2024 has turned out to be an amazing year to be aFalloutfan, especially for fans ofFallout 76. Between the surge in popularity that the franchise received after the success of theFalloutshow, and several massive content updates released recently, this was arguablyFallout 76’s biggest year to date.
Overall, no stone was left unturned regardingFallout 76’s recent updatesthroughout 2024, introducing several new features and gameplay changes that have reshaped the experience from both the new player experience to the endgame loop. Then, with one more major update planned for later this year,Fallout 76will truly be ending 2024 with a bang, meanwhile setting a high bar for updates from future years to live up to.
2024 Has Been an Amazing Year for Fallout 76
2024 was a huge year forFallout 76, both in terms of game-changing updates that were released this year andFallout 76reaching record-high player numbersafter the success of theFalloutshow. So, while there may not be a newFalloutgame or an officialFalloutremake to jump into this year,Fallout 76has plenty to offer both new and longtime franchise fans. Just in this past year alone,Fallout 76has released a wide variety of updates, with some of the biggest changes introduced this year including:
All Fallout 76 updates are available free for players who own the base game.
Fallout 76’s Gleaming Depths Update Will End 2024 With a Bang
After a year’s worth of significant updates, there’s still one more major content update planned forFallout 76coming in 2024 that will end this year with a bang:the Gleaming Depths update, coming sometime in December. This update will introduce what already looks like the hardest endgame content to date, in addition to 4-star Legendary gear, Season 19, tons of QoL features, and another round of balancing changes.
Fallout 76’s Gleaming Depths Raid Is the Ultimate Endgame Activity
The upcoming Gleaming Depths Raid aims to be the ultimate endgame experience, requiring expert buildcrafting and teamwork, and any players who are tough enough to complete all or parts of this new Raid are sure to be rewarded. Among some of the rewards, players can expect to earn the new 4-star Legendary gear from this raid.
Based on what’s been shown so far, the4-star Legendaries coming toFallout 76in the Gleaming Depths update will forever change the meta. This feature was initially announced forFallout 76’s 2021 roadmap, but it never made it into the game, so 4-star Legendaries finally being introduced later this year has been a long time coming, especially after all the recent balancing changes to weapons, armor, and Legendary effects.
The new 4-star Legendary gear inFallout 76can also be earned outside of the Raid, from 4-star Legendary enemies that spawn naturally throughout the world.
Fallout 76’s Season 19 Scoreboard Brings Back a Fan-Favorite Faction
The Enclave is an iconic, returning faction throughout theFalloutfranchise games, yet unlike other fan-favoriteFalloutfactions like the Brotherhood of Steel, the Enclave has a limited presence inFallout 76. However, this is expected to change withthe Gleaming Depths update and the Season 19 Scoreboard. Not only will players be able to decorate their armor, weapons, and CAMPs with Enclave-themed gear, but the Gleaming Depths Raid is also expected to shed new light on this faction’s lore.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
