Summary

  • Obtaining the Perfectly Preserved Pie in Fallout 4 is a time-consuming task, taking over 1200 hours of gameplay for one player.
  • The Port-A-Diner machine, which dispenses the pie, has a drop rate influenced by player attempts and the Luck stat.
  • While there are alternative ways to guarantee the pie's drop, most players prefer to obtain it through the game's loot system, despite the low odds.

It took over 1200 hours for a Fallout 4 player to obtain the Perfectly Preserved Pie, one of the rarest items in the game. Obtainable exclusively through the Port-A-Diner, the Perfectly Preserved Pie is a consumable from Fallout 4 that players either instantly get lucky with, continue to spam the Port-A-Diner machine until it drops, or occasionally try their luck when taking a break from their adventures in the Commonwealth. While Fallout 4 has plenty of rare weapons for Sole Survivors to gather, getting their hands on a Perfectly Preserved Pie is more of a status symbol or rite-of-passage, depending on how Fallout 4 fans look at it.

The Port-A-Diner machine has fascinated Fallout 4 players for a long time, and it even uses Gacha-like mechanics similar to Genshin Impact when calculating the drop rate for the Perfectly Preserved Pie. Namely, it accounts for player attempts in its drop chance formula, effectively creating a pity system that scales with the Luck stat in Fallout 4. Depending on the value of Luck a Sole Survivor may have, it takes between 109 and 140 to guarantee a 95.5% chance of obtaining the Perfectly Preserved Pie, and the reason why this particular item has a reputation in the Fallout 4 community, is precisely because some players aren't aware of its pity system.

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While the number of attempts is unknown for ReddsionThing, they have seemingly spent over a thousand hours on Fallout 4 before receiving a slice of Perfectly Preserved Pie. Curiously, there is an alternate way of guaranteeing the pie to drop, but it involves taking a closer look at the Nuka-World DLC for Fallout 4. The Port-A-Diner machine in Nuka-World always drops a Perfectly Preserved Pie, and while it does take away some of the item's charm, it fits with the thematic identity that Nuka-World has in the wider Fallout setting.

That being said, the easiest way for players to obtain a Perfectly Preserved Pie is to use console commands in Fallout 4 on PC and type player.additem 1A6396. However, most fans prefer to engage with the game's loot system the old-fashioned way, even if the odds of obtaining the Perfectly Preserved Pie are 2% on the very first pull.

Though Starfield and Fallout are similar in a lot of ways, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 still have plenty of dedicated players immersing themselves in the charming slice of post-apocalyptic Americana that Bethesda developed over the years. It may take a while until Fallout 5 releases, as the developers are currently working on the next Elder Scrolls game, but fans at least have the upcoming Fallout television show to look forward to.

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Fallout 4
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PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 87 /100 Critics Rec: 89%
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Released
November 10, 2015
ESRB
M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS
Developer(s)
Bethesda
Publisher(s)
Bethesda
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Creation
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no
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, invite you to the ambitious open world of Fallout 4. Do whatever you want in a massive Commonwealth with hundreds of locations, characters and quests.
As the sole survivor of Vault 111, only you can rebuild and determine the fate of the Wasteland. Join multiple factions vying for power or go it alone - the choices are yours.
From a Power Armor-toting soldier to the charismatic smooth-talker, be whoever you want with the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Character system and develop your own playstyle from hundreds of Perks.
Experience exciting first- or third-person combat with the dynamic Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System, or V.A.T.S., targeting enemies for maximum tactical advantage (and cinematic carnage!) Collect, upgrade and build thousands of items with Fallout 4's crafting system. Weapons, armor, food and with the right materials, even entire settlements are possible. Welcome home.

Franchise
Fallout
Genre(s)
RPG, Action