Fallout 76's Steel Dawn Update Drops Early After Patch Locks Xbox Players Out Of The Game - Kotaku

Fallout 76's big new Steel Dawn update, bringing the Brotherhood of Steel back to Appalachia, is dropping a week early.

That’s thanks in part to a patch that accidentally went out ahead of schedule for Xbox and Windows 10 players, which ended up locking them out of the game.

When the game comes back up later tonight (assuming nothing breaks), players will get to dip into Steel Dawn’s new questline and Shelter system ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday break.

“We’d like to apologize to our Xbox players for any confusion today’s issue caused, but we hope that everyone in the Fallout 76 community is as excited as we are to dive into Steel Dawn ahead of schedule,” Bethesda wrote.

ET, 11/24/20: The patch notes for the Steel Dawn update just dropped as well and they include a dramatic change to the game’s hunger and thirst survival mechanics:.