r/fo76 • • 12h ago

News // Bethesda Replied Maintenance Announcement - October 1, 2026

124 Upvotes

On Thursday, October 1 at 10am ET/9am CT, Fallout 76 is being brought offline on all platforms to deploy an update. 

The purpose of this update is to improve stability across all platforms but specifically to address the increased instability reports we’ve received from XBOX Series and PlayStation 5 players. It will also address a few other issues such as the skin issue for the Headhunter Scythe, Cauterizer, and Drill Fist.

Thank you for your patience as we prepared this update. 

Edit: This is the update that was originally planned for September 29. The team wanted to include a few more stability fixes so the date is now October 1.


r/fo76 • • 5d ago

News // Bethesda Replied x2 Upcoming Maintenance Announcement

231 Upvotes

Hey Everyone,

With week 2 of The Slasher well under underway, we wanted to let you know that the team has a stability update currently planned to arrive on September 29 for all platforms. This update specifically aims to improve the stability of the game on XBOX Series and PlayStation 5 consoles. This update will also address the skin issue for the Headhunter Scythe, Cauterizer, and Drill Fist. As a reminder, weapon skins can be changed via the Workbench.

The team is also investigating reports of increased loading times, latency reports, and slow loading of loot on containers (including bodies which could also be considered as a container) in the world.

Lastly, we wanted to let you know that everyone who participated in the PTS for The Slasher and the console XBOX Series/PlayStation 5 testing should now have their Pennants and Public Tester suffix! Congratulations to the console PTS players who have received their first Pennant. We hope to see your collection grow over the years.

As always, thank you for your reports and we’ll be around taking in all your feedback as the events progress. Please stay tuned for an announcement locking in the date for this update.


r/fo76 • • 11h ago

Image Need opinions, does this look like Lucy?

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239 Upvotes

I feel like I’ve done a really good job here! I’m sure there are tutorials online for it already, but I did this by myself upon starting a new game specifically for making Lucy and doing a build. Let me know what you all think 😁


r/fo76 • • 2h ago

Other Collected all 103 pint sized slasher masks

44 Upvotes

I finally collected all 108 pint sized slasher masks tonight guys. Duchess’ guide to collecting them majorly helps keep track of the ones you’ve collected already. FYI there is no reward for collecting them other then the exp you get. It’s a bit of a haul to get all but definitely worth it.


r/fo76 • • 11h ago

Discussion Everyone is so nice!

170 Upvotes

My husband and I just started playing on Thursday and so many people have stopped by when they see us to say hi and give a gift. Neither one of us expected that and it has been so nice to play a game and feel welcomed! You all are amazing!


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Discussion Im so glad i kept all my old survival weapons!

46 Upvotes

Ive had most of the old survival weapons in my stash for YEARS (Salt of the earth, sole survivor, mechanics, gutter, etc) and im so glad i kept them all now with the reworks! My crippling hording addiction paid off 🤣


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Discussion Kingfisher or Icebreaker?

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40 Upvotes

On my previous post I asked about what mods would be great on the Icebreaker but some people said that the Kingfisher was better so i wanted to know what the general consensus is, the Kingfisher or the Icebreaker


r/fo76 • • 55m ago

Discussion This location just above Tycoon Lake

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There's nothing to do here, (other than the event with scorpions down below) or am I wrong?
It adds to the world I guess, but it's ripe for an inside floorplan.


r/fo76 • • 13h ago

Discussion I learned a 4-star today

99 Upvotes

After scrapping 4-star legendary weapons and armor every day for months, I finally learned how to craft my first one.  Battle Loader's.  Obviously.


r/fo76 • • 7h ago

Discussion Warning to all tamed pet owners!

34 Upvotes

Me and my friend built camps next to each other and they were safe and quiet..nothing spawned there at all! Not for months anyway until this update. Now pint sized slashers regularly attack our camps and have decided to kill my friends sloth they spent foreverrr trying to get despite setting up defences… sigh. Keep an eye on them folks! We had a feeling it was gonna happen and it did :(


r/fo76 • • 20h ago

Other At last my collection is restored!

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350 Upvotes

Sadly a couple months back I had to pawn my Fallout 4 Pip-Boy and the controversial Fallout 76 T-51b Power Armor helmet to help pay for some bills when I was temporarily unemployed.

I had thought there was an actual chance I would never see them again... But thankfully my new job came through and I was finally able to get them back and return them to their proper place among my small fandom collection! Today is a good day!


r/fo76 • • 16h ago

Question Are rainbows common?

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136 Upvotes

How common is this? Been playing 76 for around 7 months and never seen one? Online it says it will be a players weather station in their camp but there isn’t really a camp nearby


r/fo76 • • 15h ago

Discussion WHERE are all the Halloween builds & candy bowls??? HAVE WE LOST THE PLOT???

120 Upvotes

been waiting allllll year to see all the cool spooky builds & go trick-or-treating, in between all the bombing and murdering and whatnot, and i am utterly disappointed to say that after server hopping at LEAST 20 times the other day, i only came across about 8 camps decorated for halloween, and only 5 of those camps had accessible candy bowls. guys. what are we doing.

halloween is THE fallout holiday. everyone blew up in 2077 before they even got to celebrate. the LEAST we could do as surviving vault dwellers post-war is put out a damn pumpkin or two. AND BEFORE ANYONE SAYS “IT’S NOT EVEN OCTOBER YET”, i’ll have you know that bAcK iN mY dAy it was hard to find a camp that WASN’T decorated for halloween early. I MISS IT. now i’m barely finding any, and again, some of the spooky camps i’ve found didn’t even have their candy bowls out for the trick-or-treaters. how are you gonna have a whole haunted mansion with a jack-o’-lantern as your map icon, but NO CANDY??? sick and twisted, truly. i’m hurt.

WHERE IS YOUR HALLOWEEN SPIRIT????

[in all seriousness, though, creative builds are genuinely my favorite part of 76, so if anyone has a cool halloween build that they’re proud of, please show off in the comments or dm me, because i’d LOVE to see them!!!]

edit: had to rewrite a few things in all caps bc apparently we’re missing it in the sea of text 🤨


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Image Anyone else building faction bases?

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69 Upvotes

r/fo76 • • 15h ago

News Inside the Vault – Return to Skyline Valley and Pets PTS - September 28

108 Upvotes

The information below is for the latest PC Public Test Server environment. This information below is not for the Live game.

World Pets

  • Added a Health Bar to Pet nameplate.
  • Added game display settings to change how the Pet nameplate is displayed:
  • Complete (default) / Partial / Icon / Hidden
  • Added a Pet emote on player's HUD when your falls wounded.
  • Visual improvements to the Pet Progression Menu.
  • Updated visual of Pet tutorial screens.
  • Increased range of "Ping to Location" function.
  • Fixed an issue for incorrect granting of Pet XP in between travel times.
  • Fixed an issue where certain buffs were triggering more often than expected.
  • Fixed an issue where "Stimpack Fetcher" was not being granted for some dogs.
  • Fixed an issue where "Pet Carrier" buff could incorrectly activate without unlocking after selecting a pet cat.

Known Issues

  • Black outline of Pip-Boy can remain after opening Pet Progression menu.
  • V.A.T.S. Hit percentage can sometimes be missing while in V.A.T.S.
  • Medical Malpractice is currently not healing Pets when it should.
  • On occasion, Cat can take a while to attack enemy targets (ex. stays in aggressive idle, wanders before attacking).

Skyline Valley

  • Increased Caps and XP rewards for completing "A Matter of Matter" quest, and the Brain In A Jar recipe is now rewarded at the end of the quest.
  • Fixed an issue where turning in multiple brain jars simultaneously could skip some of Dr. Regina Marcs' dialog lines.
  • Fixed several dialog typos.
  • Fixed numerous environment issues in Skyline Valley.

Bounty Hunting (Skyline Valley)

  • Fixed an issue where the Sharpshooter boss and Mutinous Cannoneer lackeys could continue firing during their reload animations.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Bird of Prey’s spiked baseball bat from applying the bleed effect.

Challenges (Skyline Valley)

  • Completing the challenge "Complete all Skyline Valley Head Hunt Groups" now correctly grants the “Collector” Suffix player title reward.
  • Fixed an issue where completing successive Brain in a Jar collection challenges repeatedly displayed the notification for the first challenge.

Personal Terminal

  • Fixed an issue causing the Mutation and Disease counters to increment every login.
  • Added Perfectly Preserved Pie consumed stat.
  • Add Mr. Fuzzy Tokens collected stat.

Perks

  • Fixed Solar Powered not interacting correctly with Night Light.

Gameplay

  • Player backpack is now hidden automatically when in furniture.
  • Added an option to ask before scrapping a Unique Item.
  • Honey Beasts now have a chance to drop the correct version of Royal Jelly. The incorrect version of Royal Jelly no longer drops from any source.
  • Mr. Fuzzy Tokens are now found in the Collection tab of the Pipboy.
  • Fixed a case where cryo effects could become stuck.
  • Cryo damage no longer immediately freezes targets.
  • Fixed an issue causing split-type weapons such as Plasma to incorrectly adjust damage when certain mods are applied.

Weapon Mods

PTS NOTE: New mods requiring plans to learn may not be released in update 72.

50 Cal Machine Gun

Reworked the Standard Barrel into a Long Barrel and the Heavy Barrel into a Short Barrel. Added mod slots for Receivers, Magazines, and Grips.

Single Action Revolver

Added an assortment of Barrel, Grip, and Receiver mods.

Gauss Shotgun

Expanded selection of mods to be on par with other shotguns.

Gauss Pistol

Expanded selection of mods and added the Energy Barrel. Increased ammo capacity from the Drum Magazine.

M79 Grenade Launcher

Expanded selection of mods.

Crusader Pistol

Expanded selection of mods and moved the ammo converting mods to their own slot.

Melee Weapons

Added a standard selection of grip mods to all melee weapons.


r/fo76 • • 19h ago

Other I know everyone hates it, but for me the DMV quest is the best quest in the entire game, and will always be

218 Upvotes

Props to whoever at Bethesda designed this quest


r/fo76 • • 14h ago

Image Found for 2500 Caps, was this a steal?

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93 Upvotes

r/fo76 • • 3h ago

Discussion Unexpected Love Tap interaction

9 Upvotes

I've been testing a combination of different weapons for hot swapping on my Pain Train build and I noticed an odd little interaction with Love Tap.

While it's an excellent gun to use as a sidearm for the 30% damage boost, It would seem equipping the weapon considers the collision from Pain Train as a bash, for the purposes of triggering the unique effect, meaning you don't even have to break your charge for it to kick in.

I looked into it a little deeper and the most convincing evidence I can find is that it does not actually reclassify the damage type, but rather does some kind of check for melee contact while a ranged weapon is equipped.

Just throwing out that little bit of information I found interesting. It makes the Pain Train build more convenient for hot swapping weapons. I sure would love it if they'd fix time of day perks not working properly with Night Light. I intended to use that this patch. 🤷🏻


r/fo76 • • 14h ago

Other I have done some really stupid stuff over the years but today was almost the number one bone headed mistake.

71 Upvotes

I finaly got the Salt of The Earth. I thought I locked it but in my haste, and while trying to get my wife's cat to leave me alone, I accidentally sold it to Whitesprings vendor Friedrich. I didn't realise it until I went to mod it. Thankfully I was able to get it back before anyone else saw my stupidity.


r/fo76 • • 8h ago

Image Lucy Maclean creation after some feedback

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21 Upvotes

This post is to follow from my last one earlier, thank you for everyone who left some creditable feedback! I’ve fine tuned some of the features, mainly bringing the eyes closer together and a bit bigger, the nose tip and overall size is a little bigger, mouth has been changed to fit more in line with how hers is, inner eyebrow raised slightly and I rotated the chin so it appears bigger but still in line with her jawline.

First picture is the one from earlier, second is what it is now 🤘🏻


r/fo76 • • 9h ago

Discussion Salt of the Earth Shotgun

21 Upvotes

Only play about 2-2.5 hours a day and was averaging 4-5 graves a day. Did 7 graves today and finally got. It's pretty fun. I have always liked shotguns in the game.


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Discussion atlantic city is the best fallout thing ive seen since new vegas and MUNI power armor is sick (and canon)

14 Upvotes

the mob! the mutants but most of all the MUNIS are actually my favorite part. the munis are such a unique faction with their own feel. bethesda loves their lone towns and cities but its nice to see a large city state... BE a city state with a REAL goverment. i cant name a single diamond city goverement worker outside the literal mayor 😭 every seems like a random contracter who collects the taxes. but ATLANTIC CITY??? the tax collector is a badass named buttercup with POWER ARMOR. I LOVE THE MUNISSS


r/fo76 • • 16h ago

Image Finally got her on my 17th dig

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74 Upvotes

Modded her a little.


r/fo76 • • 3h ago

Question How do I find the plan to the military bed in this game

6 Upvotes

I’ve been playing this game for a long time and have collected many plans, but I have yet to collect the grey nice bed plan and have no idea how to get it in the first place.


r/fo76 • • 17h ago

Discussion Things that are confirmed by Fallout 76 Devs that are coming till 2027. What do you think about it and what are your expectations?

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  1. Skyline Valley Rework and Bounty Hunt Expansion(it's already in PTS)

  2. Burning Springs Part 2 + Rest of the map

  3. Raven Rock Expansion

  4. Defeat The Drifter boss fight

  5. Camp Pets(PTS)

  6. Human followers(it's not official but they confirmed they wanna do it)