'Fallout 76' Meat Week Guide - Grahm's Meat Cook Location, Primal Cuts & Rewards

Fallout 76 celebrates Meat Week this week, and we want you to make the most of it. Primal Cut events are doling out Prime Meat, and Grahm's Meat Cook is the only place to stash it. We'll answer your big questions and recap the unique rewards below.

Fallout 76 Primal Cut Events

Primal Cut events happen about every 15 minutes, and sometimes several can be happening on the same server at once. The events spawn in static locations, so here are the spots. These locations are listed in ascending enemy difficulty. The harder the challenge, the more Prime Meat you'll get.

The Forest: At Flatwoods

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The Forest Prime Cut spawn for Meat Week Prime Cut events in 'Fallout 76' this location has easy encounters. 'Fallout 76' is available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

Toxic Valley: It's northeast of the Toxic Lake.

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The Toxic Valley Prime Cut spawn Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

Ash Heap: Surrounded by the Abandoned Mines.

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The Ash Heap Prime Cut spawn Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

Savage Divide: Near Fred's Barbeque.

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The Savage Divide Prime Cut spawn Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

The Mire

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The Mire Prime Cut spawn Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

Cranberry Bog: Between Bog Town and Cranberry Glade.

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The Cranberry Bog Prime Cut spawn Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

These should be pretty easy to find, as you will be notified and your map will be marked when the Primal Cut events are active. To start the event, play the drums on the barrel as seen in this picture. Now, just kill all four waves of Primal Creatures including the boss at the end.

The only reward you get for finishing a Primal Cut event, besides any gained XP and a few Caps, is Prime Meat. The amount of Prime Meat you get correlates to the difficulty of the encounter and the spawn you choose.

  • Forest and Toxic Valley: Three Prime Meat
  • Ash Heap and Savage Divide: Four Prime Meat
  • Mire and Cranberry: Five Prime Meat

Grahm's Meat Cook Event

Unlike the Primal Cuts, which happen often, the Grahm's Meat Cook event only happens once per hour. With that in mind, it helps to have the Good With Salt perk to keep your Prime Meat fresh. The perk decreases spoil rates by 90 percent.

Once Grahm is active, you'll find him near Vault 76 in this marked spot.

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You'll find Grahm at this spot near Vault 76 when the Meat Cook event is active. Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist

To complete the mission, all you have to do is perform one of several tasks to fill the meter that "helps Grahm throw a successful cookout." The more people you have doing these tasks, the more likely it is you'll reach a threshold.

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Collecting plants is one way to help Grahm throw a cookout. Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube
  • Collect plants
  • Pick up rotten waste in the area
  • Kill creatures
  • Pick up wood
  • Use the giant rotisserie grill to grill meat
  • Play the barrel drums

When harvesting plants, wood and critters, be sure to keep the bits in your inventory to turn them in at this post.

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Drop all your collected resources in their correct pile. Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

You should also turn in your Prime Meat at the Meat Grill to get as much as 15 Legendary Scrip through three exchanges. For turning in Prime Meat you'll also get a buff called Strong Meat Sweats.

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Turn in your Prime Meat here. Bethesda Softworks/InnovSurvivalist @ YouTube

Grahm's Meat Cook Meat Week Rewards

For finishing one run through Grahm's Meat Cook you'll collect lots of food, 60 caps and other unique rewards. Here's a list of the possible Legendary rewards you can earn.

Clothing:

  • Bloody Chef Outfit
  • Bloody Chef Hat
  • Grillmaster's Hat
  • Grillmaster Outfit

Weapons:

  • Red Fireworks Mine
  • Tenderizer
  • Meat Cleaver

Recipes:

  • Recipe: Tato Salad

Plans:

  • Plan: Spicy Tenderizer Mod
  • Plan: Peppered Tenderizer Mod
  • Plan: Salty Tenderizer Mod
  • Plan: Meat Cleaver
  • Plan: Meat Week Flag

To see the full list of 2020 Meat Week Rewards, check out this spreadsheet courtesy of Gilpo on reddit.

That's all you need to know about Meat Week in Fallout 76.

Fallout 76 is available now on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

What are your thoughts on Meat Week in Fallout 76? Were you able to locate Grahm? Tell us in the comments section!

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