Halloween is descending on Appalachia with our latest update for Fallout 76, which arrives today. Scare up some fun over the next two weeks by hunting down Spooky Scorched, trick-or-treating at others’ C.A.M.P.s, and by giving out candy from your own home. Read on to catch all the details.

• Spooky Scorched: Some of the Scorched are celebrating the Halloween season by dressing in costume and dropping special loot!

• Pass Out Candy from your Haunted House: Claim a free Spooky Candy Bowl from the Atomic Shop, place it in your C.A.M.P., and fill it with Mystery Candy for trick-or-treaters to complete Challenges and earn rewards.

• Trick-or-Treat Around Appalachia: Step into your favorite costume and collect Mystery Candy from other players’ C.A.M.P.s to receive additional Challenge rewards.

Check the download sizes below for today’s patch on your platform of choice:

• PC (Bethesda.net): 2.3 GB

• PC (Microsoft Store): 2.2 GB

• PC (Steam): 9.3 GB

• PlayStation: 9.2 GB

• Xbox: 8.8 GB

Halloween is almost here, and some of the Scorched are getting into the spirit of the season by dressing in their most festive costumes as they creep around Appalachia! From now until November 2, whenever you spot “Spooky Scorched” during your adventures, or hear their spine-chilling holiday sounds, it’s time to go on the hunt.

• Spooky Scorched will spawn as 1, 2, or 3-star legendaries, which means you’ll receive a legendary item every time you take one down.

• You’ll also receive a Spooky Treat Bag, which you can open to get some goodies like consumables, ammo, and a chance at some Halloween themed Plans.

• Finally, you’ll receive a piece of Mystery Candy that you can eat to receive one of five random buffs, which may include stat boosts, or even Nukashine-like effects.

• TIP: While it can be tempting to devour all your Mystery Candy right away, you may want to hold on to a few pieces so that you can take part in our Trick-or-Treating event this year (more on that below).

• Please also note that, like the Holiday Scorched, Spooky Scorched will not spawn inside of interiors.

The Scorched won’t be the only ones haunting the Wasteland this Halloween! From now until November 2, you can dress up in costume to go trick-or-treating around Appalachia with your friends, and even give out candy to trick-or-treaters who visit your home. Along the way, you’ll be able to complete new trick-or-treating Challenges to earn rewards.

• Visit the Atomic Shop to claim a free Spooky Candy Bowl before November 2, build it in your C.A.M.P., and fill it with Mystery Candy for trick-or-treaters to enjoy.

• Get your hands on Mystery Candy by looting Spooky Scorched, or buying some with Caps from train station vendors around Appalachia.

• TIP: Place your Spooky Candy Bowl in an obvious spot in your C.A.M.P. where trick-or-treaters can easily find it.

• Please also note that Spooky Candy Bowls cannot be placed inside Shelters.

• Your C.A.M.P. will display a pumpkin icon on the Map once you’ve added Mystery Candy to your Spooky Candy Bowl, which will let other Dwellers know they are welcome to stop by for a treat.

• If your candy bowl is empty, the pumpkin icon will stop appearing for your C.A.M.P. until you refill it.

• Each trick-or-treater can only take one piece of candy per hour from your candy bowl, so there’s no need to worry about anyone swiping more than their fair share.

• Over the next two weeks, you will receive Daily and Weekly Challenges to give out candy, which you can complete to earn rewards!

• Daily Challenges will grant you one of several possible rewards, like a consumable item, Perk Card Pack, Lunchbox, Repair Kit, or some S.C.O.R.E.

• Weekly Challenges to give candy to trick-or-treaters can award S.C.O.R.E., rare crafting materials, or even Halloween costumes. Complete both Weekly Challenges and you’ll also receive a new Popcorn Machine for your C.A.M.P.!

• Dust off your favorite costume, grab a few friends, and leave space in your pack for plenty of candy, because it’s time to trick or treat your way around the Wasteland!

• Open the Map to spot C.A.M.P.s that have a pumpkin icon, which indicates that the owner currently has a Spooky Candy Bowl stocked up with Mystery Candy.

• Each day until November 2, you will receive a new Daily Challenge to trick or treat at other Dwellers’ C.A.M.P.s.

• Like the Daily Challenges to give out candy, completing each trick-or-treating Daily will net you one of several rewards, including consumables, a Perk Card Pack, Lunchbox, Repair Kit, or some S.C.O.R.E.

• Make sure you’re wearing a costume when you take Mystery Candy from someone else’s Spooky Candy Bowl to ensure you’ll receive Challenge credit.

• There are many different costume options available in-game, such as those you can find during your adventures, a variety of Unstoppables-themed rank-up rewards from the Season 6 Scoreboard, as well as costumes you can purchase in the Atomic Shop.

• Apparel: Fixed an issue that could partially obstruct the screen in first-person view while wearing the American Patriot Suit.

• Apparel: Equipping the King Grognak Outfit while wearing the Grognak Sidekick Underarmor no longer turns the player’s hands invisible.

• Headwear: The Mothman Gas Mask no longer clips into female characters’ faces.

• Junk: Fuel Tanks now correctly display preview images when viewed or inspected in the inventory.

• Power Armor: Reduced the amount of screen space taken up by the Park Ranger Power Armor’s forearms when wielding heavy weapons in first-person view, so that it is consistent with other Power Armors.

• Power Armor: Park Ranger Power Armor pieces now have proper interior textures when inspected in the inventory.

• Weapons: The Grelok Sorcerer Staff and Stanley Skins now correctly appear when applied to Grognak’s Axe.

• Weapons: Improved the idle animation for the Grognak’s Other Axe Skin while in first-person view.

• Weapons: Shortened the rebar on the Death’s Breath Flamer Skin to reduce the amount of screen space it takes up when playing in first-person view.

• Weapons: The correct reload animation now plays when reloading a Gatling Gun that has an Extra Large Magazine Mod while wearing Power Armor.

• Collectron Station: Moving a Collectron Station in C.A.M.P. before looting items it contained no longer prevents those items from appearing in the Station’s transfer menu.

• Displays: Corrected the placement of Grognak’s Other Axe when displayed in High-Powered and Magnetic Weapon Racks.

• Mobile Home Trailer: Players can no longer build multiple Mobile Home Doors in the same Mobile Home Trailer’s doorway.

• Stairs: Snapping two Haunted House Stairs to each other no longer prevents players from walking up both sets of stairs.

• Survival Tent: The Scrap Box in the Abandoned Shack Survival Tent now correctly faces the player.

• Double Mutations: 2x currency rewards no longer appear halved in the Operation Report after completing a Double Mutation Daily Op.

• Missing Persons: The “Find clues to where the Raiders are” objective now correctly progresses after opening the doors leading to the top floor of AMS Headquarters.

• Missing Persons: Marcia no longer occasionally disappears during combat.

• Backpacks: The Hazmat Meat Cooler Backpack now appears centered on the player’s back.

• Crafting: Fixed an issue on PC that could cause players to craft lower-level items than intended.

• Explosive Bait: Fixed an issue that caused players to take damage from Explosive Bait when they were not currently engaged in PVP combat with the player who threw it.

• Headwear: Fixed an issue that prevented Communist Commander Hats from appearing in players’ inventories.

• Legendary Armor: Auto-Stim Legendary Armor no longer automatically uses Stimpaks if a highly-radiated player’s available health is full.

• Legendary Crafting: Progress will now be saved after crafting a legendary item at a Workbench.

• Ranged Weapons: Laser Rifles with an attached Sniper Barrel Mod now fire correctly in third-person view while wearing Power Armor.

• Unarmed Melee Weapons: Crafting a legendary “Face Breaker” Power Fist now correctly requires 2 Legendary Modules. The ability to craft this item has been re-enabled at Weapons Workbenches.

• Underarmor: Players can now apply Casual Mods to all Season 6 Sidekick Underarmors.

• Events: The Monster Mash event’s map description, quest description, and quest tracker are now correctly translated in non-English game clients.

• Quests: Meg’s voice lines during the “Siding with Crater” quest are now correctly translated in the Japanese game client.

• Client Stability: Addressed an issue that could cause the PlayStation client to crash after placing a Junkyard Fountain in C.A.M.P.

• Client Stability: Fixed a crash that could occur when repeatedly switching tabs in the Pip-Boy.

• Performance: Fixed an issue in which the crafting menu could take a long time to open under certain conditions.

• Main Menu: Updated the Main Menu music for PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game so that it is consistent with other platforms.

• Atomic Shop: Corrected an issue that prevented some emotes from playing their icon animations when selected in the Atomic Shop.

• Atomic Shop: Inspecting certain Emotes and Player Icons in the Atomic Shop no longer causes item descriptions to disappear from the Shop’s menus.

• Pip-Boy: Opening a Holotape in the Pip-Boy and then switching to or from Quick-Boy view no longer causes the Pip-Boy UI to overlap the Holotape’s content.

• Collision: Addressed a number of objects throughout Appalachia that players could partially clip into or walk through.

• Pathing: Addressed a number of locations throughout Appalachia where players or creatures could become stuck.

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Over the course of the next week, we’re kicking off Halloween and Bombs Drop festivities with a double-header event that’s bringing Spooky Scorched and trick-or-treating to the Wasteland. In addition, Bombs Drop weekend will feature a triple threat of in-game events, including 50% off from the Purveyor, Scrip Surplus, and Double Mutation Daily Ops. As is Bombs Drop tradition, we’re also offering sales on Fallout 76 and Atom Packs for a limited time.

HALLOWEEN IS ALMOST HERE!

Our next update for Fallout 76 is set to arrive on Tuesday, October 19, and with it Halloween will descend on Appalachia like costumed Dwellers on a bowl full of candy. Quite literally, hungry trick-or-treaters will haunt your doorstep in search of some sweets and Challenge rewards. Even the Scorched that prowl the Wasteland will be dressing in their most hair-raising attire and dropping special treats. Grab your favorite costume and read on to catch all the details so that you can join in the fun before these spine-tingling events expire on November 2.

TAKE DOWN THE SPOOKY SCORCHED

Though the Scorched have lost much of what once made them human, it seems they’ve managed to retain some semblance of fondness for certain holidays. In fact, as Halloween approaches, they’re wriggling into creepy costumes and have even begun collecting sweet treats they’ve stumbled upon. From October 19 – November 2, you’ll occasionally run into these “Spooky Scorched” during your adventures in Appalachia. Each one will spawn as legendary, and taking them down will net you with a legendary item and a piece of Mystery Candy. You’ll also receive a Spooky Treat Bag, which you can open to receive rewards like consumables, ammo, and even a chance at some Halloween themed loot!

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, the Mystery Candy you’ll get from Spooky Scorched may seem enticing in the moment—especially because eating it will grant you with one of five random special buffs. However, you may want to bring a few pieces back to your C.A.M.P. for any visitors who stop by during the next couple of weeks…

TRICK OR TREAT!

Before the bombs fell, there was nothing quite like dressing up as your favorite comic book hero, storybook princess, or gruesome monster on Halloween, and going door-to-door with your closest friends on the hunt for some delicious sweets. This year, you can recapture some of that magic by raiding your wardrobe for a costume and trick-or-treating your way around Appalachia!

Starting October 19, everyone will be able to claim a free Spooky Candy Bowl from the Atomic Shop, place it in their C.A.M.P.s, and fill it with Mystery Candy they’ve collected from Spooky Scorched or purchased from train station vendors. Until November 2, all Dwellers will receive Daily Challenges to trick or treat at others’ C.A.M.P.s, as well as Daily and Weekly Challenges to hand out treats from their Spooky Candy Bowls. Each of these Daily Challenges that you complete will grant you one of several possible rewards, like a consumable item, Perk Card Pack, Lunchbox, Repair Kit, or some S.C.O.R.E. Additionally, Weekly Challenges to give candy to trick-or-treaters can award you S.C.O.R.E., rare crafting materials, or even Halloween costumes. If you manage to complete both Weekly Challenges, you’ll also receive the new Popcorn Machine that you can build in your Appalachian abode.

Remember to transform your home into a horrifying haunted house that will give your visitors a scare, and be sure to place your Spooky Candy Bowl where others can easily find it. Don’t worry about folks snatching all of your sweets in one go, either. Each Dweller will be limited to one piece of candy from your bowl per hour. Finally, just like in real life, you’ll need to be in costume in order to trick or treat successfully, so be sure to wear your most festive apparel when visiting others’ C.A.M.P.s.

JOIN THE BOMBS DROP FESTIVITIES!

Though a sugar-fueled Halloween is looming just around the corner, there is another important occasion that we remember at this time each year. Bombs Drop Day is a grim reminder of how the world changed forever on October 23. However, it’s also a cause for celebration, because despite the odds, you’re surviving, thriving, and making post-apocalyptic Appalachia your own. Join us in commemorating Bombs Drop Day with sales on Fallout 76 and Atoms, as well as several upcoming weekend events.

SAVE BIG ON FALLOUT 76 AND ATOM PACKS!

There’s never been a better time to play Fallout 76 than right now, and Bombs Drop Week offers the perfect opportunity to dive head-first into Appalachia. Until October 26, you and your friends can pick up the game for up to 75% off at select digital stores, like the Microsoft Store, PlayStation Store, Steam, and Bethesda.net. You’ll not only gain full access to the base game, but you’ll also receive every free content update we’ve released so far, including Wastelanders, Steel Dawn, and Steel Reign, among many others. Please note that offer availability, sale timings, and exact discounts vary by region and platform, so be sure to check your platform of choice for more details.

In addition to our game sales, we’re also offering discounts* on Atom Packs for the second time ever! From October 19 through October 25, you’ll be able to get best-value Atoms so that you can spend less cash to pick up even more of the items that have caught your eye in the Atomic Shop. Here are the details:

• 500 Atoms – 20% off base price
• 1000 Atoms (+100 bonus Atoms) – 25% off base price
• 2000 Atoms (+400 bonus Atoms) – 30% off base price
• 4000 Atoms (+1000 bonus Atoms) – 35% off base price

DOUBLE UP ON SCRIP, LEGENDARIES, AND DAILY OPS NEXT WEEKEND

Next weekend, from October 21 – 25, we’ve got a triple threat of weekend events in store for you. The Bombs Drop savings continue, with a Scrip Surplus event where you can earn up to twice the normal daily Legendary Scrip by turning in your unwanted legendary items using Legendary Exchange Machines. Next, you can bring your stack of Scrip over to Purveyor Murmrgh’s shop inside the Rusty Pick to get legendary weapons and armor for 50% off her usual prices.

Finally, those of you who are daring enough to venture into Daily Ops can amp up the challenge by taking on Double Mutations all weekend long. Enemies will sport unique combinations of two mutation effects, but you’ll also receive bonus rewards for your efforts, including double XP during your Daily Ops runs, as well as twice the currency and Legendary Core rewards.

Happy (almost) Halloween! We hope everyone has a blast collecting frightful loot from the Spooky Scorched, trick-or-treating at one another’s C.A.M.P.s, and celebrating Bombs Drop this year. Until next time, we’ll see you in Appalachia.

* Please Note: Bombs Drop Atom Pack sales are not currently available on Xbox in Japan, or on PlayStation in Asia, including Japan.