Fallout 76 Season 8: Release Date, Leaks, and Everything We Know So Far

NEW SEASONAL EVENT: INVADERS FROM BEYOND

Mysterious beings from the outer reaches of space are invading our skies and stealing the brainwaves from lifeforms throughout Appalachia! Work together with other humans to fight back against the alien scum and send them fleeing back into their ships before they can complete their “research.”

• Every hour on the hour an Alien Mothership will appear above one of several high-profile Appalachian locations to deploy three Brainwave Siphons in the area.
  • Travel to the Mothership’s location and examine Siphon Kappa to start the event.
• When the event begins, players must destroy all three Brainwave Siphons, one after the other, before the aliens can complete their Brainwave Extraction process.
  • There’s just one problem: Each Siphon is protected by a force field, which is controlled by a different Alien Commander.
  • Defeat alien forces to draw out the Commander for each Siphon. Take out the Commander and the force field will drop, allowing you and your event mates to destroy the Siphon.
• If you manage to demolish all three Brainwave Siphons in time, you will receive some loot, XP, and have a chance to earn plans to craft new alien weaponry and C.A.M.P. objects.
• Keep your guard up, because as long as the Invaders from Beyond Seasonal Event is live, you may encounter extraterrestrial interlopers at select Public Events, including Campfire Tales, Free Range, and Line in the Sand. You may also spot our curious visitors in new Random Encounters that we’re adding with this update.

FALLOUT WORLDS IMPROVEMENTS

EARN S.C.O.R.E. IN FALLOUT WORLDS

In response to community feedback, we’ve implemented the ability for you to continue your Season journey in Fallout Worlds. Going forward, you will now be able to earn S.C.O.R.E. from non-repeatable Daily and Weekly Challenges you complete while playing in Public and Custom Worlds.

NEW CUSTOM WORLD SETTINGS TO EXPLORE

We’re introducing a variety of new settings for Custom Worlds that Fallout 1st members can tinker with in the Public Test Server. Catch a brief description of each one below, and then head into the Test Server to make them your own.

• Carry Weight: Adjust the Carry Weight setting to choose a specific maximum amount that a player can carry. Alternatively, use the Carry Weight Multiplier setting to adjust max weight by a percentage. Drop it down to zero, or crank it all the way up to eleven times the default amount.
• Frequent Confetti: New Dismemberment setting that will cause enemies you take down to explode into a cloud of confetti.
• Perk Effects: Choose whether players can benefit from Normal Perk effects, Legendary Perk effects, both, or neither with this setting.
• VATS: We’ve added the ability to turn off VATS targeting versus other players, or even disable VATS entirely.
• Relaxed Building Restrictions: The “Toggle Snapping” option in build mode can now be adjusted to allow you to place C.A.M.P. objects even if they intersect.
• Weather: If you enjoyed the darkened skies above the Mothman Equinox Seasonal Event, you can now bring it to your Custom Worlds using the Weather Setting.

Additionally, the Happy Builder Public World is currently available in the Public Test Server, so that everyone can try building some intersecting C.A.M.P. objects with the updated Toggle Snapping option.

NEW PUBLIC EVENT: TEST YOUR METAL

• Please note: “Test Your Metal” is slated for a future patch that will arrive after the Invaders from Beyond Update. However, we’ve included it in this PTS to begin gathering early community input. Give it a try and let us know what you think.*

The Brotherhood of Steel have uncovered that a group of Blood Eagles, calling themselves the Rust Eagles, have been stockpiling spare robot parts to construct an army of combat bots. Concerned about the threat this may pose to Appalachia, Scribe Valdez recently sent a Field Team to investigate

• The Test Your Metal Public Event will appear on your map at the Metal Dome, just north of Fort Atlas in the Savage Divide. Travel there and speak with Initiate Pappas to start the event.
• Once Test Your Metal begins, you will join three members of the Brotherhood Field Team to compete as gladiators against the Rust Eagles’ deadly machines.
  • You and the Gladiators of Steel will square off against the bots in three rounds of frenzied combat. Defeat the opposition in one round, and you’ll advance to the next.
  • Once you’ve conquered all three rounds, you will earn some loot, XP, and have a chance to pick up rare rewards, including plans to craft the new Raider Robot Armor set.
• Make sure to defend your teammates, and have Stimpaks at the ready if they fall. The more Gladiators of Steel who survive their time in the ring, the higher your chances to earn rare rewards.

ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

Buildable Pirate Radio: Tap your toes to Appalachia’s newest radio station when you’re relaxing at home with a buildable Pirate Radio that you can place in your C.A.M.P. Open the build menu and navigate to the Appliances section to find it.

Invisible Backpacks: The community has long requested the ability to hide their currently equipped backpacks from view. Now, you can do just that with the new “Show Backpack” game setting. Don’t worry, you’ll still receive all the benefits of your pack when it’s hidden.

Stimpak Adjustments: We’ve reduced the weight of Stimpaks and Diluted Stimpaks by 25%, and reduced their prices by 25% as well. Additionally, we’ve increased the number of Stimpaks and Diluted Stimpaks that will appear in Medical Vending Machines.