What's new in Fallout 76
The current update, the season and its Legacy Season, the event calendar, what's being tested, and every update since 2024.
The Slasher (September 15, 2026)
Version 1.7.26.13
- Story event
- A Halloween questline that plays out over several weeks. Tune your Pip-Boy radio to Breaking News to start it; new broadcasts send you to clear Infestations of Slasher cultists, take on new Daily Ops challenges and dig up graves. Rewards include a unique Power Armor set and a new weapon, the Super Slasher.
- Unique item crafting
- Unique weapons and armor can have their legendary mods changed and a fourth mod added. Costs and rules.
- Legacy Seasons
- A past season runs next to the current one. How it works.
- Xbox Series X|S and PS5
- Native versions are out as a separate download from your console store. Bethesda targets 60 FPS on Series X|S, PS5 and PS5 Pro, 4K on Series X, One X and PS5 Pro, and VRR on supported displays.
- Console test server
- The Public Test Server now runs on consoles: Xbox through the Xbox Insider Hub, PlayStation through Bethesda's Discord.
- Fall fish
- Autumn's seasonal fish arrived on September 22. Fishing guide.
Season 26: Beware the Blood Moon
From Sep 15, 2026
Seasons run alongside each update. Challenges and ordinary play earn S.C.O.R.E.; each rank gives Tickets, which you spend on rewards in the Seasons menu. Unused Tickets turn into Gold Bullion when the next season starts.
Season 26 rewards are horror themed. Bethesda has named the Batty Skirt, Blood Moon Power Armor Paint, the Creepy Cultist Well and the Blood Moon Weather Control Station. Bethesda said that from this season on, rewards would be fewer recolors and more new, update-themed items.
End date: not announced. Bethesda's community calendar puts World Pets and Season 27 in December.
Fallout 1st and seasons
Fallout 1st includes a Fallout 1st Seasons Pass; in recent seasons that meant extra rewards and a S.C.O.R.E. boost. S.C.O.R.E. is earned in Adventure and Private Adventure, not in Custom Worlds. What else Fallout 1st includes.
Mini Seasons
Short Mini Seasons, like February's Love Hurts, start by claiming a free item in the Seasons menu, then run on challenges and tickets. Love Hurts ran for two weeks.
Legacy Seasons
New with The Slasher
- One past season runs next to the current season, for the whole season.
- Both use the same Tickets. There is no new currency, and you choose where to spend.
- Legacy rewards unlock in order; the current season keeps its normal board.
- Rewards you claimed first time round, or bought in the Atomic Shop, are already marked as claimed. A few new rewards were added.
- The original game boards are not rewards, and there is no bonus page yet.
- Seasons rotate, so a Legacy Season will come back, but maybe not for a while.
Now: Season 4
Armor Ace and the Power Patrol in Cold Steel runs for all of Season 26.
Next: Season 10
Red Rocket "Across America" Presents: The City of Steel, chosen by a community vote, arrives with the Winter update.
Event calendar: October to December 2026
Past events hide automatically
During Double Mutations, Daily Ops enemies get two mutations instead of one.
September 2026
- Mutated Public EventsPublic events carry extra mutations and better rewards.
October 2026
- Double S.C.O.R.E.
- Slasher C.A.M.P. Contest
- Mischief NightHalloween event.
- Double Mutations
- Spooky Scorched
- Double XP and Legendary Sale
November 2026
- Double S.C.O.R.E. and Caps-A-Plenty
- Anniversary Events
- Gold Rush and Double Mutations
- Mutated Public Events
- Double XP
December 2026
- Treasure Hunter and Double Mutations
- Murmrgh's Special Pick
- Holiday Scorched
- Double S.C.O.R.E., Caps-A-Plenty and Double Mutations
- Double XP
Source: Bethesda's Season 26 community calendar ↗, checked October 5, 2026. Bethesda sometimes moves or adds events; the official calendar wins.
In testing
Public Test Server, Sep 2026
Test server content can change or be cut before launch. Bethesda's calendar lists World Pets for December.
- World Pets. Your C.A.M.P. dog, cat, radhog or deathclaw follows you into the world, fights with you, levels to 200 and unlocks two passive bonuses. Testing (PTS)
- Skyline Valley refresh. Reworked terrain, Bounty Hunting from The Trading Post, and a brain-jar collectible questline. Testing (PTS)
- More weapon mods. .50 cal, Single Action Revolver, Gauss Shotgun and Pistol, M79, Crusader Pistol, and grip mods for all melee weapons. Testing (PTS)
World Pets passives (test build)
Dog, cat, radhog and deathclaw
Pets level per species up to 200. Each species unlocks two passives, at levels 5 and 20, which get stronger at 40, 60, 85 and 120.
| Pet | Item passive | Activity passive |
|---|---|---|
| Dog | Stimpak Fetcher: finds Stimpaks, better ones as it levels | Bounty Sniffer: an extra legendary from Grunt Hunts (1 to 3 stars) |
| Cat | Baits Finder: finds Improved Bait | Mega Bits: extra Fish Bits after each catch |
| Radhog | Goo-Getter: finds Toxic Goo | Rad-Dration: finds High-Radiation Fluids in nuke zones |
| Deathclaw | Dark Titan: finds Black Titanium | Fun-Festation: an extra legendary from Infestations (1 to 3 stars) |
What Bethesda says is coming
Letter from the Directors, Sep 30, 2026
Creative Director Jon Rush and Production Director Bill LaCoste describe the plan from now into summer 2027. Only December has a month attached; "next spring" and "next year" are Bethesda's words, not dates, and plans can change.
| When | What | What Bethesda says |
|---|---|---|
| December 2026 | World Pets | Every C.A.M.P. Pet can come out into the world with you and gets more capable as it levels up beside you. Pet interactions carry over, with new options for Stay, Follow, Protect and Kill. Bethesda's calendar pairs it with Season 27. |
| Winter | Skyline Valley and Bounty Hunting | Players revisit Skyline Valley with their pets, and Bounty Hunting comes to Skyline Valley. |
| Next spring | Hideouts | Camps home to the worst criminals in the Wasteland, harder than current bounties and a step between the early endgame and Raids, with a new "Marked" difficulty for the best rewards. A rival bounty hunter called The Drifter tries to eliminate the competition. |
| Next year | Raven Rock | The map expands toward the Capital Wasteland, almost 200 years before the events of Fallout 3, around a cold war between two derelict Enclave operators. No season is given. |
| Along the way | Improvements | Work on Seasonal Events, rendering, weather, the new player experience and fishing. New seasonal fish keep arriving, and Bethesda hints at a gold Axolotl. |
Update timeline, 2024 to 2026
Free updates; each links to Bethesda's notes
Every update, newest first
11 updates, March 2024 to September 2026
| Update | Date | Season | What it added |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Slasher | 2026-09-15 | 26: Beware the Blood Moon | Halloween questline, native Xbox Series and PS5 versions, unique item crafting, Legacy Seasons |
| Infestations | 2026-06-02 | 25: Appalachia Under Siege | Infestations with 4-star rewards, seasonal fish, Deathclaw C.A.M.P. pet (paid bundle) |
| The Backwoods | 2026-03-03 | 24: Rip Daring and the Cryptids From Beyond the Cosmos | Bigfoot and other event crashers, Activities rotation, armor rework, faster Pip-Boy |
| Burning Springs | 2025-12-02 | 23: Blood x Rust | The Burning Springs region in Ohio, Bounty Hunting with The Ghoul, the Rust King questline, Radhog pet |
| C.A.M.P. Revamp | 2025-09-02 | 22: Appalachian Modern Living | Relaxed build rules, Workshop 2.0, item locking, heavy/melee/bow perk rework |
| Gone Fission | 2025-06-03 | 21: Gone Fission | Fishing, axolotls, Local Legends, rifle/shotgun/energy perk rework |
| Ghoul Within | 2025-03-18 | 20: Glow of the Ghoul | Playable Ghouls, ghoul perks, pistol perk rework, Level 50 Character Boost |
| The Gleaming Depths | 2024-12-03 | 19 | The first raid, 4-star legendaries, C.A.M.P. Pets, player titles |
| Milepost Zero | 2024-09-03 | – | Legendary crafting, Caravans, C.A.M.P. ratings |
| Skyline Valley | 2024-06 | – | The Skyline Valley region, the start of the combat rebalance |
| Atlantic City: America's Playground | 2024-03 | – | Atlantic City Expeditions |
Official news
- Inside the Vault: Return to Skyline Valley and World Pets testing
- The Slasher update is available now
- The Slasher release notes
- Introducing Legacy Seasons
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Where Bethesda posts
- Release notes and Inside the Vault articles on fallout.bethesda.net: the source for every mechanic on this site.
- Steam announcements carry the same notes plus maintenance notices. The list here comes from that feed.
- Bethesda Support has known issues and hotfix notes.
- The community calendar image comes out with each season.