This route covers Seventy (70) Starlight Berry Bushes.
Fun and useful fact: Starlight Berry bushes are referred to as creepers in the game files. In real life, a creeper needs a form of support, be it a tree, a power pole, or a lamp post. If you can’t find a particular bush while using this guide, keep the above information in mind, as generally, the bush will be growing at the base of a tree or power pole in the area.
To make things simple, Starlight Berries will now be referred to as SLB, for the rest of the guide.
Used for
Food and Chem Buffs
Berry Mentats
Infused Soot Flower Tea
Seared Venison w/Berries
Starlight Berry Cobbler
Sweet Blackberry Tea
Sweet Labrador Tea
Sweet Mutfruit Tea
Tasty Mutant Hound Stew
The following perk cards, magazines, and/or backpack mods will increase your yields.
Starlight Berries have a 35% chance to spawn and are affected by your pick-up history list.
What is Verdant Season Guide
How spawns work Guide.
What plants work with Backwoodsman # 4 List.
Fixed Spawn Locations
I have done my best to provide accurate directions to every Starlight Berry bush, however, for some, you may need to refer to the photo to find them, as there is no landmark or map marker in the area to use as a point of reference.
Note: Soot flowers, Mutfruit, Fire caps, Silt Beans, and Rhododendron flowers all grow along these routes. It is worth collecting them as you are harvesting the starlight berries.
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 4 video can be found here.
Riverside Manor
Fast travel to Riverside Manor.
Turn and follow the road West, towards the red dump truck. Keep following the road West, past the dump truck until you get to another red truck and trailer. Stop at the end of the trailer and there should be a short road and a house on your right. Turn and follow the road up to the house. Walk around to the back of the house and face NWW, there should be a (1)SLB bush in front of you.
Line up with the Charleston map marker and walk forward a few meters to find another(1) SLB bush.
Face West and walk forward. There will be two small trees in front of you and to your right and two (2) SLB bushes opposite those trees on your left.
Turn North and run to the end of the house. At the end of the house turn northeast and head towards two large trees in front of you. The first (1) SLB bush will be slightly left of the large trees.
Line yourself up so you are between the North and the Summersville Dam map marker. Walk forward and you should walk straight into a(1)SLB bush and two mutfruit bushes.
Turn North and walk forward. The next (1) SLB bush is on the edge of the cliff in front of you.
Turn southwest and follow the cliff edge along until you hit a dirt/cliff face. Jetpack, jump, or round around so you are standing on top of the cliff face and you will see two (2)SLB bushes at the top.
Line yourself up with the Hornwright Air Purifier Site # 01 map marker and walk forward. You will pass a large tree on your left and a tree stump on your right. Continue straight and you will walk into your next (1)SLB bush.
Turn South, run up the hill, and stand in the middle of the main road. Face East and run back up the road until you are standing at the front of the red truck and trailer.
Turn until you are facing the Hornwright Air Purifier Site # 01 map marker and walk forward. The first (1)SLB bush will be on your left. Keep walking forward and the next (1)SLB bush will be in front of you, at the base of a large tree.
Turn North and run back out onto the main road. There should be a mutfruit bush and a house in front of you. Head towards the left-hand corner of the house and you will see the next (1)SLB bush on the corner, at the base of a small tree.
From there, turn around and face the main road. Walk forward and you will see another (1)SLB bush on the edge of the road.
Keep heading West down the main road. Just before the next set of houses, is one (2)SLB bush on either side of the road, opposite each other.
Head West up the main road until you get to the last house on your right. Turn down the driveway and stand on top of the red tractor. Make a choo choo noise and then turn and line yourself up between the North and Charleston City Hall map markers on your pip boy. Walk forward, there will be two (2)SLB bushes on your left and a third (1)SLB bush on the edge of the cliff.
Follow the cliff top around, through a clearing and there will be another (1)SLB bush on the edge of the clearing and the cliff top.
Turn West and run straight until you hit a dirt/cliff face. Jetpack, jump, or run around to the top for another (1)SLB bush.
Run straight and stand in front of the red double doors of the fire station as pictured above. Turn so the fire station is on your right and walk up the road. At the T junction, turn left. Stick to the guard rail on the left-hand side of the road and you will see the (1)SLB bush on your left.
Turn around and face South. There should be a rocky hill in front of you. Jetpack, jump or run around so you are standing at the very top of the hill. You will see the (1)SLB bush at the top of the hill next to two mutfruit bushes.
Run over to the Rusty Pick and stand in the car park. Walk over to the green dumpster that is in the car park next to the separate brick building and get inside it cause that is where you belong...jokes. Stand so the green dumpster is on your left-hand side and walk forward. Jump down the small cliff face and you will see the two (2)SLB bushes next to a mutfruit plant in the clearing.
Face East, walk forward a few steps, and stop when you are at the top of the cliff edge. Turn left and follow the cliff face all the way around. The next (1)SLB bush will be on your left near some rocks and some mutfruit plants.
Head East until you get to a cliff. Drop down the cliff and turn North. Walk forward until you see a steel ore deposit vein. Stand inside the deposit and look towards the Fire Station. The (1)SLB bush will be in front of you and to your left.
Stand inside the SLB bush and face East. Walk forward, past the concrete wall and you will see the next (1)SLB bush next to a mutfruit plant.
Run over to the Fire Station. Move so you are on the main road that is heading towards Charleston. Follow the road down until you see a bridge with Super Mutants on it. At the start of the bridge, turn East and drop down onto the ground. There will be a (1)SLB bush in front of you.
Turn South and you will see a large tree in front of you. Walk up the hill and stand at the front of the tree. Turn East and walk forward a few steps and the next (1)SLB bush is on your right.
From there, turn around to face the bridge and head towards the building on the other side of the bridge. You will see a black roof, walk across the black roof while looking South and you will see the (1)SLB bush next to a mutfruit plant.
Jump back up onto the black roof and face North. You will see the next (1)SLB bush on the other side of the road.
Fast travel or run over to AVR Medical Centre.
If you run over, head towards the car park and the concrete wall. The SLB bush is on top of the concrete wall facing South.
OR
From the fast travel point, walk forward a few steps, and the first (1)SLB bush should be in front of you.
From the bush below, turn and face North. Run straight until you get to the footpath/sidewalk on the left-hand side. Follow the footpath along, past the limo. When the footpath/sidewalk curves, keep going straight and you will walk into the next (1) SLB bush.
From this bush, turn left and run towards the Charleston Trainyard Icon. Alternatively, you can fast travel to the trainyard.
From the Charleston Trainyard fast travel point, turn and face North. Run forward and drop down to the ground. In front of you and to your left should be three (3)SLB bushes.
Keep running forward and follow the train track until you get to a train carriage. There should be another three (3)SLB bushes on your left, next to the metal pole.
Stay on the train line, walk around the carriage, or jump up and run along the top of it.
Keep running along the train line, past a row of carriages off the track, and up the hill, until you see 2 large trees on your left. There should be three (3)SLB bushes against the second large tree.
Continue to follow the train track, until you reach the bridge. Cross the bridge then move to your right, to the edge of the concrete wall. Drop down to the ground so the concrete wall is now on your left-hand side. Keep walking forward and you will trip over the next three (3) SLB bushes.
Turn right and walk straight until you reach a road. Turn left and follow the road down. Just past the bus, there is a dirt road in front of you, while the main road curves to your right. Follow the dirt path straight until you get to the first large tree on your right, walk over to the tree and there should be another three (3)SLB bushes there.
Turn and face North. Run straight, across the road (look both ways first), off the edge, and across to the other side of the river bed.
Once you are on the edge of the other side of the river bed, turn left until the Poseidon Energy Plant WV-06 icon map marker is in the middle of your compass HUD.
Start walking straight, once you pass the iron deposit on your right, you should be at the base of a small rock hill. Keep the icon map marker in the middle of your compass, jump up the hill, and then slowly continue to walk straight, through some bushes until you trip over the next three (3)SLB bushes.
Turn and face West. Run straight forward until you reach the concrete footpath/sidewalk that is on the edge of the Kanawha Nuka-Cola Plant car park. Turn left and follow the path forward a few steps until you see a large tree, closest to the footpath, on your left. Turn and walk up to the tree. Walk around the tree so the trunk is at your back and you are facing East.
Walk forward slowly and the first (3)SLB bushes should be on your right. The next(1)SLB bush is at the base of the tree directly behind the other three.
Fast travel to Camp Adams.
From the fast travel point, you want to run up the hill to the main camp and stand in the fire pit near Scout Leader Penny.
Face South and run up to the two cabins in front of you. Stand at the Tadpole Vending Machine and turn West. Walk forward and stop at the end of the cabin on your left.
Line yourself up so you are between the Kanawha Nuka-Cola Plant and Lewis & Sons Farming Supply map marker. You should see a cabin and a tower in front of you.
Walk forward and stand on the corner of the tower, at the base, and turn until you are facing between the Kanawha Nuka-Cola Plant map marker and the Lewis & Sons Farming Supply map marker. Walk forward and jump down 3 cliff faces. The three (3)SLB bushes will be at the bottom of the third cliff.
Face West and run down the hill towards Lewis & Sons Farming Supply. Once you get there, grab the salt and pepper off the picnic table near the Brahmin shed and then turn North. In the distance, you will see a Mr Handy tending to a small farm, and behind that, you will see a broken house with a robot moving around inside. Head towards the broken house. Stand at the back door of the broken house and look northwest, the (1)SLB bush is in front of you, at the base of a tree.
From that bush, turn West and run forward until you are standing on the main road. Follow the road North until you see a stone wall on your left, with a small green sign that says "Please stay on paths".
There will be a lot of Cultists here so perhaps run ahead and clear the area first and then come back to the stone wall and the small green sign.
Turn left and follow the dirt road up towards the church. While walking up the dirt road, on the left-hand side, you will see a car park with 4 cars in it. Head towards the car parked closest to the church, stand on the front of that car, and face South. The first (1) SLB bush will be in front of you, at the base of the tree.
From there, turn and walk towards the Church. There should be a large tree between yourself and the Church. Stop at the base of the large tree and the next (1)SLB bush is on your right, next to the base of the tree.
From that bush, turn North and cross over to the other side of the dirt road/path, there will be another (1)SLB bush in front of you and slightly to your left.
Stand inside the bush above and turn North West. Walk forward, there will be a small tree on your slight left with another (1)SLB bush at the base.
The next three are going to be hard to describe so you might need to refer to the photos.
From there, head back to the Church. On the right-hand side of the Church is a stone wall. Follow the stone wall down the side and stop when you get to the end of the wall. Turn until you are lined up with the Camp Adams lookout tower map marker. Walk forward, past a mutfruit bush and you will see the (1)SLB bush at the base of a small tree.
Stand inside the SLB bush and turn until you are facing between Billings Homestead and Camp Adams map marker.
Walk forward and past a small tree on your right, a large tree on your left, a small tree on your left, and a large tree on your right.
The next tree should have the (1) SLB bush growing at the base of it.
From that bush, turn and face the Kanawha County Cemetery map marker. Walk forward, keeping in line with the map marker. As you get closer, head towards the gap in the stone wall. The next (1)SLB bush will be in the trees just before the gap in the wall.
From there, run back over to the church and stand in the doorway. Turn so you are facing the car park. Follow the dirt road back down until you are standing on the main road. Follow the road North and look at the base of the power poles on your left. The next (1) SLB bush is on the left, at the base of a power pole next to a rotting tree trunk.
Stay on the road and keep heading North past the cemetery. Once you get to the end of the cemetery, there will be a power pole on the corner on the right. There is one (1)SLB bush at the base of the power pole. The next power pole on your right has the last (1)SLB bush growing at the base.
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 1
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 2
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 3
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 4
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 5
Where to find and how to farm for Starlight Berries - Route 6
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