Fallout 76 News

Preview the Next Major Update to Fallout 76

[p]The next major update to Fallout 76, Burning Springs, introduces the largest map expansion yet and it’s available for you to play on our Public Test Server right now! [/p][p]Learn More About Burning Springs[/p][p][/p][h3]How to Participate in the PTS [/h3][p][/p][p]All players who own a copy of Fallout 76 on Steam can participate in our PTS. Please note that progress from the PTS does not carry over into the live game. The Atomic Shop is also disabled during this testing period. To install the PTS, open your Steam library, and install “Fallout 76 Public Test Server”.[/p][p]If you want to know more about the PTS experience and why we run them, please look at this article covering all that and more![/p]

New Fallout 76 update goes to Ohio, "in total tonal tandem" with the Amazon show

Fallout 76 Burning Springs is taking us across the border for a new adventure, and it's bringing the Amazon Prime show's best character with it. Having gradually nurtured F76 into one of the best survival games on PC, Bethesda's next update takes place in Ohio, meaning we'll be travelling over the river to the west of the existing map. Citing its main inspirations as Fallout 3 and New Vegas, creative director Jon Rush and lead producer Bill LaCoste walked me through a hands-off roundtable presentation of what we can expect when we arrive in Burning Springs, and it might just get me to dust off my Fixer.

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Get a first look at Burning Springs, coming soon to Fallout 76!

[p]Prepare for one of Fallout 76’s largest map expansions yet with Burning Springs, arriving later this year as a free major update for all players. Set in the southeastern region of rural Ohio, Burning Springs’ arid landscape brims with new places to explore, questlines to follow and new events to partake in.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Form your posse and collect on Appalachia’s most wanted in all-new Bounty Hunting missions hosted by none other than The Ghoul, the steely-eyed gunslinger originally featured in Amazon’s Fallout television series![/p][p][/p][p]Check out our Inside the Vault video below for more early details from this exciting update: [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Patch Notes - September 23, 2025

[p]The team has deployed an update to address the following:[/p]

[p]Wallpapers will now correctly show for players using the “Buildable” or “Unlocked Items” filters while building their C.A.M.P..[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue preventing Wallpapers from showing in the Build menu for player using the Raider, Settler, or Future-Tec deployable C.A.M.P. skins.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue that showed the C.A.M.P. budget bar as visually exceeding the limit.[/p]

Maintenance Announcement - September 23, 2025

[p]On Tuesday, September 23 at 10 am ET/9 am CT, the game is being brought offline on all platforms to apply an update.[/p][p]For server status updates, keep an eye on the Bethesda.net Status Portal. [/p]