Summary
A recent change to legendary enemies inFallout 76is going to have a massive effect on the in-game economies over time. Specifically, sinceFallout 76’s first Atlantic City update, legendary loot will now drop based on the rarity of the legendary enemy it came from, being either one, two, or three-star rarity.
There are multiple daily limitations to the currencies that players can earn within a single daily reset inFallout 76, and this includes the Legendary Scrip that players earn by turning in gear at the Legendary Exchange Machines. Consequently, after players reach their daily limit of Legendary Scrip inFallout 76, most players will hold onto their spare legendary gear to get a head start on the Legendary Scrip limit for the next daily reset, or simply discard it.
How Fallout 76’s Recent Change to Legendary Enemies Will Impact the Game
Overall, this recent change means that players are more likely to find legendary loot of two or three-star rarity now, compared to one-star loot. Three-star legendary gear is naturally the best, so players will want that above all else, but even two-star legendaries can be surprisingly effective throughoutFallout 76’s endgame content. Not to mention, legendary gear with more stars will convert to more Legendary Scrip, so players with a limited amount of weight to store legendary gear can optimize their inventory by prioritizing carrying two and three-star gear.
However, players who don’t have the storage space to store any extra legendary gear will often drop their spare legendaries into a public container that other players on the server can collect from. Naturally, players have resorted to makingdead drops inFallout 76because of how generous certain events can be with legendary gear rewards, and this habit has been happening for a long time now.
The community’s habit of making dead drops like this is so common that it has even led to the recent introduction ofdonation boxes inFallout 76. These designated containers act as known locations for players to unload their spare resources, loot, and other gifts. Originally there was only one official donation box inFallout 76, although now these can be found at every Train Station and various other free fast-travel locations. Thanks to this change to legendary enemy loot, players will likely be making dead drops of legendary gear a lot more frequently going forward.
Fallout 76’s Seasonal Events are Extremely Rewarding
There are two different kinds of Seasonal Events inFallout 76. Some are based around Public Events that entire servers of players can simultaneously participate in, while others are more along the lines of a scavenger hunt for a specific enemy, which players tend to participate in individually. Both types of Seasonal Events will consistently face players against legendary enemies, which in turn will guarantee that players are earning legendary gear, among other rewards. Since Seasonal Events are only available for a limited time, many players grind them in hopes of getting all of their exclusive rewards, which will consequently give players several legendary gear items in the process.
When it comes toFallout 76being very generous with legendary rewards, Seasonal Events can be a big culprit of this, but many other repeatable activities will also reward players with a surplus of legendary loot upon completion. Since this recent change to the loot dropped by legendary enemies though,Fallout 76’s Seasonal Eventsin particular will be much more rewarding than ever before. Especially now that players have a higher chance to earn better rewards from legendary enemies, the impact this change has onFallout 76’s in-game economy will reveal itself more and more throughout the upcoming Seasonal Events.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
