Bethesda Game Studios announced Fallout 76: Burning Springs on Friday, marking the largest expansion since 2020 for the online role-playing game. Actor Walton Goggins returns as Cooper Howard, known as The Ghoul from the Amazon television series, to introduce bounty hunting missions across a new Ohio region. The update launches in December ahead of the show's second season premiere on Dec. 17.
The expansion introduces desert terrain reminiscent of Nevada, featuring Deathclaws, Raiders, and a new creature called the Rad Scorpion, which players can tame. Highway Town serves as a social hub where players gather for cooperative missions. Bounty missions are divided into grunt hunts, which are individual player challenges, and headhunts, which serve as server-wide public events with increased difficulty and rewards.
Production Director Bill Lacoste said Ohio received minimal attention in Fallout lore, providing creative freedom for world-building. Creative Director Jon Rush explained that the team aimed to capture elements from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas through desert landscapes, Deathclaws, and Raiders. The update includes more than 20 points of interest, making Burning Springs larger than the Skyline Valley expansion.
Public testing began on Oct. 2 ahead of the December release.
The expansion introduces desert terrain reminiscent of Nevada, featuring Deathclaws, Raiders, and a new creature called the Rad Scorpion, which players can tame. Highway Town serves as a social hub where players gather for cooperative missions. Bounty missions are divided into grunt hunts, which are individual player challenges, and headhunts, which serve as server-wide public events with increased difficulty and rewards.
Production Director Bill Lacoste said Ohio received minimal attention in Fallout lore, providing creative freedom for world-building. Creative Director Jon Rush explained that the team aimed to capture elements from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas through desert landscapes, Deathclaws, and Raiders. The update includes more than 20 points of interest, making Burning Springs larger than the Skyline Valley expansion.
Public testing began on Oct. 2 ahead of the December release.
