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GAME · 2018 · USA

Fallout 76

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Fallout 76, released in 2018, is an online-only entry in the series where other players share the world. Its quirks range from server-wide exploits and a consensual PVP system to cap bounties for bad behavior.

10 Interesting Facts About Fallout 76

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    After a 1,200 cap bounty was placed on them, Reddit user SatelliteJedi built a miniature "raid dungeon" stocked with traps, locks and friends serving as bodyguards, then pulled off the same trick successfully several more times.

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  2. #002

    Set in West Virginia, the game features creatures from local folklore, among them the Moth Man and the Grafton Monster.

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    Earlier games in the franchise had handheld nuclear weapons; this is the first to include a launchable ICBM that can target any point on the map.

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  4. #004

    The developer rightly warned customers to "expect spectacular bugs" when the game launched.

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  5. #005

    At 0.1 lbs, bobby pins weigh 60 times more than they do in real life.

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  6. #006

    In Fallout 76, bugs and exploits no longer stay within one player's private game: they can hit everyone on the server, or even take the server down completely.

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    A server can be destabilized by stockpiling enough items through the "unlimited carry weight" glitch, or by launching enough nukes to crash it.

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  8. #008

    Fallout 76's PVP is built so that hitting another player does heavily reduced damage until they shoot back, which makes combat effectively consensual.

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  9. #009

    At Camden Park, helping the robotic attendants with maintenance requires players to commit a small act of identity theft, put on a stolen uniform and actually clock in.

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  1. #010

    Offenses such as stealing from resource nodes, picking locked doors or repeatedly attacking players put a cap bounty on the culprit, flagged to the entire server with a red icon and an approximate location.

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