing zone, on a green table next to a ham radio.
• Office pranks memo - Note, in three locations in the Abraxodyne complex:
  • On a desk in an office niche overlooking the main factory area.
  • On a counter in a side room near the collapsed storage area.
  • On a counter in the laboratory room of the factory.
• Pitt. Union Railroad worker note - Note, in the trainyard section across from the vertibird landing zone, on a cabinet near a mesh wall on the northern side.
• Product ID cheat sheet - Note, on a counter directly across from the research terminal in the collapsed building.

The Trench[]

• Runner's log 01: Career change - Holotape, on a cliff overlooking a pool near a collapsible wooden bridge. It is north of the area where Jaxon Reed's corpse is found.
• Runner's log 02: White lies - Holotape, in a train car in Jaxon's Noose, not far from the collapsed laboratory.
• Ava's journal - Notes, all three entries are found in the Union waterfall hideaway.
• My noose - Note, on Jaxon Reed's corpse.
• Safe haven - Note, on a shelf in a guard tower near the waterfall of the Union hideaway.
• The Hellcats' new assignment - Note, in the Fanatic labor yard, in the locked room with the workbenches.
• Waste storage memo - Note, in the large, circular, Fanatic-controlled section of the Trench centered around a large upstanding silo. The note is situated on a desk in a sinking building to the south.

Appearances[]

The Trench appears only in Fallout 76, introduced in the Expeditions: The Pitt update.

Behind the scenes[]

• Multiple developers worked on the design of the Trench, including, but not limited to, world artist Russell Rector^{[Non-game 1]} and level designer Matt Thomas.^{[Non-game 2]}
• According to Matt Thomas, the design of the Trench and its surrounding factory areas took inspiration from the real-world H. J. Heinz Company complex in Pittsburgh's Troy Hill neighborhood. Although it is not an exact recreation, nor is any other iconography of the complex referenced, the area was a point of reference during the design process.^{[Non-game 3]}

Gallery[]

Crane on the surrounding skyline

Collapsed infrastructure on the skyline

Upper street buildings on the skyline

Vertibird landing zone in the Trench

Pitt. Union Railroad roundhouse

Fanatic labor yard

Fanatic labor yard

Silo area

See also[]

• Industrial
• The Foundry
• The Sanctum

External links[]

• Overview map

References[]

Non-game