Major update3 Sep 2026Inside The Vault - Return of the Pspsps-TS (Pets Testing Server)Welcome back! We’re excited to bring Pets back to the PTS! Which means the PTS is now Pspsps-TS once more! This go around, we have some new features that bring more depth to the experience of adventuring with your furry or rough-skinned friends. Before getting into what’s new, let’s recap the feature for those who might have missed out on the original announcement. Pets takes your C.A.M.P. Pets…
It’s time to start the next phase of our Summer PTS. SPOILER WARNING: If you are someone who doesn’t normally participate in PTS, but likes to keep up with the news, we recommend you stop reading here and try to avoid datamines/news about this content. A lot of fun lies in the surprise! Today we will begin testing a series of experimental activities made specifically for the Fall update. This c…
We’re entering the final week of testing for the World Pets feature! Thank you all so much for your feedback. It has been immensely helpful to help guide our future development plans. For this final week we want to test how the addition of pets affects our seasonal events. We’re going to activate one of our seasonal events every day until July 9 so you can let us know how it feels to be playing…
Infestations · Infestations have been temporarily disabled. We plan on reactivating them at a later date. Stay tuned for that announcement. Perks · Lone Wanderer now provides damage reduction against all damage types. World Pets · Fixed an issue that caused Pets to block players’ ability to shoot through them (including V.A.T.S.). · Made minor tweaks to Pet's from the player. Unique Items · Red…
Have you ever wanted to take your C.A.M.P. Pet out into the wasteland to travel and fight alongside you? We hope so, because we’re relaxing the leash on pets so that they can join you on your adventures! Today we’re kicking off a very special Public Test Server (henceforth known as a Pspsps-TS or Paw-TS if you're so inclined) for a major new feature coming to Fallout 76 later this year. How to…
Infestations Today’s PTS update brings improvements to Infestation discoverability and reduces some of the more frustrating aspects of fighting Infestation bosses based on your feedback. Infestation bosses have had their weapon accuracy and damage output to reduced. This will lower instances of being “one-shot” while giving you more time to react to being hit. Also, you can now cripple Infestat…
Player Ghoul Radiation Adjustments Today we’re making some targeted adjustments to the Player Ghoul radiation experience to generally improve your ability to utilize environmental radiation as well as making some improvements to how Glowing One and Rad Reaver interact with Glow. · Increased Player Ghoul health gain from environmental radiation: 20% -> 35%. · Increased Player Ghoul Glow gain fro…
Thank you all for your thoughts on Infestations so far. We're working towards addressing some of the discoverability and balance feedback we’ve seen and are excited to share that with you later in this PTS cycle. Today’s PTS update focuses on addressing a client crash that could occur when crafting or modifying items. Please let us know if you’re still experiencing this issue after the update.…
The next major update for Fallout 76 is ready for you to jump into. This time, we have dangerous new endgame content for those who are prepared to adventure around and protect the Wasteland. Enemy factions have found weakness in some of the residents of well-known locations around the map, and they’ve decided it’s time for them to start taking over. Leaving behind an Appalachia that has become…
Activities and Public Events General · Adjusted reward pools for Activities and Public Events based on feedback received. Distinguished Guests · Increased the health pools of the Wait Staff. Project Beanstalk · Pharmabot JD-7E can no longer be crippled. Hordes · Now named as an Activity when they appear. · Developer Note : While we originally had intended to disable Hordes with this patch, they…
Activities and Public Events Always Vigilant · Enemies should now spawn more frequently. · Increased Roverbot's durability. It's a Trap · Now has the proper intercom/speaker effect for the voice lines. Uranium Fever · Fixed an issue where Molerats spawned with incorrect names. One Violent Night · The Nighstalker at the end of One Violent Night is now a guaranteed 3-Star legendary enemy. Lucky S…
Armor Updates Thank you all for your feedback since we reopened the Public Test Server back in December! There have been a lot of great conversations around the Armor changes that we’ve made which is the exact type of feedback we were looking for. General · Made numerous changes to reduce the weight of armor and power armor. · Some armor resistances have been slightly adjusted as part of some d…
The holiday season is here and your adventures in Burning Springs are in full swing. We hope you’re enjoying the new region along with its deadly armored Deathclaws and even deadlier Radhogs. Seeing so many of you grab your pistol and cowboy hat to hunt down the largest bounties has also been rewarding. Speaking of rewarding experiences, let’s chat about the content that is hitting the Public T…
Hey Everyone! This will be our final PTS update before Burning Springs releases on December 2. We have a log of other topics that we’ll be targeting fixes for in future patches, including providing fixes for reports around clipping, pathing, correcting build costs and other improvements to the new region. Burning Springs Quest · Welcoming Committee – Ambush Captain’s armor now appears correctly…
Happy Halloween! Here's a little update for the Public Test Server. Please note that characters have been reset to the state that they were in at the start of the Burning Springs PTS period. This update introduces a fix for some players who lost progression status throughout the PTS. Resetting all characters allows us to confirm the fix. Burning Springs Gearin’ Up · Tamed Deathclaw now correctl…
Hey Everyone, today the team has deployed an update to the Public Test Servers. As always, thank you so much for your feedback. Burning Springs General · Killing Deathclaw handlers now counts towards “Kill Rust Raiders” challenge. · Main Questline now starts when player reaches level 30 instead of 25. · Fixed an issue where Windy’s vendor table was rotated incorrectly. · Multiple fixes for audi…
A new region of the map is opening for those with enough grit to cross the Point Pleasant bridge. You’ll be traveling westward towards Burning Springs! Taking place in rural Ohio, it’s our largest map expansion to Fallout 76 and it’s available for testing on the Public Test Server right now! Prepare to become one of the meanest Bounty Hunters around, as the Burning Springs update introduces Bou…
Today we're deploying an update to the PTS. You can find the patch notes below. C.A.M.P. After our PTS update on 8/13 we saw reports that some C.A.M.P.S. were still having an overbudget issue when compared to the C.A.M.P. on the live server. We made an adjustment in today’s patch so those C.A.M.P.S. should no longer have this issue. If you were affected by this, please login and let us know if…
Today we have deployed an update to the Public Test Server. Please read on below for the patch notes. Item Locking · Players can now lock and unlock items in their stash when accessed via the My C.A.M.P. Device. · Power Armor pieces will now keep their Locked/Unlocked status when added to or removed from a Power Armor Chassis. V.A.T.S With today’s PTS update we’re making some additional changes…
Combat · Fixed an issue where the unique Broadsider, Grand Finale, did not have the same damage as a standard Broadsider. PTS Locker Update Your favorite storage facility has been filled with some new toys! We have added the Plan rewards from Mischief Night to the locker so that you can have the chance to craft and test them out if you would like. Please let us know if you run into any issues w…
C.A.M.P. · Fixed a bug where players were unable to put items back in Aid Box after removing them. Combat · Fixed the description for the Executioner's legendary mod. · Adjusted the Tenderizer Salty and Peppered mods: · Salty now adds Armor Penetration. · Peppered adds Limb Damage. Perks · Rad Sponge point cost was increased to 2. · Fixed an issue with Grim Reapers Spring that caused it to not…
Hey Everyone, today the team is deploying an update to the Public Test Server. You can find today's patch notes below. Combat Miscellaneous Combat Changes · The Executioner's legendary mod now is an additive damage boost instead of multiplicative. · Fixed the range and ammo capacity for the Cryolator's Crystallizing Barrel. · Addressed an issue where players couldn't deal self-radiation damage…
Combat Miscellaneous Combat Changes · Fixed an issue where the Gamma Gun Deep Dish mod projectile didn't deal Radiation damage. · Addressed some inconsistencies with how Pipe Syringer mods changed the weapon's range. · Increased the speed of the Plasma Caster projectile by 30% · Increased the speed of the Alien Disintegrator High-Powered Receiver projectile by 100% · Re-implemented fix for Cros…
Today the team deployed an update to the Public Test Server for the next major Fallout 76 patch. Full patch notes for this update are below. Combat Miscellaneous Combat Balance Changes: · Fixed a few cases of thrown weapons not scaling with player level. · Pain Train once-again scales its damage with player level. · Adjusted the Hat Trick perk to deal 70% damage per bounce instead of 80%. · Adj…
PTS Update – 7/11 We hope you all have enjoyed the new Workshop UI, relaxed build rules, and the combat changes introduced in this Public Test Server (PTS) so far. We’ll continue to make more adjustments to the new UI and combat in future updates. Combat Miscellaneous · Floater Flamer and Floater Freezer grenade explosions no-longer damage enemies through walls. · Fixed an issue where Enclave P…
We’ve reopened the Public Test Server to share an early look at our upcoming Mutation Invasion Update for Fallout 76, which brings the Daily Op’s Mutations you’ve experienced to Appalachian Public Events! We hope you will join us in trying out these events and are very interested in your feedback and bug reports with us in the Bethesda Studios Discord Server. Introducing: Mutated Public Events…
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