Fallout 76 News

Yesterday was Fallout Day, the date in the series' universe when the bombs dropped and permanently turned a lot of people into those skeletons you grind into dust while tramping about in your power armour. Bethesda awakened Todd Howard from cryo-sleep, and announced some stuff in a broadcast. Fallout 4 and New Vegas are being sold to people again. Also, in admittedly more exciting news, Fallout 76's Burning Springs update got a proper release date.

The upcoming second series of Prime Video's Fallout TV Show was also there, with that and the 76 update set to make December very Walton Gogginsy.

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Bethesda has confirmed when we'll be heading to Fallout 76 Burning Springs to take on the Rust King and get buddy-buddy with Walton Goggins as The Ghoul. Creative director Jon Rush and lead Producer Bill LaCost call the Ohio-set expansion F76's "biggest update ever," and one "in complete tonal tandem" with the second season of the Fallout show on Amazon Prime. Dust off your boots, grab your Stimpacks and RadAway, and oil up your Fixer, because it's time to claim some bounties.

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• [p]Steam: October 17 - October 24[/p]
• [p]Xbox: October 21- October 27[/p]
• [p]PlayStation: October 22 - November 5[/p]

• [p]EXPLORE FALLOUT 1ST[/p]

• [p]PC (Steam): 42.8 GB[/p]

• [p]Overwriting blueprint that causes a duplicate no longer results in crashing.[/p]
• [p]Items should no longer erroneously show the Atomic icon on Xbox.[/p]
• [p]Items placed on the first floor should no longer float.[/p]
• [p]When inside a shelter, the blueprinted subcategory is no longer available in Build Mode.[/p]
• [p]Build menu should no longer scroll faster as you change scroll directions.[/p]
• [p]The Fisherman's cooking station, Fish Display Plaque, and all three fishing plushies are now visible in the Workshop Menu once learned.[/p]
• [p]Decontamination Shower should no longer show as unlearned for players that have already learned it.[/p]
• [p]C.A.M.P. item names should no longer be cut off when selecting them in the Build Menu.[/p]
• [p]Players using gamepad can now toggle the free cam control mode while placing wires, unless they are targeting an item that accepts wire connection.[/p]
• [p]The “Blueprint Save” pop-up in the Workshop Menu now supports mouse input.[/p]
• [p]The "Options" button is again displayed when using the Replace option.[/p]
• [p]Last selected variant is now tracked separately between replace and build mode in the Workshop Menu.[/p]
• [p]Made some improvements to the blueprinting flow in the new workshop.[/p]
• [p]Blueprinting now reserves items.[/p]
• [p]A scroll bar has been added when players save their blueprints.[/p]
• [p]Added additional messaging when a lock is applied or removed from a Workshop item.[/p]
• [p]The Atomic symbol should now correctly update for purchased wallpapers.[/p]
• [p]Players should not get kicked back to the subcategory menu when selecting variants while building.[/p]
• [p]Players should no longer become stuck moving an object when editing furniture items.[/p]
• [p]Workshop background should no longer be invisible.[/p]

• [p]Help Menu now lists the correct Subcategory for Foundations[/p]
• [p]Made improvements to Help Menu information for “Free Camera Mode”, "Attaching Wires", “Item Lock” and “Death”.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the Help menu which listed the incorrect controller button for "Save Blueprint"[/p]

• [p]The Atomic Roller should now be interactable.[/p]
• [p]Removed the Blood Punch Bowl from being buildable in shelters to be consistent with other dispenser type items.[/p]
• [p]Removed the Blue Nuka-Cola Vending Machine from being buildable in shelters to be consistent with other dispenser type items.[/p]
• [p]Removed the Crania Candy Bowl from being buildable in shelters to be consistent with other dispenser type items.[/p]
• [p]Atomic Shop icon no longer appears on the Sheepsquatch Poster[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue which could cause players to be unable to enter their Power Armor suit until they dropped Fusion Cores in their inventory.[/p]
• [p]Fixing an issue where the Ultracite Stool and Ultracite Throne were no longer buildable under certain conditions.[/p]
• [p]Tiki C.A.M.P. kit should now display as a full C.A.M.P. kit.[/p]

• [p]Enemies will now display the correct icon for bleeding beneath their HP bar.[/p]
• [p]Nuke Silo Mainframes Cores should now be damaged by explosions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue causing Scorchbeasts to focus on their audio scream attack.[/p]
• [p]Sheep Shard poison damage will now correctly scale with the player's level.[/p]

• [p]Mischief Night: The "Light the Mischief Pyre" objective is now translated in all languages.[/p]
• [p]Mothman Equinox: Fixed a formatting issue with all 6 of the Mothman Equinox event lore books.[/p]
• [p]“Jail Break” should now qualify for the repeatable Public Event challenge[/p]
• [p]Glowing Skeleton Costume and Glowing Skeleton Hood can be now sold to NPCs.[/p]
• [p]The Freezing Touch mutation now deals Cryo damage.[/p]
• [p]Decryption:[/p]
  • [p]Removed the armor penetration and increased damage effects.[/p]
  • [p]Enemies are now higher levels than you would normally encounter[/p]
• [p]The Big Bloom: Beezlebub's health and damage has been increased.[/p]
• [p]The Big Bloom: Increased performance with flower respawning.[/p]
• [p]The Big Bloom: Overgrown now have a chance to drop Carnal Weepers, Radlilies, or Crystalcups.[/p]
• [p]The Big Bloom: Lowered the active landmine count.[/p]

• [p]Becoming immune to fall damage while not in power armor now always prevents the stagger animation.[/p]
• [p]All Cryo damage now has a unified effect that slows the target and drains Action Points. This effect scales up the more Cryo damage the target takes and recovers over time when the target isn’t taking Cryo damage. Cryo resistance also plays a role in how quickly the status effect is built up and recovers. Weapons and effects that caused a slowing effect now deal Cryo damage instead.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where applying slow effects to a target could make them move very fast.[/p]
• [p]RAD damage is no longer recovered to a minimum value when loading into the world. RAD damage is still recovered to a minimum value when respawning. This also applies to Glow for Ghouls.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where damaging auras would not deal any damage in certain cases.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where players could be stuck in a state where their AP constantly drains.[/p]

• [p]Cryo damage should now correctly trigger the Deal Sealer Perk.[/p]
• [p]“What Rads” Perk can now only be equipped by Humans.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue on the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. page which displayed "0 unused point" over full categories.[/p]
• [p]S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadout Manager should now perform better when scrolling.[/p]
• [p]Blood Sacrifice: AP should no longer continue to drain HP while outside of VATS.[/p]
• [p]The Cloaked icon should now be displayed for Escape Artist and Chameleon.[/p]
• [p]Twisted Muscles penalties to VATS accuracy and cone of fire are now reduced by the Class Freak perk card.[/p]
• [p]Four Leaf Clover: Now grants the correct amount of crit meter for multiple projectile weapons.[/p]
• [p]Fast Fighter: Now grants 50% of your movement speed above 100% (your bonus movement speed) as reload speed.[/p]
  • [p]Improved the utility of Fast Fighter for Black Powder weapons.[/p]
• [p]Lifegiver[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where players could die when unequipping this Perk Card.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the players HP could be incorrect and overlapping the RADS portion of the HP bar when this Perk Card was equipped.[/p]
• [p]Night Eyes: Reduced cost to 1 point.[/p]
• [p]Number Cruncher: Now applies to weapon DoT effects.[/p]
• [p]Deal Sealer[/p]
  • [p]Cryo slow now counts as an impairment for this Perk.[/p]
  • [p]Poison aura effects now correctly inflict poison impairment.[/p]
• [p]United Ordeal: Now shows in the Pipboy Effects tab when active.[/p]
• [p]Rad Sponge: Thirst and Hunger should no longer be restored at different rates.[/p]
  • [p]Increased the rate at which Thirst and Hunger are restored.[/p]
• [p]Good With Salt: Moved from LCK to INT.[/p]
• [p]Curator: Moved from LCK to INT.[/p]
• [p]Tightly Wound: Animation speed should no longer reset when entering or exiting Power Armor.[/p]
• [p]Bloody Mess: Fixed an issue that would allow this to proc on bleed immune targets.[/p]

• [p]The "Combat Knife" should now be properly translated in all languages.[/p]
• [p]"Rusted Glory Flag" should now be properly translated in all languages.[/p]
• [p]Players should no longer experience visual clipping when equipping a hazmat suit as a Ghoul wearing a disguise.[/p]
• [p]Unarmed Bobble Head now displays proper name.[/p]
• [p]Players should now be able to complete the Possum: Leatherworker challenge by building a Bear Skin Rug.[/p]
• [p]Chinese Stealth Armor should no longer stretch oddly at the neck of male characters.[/p]
• [p]Corn Cob Fasnacht Masks can now be placed in Chess & Pillar display cases.[/p]
• [p]Cranberries should no longer spawn as Blast Berries.[/p]
• [p]Big eared characters no longer have their ears clip through the Brother Hood of Steel hood apparel.[/p]
• [p]Improved textures for Drill Fist Ultracite Bits.[/p]
• [p]Light Machine Gun Prime 5.56 and .45 plans no longer keep dropping from Scorchbeast Queen once learned.[/p]
• [p]Improved VFX to better match damage inflicted by explosions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a rare crash on the loading screen.[/p]
• [p]Silver Extractors should no longer produce Silver Scrap instead of Silver Ore.[/p]
• [p]Fixed missing armor names in the how to learn text.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that would cause cut content to be displayed in the workbench.[/p]

• [p]Bird Bones now displays its Fall Damage reduction in the Pip-Boy.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where Herbivore and Carnivore mutations could be acquired at the same time.[/p]
  • [p]If you currently have both mutations, they will be removed from your character.[/p]

• [p]Reading the Sacred Tomes of the Mothman now correctly progresses the hidden quest.[/p]

• [p]Damage from explosive launchers with the two-shot Legendary Mod is no longer duplicated.[/p]
• [p]US Covert Ops magazine now states its correct effect: Bonus damage against Humans.[/p]
• [p]Scopes that support multiple zoom levels will now display a button hint for zoom during use.[/p]
• [p]Cremator now deals the same damage after changing the color of the chemical fuel.[/p]
• [p]Alien Blaster Cryo mod now receives benefits from the Explosive Legendary mod.[/p]
• [p]The Bowie Knife Pioneer Scout Paint now appears with all other appearance mods.[/p]
• [p]Certain weapons should no longer increase in size as you scroll through their mods.[/p]
• [p]Ceremonial Mace Skin for Lead Pipe, Revolutionary Sword, & Tire Iron now use the correct appearance mod slot and can be removed after application.[/p]
• [p]Removed debug text from the Chameleon and Stealth Boy mods used in Power Armor[/p]
• [p]The Cryo mod for the Compound Bow now receives contextual ammo (Arrows)[/p]
• [p]Bleed damage has been added to the Cosmic Knife.[/p]
• [p]The Durability Legendary mod now correctly reduces but does not remove durability loss when attacking enemies.[/p]
• [p]The Gatling Plasma Stinging Core Receptacle now correctly notes as "piercing".[/p]
• [p]Icemen's Four-Star Legendary Mod effects have been replaced with 20% extra Cryo damage.[/p]
• [p]Pipe Wrench no longer incorrectly displays 2 cosmetic mod slots.[/p]
• [p]Weapons will no longer experience a delay in firing after being reloaded when using effects that increase reload speed.[/p]
• [p]The Light Machine Gun full stock mod no longer adds the Rifle tag to the weapon.[/p]
• [p]The Stalker’s mod can now be attached to melee weapons.[/p]
• [p]The Miasma mod has been reworked to always deal poison damage to nearby targets, similar to the Plague Walker mutation.[/p]

• [p]5.56 Ultracite Ammo will now unlock as expected for the LMG.[/p]
• [p]Improved the Cryo effects for multiple weapons.[/p]
• [p]Players should no longer be able to continue to use auto melee weapons after running out of AP.[/p]
• [p]Improved the ability to target bee swarms with VATS.[/p]
• [p]Nuka-cola Ammo is now an explosive ammo type.[/p]

• [p]Some HUD elements should no longer be hidden while the player is aiming with a scope.[/p]
• [p]Players should no longer see a blank confirmation window when choosing a loadout upon exiting Vault 76.[/p]
• [p]Damage over Time will no longer display as floating numbers when setting is disabled.[/p]
• [p]Floating damage numbers now correctly dynamically adjust.[/p]
• [p]Players should no longer be flagged AFK incorrectly.[/p]
• [p]The confirmation window should now display correctly when trying to delete a custom world.[/p]
• [p]Leaving the Steam Overlay by clicking the X button now correctly resets the game's input, allowing Pip-Boy to be opened with Tab.[/p]
• [p]Radiation gained by consuming irradiated food should now be displayed correctly.[/p]
• [p]Some UI elements should no longer disappear when a player disconnects from a controller.[/p]
• [p]Health and stamina bars should no longer become misaligned.[/p]
• [p]Rebinding an input in the Settings Control menu should now rebind correctly.[/p]
• [p]Fishing: Inputs are no longer influenced by remapping controls in the Options Menu.[/p]
• [p]United Ordeal will now correctly show as an active effect.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a display issue where Number Cruncher would increase the Pip-Boy damage values more than expected.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where DoT floating numbers would sometimes display twice.[/p]
• [p]V.A.T.S. Accuracy is now correctly displayed with a percentage sign in mod properties.[/p]