re: **Official Fallout 4 Thread** (Links and videos in OP)

I'm playing on the Xbox one, but I don't believe it truly makes a difference

Here are all the random encounter hotspots I bounce around to.

-South of the Drumlin Diner, there's a house with a yellow car out front (follow the "South marker" on your compass). Often times, you get raiders and Super Mutants but occasionally you do get one of the more unique encounters.

-West of the Relay Tower 1DL-109. There's a bridge with a cooking station, bed, etc. You can see it looking west from the tower.

-Arc Jet Systems... as soon as you fast travel in, turn around and you'll see an airplane statue. Around the statue is where the random encounters usually spawn.

-Mass Pike Interchange... as soon as you fast travel in, look to the road directly in front of you.

-After fast traveling to Starlight Drive in, turn around and move past the bus. You'll see a railroad bridge and underneath the railroad bridge is where a lot of random encounters take place.

-When fast traveling to Lake Quannapowit (sp?), turn around and you'll see two beat up cars and a dead scavenger. Inbetween those cars, follow that little path up the hill and usually someone will meet you around the boulders.

-At the Radio Tower 3SM-U81, travel directly east to the hidden bunker in the bushes just past the two picnic tables beside the river (if you've done the unmarked Greenbriar Radio Signal quest, you'll know where this bunker is). What I usually do is run to the bunker door, turn around and run back to the road and someone meets me there (but only on occasion here).

-The block between Greentech Genetics and Cambridge Crater you can run into someone. Usually I find them around the crater, but stay around both locations and don't venture off. BTW, Cambridge Crater has an awesome but F'd up backstory to it and it's linked to Arlen Glass at The Slog.

-As pointed out, fast travel to Med-Tek research and turn left traveling toward Slocum's Joe and someone/something usually meets you around the right corner.

-Fast travel to Cambridge Police Station, turn left and travel down the road. You'll reach an old van. Turn left and up the steps where the Nuka Cola machine is. I want to note I've always encountered raiders, dead raiders and dead postman with letters here (but it could be different for you).

-In front of the Dartmouth Professional Building.

-Fast traveling to Fallon's Department Store, turn left (looking SW on your map) and something always spawns inside of that building.

*Facing that very building, turn left and travel SE through the thicket of trees and you'll see a little shack suddenly explode. Inside, is where you'll find the "Moonshiner (this is also technically a "random encounter"*

-Facing the Museum of Freedom, go to the space on the left side of the building then go Eastward. You'll see a cooking station beside a few cars.

-Fast travel to the Mass Fusion Containment Shed, follow the outside of the gate to your right all the way behind the building and you'll see an old truck, fire barrel and two beds.

That's all of the locations I have luck at. I normally bounce around and try to wait at least 24 in game hours before revisiting a location. But by the time you you've traveled to each one, you can start over in the same pattern.

Here are other locations other peeps have luck at (but not me unfortunately).

-The road along the river beside Cambridge Polymer Labs and the fallen Red Rocket billboard. I've never had any luck here, but several others have. It could be a bug for me

-The train bridge beside the Boston Police Rationing Site. I've only had two encounters here.

-The front of Hester's Consumer Robotics. Never had any luck here.

Be sure to search the surrounding areas if you don't see anything. I believe both the Scribe and Smiling Larry are not essential and can die without you knowing.