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Fallout 76 Update Notes – January 21, 2025

Jan 21, 2025 · Steam update tracked by Buffs & Bugs

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PATCH AT A GLANCE

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Today’s update provides stability improvements across all platforms and brings more improvements to Appalachia.

AffectedPC · PS5 · Xbox
Main focusArmor · Best Builds · C.A.M.P. and Workshops
  • Read on for a full list of patch notes.
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  • T-65 Tricentennial Paint now correctly states it works with the T-65 armor set.
OFFICIAL UPDATE NOTES · STEAM

What officially changed

Today’s update provides stability improvements across all platforms and brings more improvements to Appalachia.

Read on for a full list of patch notes.

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Armor

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T-65 Tricentennial Paint now correctly states it works with the T-65 armor set.

Best Builds

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Fixed an issue where Liking or Unliking a Best Build would cause inconsistent text for the button.

C.A.M.P. and Workshops

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Improved Pet spawns so they would no longer get stuck at the border of camps.

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The vertical spacing between C.A.M.P. slots in the menu have been decreased appropriately.

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Fixed an issue preventing the Plastiform Blue Star from being built in camp.

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Fixed the Build menu icon for the Winter Retreat.

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Fixed the Build Menu icon for the Mounted Jackalope Head.

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Adjusted collision on the Winter Retreat.

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Fixed the build limit for Billboards.

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Fixed an abrupt transition when moving out of snow aurora weather.

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All instances of the Gleaming Depths Shelter are now consistently named.

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Counterfeit Bottle Cap Machine will now correctly generate Lead and Aluminum.

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Counterfeit Bottle Cap Machine no longer shares a build limit with campfires.

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Fixed an issue where some players could no longer build the Moe the Mole Safety Cutout despite knowing the plan.

Dev Note: If you have not learned the recipe for the Mole Safety Cutout, it can be earned as a reward from Dangerous Pastimes.

Creatures

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Scorchbeast and Scorchbeast Queen no longer continuously fire their sonic blast attack.

Events

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During Seismic Activity, if the corpse of the Ultracite Titan remains from a previous run, it will now despawn before the next run.

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Plastiform rewards now correctly display "Activate" instead of "Use".

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Fixed an issue causing Super Mutants to drop more caps than expected.

Gleaming Depths

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Mothman is no longer whispering in the Gleaming Depths.

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The electricity hazard on top of the EN06 Guardian's platform will now become active sooner.

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Vulcan Research Lab health and progress bars are now localized.

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The electric field in the ENO6 Guardian fight has been expanded to cover the intended range on the guardian’s platform.

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Fixed an issue where the Epsilon Squad Trophy wasn't being granted to players who completed the fight under the required time limit.

We are still investigating reports of performance issues within The Gleaming Depths raid. Thank you all so much for all your reports so far!

Items

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Added Mutation Suppression to the effect descriptions for Rad-X and Rad-X Diluted.

Dev Note: The Mutation Suppression description was added to the Rad-X Diluted by mistake. Rad-X Diluted does not suppress mutations and we will remove the Mutation Suppression description from it in the next patch. Sorry for any confusion!

Quests

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The Ol' Weston Shuffle: Fixed an issue that would prevent Johnny from shooting at the end of the quest.

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Hunter for Hire: Fixed an issue where Roper and Jacky were unresponsive to quest actions.

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Novice of Mysteries: Fixed a rare case where the quest could get stuck.

Weapons

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Fixed Cauterizer displaying static VFX when on a weapon rack.

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Adjusted the smoke effects of the Gauss Minigun.

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Revolutionary Sword now uses the correct melee weapon icon in the weapon wheel.

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Fixed an issue where colored baseball bats would not display their correct textures.

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The Description of the Lickety-Split weapon now correctly states that "Railway Spikes Shatter & Ricochet for up to 30 Damage".

Miscellaneous Fixes

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"Mute Pings" and "Unmute Pings" are now localized.

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Fixed an issue where some players were unable to earn the Player Title "Vault" and "Dweller" despite completing vault 76.

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Supplies will correctly display in the Pip-Boy Currencies tab.

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Owned Nuclear Winter Player Icons will now appear again in the Atomic Shop.

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Fixed an issue which could cause V.A.T.S. firing to be misaligned on some ultrawide screens.

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Screen narration accessibility setting will now display correctly in all languages.

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The Motorized Butter Churn will now be found in the "Resources" tab of the workshop menu.

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Season Booster widget will now correctly display boosters carried over from the previous season.

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In the social menu there should no longer be a blue “shadow” being cast on the text of player names who are online.

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Fixed inconsistent capitalization in some legendary effect descriptions.

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Fixed a typo in the Golden Enclave Officer Outfit.

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