This page is about the update released in September 2024. For other uses of the term Milepost Zero, see Milepost Zero. |
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 was 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)
- New "Best Builds" mechanic for "liking" CAMPs and featuring them
- Changes to legendary crafting
- Combat rebalancing relating primarily to fire and poison damage
- Creature balancing and stat changes (released October 22)
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[]
Name | Dialogue file | Form ID | Ref ID | Location | |||||
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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[]
Items[]
Holotapes[]
Name | Quest | Editor ID | Form ID |
---|---|---|---|
Luke's holotape | A Bump in the Road | MILE_CaravanIntro_Holotape | 007915FB |
Notes[]
Name | Quest | 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.
Weapons[]
Quests[]
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 |
Cut/unused content[]
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 will be added with the Gleaming Depths update.
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
Gallery[]
Videos[]
External links[]
- Inside the Vault - Milepost Zero Public Test Server (archived)
- Fallout 76's Creative Director Jonathan Rush & Lead Producer Bill LaCoste Talk Milepost Zero Update (Exclusive) (ComicBook.com, archived)
- Fallout 76: Season 18 Preview (archived)
References[]
- ↑ Fallout 76's Creative Director Jonathan Rush & Lead Producer Bill LaCoste Talk Milepost Zero Update (Exclusive) (archived)
- ↑ Fallout 76 season 17 community calendar (June - September 2024)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carl McKevitt on the official Bethesda Game Studios Discord
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Milepost Zero Update! Caravans Are Loading Up on /r/fo76
- ↑ The Future Of Fallout 76! Milepost Zero Update, Mischief Night, & More!
- ↑ PTS Update Notes - 8/9
- ↑ Inside the Vault - Milepost Zero Public Test Server
- ↑ Fallout 76: Milepost Zero Release Notes (September 17 update, archived)