Milepost Zero (update)

This page is about the update released in September 2024. For other uses of the term Milepost Zero, see Milepost Zero.

“Take up the reigns of a ramshackle caravan outpost and transform it into a thriving enterprise with unique décor and friendly vendors offering exotic goods and services.”— fallout.bethesda.net description

Milepost Zero is the twentieth major update for Fallout 76. It was released on September 3, 2024.^[1] It was preceded by Skyline Valley,^[2] and will be followed by Gleaming Depths.

The update includes season 18, as well as new Blue Ridge Caravan Company content.^[3] Season 18, Milepost Zero: Country Road, and other features were launched on September 3, while the caravan systems were delayed to a separate release on September 17.^[4]

Features[]

Season 18: Milepost Zero: Country Road
New Blue Ridge Caravan Company-focused content (released September 17)
System for upgrading and decorating the vendor-populated outpost at Milepost Zero (released September 17)
Combat rebalancing relating primarily to fire and poison damage
New "Best Builds" mechanic for "liking" CAMPs and featuring them
Changes to legendary crafting

Development[]

Milepost Zero was first teased on June 12, 2024, following the release of the preceding Skyline Valley update. In the Bethesda Game Studios Discord, lead designer Carl McKevitt linked a video by content creator T0nik and said that an embargo had been lifted on "some FUTURE updates for the fall."^[3]^[5]

The update will feature an "outpost" mechanic, centering on being able to upgrade and redecorate the location of Milepost Zero, which is populated by vendors. A new quest line featuring this southern branch of the Blue Ridge Caravan Company will be added, alongside a new caravan-centered event type entitled "Caravan: Skyline Drive."

Originally, the update was going to include a reworked version of the event Mischief Night, which was discontinued in 2019. The event was moved from the Whitespring to Rapidan Camp. A new slate of rewards was also introduced for "Mischief Night 2." However, it was later confirmed in August 2024 on the Public Test Server patch notes that the Mischief Night rework, initially intended for release with Milepost Zero, would be delayed for a future release instead, pending more polish and bug fixing.^[6]

The Public Test Server for Milepost Zero launched on July 5, 2024, implementing changes to legendary crafting. These changes initially used legendary particles, which were discontinued in a later PTS update, citing negative feedback towards another "currency," and were replaced in their functionality by the already-existing legendary scrip. The rest of the changes to legendary crafting remained in place, now with scrip used instead. Changes to the combat balance, a new "Best Builds" system for giving "likes" to CAMPs, and two new Daily Ops locations were also added, as well as the new Mischief Night, though the latter was temporarily disabled on the same day due to reports of crashing. The Blue Ridge caravan content was added to the PTS later that July.^[7]

On August 28, 2024, it was announced that the caravan systems included in Milepost Zero would be delayed until later in September. However, season 18 and other features of the update (such as Best Builds and the legendary crafting changes) still launched on September 3.^[4] The caravan functionality was released on September 17, alongside a hotfix with other bug fixes.^[8]

Characters[]

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Name	Dialogue file	Form ID	Location
Axel	Dialogue	0076EA23	Milepost Zero
Blue Ridge worker	Dialogue	00769D52	Skyline Drive (random)
Grrmrrgh
Gyro	Dialogue	0076EA25	Milepost Zero
Ineke	Dialogue	0076EA28	Milepost Zero
Injured scavenger		00769D55
Josie	Dialogue	0076EA27	Milepost Zero
Luke			Stony Man Lookout
Marley	Dialogue	0076EA26	Milepost Zero
Mr Trick or Treat	Dialogue	00769D52	Skyline Drive (random)
Raider		00769D54
Settler guard		00769D51
Theodore	Dialogue	0076EA22	Milepost Zero
Windy Park	Dialogue	0076EA24

Locations[]

Milepost Zero

Items[]

Holotapes[]

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Name	Quest	Editor ID	Form ID
Luke's holotape	A Bump in the Road	MILE_CaravanIntro_Holotape	007915FB

Notes[]

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Name	Editor ID	Form ID
Milepost Zero contract	MILE_Note_Contract	0079BAE3
Note to Theodore	MILE_Note_Theo	0079BAE4
Special order	MILE_Note_Windy_Ineke_Hanbok	0079C607
Surveying report	MILE_Note_Axel	0079BAE5

Plans[]

Ineke[]

Tier 1

Plan: Makeshift wine rack
Plan: Noren curtains
Plan: Park ranger supply box
Plan: Persian wall rug
Plan: Rolled Persian rugs

Tier 2

Plan: Lederhosen outfit
Plan: Lederhosen outfit hat
Plan: Lightning battery lamp
Plan: Noren awning
Plan: Stargazer's telescope

Tier 3

Plan: Big Meadows gas well snow globe
Plan: Camp Liberty snow globe
Plan: Dark Hollow Manor snow globe
Plan: High Knob Lookout snow globe
Plan: Redcoat hat
Plan: Redcoat outfit
Plan: Shenandoah Visitor Center snow globe
Plan: Slumber Mill Motel snow globe
Plan: Vault Boy plushie backpack
Plan: Vault Girl plushie backpack

Theodore[]

Note: Theodore is upgraded to Tier 3 automatically after completing Unconventional Weaponry, after which he begins to sell these plans.

Plan: V63 Laser carbine bruising stock
Plan: V63 Laser carbine cyclic capacitor
Plan: V63 Laser carbine extended capacitor
Plan: V63 Laser carbine forceful stock
Plan: V63 Laser carbine insulated capacitor
Plan: V63 Laser carbine overclocked capacitor
Plan: V63 Laser carbine quick-eject capacitor
Plan: V63 Laser carbine stabilized stock
Plan: V63 Laser carbine standard stock

Snow globes[]

Milepost Zero[]

Plan: Axel's snow globe
Plan: Ineke's snow globe
Plan: Josie's snow globe
Plan: Marley's snow globe
Plan: Theodore's snow globe
Plan: Windy's snow globe

Skyline Valley[]

See Ineke's section.

Cut/unused[]

Windy Park[]

Note: Windy Park is currently not able to be recruited at Milepost Zero, but has been re-enabled in the Public Test Server, indicating she may be added soon.
Tier 2

Plan: Deathclaw head backpack
Plan: Pheasant foot backpack flair

Tier 3

Plan: Deathclaw skin outfit
Plan: Gulper plushie
Plan: Gulper skin hood
Plan: Gulper skin outfit
Plan: Hunter's hanbok outfit
Plan: Ogua shell throne

Other[]

Plan: Cryptid hunter headpiece
Plan: Prefabricated home building set
Plan: Rad-pheasant coop
Plan: Rad pheasant mount
Plan: Rusty saxophone
Plan: Shenandoah snowglobe display
Plan: Turkey backpack flair

Weapons[]

V63 Laser carbine

Quests[]

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Side[]

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Editor ID	Form ID
	A Bump in the Road	Stony Man Lookout Milepost Zero	Investigating Stony Man Lookout	100 Supplies Caps XP	MILE_CaravanIntro	0076B107
	Unconventional Weaponry	Milepost Zero Vault 63 organics sector	Theodore	V63 Laser carbine Plan: Theodore's snow globe Caps XP	MILE_MeltdownPointerQuest	0078E2CC

Public events[]

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Editor ID	Form ID
	Caravan: Skyline Drive	Skyline Drive	Marley	Supplies (variable) Contextual ammo XP	MILE_CaravanEscort	00761066

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Fallout 76 Developer Preview- Milepost Zero

Fallout 76- Milepost Zero - Developer Interview Gamescom 2024

Fallout 76 - Season 18- Milepost Zero - Country Road

Fallout 76- Milepost Zero Launch Trailer

External links[]

References[]

Fallout 76 updates, patches and seasons

Patches

List of patches and hotfixes

Updates

Wild Appalachia · Nuclear Winter · Wastelanders · The Legendary Run · One Wasteland For All · Steel Dawn · Locked & Loaded · Steel Reign · Fallout Worlds · Night of the Moth · Invaders from Beyond · Test Your Metal · Expeditions: The Pitt · Nuka-World on Tour · Mutation Invasion · Once in a Blue Moon · Expeditions: Atlantic City (Boardwalk Paradise · America's Playground) · Skyline Valley · Milepost Zero · Gleaming Depths

[1] Fallout 76's Creative Director Jonathan Rush & Lead Producer Bill LaCoste Talk Milepost Zero Update (Exclusive) (archived)

[CC1-2] Fallout 76 season 17 community calendar (June - September 2024)

[tease-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Carl McKevitt on the official Bethesda Game Studios Discord

[RedditDelay-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Milepost Zero Update! Caravans Are Loading Up on /r/fo76

[5] The Future Of Fallout 76! Milepost Zero Update, Mischief Night, & More!

[6] PTS Update Notes - 8/9

[7] Inside the Vault - Milepost Zero Public Test Server

[8] Fallout 76: Milepost Zero Release Notes (September 17 update, archived)

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