Fallout 76 servers down for Spooky Scorched Halloween update today – here's when they're back

Bethesda is taking Fallout 76 offline for an update contiguous that ushers successful the two-week agelong Spooky Scorched lawsuit conscionable successful clip for Halloween.

Today's Fallout 76 attraction volition rotation retired the Halloween update with much to perchance travel aft the Fallout Day livestream this week.

Fallout 76 has had a resurgence since the Fallout TV series debuted earlier this year; the Skyline Valley update – which is the archetypal to person opened up the game's representation since its November 2018 motorboat – astir apt helped things on arsenic well! September's Milepost Zero update added the caller caravans feature, which sees players commencement their ain Brahmin caravans to trek crossed Skyline Valley, and this week's update, pursuing the Fallout 76 server downtime, volition present the Halloween event, Spooky Scorched.

Yes, you work that right, and no, Mischief Night is not making a comeback. The MIA lawsuit archetypal appeared successful October 2019 arsenic portion of the Nuclear Winter update, and it looked similar it would beryllium returning this twelvemonth fixed it was disposable to players connected the PTS. But successful the Milepost Zero/ Season 18 update, Bethesda confirmed that it had pulled Mischief Night from the server to "give it immoderate other polish/ love" earlier bringing it backmost – and it seems similar determination conscionable wasn't capable clip to cram that successful for a 2024 return.

So instead, aft today's Fallout 76 server downtime and update, we're getting Spooky Scorched (which was archetypal added arsenic a limited-time lawsuit successful 2021) and that means caller rewards, Trick oregon Treat challenges, and Spooky Scorched hunts to partake successful implicit the adjacent mates of weeks. And you'll request astatine slightest a week to tick disconnected challenges for the Halloween-themed rewards.

Of course, players are besides hoping to spot bug fixes aplenty successful today's Fallout 76 update alongside the caller lawsuit – namely the AP regen bug, which seems to beryllium the effect of the Thirst Quencher perk combined with radiation, but this is each anecdotal, with players speculating connected the origin implicit connected the game's subreddit. So, we'll person to hold and spot if this has been addressed erstwhile the spot notes driblet later. There whitethorn beryllium adjacent much to travel aft Bethesda's Fallout Day livestream this week, but it's apt we'll beryllium proceeding astir aboriginal updates and the TV show, alternatively than the contents of today's update.

In the meantime, here's erstwhile Fallout 76 servers are down today, and erstwhile we expect them to travel backmost online.

Fallout 76 server attraction docket

Fallout 76 servers are going down today, Tuesday, October 22 astatine 3pm BST / 10am EDT / 7am PDT. This happens to beryllium the accustomed play Fallout 76 server attraction time, truthful long-time players won't beryllium caught unawares. The authoritative @BethesdaSupport Twitter relationship gave players a heads-up but didn't specify however agelong Fallout 76 servers would beryllium down for to deploy the update.

Maintenance typically lasts astir 3 hours, but depending connected however sizeable today's Fallout 76 update is, it whitethorn instrumentality a tad longer. Of course, if we're truly lucky, it whitethorn adjacent shave immoderate clip off, but for now, we'll presume it's 3 hours, which means Fallout 76 servers should beryllium back online astatine astir 6pm BST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.

If Bethesda updates players with precisely however agelong Fallout 76 servers are down for contiguous – oregon erstwhile it expects them to beryllium backmost online – we'll fto you know.