You’ll find plenty of goodies when traversing the great wasteland of Appalachia in Fallout 76, ranging from pieces to craft with all the way to impressive weapons. Survival isn’t easy, but finding?? some rare goods certainly makes it feel wor?th it.

One of the rarest fi?nds is the Nuka Cola Cranberry, the berry-flavored version of everyone’s favorite wasteland soda. The Nuka Cola Cranberry isn’t easy to find, but if ??you’re willing to look, we’re here to show you where you need to go. 

Nuka Cola Cranberry locations in Fallout 76

There are a handful of different spots where Nuka Cola Cranberry is guaranteed to be found in Fallout 76, and two that have a chance to drop it. T?he easiest one is at The Sludge Works �on top of a small building that has a yellow grill on top, there is a fridge missing a door. There will be a Nuka Cola Cranberry inside for the taking.

Here are two more easy locations to ??find a Nuka Cola Cranberry ??at:

• Inside the trailer out back of Ammo Dump, there is a desk on the left-hand side where a Nuka Cola Cranberry will be sitting next to a computer and a lamp
• At the Sacrament location, there is a yellow wooden crate sitting on the ground that will have a Nuka Cola Cranberry inside.

Most Nuka Cola Cranberries are found in the s??outhern half of the map, so if you’re looking to stumble upon them, head that way. 

Another way to get a Nuka Cola Cranberry is to build a Nuka-Cola Collectron station at your C.A.M.P. Every seven minutes, there is a 10% chance that you’ll get a Nuka Cola Cranberry drop from the machine. Just make sure not to your use a nuke code to destroy your own spot.

There is also a chance that it can drop from a Nuka-Cola Mystery Machine, another C.A.M.P. machine. This is much smaller than the Collectron's, as itâ€?™s only a 3.33% chance every five minutes and 15 caps. There’s no guarantee it will drop at either machine, but having a chance is ni?ce.

What to use Nuka Cola Cranberry for in Fallout 76

When you? drink it, Nuka Cola Cranberry will restore 40 HP and give you a +2% bo??nus in XP for 10 minutes afterward. This drink also doesn’t spoil, so you can keep it on hand or at your base without trouble.

Often, you’ll also have daily or weekly challenges that require you to drink a number of Nuka Co?la Cranberries to c?omplete. 

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If there’s one thing that every Fallout game has taught us, it’s that humans never learn their lesson. As if Earth needed to endure any more nuclear explosions, Fallout 76 allows players to launch nukes of their own and even encourages them to do so.&??nbsp;

While obtaining pre-war nuclear launch codes was a privilege only a few in the world had, the post-apocalyptic wasteland hands out codes as if they were phone numbers. If you're looking to leave a radioactive scar upon Earth yourself, you're gonna need to know what Nuke Codes are currently active.

Currently active Fallout 76 Nuke Codes:

Nuke Codes reset every Sunday at 5pm PT / 8p??????????????????????????m ET / Monday 12am UTC

What are Nukes Codes used for in Fallout 76?

In Fallout 76, Nuke Codes are weekly codes for launching nukes across the Appalachian Wasteland. When the codes reset every Sunday night, any codes?? held within player inventories will be deleted. Each code consists of eight digits corresponding to one of the three nuclear launch sites within the game: Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie. Since each code can be used by any player while they are active, the community comes together to decipher the codes each week so that individuals don't have to.

Besides nuking other playersâ€?camps for fun, nuclear launches play a vital role in the endgame of Fallout 76. After an area is nuked, some of the highest-level enemies, loot, and mutated flowers spawn within the newly created blast ??zone. Some bosses such as the Scorchbeast Queen only spawn when partic??ular areas are nuked. 

How to use Nuke Codes in Fallout 76

Every player is capable of taking advantage of the regions nuked by other players but to launch n??ukes of your own, there are some prerequisites??. 

Here’s what needs to be done in order to use Nuke Codes to launch nuclear missil??es:

1. Complete the Main Quest
2. Become a member of the Enclave faction
3. Complete the Enclave quest, I am Become Death (This acts as a tutorial for the launch process)

   1. Alternatively, having a team member launch a nuke will automatically complete the quest for you.

4. Obtain a Nuclear Keycard - By using the tracking terminal located within the Whitespring Congressional Bunker, you can trigger a repeatable quest to track a cargobot convey which carries a Nuclear Keycard.
5. Travel to any of the three nuclear launch sites: Alpha, Bravo, or Charlie
6. Fight high-level enemy hordes within the launch site. (Prepare for level 50+ robots)
7. Input the weekly Nuke Codes found at the top of this page that correspond to the nuclear launch site you’re at. (Ex. the Alpha code only works for Launch Site Alpha.)
8. Select your target and launch your nuclear missile

Where are the nuclear launch sites in Fallout 76?

There are three n?uclear launch sites in Fallout 76, each located within the Savage Divide region. There aren't many differences between them, but if a player has recently used a site to launch a nuke, the interior will be on lockdown (effectively a cooldown state).

Where to find Launch Site Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie

Launch Site Alpha

Site Alpha is located North of?? West Tek Research Center.

Launch Site Bravo

Site Bravo is found di??rectly South of the Palace of the Winding Path, or Northeast of ??the Grafton Dam.

Launch Site Charlie

Site Charlie is Southwest ?of Foundation ?within a warehouse facility.

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Each year, October 23 is deemed Fallout Day, and this time aro?und, Bethesda is celebrating in style. To kick off celebrations, the developer has made its multiplayer prequel free-to-play for a limited time.

It's fair to say that Fallout 76's 2018 launch was nothing short of a disaster. Controversy after controversy marred the release of what should have been an exciting period for the franchise. A multiplayer Fallout game - what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, quite a lot, but Bethesda in the years since has released plenty of updates and expansions to make Fallout 76 a worth entry into the franchise.

Fallout 76 goes free-to-play until October 29

You've got until October 29 to try Fallout 76 for free across Xbo??x, PlayStation, and PC, after which it will become pay-to-play again. This should be plenty of time for you to decide whether Bethesda's multiplayer open world is for you.

Throughout Fallout 76's free-to-play period, the game is available at a steep 75% discount on all platforms, bringing it down to just $9.99. If you've sat on the fence about trying Fallout 76 over the last few year?s, now's a great time to take the plunge.

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Up to 40% of a game's total sales occur in the first month, according to the SSRN Electronic Journal. Consequently, the best strategy for studios is to ensure?? their titles launch with a bang. Some strategic marketing is necessary to ac??hieve this. Piling up good reviews from critics and gamers is also vital, meaning it's essential for games to launch in a polished state.

Over the years, a few titles have missed the mark terribly, resulting in catastrophic launches. The ??following list contains some of the worst offenders in gaming history.

2024 addendum

To borrow a common internet adage, it's like Concord read this list and said, "Hold my beer." As s?uch, we felt it would b?e a good time to add to this list. It felt as though it would remain incomplete without what is currently the most talked about crash.

But rather than slotting in Concord and calling ?it a day, I'm going to also add a couple of my favorite launch failures. Smangeliso already did a bang-up job on compiling some of the worst, so th??ose are left untouched.

13. Trespasser - Jurassic Park

The move to 3D graphics was a painful one. Over-ambition was common, and nowhere was this more obvious than with Trespasser, a game based on the Jurassic Park franchise. The lead-u??p to the launch promised a game that used a real-time physics engine and artificial i?ntelligence that would make dinosaurs flock together and act based on their specific needs.

Trespasser was technically impressive when it launched. However, the game was rushed so urgently that every promised feature was only technically implemented. Dinosaur AI, for example, wasn't ready for prime time, so the dinosaur's anger was cranked up to maximum, and that was it. The real-time physics and inverse kinematic animations resulted in the thunder lizards staggering around drunkenly. It's hi??larious, it's easily one of my favorite terrible games.

12. SimCity (2013)

The first SimCity was released in 1989 and became one of the most influential games in the history of the industry. It practically created the city-builder genre and laid the groundwork for all kinds of management games. Makes sense that EA would be the ones to screw that up. The publisher decided that the once single-player city builder should have a multiplayer element, and that was enough to warrant an always-online requirement for SimCity (2013). Previous botche??d attempts at always-online had soured the already mixed feelings on the requirement, and it proved to be warranted when many players had difficult?y downloading, connecting, and staying connected to play the game.

It didn't stop at the online issues, however. Many changes to the SimCity formula were not well received, such as an almost microscopic map size to build on and mindless traffic that p??layers would put through veritable mazes of streets to demonstrate their insistence on taking the most direct path, rather tha?n an easily acceptable and better alternative. Three years later, EA would remove the always-online requirement, but at that point, it was far too late.

11. WWE 2K20

The WWE franchise has had a long presence in the gaming scene, and titles like Smackdown! vs Raw 2006 and SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain are memorable games that successfully replicate the testosterone-flooded ac??tion of sports entertainment.

When WWE 2K20 launched in October 2019, day-one buyers ended up with a game sporting atrocious graphics that looked like they belonged on a PS3. The gameplay wasn't any better, and the numerous glitches made WWE 2K20 a pain to play. The game's terrible reception was one of the reasons WWE 2K21 was canceled. It was for the best, as when the franchise returned with WWE 2K22, it achieved double its predecessor's ??launch s??ales.

10. New World

Amazon's New World hit stores in September 2021, and the launch was nothing but chaos. Servers were flooded, resulting in players waiting for hours before they could start playing. When people were eventually able to play, they discovered that while the core game was good, it was also plagued with game-bre??aking glitches. Since release, plenty of updates have been pushed out, and the game is in a better state, but it failed to be the enduring classic that Amazon was likely aiming for.

9. Anthem

When Anthem was announced, the flashy marketing successfully caught the attention of the gaming world. Unfortunately, when Anthem launched in 2019, it was immediately critically panned. Critics and gamers alike complained about many elements, including boring mis?sions, technical glitches, poor performance, and excessive grinding. The game failed to meet EA's expectations, and future development??s for it were cut in 2021.

8. The Last of Us Part 1 (PC)

Though the PS5 version launched without any major issues, the PC port of The Last of Us Part 1 has been nothing short of a disaster. Players were greeted with technical issues and absurdly long loading times, making the game unplayable for some. Since launch, many have pointed the finger at Iron Galaxy, the studio?? Naughty Dog entrusted with the port. It won't be the last time the studio appears on the list, so there may be some truth to the accusations.

7. Fallout 76

In 2018, Bethesda took Fallout online with Fallout 76. The game promised to allow players to explore dystopian settings with friends, which is an idea that has great potential. When Fallout 76 launched in November 2018, it was far from what gamers expected, resulting in the PC version scoring a measly 52 on Metacritic. Due to the bad press, many gamers stayed away, and as a result, Fallout 76 had lower launch sales numbers than Fallout 4 and Fallout New Vegas.

6. Batman: Arkham Knight (PC)

Arkham Knight's PS4 and Xbox One versions were developed by Rocksteady Studios, and the PC port was handed off to Iron Galaxy. This proved to be a mistake. When Arkham Knights launched on PC, it crashed con??stantly and feat?ured technical issues that rendered it unplayable for many.

The situation got so bad that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment suspended sales of the Windows version of the game in June 2015 while? developers worked on patches to fix the game. Though the game has improved plenty, the historically disastrous launch won't be forgotten any time soon.

5. eFootball

The free-to-play sports game eFootball was released in September 2021. The concept wasn't a bad one, though the execution left a lot to be desired. Gamers were met with atrocio?us graphics, endless technical is?sues, and visual bugs that have made for some hilarious screenshots. With a score of 25 on Metacritic, it is one of the lowest-rated games of all time.

4. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

When it was revealed that the GTA trilogy would receive a remake?, excitement was high. Launch day arrived in November 2021, and gamers were less than satisfied. The trilogy was rife with technical issues, ugly character models, and visual errors, which should have been spotted during the QA phase of development. To placate fans, Rockstar offered the original trilogy to all customers who had purchased the remake via the Rockstar Store.

3. Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 is a title that has been a ubiquitous fixture in gaming for years, and not always for good reasons. When Cyberpunk 2077 launched in 2020, the experience was so bad droves of gamers demanded refunds, and Sony eventually pulled the game from ??the PS Store. Fortunately, the story doesn't end on a sour note, as developers have worked hard to improve the game, and after several patches and updates, the game is one of ??the most enjoyable open-world titles on current-gen consoles.

2. No Man's Sky

Like many other titles on the list, the developers made plenty of big promises before the game's release. When No Man's Sky launched, gamers realized that many of the promised features were missing, and the performance was poor. There was plenty of outrage, though Hello Games didn't abandon No Man's Sky. Instead, developers got to work releasing patches and updates that slowly but surely improved the game. Today, No Man's Sky is a bestsel?ler available on almost all platforms.

1. Concord

Concord's failed launch was so severe that it will probably be studied for years to come. It was enough to warrant an update on this list. It was reportedly the result of years of work and millions upon millions of dollars, and lasted two weeks before it was pulled from marketplaces with a refund being issued to those who had bought it. At least one report suggests that Sony dumped $400 million into the project and was betting on it being the future of the brand. Take that with a grain of salt; it hasn't yet been substantiated. However, the live service sector of the industry is packed to the gills with people hoping to be the next Fortnite, and simply dropping an expensive game in there is not enough to capture the crowd. Whether or not Concord reappears in some form in the future r??emains to be seen.

There's no shortage of games with failed launches, and the future will feature plenty mo??re. From these cases, we learn that although delays may be frustrating, terrible launches are far worse. We ??also see that even the worst launches don't have to spell the end for a game so long as developers persevere.

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A Bump in the Road is the quest in Fallout 76 that sees you join a business partner and start your own caravan company. This is an intrinsic part of the Fallout universe, ?and now you get to engage with it every time you log in.

You'll need to seek out the A Bump in the Road quest in Fallout 76 by heading to Skyline Valley on the map. It should be automatically added to your quest log as a side quest once you're in the area. Check your Pi?p-Boy for details and track it so you don't lose sight of what you should be doing. As for tackling the quest, you're going to? need to get a little violent and learn the ropes of what it takes to be a caravan guard in the Appalachian Wasteland.

How to complete A Bump in the Road in Fallout 76

Below, I've explained how to complete A Bump in the Road in Fallout 76 in easy-to-follow steps. It's not a huge?ly complex quest, but there are points that can trip you up if you don't know what to do, as well as some tough enemy encounters that will th?row you off.

Step 1: Investigate the flare

The first part of this quest sends you to a lookout tower to investigate a flare. It's pretty straigh?tforward in theory. Just head to the location marked on your map and have a look?? around. That is until you reach this location and realize that you're in for a tough fight.

The area is filled with high-level Super Mutants, and they're out ??for blood. One has a minigun up in the tower, a few have grenades, and the others just want to rip you apart with blunt objects. Bring your most powerful weapons to this fight because they won't let up. I ended up ripping them apart with a powerful axe because I couldn't land a shot.

Once you've cleared out all the Super Mutants, and make sure you really have cleared them all out, you need to search the cage underneath the lookout?? tower. There's a body in here with an item called Luke's Holotape that you must pick up and listen t?o.

The Holotape has a harrowing final note on it from Luke, a man working as a caravanner who took a risk he shouldn't have. He asks you to pick up the cargo from the Brahmin he was using and take it to Milepost Zero??. You'll find the Brahmin next to the cages of flesh at the top of the camp.

Step 2: Visit Milepost Zero

Your next objective is to visit Milepost Zero, a new location right at the bottom of the map. I fast traveled to a nearby camp and walked along to it, but make sure you ??watch out for Feral Ghouls in the area because they are no joke.

Here, you'll meet Marley. She's trying to start her own caravan company and needs a little help. If you want to help her, you're going to need to buy into the company to get it off the ground. This costs 500 Caps, which isn't cheap, but it also won't take you long to ear?n that many if you play well.

Step 3: Complete a Caravan: Skyline Drive World Event

Once you've paid your way in, you'll need to head out and complete a Caravan: Skyline Drive World Event. This is pretty simple to do either by speaking to Marley and asking to run a caravan or by joining a World Event that's already in progress. The symbol you want to pick to join this World Event on the map looks like a Brahmin head and will transport you directl??y to it.

These World Events aren't the easiest to complete. The Brahmin, your caravan, will head to its destination, and you've got to defend it from everything under the sun that tries to kill it. I encountered some incredibly high-level enemie??s doing this, including a Blue Devil, which wasn't fun at all.

There will also be sections of trees on the road that slow your Brahmin down. You'll need to cut through them with your weapons and rush the Brahmin on to get the mission done within the time limit. However, once you reach that destination, you'll receiv?e a big package of?? Supplies and other useful items.

Step 4: Return to Marley

Head back to Marley at Milepost Zero and talk with her. Since y??ou're now part of the c?aravan company, you get a say in who you hire. This will cost you Supplies, which you can earn more of by completing more Caravan World Events.

The employees you hire will add new elements to the caravan company's HQ. For example, I hired a Brahmin Tamer, which allows you to have easy access to Brahmin Milk. There are several employees to hire, and you'll eventually want to invest in? them all by completing more World Events and spending those supplies. Over time, you'll create an incredibly profitable business.

After making your first hire, you'll complete the quest. This leaves you all set up for more caravan runs and the prospects of building a booming business in the post-apoca??lypse.

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I can’t believe we’re up to Season 18, but it’s just around the corner for Fallout 76. It’s time for new rewards like p?aint jobs and C.A.M.P. items. So, when does it start?

Fallout 76 Season 18 starts September 3, 2024. ?This means it will start when the Milepost Zero update drops.

Fallout 76 Season 18 Rewards

Bethesda has only released information on some of the rewards that are coming up for Fallout 76 Season 18, but only a few. However, the build in the PTS server has been datamined by Nuka Knights. Here they are as best I can organize them.

Apparel

• Desperado Cowboy Hat
• Blue Ridge BoS Underarmor
• Blue Ridge Secret Service Underarmor
• Mallow Outfit

Player Cosmetics

• Facepaint Smudge

Backpack and Backpack Related Flair

• Shopping Basket Backpack
• Ghost Backpack Flair
• Turkey Backpack Flair
• Snowman Head Backpack Flair

C.A.M.P. Items

• Hanging Cauldron
• Brewing Vat
• Metal Sheet Barricade
• Blue Ridge Turrets
• Rusted Turrets
• Pillar (Display Case)
• Recolored Saloon Door
• Cactus
• Destroyed Wagon
• Farm Wagon
• Mr. Fuzzy Blue Ridge
• Reinforced Wagon
• Mountain Stein
• Tractor
• Corroded Concrete C.A.M.P. Kit
• Telephone Pole
• Barn
• Flat Bed Small
• Gas Awning
• Raider Lodge
• Gang Plank Ramp
• Train Box Car Blue
• Espressomachine
• Standing Windmill Generator
• Backpack Display
• Blacksmith Sign
• Gunsmith Sign
• Sheriff Sign
• End of Season Art
• Kill Sign
• Raider Wallspikes
• Jumpy Juice Company Tea Machine
• Cat Tail Bush
• Atomic Roller (Skeeball)
• Backyard Chair
• Jack o Lights
• Rusted Jack O Lights
• Moonshine Brewing Workbench
• Vault Tec Mineral Extractor
• Cow Spot Porch Stashbox
• Fort Partition Catwalk
• Trackhouse
• Red Rocket Coffee Machine
• Red Rocket Dumpster
• Halloween Weather Control Station
• Superduper Mart Letterset
• Midnight Clock
• Mothman Chime
• Cream Hammock
• Fort Partition
• Antique Armoire
• Oak Barrels Secret Door
• Fort Fortress Wood Door
• Helvetia Window
• Fall Shrub
• Ghost Scarecrow
• Incinerator Fireplace
• Orthofonic Deluxe
• Prank Roach
• Outdoor Rug
• Terrorsaurus
• Fort Fortress C.A.M.P. Kit
• For Fortress Porch
• Neon Sign Free
• Hanging Lantern
• Fort Partition Catwalk Stairs
• Superduper Mart Prefab
• Toolshed
• Superduper Mart Register
• Please Close the Door Sign
• Trick or Treat Wall Sign
• Wall Mounted US Flag
• Ammo Storage Box Vault Tec
• Vault Tec Fallout 1st Survival Tent
• Mallow Figure
• Rather Be Camping Poster
• Mr. Bony
• Radiant Panel Floor
• Wall Lights Atomic
• Wallpaper Harmony

Player Icons

• Blue Ridge Eye Helmet
• Blue Ridge Gatling Gun
• Blue Ridge Logo
• Blue Ridge Mr. Fuzzy
• Caravan
• Deperado
• Roadside Warrior
• Supermutant

Photomode Frame

• Country Roads
• Country Roads 2

Skins

• Blue Ridge BoS Infantry
• Blue Ridge Civil Engineer
• Blue Ridge Robot Armor
• Blue Ridge Scout Armor
• Blue Ridge Secret Service

Weapon Skins

• Light Em Up Gatling Gun
• Blue Ridge Gatling Gun
• Blue Ridge Laser Gun
• Rusted Minigun
• Rusted Tesla
• Rusted Handmade
• Stop Sign
• Graffiti Stop Sign
• Roasting Stick Sword

Armor Paint

• Rusted Paint

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In the latest Inside the Vault article, Bethesda announced that Fallout 76 players will soon be able to try out running their own caravan company in the Appalachian Wasteland?. While the future will be limited to the Public Test Server, for now, it will eventually make its way to the live g?ame.

Bethesda's announcement covers more than just the caravan company feature. It discusses everything coming to the Public Test Server as the developer slowly trials every feature in Fallout 76's next major patch. In addition to allowing players to set up their own mobile trad??ing company, the Public Test Server has a new ve?rsion of the Mischief Night event and Legendary Crafting.

Follow the caravan questline

At the time of writing, anyone who jumps into Fallout 76's Private Test Server can start the caravan questline and learn the ropes for running their own caravan company. Your character must be level 20, and all you need to do is keep an eye out for a flare somewhere in the Skyline Valley region. Follow that flare to dis?cover Stony Ma??n Lookout and begin the new questline.

Mischief Night is returning, but it's moved to Rapidan Camp. This is the game's Halloween event, which makes sense since this update won't go live until later this year. The event will be on a daily rotation, so keep an eye out, test it, and use this ??time to prepare for?? all the cosmetic grinding you'll do later in 2024.

Finally, this patch changes how Legendary Crafting works in the Public Test Server. The idea is for this system to give players more control over the Legendary Mods on their Legendary items. The new system adds Legendary Particles to the game, which you get?? by scrapping Legenda?ry items or trading them with other players. You can then use Legendary Particles to craft Legendary Mods.

The Legendary Crafting changes sound like a better system than what we have, but what I'm most excited about with this patch is being able to set up and run my own caravan company. Caravan traders are present in every Fallout game and feel like part of each entry's world.

Establishing your own company and trading goods with Vault Dwellers or fictional NPCs across the Appalachian Wasteland will be a real dream come true for me. The P??ublic Test Server is PC-only, so I'll be waiting to play with this new feature when it eventually hits the live game on all platforms.

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I always wished that the board games of the Fallout universe had playable modules similar to the arcade holotapes found in each game. But even though they aren't functional, it doesn't mean they're useless. The board games in Fallout 76 can be scrapped for some of the most valuable materials throughout Appala??chia.

Finding and scrapping these board games is a commonly assigned Seasonal Challenge that isn't too difficult to complete. To save you some time with your Seasonal Challenges, we've compiled the best locations to find board games in Fallout 76.

The best locations to find board games in Fallout 76

Whitespring Refuge

A primary player hub and the all-around best location for many scavenging materials, Whitespring Refuge is home to five board games in the Rec Room on the west end of the building. Since this is one of the most popular loca?tions in the game, you may have to hop worlds during primetime hours to find a world that other players haven't picked clean.

Eta Psi House

The only instanced building in Fraternity Row, the Eta Psi House also contains five board games scattered through the rooms of the residence. There are also rare Nuka-Cola spawns and other valuable junk items in the house, which makes t??his location a wort?hy stop if you need to knock out many Seasonal Challenges at once.

Putnam Residence

Found in the Lewis and Sons Farming Supply POI, this barn house is quick and easy to drop into and speed loot the board games and other junk items. There's also a convenient crafting table ??inside so you can scrap your inventory and keep your pack light.

Grafton Pawn Shop

Located in the city of Grafton, the pawn shop is an instanced building w?ith an assortment of goodies. While the items aren't as numerous as the other locations in this guide, there are three board games which are enough to fulfill the requirements for the Seasonal Challenge. T??here's also a Tinker's Workbench which allows you to scrap all of the items collected in the shop.

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Of all of the Seasonal Challenges in Fallout 76, the item acquisition quests are among the most tedious. Throughout your journey, you'll get an idea of where to fight particular enemy types or where to farm junk items f?or scrap quests. But what about when the Seasonal Challenges task you with finding an assortment of Teapots? It is??n't immediately obvious how to go about completing these types of quests.

To make matters worse, the one POI that sounds perfect for the task of gathering Teapots, The Giant Teapot, only has ??one measly Teapot in the area. But fret not, this guide will save you the trouble of scouring the Appalachian Wasteland for tea party supplies.

The best locations for finding Teapots in Fallout 76

Palace of the Winding Path

The Palace of the Winding Path is by far the greatest farming location for Teapots in Fallout 76; There's simply no better alternative. Although we'll mention a few other locations, there isn't any reason to go anywhere other than the Palace of the Winding Path. You can expect ?to find up to 14 Teapots around the POI, which is over three times as many as the other locations in the game.

Helvetia

Helvetia is one of the simpler town layouts in Fallout 76. You can expect to find up to four Teapots within the various buildings of the town. If, for some reason, the Palace of the Winding Path is fully looted in every world you jump to, Helvet??ia is the only alternative location worth traveling to.

Appalachian Antiques

It makes sense that Teapots can be found at an antique store. But compared to the other locations above, traveling to the southern end of the map for t?wo Teapots might not be worth the fast-travel cost.

Dolly Sods Wilderness

There aren't many reasons to come out to Dolly Sods Wilderness, but there are two Teapots that can be found here. One of them is on a shelf in the gift shop behind Scout Leader Treadly, while the other is on top of the stove in the house west of the? Ranger Cabin.

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Fiberglass is a commonly used material in armor, energy weapons, and various workshop items in Fallout 76. Stockpiling a large amount of Fiberglass is necessary if you plan on building some of the most useful C.A.M.P. items in the game. Besides its crafting purposes, players will occasionally receive a Seasonal Challenge to scrap items into Fiberglass.

Whether you're farming fiberglass to create the C.A.M.P. of your dreams or to knock out the S??easonal Challenge, you'll want to know what the best items that scrap into Fiberglass are. This guide will identify the best Fiberglass it?ems and the most efficient farming locations for each.

Every junk item that scraps into fiberglass in Fallout 76

Despite hav??ing many different types of junk? items that yield fiberglass, two of these items stand out. Composite Skis and Telephones are the best items for farming fiberglass since they can be conveniently found in large quantities across the Appalachian Wasteland.

The best locations for items that scrap into fiberglass

No matter your carry weight, the following farming locations will leave you with plenty of Fiberglass after a quick scr?ap run. If you want to optimize these runs, equip "Pocketed" gear and perk cards such as "Strong Back" so you can carry more junk items with each trip.

Composite Skis at Pleasant Valley Ski Resort

The Pleasant Valley Ski Resort is the premier location for finding Composite Skis in Fallout 76. This Composite Ski farming run is simple:

1. Fast travel to the Pleasant Valley Ski Resort and collect Composite Skis that are found on racks outside of each building.
2. Head inside the main resort building and down to the vendor area where Ski Swords can be found.
3. Collect Ski Swords throughout the building since these scrap into Composite Skis.
4. After clearing out the area, leave the main building and head towards Top of the World. Along the path are crafting stations you can use to scrap your junk and manage your carry weight if it's already become an issue.
5. Loot Composite Skis from the many racks found around the Top of the World elevator area.
6. The Mezzanine Floor of Top of the World has a ton of Composite Skis and Ski Swords. Loot every room and rack that you come across.
7. Take the elevator to the Observation Floor and grab the two Composite Skis found next to Rose.

Total fiberglass yield: 41

Telephones and Abraxo Cleaner Industrial Grade at Whitesprings

The Whitesprings Resort is a safe zone inside of the refuge and mall areas. Since it's fi??lled with Telephones, this is safer and easier than the Composite Ski farming run. Although Telephones scrap into one u??nit of Fiberglass as opposed to two, this farming run is much simpler and doesn't require as much running around.

1. Begin at the Whitesprings Refuge fast travel point. Loot all of the Telephones found throughout the vendor rooms and office areas.
2. Check each of the laundry and maintenance rooms (most of them have a sign that says "Employees Only") and loot any Abraxo Cleaner Industrial Grade that you can find.
3. After clearing the Refuge, move to the Whitesprings Mall section of the building and repeat the process.
4. With the Refuge and Mall cleared, head outside and loot all of the service buildings adjacent to the main Whitesprings Resort building. There are many Abraxo Cleaner Industrial Grade spawns along with other valuable junk items in these buildings.

Total fiberglass yield: 20

The Whitesprings farming run yields half as much Fiberglass as the Pleasant Valley Ski Resort, but it's free of hostiles, and the building layout is easier to traverse. Either location will provide more than enough Fiberglass to satisfy the Seasonal Challenge requirements. If you're crafting many Fiberglass-heavy C.A.M.P. objects, you can always do both ru?ns in succession to get 61 Fiberglass rather? quickly.

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The highest-quality eggs in Fallout 76 come from the ferocious Deathclaws of Appalachia and are required for two high-level recipes and Seasonal Challenges. You'd have to be a brave breakfast connoisseur to sneak into a Deathclaw nest and steal their precious eggs. Luckily for you, we've compiled the best Deathclaw Egg spawns in Fallout 76, and only two of them are found amongst the alpha pre??dators of the wasteland.

The best Deathclaw Egg spawn locations in Fallout 76

Deathclaw Eggs are the rarest egg variety in the game. There's only one guaranteed spawn for these eggs in all of Fallout 76. You can find one Deathclaw Egg in a cup on a shelf in the Vault 63 Atrium security office. To complete the Daily Seasonal Challenges, you'll only need to obtain a single Deathclaw Egg. So, with this guar?anteed spawn, you won't have a reason to re-roll the Deathclaw Egg quest ever again.

There are also a few Deathclaw Eggs?? around the wasteland that aren't guaranteed spawns. With a 50% chance of spawning the eggs, it'll take some time for you to fill up your inventory to cook a large batch of Deathclaw Egg Omelettes or Deathclaw Wellingtons. Here are the egg spawns t?hat are free of any mother Deathclaws so you don't have to walk on eggshells to acquire them:

• Arktos Pharma - One Deathclaw Egg can spawn in the Protein Sequencer room in the bottom-right corner of a metal shelf.
• Enclave Research Facility - One egg next to a Mirelurk Egg in a display case. The room contains a dead snallygaster on an autopsy table.
• Monorail Elevator - One spawns on the second level's workstation roof on a picnic blanket.

Then for those that are a little daring, ther??e are three more egg spawns with 50% spa?wn rates inside of Deathclaw nests. If you don't mind sneaking or battling the Deathclaws in the vicinity, these locations are ripe for the picking:

• Abandoned Waste Dump - One Deathclaw Egg around the third Deathclaw nest on the left side after descending the ramp.

  • Along with this 50% spawn-rate egg, there are 1-3 eggs that have a 13.3% chance to spawn in the southwest corner of the cave in this POI. Despite the low percentage, it's worth checking out whenever you make your rounds.

• Deathclaw Island - Two Deathclaw Eggs can spawn within the Deathclaw's nest to the left and right of a suitcase.

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There are many varieties of Nuka-Cola in Fallout 76, each providing a unique combinati??on of buffs to players. Despite these buffs, Nuka-Colas are sought after for other reasons.

Many Seasonal Challenges ask players to obtain or drink a particular flavor of Nuka-Cola. One of the flavors frequently assigned as a daily Seasonal Challenge is the Nuka-Grape flavor. Having trouble hunting down this elusive flavor? Here's everything you need to know to find Nuka-Grape in Fallout 76.

Buying Nuka-Grape in Fallout 76

The?? easiest way to obtain Nuka-Grape is to buy it directly from vendors found throughout Appalachia. Each of the vendors sells Nuka-Grape for 30 caps each. Here's where you can find them:

• Bubbles is a Mr. Handy vendor that is found upstairs in the Whitespring Resort that sells an assortment of Nuka-Cola bottles.
• The Nuka-Cola vending machines found in a stall near the Nuka-Cade building in Nuka-World on Tour sell many different types of Nuka-Cola flavors.

All Nuka-Grape spawn locations in Fallout 76

The Nuka-Cola flavored beverages tend to ?share spawn locations. While these spots aren't guaranteed to have Nuka-Grape (or any flav??ored Nuka-Cola) they are worth checking in case you're low on caps or couldn't buy enough Nuka-Grape from the vendors.

• One Nuka-Grape can be found in a locker inside TNT Dome #7 at the Black Mountain Ordnance Works POI.

  • The dome requires a key obtained by a scavenger hunt unlisted quest. A pair of keycards from Kanawha Nuka-Cola plant and Tanagra Town are needed to enter the Overlook Cabin which has the TNT Dome Key #7 inside.

• One can occasionally be found in the Eta Psi House's basement, in the Nuka-Cola room.
• One can be found in a safe at Grafton Steel Underground but requires 2+ hacking skill to unlock it.

  • Access to this instance section requires progressing through the Fun and Games quest.

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Like many of the Seasonal Challenges that ask players to scrap items for a particular material, Ballistic Fiber can be quite tedious to obtain.

Whether you're trying to max out your Seasonal Pass level or need Ballistic Fiber to upgrade and maintain your armor, you'll want to know the best items to look out for in Fallout 76 and where to find them.

Items that scrap into ballistic fiber in Fallout 76

• Bulk Ballistic Fiber - 10 Ballistic Fiber
• Military Ammo Bag - 2 Ballistic Fiber
• Military Grade Duct Tape - 2 Ballistic Fiber
• Mysterious Fur - 1 Ballistic Fiber
• Torn Mothman Wing - 1 Ballistic Fiber

Military Ammo Bags (MABs) are the most plentiful of ?the items that can be scrapped for Ballistic Fiber. Mysterious Fur and Torn Mothman Wings require fighting?? Sheepsquatch and Mothman enemies respectively, so farming these items isn't as efficient.

Where to find military ammo bags in Fallout 76

Fort Defiance

Fort Defiance contains 9 MABs which scrap into 18 Ballistic Fiber. This is more than enough to complete any scrapping Se??asonal Challenges for Ballistic Fiber. Due to having the highest amount of MABs, Fort Defiance takes the cake for the best Ballistic Fiber farming location. Here's where you can find the bags around the POI:

• North wing, second floor - Both rooms next to the metal stairs (3 MABs)
• North wing, third floor

  • The third door on the right side, past the metal doors (1 MAB)
  • The third door on the left past the metal doors (1 MAB)
  • In the room across from the elevator (2 MABs)
  • First room on the right past the Brotherhood of Steel doors (2 MABs)

Camp McClintock

Camp McClintock has one less Military Ammo Bag than Fort Defiance, ??but it is just as easy of a location to farm Ballistic Fiber.

• After fast traveling to Camp McClintock, turn around and head down the road. 2 MABs can be found next to a soldier's corpse.
• Ground floor of the main building

  • Behind the front desk (1 MAB)
  • In a locker across from the front desk (1 MAB)

• The left barracks - On a shelf on the back wall of the barracks (1 MAB)
• APC - inside of the APC found in front of the barracks (1 MAB)
• Southwest of the main building past the Combat Training barn in a small shack. (2 MABs)

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The newest Fallout 76 update, Skyline Valley, introduced new quests. One main quest involves searching for the friends of a man named Craig. Sadly, all his friends are dead, and you're tasked with collecting their belongings. Here’s how to complete Gather Personal Effects for Craig in Fallout 76 Skyline Valley.

How to Gather Personal Effects for Craig during the Into Lands Unknown quest

To gather personal effects for Craig in Fallout 76 during the "Into Lands Unknown" quest, speak with Craig, then collect Miles' Hat at Makeout Point, Rob's Journal in the tunnel south of Makeout Point, and Rebecca's Holotags at Dark Hollow Mano??r, signa?ling a flare at each location.

First, you need to speak with Craig who can be found at the entrance to Skyline Drive, the first location you encounter in the new Skylin Valley, Appalachia update. If you follow along with the main quest in Fallout 76, specifically the one titled Into Lands Unknown, you will nat?urally meet Craig. Speak to Craig and he will task you with the objective to Gather Personal Effects for Craig. More specifically, he wants you to collect three items that hold sentimental value to him as ?they belonged to friends of his.

Where to find Miles' Hat

The first item on your list is Miles' Hat, located at Makeout Point near the bottom of the cliff. Head to Makeout Point, as is marked on your map. Be careful, as this area is home to strong enemies that can quickly overwhelm you. Once there, approach the foot of the cliff where you'll find the hat on the lower ledge. Pick up Miles' Hat to complete the firs?t part ?of this objective. Follow the bloody trail and you'll find the body of Miles' above, which is where you need to signal a flare as part of this objective.

Where to find Rob's Journal

Next, you need to retrieve Rob's Journal which is located in a tunnel on the road south of Makeout Point. Follow the road south from where you are now unti?l you reach the tunnel. Search the tunnel and you'll find a ??barrier with S.O.S. on it and a lantern, alongside Rob's body as well as his Journal. Once you find Rob's Journal, grab it and make sure you send up a flare at Rob's body.

Where to find Rebecca's Holotags

Open the map and look for the nearby Dark Hollow Manor location. The last item on the list is Rebecca's Holotags, which is found at the entrance gate to Dark Hollow Manor. As you approach, the holotags are found near ?the entrance on the right side of the gate. Once you've collected Rebecca's Holotags, look for the blood puddle surrounded by dead Lost bodies. Send up the final flare and you will complete the Into Lands Unknown quest.

Into Lands Unknown quest rewards

After you gather personal effects for Craig in Fallout 76 and complete the In??to Lands Unknown quest, you get the following rewards:

• Aid items
• Caps
• Grenades
• Plan: Shenandoah park sign
• XP

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In the Appalachian Wasteland, maintaining a good mood is essential to survival. Having some candy from time to time can do wonders and even provide minor buffs that make Fallout 76 an easier game.

Bubblegum is one of the most common types of candy that provides various buffs based on their flavor. If you’re looking to min-max your buffs or knock out your daily quests, here’s where you can easily find Bubblegum in Fallout 76. 

Where to find bubblegum in Fallout 76

Tyler County Fairgrounds is the most efficient location for farming bubblegum in Fallout 76 due to all of the spawns being near each other. However, since it’s the most popular spot for Bubblegum and many other quest items, it will likely be cleared out on many worlds. If that’s the case, the Pumpkin House becomes the best alternative. Though t??he path to the Bubb??legum spawns from the fast travel point is slightly longer than Tyler County Fairgrounds, this POI isn’t nearly as popular. 

All Bubblegum variants and their buffs in Fallout 76 

There are ?six different types of bubbleg??um in Appalachia, though only the regular flavor is found in the open world.

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There are so many things to pick up in Fallout 76 that it can be hard to know what to stash away and what to scrap as junk. Early on in your journey into post-apocalyptic Appalachia, you’ll likely come across a forlorn Teddy Bear in a doghouse close to Vault 76. If you’re a collector, you’ll be happy to learn that there are 13 different Teddy Bears to discover in Fallout 76, and you’re going to want to?? know where to find them.

Speed run finding Teddy Bears in Fallout 76

Tyler County Fairgrounds

The Teddy Bears spawn in various spots all over the expanding Fallout 76 map, but there is one location that will net you the majority of the bears in one go. You'll find 10 different bear varieties ?scattered around the Tyler County Fairgrounds, and there are only a?? few squishy ghouls protecting the area.

• Bubblegum Bear â€?On the Ferris wheel next to a skeleton
• Bumblebear â€?Sitting at the top of the slides
• Comrade Chubs â€?Lying on the ground inside the ride with blue chairs
• Imported Chinese Panda â€?Sitting next to a Quantum Bear in the shooting gallery. On a folding chair on the right side of the fairgrounds
• Pristine Bear â€?Riding a lion in the carousel
• Quantum Bear â€?Inside the metal flying saucer next to the popcorn and cotton candy stand
• Radbear â€?Inside the shed with the workshop
• Stuffed Grizzly â€?On a stool next to a ride operating machine
• Stuffed Polar Bear â€?On the flatbed truck piled high with wooden boxes
• Teddy Fear â€?Hidden in the podium beside the tall rocket-shaped tower

Lady Janet’s Soft Serve

You’ll still be missing a few Teddy Bears even after cleaning out the fairgrounds. Head to Lady Janet’s Soft Serve located east of the Tyler County Fairgrounds to grab ??two more.

• Lilâ€?Ginger Snuggles â€?Inside the shack, wearing gas masks
• Teddy Bear â€?Sitting outside at the barbecue

The Burrows North

Dirty Old Teddy Bear might be the most difficult to find, simply because of the location. The Burrows, in the Harpers Ferry area of Fallout 76, is underground and accessible through a manhole in the street. You’ll want to take the north entrance, and there will be a few ghouls lurking inside.

As you run around this slightly maze-like area, you might come across some metal tables with dumbbells on top and three Teddy Bears on the bottom shelf. If you’ve hit the Tyler County Fairgrounds first, you won’t need any of these. Continue fighting your way through, and when you reach a recreation area with? a pool table and a pinball machine, you’ll know you’re on the right track.

Turn around and go through the doorway directly across from the rec room. When you come to the blue “Protect Yourself�po??ster, turn right. In this room, on a table underneath the stairs to the right, you’ll find the Dirty Old Teddy Bear.

Lost Home and the One-Eyed Souvenir Bear

This last one is a bit of a bonus, as it doesn’t quite match the other Teddy Bears in the game. You’ll need to head to the Lost Home all the way in the southeast corner of the map. Be wary at the entrance because there’s a tripwire, but there are no enemies here. Once inside, go around to the left and look for a red doghouse. There, you’ll find the One-Eyed Souvenir Bear in a sorry state.

Though you can find most of these bears in other locations, this path will get you all 13 (or 14 if you count poor Souvenir Bear) in the shortest amount of time. With that done, you can turn your attention to collecting all the other toys scattered around Fallout 76, or go hunting for Bobbleheads and magazines.

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There have been many different character creation systems in the Fallout franchise. At its core, the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat system and perks make up the structure of our protagonists. Fallout 76 has a unique, endgame-focused system known as legendary perks.

While not as build-defining as regu?lar perks, these perks open up more options for players by adding additional S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats or providi??ng bonuses based on the player’s weapons or armor. 

How to unlock and upgrade legendary perks in Fallout 76

Unlike regular perk cards, legendary perks require significant investment to unlock and upgrade, so care should be taken when deciding which cards to add to your character. Legendary perks become availa?ble beginning at level 50 and an additional legendary card slot will be unlocked at the following player? levels: 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300.

Legendary perk cards can be upgraded four times using perk points and have an increased cost with each upgrade. Unlike the regular perk cards,?? these cards don’t have any S.P.E.C.I.A.L. requirements so there isn’t any reason not to fully upgrade them to get their maximum benefits. Here are the costs for upgrading legendary perk cards:

• Level 1: 0 points 
• Level 2: 50 points
• Level 3: 100 points
• Level 4: 150 points

Players should be committed to their build before deciding which legendary perks to invest in. Not only are perk points hard to come by, but changing out legendary cards will cost 1 perk p??oint each time. Perk points are required to upgrade each card and at the mome??nt, can only be acquired by:

• Scrapping standard perk cards for 2 perk points per card level. 
• 50 perk points can be chosen as a reward in the final pages of the Season rewards. 

The best legendary perks in Fallout 76

There are currently 26 legendary perks in Fallout 76 each offering a variety of bonuses to players. Every build requires different bonuses so the best perk for one player might not be useful at all to another. This list will be based on what perks are best for the characters that can use them, with extra consideration for t?he perks that can fit into any possible build. Let’s start with what perks should be avoided entirely.

• Blood Sacrifice
• Brawling Chemist
• Electric Absorption
• Exploding Palm
• Funky Duds
• Power Armor Reboot
• Retribution
• Sizzling Style
• Survival Shortcut
• What Rads

Due to the high cos??t and time required to upgrade legendary perks, these cards should be avoided. They either offer redundant bonuses such as generating a ch??em every 30 minutes, or their bonuses pale in comparison to regular perk cards. Nine times out of 10, it’s much better to simply pick a legendary S.P.E.C.I.A.L. perk card instead of any of these. 

15. Power Sprinter

This perk only affects thos??e who are using Power Armor, but it’s very useful for PA builds since many builds in the game utilize V.A.T.S. Keeping your Action Points topped up while still being able to da??sh around the battlefield will enhance both your offensive and defensive capabilities. 

14. Master Infiltrator

While there aren’t any combat benefits with this perk, it’s one of the best quality-of-life perks in Fallout 76. It isn’t recommended to invest in this as you??r first legendary perk, but it’s a convenient addition to any build. 

13. Taking One for the Team

It’s easier than ever to join a team to meet the requirements for this perk. You can either team up with an alt, join somebody’s public team, or creat??e a public team of your?? own. If you create a public team, you’ll be considered a member of a team for this bonus�even if nobody joins up.

12. Legendary Endurance

Of all of the legendary S.P.E.C.I.A.L. perks,?? Endurance is the least beneficial to boost. Many of the Endurance perks provide mundane benefits and those that are decent tend to suffer from diminishing returns. Most builds will find more benefits from any of the other S.P.E.C.I.A.L. perks.

11. Legendary Charisma

Most builds consider ??Charisma to be a “dump statâ€?and keep it low so that they have more points for other stats. Charisma perks simply aren’t as impactful as those of the other stats. But there are a few perks that can be fit into all builds such as Tenderizer, Lone Wanderer, or Inspirational that justify this card. 

10.  Legendary Strength

The weapon-specific perks (such as big guns, shotguns, or melee) found in Strength can usually be taken by their respective builds without the need for additional points. But for those who want to take advantage of the quality of life cards such as Strong Back or the perks that reduce the weight of various item types, this card isn’t a bad option. Strength is also an excellent stat on its own since high carry weight is essential in Fallout 76.

9. Hack and Slash

Melee builds don’t get a lot of love, but this perk is by far one of the most impactful for melee characters. Triggering a VATS critical along with this perk will?? quickly clear most packs of enemies in the game. 

8. Collateral Damage/Far-Flung Fireworks

These perks are essentially the same effect but for melee and ranged builds respectively. The explosion effect is a welcome bonus to damage during high-volume events. The 20% chance is deceiving, since in ??com??bat it feels more like 40% with how consistent it triggers. 

7. Detonation Contagion

While this perk looks very similar to the two above, there’s a reason it is ranked higher. Grenades receive the benefit of most legendary modifiers from your equipped weapon. Because of this, a common speed-farming method is to equip a bloodied or instigating weapon and then toss Nuka grenades to decimate entire instances of enemies. With Detonation Contagion, those grenades cause chain explosions and drastically reduce the farming time in ?these ??strategies. 

6. Ammo Factory

Another non-combat perk, Ammo Factory offers a significant bonus to ammo crafting. In the endgame when players transition to ultracite ammo, making more ammo from fewer resources is one of the top quality-of-life bonuses in the game. It’s worth noting that this perk sta?cks multiplicatively with Ammosmith to provide a 450% bonus at max ranks. 

5. Legendary Perception

Perception is home to the rifle perk cards which are the most popular builds in Fallout 76. For th??ose builds, an extra five perk points can make a big difference. The only thing holding back this legendary perk card is how perception doesn’t offer much to other types of builds. Concentrated Fire and Grenadier are the only notable perception perks for other builds and can be picked up without investing in this legendary ?perk. 

4. Legendary Luck

Luck is one of the best stats in the game for any bu??ild. The stat alone increases the condition of items found along with increasing the critical gain for each attack in VATS. Regardless of the weapon used, any build benefits from the VATS, sneak, and cri??tical effects found in the Luck perk cards. It also contains the best universal damage bonus, Bloody Mess. 

3. Follow Through

One of the highest damage increases in Fallout 76, Follow Through is a must for any ranged build. Even if you’re not running a ??sneak build, most fights can begin from stealth and end within 10 second??s. 

2. Legendary Agility

Agility is one of the top S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats for many reasons. It contains staple perks for nearly every build in the game. Gun Fu, Dodgy, and Covert Operative have their place in every meta build. The Agility stat itself also incre?ases the number of Action Poi??nts available, making it the most versatile stat in the game.

1. Legendary Intelligence

Power armor and energy weapon users will find most of their respective perks in the Intelligence category. But that’s not why Legendary Intelligence is the number one on this list. The Intelligence stat increases the amount of experience gained from all sources by 2.072% per point. By utilizing bu??ffs and specialized equipment, players can reach over 81 Intelligence, gaining a 167.832% increased experience gain. 

Increased experience is an underrated benefit. Leveling up grants you perk cards which as we mentioned before, can be scrapped for perk points. Gaining experience is also the easiest? way to increase your ??Season Pass level. This means that even after you’ve max-ranked every legendary perk card available, you’ll still reap rewards from gaining experience. 

That’s why Legendary Intelligence is not only the best legendary perk card, but is also ?a recommended first choice. Slot it in, rank it up, and you’ll unlock the subsequent legendary card slots much faster than you would have otherwise. 

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The post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 76 is filled with all kinds of mutated critters, some more horrifying than others. But oft??en, hunting them down is a necessity and can result in some useful items. Radtoads, the giant post-nuclear version of a frog, is one of the less appealing mutants, with multiple eyes and exploding eggs. So just where can you find these delightful creatures, and what are they good for?

“Deal a Critical Hit to a Radtoad�Daily Quest

One of the first reasons you may seek out these giant amphibians is to complete the daily quest called “Deal a Critical Hit to a Radtoad.�It's a simple enough ask, and the quest actually teaches you the best way to down these mutants without having to deal with their troublesome attacks: from a distance with a crit hit. But before that, you must find one, and Radtoads in Fallout 76 spawn in a few specific areas in Appalachia.

Radtoad spawn locations

• Beckwith Farm â€?Low chance to spawn
• The Forest â€?Throughout the area
• Grafton â€?On the outskirts of the town
• Helvetia â€?The first wave of enemies to appear during the “Fasnacht Dayâ€?event
• Landview Lighthouse â€?Always spawn during the “Path of Enlightenmentâ€?event
• The Giant Teapot â€?Possibility to spawn during the “Tea Timeâ€?event
• The Sludge Hole â€?High chance to spawn
• Toxic Valley â€?Throughout the area

Increased Carry Weight

While slaughtering Radtoads, you’ll likely pick up eggs and legs, both of which can b?e used in cooking. The eggs make a Radtoad omelette that provides some health regen and a slight endurance boost. The real gems are the legs, though, which can give a nice increase to your Carry Weight.

Cooking legs with Wood will result in Grilled Radtoad and +10 Carry Weight for 30 minutes. But chowing down on Fried Radtoad Legs will get you +20 Carry Weig?ht, doubled if you have the Carnivore mutation, along with +60 HP and 20% Food.

Fried Radtoad Legs recipe

• Boiled water x2
• Pepper x2
• Radtoad leg x2
• Razorgrain x2
• Wood x1

Taming a Radtoad

If you have the Animal Friend perk equipped, Radtoads in Fallout 76 can also be tamed and sent to defend your C.A.M.P. There a??re nearly a dozen variants of the critters, and they can all be tamed. So after you’ve taken one out for the daily quest and chopped up a few more for stat boosts, it might be wo??rth taking a tour to see the different varieties and make one your pet.

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A little nuclear warfare hasn’t stopped the desire to crack open a cold one with the squad. Razorgrain is a consumable and crafting component in Fallout 76 that is the wasteland’s version of wheat. If you want to turn your C.A.M.P. into a microbrewery, then you’ll want to know the ??best locations to (literally) farm Razorgrain in Appalachia.

Every Razorgrain location in Fallout 76

Billings Homestead is by far the best location for farming Razorgrain. With over 50 Razorgrain spawns, you shouldn’t have any trouble gatheri??ng enough to start brewing a batch of whatever y?ou desire. 

How to grow Razorgrain in Fallout 76 

Like with many other crops in the Appalachian wasteland, Razorgrain can be combined with one unit of fertilizer at your C.A.M.P. to create a plantable Razorgrain sapling. Crops grown at your C.A.M.P. produce a food item every five minutes. With enough planted crops, your farm could become more efficient than Billings Homestead since C.A.M.P. crops are exempt from the 250-item harvest cap in Fallout 76. 

Every recipe that requires Razorgrain in Fallout 76

Razorgrain is used in over 20 different crafting recipes in Fallout 76. Most of which are fermentable ?alcoholic beverages but some food and C.A.M.P. items call fo??r it. 

It’s worth mentioning that when in a nuclear blast zone, Razorgrain turns purple and becomes Gigagrain. Upon harvesting Gigagrain, players will obtain raw violet flux which is used in many advanced crafting recipes. 

Camp items:

• Brew Station
• Brahmin Pen 

Food:

• Blackberry Honey Crisp
• Chally’s Feed
• Fried Radtoad Eggs
• Mud Cookie
• Razorgrain Flour
• Razorgrain Soup

Beverages:

• Fermentable Ballistic Bock
• Fermentable Beer
• Fermentable Blackwater Brew
• Fermentable Bourbon
• Fermentable High Voltage Hefe
• Fermentable Hoppy Hunter IPA
• Fermentable New River Red Ale
• Fermentable Nukashine
• Fermentable Oak Holler Lager
• Fermentable Old Possum
• Fermentable Pickaxe Pilsner
• Fermentable Vodka
• Fermentable Whiskey

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After the release of the Skyline Valley update for Fallout 76, players quickly noticed that scrapping Pickaxes resulted in Legendary modules. This obvious glitch has fans on the h?unt for these previously medio?cre but now extremely valuable weapons.

Pickaxe spawns have been temporarily disabled

Unfortunately for players hoping to get some easy Legendary modules, this exploit was busting the economy of Fallout 76. Bethesda released a hotfix to temporarily disable Pickaxes from spawning in the world. This also means that if you have the blueprint to craft a Pickaxe, you’ll get a “lack ?the requiremen??ts�message when you try to make one.

However, even?? after the hotfix, Pickaxes still appear in some locations, and they occasionally drop fro??m Scorched enemies as well. Here are the places you’ll want to check out to find a Pickaxe after the hotfix:

• Foundation â€?Exterior
• Gauley Mine
• Glassed Cavern
• Nuka World On Tour â€?Tunnel of Love

Where to find Pickaxes in Fallout 76 normally

If you want a Pickaxe be??cause you’re a completionist and need to collect every weapon in the game, you might want to know all the places you can find them in normal circumstances. In addition to the above locations, Pickaxes usually spawn in the following areas:

• Blackwater Mine
• Garrahan Mining Headquarters
• Greg’s Mine Supply
• Lucky Hole Mine
• Miners Monument
• Tygart Wastewater Treatment Plant

Though Pickaxes can currently still be found in Fallout 76 even after the hotfix, it’s only a matter of time before Bethesda notices the oversight and also disables those spawn? locations or patches the Legendary module glitch. So if you’re hoping for some easy looting, you might want to hurry.

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In Fallout 76, Mirelurks are a nice source of armor, Softshell Mirelurk Meat, and Mirelurk Eggs, all of which can be extremely useful. As you head into the Fallout 76 Skyline Valley update you're probably going to want to farm MIrelurks to prepare. Here are all the best places to find Murelarks and farm them with the Fallout 76 Skyline Valey update.

Best places to farm Mirelurks

In general, Mirelurks are found near watery areas as they are essentially mutated hermit crab crustaceans. Unfortunately, Mirelurks are kind of rare in comparison to most other enemies in Fallout 76. However, there are several spots where there are guaranteed to be some Mirelurk spawns that you can run around and cycle through between respawns. Your best bet is to do this on a Private World, just to rule out any competition also farming the Mirelurk spawns. If you're not familiar with area locations, you can also check the map above which has them all marked numerically. Here are the 5 best spots to find Mirelurks in Fallout 76 with the Skyline Valley update:

1. New River Gorge Resort

There are 5 Mirelurks in total to be farmed at New River Gorge Resort. Head to the New River Gorge Resort and work your way through the Ghouls and go inside. You'll find a log cabin that is home to 2 Mirelurks, as well as a nearby mostly dried-up pool that is inhabi?te??d by 3 Mirelurks.

2. Summersville

There are over 10 Mirelurks that spawn in the Sum??mersville region. You'll find 4-5 in the white and red wooden house just inside Summersville, and another 4-5 by the river that runs through Summersville. Thes??e are quick to get to, which makes this a great spot to farm.

3. Ohio River Adventures

Head to the west coast of Appalachia and find the Ohio River Adventures. I had different numbers of spawns each time I checked, but typically 4-7 Mirelurks spawn in the river in this a??rea. There isn't much else nearby, so it makes it very easy to farm this area while doing your Mirel??urk rotation.

4. Lake Reynolds

The Lake Reynolds location shares a home with a Mirelurk Hunter which can be a pain, so make sure you sco??ut the area for one before engaging the 3-5 Mirelurks that spawn in the Lake Reynolds area.

5. Spruce Knob Lake

This ??area has a few different variations of Mirelurks, starting with two normals ones up by the white wooden house by the lake. The Mirelurk Deep King and Mirelurk Queen also spawn in the nearby lake, but they are pretty tough to take on if you're not properly equipped. You can find another few Mirelurk scattered around the lake area as well to farm up.

How to tame Mirelurks

Mirelurks are a great defensive creature for protecting your C.A.M.P. If you're interested in taming one, here are the steps required to tame a Mirelurk in Fallout 76 Skyline Valley:

1. Find a Mirelurk at one of the above locations.

   • Locate a Mirelurk in one of the aforementioned spots. Lower its health without killing it. Mirelurks typically become tameable when they are at low health.

2. Use the Animal Friend Perk

   • Equip the Animal Friend Perk Card in your Charisma slot. This perk is essential for taming creatures in the game. The higher the rank of the perk, the better your chances of success.

3. Tame the Mirelurk

   • Once the Mirelurk’s health is low and you have the Animal Friend Perk equipped, simply approach and tame it. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the taming process.

4. Send the Mirelurk to defend your C.A.M.P.

   • After taming, the Mirelurk will follow you. Lead it back to your C.A.M.P. and assign it to guard your C.A.M.P. Mirelurks are excellent options for defense due to their high health and powerful melee attacks.

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An Unlikely Invitation is the first quest you must complete to access the Skyline Valley update in Fallout 76. This update might not allow you to play as a Ghoul, but it does open up an interesting? new location and the opportunity to delve for more loot, so it's well worth jumping into.

You'll pick up An Unlikely Invitation when you next launch Fallout 76. The quest is automatically added under Main Quests on your PipBoy. You should open it and track it so you can follow each step as it evolves because this one involves a l??ot of trekking across the map. However, first, it's time to turn on your radio and figure out what's going on in the Appalachian Wasteland?? that's got so many people worked up.

How to complete An Unlikely Invitation in Fallout 76

Below, I've outlined how to ??complete An Unlikely Invitation in Fallout 76 through each step of the quest. One point in the quest can be se??riously bugged, but I've explained how to get around that when you get to it.

Step 1: Listen to the new broadcast

The first part of this quest tasks you with listening to a broadcast and following it to a set location. Open your PipBoy and head to the Radio. Then, select the new Vault-Tec Broadcast option to listen to? the broadcast. This will add a location to your map that you must investigate to progre??ss.

I already had a C.A.M.??P. close to this location, so I didn't need to pay to fast travel nearby. It's close to Vault 76, so a good option is to fast travel there and then run all the way to the map icon, close to The Wayward.

Step 2: Speak to Alyssa

Once you've found the location and taken a sweet photo with?? the Vault 63 door, it's time to speak to Alyssa. This NPC should be hanging out at a house nearby, so you won't have to go too far. Chatting to her gives you another location to visit, but this one's a bit more dangerous.

A bug in Fallout 76 can prevent Alyssa from appearing. If this happens to you, it's time to hop to a new server. You can do this by moving to a new world from the menu. Closing the game and launching it will also achieve the same result. Alyssa should appear after just one server hop, bu?t if she doesn't, keep moving until you find her.

Note that you can be attacked while speaking to Alyssa. The enemies in the Appalachian Waste??land will not wait for you to say thank you or anything else. They'll just attack. Make sure you're in full health before entering this conversati?on, or clear out the surrounding area first.

Step 3: Find Vault 63

The map location you're given is in Ash Heap, a pretty lethal area if you're unprepared. Make your way there and start climbing up the edge of the mountain. I was lucky in that I had another player already camped there, so I fast tra?veled to them and made my way up the rocks.

Vault 63 is pretty easy to find. Just follow the indicator, and you'll get there. This completes the mission and triggers the next in the Skyline Valley questline. The upcoming area also hosts a new enemy type, and they're extremely? tough, so make sure you've got all your best gear before heading in.

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It's always fun trying to track down Minerva so you can acquire her valuable rare goodies, but with the new Skyline Valley update for Fallout 76 things have shifted a little bit for Minerva. While her location always jumps around, thankfully we already know her plans for the first couple of weeks of Skyline Valley. Here is where to find Minerva in Fallout 76 with the Skyline Valley update.

Where to find Minerva in Skyline Valley now (Week of June 13)

Unfortunately, Minerva is not in Fallout 76 this week. If you’re hoping to trade with her, you’ll need to wait a little longer until next week. Sadly, there was no indication she would be leaving, so those looking to settle up with her ahead of the Skyline Valley release will not be able to do so. While this gives players time to explore the new Skyline Valley region of th?e Appalachia, we will have to do so without being able to trade with Minerva until she returns the following week in a new location.

Where Minerva be located starting June 20

Minerva will return to the Appalachia region on June 20. When she does, you will be able to find her at The Whitespring Resort, located in the Forest Region. It's a bit strange she isn't going to locate to the new Skyline Valley region since that's where most players will be with it being the new?? content. However, it's likely that Bethesda wanted to make sure she's in a more accessible loc??ation.

We also know the items Min?erva will ??have available once she moves to The Winterspring Resort. Here is everything you can buy from Minerva starting June 20:

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I don't think anyone was expecting Fallout 5 to make an appearance at the recent Xbox Games Showcase, but Bethesda did give fans the next best thing: more content for Fallout 76. Perhaps the most exciting new addition is the option to play as a Ghoul, aka the mutated humans that roam the post-nuclear wastelands. This ??update won't be coming till 2025, but Bethesda has already e?xplained how playable Ghouls will work and the steps you need to take to become one.

Speaking with PCGamesN, producer Bill LaCoste revealed that the process for turning into a Ghoul is remarkably simple. All you need to do is complete a special quest that unlocks when you hit level 50. Presumably, any players who'?ve already surpassed that level will immediately unlock the quest once the update goes live, so it's not as if you'll need to build a brand-new character from scratch.

LaCoste obviously refrai??ned from sharing any exact details about the quest's storyline or what it entails, but he did confirm that the Ghoul transformation isn't permanent if you decide you don't enjoy playing as one. There will be an option to swap back to be?ing a regular human but, again, LaCoste didn't reveal how this will be done. It's good to know players can reverse their decision since becoming a Ghoul will affect gameplay too, granting access to unique abilities and perks. Plus, NPCs will react to your presence differently.

You'd think the inclusion of playable Ghouls was thanks to the success of the Fallout TV show, which featured a Ghoul named Cooper, played by Walter Goggins, as one of its main characters. However, LaCoste said fans had wanted to play as Ghouls already, and the popularity of Goggins' character only vindicated the team's decision to make that a reality: "We were talking about it b??efore it became a big deal, before people saw Cooper in the TV show. ... We had this in mind, making this a playable thing in the future, and when the TV show hit and people loved The Ghoul, we knew we’d made the right decision."

It's a shame that the update for playable Ghouls feels so far away. Sure, it'll be out in 2025, but Bethesda has yet to narrow its release date down any further, meaning it could not arrive until near the end of 2025. Fortunately, Fallout 76 players have a new content update to sink their teeth into at the moment, with the Skyline Valley expansion arriving just yesterday on June 12. You can read the full patch notes for yourself, but its main a?dditions include a new region to explore, a new questline, and a new Ghoul type called the Lost.

Bethesda will likely need to rely on Fallout 76 for a good while longer since the series has enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to the TV show. In fact, Fallout 76 achieved a new concurrent player record on Steam shortly after the show's premiere. Unfortunately for Bethesda and Microsoft, they don't have a brand-new Fallout game ready to go to take further advantage of its expanded audience. Fallout 5 is no doubt still in pre-production, and isn't expected to release till after The Elder Scrolls 6... and that game doesn't have a release date either. As an ongoing online game, Bethesda can keep supporting Fallout 76 with updates and new content to keep fans satiated until it does have a new game to s?ell them.

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The Appalachian region just got a whole lot bigger with the new Fallout 76: Skyline Valley update. Not only will it introduce a new questline, but it will also present more challenges with the latest Region Boss. Here's everything you need to know about Fallout 76: Skyline Valley's patch notes.

All Fallout 76: Skyline Valley changes

For those daring enough to venture to the Appalachian region, a new mystery awaits in the Shenandoah National Park, featuring a captivating new map expansion. Here, players can uncover the secrets of Vault 63, the enigmatic next questline for Season 17. But if you want to take a trip on the wild side, you can nuke the entire region to cause some chaos.

An electrical storm will be covering this area, where you will encounter the new Ghoul Type, known as the Lost. Players may also stumble across storm chasers while here, taking you on the new Public Event. Help them out by taking pictures of the storm, but watch out ?for th?e lingering threats nearby.

In addition to the ghouls and storm chasers, you can meet Hugo Stolz, the ghoul overseer of Vault 63. The more characters you meet, the more likely you will discover the truth behind the Vault 63 residents. However, you must be wary of the new Region Boss, who can prove deadly if unprepared.

Fortunately, the Fallout 76: Skyline Valley update doesn't require much space. While Steam users need 27.6 GB, console and Microsoft Store players must have around 41 GB of available space. The new upda??te also aims to fix multiple issues, such as enhancements to C.A.M.P., weapons, and general gameplay.

For a complete overview of the Fallout 76: Skyline Valley patch notes, here's a full list of changes:

Fallout 76: Skyline Valley patch notes

Update Highlights

• Map Expansion â€?Venture south into Skyline Valley, in the heart of Shenandoah National Park, and solve the mysteries behind the ever-raging storm shadowing the region.
• New Questline â€?Uncover the true location of Vault 63 to meet its residents while you discover the secrets of the storm and the Lost.
• New Public Event â€?Help the thrill-seeking storm chasers get the best picture of the Storm by protecting them from the elements, The Lost, and nearby electro-charged creatures.
• New Region Boss â€?Face off against a new, massive threat that only the combined power of the Wastelanders can overcome.
• New Ghoul Type â€?Meet the Lost. Those who dwell in Skyline Valley. Electrically supercharged ghouls that have been driven mad. Find out why.

Update Version 1.7.12.10 & Sizes

Check th??e download sizes below for today’s update on your platform of choice:

• PC (Steam): 27.6 GB
• PC (Microsoft Store): 40.3 GB
• Xbox: 40.2 GB
• PlayStation: 40.03 GB

Fixes & Improvements

Art

• Muni Operator Outfit Now Looks the Same When Previewed & When Worn

C.A.M.P.

• Workshop: Enlightened Mothman Lantern should no longer display the premium icon and can be repaired individually when destroyed
• Workshop: Fluttering Moth no longer takes up CAMP Light budget
• The Sacred Mothman Tome camp item now has candle flames
• Nuka world radio will now correctly sync across clients

Gameplay

• Power Armor: Fixing a state players could get in where they could no longer craft Union Power Armor when they should have been able to
• Power Armor: Union Power Armor will no longer drop as loot from enemies but can be rolled from The Purveyor if the recipe or entitlement is known by the player

Dev Note: With this fix Union Power Armor is now craftable for players who have bought and learned? the recipe from Giuseppe or by players who earned the Union Power Armor entitlements in Season 10.

If you do not have ?the plan for Union Power Armor, it can be purchased from Giuseppe who is upstairs with Bubbles at the Refuge. Once learned, they will no longer be able to be obtained.

Additionally, Union Power Armor pieces will not drop as loot even if you can craft the Power Armor pieces, but they can be found via the random Power Amor Purchases from Murmrgh at T??he Rusty Pick. Players should only see Union Power Armor Pieces that they know how to craft drop from Purveyor's Mystery Picks. Pieces that they have yet to learn will not drop

Union Power Armor pieces will s??till have the Atomic Symbol on them and cannot be traded or dropped by players once they have been obtained.

• Workshop: Player who had learned to build the Atlantic City Poker and Blackjack tables but lost access to them should now be able to build them again
• Test Your Metal: Robot Beer Stein Display Case will now properly drop from the Test Your Metal Event
• Moonshine Jamboree Improved an issue which could block enemy pathing during the event
• Fasnacht: Masks of all tiers will correctly drop upon event completion
• Fasnacht: Improved spawn rates of Honeybeasts
• Fasnacht: Added a Donation Basket near the event! Share your repeat masks with other players
• Fasnacht: Marchers now start walking to the parade start immediately when their task is completed, without needing to wait for their dialogue line to be finished
• Fasnacht: Increased the walk speed of the Marchers
• Fasnacht: Will now randomly pick between 5 possible end boss encounters
• Yao Guai Pastry: Now counts as a cooked meal for the "Eat a Cooked Meal" challenge
• Applying the Reflex Sight to the Enclave Pistol with a Flamer Barrel attachment now shows the Decrease in AP Consumption in the STATS Menu
• Hot Rod On Blocks & Overgrown Vehicle no longer spawn damaging nuke explosions when destroyed
• Fixed an issue which could cause players to get stuck while turning the spit in Meat Week
• Fixed an issue with the Damage Reduction effect on the Endangerol Barrel that allowed it to stack multiple times on a target
• Nuka Shank now requires glass & cloth to be crafted rather than oil
• Updated mods for the Guass shotgun, Guass minigun and Guass pistol to correctly require Science based perks to be applied
• Updated the default barrel mod for the gauss rifle
• Fixed an issue which could cause Fusion cores to appear empty when place in Power Armor
• Players can now trade the Herdsman's Bell and Herdsman's Bell Rack to other players
• Paddle Ball now displays the correct ammo type when inspected

Weapons

• Increased the base damage of the Alien Blaster and Cryolator
• Fixed an issue with how damage was calculated for the following weapons/mods: Auto Axe, Chainsaw, Minigun Shredder mod
• Increased base damage for the Auto Axe
• Adjustments to Electric/Electrified, Burning, and Poisoned mods for the following weapons: Auto Axe, Mr Handy Buzz Blade, Chinese Officer Sword, Shepherds Crook, Sheepsquatch Staff, Sheepsquatch Club, Hatchet, Assaultron Blade, Revolutionary Sword, Baton, and Vault 63 Shock Baton.

Dev Note: These weapon mods now evenly split their damage ??between Physical and Energy/Fire/Poison, and damage has been adjusted to account for damage being split between multiple damage types.

The Cattle Prod has also received a similar change - its damage has been adju?sted and is evenly split between Physical and Energy damage. These adjustments general??ly represent an increase in damage dealt.

We have also improved how we calculate the falloff for weapon damage at range. We expect this to smooth out the falloff damage for weapons that historically lost most of their damage right away. All ranged weapons benefit from this, but it should be most visible with Shotguns and Pipe Guns, as well as wh?en fighting larger creatures such as Deathclaws.

Localization

• Fixed Various Typos
• Fixed Some Dialogue

Quests

• Honor Bound: Fixed an issue where Vin could become hostile to the player
• One Violent Night: Fixed an issue where the Nightstalker's VFX would be applied to players multiple times, creating an extremely intense effect
• "Bots on Parade" and "A Real Blast" Fixed an issue that caused the objective to complete before the correct number of hostiles were defeated.
• "Distant Thunder" Increased the objective radius to more accurately reflect the area in which Scorched can appear
• Hell's Eagles Fixed an issue that would allow players to start the quest again after completion. We also removed the second broken quest from players in this situation
• Regent of the Dead: Jordy no longer continuously starts dialogue with the player if the player exits dialogue with her before resolving the confrontation.
• The quest Miner Miracles now starts correctly when interacting with the Garrahan Excavator Poster

UI

• Items now display how much they will weigh when being placed in a character's stash
• Score notification will no longer remain visible on ultra-wide monitors
• Fixed an issue which would cause "You have joined a team" to remain visible on some super wide monitors
• Added Height indicators for quest targets and NPCs to the Power Armor UI

World

• Raider NPCs from the Coop will no longer spawn as legendary
• The following creatures have received balance changes: Angler, Cave Cricket, Floaters, Gulper, Mutant Hound, Protectron

Miscellaneous

• Fixed some dialog inconsistencies
• Broken ProSnap Deluxe cameras will no longer appear in vendor inventories.
• Fixed some directional prompts for Tax Evasion
• Fixed an issue which could cause audio to cut out on some expeditions.
• Green Thumb, Backwoodsman 4 and Verdant Season should now work on a broader selection of plants
• Fixed an issue which would cause players to crash if they logged out during character generation
• Fixed some cases where turret-mounted laser weapons weren't triggering the Electric Absorption perk
• Updated “Complete Any Expeditionâ€?and “Complete Any Atlantic City Expeditionâ€?challenges to include the new Atlantic City mission from the America’s Playground update

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Bethesda and Microsoft officially announced the next Fallout 76 expansion, Skyline Valley. Players will head to the S?henandoah region to investigate a strange electrical storm and delve into the mystery of Vault 63 and its inhabitants, including a Ghoul type called The Lost. The expansion launches on all platforms this Wednesday, June 12.

The trailer showed off the shocking new Shenandoah region, with the massive electrical storm constantly looming overhead. It's great timing for Fallout 76, which has seen a recent resurgence in player numbers due to the wildly popular Fallout show that was released on Amazon.

Near the end of?? the trailer, we also get a?? glimpse of the new Ghoul type, called The Lost, as well as a teaser that, in early 2025, players will actually be able to play as a Ghoul.

I haven't played Fallout 76 since it originally launched and wasn't too fond of it. However, I've heard it's gotten a ton of love since then and is up there with the upper echelons of Fallout goodness in terms ??of both gameplay and story. This sounds like a great time to jump back in.

Fallout 76: Skyline Valley launches on June 12 on all platforms.

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Some of the most menacing enemies in Fallout games are small critters scaled up to human-sized proportions. A disturbing example of this are the Gulpers of Fallout 76 who were once cute salamanders until the Great War mutated them into six-foot-tall predators of the Wasteland. Flies and other insects aren’t enough to sate their appetite anymore so Gulpers have adapted to ambushi?ng players around the Mire and Cranberry Bog. 

If you’re looking to defeat Gulpers for Seasonal Challenges or harvest their meat to make delicious pepperoni rolls, you’ll want to know all of the locations Gulpers are found within Fallout 76. 

All Gulper locations in Fallout 76 

The Gulper Lagoon is named appropriately. Whether it’s for challenges or for making pepperoni rolls, this POI is the best Gulper farming location. Wi??th 4 guaranteed spawns, it’s p??erfect for players who don’t mind world-hopping to reset the spawns. 

While not guaranteed to be available at all times, the Moonshine Jamboree event found at Sunday Brothersâ€?Cabin contains the highest volume of Gulpers in all of Fallout 76. Whenever this event is active, make sure to prioritize this ??over the? Gulper Lagoon since it is a much more efficient farming method. 

All Gulper variants in Fallout 76 

As with most enemies that players can encounter across Appalachia, Gulpers have many variants. At higher levels, Gulpers become much more durable and have different damage types depending on their variant type. Here are all of the different Gulper variants found in Fallout 76.

• Gulper Newt
• Gulper
• Gulper Devourer
• Glowing Gulper
• Scorched Gulper
• Acidic Gulper

The swamps of Fallout 76 are filled with enemies who are keen to spread their diseases and other status effects to unprepared players. While Gulpers don’t inflict such status effects, their deadly insect neighbors do. Pack a disease cure or two and don’t let the resilient salamanders distract you from the ot??her threats in the area. 

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Of all of the daily quests that players can acquire in Fallout 76, hacking a term??inal is the most loathed of them all. The hacking minigame isn’t as exciting as exterminating pests or hunting down creatures for their materials. Plus, perks are required to attempt to h?ack most of the terminals found in the game. 

But hacking terminals doesn’t have to be so tedious. Unlike slaying creatures, players don’t have to worry about spawns or interference from others. Terminals are found in fixed locations and are always the same level, so besides the minigame itself, they can be the most st??raightforward daily quest to complete. 

How to hack terminals in Fallout 76 

There are four levels of terminals found across Appalachia that range from zero to three. Level zero terminals can be hacked by any player since they don’t require any perks. Terminal levels one through three require having the Hacker, Expert Hacker, and Master Hacker perk cards respec??tively in order to hack them. 

Different levels of term??inals will provide varying rewards and any level terminal will fulfill most quest or achievement requirements (besides Tadpole challenges which mention particular levels).

While the screen filled with characters might be intimidat??ing at first, hacking terminals is fairly simple. 

• You begin with four attempts to guess the correct password.

  • The level of the terminal determines the number of possible passwords shown along with the number of characters.

• When selecting a password, keep track of the “Likenessâ€?rating given to each password you’ve chosen. Use the process of elimination to avoid any words that don’t have the same number of matching characters.
• Try to select a word that has similar characters to other options in the terminal. This would make it easier to narrow down which characters are correct.
• Selecting clusters of symbols that are enclosed by â€?)â€? “{}â€? “[]â€? or â€?lt;>â€?will grant either additional attempts or will remove any false passwords from the terminal. (Example shown below)

Hacking terminals in Fallout 76 is much more forgiving than in the other Fallout games. In previous installments, failing the minigame would lock the player out of the terminal for the rest of the game. In Fallout 76, the terminal will eject the player after a failure and then allow them to try again afte?r a few seconds. 

Level 0 terminal locations in Fallout 76

Level 1 terminal locations in Fallout 76

Level 2 terminal locations in Fallout 76

Level 3 terminal locations in Fallout 76

There are many more terminals found within Fallout 76, most of which require key items, quest completions, or reputation levels to access them. Certainly, more will be added with the upcoming Skyline Valley map expansion. If any hackable terminals a?re added that a?re more accessible than the ones on these lists, we’ll be sure to update them. 

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Similar to how the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) mutated humans into an unrecognizable foe, the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion (TDC) spread throughout Pittsburgh to create feral, deformed humans known as Trogs. Not to ??be confused with Trogdor the dragon, Trogs are humans degenerated by the TDC which puts them somewhere in between feral ghouls and super mutants. 

Trogs are an enemy that was first introduced in The Pitt, a Fallout 3 DLC. They’re hairless, crawl on all fours, and share similar attack patterns with feral ghouls. The most disturbing part about a Trog is that they are capable of partial speech. Hearing their voice lines as a pack of them gallop around you can quickly turn Fallout 76 into a horror game. This guide will help you find Tro?gs so that you can lay them to rest, either for a weekly challenge or out of the kindness of your heart. 

Where to find Trogs in Fallout 76

Trogs are currently only found in either of the two Expeditions to The Pitt. â€?strong>From Ashes to Fireâ€?is an Expedition where you can find many Trogs throughout your journey in the Trench. This Expedition i??s best if you’d like to immediately hunt Trogs and respawn the area by leaving and rejoining the session. 

The other Expedition to The Pitt known as �strong>Union Dues�brings the Trogs directly to you. Towards the end of the Expedition, waves of Trogs will swarm players, saving you the trouble of hunting them down yourself. But unlike �strong>From Ashes to Fire,�players will only be able to find Tr?ogs during these waves. 

Both of the Expeditions include a high number of Trogs. So eve??n though there are only two sources of the enemy within Fallout 76, you shouldn’t have trouble knocking out your weekly 50-kill challenge with one to two runs of the Expeditions. 

All Trog variants in Fallout 76

Like many creatures in Fallout 76, Trogs have various forms that make every encounter dangerous in their own way. Unlike most types of enemies, these variants aren’t simply higher-leve?l versions with an increase of stats. 

• Trog: The base variant. While considered weak, they aren’t anything to underestimate when in a pack. They have a ranged attack in the form of a toxic spit, but their swarming tactics make them deadly.
• Trog Devourer: These Trogs are more durable than their normal variant and gain a howl attack which can disorient players. A well-timed howl from a Devourer can spell the end for even the most prepared players.
• Trog Fledgling: Small but not to be underestimated, Fledglings have a toxic spit similar to the other variants but tend to spawn in higher numbers. Their barrage of bile isn’t to be taken lightly. 
• Trog Striker: Nearly identical to a devourer, the striker appears if the player finds all four Striker’s Logs in the â€?strong>Union Duesâ€?Expedition. 
• Trog Superior: While not as powerful as a Devourer, the Superior gets its name from being the most dominant variant throughout the Pitt. 
• Glowing Trog: It wouldn’t be a Fallout enemy if it didn’t have a Glowing variant. These are only found in the final phase of â€?strong>From Ashes to Fireâ€?within the Radstorms. 

Every Trog is agile and rarely found alone. Consider using flamers or automatic weapons to answer their swarming tactics with a stream of fire and lead. Staying on the move is key to fighting many of the foes in Fallout 76.

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The official Fortnite Twitter account has teased an upcoming Fallout collaboration. By most accounts, more Fallout is a good thing, but for Fallout 76 players, it's a bittersweet reminder of the battle royale mode their? game lost years ago.

Fortnite has seen crossover events with a massive roster of huge franchises, including heavy-hitters like Star Wars and Stranger Things. Now, thanks in part, I'm sure, to the success of Amazon's Fallout TV Show, the game is getting a Fallout crossover that will undoubtedly see new mechanics based on the Fallout universe introduced to Fortnite for a few weeks alongside skins players must earn durin?g that season if they want to keep them fore??ver.

Fallout in Fortnite isn't what Fallout 76 players want

Fallout skins in Fortnite aren't what all Fallout fans want, though. You see, Fallout 76 had a battle royale mode once called Nuclear Winter. When it was initially released, I remember it feeling fairly out of place because t??he premise was pretty weak, but the gameplay, rewards, and lore were engrossing.

At the?? time of writing, others who remember and played the game mode, and even ??those who jumped into the game after it was closed and have only seen screenshots or videos of it, are lightly lamenting its loss and wondering if there's any space for it to return.

Creator Frederick on Twitter points out the fun and flaws of Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter. "It was a weird and unique experiment that re-invented the way you thought about the game's systems and world. It wa?s also bad, lol."

I can't deny that this game mode was bad, but not for the reasons you might think. As it does for most franchises, Battle Royale works for Fallout, but Nuclear Winter didn't work for Fallout 76 because it was implemented very quickly. It felt very much like Bethesda saw Fortnite's success, decided it wanted a piece of it, and threw out a battle royale mode for its online Fallout game.

Fallout 76 uses card-based Perks that you unlock more of as you level up your character. Nuclear Winter broke this system and contained many weapons that broke it even further. Mercifully, weapons and Perks from the game mode became locked to it, so you couldn't le??vel up a character in the battle royale mode and then dominate public survival servers.

The rewards I loved the most were Holotapes. It's difficult to know how many of these there were, but I believe there were dozens scattered around the Vault that acted as the lobby for the 52-player game mode. As you leveled up, you could access more rooms an??d find more Holotapes, telling the story of a supercomputer called ZAX.

The computer was left in charge of Vault 51 to create fictional scenarios and test humanity's tribalism to its limits. By the end of the experiment, it had only succeeded in forcing Vault Dwellers to split and war with each other. Learning about this in Fallout 76 was fascinating and a real treat while Nuclear Winter was live.

Perhaps because of this division of progression, Nuclear Winter's player base dwindled fairly quickly until Bethesda deemed it necessary to shut the game mode down entirely in 2021. Some players in Fallout 76 still have rewards from the game mode on their save files today as a memory of what was a brief and tum?ultuous time? for the game.

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