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Our latest update for Fallout 76 launches today, and it's bringing with it a new area, new quests, NPC's, rewards, Season and much more to the game. Read on for more details.

Update Highlights

• Atlantic City – Boardwalk Paradise! Visit the sights of the exciting Atlantic City Boardwalk! Meet three new Factions, complete two new expeditions, earn rewards, and face off against new foes!
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Not a dumb question at all and yes! We've also recently-ish improved the changes of learning the harder to find ones.

Thanks for the update! I will let the team know about that bug as well.

I am not savvy with PC performance tips, but our CS team should be able to help you troubleshoot and optimize. (help.bethesda.net)

Last week I spent around... I'd estimate 6 hours at the DMV? I don't know who wrote that quest but I swear they frequent the same one I went to XD

Hiya! Our CS team should be able to reset that quest for your friend. Tell him to visit our help site (help.bethesda.net) and we'll get them taken care of :)

Discord User: Pie_Savvy
So how does the team choose what weapons get paints as rewards, and how does the team design them?
76 has its fair share of both subtle and wild weapon paints, and I'm assuming Atlantic city is no different, so I'm curious how does the team go about picking which weapons get that treatment and how does the process of creating them go?

Erin:
For items in general art direction seeks out input from both employees and players for ideas of what players would love.
Internally we all get to voice our opinions on which concept art designs are our favs. Once the design is picked art gets started arting!

Discord User coffee888:
In the PTS, it appears that the Muni Armor can be crafted as an item level [60]. Are there any plans to raise the level cap for weapons/armor other than the Muni Armor from the current [45/50] to higher levels in the future? If so, would you consider implementing a system to increase the level of already crafted items?

Fahad:
We are exited about the new armour set and this set in particular will be actively adjusted before it goes live to the wider community, however we're actively looking at ways to improve weapons past their current level cap.

Discord User: Zaikhun
Would it be possible for some people from Bethesda staff to share their thoughts on our most common feedback suggestions? We would like to know the Devs' opinions regarding our suggestions. Are they too demanding or not? If so, in what way? If the Devs would propose something different but taking into account some particular suggestion what would differ from our suggestion?

Stephanie:
We love hearing feedback. It shows us that people are engaging with the game and it's always exciting to see people interact with the content we make. It also shows us what issues are important to the community and helps us hone in our focus.

Discord User: falloutparticle

Orlando references the “Management “ but who are they?

Stephanie:

Orlando refers to "Management" as Mr. Otis... that name sounds oddly familiar 🤔

Discord User: KARU

Hello.

There are questions about future content. Will we ever have access to a new big open world in the future where we can explore in any direction we want? So that it is not associated with expeditions.

Stephanie:

Atlantic City is open to tourists -- players will be able to explore our new Atlantic City locations without actively being on an Expeditions mission in the near future!

Discord user: Flakles

I'm sure you guys must see players in the community constantly asking if we can get a more open world, traditional fallout DLC experience from expeditions, something like Far Harbor being the constantly echoed request. And I'm sure you guys must've at least experimented with it already - My question is, what sort of things would hold a choice like that back?

Maybe definitively providing a 'why not' will put the matter to rest among the community.

Josh Moretto (QD):

Hi, Flakles. While we continue to expand the places players can visit outside our map, the focus of Fallout 76 is and remains Appalachia. That said, players will be able to visit Atlantic City for traditional story quests and exploration outside of Expeditions in Patch 50.

Discord User: SpaceLime

So are expeditions supposed to be challenging content for end game players with decent builds or is it just coincidence that they r more difficult than most content in the game?

If they are meant to be more challenging than will the newer expeditions that get added later down the line keep increasing in difficulty?

Stephanie:

Expeditions are meant to be challenging for end game players, but also accessible for lower-level players. It's a little different from Daily Ops in the sense that we also test Expeditions missions on a wide variety of builds, including lower levels to ensure the mission feels solid to all potential players. That being said, it would be pretty difficult to play an Expedition mission if you're under level 50, but definitely not impossible.

Discord User: Smitje

what builds are the devs using?
Any pistol users?

Stephanie:

More of a rifle build 👀

Brian Baird:

I split my time between a railway rifle/VATS build and a Cold Shoulder shotgun build.

And I always keep a deathclaw gauntlet handy for close up fun.

Erin Bower:

I am also more of a rifle person. I like being far away and sneaky.

Discord User: Lux, Made Man

Hello Bethesda,

I was curious about the new overgrown enemies coming with the Atlantic City update. At the moment, we know little about them except what came up in the dev dives - that they’re plants controlling the corpses of people. What I’m wondering is if any insight can be shared on what caused them, as the other two instances of hostile vegetation were caused by some pretty out there sources (vault 22’s spore experiments and vault 94’s GECK explosion for the spore carriers and strangler vines, respectively) and there’s currently no indication of where they’re coming from.

Thank you for continuing to develop fallout 76 for these last five years!

Stephanie (Quest Designer)

The origin of the Overgrown is an unknown, but there's quite a bit of speculation within Atlantic City as to what they could be. There's more tidbits of lore to discover in the near...

Discord User: Mimori 775
Is there an opportunity for more female outfits in the game that aren't so masculine/covered up? I know there used to be the nuka girl outfit, but that was offered a long time ago and I would like to see more outfits that fit more of my style. Shorts/Low cut top/tomb raider types etc. I know people used to mod Fallout 4 to get similar effects but I feel that 76 is lacking in the female outfit variety.

Erin Bower:
we love expanding player choice in the store giving freed to be who they want in Appalachia!

We just released a Nurse Outfit based on Guinevere to the store but hear you loud and clear and will try to keep pushing more female options.

Discord User: Reca

Are there any plans to increase the camp budget? 👀

Or allow for players to even pay for more budget in all of their builds?

Erin Bower (Associate Environmental Artist)

Hello! As of right now there are no plans in the roadmap to change the camp budget. But the environment art team works diligently to make new items that are efficient and also as badass as possible. One example of this contribution is the new prefabs recently released and coming in the future. We aim to make them a single item that has the power to transform the player's camp and that can't be replicated with wall kits.

From Discord user: gogtf
I love the Auto Axe in Pitt.Is there a new weapon in Atlantic City?

Response from Fahad(Senior Systems Designer stepping in for Jae today):We all love the Auto-Axe as well! For Atlantic City we're getting a new Named Legendary pistol called the "Circuit Breaker" that will have a unique AOE effect on the final shot of the weapon! And with the second part of Atlantic City coming up soon, there will be even more to look forward to!