Inside the Vault – Adventuring in Appalachia PTS Update - January 23, 2026

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 Strike

• Caps rewards have been adjusted for each tier of map used (75 -> 150 -> 225).

Armor

• All underarmor now has the same resistances. The Treated, Resistant, Protective, and Shielded lining mods can be used to change the spread of resistances on underarmors.

• Removed the +1 Perception bonus from the Tattered Dress clothing item.

Bigfoot

• Bigfoot's introduction has been updated, allowing for more time for "Event Complete" notifications to clear before the encounter begins.

• Encounter timer has been extended.

• At the top of the hour, one of Bigfoot's Events will now start.

• Increased the XP awarded for killing Bigfoot.

Legendary Mods

• The Overeater's legendary armor mod now increases Max Health by up to +40 per piece. It no-longer reduces incoming damage.

• Fixed some inconsistencies with the Stabilizer's 4-Star legendary mod. It now improves Weapon Cone of Fire, Recoil, and Stability by 40%.

Perks

• Perk Coin limit has been increased to accommodate very high-level players.

Radiation

• Reduced some extreme sources of radiation damage that hadn't yet been adjusted to reflect updates to player radiation damage resistance.

• Increased Ghoul health recovery from radiation damage.

• Increased Ghoul Glow recovery from some environmental and enemy sources.

• Lowered Ghoul Glow income from Gamma Gun self-damage.

• Increased radiation damage aura from most Glowing enemies.

• Slightly increased the radius of the Glowing Deathclaw radiation damage aura.