The December update for Fallout 76 is going to be a big one – as well as introducing camp pets and the ability to earn descriptive player titles for your Vault dweller, Bethesda’s online Fallout game will also be getting a challenging new end-game raid called The Gleaming Depths, which will see co-op teams of up to four players take on a gauntlet of challenges that lead producer Bill LaCoste tells me amounts to “something completely new for 76”.
Located in Appalachia’s Ash Heap region, the Gleaming Depths was described as a “traditional MMO-style dungeon” in tonight’s Fallout Day broadcast, and LaCoste tells me it’s a “huge step up” from their existing end-game activities.
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“The one thing we’ve always wanted to do was bring a little bit more challenge to the game, especially for a game that’s online and has people with each other in teams and actually doing something competitive,” he says. “We have a lot of events, we have bosses, we have things like that. But for something that’s specifically for your team of people to engage on something requiring teamwork and a good amount of gear and communication between teams is something completely new for 76.”