Fallout 76 New Update 2.08 Casts for Season 21: Gone Fission
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The latest major patch for Fallout 76 is now live and this brings fishing to the game! Players will see this as Fallout 76 update 2.08, and this is for Season 21: Gone Fission.
Aside from fishing, this also brings a new questline, and more. Read on for what’s new in this hefty download.
Fallout 76 Update Today Brings Fishing and Here’s What’s New
Update Highlights
- Casting Off – Make your way over to The Mire to start your fishing adventure!
- Mystery of the Axolotl – Every month an axolotl will be available to catch in two zones around Appalachia.
- Local Legends – Big game awaits! Haul them in and show them off in your C.A.M.P.
- Season 21: Gone Fission – A brand new season with rewards that are fishtacular.
Update Version 1.7.20.12 & Sizes
- – PC (Steam): 15 GB
- – PC (Microsoft Store): 32.5 GB
- – Xbox: 32.6 GB
- – PlayStation: 8.2 GB
Casting Off – New Questline
Head over to Fisherman’s Rest, a new location in the Mire where you’ll begin your fishing journey. Here you will meet a new trio of new characters. The disoriented Captain Raymond Clark, a mysterious new figure who goes by the name The Fisherman, and Linda-Lee, the Fisherman’s adorable pet hermit crab.
During the “Casting Off” questline you’ll receive a working Fishing Rod – allowing you to walk up to any body of water and start fishing. When deciding where you can fish, remember the mantra: “If you can swim in it, you can fish in it.”
Do note that the Fishing Rod won’t appear in your Pip-Boy menu as it’s not an item you need to equip. When you’re standing next to and looking at a body of water, the “Fish” command will appear on your screen. The Fishing Rod will show up in your Tinkers Workbench menu so you can modify it though.
Upgrading your Fishing Rod
You can find the pieces needed to upgrade your fishing rod by completing the new fishing challenges and daily fishing quests. These will reward you with rod styles, bobbers, and linear reels to fine tune your fishing experience and help you catch the mysterious creatures living in the irradiated waters of the wasteland.
It’s important to know that some fish will be near impossible to catch until you upgrade your fishing rod, so get out there and complete those fishing challenges!
Catching Fish (Bait and Weather)
You can have the best-looking fishing rod in Appalachia, but it won’t help you catch any fish if you’re not using bait.
There are three types of bait to gather, and each one increases your chances of enticing rarer fish to bite down on your hook.
Common Bait
Gives you the chance to catch generic fish, scrapable junk, and common regional fish.
Common Bait is purchasable from The Fisherman and Captain Raymond Clark in Fisherman’s Rest. You also have a chance to receive this bait after completing the daily fishing quest.
Improved Bait
This bait gives you an increased chance of catching uncommon fish. While it’s not purchasable from any vendor, you can trade Improved Bait with other players. You can also get more from the daily fishing quest, public events, and finding it in lootable containers around the world.
Superb Bait
Earnable as rewards in Season 21, this bait gives you the best chance to catch very rare fish.
Weather
Weather also influences your odds of catching specific types of fish. Naturally occurring weather, as well as modified weather from a Weather Control Station in your C.A.M.P. will affect the type of fish that bite down on your hook.
Clear Weather:
Best suited for catching common fish that can be found in any region.
Rainy Weather:
Rainy weather has an increased chance of catching region-specific fish, as well as the elusive Axolotls.
Radstorm/Nuke Weather:
Radstorms and weather caused by nukes increase the chance of catching Glowing Fish.
We’ll leave it to you all to figure out which combination of bait and weather will give you the highest chance of helping you find the fish you want.
Food and More Adventures
Now that you’ve captured a few fish, what can you do with them?
Of course, you can eat them directly out of your inventory to restore some Hunger and Health. The larger the fish, the more you’ll regain.
You can also turn fish into…
Fish Bits
When you obtain a fish by fishing or trading with players, you immediately learn the recipe to convert that fish into Fish Bits at a Cooking Station. Fish Bits can restore small amounts of Hunger/Health on their own, but that’s not the best way to utilize this new material.
When at a cooking station, you’ll notice a new food recipe. The Grilled Fish recipe becomes available after completing the main fishing questline. When eaten it provides you with an effect that reduces the time to hook a fish for 20 minutes, which is perfect because you’re about to do a whole lot of fishing.
Completing fishing daily quests will give you the chance to earn other food recipes that utilize Fish Bits such as Fish and Tatos and Fish Chowder.
There’s one other location where you can use Fish Bits. If you feed Linda-Lee Fish Bits she’ll give you a random Legendary item- just don’t ask where it came from.
Time to Explore
With the addition of fishing there is now a lot of aquatic life for you to find.
Common fish can be found across the map, but there are a ton of region-specific fish to discover along with their glowing variants.
There are also 12 adorable Axolotls to find. One of these glorious amphibians will be available for you to catch every month throughout the year. Keep an eye on our social channels for hints on where they’re located every month.
Lastly, Local Legends. These are the fish you’ll be bragging about catching. That’s all we’ll say about them for now.
Flaunting the Catch
Completing fishing challenges and dailies will reward you with new C.A.M.P. items along with upgrades for your fishing rod. One of these items is a curved fish display so you can show off that rare local legend or Axolotl you were able to catch!
Season 21: Gone Fission
Speaking of flaunting. Season 21 brings a whole suite of new fishing-themed rewards for you to unlock.
Starting today, unused Season Tickets will be turned into Gold Bullion when the next season starts. This retroactively applies to your unused tickets from the previous three seasons.
When you log in after today’s update, you’ll be greeted with a message asking you to confirm the transfer of Gold Bullion to your character inventory. If you’re not sure you have the space, deny the transfer and check your character. The next time you launch the game you’ll be greeted with the same message.
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