One of gaming’s recent comeback kings, ‘Fallout 76,’ has kicked off its year with an expansive update addressing many ongoing issues! So, Fallout 76 experienced a complete reversal of fortune few games can match. From critically panned to critical darling, Bethesda’s hard work and dedication to its fans indeed led to a resurgence that shows no signs of slowing down. Now, Fallout 76 has released its first, fresh 2025 update! Within it are a host of tweaks and changes, giving new life to a long-standing game. Without further ado, here are all the details of the Version 1.7.17.9 update.

Armor

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

Best Builds

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

‘Fallout 76’ C.A.M.P. and Workshops

    Improved Pet spawns so they would no longer get stuck at the border of camps.
    Further, 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.
    The vertical spacing between C.A.M.P. slots in the menu have been decreased appropriately.
    Further, fixed an issue preventing the Plastiform Blue Star from being built in camp.
    Fixed the Build menu icon for the Winter Retreat.
    Fixed the Build Menu icon for the Mounted Jackalope Head.
    Adjusted collision on the Winter Retreat.
    Fixed the build limit for Billboards.
    Further, fixed an abrupt transition when moving out of snow aurora weather.
    All instances of the Gleaming Depths Shelter are now consistently named.
    Counterfeit Bottle Cap Machine will now correctly generate Lead and Aluminum.
    Counterfeit Bottle Cap Machine no longer shares a build limit with campfires.

Creatures

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

‘Fallout 76’ Events

    During Seismic Activity, if the corpse of the Ultracite Titan remains from a previous run, it will now despawn before the next run.
    Plastiform rewards now correctly display “Activate” instead of “Use”.
    Fixed an issue causing Super Mutants to drop more caps than expected.

Gleaming Depths

    Mothman is no longer whispering in the Gleaming Depths.
    The electricity hazard on top of the EN06 Guardian’s platform will now become active sooner.
    Vulcan Research Lab health and progress bars are now local.
    The electric field in the ENO6 Guardian fight expands to cover the intended range on the guardian’s platform.
    Fixed an issue where the Epsilon Squad Trophy wasn’t being granted to players who completed the fight under the required time limit.

Items

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

Quests

    The Ol’ Weston Shuffle: Fixed an issue that would prevent Johnny from shooting at the end of the quest.
    Hunter for Hire: Fixed an issue where Roper and Jacky were unresponsive to quest actions.
    Novice of Mysteries: Fixed a rare case where the quest could get stuck.

Weapons

    Fixed Cauterizer displaying static VFX when on a weapon rack.
    Adjusted the smoke effects of the Gauss Minigun.
    Revolutionary Sword now uses the correct melee weapon icon in the weapon wheel.
    Further, fixed an issue where colored baseball bats would not display their correct textures.
    The Description of the Lickety-Split weapon now correctly states that “Railway Spikes Shatter & Ricochet for up to 30 Damage”.

Fallout 76 Miscellaneous Fixes

    “Mute Pings” and “Unmute Pings” are now local.
    Further, fixed an issue where some players were unable to earn the Player Title “Vault” and “Dweller” despite completing vault 76.
    Supplies will correctly display in the Pip-Boy Currencies tab.
    Owned Nuclear Winter Player Icons will now appear again in the Atomic Shop.
    Fixed an issue which could cause V.A.T.S. firing to be misaligned on some ultrawide screens.
    Screen narration accessibility setting will now display correctly in all languages. -The Motorized Butter Churn will now be found in the “Resources” tab of the workshop menu.
    Season Booster widget will now correctly display boosters carried over from the previous season.
    In the social menu there should no longer be a blue “shadow” being on the text of player names who are online.
    Fixed inconsistent capitalization in some legendary effect descriptions.
    Further, fixed a typo in the Golden Enclave Officer Outfit.
    Player Titles will no longer obscure the player’s face from a distance.
    Removed extra word “Outfit” from the name of Grim Reaper Outfit and Headwear.
    Nuka-World On Tour’s “Bottle Blaster” game now correctly calculates the Nuka-cade points earned.
    Fixed an issue that caused the Splash informational screen to not display correctly when launching the game on Xbox.
    Further, fixed an issue causing Mutated Party Packs to not drop after completing the mutated version of Safe and Sound.

Fallout 76 Mods

    Updated the description for the One-Star “Bolstering” mod to correctly state that it still ‘Grants up to +35 Energy Resistance and Damage Resistance, the Lower Your Health. Currently +0’ (Currently + will display the current value applicable for that player).
    Improved descriptions on the barrel mods for the Karma Syringer.
    Further, fixed an issue with duplicate text in many legendary effect descriptions.
    Electrician’s Four-Star mod now correctly persists after the player dies.

Perks

    Legendary Charisma now counts towards the Perk Sharing requirement.
    When attempting to share a Perk Card you do not meet Charisma requirements for, the necessary Charisma is now visible.

Fallout 76 UI

    Four-Star Legendary flyouts will now display the correct mod and appear and disappear appropriately.
    Further, some Lunchbox effects now provide more informative descriptions in the Pip-Boy.
    Improved maximum quantity behavior on purchase window.
    Further, fixed an issue which could cause some UI overlap when viewing Item Statistics or Camp slots.
    Pip-Boy no longer shows 3D renderings of items after a list becomes empty.
    Updated UI of Ammo Per Shot to show currently instanced weapon rather than default weapon value.
    Further, fixed an issue which would cause the first letter to not display in the disclaimers for AP and Carry Weight Boosters.

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