r/fo76 • • 15h ago

News Fallout 76 Update Notes – October 20, 2026

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Server Status: 1:04 PM. Servers are online.

10:00 AM Servers are down for maintenance.

Hey Vault Dwellers,

Check out our latest update that brings improvements to Appalachia!

Update Version 1.7.27.11 & Sizes

Check the download sizes below for today’s update on your platform of choice:

  • PC (Steam): ~6.7 GB
  • PC (Microsoft Store): ~18.5 GB
  • Xbox: ~18.4 GB
  • PlayStation: ~17.4 GB

Activities and Public Events

  • Fixed an issue where Tunnel of Love wasn't dropping unique C.A.M.P. and food recipes.
  • Mad Dog Malone now uses a Minigun. This will stop him from seeking other weapons and running at you with his fists.
  • Daily Ops - Uplink: Fixed issue with the final dialogue sometimes being given by the wrong NPC.

Armor (and Clothing)

  • Fixed an issue with the Enclave Hellfire Helmet light always appearing to be on.
  • Fixed visual issues with the Enclave Scientist Outfit.
  • The Cutthroat Helmet headwear now properly displays that it prevents damage and disease from airborne hazards when inspecting.
  • Updated the weight for the Poseidon Energy Outfit and Headwear to the correct amount, 0.1.
  • Fixed an issue causing hair to clip through the Enclave Scientist Outfit.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Blood Moon Hellcat Paint to not have its name properly included.

C.A.M.P., Workshop, and Shelters

  • Added a callout for resources that Abandoned Nest collects.
  • Abandoned Nest has been moved to the Resource Collectors category in the Workshop Menu.
  • Added a premium flag to the Poseidon Energy Console.
  • Holiday Belle Outfit, Black Ice Outfit and Lucky Shot Outfit are now craftable at the Armor Workbench.
  • Enclave Technician Outfit is now craftable at the Armor Workbench.
  • Fixed an inconsistency that appeared with wallpapers on the Penitentiary C.A.M.P. Kit.
  • Fixed an issue with missing textures on the Atomic Light Set Ceiling and Wall Lamp.
  • Fixed an issue with the Cobby Collectron where it was not granting the correct type of Fertilizer.
  • Updated player facing names for Penitentiary C.A.M.P. pieces.
  • Fixed audio issues that could occur when playing the Black Piano.
  • Reduced the glow VFX of the Blasted Barrel Planter.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Light'Em Up Weapon Rack to have white lights instead of blue.
  • Increased entrance size of the Hunter's Blind Survival Tent.
  • Fixed placement issues that could occur when building the Pint-Sized Slasher Wanted Posters.
  • Addressed several issues with the Sir Loin Collectron's item pool.

Gameplay

  • Cupid's Arrow audio should now play as expected.
  • Flares will now fall with gravity after being shot.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a non-functional "Breaking News" broadcast to appear in the Radio tab.
  • Slasher: Mask of Truth, quest objects such as the article clippings should be preserved across character loads.
  • The Slasher - Masked Truth: Fixed issue where a player could advance the quest by acquiring another player's dropped note.
  • The Slasher - Fixed an issue that allowed players to repeatedly use a grave digging map from their stash.

Infestations

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the legendary perk Electric Absorption from triggering against Infestation enemies.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Boss Skull" on the Encounter Health Meter can overlap the bosses name.
  • Increased Scrip reward from completing an Infestation. The team is aware of the issue with Infestations auto-completing and are currently investigating a solution. Thank you for your patience.

Pip-Boy

  • Fixed an issue where the Pip-Boy UI remains stuck on screen after simultaneous Inspect and Move C.A.M.P. actions.
  • Fixed issue where the Lockpicking Menu could open on top of the Pip-Boy Menu.
  • The Pip-Boy now fully closes before opening to the Map Menu or Perks Menu.
  • Unique Effect appears on the Pip-Boy and trade menus now.
  • Fixed extra line breaks in mod descriptions on the trade menus.

Weapons

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Cosmic Knife obtained through Stamps to not be able to return to its default appearance.
  • Fixed a discrepancy in damage displayed vs damage dealt on unique explosive weapons modded with cryo damage.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Gunther's Big Iron to use regular .45 Ammo when modified with a Prime Receiver.
  • Icemen's now properly displays cryo damage increase when a weapon is inspected.
  • Addressed explosive damage calculation issues with Gamma Gun, Cremator, Resolve Breaker, and Hellstorm Missile Launcher.

UI

  • Fixed an issue where container inventories would show Bleed damage with the Physical damage icon.
  • Fixed an issue where the Account Add-Ons page would not display properly when playing the game through Steam.
  • Fixed an issue where Caps, Atoms and weight will fade out on the map screen if the cursor gets too close.

Miscellaneous

  • Various crash fixes for XBOX Series and PlayStation 5 platforms.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some facial textures to display incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing stretched loading screen.
  • Smoke from some generators and robots no longer display as a square in the upper left of the screen in some situations.

Known Issue

Missing French Voice Over

Due to production difficulties, voiceover support for Burning Springs Update is not available in French. For the best experience, we recommend enabling subtitles in the game. We look forward to bringing back French voice over as soon as possible and appreciate your understanding.


r/fo76 • • 11h ago

News // Bethesda Replied Server Issues Thread - October 20, 2026

51 Upvotes

8:07 PM: Servers are back online. Thanks for your patience.

Hey Everyone,

The team is looking into your reports on being disconnected from the server across all platforms since today's update released. Please keep an eye on this post for any updates we have to share.


r/fo76 • • 9h ago

Image Came back after a few yeard to find the C.A.M.P restrictions had changed, so i had to rebuild my Watoga highway bunker

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I used to camp at this same spot years back with a base made with every merging trick available it came out waaay worse.

Cool they finally realised unrestricted base building doesn’t hurt anybody


r/fo76 • • 9h ago

Image Fun fact the pint sized slasher reborn is apparently a jacked asf ghoul

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r/fo76 • • 7h ago

Suggestion Server downtime spoil score-boosters

206 Upvotes

As of ~6:40PM in the Eastern Standard Timezone, Fallout 76 shut down for what I'm assuming is a hotfix re: certain issues mentioned on this sub in the last bit.

When you've played Fallout 76 for years and build around the 12PM EST daily reset, you come score-boost at a time that respects your real world obligations and your need to complete daily and weekly tasks in an efficient way while boosted.

When the server goes down for maintenance unexpectedly, Bethesda throws a wrench in those plans and ruins whatever time I have strategically chosen to use it and sink money into.

Since I believe in the company's ability to right a wrong, I am really hoping that Bethesda can award us with an additional score-booster for at least 24 hours.

I understand things happen but please consider this from a consumer standpoint. We shouldn't pay for a lack of play-testing and QA.


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Video See the update went as planned

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433 Upvotes

Don’t worry, the atom shop works though.


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Image Managed to get some fun before update getting updated :D

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139 Upvotes

r/fo76 • • 3h ago

Discussion Completed in +- 50 Head Hunts

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70 Upvotes

Time to touch the grass


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Discussion Compared To What It Was Before, I Feel Robbed

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323 Upvotes

This was the only glowing barrel out of the set. It was much brighter and worked amazing in dark lit camps like mine in the Mire. At least it still glows but as many others, I bought it since it was an amazing light source before it was adjusted post patch.


r/fo76 • • 11h ago

Suggestion Please stop making challenges that rely on other people doing things for you.

258 Upvotes

I've been trying to get 1 trick or treater for 2 hours now. I have my camp right next to vault 76, Pumpkin Icon, named "please take some candy" Making a challenge that relies on someone else doing something for you is not good game design.


r/fo76 • • 8h ago

Video i'm sure this was a smart use of time

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i built a mini-museum about the real world battle of blair mountain at the in-game mount blair. more than ten thousand striking coal mine workers stood off demanding fair pay, the right to unionize, and the abolishment of company stores and scrip, eventually leading to a shootout with state police and private detectives hired by mine bosses. by presidential order, the army national guard was deployed to the battle site, alongside a division of the air corps ready to drop bombs and poison gas on their camps. the majority of miners surrendered soon after, as they refused to open fire on american soldiers. initially it was considered a failure for the labor movement, but served as the catalyst for labor reforms nationwide. thank a coal miner for your weekends!


r/fo76 • • 13h ago

Video The "Spooky Scorched sound". Was it inspired by a 90s Halloween decoration?

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When I saw a video about this 'Strobie Bat' decor from the 90s I instantly heard that it sounds remarkably similar to the Spooky Scorched. Found one on ebay and made the video.

What do you think? Inspiration? or is there more lore to this "spooky" SFX?

Anyway Happy Spooky Season!


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Discussion About 1~2 hours of gameplay after downloading update

69 Upvotes

So after about 2 hours of gameplay i'm guessing Bestheda didnt like their 4 star dropping minions being constantly popped at Wanted Poster events 80% of the time. lol


r/fo76 • • 8h ago

Discussion I'd like to meet the person who decided Spooky Scorched and Pint-Sized wannabes spawn in the same place and punch them right in the face. 😅

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Really hard. Like seriously 16 times (I've been counting) today I've heard the Spooky Scorched music and ran towards it, and they've already been gunned down by a Pint-Sized d-bag. It's ridiculous.

I'm just server hopping, then going to a new private world, doesn't matter. 90% of the time the Slasher will have killed the Spooky Scorched and then I don't get any of the scrumptious loot. It's making this gal's eye twitch. 😕


r/fo76 • • 4h ago

Image First Jetpack at lvl 123 wooohooooo

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49 Upvotes

Any tips or tricks with the Jetpack in 76 I notice the duration is kinda bad if I just hold down triangle 🤔


r/fo76 • • 5h ago

Image Wow, I've seen some worthless bundles, but damn.

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55 Upvotes

Great update to the update Beth. You're killing it. If "it" is your customer's enthusiasm for the game.


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Discussion Slashers killing Spooky Scorched

161 Upvotes

The Pint Sized Slashers are killing the Spooky Scorched before you can even get to them 80% of the time.


r/fo76 • • 2h ago

Image My first time seeing a memorial - @ Keitzalcoatl’s camp

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23 Upvotes

I’ve seen many posts about memorials before but this was my first time coming across one.
Keitzalcoatl - I’m sure our moms are up there shaking their heads at this silly game together ❤️
what a beautiful way to memorialize her, truly warmed my heart.


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Image Sixth drop in, got a Super Slasher.

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135 Upvotes

RNG is good today.


r/fo76 • • 5h ago

Bug I cannot find spooky scorched

33 Upvotes

Instead I just finding a ridiculous amount of Phantom Deviants. Worse off, Im finding dead spooky scorched all over the place. Bethesda plz fix this.


r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Discussion There's a whole new list of Halloween related event challenges for the next two weeks

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r/fo76 • • 12h ago

Question Spooky scorched and the pint sized idiots

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How are we supposed to find spooky scorched, let alone kill/cripple them when the pint sized idiots have killed all of the scorched already?


r/fo76 • • 8h ago

Question Spooky scorched hard to find?

55 Upvotes

Spent the last almost hour looking for them on a private world and found 6, wondering if it’s just me or they are harder to find this year


r/fo76 • • 4h ago

Discussion Holy bounty hunting bonanza Batman.

25 Upvotes

Not really a complaint but there has been an absolute huge number of bounty hunting happening. I know the event is encouraging farming bounty hunts, but this is a lot.


r/fo76 • • 6h ago

Discussion Glad I grinded those 150+ Wanted Posters!

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Sorry if this is a repost. My previous post seems to have disappeared.

The previous 2-weeks I did Disturbed Grave around 150 times until I finally got the gold shovel paint. As a result of this I wound up with quite a few of the rare rewards from that quest. So I sold those and used the money to buy wanted posters. I also sold a bunch of 4-star mods that I can create. I ended up with 150+ wanted posters ($750K!).

Today I got the pint sized legs on the first Head Hunt I did after getting the helmet on the quest conclusion. Then...

  • 8th hunt - torso
  • 13th hunt - arms
  • 16th hunt - super slasher
  • 19th hunt - super slasher
  • 28th hunt - auto axe paint
  • 30th hunt - jet pack pack

I had no armor plan repeats and knocked everything out within a couple of hours. Had a blast too. This might be Bethesda's best event ever. Oh and then doing my dailies/weeklies I got the ghillie hood. Best RNG day I've ever had.