The Fallout 76 PTS is back online and with it the all-new “Invaders from Beyond” Seasonal Event, the new “Test Your Metal” Public Event, Fallout World improvements, a buildable Pirate Radio, invisible backpacks, and Stimpak adjustments. But there is more! Here you’ll find a collection of stuff, data miners found in the recent PTS files.
Table of Contents
- 2. Ranged Energy Weapons Fixed
- 3. "Invaders from Beyond" Reward List
- 4. "Test Your Metal" Reward List
- 5. No More Over Budget Camps of Any Kind
- 6. Dome 8 is a new location in Update 33
- 7. Alien Blaster Now Craftable with Plan
- 8. New PTS Pennant [Update]
- 9. New Minerva Plans
- 10. Upcoming Fallout 1st Rewards
- 11. New Atomic Shop Items
- 12. First Look at Expeditions Menus
1. Season 8 Rewards & Scoreboard
Season 8 “A Better Life Underground” will start sometime in March 2022. The Scoreboard and the rewards are already included in the new PTS files.
Visit our dedicated Fallout 76 Season 8 Guide to learn all about the new rewards (screenshots included).
2. Ranged Energy Weapons Fixed
With this patch, Bethesda is fixing a long-standing bug regarding all non-ballistic weapons. Non-ballistic weapons are all ranged weapons that deal energy, fire, cyro, poison, or RAD damage.
Read all about the bug and how it is going to be fixed in this article: Fallout 76: Ranged Energy Weapons Fixed in Upcoming Patch.
3. “Invaders from Beyond” Reward List
Invaders from Beyond is a new Seasonal Event coming to Fallout 76 in March 2022. As already announced by Bethesda the event is now playable on the PTS. Visit our Invaders from Beyond Event Guide to find the full reward list with screenshots as well as an event walkthrough.
Besides Invaders from Beyond, the new “Test Your Metal” Public Event arrived on the PTS. These are the rewards you can get there:
| Screenshot coming soon | Plan: Rust Eagle Banner |
 | Plan: Botsmith Left Arm Plan: Botsmith Right Arm Plan: Botsmith Left Leg Plan: Botsmith Right Leg Plan: Botsmith Chest Piece |
 | Plan: Robot Beer Steins Display Case |
 | Plan: Cryogenic Bed |
 | Plan: Antique Globe of Mars |
The Botsmith armor stops dropping from Test Your Metal once you’ve learned it. Also, the plans are untradable.
Test Your Metal” is slated for a future patch that will arrive after the Invaders from Beyond Update. However, we’ve included it in this PTS to begin gathering early community input. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
5. No More Over Budget Camps of Any Kind
Even if accidental, you’re going to be screwed. By accidental I’m referring to whenever they change the budget of an item (like the new roofs previously) or if you’re stuck with the replicating fence bug where every server hop or login adds more and more fences to your stored items (this will put you over budget and trigger the message)
This message now comes up if one of your camps is over budget even slightly, and it disables your ability to add to your vendor, open and shut doors, add to displays, switch camps or fast travel anywhere on the map, it forces you to walk to your camp to remove the offending items.
Ghost items and broken items can do some weird things with the budget as well, this is going to get quite annoying in it’s current form.
So just discovered the budget threshold is exactly 10% or 1,000 points.
At 11,000 out of 10,000 the message will trigger.
Reddit/Arsenic_Touch
6. Dome 8 is a new location in Update 33
Back in October 2021, YouTuber InnovSurvivalist already suspected, that something will happen involving Dome 8 at the Black Mountain Ordnance Works since there were some changes with Update 32 on the PTS.
As it turns out, Dome 8 is indeed a new location in Update 33 as reported by InnovSurvivalist, having lots of science items inside. YouTuber gamerMOMover50 is showing the dome’s new interior in this video:
Fallout 76 SPOILER TNT Dome 8 FIRST LOOK INSIDE !!!
7. Alien Blaster Now Craftable with Plan
The Alien Blaster weapon got some changes in the current PTS update:
- The Alien Blaster is now craftable (the plan is a reward from the Invaders from Beyond Event).
- Alien Blaster rounds are now craftable by default, too.
- There are still 3 ‘scrap to learn’ mods (20% scrap learn chance).
- 2 new mods from plans (rewards from the Invaders from Beyond Event):
- Alien Blaster Cryo Mag
- Alien Blaster Poison Mag
8. New PTS Pennant [Update]
Update January 20, 2022: The pennant was announced officially today. “If you’d like to join in the fun, and you own a PC Bethesda.net copy of Fallout 76, we encourage you to join us in the Test Server to give the new content a whirl. When you do, you’ll earn this otherworldly PTS Pennant for your C.A.M.P. in the live version of the game. As always, we’ll roll out the new PTS Pennant to all eligible players’ accounts a few days after the Invaders from Beyond Update launches in March.”
As confirmed by Valseek on Discord, there will be a new PTS pennant which is probably Alien-themed. No details have been announced officially yet, but you’ll likely claim it like the Mothman PTS pennant (by joining a PTS world during the current round of playtesting).
9. New Minerva Plans
The current PTS update also contains several new plans that apparently going to be sold by Minerva, including several VTU-themed plans as well as some Christmas-themed plans.
You can find the full list of new plans here: .
10. Upcoming Fallout 1st Rewards
According to the PTS files, these are the upcoming Fallout 1st rewards for the next months:
- March 2022: Zetan Stasis Chamber – Get a great sleep complete with crippling claustrophobia!
- April 2022: Red Chassis Display Frame – Display your Power Armor at your C.A.M.P. with this Red Armor Display Frame!
The Red Backwoods Bungalow apparently also got the Fallout 1st flag. Take your Appalachian camping adventures to new heights of comfort and modernity with this Red Backwoods Bungalow.
11. New Atomic Shop Items
During the Update 33/34 cycle, many new items seem to become available in the Atomic Shop, including Zetan-themed stuff, and several containers. Credits to 76DataminesDSJ, Miss Atomic, and MadDokGrot for the screenshots!
All of this data-mined information can still be subject to change. It is possible that not all of the discovered items will eventually end up in the Atomic Shop or in the game at all.
C.A.M.P
 | Zetan Orange Metal Floor and Foundations |
 | Zetan Blue Metal Floor and Foundations |
 | Zetan Catwalk |
| Screenshot coming soon | Zetan Crate |
 | Zetan Sliding Door |
| Screenshot coming soon | Zetan Wallpaper |
 | Zetan Power Generator |
 | Zetan Bench |
 | Zetan Chair |
 | Zetan Dining Table |
 | Zetan Conference Table |
 | Charleston Fire Station |
 | Blue Shipping Container with Windows |
 | Blue Shipping Container with Door |
 | Red Shipping Container with Windows |
 | Red Shipping Container with Door |
 | Solid Blue Shipping Container |
 | Solid Red Shipping Container |
 | Solid Yellow Shipping Container |
 | Yellow Shipping Container with Windows |
 | Yellow Shipping Container with Door |
 | Cultist Display Case |
 | Bubble Blower (Wall Decoration) |
 | Medieval Armor (Decoration) |
 | Another Display Case |
 | Arm Wrestling Machine |
 | Lamp Trio |
 | Directional Ball |
Emotes
| Screenshot coming soon | Alien Flag Emote |
Skins
 | Army Issue Plasma Caster Paint |
 | Dastardly Duo Paint (Shotgun) |
 | Army Issue Paint (Shotgun) |
  | Charleston Spark Power Armor Paint |
Player Icons
 | Responders Fire Department Player Icon |
Apparel
 | Firewall Outfit |
 | Firewall Helmet |
 | Firewall Backpack (?) – not sure whether it will be available in the Atomic Shop |
More New Items (ATX?)
 | UFO Windchime |
 | New Big Letter Set |
12. First Look at Expeditions Menus
Expeditions: The Pitt is an update planned to release in 2022 as well. According to Bethesda, Expeditions are “story driven, repeatable missions to various exciting locales in the Fallout universe”.
In the current PTS update, the first menus for the Expeditions feature were found. You’ll find these screenshots as well as all information gathered from the files in our dedicated Expeditions: The Pitt guide.
