Howdy Everyone,

Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, Fallout 76 will be brought offline on all platforms to deploy a hotfix. This update will address a few topics that have appeared since the Milepost Zero release such as fixing disappearing loot, providing some more stability improvements, and more.

Stay tuned for the release notes which will be shared tomorrow.

Before we dive into the release notes for Milepost Zero, we wanted to let you know that the questline to start your own Caravan will unlock later this month.

We hope that this gives you enough time to work through the new Legendary Crafting system and make sure you're prepared to stake your claim on Skyline Valley when the new caravan and outpost systems are released!

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• Legendary Crafting – Craft your ideal weapons and armor with this updated take on crafting that gives you more control over the mods that are on your Legendary items.
  
• Best Builds – Submit, visit, and rate C.A.M.P.s from across the Wasteland for all to see!
  
• Vendor History Log – Returning customers are key, so find out who is buying from your vendors and make sure you give them a nice wave when you see them around Appalachia!
  
• Start your own Caravan – Later this month you will be able to protect your Caravan from raiders and creatures alike as you make deliveries around Skyline Valley.

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Fallout 76’s overall file size is getting smaller! Thanks to the work of our tech team, we now expect the total size of Fallout 76 to be around 95 GB (with some variance for the different platforms).

To reach this new size, all players will have to redownload the game. This is why you may notice that update size for Milepost Zero is larger than normal. Thanks in advance for your patience!

Note: You do not need to uninstall the game to receive the Milepost Zero patch. You will notice a large update that you will have to download. The platform you're playing on will do the rest

Check the download size below for today’s update:

- **PC (Steam)**: 82.07 GB

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We are excited to introduce this new iteration of Legendary Crafting that gives you more direct control over the Legendary Mods that appear on your Legendary items.

Before you can start swapping Legendary Mods onto your gear, you will need to obtain the mod you want to craft 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 get Legendary Scrip and have a chance at receiving Legendary Mods in the form of a crafting item. There is also a chance that you will permanently learn how to craft one of the mods on the item you scrapped too. Those loose Legendary Mods can be traded with other players, but once you craft that mod onto an item that item becomes character bound. Meaning it cannot be traded, sold, nor dropped in the world.

Once you obtain your desired mod, you can head over to your Armor or Weapons workbench to attach it to a legendary item in exchange for Legendary Scrip. Each time you replace a mod on an item, the cost to replace another will increase.
If you are lucky enough to learn how to craft the mod, head over to your Tinker’s workbench to craft it. The crafting cost will vary depending on the mod. Mods require Legendary Modules and various other items to craft that you can find around the Wasteland.

To aid in the exploration of new mod combinations, we have relaxed the Legendary Mod restrictions on weapons. We are excited to see what you craft!


In August we announced that Legendary Cores will be discontinued as we consolidated the currencies used in Legendary Crafting. This means Legendary Cores will no longer be usable across Appalachia. When you login after downloading the patch, any remaining Legendary Cores will be converted into Legendary Scrip at a 1:1 conversion ratio.


Best Builds is a new social system that allows you to submit, visit, and rate C.A.M.P.s. The C.A.M.P.s with the most votes will be shared and populated though out wasteland for all players in Adventure Mode 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.

Submitting Your Camp

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 have entered the submission window, you will 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 are 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 players created Best Builds.

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 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. Do not 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.


Learn about the hottest items at your C.A.M.P. Vendor with the Vendor History Log. Accessible from the Paper Map or your vendor, this log shows you what items were sold, their price, and who bought it.

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.


Near the border of Skyline Valley, you will come across the ruins of an abandoned headquarters once owned by the Blue Ridge Caravan Company. They have had a challenging time operating within the presence of the storm, but luckily for them you arrive! A seasoned traveler of the region, well-versed in all forms of combat and even a few forms of diplomacy (although that will not work here). The company decides to give you franchising rights to start your own caravan branch under their flag.

Once setup, you will escort caravans across the Shenandoah region and recruit a strong crew of varying professions. This crew will help you build up your own personal outpost where new rewards await you.

While you are traveling across Skyline Valley make sure you take a beat to help your fellow aspiring business dwellers with their own caravans. Events Public Team bonuses apply to Caravan events and helping someone else will get you back to starting your own caravans that much quicker.


Check out our Season 18 – Country Roads article here![fallout.bethesda.net]


Milepost Zero continues the work we started in Skyline Valley to update our combat systems. This patch we are focusing on changes to Fire and Poison damage and how the damage over time (DoT) effect works. There is also more rebalancing for creatures and many other changes.

There is a lot to dig into, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and dig in.


**Fire/Poison Weapons and Mods**

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.

The following weapons, armor, and mods have been updated to align with this Fire and Poison Dot adjustment. Paired with the creature adjustments further below, this generally represents an increase in damage dealt:

• Acidic Gulper Smacker
  
• Alien Blaster Poison Mag
  
• Alien Disintegrator Poison Receiver
  
• Burning Auto Axe
  
• Poisoned Auto Axe
  
• Baseball Bat Heated Coil
  
• Blue Ridge Branding Iron
  
• Bow Flaming Arrows
  
• Bow Poison Arrows
  
• Bug Grenade
  
• Burning Legendary Armor
  
• Burning Love Bow
  
• Burning Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Burning Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Chainsaw Flamer
  
• Civil Engineer Armor
  
• Compound Bow Flaming Arrows
  
• Compound Bow Poison Arrows
  
• Crossbow Flaming Frame
  
• Crossbow Poison Frame
  
• Crusader Pistol Pyro Receiver
  
• Electro Enforcer Poisoned
  
• Enclave Plasma Gun Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• Flamer
  
• Flamer Compression Nozzle
  
• Flamer Napalm Tank
  
• Flamer Vaporization Nozzle
  
• Floater Flamer Grenade
  
• Floater Gnasher Grenade
  
• Gatling Laser Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• Gulper Smacker Acidic Gulper Hand
  
• Hellstorm Missile Launcher Napalm Payload
  
• Holy Fire
  
• Laser Gun Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• Molotov Cocktail
  
• Paddleball Fire Ball
  
• Perfect Storm 10mm SMG
  
• Pitchfork Flamer
  
• Plasma Cutter Flaming Blade
  
• Plasma Gun Laser Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• Poisoned Sheepsquatch Club
  
• Poisoned Sheepsquatch Staff
  
• Power Fist Heating Coil
  
• Pumpkin Grenade
  
• Sheepsquatch Shard
  
• Shishkebab
  
• Shishkebab Extra Flame Jets
  
• Sledgehammer Heavy Searing Sharp Rocket
  
• Strangler Heart Power Armor
  
• Super Sledge Heating Coil
  
• Syringer Radscorpion Venom Syringe Barrel
  
• The Kabloom
  
• Toothed Shepherd's Crook
  
• Toxic Legendary Armor
  
• Ultracite Gatling Laser Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• Ultracite Laser Gun Beta Wave Tuner / Gamma Wave Emitter
  
• War Glaive Flaming Blade

• Adjusted the damage dealt by the Thorn armor
  
• Increased the damage for the Gauss Shotgun
  
• Increased the 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. (More info in the “Bug Fixes & Improvements” section below)
  
• 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.
  
• Adjusted the damage dealt by Electrified legendary armor.

Like the adjustments made in the Skyline Valley update, the following creatures have updated Health, Resistances, and Damage. Our goal is to smooth out their difficulty from low to high level play making them a reasonable threat for all players.

Be sure to try some of the updated Fire and Poison weapons against these creatures as there is now more contrast in their resistances to each damage type:

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

Weapons used by the following creatures have also been updated. Like the updates to Fire and Poison damage on players’ weapons, creature weapons with Fire damage will typically have a DoT which has higher DPS, and weapons with Poison damage will typically have a DoT which deals more overall damage per hit:

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

• 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

• Mothman Windchime now correctly displays in Atomic Shop
  
• Fixed and issue with Chattering Teeth Flair not appearing in the tinker's bench or placed on display
  
• Fixed an issue with Plank Partitions and Junk Walls not appearing in Build Menu and being unable to be edited
  
• Fuzzy Mothman Plushie no longer faces backwards when placed in display cases
  
• Fixed an issue with the Pillar Display requiring wood to be built despite being made from stone
  
• The fluorescent lamps in the "Iceglo Refrigerated Display Case" appear to shine when not powered
  
• Fixed an issue where the 'Fort Fortress' Wall Walk Posts can be attached to the same attach point
  
• Fixed an issue where two Fort Fortress Fences can be attached to the same attach point
  
• Atomic shop purchases from the build menu will again correctly give the player a confirmation prompt before completing the purchase.

• 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 commonly occurred with Shotguns, but could also occur when using the Two Shot legendary mod or the Multi-Shot Cremator mod in V.A.T.S.
  
• Addressed an issue where DoT damage dealt by NPCs could be lower than intended
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Poison aura on the Strangler Heart Power Armor from affecting nearby enemies
  
• 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
  
• Effects which increase explosion damage (Demolition Expert, etc.) should now increase the damage dealt by DoT effects from explosions
  
• Addressed an issue where the Danger Cloud mutation would deal more damage than intended
  
• Addressed an issue where DoT damage could persist on a player when entering the DBNO (Down But Not Out) state, resulting in the player dying immediately instead of being able to be revived.
  
• Addressed an issue where the bonus to DoT damage from Strength (for melee weapons) and Perks could be higher than intended
  
• Addressed a display issue with the description text for the Strangler Heart Power Armor’s set bonus

• Changed how Explosive Bullets mod how it interacts with various weapons
  
• Fixed an issue with the Light Em Up Plasma Gatling flickering on the front neon tubes while in first person
  
• Fixed an issue with the Harpoon Gun's crosshair disappearing during the precise aiming in the first-person view
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cultist Monarch Mask did not state its protection against damage and disease from airborne hazards in its description
  
• Damage from Fire and Poison damage over time effects should now be properly reduced by Fire and Poison resistance
  
• Improved Chainsaw durability
  
• Perk effects will now persist when player exits world and returns
  
• Fixed an issue where adding the Blue Ridge Guardsmen Paint removes legendary mod prefixes from the armor's name
  
• Players will be asked if they want to change servers when logging into a nuked zone.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Broken Prosnap Deluxe Camera item could no longer be looted from tourist corpses and toolboxes if the player had completed the Bucket List quest and deleted the camera.
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause power armor to animate incorrectly while using the Brotherhood Salute emote.
  
• Extended the no C.A.M.P. zone around Meat Week to prevent camps from impacting the event
  
• Fixed an issue preventing duplicate plan drops from Holiday Gifts
  
• Fixed an issue which prevented corpses from turning into goo piles after being hit by a plasma arrow critical shot

• Fixed a crash when fast travelling while camera is half underwater
  
• Fixed an issue with the "Gain XP" Challenge giving an incorrect amount of S.C.O.R.E.
  
• A few Daily and Weekly Challenges will now be auto-tracked upon logging into a server

• Seismic Activity: Fixed an issue which could cause a crash for certain consoles
  
• Safe and Sound: Fixed an issue where enemies could get stuck during encounter waves
  
• Oldest Trick in the Book: Player will no longer lose cultist outfit when engaging with combat outside of the quest area
  
• The Powerhouse of the Cell: Fixed an issue which cause shadows to continue attacking players during the conversation with Hilda
  
• The Powerhouse of the Cell: Fixed an issue that could cause a soft lock when injecting Serum into the Sedated Lost
  
• The Powerhouse of the Cell: Fixed an issue causing required enemies not to spawn
  
• I Am Become Death: Players who have previously completed the quest but not received the achievement can now receive the achievement by launching a nuke again
  
• Blue Ridge Branding Iron: Fixed an issue that could cause the unique skin to be unobtainable if removed from the weapon
  
• I Am Become Death**: Players who have previously completed the quest but not received the achievement can now receive the achievement by launching a nuke again
  
• Ally: Thicker Than Water**: Fixed an issue that prevented Frankie from killing The Claw
  
• Fixed an issue with Audrey Stolz's end dialogue inconsistencies
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to lose the Enclave questline after logging out
  
• Fixed an issue with the quest marker for objective 'Enter Vault 63' placement
  
• Eviction Notice: Thank you all for your feedback around the change made to Eviction Notice during the Public Test Server. We have decided to revert the change we made to the Legendary Creature spawn rate in the PTS while we spend more time investigating how we want to make sure all public events are rewarding.

• Fixed a display issue in the Pip-Boy effects tab
  
• Fixed an issue where some icons were incorrect in the Pip-Boy effects tab
  
• Items will indicate if they count as a costume when inspected
  
• Weapons will indicate classification information when inspected

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

• The team is aware and are continuing to investigate reports of lag when using the Pip-Boy. We thank you for your patience. If you are experiencing this issue, please contact our Customer Support team so we can collect more information.

Hey all!

On September 3 at 10 AM ET, Fallout 76 will be brought offline to deploy the Milepost Zero update.

This update will require a full redownload of the entire game due to a repackaging effort which will make the overall game size smaller.

The expected final file sizes will be in our release notes.

Take me home, country roads.

Fallout 76’s upcoming Season, Season 18: Milepost Zero - Country Road, starts on September 3, releasing alongside the Milepost Zero update.

Unlock exciting rewards from the Seasons pages, like the Blue Ridge Power Armor and Weapon Paints, the Rusted Power Armor and Weapon Paints, the Raider Lodge and even a Brewing Vat for making tasty brews in your C.A.M.P. There’s also the Stop Sign Paint for your melee weapons so you can beat back your enemies with a big metal sign. Unlock even more rewards with the Fallout 1st Seasons Pass (included with a Fallout 1st membership).

Along with Season 18, we’re adding a post-level 100 challenge! In this repeatable challenge, players over level 100 will now earn 300 S.C.O.R.E. when they complete three Public Events.

Check out some more of the rewards you can earn in Season 18 in the preview video here.

Milepost Zero releases September 3!

Join Creative Director Jon Rush on the country roads of Skyline Valley in our video preview of Milepost Zero. You’ll learn more about Caravans, where you’ll protect your brahmin as they travel from outpost to outpost. Jon also introduces Best Builds, a new way to vote for and feature the most exciting C.A.M.P.s. The best C.A.M.P.s will be featured across servers! Finally, we’ll preview Legendary Crafting, adding the ability to scrap Legendary weapons so you can learn, craft, sell and trade your Legendary Mods.

“零点里程碑”将于数周内上线。在你准备开始运营自己旗下商队公司的同时，我们想说明一下即将对传奇核心道具实施的改动。

当“零点里程碑”于9月3日上线时，传奇核心将被废除。这是因为我们将整合传奇制作系统所使用的各种货币，以实现更加流畅的体验。

也就是说，传奇核心在阿帕拉契亚将不再可用。在更新上线后，当前掉落传奇核心的活动将改为掉落传奇模块。所有尚未消费的传奇核心将在“零点里程碑”上线后以1:1的比例转换为传奇购物券。

为了帮助你消费传奇核心，“购物券满溢”活动将延长并持续至“零点里程碑”上线为止。

希望大家与我们同样期待“零点里程碑”的到来！

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[discord.gg].


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[discord.gg] 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 [discord.gg]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