While investing in growing your food back at C.A.M.P. is highly recommended, that’s not always possible. Sometimes, you must rely on pre-war canned goods. Even worse is, sometimes you must rely on Canned Dog Food in Fallout 76. Alternatively, you have a Daily to complete. Either way, here’s where to find the delectable treat in Appalachia!
Where to Get Dog Food in Fallout 76
There are numerous spawns for Dog Food in Fallout 76, with a few guaranteed spawns and a few with up to a 25% chance due to the random loot pool.
The guaranteed spawns for Dog Food include:
- Charleston Landfill
- Inside a shopping cart underneath the railroad underpass.
- South Cutthroat Camp
- To the southwest, by a cultist totem.
- Dagger’s Den
- Under a table on the west side, outside the poolhouse.
- Grafton Dam
- In the rowboat to the south of the dam.
Alternatively, if you scour these four loot spots but come up empty, you can check the following points of interest, all of which have a 25% chance to spawn Dog Food:
- WV Lumber Co.
- Blackwater Mine
- Mama Dolce’s Food Processing
- Clarksburg
- Mount Blair Trainyard
These spawn randomly throughout these five points of interest, usually on shelves or tables.
Related: Where to Find Summersville in Fallout 76
Dog Food Stats and Info

- Type: Food
- Class: Meat
- Quality: Pre-War
- Heals: 25 HP
- Food: 10%
- Radiation: +1
- Weigh: 0.5
- Value: 6 Caps
Furthermore, Dog Food consumption is affected by the Carnivore perk, which doubles its effects, or negatively by the Herbivore perk, which negates its effects altogether.
If you’d like to carry a ton of Dog Food (I won’t judge you!), pick the Thru-Hiker perk, which will decrease the weight of food and drink items in your inventory.
The Guide Hall would rather eat a freshly cooked Megasloth Tenderloin than Canned Dog Food in Fallout 76. But hey, beggars can’t be choosers in the post-apocalypse, right?!


