A couple of months ago, Bethesda announced that the largest update in years for Fallout 76 would be dropping in December 2025, and that update is now officially available across all platforms as of last night.
The update is called "Burning Springs", and it introduces a whole bunch of new content to Fallout 76 including a new questline, the arrival of Bounty Hunting, the game's largest map expansion yet, two new public events and more!
Here's a brief overview of what you can expect in Fallout 76: Burning Springs:
- A new region of the map is opening for those with enough grit to cross Point Pleasant bridge. It’s time for you to travel westward towards Burning Springs. Taking place in rural Ohio, this is our largest map expansion to Fallout 76 yet!
- Become one of the meanest Bounty Hunters around, as the Burning Springs update introduces Bounty Hunting to your Fallout 76 experience. A major new piece of content here to give you the opportunity to find and eliminate some of the area’s largest threats.
- We’re extremely excited to share that The Ghoul from the Fallout TV Show on Amazon Prime will be joining us in Burning Springs! Voiced by Walton Goggins himself, The Ghoul will be your guide in all things Bounty Hunting.
- The main questline for Burning Springs is just the start of your story in this new region. Planned as the beginning chapter for a story that spans multiple updates, this quest works as an introduction to characters that you’ll end up spending more time with down the line.
- With a new questline for you to complete, two new public events, the introduction of Bounty Hunting, plus a load of additional content (including new fish and a local legend to catch), Burning Springs is our largest update since Wastelanders back in 2020.
All of this is totally free if you're a Fallout 76 owner (or play it via Game Pass), but keep in mind that the Burning Springs questline requires you to be level 30 - at which point you can access it by crossing the bridge in Point Pleasant and tuning into the Ohio Distress Signal.
There's a lot more on all of this over at the official Fallout website, including a list of extra content for Season 23: Blood X Rust that's also now live. If it's been a while since you last played Fallout 76, now sounds like a great time to return!