Fallout 76has just begun its 12th season, which is themed around cryptids and features a variety of rewards along with some changes to the seasonal challenges that should make earning those rewards a much smoother process. Additionally,Fallout 76has pushed a new update that touches on many aspects of the game, with changes ranging from new accessibility settings to bug fixes, performance improvements, and balance adjustments.

Bethesda’s first attempt at a multiplayer game in the belovedFalloutuniverse had an extremely rough start, with the effort widely panned by gamers and critics alike due to a world that seemed to be more populated by bugs and glitches than with meaningful content. In the years since the game’s 2018 release, Bethesda has continually updated the game in response to feedback and has been remarkably successful in its efforts to win back the game’s reputation. As a result,Fallout 76is now Mostly Positive on Steamafter spending a year and a half in the dreaded Mostly Negative and Mixed rating brackets.

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As alive-service multiplayer game,Fallout 76uses a seasonal system to drive player engagement by offering limited-time rewards earnable by completing in-game challenges each day. Season 12 is out now, entitled Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt, and it’s centered around the game’s unusual cryptid creatures and Rip Daring’s safari-like hunt. Season 12’s rewards are mostly cryptozoological in their theme, with mothman sculpture lamps, a hunter’s lodge C.A.M.P., and mountable taxidermied cryptid creatures. There are plenty of functional rewards as well such as Rip Daring’s Jetpack, the Cold Shoulder shotgun, and the Daring Heavy Cryo Turret. Season 12 will run from February 28 to June 13.

Along with Season 12’s launch, a new Mutation Invasion event will be taking place for the next three weeks. During Mutation Invasion,Fallout 76’s Public Eventswill feature a mutation from the Daily Ops rotation at the top of every hour, and these events will yield better rewards and a chance at rare plans. There are seven possible mutations, such as Active Camouflage which cloaks enemies when they’re not attacking, Volatile which causes enemies to explode on death, and Group Regeneration which heals enemies when they’re near each other.

Fallout 76’s seasons are freeto participate in, and there’s plenty of time between now and June for players to earn all the rewards. To make things a little easier, seasonal challenges can also be re-rolled once per day. Not only can this help eliminate unwanted challenges, but there’s a chance at upgrading the re-rolled challenge to an Epic Challenge for greater rewards. Plenty of other changes and improvements have also been included in today’s patch as well.

Fallout 76 Mutation Invasion Patch Notes

New Rotational Event: Mutation Invasion

Over the past four years, Appalachia has changed in many ways. While many of these changes are thanks to you (Project Clean Appalachia, anyone?) some of the changes are the results of daily long-lasting radiation exposure to the local inhabitants. Otherwise known as, “A Normal Day in the Wasteland.”

Mutations you’ve grown to know and love from Daily Ops' missions are now spilling over into Public Events! Mutation Invasion will increase the difficulty of Public Events, or challenge you to change your playstyle, but not without hefty rewards.

After the first 3 weeks of Mutation Invasion, this event will return every other week at the top of the hour for a week straight.

As a reminder, mutations can be:

New Reward: Mutated Package

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Daily Ops

In addition to Mutated Public Events, we’ve also added new locations, enemies, rewards, and a new mutation into our Daily Ops rotation.

Season 12: Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt

In the world of Big Game Cryptid Hunting, there is only one-man brave enough, strong enough, and smart enough to hold his own against these mysterious beasts! This Season we follow the daring and dangerous adventures of Rip Daring, Cryptid Hunter Extraordinaire, alongside his loyal Mr. Handy, Percival, and his trusty Nurse Guinevere.

New Rewards

Re-Roll Daily and Weekly Challenges!

This Season we’re introducing to you a new feature to our Seasons: the

Re-Roller!

Design Changes and Improvements

In addition to the new content we’ve added, we have also implemented design changes to better benefit your playstyle.

User Interface

Fallout 76is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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