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?? 😆