It's not often that radroaches can be considered a good source of loot, yet one incredibly lucky Fallout 4 player beat the odds to get an incredibly powerful weapon from this iconic Fallout foe. Video games famously have that one enemy type to test beginner players with or to help introduce the mechanics of combat. The Elder Scrolls has mudcrabs, Diablo has the Fallen, and for the Fallout franchise under Bethesda, that's always been the radroach. Enlarged by mutation, radroaches in Fallout 4 are some of the easiest enemies that players can come across in the irradiated wastelands of the Commonwealth.
That being said, these critters shouldn't be underestimated in Fallout 4's Survival Mode, as their speed and numbers can easily swarm careless players, especially if they happen to spawn as Legendary during the early levels. While the regular radroach may not have any noteworthy loot on its own, the Legendary Radroach draws from the same pool of Legendary Weapons as other enemy types do. As a result, it has the potential to drop an item with the same amount of power as one obtained from a Legendary Albino Deathclaw, though with far less of a hassle.
The stars aligned for a Fallout 4 player named bloodwolf28, who managed to obtain a Never Ending Double-Barrel Shotgun (and a level up) by killing a Legendary Radroach lurking in an abandoned house. While there are certainly more powerful weapons in Fallout 4 further down the line, the Double-Barrel Shotgun is one of the best options for players during the early levels. Its Never Ending prefix also makes ammo obsolete, which should be another handy convenience to characters who are still starting out their journey in the Commonwealth.
Though other players commended bloodwolf28 for getting a lucky drop, they were also quick to point out that using VATS in Fallout 4 would have made it much easier to take down the Legendary Radroach than trying to aim at it manually. The tactical benefits of VATS cannot be understated, as getting swarmed by a group of feral ghouls can be nasty without it, and being able to get a few early hits on a Deathclaw is similarly valuable.
As most Bethesda fans anxiously await Starfield's release in September, Fallout 76 and Fallout 4 still have a strongly dedicated playerbase, and Fallout 4 in particular is being continuously supported by a plethora of mods, whether in the rank of gameplay tweaks or total conversions. Though it's highly unlikely that radroaches will have a cameo in Starfield, one can't help but wonder what the bullet fodder of the stars will turn out to be.
Fallout 4 is available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.