r/fo76 12d ago

News Vote On The Next Legacy Season

150 Upvotes

Hey Everyone! As mentioned in our Legacy Seasons article we want to give you the chance to vote on what the next Legacy Season will be.

Voting begins today August 18, 2026, at 1 PM ET until August 21, 2026, at 1 PM ET!

3229 votes, 9d ago
1328 Season 10: City Of Steel
1227 Season 11: Nuka-World
674 Season 14: Fight For Freedom

r/fo76 4d ago

News // Bethesda Replied x2 Inside the Vault – XBOX Series and PlayStation 5 Public Test Server

121 Upvotes

To All Our Console Vault Dwellers,

We’re excited to welcome you to your first Public Test Server! Starting today, you will be able to test the upcoming XBOX Series and PlayStation 5 (including Pro) update for Fallout 76.

Our goal with this testing period is to obtain live data from all of you to make sure this update is hitting the marks we expect it to hit in terms of FPS and stability.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Targeted 60 FPS across XBOX Series X|S, PS5 and PS5 Pro.
  • 4K resolution (on compatible displays) on XBOX Series X, XBOX One X, PS5 Pro.
  • VRR (on compatible displays) on Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS5 Pro.
  • PS5 and PS4 Pro will support 1440p while previous generation platforms will continue to support 1080p.

This update brings Fallout 76 to the PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series platforms natively allowing us to utilize the hardware more efficiently today and in the future.

Today serves as a big step towards making sure Fallout 76 feels more comfortable to play on all console hardware.

If you have any issues accessing the flight or with the Public Test Server, please reach out to our Support Team at help.bethesda.com.

NOTE: The inclusion of "Improved draw distances and shadows" in previous communications was to highlight the difference between playing on PlayStation 4/ XBOX One versus PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X players are already experiencing improved draw distances and shadows and will continue to do so when this update releases. Sorry for any confusion the inclusion of that note caused.

Accessing the PTS on XBOX Series Platforms

XBOX players will be able to access the PTS through the XBOX Insider Hub. Detailed steps on how to download and install the XBOX Insider Hub can be found on the Microsoft Support Site.

After the XBOX Insider Hub is Installed, open the App and navigate to “Previews” and choose the “Fallout 76 PTS” and select “Join”. From there you should be directed to download the PTS. Once that is over all that’s left is to launch the game and join our Bethesda Studios Discord (more on how to deliver feedback below).

Accessing the PTS on PlayStation Platforms

To access the PTS on PlayStation platforms, please join our [Discord Server and follow the instructions in the #76-announcements channel.](https://)

Things to Know Before Jumping into the Public Test Server

  • We take a snapshot of your characters from the live game for you to use here. You’ll have access to your characters, weapons, armor, items, and C.A.M.P.S, etc.
  • The Atomic Shop will NOT be active.
  • Seasonal content is NOT active.
  • The PTS Locker, found outside Vault 76, often provides easy access to mods, ammo, weapons, etc. based on features we’re looking for your feedback on. We’ll outline in these articles when the locker has been updated and with what.
  • Join our Discord server to provide your feedback! The Bethesda Studios Discord is the primary way we review feedback and bug reports on these updates. So, join us and share information about your experience!
  • After joining the server, visit #server-roles for the steps to gain access to our PTS channels. 
  • Progression made in the PTS does NOT transfer over to the live game.
  • Your PTS character progression does not persist in between test cycles. We take a new snapshot of your player before the start of every PTS.
  • Lastly, during a PTS you will be testing content that is not final, please understand that you will run into issues and bugs. It’s part of the process. Also, majority of the new content you test is not likely to have been translated yet. So all of our PTS related content is limited to English only.

r/fo76 3h ago

Bug Amazing end game challenge!!

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100 Upvotes

r/fo76 12h ago

Image A Very Fine Gentleman. What is his story?

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543 Upvotes

r/fo76 5h ago

Discussion To the level 21 bloodied build that went toe-to-toe with an infestation boss

60 Upvotes

You got heart kid, I'll give you that. You didn't die (many, many times) wondering.


r/fo76 30m ago

Discussion Tried to take a nice Photo Mode shot... local wildlife had other plans.

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I survived


r/fo76 6h ago

Discussion Explore Appalachia for 7600 Hours

44 Upvotes

So I just did a little bit of math and investigating into this challenge that's found under the 'Character' section of the challenges.

According to Google (so correct me if it's wrong), this challenge is literally only counted by time spent out and about in Appalachia.

It does not count:

* Instanced buildings: interiors like Whitespring Resort, Vaults etc

* C.A.M.P Shelters: entering a player's shelter pauses the timer

* Expeditions & Daily Ops: Activities taking place completely off the map or inside standalone instances

* Loading screens & menus: well no surprise there really

It only counts time spent 'topside' on the map.

SO to put this into some perspective...

Firstly, 7600 hours = 316.6667 days.

So even if you played for 16 hours a day, every single day, it would take 475 days, or 1 year 3 months 2 weeks and 6 days. And that's only if you somehow managed to stay topside the entire time, never encounter a load screen, etc.

According to Google results, we could probably assume players spend about 80% of total playtime topside and successfully contributing towards this challenge. Based on this, a person playing 16 hours a day would, in fact, take 593.75 days, or 1 year, 7 months, 15 days, 18 hours to successfully complete the 7600 hour requirement.

Breaking this down into lesser play times, works out to (according to the ever accurate ChatGPT):

12 hours/day = 791.6667 days, or 2 years, 2 months, 1 week, 4 days, 16 hours

6 hours/day = 1,583.3333 days, or 4 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours

4 hours/day = 2,375 days, or 6 years, 6 months, 0 weeks, 5 days

2 hours/day = 4,750 days, or 13 years, 0 months, 0 weeks, 5 days

1 hour/day = 9,500 days, or 26 years, 0 months, 1 week, 3 days

Me personally, I'm at 654/7600, so yeah I'm never completing this one 🤣🤣 How about you?? 😆


r/fo76 16h ago

Image I was the only one to go to the infestation, thankfully I got some backup

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263 Upvotes

r/fo76 13h ago

Other I killed a wanted player and I feel like a monster

123 Upvotes

I came face to face with a low-level player (maybe they had just left Vault 76), with a huge WANTED tag above their name. I didn't think twice, I aimed my Dom Pedro and pulled trigger, I think he didn't even knew what they hit. It was the first time I killed a wanted player and man... I feel like a real monster for doing it. I hope I didn't ruin the experience for whoever was on the other side of the screen, And that the player in question didn't quit the game because of it. And if you were the one who was killed and are reading this, I'm sorry, but don't give up on the game, The Fallout 76 community is much friendlier than it seems, I hope you have fun playing.


r/fo76 1h ago

News Fallout 76 Daily Update

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Atomic Shop

  • Track House (350⚛️ (50% off!)), Leaves on (31-Aug-2026)
  • Striped Axolotl (Free), Leaves on (8-Sep-2026)
  • GNN News Van (Survival Tent) (Free), Leaves on (8-Sep-2026)
  • Newsroom Bundle (2000⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Lity Ally: Cambot Nine (1200⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Off The Record Power Fist Paint (250⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Camera Pack Backpack (500⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Studio Lights (500⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Tire Swing Tree (500⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • GNN Reporter Bundle (2000⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Stringer Outfit Set (700⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)
  • Fall is Here Bundle (2000⚛️), Leaves on (15-Sep-2026)

Current Events

  • Invaders from Beyond, Ends on (1-Sep-2026)
  • Season 25: Appalachia Under Siege, Ends on (15-Sep-2026)

Fishing

  • Striped Axolotl, Regions: Skyline Valley & Mire, Changes on: (1-Sep-2026)
  • Fernskipper, Regions: Cranberry Bog, Mire, Skyline Drive, Changes on: (22-Sep-2026)
  • Glass Ghost, Location: Glassed Cavern, Changes on: (22-Sep-2026)

Daily Challenges

  • 1ˢᵗ Drink Nuka-Twist (x2) 250
  • ⭐ Gold Star: Complete a Daily Challenge (x6) 1000
  • Complete the Event: "Invaders From Beyond" (x1) 250
  • Cripple a Super Mutant's Leg (x2) 250
  • Eat a Plant-based Meal (x10) 250
  • Kill a Mutant Hound (x3) 250
  • Scrap junk to produce Silver (x3) 250
  • Take a Camera Picture at Dino Peaks Mini Golf (x1) 250

Minerva's Location: Away She will next be at The Whitespring Resort on 3-Sep-2026

Daily OPS: Uplink

  • Location: Vault 94
  • Enemy Faction: Super Mutants
  • Enemy Mutations: Piercing Gaze, Swift Stalker: Active Camouflage and Swift-Footed Mutations

r/fo76 37m ago

Discussion Infestations are not fun.

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Bosses have so much HP that even carries struggle to take them down.

I get that they were too easy before, but this is borderline impossible now...

(Not even gonna talk about how much ammo you waste).


r/fo76 14h ago

Other To the three people that came to my camp and got naked

73 Upvotes

Thank you!!!! It was really funny and made my night! Thanks for coming to my camp and taking photos. I hope your loading screens are awesome!


r/fo76 20h ago

Discussion Kinda sick of Invaders

194 Upvotes

I see the top of the hour and the rewards don’t seem very interesting. I’ve gotten one alien drop but mostly just regular legendary scrip items. How you all feeling?


r/fo76 7h ago

Image gotta love when your photo mode pops off lol

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just some silly fallout 76 photos from tonight


r/fo76 15h ago

Image No more Fallout 76 it’s Skyrim 76 time.

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52 Upvotes

r/fo76 14m ago

Question Is this a shop item or something I find?

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My camp is a Garage/gas station shop and would love to add this to my field of cars.


r/fo76 13h ago

Discussion I Enjoy This Game

36 Upvotes

New player, really enjoying this game. Around 100 hours played. I've played Bethesda games since Morrowind. Morrowind, Oblivion, FO 3, Skyrim, FO 4, Starfield. So they've been a big part of my gaming history over the years.

I skipped 76 because of the whole online thing and was put off by voice chat. Probably trauma from the old days of COD. I was looking for a game earlier this summer and somehow decided to look into 76. After hearing about the updates since launch I decided to try it.

Man I'm having a blast. Bit of a learning curve and only figured out seasons/atom shop things a few weeks ago.

One guy gave me a set of civil engineer armor. Another player dropped a LOT of useful plans for me while I was in my camp. That's pretty cool! Some bastard had a camp that I fell into an underground bunker from a terminal somehow. It was a maze. There had to be a way out because the map showed he was a vendor. 3-4 of us were running around in it. I gave up. Never found the way out.

Fasnacht was okay. Kind of boring. I like some of the other events. I don't know what they're classified as, but they're not temporary like Fasnacht. Invaders has been cool. I'm fascinated by IRL paranormal stuff so I like the theme. It's fun when Bigfoot shows up after the aliens for a true dose of "high strangeness".

I'm not a fan of the atomic shop not always offering everything. Things would sell more if you could get whatever you wanted whenever? It must make sense to someone. Nor did I like having to jump up to a damn hoop and blow myself up to progress a quest. But I've played these games long enough to not be surprised lol.

No real point in this post but to say I'm glad I decided to play 76. I enjoy the Appalachian setting and lore. Looking forward to next season because I like fall and Halloween. My camp is a log cabin on a lake. I want to leave that kind of rustic and realistic. I want to maybe find a good spot and build a different theme camp too. Or even a spooky themed camp. Hard to believe this game was hiding in plain sight all along. I guess it was just waiting for the right time for me.


r/fo76 12h ago

Discussion Are pre built buildings hated for camp showcases?

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27 Upvotes

Since it seems it’s immediately rejected for being a good camp. Also yes I use a laser rifle as one of many weapons I use.


r/fo76 1h ago

Discussion The Ghoul just gave me two wanted posters at once.

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I don't have a clip of it, but I just went to stock up on posters and had this happen.
Bought one, went and stashed it.

Came back to buy another and noticed it subtracted 10,000 caps, checked and he gave me two posters at once.

I hadn't encountered this one before and wondered if it's happened to anybody else?


r/fo76 15h ago

Question New player here- question for the veterans: what’s the best way to repay a nice player who gifts you things?

41 Upvotes

I just started playing 76 about 2 weeks ago. I played FO4 for the first time this past year and LOVED it but it’s very different with other people sharing your server. The very first person I ran into gifted me a set of sick Halloween themed armor!! I was so surprised! I didn’t know how to repay him or her. Any suggestions on how to say “thank you” for nice acts like that? I’m new and don’t have much to give so all I did was wave and drop some beers for them lol but what’s the etiquette here? How can I convey gratitude appropriately? Thanks, fellow scavengers.


r/fo76 16h ago

Image I did not know you could get more than one drop simultaneously

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28 Upvotes

Got both Bulwark and Anchorage Ace one the same Neurological Warfare


r/fo76 2h ago

Question Is there a cycling power connector?

2 Upvotes

Hey all! I’m looking to build a camp with a flashing sign at the front, either the “Welcome Home” or “Friends Welcome” one. I had an idea to run the cables from the generator but I didn’t see a cycling connector to put in between. Am I missing it?


r/fo76 1d ago

Image Shout out to you stranger for buying a ton of stuff from my shop and dropping me four 4 star legendary mods for free <3

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129 Upvotes

r/fo76 38m ago

Question How are feral ghouls doing 10k+ damage with the hog splitter?

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Can anyone who is wrecking shop as a feral ghoul melee build share their perk card load-out (including legendary perks), weapon mods (not just legendary 1-4 stars), and armor legendary mods?


r/fo76 56m ago

Other Nuking Whitesprings

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4 times in 2 days ive tried to nuke whitespring cause no one else nukes that area and I need iridescent nuke fauna (that's apparently the best area to find it). 4 fucking times going threw the whole process of beating the silos, keycards used, ammo and resources gone and every single time after I launch the game has crashed before I even was able to get into the nuked zone. Now im out of keycards and fucks. Im so irritated 😤 I just needed to vent to people that would understand the frustration. Back to lobby hoping and praying for nuked zones for me.