Please Stand By for our Fallout 76 Letter from the Directors, detailing exciting additions on the horizon for Appalachia from Creative Director Jon Rush and Production Director Bill LaCoste:

Today, many of you will start to see media and content creators talk about the upcoming Fallout 76: World Pets update (arriving this Winter) and our near-term roadmap for the future of Appalachia.

As always, we want to make sure you hear from us, as we look to a strong future for Fallout 76 that continues to be informed by you.

Bethesda Game Studios has the best community in gaming. Fallout 76 stands out in our catalog by allowing our wonderful to play in the same world together; adventuring, exploring, questing, and making new friends along the way.

A lot of growth has happened in those many years, both for us as developers and for you as gamers.  One major area of growth has been getting to know our community- you, yes, you- reading this at home, at work, or in your car (actually, don’t read while driving).

Our community comprises a wide range of players. When putting together our roadmaps, a big challenge is to make sure all types are getting something new and exciting throughout the year.

We’re excited to share with you what the team is preparing from now into the Summer of 2027.

WORLD PETS ARRIVES THIS WINTER

In December of this year, your C.A.M.P. Pet can become your “C.A.M.P.-panion!”

“World Pets” makes all C.A.M.P. Pets, just… PETS!  The more you adventure with your pet, the more capable they become as they level up right beside you.  The interactions from C.A.M.P. Pets all carry over, with several new additions to Stay, Follow, Protect, and even to Kill!

Winter is a time for our “Wasteland Wanderers” to rediscover the rolling hills of Skyline Valley with their trusty pet by their side.

The Wasteland can be a dangerous place, and the rise of bounties in the area sheds light on why the Blue Ridge Caravan Company was forced to shutter operations in Skyline Valley.

Bounty Hunting in Skyline Valley! What a great reason to take your newly combat hardened pet out on a walk.

CLEAR HIDEOUTS FOR BIG BOUNTIES NEXT SPRING

This past year has borne a marked increase in crime as bands of brave adventurers have taken up bounties to purge the worst from the Wasteland. For The Ghoul, business has been booming!

Smaller bounties have given way to larger contracts, and now a few Bounty Hunters have heard rumors of dangerous Hideouts in the dark, abandoned corners of Appalachia.

Hideouts are home to the Wasteland’s WORST of the worst.  These encampments are poised to be much more challenging, encouraging teams to try different pathways and strategies to take out the prized head honcho. 

At most levels, Hideouts acts as a much-needed steppingstone between the early endgame and Raids.  

Hideouts also offer a little more: the new "Marked" difficulty will test even the best of the best teams for the best rewards.

And to make things a little more complicated...

...you and your friends aren’t the only bounty hunters seeking riches…

Meet The Drifter.  He aims to eliminate the competition- that’s you- and keep all the rewards to himself. Experienced hunters lucky enough to thwart The Drifter will be exceptionally rewarded and renowned!

Who is this masked menace?  A rogue agent? An Enclave Operative? 

The Wasteland can truly be a very dangerous place!

Beware The Drifter…

PREPARE FOR RAVEN ROCK

A cold war heats up in the southeast between two derelict operators of the Enclave as our map expands once again.

This time towards the Capital Wasteland, giving players an acrid taste of the region almost 200 years before the events of Fallout 3.

Scabbed cliffs pocked in black snow…

…congealed with ashes of death from the destruction that rained down only 27 years ago.

This is the story that precedes the Lone Wanderer’s infamous journey and sets the stage for the inevitable.

Coming next year, “The Enclave will not rest until stability is restored.”

AND MORE!

Along the way, we have work spinning for improvements to several existing features such as Seasonal Events, rendering, weather, the new player experience, and even fishing.  Our rivers and streams will continue to spawn new seasonal fish, with rumors of a glittering gold Axolotl being spotted here and there.  There’s gold in them hills!

This is all happening over the next year, my goodness! We have features planned for years down them country roads!

There will always be a place for those large updates that bring new places to adventure, new stories to experience, and new friends.  There will also be those updates that thicken the Fallout 76 experience across the entire map, enriching the daily play sessions for everyone.

To you, our wonderful community, here’s to many more years of rebuilding Appalachia together.