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Bigfoot is coming! Put on your Power Armor and grab your favorite weapon. We have a 4-Star Legendary Creature to take down!

The Backwoods update arrives today, and it brings more rewards to all Vault Dwellers across the wasteland. Enjoy some great quality-of-life improvements to Public Events and Activities (formerly known as events), your Pip-Boy, and your Armor!

Read on below for the latest on today’s changes.

Update Highlights

Bigfoot Has Arrived – The legendary Bigfoot has appeared and will be invading your Public Events. This 4-Star Legendary creature has a chance to drop a new, exclusive 4-Star mod, Thrillseeker.

Uninvited Guests – Bigfoot isn’t alone with its desire to ruin your fun. Other special creatures such as a more challenging Deathclaw Matriarch, Wendigo Colossus, and more have the chance to show up and crash your party.

Activities and Public Event Balancing – Many Activities (formerly “Events”) and Public Events have received updates to improve their rewards and event flow to keep you playing and not waiting around.

Pip-Boy Improvements – Your Pip-Boy is now faster, smoother, and has some new menus to help you get to what you’re looking for faster than before.

Armor Balancing – Reduced armor weight (in and out of stash) and more resistances baked into the armor itself to give you more choices on how you protect yourself.

Vanity Lights - New Photo Mode feature. Take photos during the night or in dark interiors without worrying about how to make your character shine!

Season 24: Rip Daring and the Cryptids From Beyond The Cosmos – Rip Daring sets off on another adventure this time facing off against extraterrestrial creatures! We hope you’re ready for another Rip Daring adventure!

Update Version 1.7.23.30 & Sizes

PC (Steam): 3.9 GB

The Arrival of Bigfoot

Bigfoot has emerged from hiding in the Appalachian wasteland!

Armed with a giant tree branch to slap you around and bloodsucking ticks to throw, Bigfoot has a chance to appear at the end of a select group of Public Events. Which ones? You’ll have to figure that out because taking this creature down gives you a chance at earning a 4-Star Legendary Item with the new 4-Star mod, “Thrillseeker” on it.

To celebrate its arrival, we’re holding a little event for this larger-than-life creature. We’re calling it “Bigfoot’s Bash”! During the first full week of the update, Bigfoot and the Public Events that spawn it will have an extremely high chance of appearing. After which, it’ll return to being its normal camera-shy self.

We hope you’re ready to take on this legendary cryptid! Do note, if it takes you too long to bring this creature down it will return to the wild! So, act fast when you see it appear.

Uninvited Guests

Bigfoot isn’t the only surprise that could be waiting for you at the end of a Public Event. The Wendigo Colossus or a Deathclaw Matriarch can appear at the end of events like “Guided Meditation” and “Distinguished Guests”.

They are not the only two that can crash your party though. Make sure to participate in all the Public Events to see who else will show up to give you more rewards.

Season 24 – Rip Daring and the Cryptids From Beyond the Cosmos

Rip Daring is back for another adventure and this time he’s hunting extraterrestrial creatures. Earn new seasonal rewards such a Pip-Boy display, Bigfoot Stien Display, and an Alien Weather Machine!?

Events

Events have been renamed to Activities

We have rebranded the variety of smaller “Event” quests as “Activities” to better represent what we felt they truly are. A quick activity to complete with a couple of friends or on your own. Public Events will retain their name.

Activities will now be shown within the "Featured Activity" list when opening the map alongside Daily Ops and Public Events, making them much easier to find and join.

Public Events have been given their own unique icon.

We have adjusted the min/max levels of enemies that spawn during all Activities and Public Events to provide more of a challenge for higher level players, while still staying balanced for lower. Additionally, the difficulty labels have been removed.