Infestations reshapes familiar locations across Appalachia into dynamic, high‑stakes combat zones, inviting players to re‑explore the Wasteland with their friends to fight dynamically changing factions and earn content exclusive Four‑Star Legendary rewards. To celebrate this update, the team is launching the “P.R.O.T.E.C.T Protocol” – a community challenge and a week of free in-game rewards from June 7 to June 15 (June 8 to June 16 AEST). Alongside the rewards, a Fallout 1st Free Trial week will be available starting June 8 to June 15 (June 9 to June 16 AEST). Infestations Infestations introduce dynamic enemy takeovers across Appalachia’s outdoor locations, transforming 40 familiar areas into unpredictable combat zones. When a location has been taken over, its usual enemies are replaced by a single hostile faction, building toward a challenging elite boss fight. Multiple Infestations may be active at once across regions including The Forest, Savage Divide, Ash Heap, The Mire, Toxic Valley, and Cranberry ...

Today, Bethesda Game Studios released a new trailer featuring Aaron Moten from Prime Video’s Fallout series alongside Vault Boy, to celebrate the Fallout Season 2 finale and showcase the games fans can jump into if they’re looking for more Fallout. Now through February 5 (or February 4 on PlayStation), players can jump into Fallout 76 for free and experience the latest Burning Springs update. Explore the arid region of Ohio, cross paths with Walton Goggins’ as “The Ghoul,” and discover everything the Wasteland has to offer, just in time for the show’s season 2 finale. For a mobile gaming experience, Fallout Shelter’s new season, “The House Always Wins,” is live now. This season brings players a new experimental vault on the New Vegas Strip with new challenges to complete and familiar faces from the show to claim as rewards.

Are you eager to visit the post-apocalyptic wasteland of your dreams? Love meeting interesting new people, and embarking on adventures filled with action, intrigue, and a dash of radiation? Then the world of Fallout is perfect for you! Season 2 of Fallout on Amazon Prime has immersed fans and newcomers in the perilous world of the Wasteland, visiting fan-favourite locations including New Vegas for the first time since featuring in the game, Fallout: New Vegas, in 2010. Veterans of the series will have also noticed Fallout 1 and 2’s Shady Sands, along with The Prydwen from Fallout 4 as they were a little earlier in the timeline, just 200 years after the bombs fell. If you’re looking to take your own first steps into Fallout, the brand-new Burning Springs update for Fallout 76 is filled with places to see and things to do. Many of the Wasteland’s locales are rife with danger ...

The Wasteland is wide open and waiting for you! To celebrate the launch of Prime Video’s Fallout Season 2, Fallout 76 is free to play from December 17th through December 24th. Whether you’re a seasoned Vault Dweller or just stepping out for the first time, now’s the perfect moment to dive in. The game’s latest free update, Burning Springs has brought all new dangers, and a notorious face from the TV series. Could this be your chance to take on a job from ‘The Ghoul’, voiced by Walton Goggins himself, at the Last Resort saloon? All you need to do to play is download the game on your platform of choice via the Xbox Store or the PlayStation Store What’s included: Full access to Fallout 76 and all content updates from December 17, 4am AEDT Explore Appalachia, build your dream C.A.M.P., and team up with friends Keep your progress if you decide to continue after ...

Fallout 76: Burning Springs, the definitive update for fans of the Fallout TV show and the classic video games, is now available for free for all Fallout 76 players. This update welcomes players to a post-nuclear Ohio with new characters and factions, and an all-new Bounty Hunting system hosted by Walton Goggins as ‘The Ghoul’. Bounty Hunting New with this update, players can now undertake the ruthless pursuit of Bounty Hunting, an endless series of missions from ‘The Ghoul’. Players can find the iconic character at ‘The Last Resort’ in Highway Town and pick up a bounty mission unique to Burning Springs. New Grunt Hunt and tougher Head Hunt bounties will always be rolling in, so players should check in with ‘The Ghoul’ often to pick up the latest bounties – and their rewards upon completion. Burning Springs Burning Springs is Fallout 76’s largest update since 2020, introducing players to an arid ...

In case you missed it, Bethesda Game Studios has officially released Patch 62—Fallout 76: C.A.M.P. Revamp with relaxed build rules and a re-worked Workshop UI that opens the door for even more personalised play. These updates have been long-requested by the builders of Fallout 76, aiming to inspire creativity, collaboration and deeper community interaction. To celebrate, the team has released a brand-new trailer and developer walkthrough so fans can dive right in. Highlights include: Item snapping: Items that used to require snapping are allowed to not snap. Walls can also be built beneath the floor, and upper floors can be attached to walls without the need for a staircase. Placement restrictions: While there are still some items that require ground placement, placement restrictions have been loosened for others, allowing builders to place them freely—Even in the air. Workshop 2.0: The Workshop menu has been refreshed to focus on findability ...

Time to bait and celebrate—Fallout 76: Gone Fission is available free for all Fallout 76 players. Players can now enjoy the relaxing summer pastime of fishing throughout the Wasteland. This update also introduces a new questline for players to secure their first Fishing Rod, along with a school of new in-game content and rewards. Anywhere players can swim, they can fish. Different bait, weather conditions, fishing rods, and locations will spawn new fish types, so anglers can try various combinations to hook a variety of catches. Fish can be eaten to restore Health and Hunger, or converted into Fish Bits and cooked into recipes for additional effects. Players can also share a snack with Linda-Lee, the giant hermit crab of Fishermen’s Rest, to receive a Legendary item. All the details on everything included in this fishy update can be found here. Casting out in tandem, Season ...

It’s time to get feral in Fallout 76 with the launch of Ghoul Within. Now available free for all Fallout 76 players, this rad new update allows players to unleash their inner ghoul and experience the game in a way like never before – as a Ghoul. For the first time ever in the Fallout universe players who complete a specific quest that unlocks at Level 50 will have the ability to turn their character into a Ghoul and see what it’s like to walk on the wild side. As a Ghoul, players will experience Appalachia in a unique new way. NPCs and factions interact differently with ghouls than they would with a regular Wastelander. When necessary, players can disguise themselves to conceal their Ghoulification for faction interactions. More than just community interactions, player ghouls are immune to radiation damage and can use it to heal as well as unlock unique ...

Get ready to face a brand-new endgame activity with the launch of Fallout 76: Gleaming Depths. Now available for free for Fallout 76 players across all platforms, Gleaming Depths marks the highly anticipated Raids, where players will descend underground into a former Enclave laboratory where cutting-edge research on Ultracite once promised to reshape Appalachia. Now abandoned and overrun, teams of four will need sharp builds, smart strategies, and scores of teamwork to survive the journey below. As part of this update, players will encounter new enemies including a new boss – the biggest yet, of any Fallout game – The Ultracite Terror, a mutated monster lurking in the depths. With relentless enemies and challenging encounters, there’s plenty to do as players fight to survive formidable foes, face deadly challenges, and unravel the mysteries of this terrible subterranean operation. Great challenges bring great rewards as the Legendary System expands to 4-Stars, with new ...

It’s time to saddle up with today’s launch of Fallout 76’s Milepost Zero. Now available for free for Fallout 76 players across all platforms, Milepost Zero introduces Legendary Crafting, a new C.A.M.P. feature called Best Builds, as well as improvements to combat. Additionally, players can look forward to a new questline later this month in which they will be able to load up their brahmin and start their own caravan delivery service around Skyline Valley. Milepost Zero adds two new gameplay features, Legendary Crafting and Best Builds. Legendary Crafting allows players to craft their ideal weapons and armour giving players more control over the mods that are on their Legendary items. Before players can start swapping Legendary Mods onto their gear, they will need to obtain the mod they want to craft in one of two ways: trading for the mod with another player or scrapping Legendary items with the desired ...

The Wasteland has broadened its horizons with today’s launch of Fallout 76: Skyline Valley. Now available for free for Fallout 76 players across all platforms, Skyline Valley marks the first ever map expansion and takes the adventure southward to the brand-new Shenandoah region where players will investigate the cause of an electrical storm looming overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 where players will meet its dwellers and discover a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost. In this upcoming expansion, players will encounter a new enemy type, a supercharged Ghoul with electrifying weapons and armour, and expose their mysterious origins. Through chasing storms in Dangerous Pastimes, a new Public Event, and battling a new Region Boss, the Storm Goliaths, there’s plenty to do and stories to play with Fallout 76: Skyline Valley. Launching alongside Skyline Valley is Season 17: Pioneer Scouts – Skyline Valley. Players are headed to summer camp ...

Earlier this week, Fallout 76 launched Atlantic City – America’s Playground. This free update is now available for all Fallout 76 players across all platforms. The update introduces new questlines, open exploration of Atlantic City and a new season full of adventurous rewards. America’s Playground welcomes players back to Atlantic City, where they can experience new quests as well as enjoy free exploration of Atlantic City. These new quests take place across Atlantic City and Appalachia. In Atlantic City, players will deal with the Overgrown threat that is taking over the flooded city center. Meanwhile, in Appalachia, the Russo family has evicted the Mothman cultists and turned the Ingram Mansion into a swanky night club. But beneath the surface of their glamorous exterior, the Russos are harbouring some dark secrets, and they need your help. Fallout 76: Atlantic City – America’s Playground is now available on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and ...

Let the good times roll with the launch of Fallout 76: Atlantic City – Boardwalk Paradise. Now available free for all players across all platforms, Atlantic City – Boardwalk Paradise brings a new premier destination to the wasteland, offering thrilling entertainment, scenic coastal views and new expedition challenges. Players can now venture out to Atlantic City to complete new missions while helping to maintain the balance of power and earn rewards. In Fallout 76: Atlantic City – Boardwalk Paradise, players can embark on two new expeditions, Tax Evasion and The Most Sensational Game. In Tax Evasion players will work for the mafia and get their finances “in order”. Then The Most Sensational Game is a race filled with obstacles and enemies for players to compete in. In addition to the new expeditions, Boardwalk Paradise introduces the following: New Locations – The Neapolitan Casino The Boardwalk New Factions – The Showmen Municipal Government The Family New Enemies – The Overgrown Lesser Devil However, Atlantic ...

Bethesda is inviting the more-than-16 million Fallout 76 players to date to grab their party hats and mutated best buddies to celebrate the game’s 5th Anniversary. For this auspicious occasion, Bethesda Game Studios is hosting a variety of themed in-game events, a Birthday Parade, and offering festive party favors for players. Starting today and running until November 21, players can complete Daily and Weekly Challenges as part of the in-game Birthday Challenge Event and earn specially themed rewards like Party Hats, C.A.M.P. Décor, Cake and more. To keep the festivities rolling, dwellers are invited to join the cross-platform Birthday Parade celebration, where the Fallout 76 community team will visit private worlds featuring larger-than-life parade floats created by members of the community. You can watch the VOD of the parade on Bethesda’s global Twitch channel. Prime Gaming and Xbox Game Pass are also offering a birthday treat. Active Prime Gaming and ...

Starting today, Fallout 76’s latest update, Once in a Blue Moon, is now available for free on all platforms. This update features two new Public Events, Safe and Sound and Beasts of Burden and welcomes two new cryptids, the Blue Devil and the Ogua. Players who already own Fallout 76 can access the Once in a Blue Moon update today on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4/5 and PC. Safe and Sound The Middle Mountain Cabins have been renovated to become the latest and greatest Brahmin pitstop, but it seems they’re frequently visited by unwanted guests. Players are tasked with keeping these critters away while also repairing The Repeller Speaker system so they can repel the creatures and keep their Brahmin safe and sound. Beasts of Burden Luca Costa needs some help after a group of local Cultists stole his Brahmin and cargo of makeshift explosives. Players will need to help him get ...

In Fallout 76’s latest update, Mutation Invasion, the game’s Public Events are starting to mutate. Mutated Events will pose a heightened challenge, and even greater rewards. Grab your team and prepare to face the challenges that await in Mutation Invasion, available now and free to download for all Fallout 76 players. The update also ushers in Season 12: Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt, plus improvements to Daily Ops and more! Mutated Public Events Mutations are strange evolutionary buffs that make your foes even deadlier. At the top of the hour, every hour, a Mutated Public Event will appear. A special icon will indicate the Public Event is Mutated, with regular Public Events appearing for the remainder of the hour. Mutated Public Events include conditions such as: Active Camouflage – Enemies are invisible until attacked Volatile – Enemies explode upon death Reflective Skin – Damage inflicted to enemies is repelled back at you While Mutations increase the ...

The Nuka-World on Tour update is now available and free for all Fallout 76 players. The travelling road show has officially set up permanent residence in Appalachia! Head to the fairgrounds in the Ash Heap region to find new Public Events, square off against the monstrous Ultracite Titan, try games of skill in the Nukacade, meet new characters, earn rewards, and more! In addition, Season 11 kicks off today for all players. Complete challenges and rank up to earn tons of rewards, from Nuka-Cola themed backpacks to C.A.M.P. decorations, power armour skins, and so much more. Read on to learn more about what’s coming in Nuka-World on Tour… NEW PUBLIC EVENTS Nuka-World on Tour has set up various activities all around the park, including three new public events that will appear every 20 minutes, and contain new rewards for players to collect, from all new weapons to new clothing items, C.A.M.P. décor and more! NEW ...

The latest Fallout 76 update is now available and free to all players. Expeditions: The Pitt allows players to venture outside of Appalachia for the first time. Travel to the grim industrial wasteland of The Pitt and take on challenging new repeatable Missions. Earn new rewards, meet new NPCs with quests and dialogue trees, and rediscover the Trogs, an enemy first seen in Fallout 3‘s The Pitt. Expeditions: The Pitt includes: New Location – Journey back to post-war Pittsburgh for the first time since Fallout 3. Once a beacon of industry, nuclear conflict has ravaged the once great city. Increased levels of radiation have mutated its citizens, causing strife and warring factions to emerge from the chaos. Expeditions – Large-scale repeatable missions for groups of up to four players. From Whitespring Refuge in Appalachia, players will power a Vertibird to transport them into the heart of The Pitt. What awaits are randomised, repeatable, ...

The latest Fallout 76 update is now available and free to all players. Test Your Metal introduces three new Public Events: “Test Your Metal”, “Eviction Notice”, and “Moonshine Jamboree”. Season 9 introduces the “Heart of Steel: A Dread Island Tale” Scoreboard, where all players can earn S.C.O.R.E. to rank up for a new suite of rewards. Test Your Metal The Brotherhood of Steel is sending a Field Team to investigate the Rust Eagles, a group of Blood Eagles, who have been stockpiling spare robot parts to construct an army of combat bots. This event appears on the map at the Metal Dome, north of Fort Atlas in the Savage Divide. Speak with Initiate Pappas to begin. Survive three rounds with three other members of the Brotherhood Field Team against the opposing team of the Rust Eagles’ machines. Earn loot, XP, and rare rewards, including plans to craft the new Botsmith Armour set. Eviction ...

Today, Bethesda are excited to reveal the 2022 content roadmap for Fallout 76! Bethesda Game Studios is gearing up for an exciting year in Fallout 76. Throughout 2022, players will experience a new lineup of content, beginning with the Invaders From Beyond update in Spring. Summer promises a variety of Public Events to play through with the Test Your Metal update. In the Fall, players will venture beyond the borders of Appalachia and into the Pitt in an all-new Expedition. Winter marks the arrival of the traveling Nuka-World roadshow in Appalachia, bringing with it new Public Events, a new Region Boss Public Event, new loot, and so much more! Finally, a new year of Seasons means more weapons, equipment, and items to decorate your C.A.M.P. Read on for the full breakdown of what’s coming this year to Fallout 76. Spring (ANZ Autumn) Our next patch will be here soon with an all-new seasonal ...

The Night of the Moth update, free and available now for Fallout 76, introduces the “Mothman Equinox” seasonal event and a wide variety of quality-of-life improvements. Aid The Enlightened, a new sect of the Mothman Cult, and hunt down rival Cultist High Priests through the Appalachia for Mothman Cult themed rewards, such as unique apparel and skins. The Mothman Equinox At Point Pleasant in the Forest region of Appalachia, Beholder Clarence waits at the top of the Mothman Museum. After speaking with him, players prepare for an elaborate ritual through several phases. Light ceremonial bonfires, defend against rival cultists and complete other ritual-related tasks before the timer expires. Return to the Mothman Museum after and summon the Wise Mothman. Communing with the Wise Mothman provides the chance to earn new themed plans.

Fallout Worlds, available now for Fallout 76, offers players the tools and flexibility to create, customise, and explore Appalachia like never before. Fallout Worlds introduces two new modes: Custom Worlds for Fallout 1st members and Public Worlds designed by Bethesda Game Studios, which are available to all Fallout 76 players. Custom Worlds Available to all Fallout 1st members along with up to seven of their invited friends, Custom Worlds allows players to access a laundry list of gameplay settings and modifiers to truly make Appalachia their own. Change everything from combat rules and C.A.M.P. restrictions to weather effects and unique visual filters. A small sample of these settings include: Proximity Spawner – Spawn creatures around you during your game Happy Builder – Construct platforms and structures in otherwise inaccessible areas and change height limit on settlements Unlimited Ammunition – Combine unlimited ammo and no reload for an endless stream of destruction Weather Effects Controller – Control ...

Steel Reign, the epic conclusion of the Brotherhood of Steel storyline that launched late last year, is available to download today for all Fallout 76 players. Picking up on the heels of last year’s Steel Dawn update, you arrive back at Fort Atlas to find the tensions between Paladin Rahmani and Knight Shin have reached a boiling point. After swarms of Super Mutants start to appear and people are reported missing, how will you guide the Brotherhood? Will you take the side of justice or will you remain committed to duty? The Steel Reign update includes: New Questline – Choose what direction the Brotherhood of Steel will take and solve the mysteries behind the appearance of the Super Mutants New Locations and Gear – Unlock unique gear from the Brotherhood’s arsenal and explore new locations as you uncover what’s been happening in Appalachia Season 5 Scoreboard – K.D. Inkwell is back in Escape from the ...

With the Steel Dawn update for Fallout 76, we were reintroduced to the Brotherhood of Steel as they made their way back into Appalachia, and in turn, saw conflict rear its ugly head amongst their ranks. The quest lines that came with it were a whole lot of fun but ended in a way that left you wanting more, leaving the story feel unfinished. Fortunately, Steel Reign is just around the corner, and being the group’s biggest Bethesda Fanboy, I jumped at the opportunity to interview Jeff Gardiner, the Project Leader, and Mark Tucker, the Design Director on the upcoming release. Moderated by Jonnie Bryant, the Roundtable Interview took place via Microsoft Teams and allowed for Luke Henderson from Maxi-Geek and myself to gather a little extra information on top of what has been released to the public. Luke opened up with a fantastic question for the pair, asking how they have ...

Locked & Loaded, the newest free update for Fallout 76, is live now for all players. The update kicks off Season 4 with a brand-new Armor Ace themed Scoreboard and introduces highly-anticipated community features including S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts and C.A.M.P. slots, as well as expanding Daily Ops and additional quality of life improvements. S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts One of the most common requests from the community is now a reality. S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts enable players to completely reset a character’s S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes allowing for quick, on-the-fly build overhauls. Beginning at level 25 players can create and save custom S.P.E.C.I.A.L. point allocations and Perk Card assignments, and then switch between them. To swap Loadouts, edit Perk Cards, or S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points, simply visit a Punch Card Machine. Punch Card Machines can be built in C.A.M.P. or found at Train Stations around Appalachia to make changes on the go. Players can have up to two S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts per character.

Today Bethesda are excited to reveal the 2021 content roadmap for Fallout 76! 2021 promises to introduce all new ways to play as Fallout 76 continues to grow and evolve. Here’s what to expect this year: Spring (*Autumn in ANZ) Get Locked & Loaded with our Spring update! Introducing S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts, C.A.M.P. Slots, Mannequins, and an all-new Daily Ops expansion. For a deeper look at the new features, check out the Inside the Vault article here. Players who own Fallout 76 on the Bethesda.net launcher can test out all these new features and more in our current iteration of the PTS right now. Additionally, the update marks the return of Armor Ace, this time in a fierce battle against battling against Commissioner Chaos and the Yukon Five! Season 4 brings all-new rewards to the Scoreboard, from cosmetics, to consumables and everything in-between. Summer (*Winter in ANZ) Last year the Brotherhood ...

Released today for Fallout 76, The Inventory Update kicks off a new year of upcoming content, improvements, fixes, community requests, and so much more for the ever-growing online RPG. Stash Increase The Inventory Update addresses one of the most frequent requests from the community, highlighted by a whopping 50% increase to player Stash to a maximum of 1,200 pounds. Players can fill it up to their heart’s content with gear, Junk, and anything else they come across in the wasteland. Pip-Boy Updates The Inventory Update also includes UI improvements and updates to the Pip-Boy. Three new tabs are added to the Pip-Boy Inventory menu: “New,” “Armor,” and “Food/Drink.” New – This tab will keep track of all the items players gather during a play session, sorted by newest to oldest. Armor – Armor receives its own menu tab so that players can keep their gear separate from their other Apparel. Food/Drinks – Food and drinks are now ...

The Brotherhood of Steel planted their flag in Appalachia last week with Steel Dawn, the latest free update to Fallout 76. Steel Dawn is the first chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel questline, adding new NPC’s, new locations to visit, C.A.M.P. Shelters for expanded building options, new weapons and armor to earn, and much more. Steel Dawn is free and available now for all Fallout 76 players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC as well as on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5 through backward compatibility. Fallout 76 players should also race to get those last few Armor Ace slots on the S.C.O.R.E. board completed before the new Season kicks off on December 15, bringing 100 new ranks to earn.

Bombs Drop Day is here and to celebrate Fallout 76 is free-to-play across all platforms this week! Players will be treated to limited-time in-game events including a Legendary Vendor Sale, plus a limited Fallout 1st preview, game sales, discounts for Atoms packs and more. Free Play Week From October 20 through October 26, players can hop into Fallout 76 and play the game for free! This includes the base game experience, as well as Wastelanders and Nuclear Winter. Players can jump in from the start of the game, and if they decide to purchase the game when the Free Play Week ends, all progress will carry over, and so will any Atomic Shop purchases made during the week. Learn more about the Free Play Week here. In-Game Events There will be three in-game events running from October 22 – 26. Get Double S.C.O.R.E. and Double XP, as well as 25% off ...

The largest update to Fallout 76 since Wastelanders is available now and free to download for all players. Patch 22 ushers in rebalanced combat and rewards for all players in the form of One Wasteland — explore wherever you want, with whomever you want, even if you’re brand-new to Fallout 76. Patch 22 also kicks off the start of Season 2: Armor Ace, adds Legendary Perks for even greater build diversity, and adds brand-new daily repeatable missions in the form of Daily Ops. One Wasteland One Wasteland levels the playing field for all players in the form of rebalanced combat and rewards. Now, players of all levels can team up and jump to anywhere in Appalachia and always have a balanced combat experience and receive level-appropriate rewards. The entirety of Appalachia is now open to lower-level players, while veteran players can return to previously low-level areas and experience a fresh challenge. Season 2: ...