Letter from the Directors – 2025

[p]Appalachian Adventurers,[/p][p]Fallout 76 celebrated its seventh-year anniversary this November 14.[/p][p]Seven incredible years since our launch in 2018! Since then, over twenty-three million vault dwellers have overslept and raced out of the vault.[/p][p]Twenty-three million players! Vault 76 must be huge! The Reclamation Day party must have been really BIG![/p][p]Vault dwellers left the comfy confines of their Vault-Tec assigned apartments and stepped FOOT into an awe-inspiring wasteland previously unexplored in the Fallout universe.[/p][p]The first steps outside were history in the making as players met our Appalachia for the first time. Together we have discovered new stories and adventured with friends to create stories of our own. And with every minute spent wandering Appalachia’s country roads, we participate in writing Fallout’s history.[/p][p]November 14 also marks the tenth-year anniversary of full development on Fallout 76.[/p][p]What an incredible journey we’ve had together![/p][p]Let’s look back at what we did this year…[/p][p]We kicked off 2025 with “The Ghoul Within.” After years of excessive radiation exposure our players could transform their character into a ghoul![/p][p]This was an exciting, end game experience for players which offered dozens of unique ways to customize your character. Ghoulification came with unique ghoul traits such as high radiation resistance, a “feral” meter to keep you sane- keep popping those chems- and a powerful radiation build up called “glow.” Not to mention thirty new ghoul perk cards to be used over the top of the existing human versions.[/p]

[p]“Hey, smooth skin is overrated anyhow, don’t you think?” – Bill LaCoste[/p]

[p]Atomic Anglers rejoiced as fishing made its way to our wasteland waters! The summer in Appalachia was a HOT one! To cool off on a sweltering day, we can’t think of anything better than dipping your toes in our cool streams for some fishing.[/p]

[p]“Anywhere you can swim, you can fish.” – Captain Nuke McCloud[/p]

[p]Hearing that excites us to explore Appalachia all over again and discover what lurks beneath the rippling surfaces spread across the entire region. Fifty fish were added to our mountain waters, with several more included in Burning Springs and coming up seasonally down the road.[/p]

[p]The fish may look a little funny, but they don’t taste that bad, and in the wasteland “not bad” is “pretty good!” – Jon Rush[/p]

[p]The mega-mansion sized “C.A.M.P. Revamp” update arrived this Fall![/p][p]We overhauled the C.A.M.P. workshop menus, making it easier for our builders to sort through the thousands of C.A.M.P. items added since launch…[/p][p]…and C.A.M.P. building rules and restrictions were lifted, making it easier for our builders to use those thousands of C.A.M.P. items to make awesome Wasteland homes.[/p][p]To commemorate the occasion our wonderful Community team played host to several C.A.M.P. building competitions, celebrating thousands of amazing camp submissions with awesome rewards for the lucky winners.[/p]

[p]“Also known as our ‘Bill’ders update!” – Bill LaCoste “Nobody says ‘Bill’ders update…” – Jon Rush[/p]

[p]And as of reading this letter, our brave Appalachian adventurers have crossed the Point Pleasant bridge and are exploring the wastelands of what used to be Ohio.[/p][p]Welcome to Burning Springs, folks![/p][p]Burning Springs is the next chapter of our Appalachian story; an entire new region to the northwest for players to explore with their friends and build upon. Players will meet new friends, possibly make enemies, and come across the latest addition to our repertoire of Fallout fauna, the Rad Hog… which are proving to be quite an invasive species. A real regional menace! Burning Springs is also BOUNTY HUNTING.[/p][p]Bounty hunting takes off in the sprawling community settlement of Highway Town, located in the heart of Burning Springs. And who better for hosting an awesome feature like Bounty Hunting than The Ghoul?[/p][p]Not A Ghoul… THE Ghoul from the hit TV Fallout series has made his way to Appalachia.[/p]

[p]“Keep what you kill, cowboy. To the victor goes the spoils, as they say.” – The Ghoul[/p]

[p]This year has been a true celebration of the franchise we all know and love! This has been an incredible journey – but we’re only just getting started![/p][p]Tradition dictates that it’s at this point in our annual letter to players that we tease upcoming content.[/p][p]The team wrestled back and forth with this… what if we give too much away? What if we give away too little? Aren’t surprises more fun? Is a casserole just a salty pie? But who really likes being surprised? Where does that pipe lead to anyhow?[/p]

[p]“The Barndoors in Graninger Farmstead open once twilight has drawn nigh.” - unknown[/p]

[p][/p][p]To all the Vault Dwellers out there who overslept, thank you![/p][p]We’ve said this before, and we mean it every time…[/p][p]There’s never been a better time to adventure with friends in the wasteland![/p][p][/p][p]Jon Rush and Bill LaCoste[/p]