Patch 13
Bethesda’s latest promise to bring good public events into the fray forFallout 76is coming to fruition, as their newest update, patch 13, is now live.
As we previously discussed, public events are actually fun to do now, and there are a number of UI and mechanical enhancements in place (the biggest one is that you’re able to travel to them instantly with no cap currency cost) that should spur players into doing them. Vault 94 rewards (the first raid) have also been buffed, and a new map, Morgantown, has been added to the Nuclear Winter battle royale mode, on top of global matchmaking.
Energy weapons also now utilize armor penetration effects (which should make them more useful), and a small backpack has been added to help alleviate early leveling growing pains (they have 50% of the capacity of a normal backpack, but can be crafted more easily). The Purveyor, which is basically Fallout 76’s version of Diablo’s gambling NPCs, can also randomly dish out legendary weapons.
Finally, and what is a meta victory for the community, Bethesda removed Atomic Shop Access Points (read: microtransaction store access) to train stations. Fans have been complaining about the ubiquitous nature ofFallout 76‘s microtransactions since launch: a muddy river that Bethesda themselves waded into without a life vest when they puffed their chest about how micros would be downplayed in76pre-launch.
One step forward, one back though, as Bethesda also added a non-cosmetic item to the Atomic Shop: a refrigerator that allows you to stash food and drink items with a 50% slower spoilage rate.
Patch 13[Bethesda.net]
PATCH VERSION
Download sizes for this update will be less than 7 GB for consoles and under 1.5 GB for PC.
GENERAL UPDATES
Please Note:As part of today’s maintenance, we have deployed a fix for the Power Armor system that will unstack Chassis that were never meant to stack. This issue affected approximately 9% of Characters.
Additionally, we are still actively working to address the control lock that can occur when exiting Power Armor and plan to release a hotfix as soon as possible once we are confident that our fix will fully resolve this issue. Thank you for your continued patience.
PUBLIC EVENTS
The Events system has received quality of life improvements, based largely on community feedback, and select events have been reclassified as “Public Events.” These events feature new UI improvements, as well as several mechanics adjustments.
UI IMPROVEMENTS
MECHANICS CHANGES
Visit our recentPublic Events Preview article on Fallout.comto catch even more details about these changes, including a full list of Public Events.
DESIGN AND BALANCE UPDATES
QUESTS AND EVENTS
THE ATOMIC SHOP
Several new items have been added to the Atomic Shop with today’s update. Catch a brief description below and look out for today’s Atomic Shop article on Fallout.com for more details.
ART AND GRAPHICS
C.A.M.P., CRAFTING, AND WORKSHOPS
PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
