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Fallout 76: Upcoming Update Announcement

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Bethesda Game Studios@BethesdaStudios

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This article is a direct communication from the Fallout 76 development team, offering transparency on a rapid-response update to fix critical bugs introduced in a recent patch, while also clarifying intentional but undocumented changes. The article serves as a formal status report, structured to first list confirmed fixes for a February update, then detail ongoing investigations, and finally disclose intentional changes that were missing from official patch notes. Key Insights The team has prioritized a list of five specific bugs for a patch planned for the first week of February, including a broken Build Menu and issues with currency items and damage effects. Two significant undocumented changes are clarified: the addition of a new "Charged" 4-Star Legendary Mod for melee weapons and new mods for the Dom Pedro weapon. The developers are actively investigating other community reports, such as problematic armor resistances and enemy difficulty in the Burring Springs region, indicating these are not yet resolved. A known issue with the Weekly Raid Challenge being automatically completed (and thus blocking rewards) has led to its temporary disablement.

We wanted to share some news on an upcoming update the team is working on to address some of the topics that appeared after the Fallout 76 update that was released earlier this week.

The team has spent the last few days looking into the reports from across the community and have identified a list of topics that we plan to address in an update that is currently planned for release during the first week of February.

We are currently planning for this February update to address the following:

Build Menu appearing empty due to a skin applied to the C.A.M.P. Module.

The “New” category of the Pip-Boy acting erratically.

Grunt and Head Hunts only providing 1-Star enemies.

C.A.M.P. items that were purchased with Gold Bullion not appearing

Cryo Status effects and damage not applying to enemies.

We’re continuing to investigate reports on other topics such as, Armor resistances not applying unless re-equipped and players feeling “squishier” when fighting enemies in the Burring Springs region.

There were a couple of changes that went undocumented in our release notes on Tuesday. We wanted to highlight these changes to make sure everyone knows that they were intended.

New 4-Star Legendary Mod “Charged” has been added to items awarded in the Gleaming Depths raid.

This Melee only mod charges up the weapon with primary attacks. You can release this explosive charge with a power attack.

Dom Pedro has received two new mods. Reflex Sight and a Long Barrel mod. These mods are available for all owners of the weapon.

Known Issue: The Weekly Raid Challenge has been temporarily disabled due to reports that the challenge was automatically completing which resulted in rewards not being obtainable.

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