Fallout 76: July 2023 PTS Update and Highlights Notes

July 17, 2023

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We’ve reopened the Public Test Server to share an early look at our upcoming game improvements for Fallout 76!

We hope you will join us in trying out these changes and are very interested in your feedback and bug reports with us in the Bethesda Studios Discord Server.

Updates are listed in chronological order, scroll down for the most recent changes.

Vault 76 Changes

We’ve made changes to the base game experience for players freshly starting their game in Vault 76. Since Fallout 76 launched five years ago, there have been numerous gameplay changes and improvements, and now we’re giving new players a way to jump straight into the action in future updates.

We’ve broken down the changes into three sections; What we added, what we changed, and what we fixed.

New Additions

General

Players can now choose to start at Level 20. This gives them starter weapons, ammo, armor, perk packs, various survival supplies, and pre-filled loadouts.
We’ve placed a donation box outside of Vault 76 for players to help one another.
Two new perks have been added, Arms Keeper and Stable Tools.
- Arms Keeper: Reduces Weight of Rifles (25%, 50%, 75%)
- Stable Tools: Automatic Melee Weapon Durability Bonus (10%, 25%, 40%)
There are now level 10 versions of T-45 and Raider Power Armor.
We’ve added a “New” filter when viewing Perk Cards.
We now give a warning to players under level 50 trying to enter Daily Ops.

Workbench Updates

All workbench lists use alphabetical sorting.
Item names in workbench are standardized across all lists.
Show unlockable button now shows recipes you can learn through a plan, scrapping, or can purchase in the Atomic Shop.
Unlearned recipes show the name of the plan you need, what item to scrap, or lets you buy it from the store.
1-star legendary mods no longer show up under "Random Legendary Mods". 2- and 3-star mods now display correctly under "Current Mods" when inspecting an item.
Improved the learned mod counter.

New Design Changes

We’ve lowered the level requirements for Various Perk cards.
Added more default C.A.M.P. recipes for all players.
Rebalanced combat in Morgantown and Summerville.
Replaced the Liberator Bots outside of Vault 76 with Feral Ghouls.
Lowered the frequency of enemy attacks on the player’s C.A.M.P.
Adjusted the Gun-Fu Perk effect and text description.
The bugs have been exterminated, and mysterious construction has begun at the Gilman Lumber Mill.
Renamed over 600 C.A.M.P. Items.
Removed the Hunter/Hunted radio station and event.
Good with Salt description accurately states the effects of the modification. The Refrigerated mod does not stack with the perk.
Grenadier perk now applies to Gauss weapons.
Players will no longer receive Legendary Power Armor pieces as rewards from Events and Quests until level 20.
Legendary creatures no longer mutate at 50% Health to have Health regeneration, but instead have 60% increased Health.
Various changes to health, resistances, and weapon damage for the following creatures: Super Mutant, Protectron, Mole Rat, Mr.Handy/Gutsy, Feral Ghoul, Scorched, Glowing One, Assaultron, Mirelurk King, Mirelurk Crab, Cave Cricket, Radscorpion, Angler, Floater Flamer, Floater Freezer, Floater Gnasher, Mutant Hound, Liberator, and Mirelurk Hunter.
Reduced the amount of pop-up information upon exiting the Vault.
Increase Aid items in low-level quest rewards and challenges.
Daily Ops rewards prioritize giving un-learned recipe rewards to players. Once all recipes are learned, players will start getting repeats.
Other players can no longer steal your C.A.M.P’s bone chimes.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

Adjusted the terrain around the Moonshine Jamboree event, and fixed an issue that could cause the event to fail when depositing Gulper Venom with a few seconds left on the timer.
Fixed various Excavator Power Armor inconsistencies.
Rad Scorpion Omelets now heal Formula P addiction.
The Carnivore Mutation now works with the Cannibal perk.
Fixed an issue preventing players from V.A.T.S targeting extra-large creatures from a distance.
Fixed an issue causing combat groups to persist over long distances, keeping the player in combat.
Fixed melee Power Attacks sometimes not registering as Power Attacks.
The Imposter Sheepsquatch area of attack can no longer damage players who are out of sight of it.
Fixed an issue where a player could become stuck in the Vertibird post Expedition.
Mutated Party Packs now grant healing Salves when all recipes have been learned.
Salvaged Assaultron Head now displays Charging damage instead of Single Shot.
New players no longer receive an un-named radio station with information on Nuka-World on Tour upon leaving the Vault.
Players can no longer attack with auto-melee weapons and sprint at the same time in 3rd person
Nuke effects no longer appear indoors.

July 14, 2023 Update

We’re releasing a new version of our PTS today with numerous bug fixes and improvements. Notably, you will now have a copy of your character from the live game to play with, and for now, we have disabled loadout selection while we continue to evaluate feedback from you.

Building: The Blue Ridge Truck Trailer is now in the correct location with other trailers in the build menu.
Crafting: Fixed an issue with the girded mod disappearing from the craftable mods list.
Crafting: Fixed an issue with loose mods not applying in the default modification view
Crafting: Fixed and issue where crafting quantities were listed twice
Fast Travel: Addressed an issue where players would fail to Fast Travel to a location after selecting it on the map.
Fast Travel: Addressed multiple instances where the player would be shown incorrect Fast Travel information when attempting to Fast Travel to a new location.
Perk Cards: Players can now open multiple Perk Card Packs, and we’ve added a slider to choose how many Packs to open at once.
Perks: Taking One for the Team now applies correctly in the edge case players in a party get hit at the same time.
Perks: The Ninja Perk Card now accurately describes its behavior.
Quests: Invisible Ties now points to Momma Dolce’s instead of Vault 76 to find Liberators.
Quests: Robots in the Most Wanted event no longer spawn at a single point and become locked inside the outhouse.
Vault 76: Fixed an issue causing multiple loading screens while leaving Vault 76.
Vault 76: fixed an issue where players would lose items they picked up inside Vault 76 after leaving.
Vault 76: Fixed an issue where leaving the server while in Vault 76 would lock the camera POV
Weapons: The Auto-Axe can now be repaired at Weapons Workbenches.

July 20, 2023 Update

Today’s update to the PTS focuses on addressing Legendary Item drops! For this, we are increasing the spawn rate for Legendary Creatures to better test the fix. Please note that the increased spawn rate will not carry over into the live game and is for testing only.

Power Armor: The Hydraulic Bracers now display the correct unarmed damage in the Pip-Boy stats.
Mods: The Pneumatic Armor mod description has been changed from “Reduce incoming Stagger” to “Reduce incoming Stagger by 25%”
Resistances: Immunity to Acid, Energy, and Radiation damage will now reduce the damage of only that specific damage type, instead of the entire attack. This is to prevent other types of damage in the attack from being affected.
Trading: Addressed an issue where a highlighted item in the trade menu can change while setting its price, leading to incorrect items being offered.

Thanks for your participation in the PTS! We look forward to bringing you these changes and many more to the live game this summer.

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