With a slight delay, the first new content from the Wild Appalachia update for Fallout 76 has finally been released. This brings many changes to the game. We have picked out the best for you.
What is “Wild Appalachia”? Some time ago, Bethesda published a roadmap with plans showing upcoming content for Fallout 76 in 2019. “Wild Appalachia” is the first of three major updates:
- Wild Appalachia
- Nuclear Winter (Summer 2019)
- Wastelanders (Fall 2019)
Already, “Wild Appalachia” brings numerous innovations. After the server restart on March 13, most new content will be available. The update is about 20GB for PS4 and Xbox One, and about 13.7GB for PC.
The new Alcohol feature
What is this feature? The highlight of the update is the new Alcohol feature that we have already presented in advance. You now have the opportunity to brew your own alcohol in Fallout 76 and even distill spirits.
This is how you learn to brew: Just accept the invitation from one of the posters from Vault-Tech University (VTU) that are scattered throughout Appalachia or buy such a poster as a C.A.M.P. item for free in the Atomic Shop until April 9.
With the poster, you start the quest “Crashed on Nukashine” and set out to find the drunken robot Al. With him, you will eventually learn the recipes for the fermentation barrel as an item for your C.A.M.P. and the first recipes for making alcohol.
Where can I find more recipes? After you have completed the quest, you can repeat a daily quest with Al where you can learn more recipes. The drinks provide you with various bonuses in combat.
A better C.A.M.P. with more budget
What will change: There have been some adjustments to the C.A.M.P. that are supposed to allow you to build more now. This includes reducing the budget costs of turrets and some other items.
In return, these items now have a maximum number of units that you can place in your C.A.M.P. or in a workshop.
Additionally, smaller items like grass and mushrooms will be removed when you build something on them. As a result, some locations may not be buildable anymore. If your C.A.M.P. is located on such a point, you can reposition it for free upon logging in.
What does this bring me? With the changes, it should be possible for you to build larger and more exciting C.A.M.P.s. What has been possible so far has already been shown by some talented players:
With the new system, even more of such crazy constructions should work.
Better heavy weapons and energy weapons
What has changed: Improvements have been made to all heavy and semi-automatic energy weapons, as well as automatic heavy weapons some improvements have been made:
- Heavy and semi-automatic energy weapons lose less durability per shot
- Semi-automatic energy weapons deal 10% more damage
- Heavy weapons with high fire rate fire slower, but deal 10% more damage
- Semi-automatic heavy weapons deal 10-20% more damage
- All heavy ballistic weapons lose 75% less durability per shot
This is what the changes benefit: With the weapon improvements, heavy weapons should feel a bit better. Previously, there was the problem that they were often destroyed after a few shots and needed repairing.
This prevented them from being effectively used, which should now be possible.
The change to heavy weapons with high fire rates addresses an issue with armor. Due to damage reduction, these weapons dealt almost no damage against certain armors. With the increased damage at a lower fire rate, the damage per second should remain the same but be able to penetrate armor.
New event: Carnival
What is this event? From March 19 to March 26, the Carnival will be celebrated in Appalachia. You can help the bots in Helvetia to boost the festivities. Even though the people have all gone, the robots keep the tradition alive.
The goal is to “drive away Father Frost” and ensure that spring finally arrives. For the event, you can repeat some smaller tasks during the duration.
What do I get for this? As a reward for the tasks, there are bizarre masks that you can wear as cosmetic items or trade with other players.
Some of the masks are said to be rarer than others, which is why you can complete the tasks several times a day.
Additionally, Bethesda hints that there should even be new building plans for the C.A.M.P. More about the event and the complete patch notes in English can be found on the official Fallout 76 website.
What do you think of the first part of “Wild Appalachia”?
In addition to the innovations, Bethesda is also finally planning a change to PvP:
