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ThroughoutAtomfallyou will come across several terminals, machines, and unpowered facilities that can only be brought back online with an Atomic Battery. InAtomfall, Atomic Batteries can be found throughout every region in the game, and it’s a good idea tocollect lots of these earlyso you can power up important endgame facilities, like the Interchange and its Central Processor.
To find Atomic Batteries,Atomfallplayers must look in trader inventories,pay attention to Leadsthat mention Atomic Battery locations, and destroy B.A.R.D. Robots – a task easier said than done. Follow this guide to learn where to find more than a dozen Atomic Batteries inAtomfallthroughout all five major regions.
This list of all Atomic Battery locations inAtomfallwill be updated with more locations as we discover where to find other Atomic Batteries throughout the game.
What Are Atomic Batteries Used For?
InAtomfall, Atomic Batteries are a source of massive energy generation, used to power some of the game’s most energy-hungry facilities and machines. Throughout the game, particularly throughout The Interchange, you will discover unpowered areas tied to a nearby power slot.Put an Atomic Battery into these slots to bring each associated facility or machine back online.
You needa total of four Atomic Batteries to re-power the Interchange, but there are several other locations where you can use Atomic Batteries to re-activate unpowered facilities and machines, especially in some of the final areas of the game.
SomeAtomfallendings require you to slot Atomic Batteriesinto machines that can only beaccessed after powering the Interchange, so be sure to collect and store them with Pneumatic Tubes to withdraw when needed at a later time. These Tubes tend to appear conveniently near locations where key items are required to progress.
You can also use Atomic Batteries to re-activate downed B.A.R.D. robots. Powering up a deactivated robot with an Atomic Battery for the first time will unlock the ‘Batteries Not Included’ achievement.
Atomic Battery Locations In Atomfall Regions
Where To Find Atomic Batteries In Atomfall
There are at least ten Atomic Batteries that players can naturally findthroughout the world ofAtomfallfrom specific locations in each of the five main areas, or via Barter with the game’s many Trader NPCs. Additionally, defeating any B.A.R.D. Robot will reward an Atomic Battery, but you have to be fast.
Only five Atomic Batteries are required to unlock the path to the end of the game, so players don’t necessarilyneedto find every Atomic Battery location. But knowing where to find Atomic Batteries will make life easier as you will be able to quickly build up a store of Batteries to slot into unpowered devices when required.
Slatten Dale Atomic Batteries
The only Atomic Battery location in Slatten Dale is in Molly the Tinker’s bartering inventory. Molly can be found to the east of the Wyndham Village entrance from Slatten Dale, in the far north of this starting zone. Look for her trading camp on a hill by the Wyndham Village wall above the small pond (close to where youcan find the Metal Detectoron a body).
Skethermoor Atomic Batteries
The Interchange Atomic Battery Locations
In the Interchange, Atomic Batteries are scarce. One battery is being held by a dead scientist directly beneath the Central Processor power board. Thefirst time you get to The Interchangeand enter the Central Processor, look for this glowing battery lying beside the dead scientist.
Other Atomic Batteries in The Interchange can be looted from defeated B.A.R.D Robots, of which there are several to be found. There is one just outside of Robotics, for example, and three patrolling an area deep within the Windscale Plant itself.
Get Atomic Batteries From Certain Traders
Atomic Batteries Are Valuable – Bring High-Value Items To Barter
There are a handful ofTraders inAtomfallthat will offer an Atomic Batteryamongst their wares. These tend to be very expensive items, so you will need to trade other high-value items to make your offering match its value. Guns (especially Stock and Pristine guns) and crafting recipes (that you have already learned) are great items to trade for an Atomic Battery.
Atomic Batteries are very, very high-value items. If you have a lot of extra Atomic Batteries that you are sure you don’t need, consider using them in trade to gain a huge advantage when Bartering. If you need the Battery back later on, the Trader will still have it in their inventory (if you don’t kill them, that is).
Not everyAtomfallTrader NPC will have an Atomic Batteryin their inventory, but a surprisingly large number of them do. Traders who have an Atomic Battery for sale include:
Atomic Batteries Power B.A.R.D Robots
Defeat Any B.A.R.D. Robot To Get An Atomic Battery – But It’s Tough
The first time you enter Wyndham Village, you will see a gigantic B.A.R.D. Robot patrolling around the central green. This robot, and every other B.A.R.D. Robot inAtomfall, is powered by an Atomic Battery.Deal enough damage to a B.A.R.D Robot, and it will temporarily shut down.
When it is in a dormant state,quickly run to the back of the robot to pull out its Atomic Battery. It will become fully deactivated, andyou’ll get an Atomic Battery in your backpack(if you have space).
There are two types of B.A.R.D. Robots: one wields amachine gunand has a protected head sensor, the other wields aflamethrowerand has three fuel tanks attached to its back and gun.
