Challenge Events Refreshed

The Big Bloom – Starting April 29

Armor

• Power Armor no longer removes the ghoul disguise headwear.
• Vulcan Ultracite Bracers Radiation and Poison effects are now properly identified as "Unarmed" effects.
• Fixed an issue where the Nuclear Jetpack for the Civil Engineer (Muni) armor required you to also know Secret Service Jetpack.

C.A.M.P. and Workshops

• C.A.M.P. items that require any of the following items will no longer return them when being scrapped: Fusion Cores, Mentats, Stimpaks, RadX, Radaway and MedX.
• Fixed an issue where the Skulls Firepit behaved as a container instead of furniture.
• Fixed an issue where the Urinal was not properly being granted when claimed through the Season.
• Fixed an issue where applying wallpaper to the Triumph Terrace walls changed the color from red to blue.
• Blood Transfusion Pump can no longer have multiple versions stacked on itself.
• Fixed an issue where the Mothman Windchime would not animate correctly.
• Improved the "Exit to Appalachia" activator position when leaving the Radiant Remedy shelter.
• Vault Girl Brooch should now properly display on displays.
• Fixed collision for Ranch House Wall and Blue Ridge Outpost Wall kits so wall decor no longer clips into the walls.
• Balloon Animal Bouquet now has proper collision.
• Red Bow Collar (Dog) is now the correct size when added to a display case.
• Iron Mountain Anvil Door no longer has collision when in a destroyed state.
• Thrasher Egg can now be used on the Bird Nest Display.
• Piggy Bank will no longer levitate slightly when placed in a C.A.M.P.
• Light Machine Guns are properly placed into the Rotary Rifle Rack Display Case.
• Deathclaw Radiation Test Dummy is now properly named in the Workshop Menu.
• Ghoul Wanted Poster and Framed News Paper now properly display on wallpapered walls.

Combat

• Onslaught counter no longer de-syncs and stacks properly based on what Perk cards the player has/if they have a Furious modded weapon equipped.
• Fixed an issue where V.A.T.S. could target enemy limbs even if players didn't meet the proper requirements (5 Perception or Concentrated Fire).
• Increased the base damage of the Hunting Rifle from 100 to 140 at level 50 (proportionally increased at lower levels).
ㄴ The Hunting Rifle Prime Receiver no-longer provides an additional damage increase (this is now baked into the Hunting Rifle's base damage).
• Changed explosion spawned by following sources to target the center of its target instead of its feet:
ㄴ Collateral damage perk ㄴ Circuit breaker weapon ㄴ Collateral Damage legendary perk

Creatures/Humans

• Scorchbeasts will no longer spam their sonic blast attack.
• Super Mutants and other enemies once again award the expected amount of XP when running Daily Ops.
• Glowing Hunter should now properly drop Glowing Blood, rather than Glowing Blood Packs.
• Feral Lost now count towards the Kill a Lost Challenge.
• Communists at Camp Liberty no longer spawn with broken weapons.

Items

• Glowing Bobbleheads should properly be granted from Bobblehead Boxes.
• Fixed incorrect movement controls while using a jetpack.
• Players should no longer be notified of Canned Cranberry Relish being a craftable recipe.

Limb Damage and Crippling Changes

• Weapon mods that granted a 20% chance to cripple now increase limb damage by 50%.
• Removed immunity to crippled limbs from most enemy creatures.

Limb Related Perk Changes

• BashersㄴRank 1: Gun bashing does +35% limb damage. ㄴRank 2: Gun bashing does +75% limb damage.
• Enforcer
ㄴRank 1: Your shotguns gain a 5% stagger chance and deal +25% limb damage. ㄴRank 2: Your shotguns gain a 10% stagger chance and deal +50% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 3: Your shotguns gain a 15% stagger chance and deal +75% limb damage .
• Modern Renegade
ㄴ Rank 1: Small guns gain +15% hip fire accuracy and +25% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 2: Small guns gain +30% hip fire accuracy and +50% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 3: Small guns gain +45% hip fire accuracy and +75% limb damage.
• One Gun Army
ㄴ Rank 1: Heavy guns gain 4% stagger chance and +25% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 2: Heavy guns gain 8% stagger chance and +50% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 3: Heavy guns gain 12% stagger chance and +75% limb damage.
• Bone Shatterer
ㄴRank 1: Your melee weapon attacks deal +25% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 2: Your melee weapon attacks deal +50% limb damage. ㄴ Rank 3: Your melee weapon attacks deal +75% limb damage.

Mutation Related Limb Changes

• Twisted Musclesㄴ Standard: +25% melee, unarmed and bashing damage and +50% limb damage. ㄴWith Strange in Numbers: +35% melee, unarmed and bashing damage and + 62% limb damage.

Quests

• Harvesting Brahmin meat in “Second Helpings” questline should reliably complete the optional objective to get a piece of Brahmin meat.
• Updated the Sunshine Oil description in Delbert's Terminal, found in the “Second Helpings” quest, to correctly describe that recipe.
• Corrected a mismatch between subtitles and voiceover for some of Maddox Mullen's lines.
• As a disguised ghoul, cycling through the disguise after Batter is killed but before talking to Duchess will no longer block the “Wayward Souls” quest progression.
• Players will no longer be stuck in the radiation room during the ghoulification process in the “Leap of Faith” questline.
• Players will now have the correct quest marker for the "Clear the Lost from Vat Storage" objective if they relog during the “Powerhouse of the Cell” quest.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where several paints could not be applied to the Combat Knife weapon.
• Fixed an issue where the Fancy Single Action Revolver would not receive contextual ammo.
• Patriotic Paint for The Fixer can now be applied to Combat Rifles.
• The needle on the Boiling Point Terror Flamer now animates correctly.
• Nuka Shank knife skin will no longer clip into the player's hand in first person.

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed an issue where characters would flash/flicker when changing sexes during customization/changing appearance.
• Fixed an issue where some plans/items were not available through Mutated Party Packs.
• Pet Emotes will no longer be displayed twice in the Atomic Shop.
• The "Queen" suffix is now also available as a prefix.
• Atlantic City: Firing on the Overgrown group outside City Hall before they aggro, no longer causes them to become invulnerable.
• Fixed an issue where disembodied parts could be displayed during the initial ghoul character customization process.
• Updated the displayed text for the Twisted Muscles mutation and Serum.
• V.A.T.S. Specialist starting loadout now has the Bodyguards perk properly equipped.
• Radiation Quack Outfit now has proper glove colors when seen in first and third person.
• Gleaming Depths: Punch Card Machine before the Ultracite Terror encounter now works correctly.
• Fixed an issue where taking a picture of an Albino Yao Guai would not complete the associated challenge.
• Photomode Frames now display correctly when using ultrawide monitors/resolution.
• Fort Defiance is now properly listed in the "Discover Locales within the Cranberry Bog" challenge.
• Improved the loading time of the Atomic Shop.
• Fixed issue where underarmor appears under the lion dancer outfit.
• The player is no longer forced into first person after they stop listening to another team member's conversation with an NPC.
• Herbivore/Carnivore now properly double percentage-based heal rates on related food items.

Mods

• Viper's Four Star Legendary mod no longer applies bonus damage to NPC's that are immune to poison.

Perks

• Ghoul Perk "United Ordeal" should no longer be affecting Human Players.
• Ghoul Perk "Radioactive Strength" should no longer apply to Automatic Melee Weapons.
• Legendary Perk Card ranks will no longer reset when changing between human or ghoul.
• Ghoul Perk "Action Diet" rank 2 and 3 now give the proper values.
• Ghoul Perk "Thick Skin" Rank 1 now displays the correct 4% value.

UI

• Fixed an issue where the Ghoul Perk "Rad Specialist" displayed the incorrect value in the Pip-Boy.
• Fixed bulk scrapping legendary mods not applying the learn chance per item.
• Map Marker priority has been updated to make locations easier to select.
• Looting multiple corpses no longer causes ammo to sort away from the top.
• Fixed an issue with area looting where it wasn't immediately available after defeating an enemy.
• Broadsider’s Multi shot canister mod box text should no longer be misaligned when looking at it from inventory.
• Fixed an issue where Raid rewards screens overlapped other menus.
• Added Descriptions to Bobblehead effects for Small Guns, Melee, Medicine, Lockpicking.