Fallout 76 Previews Its Next Big Update

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Fallout 76 has issued another Public Test Server (PTS) update in late April, teasing the changes set to roll out to everyone as part of the Skyline Valley update in June 2024. Identified by version number 0.2.1472.0, this release introduces nearly a dozen improvements and bug fixes, on top of shaking up Fallout 76 Daily Ops.

Like pretty much every other entry in the franchise, Bethesda's Appalachia-set live-service spin-off is currently enjoying a renaissance of sorts; since the premiere of Amazon's Fallout TV show, Fallout 76 broke five all-time player records in six days, and is currently peaking at over 50,000 concurrent players every day on Steam alone. The final weekend of April saw its simultaneous player count on Valve's platform approach 70,000 people.

And while this renewed interest in the game continues, so does Bethesda's content roadmap. The developer hence keeps revising the game on a regular basis, with the latest testament to its efforts arriving in the form of update 0.2.1472.0, which rolled out on Friday, April 26. This release is a Public Test Server update for Fallout 76, meaning that it's available to anyone who owns the game on Steam. The patch itself serves as a preview of Skyline Valley, the third big update arriving to the game as part of its Expeditions: Atlantic City expansion.

The new update marks the return of Fallout 76 Fasnacht Day, a seasonal event first introduced in the 2019 Wild Appalachia update. This in-game happening has replaced Dangerous Pastimes, although the switch did not coincide with the release of the new PTS update. Instead, Fasnacht Day has returned on Saturday, April 27, at 12pm ET. Its 2024 iteration introduces some changes aimed at improving the pacing and overall performance of the event, Bethesda said. The new and improved Fasnacht Day will be running at the top of each hour until April 29.

Once that mini-test is over, Dangerous Pastimes will return indefinitely. Bethesda has advised players to try deploying Fallou