Swan's Pond | Fallout Lore

While exploring Boston Common, an abandoned central public park in downtown Boston, you’ll likely encounter Super Mutants, Feral Ghouls and Raiders, some of which when critically injured will retreat, but not before telling you they don’t have to kill you, they’ll let Swan do it instead…Looking around you notice something at the centre of the park, a pond, the swan pond, original this pond was far larger before it was downsized several times to the size of a glorified puddle that’s so unimpressive that tourists would actually cry upon seeing it, and those that stuck around afterwards to ride the swan boats frequently crashed into each other because there simply wasn’t enough room to move. Around the edges of The Common and leaking into the streets beyond are warning signs - stay back, keep out, danger, swan, but who or what is swan?
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[@Synonymous101]

Weird fact - In the design documents Swann is labelled as "Behemoth Juggalo" which explains the painted face, not to be confused with "Behemoth Gigolo"...

[@caitheoutcastranger]

......swann the behemoth gigolo has more power to it though.....

[@BioshockDrill]

Swan juggalo commonwealth gigalo

[@Ryan_McEdgelord]

Damn I wish he was a gigolo

[@alejandroguzmanrodriguez854]

Behemot 2: Electric Juggalo is good but the original Behemot Gigolo was better

[@angusmcnay5449]

That's a huge bitch

[@splitjawjanitor5369]

I don't think Swan yelling his name is a psych-up. If you search his old shack you can find a note that just reads "YOU ARE SWANN.", suggesting he was losing his identity as his mind deteriorated. He's yelling his name in a desperate attempt to cling to what little of the man he used to be remains, either still somewhat lucid and doing it consciously or completely lost and merely doing it out of muscle memory like a Romero zombie.

[@Synonymous101]

That's an interesting take

[@concept5631]

It's a fucking terrifying take.

[@AlexMourning5635]

I honestly wonder if it's also him holding on to the remnants of "how you introduce yourself". Maybe he remembers you tell new people your name, but can't remember why or how to even do so, and that's combined into his defensive mechanism. Like a simultaneous ploy to stay away from people that might hurt him, but also that he needed help and physically couldn't ask for it. Very I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Scary.

[@YGOFosho]

Seems more accurate

[@shadowrealm6]

Accurate take. Like on the TV show, before going feral ghoul, the ghouls repeat "my name is:***" over and over.

[@ano-_break-_9761]

When I first encountered him he absolutely jumpscared my ass into oblivion.

[@vahlok1426]

*After encountering Swan* "Huh? Where am I? Who is th-" Guard: "STOP! You violated the law!!"

[@ano-_break-_9761]

@@vahlok1426 went like that

[@HenryVarn]

Same, when the game came out I purposely avoided any spoilers. He scared the shit out of me.

[@thatoneguywhocommented]

I feel you man, I dropped my controller after having a pitch dark bedroom while playing the game, big mistake

[@remo6743]

Reminds me of the time i was aiming at a guy and he launched a mini nuke at me. It went so close to my head in first person that i ducked to the right in my chair like a fool lmao

[@John.McMillan]

Damn. That's actually somewhat sad. And it implies that all Behemoths arent just agressive, they lost their minds due to the extreme pain and suffering of their mutations.

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

That is the established lore of all mutated creatures in fallout.

[@dem0nchild610]

Makes me feel bad for hunting him down my one play through

[@rexpowercolt8588]

@@dem0nchild610 i killed him every play through, “time to die mutie”

[@chabbab6698]

This sentence does not even make sense. Of course they are "just aggressive" simply because they lost their mind.

[@tellg0t090]

It might not be the pain that drove him mad most mutants in fallout suffer like this unless your extremely lucky with fev or become a stable goul there isn't much hope in the long run

[@elic1356]

This single-handedly confirmed to me on my first playthrough that the Institute had to be stopped. No group of sane individuals would do this to an person who's only crime was stealing a cigarette.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Who's worse, Institute or Brotherhood?

[@Riko_KP]

Actually he stole multiple cigarettes so he should've seen it coming.

[@randomguyonyoutube3297]

@@Riko_KP still it was only cigarettes

[@Riko_KP]

@@randomguyonyoutube3297 Yeah, my comment was a rather obvious joke…

[@randomguyonyoutube3297]

@@Riko_KP ik

[@adriannaranjo4397]

Imagine stealing a pack of cigarettes and being damned to live in the wastelands as a mutant

[@NickyTheCat]

Very effective Anti-Tobacco campaign.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

Yeah, I knew the Institute's morals weren't the best, but that's some Vault Tech level shit right there.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth institute is straight up evil while touting their moral superiority just bc they have technology

[@genericscout5408]

The resources are very heavily controlled in the institute. Granted they probably shouldn't be because there's literally metric tons of that stuff in all the warehouses on the surface.

[@FrancescoRubbi-ic9bg]

Imagine wander around the Commonwealth, be kidnapped, imprisoned after turn in to a supermutant.

[@elic1356]

The fact he's just afraid of any other people and purposely hiding from them is actually really sad. I've never really looked at it that way.

[@vascocampelo2054]

i just killed him and decided to check for his lore. Now im crying

[@joeandthefoxybunch34]

​@@vascocampelo2054 fucking same dude

[@l0sts0ul89]

​@@joeandthefoxybunch34 eh fuckem

[@mad_quack]

I’ve left Swan alone in my main play-through, and he’s still there today, minding his own business

[@ladedade23Blunticus]

Should put him out of his misery.

[@nope1083]

everyone liked that

[@nope1083]

You've gained karma

[@dragonslayermasterornstein83]

Neutral pick: "I just wanted the xp and the furious powerfist is way too tempting to pass up." Evil pick: "The fucker's a mutated freak. He should be glad that he's simply dead."

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

I got on one knee and raised a clench fist after watching this video -.-

[@drigondii]

I wish Virgil had been available as a companion to Institute faction players. Imagine being able to take a cured Virgil to Swann and curing him, perhaps even only to find out it was too late and seeing Virgil mourn as Swann died.

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

Or you cure Swann enough to become a super mutant companion or even behemoth companion

[@AurelionSass]

Yeah no, once your body mutates to such an extreme point as to reach Behemoth status, pretty sure there's no cure that could possibly revert that.

[@ShadeMeadows]

Poor Swan... I really wish we got more unique enemies like this!

[@jankington216]

Yeah poor institute worker, what a good guy.

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

⁠@@jankington216he was a low worker, not a scientist or higher up who did unethical and cruel experiments or choices.

[@austinlee4156]

God the idea of Virgil turning into a behemoth is terrifying. Kinda sad we only got one named behemoth.

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

What about that behemoth leader in Far Harbor?

[@MoriShep]

@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING Yea that poor guy who got locked in a room, all his "bothers" to scared to let him out

[@austinlee4156]

@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING omg you're right I forgot about that!

[@t84t748748t6]

in fallout 3 the got no names but there only 5

[@tombryant8344]

Theres another in far harbour

[@EnduringArts]

They needed so many more world bosses like this in the game.

[@TheLastFighter]

From Human, to Meta Human, to Behemoth, he scared alot of players back in the day. I swear if you approached the pond and observed him from either side he'd turn to face and watch you, sad story though.

[@gavinmedina2532]

he definitely turns towards you in the lake it’s a scary detail

[@tundragaming5]

Thanks for another video! I randomly stumbled into Swans pond on my first playthrough without noticing the warnings and got the shit scared out of me.

[@Lauren_Ipsum]

Same! It was one of the most immersive moments of my first play through of fallout 4

[@megatronjenkins2473]

I frelling bet!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

I just noticed. This is like the short story “Flowers for Algernon” It was about a stupid guy who was tested on, became REALLY smart via the same injection a rat (Algernon) had, played chess (I think with him), then Algernon went feral and died, and the narrator who was becoming stupid again wrote about him knowing he was going to die to. But less, the point is becoming smart and more “Hey, let’s see what this FEV strain does!” Really the whole original person to Mega smart to mega stupid to dead is similar

[@whimsy0451]

rare to find a Flowers for Algernon/Charley reference. Wonderful.

[@Adoniis101]

I feel bad for killing super mutants right until I remember they eat humans and use body parts as decoration. Hard to feel bad at that point.

[@Synonymous101]

Not all mutants are born equal.

[@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace]

You'd be a perfect Paladin in the BoS

[@jacobfreeman5444]

They didn't ask to be made into such a creature. Arguably the pain of their never ending growth and the seizures makes them too loony and disconnected from their former humanity to even understand there is anything other than survival. They are one and all ticking time bombs of pain and rage. Unless you can administer a counter serum for their particular strain of FEV it is definitely a mercy to just end their life. Their pain ends and they cannot debase themselves or harm others anymore.

[@hiddendesire3076]

@@jacobfreeman5444 Unless they are lucky enough to be exposed to the radioactive fog of an area like Far/Bar Harbor, then they have a strong chance for their mind to uncloud and their intelligence to return. Asides from our favorite hound vendor of Far Harbor, even other super mutants in Far Harbor do exhibit a higher level of functionality than their commonwealth kin.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

@@hiddendesire3076 we don't know what it is that allows some far harbor supes to become more self aware. But mutants that are made without careful consideration, like with the Master, are all pretty stupid. The wild mutations of FEV just does so much damage to higher brain functions in order to make a body that can tolerate the conditions of the wasteland

[@Xxsorafan]

I remember first playing, excited to explore the commons since I passed by it everyday while in school… biggest mistake ever

[@LouMoss31]

That's what I'm saying! I played Fallout 4 before I ever went to Boston (I have family that lives there) and was pleasantly surprised by how large it is in real life! Big disappointment in-game, though. Neat, but disappointing.

[@tobe1207]

Gta v did a really good job with LA. Obviously its smaller, but the streets and buildings are right. Idk if you guys follow JRE or any comedians but they have the Comedy Store in the game, with it's respective neighboring buildings (whiskey a go go/ taqui lala and In&out, etc

[@ritab4235]

Swann's story is absolutely hearbreaking. It really is.

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

I got on one knee and raised a clench fist after watching this video -.-

[@Brigand231]

The Institute was taking lessons from Vault Tec on how to reward their loyal employees. I remember finding Swan when I was first doing the Railroad trail.

[@Vile-Flesh]

I must have missed all the warning signs and markings when I played this in 2017/2018 during my first and, sadly, only playthrough because I remember stumbling upon this little park in the the middle of the commons and seeing the swan in the pond. When I approached the water while my attention was focused on the swan in the middle and that behemoth burst out of the water it scared the motherfucking hell out of me and it took everything I had to kill him. I really, really miss this game.

[@MarkDobbs697]

You need to play through again! It has incredible replay ability .

[@elitejv]

I read somewhere that they re going to be remastering this game like they did with Skyrim. Might be a good moment to replay, whenever that releases?

[@elitejv]

@whatever Its been confirmed. Just search for "Fallout 4 remaster 2023".

[@Vile-Flesh]

@@ruinedmyholiday9394 Because playing an MMO with my friend takes up most of my free time now. Never play an MMO. They are life stealers.

[@Venoxisguides]

​@@Vile-Flesh what mmo you playing?

[@kwesadilla8121]

Swan yelling his own name is retroactively way cooler and sadder now that the tv show shows ghouls doing that as they go feral

[@someonesomewhere3761]

I found this thing on accident - like many others. I bolted as soon as i heard loud crashing, I turned around and saw a massive figure running and screaming at me, that's the moment when fallout 4 became a horror game

[@Deadman1000]

I remember thinking on my very 1st playthrough I would go straight into Boston and see what happened and Swan was one of the first people I met and I regretted every second of it.

[@13th_Ghostly_Grimm]

How long was that 5...30 seconds

[@Deadman1000]

@@13th_Ghostly_Grimm if that haha I remember after he threw the rock you would kinda stumble around and then he just murdered me.

[@elic1356]

The shorter videos are coming out possessing both quantity and quality. Great job! Not too many could do that, now-a-days.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Synonymous posts with an air of confidence not often seen in this day and age!

[@Wulfjager]

I'd've loved to have worked with Virgil to recreate his serum after he used it to cure himself and seen if it would have worked on swan. Approached passively with the needle and showed that we were no threat. Maybe deep down in his deteriorated mind he would remember the institute once he spotted it

[@biopyramid0384]

Make it so you have to use the syringer to hit swan and leave quickly then return after a long time to see him as a normal human again as all the extra mass was removed over the time he took to return to normal

[@concept5631]

I doubt it would be effective. Even if it did work and physically reverted him back to a human, you'd still be dealing with a brain damaged, traumatized person.

[@broccoli1094]

i’ve been traveling through swans pond for a while now and i didn’t even know this existed oh my god

[@Jaden-Ring]

I watched an old friend share play fallout 4 when he stumbled on swan and after swan angrily cried out "SWAAAANN" my friend backed away while shooting with both of us hollering "SWAAAAAAN" but in more sad/scared voices 🤣🤣🤣 good times

[@LillyLimRo]

Love your videos! Would love some longer length videos in the future.

[@amb4368]

Yeah, his best video was the 45 minute long one we need more

[@bretthataway7674]

My favorite memory of Swan was when I first met him when the game came out and I was playing for the first time ever. Having not a single clue what he was, or that he was in the pond. I was wondering around and next thing I knew a giant green behemoth was trying to kill me. No warning or anything. It took a while and a lot of stimpacks but I got him eventually lol

[@angrybigfoot752]

I was waiting for you to cover this thank you!

[@xianderthest8014]

Waaaaait! Virgil has dialog about Swan?? All this time of playing Fallout 4 I never knew this. Neato!!

[@theclownicon]

The lore video we've all been waiting for.

[@Do27gg]

The fact he’s more scared of me than I am of him makes me feel bad for nuking him :/

[@NemFX]

Honestly, I wish there had been a scripted event, a few raiders or wastelanders trying to team up to take out Swan, and him just destroying them. You know, give him a build up. Instead it's just like "Oh, yeah, here's this area that's super dangerous" but unless you literally run up to Swan, he ignores you entirely.

[@elha7982]

That actually happens sometimes. He also wanders around at certain hours

[@d.l.hemmingway3758]

I can say that in my runs that get into that part of Boston I manage to avoid going deep into what's left of Boston Common. It looked like it was a place to avoid even if I had known about Swann before hand.

[@filming_potatoes2200]

Love your videos keep it up!

[@robertseptim3579]

Wow, every time I watch 1 of your videos I'm impressed. I ply only a dash of fallout 3 nd none of the others but the lore is calling me back to play the game along with the others

[@patrickemery6947]

this is neat to me because I work at the swan boats in Boston!!

[@jeremiahsafford1389]

Do you ever pretend to be Swan?

[@unnamedchannel1237]

@@jeremiahsafford1389no I make my GF honk sometimes though

[@PecoPecoHD]

Another great video, thanks! 🖤💙

[@Bulwark-]

I do like Swan as a boss, but I wish he was put somewhere else. I don’t like an optional boss put in a key area. Plus that area has a lot of blind spots for him, running into park street station you can avoid all of his melee attacks

[@haydenw7981]

Loved that he was a flowers for Algernon reference

[@STbattlefront]

I have not encountered him in my first playthrough since I was busy exploring outside of the city, but after watching this I'll sneak past him and leave the poor guy alone to rest when I play the game again.

[@scottishsenpai5089]

wonderful video my man, i remember my first accidental encounter with swan

[@christopherhoskins]

I’ve avoided this place often so I never really knew what he was. I only found his notes in my latest play through and I was so sad learning about him.

[@ActionQuackson]

Thanks for the video!

[@moviemaker2011z]

Another fantastic video.

[@WelshSymbioteSpartan]

This makes me regret killing him in the game on my every playthrough. Thinking him to just be another aggressive behemoth to be taken down.

[@concept5631]

You're mercy killing him everytime. He's too far gone to be anything more than a pained, mindless brute.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Great video! Do you get the "Swan Dialogue" with Virgil if you killed that behemoth?

[@college54114]

This sounds awesome

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

@@college54114 "If the player has visited Swan's Pond, and read the notes there, they can ask Virgil if he remembers Edgar Swann after the first speech check. This will lead to a medium speech check to convince him to end his life (bypassing the hard check)."

[@Ron_Jambo_]

​@@VaciliNikoMavichWait what ? I could have sworn a New Vegas fanboy explained to me that New Vegas was a masterpiece because you could force people to Minecraft themselves with a skill check, and it's also possible in FO4 ? Don't tell that to the "Yes, No, Maybe, Sarcastic" crowd, it'll destroy them.

[@eleeshahazanovitch0108]

Could be that swan tied that swan statue to his body in order to maintain his sanity by keeping a constant reminder of his human name stuck to him. He may have done this when he was already somewhat mutated but not enough to fully lose his mind, perhaps in a similar state to Virgil when we first find him.

[@pggalantd]

One of the most memorable moments in a fallout game for me. So much intrigue finding all of the environmental story telling and having a unique enemy. Surprised the hell out of me when he revealed himself

[@maxhaly1612]

I passed Swan's pond a few times during my current playthrough. I never got close enough to make him become hostile, but when I targeted him in VATS he didn't appear as a hostile target so I left him alone.

[@Domdrok]

Great video!

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

Love your channel

[@carljensen333]

I’ve a bit of lore I’m stuck on. There’s a decal on the side of the warhead in Megaton in FO3 and it looks something between a Vault-Tec logo and an air force logo. I found the decal but not any documentation. I’m guessing it’s a collaboration between the two (leading to a vault on the moon?) but I just have guesses. This has nibbled at my mind for years.

[@MegatonicAudio]

Been waiting for this one

[@XxavyOfficial]

Dang now I feel bad for running up on his pond and making him go boom boom

[@plaguedoctor8180]

When I first tried taking on Swan. I dropped a bunch of frag mines on the same spot. Aggro'd swan, and turned myself into a high altitude weather balloon.

[@Bobman4671]

I was severely under leveled, running with Nick, trying to find the start of the freedom trail and this poor bastard popped out of the pond like a daisy. Took many many deaths before putting it down. RIP Swann

[@GGNatalie]

I like to think he's still as intelligent as he was, like Virgil. However, instead of hiding away like him he chose to make himself a terrifying legend in hopes that it would keep people away. People know who he is and are scared of him and that's exactly what he wants. To be left alone.

[@cafespy6906]

I try to keep Swan alive as long as possible. It is particularly difficult on survival mode because vertibird transport uses his home as a landing zone for many destinations. But I hate having to deal with the frequently spawning raider units that you have to deal with ever after his death.

[@ParasiticInfection]

Swann is one of the best, yet saddest enemies I've ever seen. His story can be easily missed, due to the fact that most players just loot him and leave. Its an incredibly amazing encounter, it gives you many reasons not to side with The Institute. It also shows that super mutant behemoths are not inherently aggressive, yet are simply destroyed mentally through the pain and suffering they had to endure, and simply attack out of fear, not wanting to endure more pain. In all my playthroughs of fallout four, I've always left Swann alone. It would be great if fallout four elaborated on Swann, and maybe in some way ease the pain for him, or hell maybe even give him the material that reverted Virgil, but on a larger scale. Swann is one of the most underused characters I've ever seen in a game, and has so much more potential.

[@DRourkey]

I want the next fallout game to be a cloning vault and every time you die you get a new clone where everyone you see recognizes you, but you lose everything you have on you, but you can go loot your own body, and maybe an arc where people start to catch on if you die enough

[@isaiahdorado1892]

The saddest part about Swan is that he was the one to make discovery about the FEV.

[@bladelitten085]

In my first play through, I blindly ran straight through the pond, and didn’t even realize anything until I heard a roar behind me. I turned around as swan is barreling at me. I only survived by hiding behind trees that kept stopping him from steamrolling me. It was a scare to be sure, but it was an awesome experience and a moment I’ll never forget. (I ended up killing him, only dying once).

[@couldntcarelessman]

How do you now have a million subs yet dude, your videos are my favorite of all the fallout KZbinrs

[@Synonymous101]

Thank you! 😁👍

[@Witchblood]

Sorry swan, i need that power fist

[@mrsauceman6825]

One day I hope they have a smart behemoth we can talk to or do a quest for or something

[@BLANCOisacolor]

Frank Horrigan was similar. But he's a bit smaller than a behemoth

[@ravishing_cadet4625]

It'd be terrifying if swan could fly

[@Draqer]

@@Vaultboy-ke2jj And now i am imagining a old man tossing bread-crumbs at a behemoth.

[@nope1083]

Flying death claws could of been a thing

[@JarikMorningstar]

Have you done a video on the intelligent species of Deathclaws yet?

[@sheevpalpatine5123]

Hey synonymous, how much research do you have to do for these videos, or do you just know it all already

[@Corn-Pop.]

Swan is a very important stop when using a melee build, just stack a bunch of frag mines in one spot, get Swan to follow you and lead him to the mines, then claim your power fist

[@tobbsnobb1366]

If you stick to the main story this is also one of the early and better examples of why the institute needs to go. The end does not justify the means, kidnapping babies, replacing people as an experiment, siphoning power from the surface and even infecting their own because they nicked a few cigarettes. I did not care enough to go looking through the area until recently when i pieced together who and what Swan actually was. Either he deserves to be alone or put out of his misery

[@warstriker857]

I remember I was trying to find some random loot and got scared to death when he popped out

[@PresleyBazar]

Damn, I'm sorry for poor guy. He didn't deserve this punishment just for stealing some cigarettes

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Swan was never an issue it always glitches into building so it can’t move

[@nukelius]

I wrote a 7 page research paper about Edgar Swann and how his story can be compared to that of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. It was a final project for a class and I ended up having to cut a lot of information because it got too long.

[@concept5631]

Just as Bethesda intended.

[@bradleypersefield6709]

I came across the pond as a first time rookie and this guy took me by surprise and completely destroyed me

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Swan & Shipbreaker were fun to battle with. Shipbreaker made for a fabulous smoked prawn/lobster thingy dinner, with Cait!

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you talked about Swan my friend

[@aaronsparks1385]

He scared the crap out of me when I first walked his way and for a long time I would just run around him b/c I knew if you got out of his reach he would just go back to his pond. Later in the game when I got OP enough I blew him up with the 6 nuke experimental MIRV. Never really knew his back story though. Thanks for the vid.

[@oriondragonstar7057]

The Institutes making the future not a daycare center, Swanns sacrifice will not be in vein.

[@kameradendogo9729]

“What are you doing in my swamp!?!”

[@artemisiaabsinthium3261]

It's a shame your videos are so short. I really like your voice

[@Synonymous101]

That's nice, I do have some longer videos you could listen to between 30-90 minutes! 😁👍

[@lemonlefleur6236]

Well now I feel bad for all the build tests I run on Swan

[@killerkirby366]

Yup the diffrent between the behemoths in this game is that they are a result of uncontrolled growth when mutations occur with the serum Radiation during transformation is a great way to force this to happen

[@itsstillpasta]

I never bother Swan. Never a need to.

[@MarkDobbs697]

It really was a scary fight at first. I can’t remember but I think I did RR stuff later so I’m pretty sure I survived but it’s a great encounter nonetheless

[@danbutler6167]

There is supposed to be a pair of BOOTs in a safe, in one of the buildings of downtown Boston. The boots let you fall from any height without damage. Haven't found them yet.

[@gavinlamp5426]

Raiders: "Tell us where you hid your stash." "You see that pile of junk floating in the pond?"

[@casketbace]

I feel bad now, I am playing for the first time and didn't see any of the warnings and just wandered into the pond and ended up killing Swan. I did not know he was just afraid :(

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Woah, that thing is more than a super mutant in a pond named Swan?

[@Fectoelfilis27]

Bro jumpscared me then i obliterated myself with a mini nuke

[@ColtTravis]

I was a pretty low level when I first wandered through here. The place was a bit too quiet, and the bundle of refuse in the pond seemed suspicious, so I was on my guard. As I was looting in that little gazebo at the water's edge, Big Bird's bigger badder brother burst forth from the placid pond, and promptly proceeded to practically pulverize me. Not being a huge fan of dying, I dipped around the gazebo, along the edge of the park, and around the corner, taking shelter in the back of the APC that has 'Swan' scrawled on the side. My faithful companion Dogmeat bravely stood guard outside, but ultimately succumbed to the beast. After contemplating my life choices, and whether or not swan tastes like chicken, I pulled out the best weapon I had: a double-barrel sawed-off shotgun. I spent the next eternity popping out and taking potshots at the ten ton turkey and then scooting back into safety before he could smash me to smithereens. The whines of my fallen companion were drowned out only by the monster's roars of impotent rage and the blasts of buckshot. *Hang on, buddy. I'm coming!* After spraying enough lead to sterilize half of Boston, and consuming enough Stimpaks to cure AIDS, the terrible creature finally fell with a thunderous crash. Victory was mine! And to the victor goes the spoils. The Furious Powerfist has since been renamed 'MR. FISTER', and it's been my primary melee weapon ever since. ✊🏻

[@P4nzerk93]

Cool story. Its just bad you can go to the nearest metro enterance and swan can´t damage you from there. Its so easy to find out the way of cheesing him and so ridiculously close too.

[@Badabing556]

I paid zero attention to anything and ran away from the raiders nearby, not knowing about him. I then ran from swan and came back later with a fat man and some mini nukes. And now, I wish I hadn’t came back

[@NikoKuehne]

it seems the institute is experimenting with fev to give humans abilities, assuming it isnt just a blind experimentation, doing it just to see what will happen. if it isnt, maybe the reason is for power, or intelligence, whether its for development in science and technology, or to persuade the public to accept the institute as a start. either way it would be a great addition in the game to allow the institute to prosper and see what they would do within a couple decades

[@williamlazenby314]

One-shotted Swan with melee on my last playthrough (lvl 16) before he even stood up.

[@Redrum-707]

im playing survival mode . I heard him hit the ground and i was wtf that noise i turn around and a boulder 1 shots me in the face while in BOS power armor

[@Tumbledweeb]

Took a dive With the swans Out in the Commons with nothing on The mutants stop to savor All my bad behavior It's all in a day's work When you're a good good neighbor...

[@NightOwl0014]

I remember on my first playthrough using VATS on the lake and seeing Swans outline and freaking the fuck out dont think i ever went back after that lol

[@fuzzyblueninja]

I was wandering when I first found Swan and he just RAN AT ME WITH INTENT TO KILL