My in-game name is a random string of numbers/letters.

[Plonker]

How do I fix that?

[Lyn]

Go to bethesda and change your username there

[Indy]

If you change your name in game, only you will see it. You need to contact Bethesda and see if they would be willing to change it for you. Contact their support: https://bethesda.net . Log in on the right and then click the drop down menu on the left and select support.

[Thimerasol]

You can have a different in-game "character" name from your account name. This is better for security.

[mimizukari]

change your display name on bethesda.net

[Plonker]

Um, it never asked me to make an account, I just started playing.

[garret]

same

[SoldierofGod]

yeah im getting the same problem, anyone know how to change it

[Phantom]

Originally posted by Etna:

change your display name on bethesda.net

Originally posted by JackTheSlayer:

yeah im getting the same problem, anyone know how to change it

[BizarreMan]

Go to Bethesda.net and sign in with the email account that is linked to your Steam Account. Once signed in, you can change your display name to something "real".

[Medui]

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Go to Bethesda.net and sign in with the email account that is linked to your Steam Account. Once signed in, you can change your display name to something "real".

And what to do when you have the problem I have?
My Bethesda Account gives Error to link to Steam. I have FO76 on Steam get a ♥♥♥♥ long sting of Numbers and Letters as a Display name.

And when I check ingame under Settings / Bethesda.net which e-mail is linked to the account, it shows Nothing.

Just:
Build: a really long string of numbers and letters
Username: Again a real long string of numbers and letters.

What to do now>?

[SolusiRadikal]

You need to log in with your account registered on steam platform for fallout 76, not create another bethesda account without fallout 76 in it.

The reason why you cannot link your bethesda to steam account is because your steam account already got another bethesda account linked in it. Either from Fallout series or Elder Scroll (Mainly ESO or Skyrim)

[wyatt3005]

Originally posted by Medui:

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Go to Bethesda.net and sign in with the email account that is linked to your Steam Account. Once signed in, you can change your display name to something "real".

And what to do when you have the problem I have?
My Bethesda Account gives Error to link to Steam. I have FO76 on Steam get a ♥♥♥♥ long sting of Numbers and Letters as a Display name.

And when I check ingame under Settings / Bethesda.net which e-mail is linked to the account, it shows Nothing.

Just:
Build: a really long string of numbers and letters
Username: Again a real long string of numbers and letters.

What to do now>?

I am having the same problem

[Vic Evicerator]

I had this happen when I first started playing - I bought the game on steam, installed, started up, and behold - random-jumble-mess name. What is supposed to happen is you are already supposed to have a bethesda.net account, and then your steam game links to that bethesda account. If you DON'T have a bethesda account, you get the random-jumble-mess.

What I had to do was put in a help ticket with bethesda requesting they un-link that account and link FO76 to my proper Steam account. It takes a day or two for them to do everything, and you may have to tell them about any atom shop purchases to carry over (I had only just started so I had nothing to lose).

[✠ AnanasFlamez ✠]

Originally posted by SolusiRadikal:

You need to log in with your account registered on steam platform for fallout 76, not create another bethesda account without fallout 76 in it.

The reason why you cannot link your bethesda to steam account is because your steam account already got another bethesda account linked in it. Either from Fallout series or Elder Scroll (Mainly ESO or Skyrim)

I think I linked my steam account to a email that doesn’t exist or not mine because I don’t eine my steam linked on any of my emails (Bethesda accounts) that’s just because I wanted to use mods I didn’t think of it 1-2 years ago of that

[BizarreMan]

Posting a bit of information from another herald from earlier today.

A player was having a similar issue and could not figure out what email was linked. They purchased Doom 64 on Steam for $1. Somewhere in running that game, it showed them the email that was linked to Bethesda. That enabled them to log in to bethesda.net.

If that email address is something you no longer have access to, you would need to contact Bethesda support.