Chunky Fallout 76 Patch Removes a Ton of Bugs

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Bethesda has released the hefty patch for Fallout 76 that removes a ton of bugs but weighs in at around 20 GB on console.

With all things Fallout now enjoying a significant boost following the breakout success of the Fallout TV show, Fallout 76 is enjoying a significant rise in player numbers. Last week, Bethesda announced that Fallout 76, its most recent mainline Fallout game, saw over one million people play in a single day.

Fallout 76 launched in November 2018 across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and was savaged by critics and players at release. However, over the last five years, Bethesda has worked to improve the game, turning around sentiment to such an extent that Fallout 76 now enjoys a ‘mostly positive’ user review rating on Steam. In a recent interview with Kinda Funny Games, Bethesda development chief Todd Howard said Fallout 76 has been “sneaky popular” for the last three or four years.

Revealed in a blog post, the 1.7.11.12 patch weighs in at 12.1 GB on Steam, but its Microsoft Store counterpart is 19.8 GB. The PlayStation update download is similar at 19.2 GB, while Xbox takes the cake at 23.1 GB.

A handful of quality-of-life updates join the bug fixes. Bethesda has added a Max option when buying from and selling to NPCs, the World Activity list now sorts alphabetically, the inventory scrollbar is now improved, and an "Ammo Per Shot" stat entry has been added to weapons.

Speaking of, the Cremator weapon and its mods have received "several adjustments" as it was released with a bug that made it stronger than intended. It's been buffed in other ways to make up for this loss of power, however, with Bethesda saying its Damage Over Time is now a "force to be reckoned with."

The bulk of the update does come in its bug fixes though. Power Armor is no longer listed in English instead of the correct localized language, the Devils Wings Jetpack now has properly working lights, the Big Boss Advertisement poster no longer turns into a Mothman poster when broken, and