Summary
A new update forFallout 76’s Public Test Server (PTS) has just been released, giving people an opportunity to check out bug fixes, playlist overhauls, and various other tweaks that are set to come to the game in the future. Those who are interested in taking a look at any of the planned changes need to hop on a PC, as theFallout 76PTS is currently only available to Steam players.
Fallout 76recently received plenty of fresh content thanks to Milepost Zero, the game’s latest major update that dropped on September 3. It introducedFallout 76’s caravan mechanicand marked the beginning of the multiplayer RPG’s 18th season, among other things. Developer Bethesda Game Studios has revealed even more upcoming additions to the title via its publicly available test client.
TheFallout 76PTS now features content from the game’s next major update, Gleaming Depths, following a September 27 patch. Highlighted were changes made to Mutated Public Events playlists and the perk system, which was already partly modified in Milepost Zero. Combat-related adjustments include reductions in the radius of white screen flash effects and damage buffs for many ofFallout 76’s ranged weapons. Several bugs have been addressed as well, such as the one that caused NPCs to deal higher than expected damage with Laser Rifles. As for quality-of-life improvements, the latest PTS build now sports new accessibility features like text-to-speech generation and screen narration.
Gleaming Depths will provide players with a new season, high-level endgame raids, and pets forFallout 76’s various camp locationswhen it goes live in December. Bethesda unveiled a trailer for the update that showed off new enemies and locations at QuakeCon 2024. The company also announced enhanced versions of the first two Doom games at the event, which was held in Texas from August 8 to August 11.
Milepost ZerorequiredFallout 76players to redownload the gameas a result of a repackaging effort that made the title’s overall size smaller. In addition to the caravan mechanic and new season, the update added the titular Milepost Zero location and reworked the system for crafting Legendary-tier gear.
Considered by some to be one of the best multiplayer RPGs of all time,Fallout 76currently has a Mostly Positive Overall rating on Steam based on more than 61,600 reviews. It and other titles in the series managed to reach record-high player numbers in April, the month Amazon’s well-received TV adaptation ofFalloutstarted airing.
Fallout 76 PTS September 27 Patch Notes
Mutated Public Events Update
We’re making a change to the Mutated Public Events playlist by adding five public events each with two mutations to the playlist.
These events are:
During the PTS, these events will be on rotation so that you may provide us feedback on all these events.
Perks Update
During Milepost Zero PTS testing and release, we made some focused changes to Vaccinated, Iron Stomach, Thirst Quencher, and Natural Resistance perks to make these generally underperforming cards more interesting and easier to incorporate into your builds. We did this by removing the extra ranks, lowering the cards cost, and changing the card’s effect to scale with the related primary stat.
In today’s PTS update, we’re continuing this process by modifying more Perk cards with the same design goals in mind. This batch of changes primarily focuses on Endurance cards, but you’ll also see some changes to a few cards in the other stat categories.
Starched Genes
Thru-Hiker
The full patch notes for the September 27Fallout 76PTS update can be foundhere.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
