Time to get outdoorsy.

Join us in Fallout 76 for the Pioneer Scouts Challenge Event, Uncharted Lands, starting August 6 and running through August 20. Take photos, gather resources and set up C.A.M.P. in the uncharted region of Skyline Valley.



Remember to pick up your Marshal Mallow T-Shirt and Shorts outfit for free in the Atomic Shop and wear it while completing the daily challenges to get your rewards. Finishing 5 daily event challenges will automatically complete the weekly challenge. Each week will have its own set of challenges and if you complete both weekly challenges, you’ll earn the Roasting Stick weapon skin so you can roast not only marshmallows, but your enemies as well! You can also earn the Marshal Mallow Figure and a “I’d Rather Be Camping” poster for your C.A.M.P.

Our latest update for Fallout 76 launches today to bring improvements to Appalachia. Read on for a full list of patch notes.


Check the download sizes below for today’s update.

PC (Steam): 6.9 GB

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• Updated help screen and loading screen text relating to gaining levels and perks

• Improved the uncharged damage for the Gauss Pistol
  
• Players can now revert Tire Irons and Walking Canes to their base appearance when removing another skin

• The event Dangerous Pastimes is now a part of the regular event rotation
  
• Various balance adjustments to the Storm Goliath Boss
  
• Strangler Bloom will now have a chance to spawn in nuked regions where Strangle Pods are located

• Into Lands Unknown: Placing signal flares during the quest no longer causes soft control lock
  
• Oldest Trick in the Book: Objective markers will no longer appear over already killed cultists in the Crimora Mines
  
• Between the Lines: Fixed an issue that could cause teammates to be blocked by Laser Grids when helping a team leader
  
• Powerhouse of the Cell: All players should now correctly receive a keycard
  
• Duty Calls should no longer become stuck after picking up brains
  
• Patrol Duty: The robot now properly paths into the prison yard and back out again when necessary

• Fixed various localization issues
  
• Fixed missing voice lines for Lane Platte
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented Neon Letters from being placed in your C.A.M.P.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not access radiant quests after completing Sofia's questline
  
• Biv has sobered up enough to give out Daily Quests again
  
• Union Power Armor Jetpack can now be crafted
  
• The blue Headlamp for T-51 Power Armor can now be crafted
  
• Revealed Perk Packs now show the proper maximum rank
  
• Mothman Tome buff persists when exiting & reentering server
  
• Equipping the Red Fedora now counts towards the Possum Archaeology Challenge of bone collecting
  
• Steeped Thistle Tea should now properly appear in a players inventory selection when attempting to place it in a refrigerator
  
• Colored Hard Hats will now maintain their color when picked up
  
• Applying the Fallout 1st Atomic Paint material to any Scout Armor piece will successfully block the item from appearing in and being destroyed at a Legendary Exchange vendor
  
• Prewar flags now correctly display 12 stars
  
• Selecting “Max” when exchanging treasure notes now selects the correct amount
  
• The Nocturnal weapon mod will now correctly increase damage during the nighttime hours

• When viewing Bundles in the Atomic Shop, disclaimer text on where to craft items may appear cutoff

Welcome back to Inside the Vault,

Today the next major patch for Fallout 76 is hitting the Public Test Server (PTS). We’re excited for you to dive into the next update.

Kicking things off with some mischief, you can experience the return of Mischief Night at its new location in Rapidan Camp. On top of that, we’ve added Legendary Crafting to go along with some combat rebalance we can’t wait to get your thoughts on.

And this is just the beginning! Later this month, we’ll be adding the opportunity to build your own Caravan Company as part of Milepost Zero. We’ll have more news on what you can expect to see in that adventure soon.

The PTS is available for testing right now and as always, you can provide feedback on your experience in our Discord.


Coming soon to the PTS!


Mischief Night returns. The event has been revamped and is now located in Rapidan Camp. You should still feel the fun and chaotic nature of Mischief Night while enjoying its new Halloween themed rewards. This Public Event will be on rotation with our new Daily Ops maps, so make sure to read on for our full Public Event + Daily Ops testing schedule.


Please refer to the latest PTS Patch Notes at the bottom of the article for the most recent changes to the Legendary Crafting System

We have been exploring a new approach to Legendary Crafting and we wanted to give you an opportunity to get your hands on it to provide some early feedback. Our intention with the changes mentioned below is to give you a way to have more direct control over the Legendary Mods that are on your Legendary items. We believe this system will require time and iteration to get it right. So, while we’re providing this to you to test now, it won’t be released to the Live game until we believe that it’s ready.

Your feedback during this PTS period will be critical to how this develops. Please share your thoughts in our Discord server or on the Fallout 76 subreddit.

Before we dive into how this version of Legendary Crafting works let’s introduce you to Legendary Particles, our new crafting component. In this new system, you’ll use Legendary Particles to craft Legendary Mods and spend Legendary Modules to swap them onto Legendary items.

Legendary Particles can be obtained by scrapping Legendary items at your workbench or trading with players. These Legendary Particles can also be stored in your Scrap Stash.

Before you can start swapping Legendary Mods onto your items, you’ll need to obtain your desired mod in one of two ways:

- Trading for the mod with another player;
- Scrapping Legendary items with your desired mod on it.

Every time you scrap a Legendary item you will obtain Legendary Particles as well as have a chance to learn one of the Legendary mods on that item. After obtaining a mod plan from an item, you can head over to your Tinker Bench to craft it by spending Legendary Particles.

Once crafted, you can either trade that mod with another player or head over to your Workbench to swap it onto a Legendary item.

Please Note When you swap a Legendary Mod onto an item that item becomes character-bound which makes it untradeable and not droppable in the world. Each time you replace a mod on an item, the cost will increase.

As a result of this update, we’re also relaxing the Legendary Mod restrictions on weapons. We’re excited to see you explore this system and find new, exciting mod combinations.

We appreciate that this is a large change to how you interact with Legendary items, but we’re eager for you to test this system and share your feedback. Tell us what you think about the UI/UX or how does it feel to obtain and craft Legendary Mods. We want your thoughts on all aspects of this so join us in our Discord and share your thoughts!


Milepost Zero will also be introducing a new social update called Best Builds. Best Builds is a system that allows players to submit, visit, and rate submitted C.A.M.P.s. Best Builds will be shared and populated thought out wasteland for all players across all Adventure Mode servers to see. You will be able to visit these amazing creations and enjoy the comforts, design, and unique tastes the builder has in store for its visitors. While visiting, if you happen to appreciate the builders C.A.M.P., you can show your support by leaving a 'Like'. We hope this allows our dedicated player builders an opportunity to show off their creations as well as inspire other players to create and submit their own Best Builds.

Submission:

Once you have a C.A.M.P. that you would like to show off to the wasteland, you can submit your C.A.M.P. though the Best Builds Submission option. This is found by opening the 'C.A.M.P. Slots' list on the Paper Map and selecting the C.A.M.P. you wish to submit. Once you've entered the submission window, you'll be able to take a few photos and tag your C.A.M.P. with the appropriate identifiers, to help make it stand out from the crowd. Once you're happy with how your C.A.M.P. is represented, you can submit your Best Build. The Best Build will be added to list of other player created Best Builds and be populated throughout the Adventure Mode servers.

Once populated players will be able to visit and Like your Best Build.
If you happen to make changes to your Best Build, you can easily resubmit the newly remodeled C.A.M.P. without losing any Likes previously earned. You can resubmit you Best Build by going to the 'Manage Best Builds' option also found activated 'C.A.M.P. Slots' list on the paper map.

Visit:

Upon your travels in the wasteland, you will notice a few new locations with a blue ribbon on the paper map and on the compass. These are our player created Best Builds. You will be able to fast travel to these C.A.M.P.s the same as you would any other C.A.M.P.. While visiting, please take time to sit down, relax, and enjoy the experience the builder has instore for you. Don't delay on checking out a C.A.M.P. that piques your interest. Best Builds rotate in and out every hour.

Rate:

If you happen to find a Best Builds that you fancy, feel free to show your support to the builder by giving them a Like. You can 'Like' a Best Build by going to the Best Build icon on the paper map and selecting 'Like'. Giving the builder a Like will help show other players that this C.A.M.P. is indeed a Best Build.



The Milepost Zero update continues the work set out in Skyline Valley to update our combat systems. This patch includes changes to sources of Fire and Poison damage as well as how the damage over time (DoT) effect works.

Fire and Poison damage will typically include a DoT effect, with Fire damage trending towards shorter durations and higher Damage Per Second (DPS), with Poison trending towards longer durations and higher overall damage.

• Made an adjustment to damage modifiers for creature weak points. This will result in additional damage dealt to creatures when weapons with lower damage per hit are used.
  
• Damage Over Time effects now scale with bonuses to weapon damage.
  
• Addressed a series of inconsistencies with how certain damage effects (primarily Damage Over Time) were dealing incorrect damage types or were un-typed damage without a corresponding resistance.
  
• Addressed an issue where Damage Over Time effects dealt by players would not scale to match the creature’s level.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain effects such as Damage Over Time and the Vampire’s legendary mod could stack when applied multiple times simultaneously on a single target. This most commonly occurred with Shotguns, but could also occur when using the Two Shot legendary mod or the Mulit-Shot Cremator mod in V.A.T.S.

The following weapons and weapon mods have been updated in accordance with the Fire and Poison DoT adjustments mentioned above.

• Flamer
  
• Holy Fire
  
• Flamer Compression Nozzle
  
• Flamer Vaporization Nozzle
  
• Flamer Napalm Tank
  
• Burning Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Burning Barbed Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Burning Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Burning Barbed Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Pitchfork Flamer
  
• Baseball Bat Heated Coil
  
• Sledgehammer Heavy Searing Sharp Rocket
  
• Paddleball Fire Ball
  
• Power Fist Heating Coil
  
• Super Sledge Heating Coil
  
• Floater Flamer Grenade
  
• Hellstorm Missile Launcher Napalm Payload
  
• Molotov Cocktail
  
• Crusader Pistol Pyro Receiver
  
• Chainsaw Flamer
  
• Compound Bow Flaming Arrows
  
• Crossbow Flaming Frame
  
• Autoaxe Burning
  
• Plasma Cutter Flaming Blade
  
• Shishkebab Extra Flame Jets
  
• War Glaive Flaming Blade
  
• Bow Flaming Arrows
  
• Shishkebab
  
• Floater Gnasher Grenade
  
• Alien Blaster Poison Mag
  
• Alien Disintegrator Poison Receiver
  
• Compound Bow Poison Arrows
  
• Crossbow Poison Frame
  
• Auto Axe Poisoned
  
• Electro Enforcer Poisoned
  
• Bow Poison Arrows
  
• Poisoned Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Poisoned Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Gulper Smacker Acidic Gulper Hand
  
• Toothed Shepherd's Crook
  
• Bug Grenade
  
• The Kabloom
  
• Sheepsquatch Shard
  
• Pumpkin Grenade
  
• Syringer Radscorpion Venom Syringe Barrel

• Increased damage for Floater Freezer Grenades.
  
• Reduced the Damage over Time for the Cremator’s burn to account for it now scaling with weapon damage bonuses.
  
• Reduced the self-damage dealt to the player when firing the Kabloom at close range.
  
• Reduced the recoil and base AP cost for the Railway Rifle.
  
• Reduced the fire rate and removed the AP cost reduction for the Railway Rifle Automatic Piston Receiver.
  
• Headhunter Scythe’s damage type has been changed to Bleed.

Dev Note Please give us feedback on how the Headhunter Scythe's bleed damage feels.


Balance adjustments have been made for the following creatures:

• Deathclaw
  
• Snallygaster
  
• Scorchbeast
  
• Honeybeast
  
• Bee Swarm
  
• Mega Sloth
  
• Tick
  
• Wolf
  
• Yao Guai
  
• Alien
  
• Alien Invader
  
• Stingwing
  
• Vicious Dog
  
• Robobrain
  
• Eyebot
  
• Attack Dog
  
• Fog Crawler
  
• Bloatfly
  
• Radrat

Weapons used by the following creatures have also been updated:

• Competitor Blazer: Flamer
  
• Assaultron: Shishkebab
  
• Sentry Bot: Flamer
  
• Angler: Spit Attack
  
• Fanatic Warden: Flamer
  
• Fanatic: Shishkebab
  
• Blood Eagle: Flamer
  
• Cultist: Flamer
  
• Municipal Auditor: Flamer
  
• Harvestron (Test Your Metal): Flamer
  
• Showman: Flamer
  
• Juchi Batsuuri: Flamer
  
• Scorched Exterminator: Plasma Launcher
  
• Mirelurk Hunter: Spit Attack
  
• Trog Superior: Acid Reflix
  
• Wendigo Colossus/Earle: Poison Spit
  
• Mirelurk King Melee Attack
  
• Floater Gnasher Bite
  
• Floater Flamer Fireball
  
• Floater Flamer Flamethrower

• Vaccinated: Increases Disease Resistance from all sources, based on your END stat.
  
• Thirst Quencher: Increases Action Points while not diseased, based on your END stat.
  
• Iron Stomach: Increases Damage Reduction while not diseased, based on your END stat.
  
• Natural Resistance: Increases your Energy, Fire, Cryo, and Poison Resistances while not diseased, based on your END stat.

The following creatures have had an adjustment to how incoming damage is reduced. This primarily affects cases where V.A.T.S. Critical Attacks and Damage over Time effects would bypass a portion of the intended damage reduction.

• Scorchbeast Queen
  
• Wendigo Colossus and Earle
  
• Ultracite Titan

Along with the return of Mischief Night, we have two new locations for Daily Ops arriving with this update. You’ll find our testing schedule for Public Events and Daily Ops below.

These events will rotate out at the top of each hour.

• Daily Ops – Glassed Caverns
  
• Mischief Night
  
• Daily Ops – Atlantic City Community Center
  
• Mischief Night

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”.

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Have you ever wondered what was the hottest item at your C.A.M.P. Vendor or what would be a good price for an item? Well, your problems are solved with a Vendor History log, which is accessible from the Paper Map or your vendor. This log will show you what items were sold, for what price, the time, and the gamertag from your customers.

The Vendor History log only stores transactions that happen during your current play session. After your session ends the log will be cleared so you receive a fresh log when you start playing again.


Right outside of Vault 76 you’ll find a fancy-looking locker with a chalkboard next to it. This is the Playtest Server Item Locker which will be used to deliver items to Vault Dwellers that we would like your feedback on. It may be empty for now, but it won’t be for long. Be on the lookout for more news in the future!

• Fixed some descriptions having incorrect or duplicated information
  
• Fixed some items showing the "Add Legendary Mods" slot when they cannot have Legendary Mods
  
• Fixed Legendary crafted Power Armor remaining tradeable
  Dev Note: Reminder! Legendary crafted items are untradeable and not droppable
  
• Fixed weapons with Legendary STR not being scrapable
  
• Fixed Tire Iron and Walking Cane not being able to be Legendary crafted
  
• Fixed a case where some items would not be able to have a Legendary Mod crafted onto them when they should allow it
  
• Added Lightweight 3-Star Legendary Mod for weapons
  Dev Note: Weightless 1-star mod can no longer be used to make Lightweight weapons
  
• SPECIAL 2-star armor mods now give +2
  
• SPECIAL 3-star weapon mods now give +3
  
• Fixed not being able to scrap The Fixer and Vault 94 armor sets
  
• Fixed learn chance for Legendary Mods being lower than intended
  
• Adjusted the chance to get loose Legendary Mods
  Dev Note: You can still get multiple loose mods from scrapping a single item
  
• Lowered the weight of Legendary Particles
  
• Module cost to add Legendary Mods to items has been reduced to 5/10/15 from 10/20/30

• Adjusted stat scaling of Vaccinated, Iron Stomach, Thirst Quencher, and Natural Resistance

• Fixed a display issue in the Pip-Boy effects tab
  
• Fixed an issue where some icons were incorrect in the Pip-Boy effects tab

• Fixed a server crash
  
• Fixed instances where some unique named items would lose Legendary Mods
  
• Fixed an issue with food buffs

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- Fixed an issue with Legendary Perks not counting towards Perk Points
- Explosive Bullets mod has changed how it interacts with various weapons

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• Removed Legendary Particles
  
• Scrapping Legendary Items now grants Scrip instead of Legendary Particles
  
• The amount of Scrip gained this way is significantly less than the Scrip vending machine gives.
  
• Attaching Legendary Mods now requires Scrip, instead of Modules
  
• Crafting Legendary Mods now requires Legendary Modules (Some mods have an additional required item)
  
• - Fixed an issue preventing Vault 94 armor from being Legendary Crafted
  
• Fixed cases where Legendary Items couldn't be scrapped
  
• Legendary Core rewards from Events and Quests replaced with Legendary Modules

Dev Note: A common thread we saw in the feedback on Legendary Crafting was concern and a bit of confusion about an additional currency being used by the system. We also saw that players ended up with more Legendary Particles than they wanted to use. So, to simplify and make the system feel more familiar, we felt that continuing to utilize Modules & Scrip would make it easier to understand and use.

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• Fixed an issue where the incorrect amount of Scrip was being deducted during crafting

The following weapons and a few mods have received buffs as a result of fixing an issue that led to them doing less damage than intended:

• Acidic Gulper Smacker
  
• Chainsaw Flamer
  
• Crossbow Flaming Frame
  
• Plasma Cutter Flaming Blade
  
• Burning Mods for the Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Warglaive Flaming Blade
  
• Sledgehammer Heavy Searing Sharp Rocket
  
• Auto Axe Burning and Poisoned Mods
  
• Flaming Mods for Pitchfork
  
• Alien Disintegrator Poison Receiver
  
• Baseball Bat Heated Mods
  
• Electro Enforcer Poisoned Mod

The following weapons have had their damage values adjusted:

• Poisoned Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Crusader Pistol Pyro Receiver
  
• Heating Coil mod for the Power Fist
  
• Perfect Storm 10mm SMG
  
• Burning Love Compound Bow

• Adjustments to Beta/Gamma mods for Laser weapons - these now are tuned similarly to other mods with Fire damage and include a DoT (Damage over Time) effect
  
• Adjustments to Beta/Gamma mods for Gatling Laser weapons - these now are tuned similarly to other mods with Fire damage and include a DoT effect
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Poison aura on the Strangler Heart Power Armor from affecting nearby enemies
  
• Adjusted the Poison damage dealt by the Strangler Heart Power Armor
  
• Adjusted the damage dealt by the Thorn armor
  
• Adjustments to how damage increases from Perks are applied - this will generally result in an increase in damage dealt to targets with higher resistances, especially for DoT effects
  
• Melee weapon Dot damage now scales with strength
  
• Fixed an issue with Grenadier perk that resulted in explosions scaling up to twice as large as intended
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause some explosions to be scaled smaller or larger than intended

• Adjusted the Legendary Creature spawn rate for the Eviction Notice public event

Dev Note: Our goal with this change is to make the rewards gained from completing Eviction Notice more consistent with other Public Events

• Items will indicate if they count as a costume when inspected
  
• Weapons will indicate classification information when inspected

• If the server already has four caravans running, no error will display alerting the player that road is full. Marley will still take the 1000 caps
  
• Marley does not indicate the difference between a large and small caravan shipment price
  
• Ineke may spawn inconsistently, either needing players to exit and re-enter the HQ or hire another vendor to appear
  
• When playing with saved character files, players may not be able to start a 4th caravan on the map, despite the road being available. This happens less frequently with new characters
  
• Buying cryptid bait from Windy may not have an effect on a caravan run
  
• Player may not be able to interact with junk scattered throughout the HQ
  
• Theodore sells individual rounds of ammo instead of bulk packs
  
• Axel’s scavenger functionality does not trigger

• Firework boxes do not respawn when the next iteration of the event starts.
  
• Fireworks may deal a significant amount of damage, instantly killing the player.
  
• Event themed Protectrons and Assaultrons do not drop loot.
  
• Destroy the Rapidan Robots will get very little bar progress if you don't get the costume bonus.

• Flairs may not appear on Deathclaw backpack

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• Fixed an issue that forced the map to not center on the players location
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented icons from appearing on the map

• Fixed an issue where the cost for attaching Legendary Mods could be incorrect

• Giuseppe now sells Mystery Bobblehead Boxes for 20 Stamps (6 per day)

Make your way back to Vault 76 and stop by the PTS Item Locker to get your hands on the V63 Carbine for testing. Don’t worry about ammo, we’re supplying plenty of that for all your needs.

• Items received through the locker will now properly scale to the player’s level

• Ineke now spawns as expected in the HQ when hired
  
• Marley will no longer take 1000 caps from the player if the road is full with four caravans. Instead, she will direct players to go support another player’s caravan in progress
  
• Carvans now reward player with the correct amount of supplies based on size; 10 for small, 25 for medium, and 50 for mega

• Firework boxes no longer deal a large amount of damage to the player
  
• Legendary Elite Rapid Assaultron is no longer locked inside of trailer when spawned

Welcome to Skyline Valley! Our first map expansion of the Appalachian region. Explore this new mysterious location, uncover the true location of Vault 63, and figure out the truth behind the Lost. Read on for a full list of patch notes.


- Map Expansion Venture south into Skyline Valley, in the heart of Shenandoah National Park, and solve the mysteries behind the ever-raging storm shadowing the region.
- New Questline Uncover the true location of Vault 63 to meet its residents while you discover the secrets of the storm and the Lost.
- New Public Event Help the thrill-seeking storm chasers get the best picture of the Storm by protecting them from the elements, The Lost, and nearby electro-charged creatures.
- New Region Boss Face off against a new, massive threat that only the combined power of the Wastelanders can overcome.
- New Ghoul Type Meet the Lost. Those who dwell in Skyline Valley. Electrically supercharged ghouls that have been driven mad. Find out why.

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Check the download sizes below for today’s update.

- PC (Steam): 27.6 GB

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Welcome to Skyline Valley! Our first map expansion of the Appalachian region. A mysterious location that is covered by a storm unlike any that have been seen before. There are new locations to discover, characters to meet, secrets to unveil, as well as more locations to build your C.A.M.P.S!




Ater finding the true location of Vault 63 you’ll work with its leaders to unravel the mystery behind the Storm and The Lost. Throughout this questline you’ll discover the mystery behind the Lost, meet new characters, and make gut-wrenching choices about the fate the residents of Vault 63.


This wicked storm raging above Skyline Valley isn’t going to keep these thrill-seekers away in the new Public Event! Help a group of settlers/tourists capture the best pictures of the Storm by protecting them from nearby Lost and electrically charged creatures. They’re joy stealers, make sure they don’t crash the party.


While exploring Skyline Valley, you may get the inclination to nuke the region. These actions are not necessarily encouraged, but they’re not discouraged either. Guess you’ll just have to find out what happens.


We are beginning a series of combat updates that are aimed to improve your experience. We’re starting this process with today’s update by making some changes to Creatures and Weapons. Our goal is for these changes to have positive effects on combat throughout the entire game.

To help set expectations, we expect these changes to take effect in a variety of different places (Weapons, Creatures, etc.) across multiple patches. Giving you all a lot of time to provide feedback on the adjustments being made to ensure we’re moving in a positive direction.


The sun is out and it’s time to head on over to Summer Camp. There’s much to learn and do at the Pioneer Scouts sleepaway camp!



Check out our Season 17 – Pioneer Scouts article here!



- Muni Operator Outfit Now Looks the Same When Previewed & When Worn.


- Workshop Enlightened Mothman Lantern should no longer display the premium icon and can be repaired individually when destroyed.
- Workshop Fluttering Moth no longer takes up CAMP Light budget.
- The Sacred Mothman Tome camp item now has candle flames.
- Nuka world radio will now correctly sync across clients.


- Power Armor Fixing a state players could get in where they could no longer craft Union Power Armor when they should have been able to.
- Power Armor Union Power Armor will no longer drop as loot from enemies but can be rolled from The Purveyor if the recipe or entitlement is known by the player.

Dev Note: With this fix Union Power Armor is now craftable for players who have bought and learned the recipe from Giuseppe or by players who earned the Union Power Armor entitlements in Season 10.

If you do not have the plan for Union Power Armor, it can be purchased from Giuseppe who is upstairs with Bubbles at the Refuge. Once learned, they will no longer be able to be obtained.

Additionally, Union Power Armor pieces will not drop as loot even if you can craft the Power Armor pieces, but they can be found via the random Power Amor Purchases from Murmrgh at The Rusty Pick. Players should only see Union Power Armor Pieces that they know how to craft drop from Purveyor's Mystery Picks. Pieces that they have yet to learn will not drop.

Union Power Armor pieces will still have the Atomic Symbol on them and cannot be traded or dropped by players once they have been obtained.

- WorkshopPlayer who had learned to build the Atlantic City Poker and Blackjack tables but lost access to them should now be able to build them again.
- Test Your Metal Robot Beer Stein Display Case will now properly drop from the Test Your Metal Event.
- Moonshine Jamboree Improved an issue which could block enemy pathing during the event.
- Fasnacht: Masks of all tiers will correctly drop upon event completion.
- Fasnacht: Improved spawn rates of Honeybeasts.
- Fasnacht: Added a Donation Basket near the event! Share your repeat masks with other players.
- Fasnacht: Marchers now start walking to the parade start immediately when their task is completed, without needing to wait for their dialogue line to be finished.
- Fasnacht*: Increased the walk speed of the Marchers.
- Fasnacht: Will now randomly pick between 5 possible end boss encounters.
- Yao Guai Pastry: Now counts as a cooked meal for the "Eat a Cooked Meal" challenge.
- Applying the Reflex Sight to the Enclave Pistol with a Flamer Barrel attachment now shows the Decrease in AP Consumption in the STATS Menu.
- Hot Rod On Blocks & Overgrown Vehicle no longer spawn damaging nuke explosions when destroyed.
- Fixed an issue which could cause players to get stuck while turning the spit in Meat Week.
- Fixed an issue with the Damage Reduction effect on the Endangerol Barrel that allowed it to stack multiple times on a target.
- Nuka Shank now requires glass & cloth to be crafted rather than oil.
- Updated mods for the Guass shotgun, Guass minigun and Guass pistol to correctly require Science based perks to be applied.
- Updated the default barrel mod for the gauss rifle.
- Fixed an issue which could cause Fusion cores to appear empty when place in Power Armor.
- Players can now trade the Herdsman's Bell and Herdsman's Bell Rack to other players.
- Paddle Ball now displays the correct ammo type when inspected.


- Increased the base damage of the Alien Blaster and Cryolator.
- Fixed an issue with how damage was calculated for the following weapons/mods: Auto Axe, Chainsaw, Minigun Shredder mod.
- Increased base damage for the Auto Axe.
- Adjustments to Electric/Electrified, Burning, and Poisoned mods for the following weapons:
Auto Axe, Mr Handy Buzz Blade, Chinese Officer Sword, Shepherds Crook, Sheepsquatch Staff, Sheepsquatch Club, Hatchet, Assaultron Blade, Revolutionary Sword, Baton, and Vault 63 Shock Baton.

Dev Note: These weapon mods now evenly split their damage between Physical and Energy/Fire/Poison, and damage has been adjusted to account for damage being split between multiple damage types.

The Cattle Prod has also received a similar change - its damage has been adjusted and is evenly split between Physical and Energy damage.

These adjustments generally represent an increase in damage dealt.

We have also improved how we calculate the falloff for weapon damage at range. We expect this to smooth out the falloff damage for weapons that historically lost most of their damage right away. All ranged weapons benefit from this, but it should be most visible with Shotguns and Pipe Guns, as well as when fighting larger creatures such as Deathclaws.


- Fixed Various Typos.
- Fixed Some Dialogue.


- Honor Bound: Fixed an issue where Vin could become hostile to the player.
- One Violent Night: Fixed an issue where the Nightstalker's VFX would be applied to players multiple times, creating an extremely intense effect.
- "Bots on Parade" and "A Real Blast" Fixed an issue that caused the objective to complete before the correct number of hostiles were defeated.
- "Distant Thunder" Increased the objective radius to more accurately reflect the area in which Scorched can appear.
- Hell's Eagles Fixed an issue that would allow players to start the quest again after completion. We also removed the second broken quest from players in this situation.
- Regent of the Dead: Jordy no longer continuously starts dialogue with the player if the player exits dialogue with her before resolving the confrontation.
- The quest Miner Miracles now starts correctly when interacting with the Garrahan Excavator Poster.


- Items now display how much they will weigh when being placed in a character's stash.
- Score notification will no longer remain visible on ultra-wide monitors.
- Fixed an issue which would cause "You have joined a team" to remain visible on some super wide monitors.
- Added Height indicators for quest targets and NPCs to the Power Armor UI.


- Raider NPCs from the Coop will no longer spawn as legendary.
- The following creatures have received balance changes: Angler, Cave Cricket, Floaters, Gulper, Mutant Hound, Protectron.


- Fixed some dialog inconsistencies.
- Broken ProSnap Deluxe cameras will no longer appear in vendor inventories.
- Fixed some directional prompts for Tax Evasion.
- Fixed an issue which could cause audio to cut out on some expeditions.
- Green Thumb, Backwoodsman 4 and Verdant Season should now work on a broader selection of plants.
- Fixed an issue which would cause players to crash if they logged out during character generation.
- Fixed some cases where turret-mounted laser weapons weren't triggering the Electric Absorption perk.
- Updated “Complete Any Expedition” and “Complete Any Atlantic City Expedition” challenges to include the new Atlantic City mission from the America’s Playground update.

YOU DID IT! Thanks to you, we’ve crossed 20 million total players in #Fallout76! Time to grab the Nuka-Shine and throw a C.A.M.P. party!

What have been some of your favorite moments so far?

Shoutout to the fine folks of Poster Posse and the very talented AJ Frena for the incredible artwork.

Home is where the meat is. Or so says traveling super mutant vendor Grahm. Grahm and his best friend Chally want to throw the meatiest meat cook ever, and they need the community’s help.



During Meat Week, two seasonal public events are active. In Primal Cuts, Grahm has set up bait to draw out the most delicious wildlife. This event appears every 15 minutes at three locations in Appalachia. Bang the drum at one of these locations to start the event and survive the onslaught of hostile beasts. Invite your friends, too—these creatures mean business. Some spots have stronger enemies and will reward you with more Prime Meat. After the event, you’ll gather as much of this high-quality meat as you can carry and bring it to Grahm’s cooking camp in the Forest. Drop the meat off in the cooking cauldron for Legendary Scrip.

At the top of every hour, Grahm’s Meat Cook will start and Grahm will kick off the grilling, roasting and frying. While the amount of meat you bring is important, there are a lot of other tasks that go into throwing an epic barbeque. You’ll help Grahm by putting out fires, cleaning up and playing music to make the event a success. The better the meat cook, the happier Grahm will be!

The cookouts start today, May 21, at Noon ET and finish June 4 at Noon ET.


Completing Grahm’s Meat Cook will earn you the following delicious rewards.



This distressed pre-war Vault-Tec cooking station, the Weenie Wagon, is a 3-in-1 meat grinder, hot dog stand and canner for your C.A.M.P. With the wonderfully vintage Weenie Wagon plan, you can keep the party going even after Meat Week ends.

Even more vintage, to the left of the Weenie Wagon stands a full set of Megalonyx Fossils. Did you know that millions of years ago, this gigantic ground sloth weighing some 2,000lbs walked the woodlands of Appalachia? It was even named West Virginia’s state fossil! Earn all six Megalonyx Fossil plans and the Megalonyx Display Rack plan to forever Immortalize this majestic beast in your C.A.M.P.


Some of them may be spoiled, but there’s nothing more adorable than these patchwork Slab of Meat Plushies with mismatched button eyes. On the left, we’ve got Ground, Steak and Rib plushies, and on the right, their Rotten counterparts.

Hey Everyone,

Today the team has deployed a hotfix to address the following:

• Addressed a client crash that began after the latest patch
  
• Various Weapon VFX Improvements
  
• Repeatable Daily Score Challenges should now appear for players on Microsoft Store

UPDATE VERSION 1.7.11.12 & SIZES
Check the download sizes below for today’s update on your platform of choice:

PC (Steam): 12.1 GB

• Fixed an issue that caused Power Armor to be listed in English instead of the correct localized language
  
• Fixed an issue where the Garrahan Mining Poster was not present at the Rusty Pick or Camden Park
  
• Opportunity Knocking: Fixed an issue which could cause the quest to disappear after relogging.
  
• Deep Space Alien Jetpack is now properly craftable for T51 Power Armor
  
• Sins of the Father: Fixed an issue which would block the quest if a dialogue scene between Abbie and Antonio was exited during a specific part of the conversation.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cremator was not listed at Legendary Exchange Machines
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could ask Abbie Russo a question about Vin that did not properly reflect the final outcomes of Sins of the Father.
  
• Players who previously unlocked them should now be able to craft the Poker & BlackJack Tables
  
• Sins of the Father: Fixed an issue which could prevent Antonio from speaking to the player.
  
• Brahmin Flour Billboards should now be craftable and have the right materials
  
• Rustic Helvetian Camp Kit has had the expected walls and windows added to it.
  
• The Favorites menu hotkeys are now usable while the wheel is visible.
  
• Fixed an issue where gold bullion vendors Regs and Smiley were not enabled for some players who completed Secrets Revealed.
  
• Tesla Rifles will now drop correctly from the Battle Bot Event
  
• Father Winter Helmet should now have T-45 standard Stats, Description, Weight, and Levels should be standardized now.
  
• Fancy Revolver should now properly display its unique fancy skin
  
• Fixed an issue where Small Presents were not dropping contextual ammo
  
• Fixed weather stations not being able to be placed in a camp workshop located very close to a public workshop.
  
• Fixed modern home kitchen sink not being able to snap to other modern home items on a foundation
  
• Secrets Revealed: Fixed an issue where Meg, Gail, Ra-Ra, Johnny, and Lou could be missing from the Crater Core after the completion of the quest.
  
• Lights now function properly on the Devils Wings Jetpack
  
• Pollinators no longer receive the Group Heal Regeneration effect in Daily Ops
  
• Fixed several paints that were no longer updating the dynamic name of modified Power Armor pieces.
  
• Speculative fix for items in the Cryo-freezer randomly selling for 0 caps in the vendor.
  
• Big Boss Advertisement Poster no longer turns into a Mothman poster when broken.
  
• Fire Rate now shows increase/decrease arrows when comparing potential mods to what players have currently equipped.
  
• Story Time now properly removes itself from the PipBoy if you kill Miss Nanny.
  
• Fixed an issue with Buried Treasure not properly completing.
  
• Players are no longer blocked from completing Honor Bound if they exit the conversation with Vin and Gene.
  
• Scrolling the mouse-wheel down now properly shrinks selected body parts in the character generator.

• Added a Max option when buying from and selling to NPCs
  
• World Activity list now sorts alphabetically
  
• Improved behavior of the inventory scrollbar
  
• Added a new “Ammo Per Shot” stat entry to weapons

• Made several adjustments to the Cremator and its mods.
  Dev Note: The Cremator released with a bug that made it stronger than we intended it to be due to the way damage was calculated with its explosion. Players who had certain perks and mods on it did much higher damage than intended. We’ve fixed that bug, which has decreased the damage for that specific setup, but we made multiple tweaks and changes to buff it in different ways. Now, the Damage Over Time (DoT) should be a force to be reckoned with.

• Recipes and some items dropped by these events will continue to drop after you have learned them. These items are now also tradeable to help you get all the plans you want!

Welcome to Inside the Vault!

This week we have some exciting news to share about our next major update which expands our map deep into the wooded heartland of Skyline Valley!

Starting today, Vault Dwellers on Steam will be able to start testing this new update in our Public Test Server (PTS) and providing feedback on their experience in our community Discord (which you should join to stay up-to-date on all Fallout 76 news).

Read on to learn more about what’s currently being tested.


The PTS for the Skyline Valley update will happen in two parts, Part 1 launches this afternoon and will allow you to get acquainted with the new region, participate in a public event, and stake your claim on the land by placing down C.A.M.P.s. Part 2 will release in May and will introduce you to the all-new main questline.

The new public event that you will be testing is called Dangerous Pastimes. In this event, you will help thrill-seeking storm chasers get the best picture of the storm by protecting them from the elements, the Lost, and nearby Charged creatures.

To help you plan around what to test, we’ve prepared a special outline of when events will be happening throughout the PTS period. We invite you to join and provide feedback on these events.

Public Event Testing Schedule (Please Note: These Dates Are Subject to Change)

April 18

• Once PTS is open, the new public event, Dangerous Pastimes, will be running every 20 minutes.

April 27

• Dangerous Pastimes event will be replaced by Fasnacht as we test some changes around the event. Primarily, the changes will be focused on the performance and pacing of the event. Fasnacht will be running at the top of the hour.

April 29

• Dangerous Pastimes replaces Fasnacht.

Along with testing the public events, we want to specifically request that you all nuke the region while playing. Maybe something will happen, maybe nothing. Probably nothing... right?

Keep an eye on our Discord for updates on when all these events are active and for feedback threads where you can share all of your thoughts and report issues you may run into.


Starting with the Skyline Valley Update, we are beginning a series of combat updates that are aimed to improve your experience. Our goal is for these changes to have positive effects on combat throughout the game. These will be tested during PTS.

To help set expectations, we expect these changes to take effect in a variety of places (Weapons, Creatures, etc.) across multiple patches. Giving you all a lot of time to provide feedback on the adjustments being made to ensure we’re moving in a positive direction.

To start things off, we’re adjusting the following creatures:

• Angler
  
• Cave Cricket
  
• Floaters
  
• Gulper
  
• Mutant Hound
  
• Protectron

We have also improved how we calculate the falloff for weapon damage at range. We expect this to smooth out the falloff damage for weapons that historically lost most of their damage right away. All ranged weapons benefit from this, but it should be most visible with Shotguns and Pipe Guns, as well as when fighting larger creatures such as Deathclaws.


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”.

• Trees Around Dark Hollow Manor – When viewing Dark Hollow Manor from a distance, a large section of trees around the manor appears invisible.
  
• The Lost – When a Lost Engineer is decapitated, orange glass remains visible and attached to the body.
  
• **Slumber Mill Hotel River** – Water under the bridge near Slumber Mill Hotel will appear unmoving.
  
• Neurological Warfare – Door Prompt – When attempting to enter boss event area during the waiting period, players will see a pop-up saying “Unlock [Requires Terminal]”. Players will need to wait for the timer to run to 0.
  
• Reward Names (C.A.M.P. Objects, Outfits) - All new C.A.M.P. and Outfit rewards unlockable in Dangerous Pastimes and Neurological Warfare should be considered as temporary names. Final names will appear in the next PTS update.
  
• Reward Functionality – New C.A.M.P. rewards may display issues with destructibility in C.A.M.P.s, tradability with vendors, destructibility on drop, stashing in non-stash containers, and/or being unlocked prematurely in workshops.
  
• Reward Preview in Workshop Menu – Thumbnails of new rewards may appear over zoomed in when viewing them in workshop menu.
  
• Neurological Warfare – Collision on Balcony – When waiting for Neurological Warfare to start in the “Robot Testing Waiting Area”, players can jump through part of ceiling asset on the balcony.
  
• Neurological Warfare – Lighting on Balcony – While waiting for Neurological Warefare to start in the “Robot Testing Waiting Area”, lighting may flicker along the west of the balcony.
  
• Neurological Warfare – Event Image – Placeholder loading screen is present when players join event from map.
  
• Dangerous Pastimes – Rewards Information - Dangerous Pastimes event has no potential rewards listed in the event information tooltip.
  
• Camp Liberty – Graphical Issues – Players may be able to see enemies and environmental assets appearing in and out inconsistently when looking inside the main camp building. This has been reported when viewing from the north or eastern sides.

Fallout 76 has one of the most welcoming communities in gaming, with an enormous, shared wealth of tips, tricks, and support on how to survive this more dangerous version of Appalachia. If you haven’t stepped back out of Vault 76 in a while or if you are venturing out for the first time, we have a handful of advice from the pros – the development team and players that started out like you! Consider this a sort of... Wasteland Survival Guide: Appalachia Edition.


It can be intimidating coming out of the Vault at level 1 and seeing a level 500 in gigantic power armor stomping your way only to stop right in front of you and drop a bag at your feet. Your first instinct may be to flee. But don’t fret! This is just the Wastelander way. Many of the veteran Fallout 76 players remember what it was like their first time coming into the dangerous Appalachia and they just want to lend you a helping hand. These drops tend to be welcome bags full of useful resources and items to get you started on your adventure. Don’t forget to say “hi” with a friendly emote wave!

• OH, you seen that level 500 in kick ass power armor coming up to you? Don't worry, he's actually trying to give you a whole bunch of cool stuff. Helping low levels is just what we do around Appalachia.
  
• Those higher-level players chasing you down like a madman? They probably have weapons, armor, plans, stimpaks, purified water and all things needed to get you started and survive a molerat attack! Give ‘em a chance and say hi!
  
• Join the Public Team - it'll get you more XP and no one cares if you do.
  
• Join casual teams! There's no expectation that you'll adventure together and, as a bonus you, gain more XP AND can fast travel to your teammate's C.A.M.P.s!

You may be surprised to find out that there is a benefit to being a pack rat. While it’s important to monitor your encumbrance to make sure you don’t go over, (don’t want to run out of AP trying to outrun that Scorchbeast!) you are encouraged to pick up and Scrap as many items as you can. Items that may look like a pile of junk often have important components that will benefit you in making your weapons, armor and C.A.M.P. the best they can be. There are also several Perk cards to help you with those skills, so don’t dismiss that desk fan in that abandoned office you just walked by.

• Grab literally everything early game. Most things can be broken down for materials and/or recipes, so it’s worth getting as many components as you can. Before placing your materials in your Stash, remember to hit up any crafting station and utilize the “Scrap All Junk” feature.
  
• Leave no containers unlooted! That extra bobby pin may come in handy down the line.
  
• Finding a spot with a junk pile early on for your C.A.M.P. can be super beneficial. I can't tell you how many times early on I ran out of adhesive or screws for some to luckily be in the junk extractor!

Vault 76 didn’t exactly prepare you for “roughing it.” Luckily with a C.A.M.P. you can create your own safe space just about anywhere you want. Consider your C.A.M.P. your own momentary reprieve. You can customize it almost any way you want if you have the time and resources. Your C.A.M.P. offers you a free Fast Travel point, a place to store your extra items and scraps, a comfy place to rest your head (assuming you set yourself up with a bed of course!) or somewhere cool to invite your friends over to hang. Some players even moonlight their C.A.M.P. s as shops, so make sure you stop by and say "Hi” to other players to see what their C.A.M.P.s are up to.

• Camp McClintock is a good place to set up a first C.A.M.P., it’s good to farm for stuff early on and the Mister Gutsys keep it pretty safe.
  
• Check C.A.M.P. vendors, a lot of people sell plans super cheap. If the prices are super high, most likely you can find someone else selling the same plan for way less.
  
• For newer players, check the donation boxes! Higher level players will often leave useful items, weapons and armor in them! The ones outside of Vault 76 and Whitespring Station are particular hotspots.
  
• Use player C.A.M.P.s as fast-travel markers to save yourself long journeys on foot.
  
• Building a farm in your C.A.M.P. is a convenient source of caps (and adhesive via corn, and mutfruit, and ‘tatos). You can also use water purifiers to farm caps.
  
• Check your "Notes" section for Plans! Plans can be found in the world, bought from vendors or rewarded for Events/Quests.

In post-Nuclear Appalachia, it’s best practice not to trust the locals and wildlife. Not every creature you meet will want to maim you, but why risk it? How you play, and what weapons you arm yourself with are up to you, but it’s a good idea to make sure you have something quick and easy to attack with, should you need to fend off some raiders or radroaches. As you play, you’ll find the style that works best for you whether you want to go the Slugger route with a focus on melee or represent the heavy artillery with miniguns and rocket launchers.

• Always carry a backup melee weapon when you're a lower level player - it's Murphy's Law that your gun will run out of ammo or break at the worst moment.
  
• Holding the reload button will holster your weapon, allowing you to move faster.
  
• You can tap the reload button with a fully loaded weapon to cause the ammo/grenade count to reappear before fading back out again.
  
• Always check your ammo for missiles/mini nukes - they weigh a ton and will over encumber you fast. And fusion cores! (Their weight can add up.)

Customizing a character’s playstyle is one of the best parts of the game, though it could be a bit tricky for someone experiencing it for the first time. Once you’ve decided on your looks and features, you’ll want to spend some time familiarizing yourself with the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes and the Perk cards that give you the skills to go with them. Perk cards are very diverse and wide ranging from level to level to help you by increasing the damage you deal to enemies, weight reduction, enhancing the benefits of aid or resources, unlocking the ability to craft new weapons, armor or C.A.M.P. items. The list goes on! So, take your time to figure out what suits you best. Later, when you’re feeling up to it, you can even create a special Loadout to change the type of build you play. Perk card selections are very personal, but there are a few that are universally loved.

• Traveling Pharmacy is a good Perk for weight. Stimpaks weigh a bunch, especially the super ones.
  
• Thru-Hiker under Agility can save a ton of weight from water/alcohol/food.
  
• Unless you have literally nothing better to use, do not equip lockpicking/hacking cards as part of your regular build. Swap them out as and when you need them. This is the beauty of the perk cards system, learn to love it.
  
• Don't sell Perk cards that you don't want right away. You won't be able to use the coins for a while, and you can switch your build up on the fly. Give yourself options.
  
• Concentrated Fire is the Perk card that lets you use the V.A.T.S. you know from the SP games. Otherwise you cannot target individual body parts.
  
• A useful thing to have would be the Super Duper Perk card. Whenever you craft something, there is a 10%/20%/30% chance of getting double the results--Really helps if you're crafting weapons for attachments or creating ammo/consumables.

One of the best ways to get XP and get right into the action is to try your hand at any number of Public Events Fallout 76 has to offer. If you see a lot of dots on your map, that’s usually a good indication that there’s an activity in progress. In addition to XP, Events can also net you some pretty sweet items to help you through your regular journeys. Players of all levels are always keen to have a helping hand when tackling some of the more formidable opponents and tasks Appalachia has to offer. If you’re apprehensive, you can also take a peek at the Event information to see what the recommended level is to tackle the task.

• Join a group and go to events. Even if you die a lot, you will soak up exp, and stems and useful gear.
  
• If you see a lot of players at a public event on the map, don't be afraid to join because you're lower level. The more, the merrier!
  
• If you're at a public event and it has a countdown timer on it, don't start it when you're by yourself, unless you can complete it by yourself.
  
• If you're at the end of an event and you see a bunch of dropped loot, don't be afraid to take it. They didn't want it.
  
• Joining an event will fast travel you to the area for free!

At the end of the day, it’s all up to you how you play, and the things you want to do. Appalachia has a lot to offer so play at your own pace.

• Ranger towers are scattered throughout the map. Climbing to the top of one of these towers allows you to “Survey” the area, which adds points to your map that you can explore. It’s also just a pretty view.
  
• If there is a punch bowl in someone's C.A.M.P., drink from it immediately and without question.
  
• You can get XP shooting the balloons during the Fasnacht Event.
  
• There is a perfectly preserved pie on the roof of West Tek.
  
• Don’t dismiss the “Quickboy” option. It makes the regular Pip-Boy display in front of you as a floating window in a similar manner to the power armor Pip-Boy display.
  
• Hunting animals for meat to cook is one of the more convenient sources of healing, if you're low on stimpaks.