The “As soon as in a Blue Moon” PTS replace is being examined now

Welcome again to Fallout 76 land: subsequent cease, an enormous summer time replace. We simply bought a minor patch not too long ago, however the workforce is gearing up for the “As soon as in a Blue Moon” content material replace, which remains to be on monitor for a summer time launch (no precise date is lined up in the intervening time).

Two new public occasions are coming our manner in the summertime by way of cryptid encounters, constructing on the prior cryptid focus of the previous. The crafting interface was additionally overhauled (it’s simpler to see descriptions of mods), and far more info is proven for nearly each merchandise within the recreation, together with AP prices and injury over time (DOT) results). It’s all a part of Bethesda’s effort to make the sport extra accessible as you dig additional into the extra esoteric techniques.

As a reminder, the PTS is now accessible by way of Steam. Anybody who owns a Steam copy can get in on the PTS festivities, and also you’ll entry the PTS by a separate consumer by way of your Steam Library. Simply observe that like most PTS environments, you possibly can’t carry progress over, as Bethesda clarifies: “As with earlier iterations of the PTS, your progress is not going to carry over into the stay recreation and the Atomic Store will stay offline.”

As soon as in a Blue Moon Summer time 2023 Fallout 76 replace information (Full notes)

Our As soon as in a Blue Moon replace arrives this summer time, introducing two model new Public Occasions and two new cryptids! Each 20 minutes, one of many following Public Occasions will seem on the map;

Secure and Sound

Blue Ridge has renovated the Center Mountain Cabins to be their newest and biggest Brahmin pitstop, however they simply can’t appear to maintain the native critters at bay. The Repeller Speaker system they use to repel the creatures and maintain their Brahmin protected has been broken. To retake the pitstop and create a protected haven for his or her Brahmin to relaxation, they may want your assist! Filter out the creatures, defend the Repeller, and the Blue Ridge Caravan will reward you handsomely in your help!

Beasts of Burden

After a commerce deal goes fallacious, Luca Costa finds himself in want of some assist. A gaggle of native Cultists has stolen his Brahmin and cargo of makeshift explosives. His Uncle Vinny is not going to be completely happy if he catches wind of it.

Be further cautious to not disturb the native wildlife, nevertheless, as Cultists have not too long ago seen unusual rumblings within the woods close by.

Further Enhancements

Along with the As soon as in a Blue Moon content material, we’ve made a couple of different changes to the bottom recreation.

Expeditions

On this PTS playtesting section, now we have included some changes to Expeditions and their rewards. The next adjustments have been made:

• Gamers not must cost the Ultracite Battery to run an Expedition.
• Gasoline Quests are not necessary earlier than leaving for an Expedition and at the moment are Each day quests with up to date rewards which might be extra in-line with different Each day Quests.
• Gamers can be part of an Expedition even when they haven’t completed the search Responders Reborn however can not begin a mission as a pacesetter till they’ve accomplished that quest.
• Ashes to Hearth now grants elevated Stamps and Legendary gadgets.
• We’ve diminished the stamp price from distributors on their gadgets.

Workbench and Mod Descriptions

We’ve overhauled the best way weapon and armor mod results are displayed.

CRAFTING USER INTERFACE

• New Gameplay Setting: Present Superior Mod Descriptions.
• All mod descriptions have been up to date to raised mirror the results the mod grants.

ITEM VIEW AND INSPECTION

• AP price and Harm Over Time results at the moment are proven.
• We’ve added new icons to interchange the + and – indicators when crafting new gadgets.
• Adjustments when modding at the moment are colour coordinated.
• Set Bonuses now have an icon indicator subsequent to the impact description.
• Legendary results now have the legendary star icon subsequent to the impact description.
• Further results not usually proven elsewhere at the moment are displayed under the Legendary Results.
• Dynamic values have been added to indicate the present bonus.

BALANCE

• The Bleedout Syringe Barrel now offers bodily injury as a substitute of poison.
• Burning mods for Power Weapons now deal fireplace injury.
• We’ve adjusted the Two Shot Legendary Mod to deal its injury equally to ballistic weapons. That is to maintain the injury extra in-line with each other.

BUG FIXES

• The Sheepsquatch Shard particular impact now works appropriately.
• The “Probability to Cripple” impact now appropriately works on all weapons.

Recognized points

Whereas preventing by Each day Ops and Expeditions you might discover contextual ammo dropping in increments of 4 solely. This can be a bug that we’re conscious of and may have resolved in a future iteration of the PTS.