Fallout 4 — patch notes and updates
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| Fallout Shelter Announce on Amazon Prime Video | 2026-01-15 | Good morning, prospective Vault Dwellers!In order to best serve you in What Comes Next, we need volunteers for a very real, very scientific opportunity to beta test a better society. Visit this website if you’d like to join Fallout Shelter, a new series full of escalating challenges, strategic dilemmas, and moral conundrums.Good luck!www.falloutsheltercasting.com |
| Find a new adventure in the Commonwealth with these Fallout 4 Creations. | 2025-12-21 | Become a Bounty HunterBy Hobgoblin StudiosTake on the role of a Bounty Hunter. Track down and eliminate notorious outlaws of the Commonwealth and revive the Bounty Hunter faction to its former glory. This creation comes with a new, fully voiced quest, plus new gear: the Gyrojet Revolver and Bounty Hunter Duster, both with their own suite of customization options and skins. Learn more here.Tale of the Beast Hunter By Hobgoblin Studios, presented by Bethesda Game Studios.In this free creation, discover how NCR Ranger, Troy Morton, traveled from New Vegas to Boston and became the Wasteland legend, The Beast Hunter. Learn more here.Ghoulification |
| Fallout 4 December Patch - now available | 2025-12-16 | With our December patch we’re addressing the following fixes listed below. Your feedback and reports have been greatly appreciated and have helped us sort through a few key pain points for players. It was a goal of ours to launch storage expansion on console this year, knowing it's been one of the top requests from players. While the team has made progress, we need a little more time to roll this out for console players and will need to wait until the new year. Thank you for your continued feedback with our support and community team. Please keep an eye on our channels for updates on future patches and new creation content coming in the new y |
| Fallout 4 - November Patch Now Available | 2025-11-21 | Thank you for your continued communication with us on your current Fallout 4 experience. The team is focused on DLC installation issues, occasional crashing, and general user experience in Patch 1, and of course, continued preparation for mod storage expansion for consoles. While we initially hoped to release the storage expansion in our November patch, we will need a little extra time to roll out this heavily requested feature from the community. We'll share more details on the December Patch 2 in the coming weeks. In the meantime, to help prepare for mod storage expansion, console players may want to ensure their mod load order is protected |
| Fallout 4 - November 17th Hotfix | 2025-11-17 | Today’s Fallout 4 hotfix addresses the following: Resolved an issue preventing users from enabling Creations that rely on DLC. Improved stability in the Creation menu, particularly on PS4/XB1. Identified an issue causing DLC to become uninstalled on PlayStation. For players still experiencing this issue, we recommend the following: Please enable any of your Creations after your DLC is completely installed. We’re continuing to collect everyone’s feedback and encountered issues, so if you’ve submitted a ticket with our support team or provided details to our team in Discord, thank you. It’s been extremely helpful. For next steps, the team is fo |
| Watch the Fallout Season 2 Official Trailer | 2025-11-13 | Just about a month before you’re back in the Wasteland. Until then, please enjoy the official trailer for Fallout Season Two. Starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and more. Arriving December 17 only on Prime. |
| Fallout 4 Upcoming Hotfixes and Creation Storage Increase | 2025-11-12 | We’re actively investigating issues you’re encountering with the latest Fallout 4 update and Anniversary Edition launch. You should now see faster load times of the Creations menu, game menu, and redemption of Creation Club items. We plan to publish a hot fix early next week to address the following:Hot Fix: Fixing stability problems particularly on XB1/PS4.Hot Fix: Fixing an issue causing creations that rely on DLC to not work.Hot Fix: Fixing an issue causing DLCs to become uninstalled after updating the game on PlayStation.The hotfix will be followed by two patches. The first patch will be the week of Nov 24th, and the second, in the first |
| Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition and Creations, Now Available! | 2025-11-10 | It has been a decade since we first stepped out of Vault 111 and into the sprawling, chaotic world of Fallout 4. Over the years, millions of vault dwellers have built settlements, battled Super Mutants, discovered hidden stories and forged their paths in the ruins of Boston. Now, the definitive Fallout 4 experience is available with the launch of the Anniversary Edition.Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition includes the base game, the six official add-ons, and over 150 pieces of Creation Club content, curated for the ultimate post-apocalyptic adventure (see the full list of items in the Creations Bundle in the FAQ below). Whether you’re revisiting o |
| Fallout 4 - Creations Menu Update - November 10th | 2025-11-04 | This coming week brings both the launch of the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition and the launch of Fallout 4 Creations! As we prepare for these launches, please note that Fallout 4 mods will undergo maintenance from November 6th through 10th. During this time, Fallout 4 Mods and Creation Club will be offline. And while you won't be able to download or upload any new content, you will still have access to change your mod load order and play the game. The Fallout 4 update on November 10th will require adjustments to the main menu screen. So, prior to November 10th, please disable any mods which change the main menu, as these may break with the patc |
| Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Announced! | 2025-10-23 | Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Announced!It’s been ten years since players first stepped out of Vault 111 and into the post-nuclear world of Fallout 4. To mark the occasion, Bethesda Game Studios is thrilled to announce Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition. This is the ultimate celebration of a beloved classic, bringing together the complete Fallout 4 experience. The Anniversary Edition will be available digitally on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 10.This special release includes the base game and the six official add-ons: Automatron, Far Harbor, Nuka-World, and the Workshop expansions. Whether you’re bui |
| Fallout 4 – Next Gen Update 2 Notes | 2024-05-13 | Fallout 4 has received a new update that adds the ability to manage your control over the game’s graphic fidelity or performance. There have also been additional fixes and improvements to address some of the feedback you provided us with on the previous update. Update Versions PC 1.10.984 Patch Highlights Xbox Series S|X and PlayStation 5 Display Settings Thanks to your feedback, we’ve been able to implement the ability to control your graphic fidelity and performance. We highly recommend you run with the default settings but now you can change your options to better fit your playstyle and display. Frame Rate Target Frame Rate Target allows y |
| Fallout 4 Next Gen – Update Notes | 2024-04-25 | New Creation Club Content Free for Everyone Enclave Remnants Some say the past is a scar, cut across the skin of the Commonwealth. Others believe it's a scab clotted over an unhealed wound. Those who fought the Enclave, and those who serve them subscribe to the latter. And when the scab is broken the flag of this old-world cabal will once more stand at full mast. Unless of course, you stop them first. Features the classic Enclave Colonel uniform and over a dozen workshop items! If you have other Enclave creations installed, some of these troops may use this equipment against you! (Quest "Echoes of the Past" starts on the road north of Saugus |
| Fallout 4 is Getting Free Updates | 2024-04-11 | Return to the Commonwealth April 25! We are releasing a free Fallout 4 update for PC players! Experience Fallout 4 on your next-generation PC with widescreen and ultra-widescreen support, as well as fixes to Creation Kit and a variety of quest updates. Players with PC versions of Fallout 4 on Steam, Microsoft Store and GOG will receive stability, mods and bug fixes. For Japanese and Chinese language players on PC, Bethesda.net login issues have been resolved, fixing access to mods. Fallout 4 will also be Steam Deck verified. EVEN MORE CONTENT! There's even more content in the Fallout 4 updates, including the following free Creation Club items |
| Celebrate 25 Years of Fallout All Month Long | 2022-10-03 | In October of 1997, players first encountered Fallout’s post-nuclear world and its memorable characters, irradiated monstrosities, impactful conversations and stark reminders that war…war never changes. 25 years later, the Fallout series is a best-selling franchise that not only helped define PC role-playing games and spawned entries across multiple console generations, but also has made its way to tabletop games and even an upcoming television series. Join us as we ring in a milestone year for Fallout throughout the entire month of October! A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION That’s right, we’re not just celebrating Fallout’s birthday, we’re celebratin |
| CELEBRATE BOMBS DROP DAY WITH A FALLOUT 76 FREE PLAY WEEK & MORE! | 2020-10-20 | In Fallout, October 23 marks the day the bombs fell, the event that started it all. And it wouldn’t be Fallout if we didn’t throw a party to celebrate the day the world ended! So in honor of this momentous occasion, we’ve got a week of excitement for you to take part in, including a Free Play Week, tons of sales, in-game events, and even a limited preview of Fallout 1st! Get all the details below. PLAY FOR FREE! If you haven’t had the chance to jump into Fallout 76 yet, now is the best time! From now through October 26, you’ll be able to experience the entire game for free. This includes the base game experience, plus Wastelanders and Nuclear |
| Fallout 4: 1.10.40 Update | 2017-11-07 | A new update is now available for Fallout 4 (v.1.10.40). If you run into any issues or have any feedback, please let us know here or on our official support forums: https://bethesda.net/community/category/48/pc For a full list of fixes and changes, please see the list below. Bug Fixes Fixed issues with screenshots displaying incorrectly in Creation Club/Mods Message of the Day heading revised Changed logic for how Creation Club content is initialized Minor bug fixes to Bethesda.net |
| Fallout 4: 1.10.40 Update | 2017-11-07 | A new update is now available for Fallout 4 (v.1.10.40). If you run into any issues or have any feedback, please let us know here or on our official support forums: https://bethesda.net/community/category/48/pc For a full list of fixes and changes, please see the list below. Bug Fixes Fixed issues with screenshots displaying incorrectly in Creation Club/Mods Message of the Day heading revised Changed logic for how Creation Club content is initialized Minor bug fixes to Bethesda.net |
| Fallout 4 Creation Club Now Live | 2017-08-28 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8957493/a28b9507198ef2841636659edf62cd9a39946712.gif Now there’s even more to see, more to do – and more ways to survive in Fallout 4. Creation Club is now in PC beta with a collection of new official content including Hellfire Power Armor, a Prototype Gauss Rifle, and Chinese Stealth Armor. You can even space out in a special suit inspired by Prey… or gallop through the Wasteland in Giddyup-Buttercup inspired Horse Armor. For details on the Beta and the game's 1.10 udpate, head here: https://bethesda.net/en/devnote/2yBIs6lDs0UM2IECYw0QEq/fallout-4-update-creation-club Fea |
| Fallout 4 Creation Club Now Live | 2017-08-28 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8957493/a28b9507198ef2841636659edf62cd9a39946712.gif Now there’s even more to see, more to do – and more ways to survive in Fallout 4. Creation Club is now in PC beta with a collection of new official content including Hellfire Power Armor, a Prototype Gauss Rifle, and Chinese Stealth Armor. You can even space out in a special suit inspired by Prey… or gallop through the Wasteland in Giddyup-Buttercup inspired Horse Armor. For details on the Beta and the game's 1.10 udpate, head here: https://bethesda.net/en/devnote/2yBIs6lDs0UM2IECYw0QEq/fallout-4-update-creation-club Fea |
| High Resolution Texture Pack Update | 2017-03-14 | http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8957493/d7abcd24f07ff7934b1e1035081f0b04c5871326.png The Fallout 4 High Resolution Texture Pack was update today with the following fixes: Fixed issue with face tinting for player, spouse, Shaun and Father Fixed tint of water in the Institute Fixed minor issues with missing textures |