Fallout 76: Atlantic City - Boardwalk Paradise Developer Diary Part 1

Fallout 76 enters new territory with Atlantic City: Boardwalk Paradise! Prepare for an all-new Expedition out in the post-nuclear oasis of New Jersey and take in the dazzling sights, the daring attractions and growing tensions amongst the boardwalk's predominant factions in this developer diary.
Join Bethesda Softworks Community Manager Devann McCarthy along with Senior Quest Designer Ellys Tan, Lead Quest Designer Joshua Moretto and Lead Monetization Designer James Phillips from Bethesda Game Studios as we show you a taste of this exciting free update available to players on PTS today and available on all platforms December 5.
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ESRB RATING: Mature with Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes and Use of Alcohol.

[@zerooverzero]

"freely explorable" was all I needed to hear. Awesome. Maybe The Pitt can get that too some day.

[@Crocthunder]

Some hints in files that they may add a main quest to it more proper

[@Operator_Bun]

@@Crocthunder If they go through with that, me and a lot of my friends would love these places a lot more- it adds to the story after all

[@beastabuelos6421]

@@Operator_Bun absolutely

[@zerooverzero]

@grizzledcroc that would be great. Everyone is always in such a hurry to leve the Pitt when I just want to look around... not that there's much else to see ..

[@andreaminetto1813]

Free explorable come with part 2 Atlantic city update In March 2024

[@naplzt4k]

"lead monetization designer" 🙈

[@laurancestreet1874]

Lead monetization designer😂

[@sirlionheart4614]

aka legal scam artist.

[@sirnight1043]

I’m a jersey native and I’m really hoping you guys recreated the constant smell of crab

[@matthewflores4183]

Because you can totally smell Through the screen 💀

[@slippinjimmy2569]

​@matthewflores4183 there will be a scratch and sniff included in the game case

[@matthewflores4183]

​@@slippinjimmy2569😂

[@Roof5tone]

If I remember right for Metal Gear Solid 4 Kojima genuinely did ask Sony if they could make it so we could smell through the controller. I don't quite know how he imagined this was achievable cuz let us be fair Kojima is kinda a madman.. But there is precedent, I suppose.

[@matthewflores4183]

@@Roof5tone one controller made specifically for people who wanna sniff the in game content sounds wild lol

[@mysterE101]

Mr House: "Nooooo! We can't arrest Benny with my securitrons! Frontal assaults on casinos are bad for business!" Atlantic City Municipal Government Auditor: *brakes down door with a minigun* "Ay Jerkoffs! Where's my fuckin' money!?"

[@througheverything]

Loved how seriously the pie question was taken at the end lol, I love those kind of discussions, so funny

[@alfredcuevas5327]

Can't wait to see how the jersey Devil is in Game hopefully it has new animations and is just not reusing existing ones

[@matthewflores4183]

Look at the blue devil...now look at the overgrown and Jersey devil...if the models are just reskinned ghouls and deathclaws I'm pretty sure there going to just use the same animation or probably slightly tweak the animation just so it feels different even though it's hardly original.

[@Operator_Bun]

Looking forward to it, we really do need expansions that is places you can actually go to- that adds more much needed story content to 76 The Expeditions and Daily Ops Idea was nice and all, but we need more story content pretty badly.. I know it would take more time to do- Perhaps the second part of Atlantic city will have some story quests to do? i really would enjoy that!

[@beastabuelos6421]

Ok this looks really good so far. I'm not really into the gameplay style of expeditions, but to have expedition missions and free roam and standalone quests...i was against more expeditions before, now I'm totally for more. New locations, returning locations, lots of potential. Ronto 👀

[@RodneeGirthshaft]

Who paid for this comment!?

[@beastabuelos6421]

@@RodneeGirthshaft get out of here with your cringe circle jerk

[@00STGI]

this is just what atlantic city looks like right now

[@aviatorengineer3491]

Atlantic City getting an open exploration mode is exciting for possible future expeditions too. I'm still holding on to the hope that we'll get to see Naval Station Norfolk sometime.

[@poniz2471]

As a native New Jerseyan, they barely had to add any post-apocalyptic flair, it's just like that.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Lead monetization designer? Jesus Christ what are y’all thinking?

[@EP_mc]

Hahahahaha

[@CorvoFG]

The only aspect of this game that’s worked flawlessly since day one.

[@DrLynch2009]

You know Bethesda is not a charity, right?

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

@@CorvoFG true lol

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

@@DrLynch2009 when did you start playing fallout 76? (I’m sure the multi billion dollar company is appreciative of you defending them too btw)

[@priapicpear4200]

Been playing since release and I'm so excited! It looks great! I really wish you all would expand on the responders. Or at least keep them as a presence in each new areas going forward. I love the idea of selfless heroes across the wasteland.

[@MechaMan2012]

Here's hoping everything is just fun to play. I don't mind repeatable stuff, so long as it's enjoyable.

[@RikiB]

The important thing to know about cobbler is it only gives you 5% xp boost while relish gives 10%.

[@BR-dj1bo]

Do they stack Or don't?

[@RikiB]

@@BR-dj1bo no, I wish they did. You can increase their effect with herbivore, strange in numbers card, and life love 3 mag. My relish does 33% I think.

[@infernaldaedra]

​@@RikiBdon't forget leader bobblehead and alternatively for carnivores you can do scorchbeast brain, canned meat stew, Tasty Squirrel Stew, and it will stack

[@RikiB]

Oh the meat ones stack? I havent tried carnivore in a couple years.

[@deaconx]

I really appreciate the steps for a pet to the bed in the background. Also, wish I had more time for this game.

[@RikiB]

Excited for the AC release and this video eased some of my worries as I’m not a huge expeditions fan. Hopefully it doesn’t have large maze like areas where I spend a ton of time lost.

[@alexisblackheart565]

Someone mentioned having a home here and I agree completely it would be great if we had an apartment or some home, excited though for all of this

[@youngc570]

To another 5+ years of success to 76, Bethesda and its fans ❤😂

[@-Plushy]

This gives me serious New Vegas vibes with the casino and the groups all 'working together' to keep the city going all we need is a billionaire on life support to complete the holy trinity

[@batteryacid2649]

Great interview. I think adding fun questions makes it interesting.

[@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel]

lead monetization designer? is that a fcking thing?! i mean he's the guy who's trying to get our money right? RIGHT?!

[@jeremystaylo]

I am sooo excited for these Atlantic City updates!

[@samjonoveck1885]

Why not make it also a buildable area for apartment like camps where players can own their own apparent like the home plate in fallout 4.

[@infernaldaedra]

They need to add it as a unique shelter like a portal door or teleporter from the aliens that lets you travel to notable locations for shelters

[@djbeema]

I believe the lead monetization demon has the answers you seek 😂

[@KakavashaForever]

Lead monetization designer AKA person in charge of making the game as unfun as possible so people pay to skip and making sure all good looking items comes from the atom shop rather than being earned through game play.

[@Urrarg]

Wait...3? THREE new expeditions? Woah. Even if 2 are terrible that sill leaves 1 worth doing and doubles our current options. It's really nice to hear they're looking at what people like/dislike about expeditions to make the content feel more appealing. I look forward to see what direction the new expeditions go in.

[@choochoo1597]

"Lead monetization Designer", that explains so much.

[@hermos3602]

What does it explain exactly?

[@Lord_Smorerriors]

Some players like me are curious if we could have the left-hand shoot are guns as a toggle option for us left-handed players. Because there has to be some left handed people because of the lore implications because we see people use their left hands and game so as players one to have our left hands accessible for shooting.

[@generaljoker7398]

I'm really excited for this upcoming update I hope it's really fun

[@coleranze3666]

Thank you for finally listening

[@relu84]

FO76 is surprisingly addictive and I don't take part in any online events, pretty much a single player game for me. And this is what many people want too: make an offline mode for the game. Ok, a login requirement would be fine, but let's keep the whole game running on a single PC, without the worry about ping, etc. I'm on a slow LTE network and sometimes my ping goes to hell and it's funny how an enemy dies after a few second delay, but it becomes annoying after a while. Yes, I know this is not a single player game but... it very well could be!

[@DMMacaw]

Thanks for the birthday gift on dec 5th. Love the theme of it and hope we also get some fixes too.

[@gersoncalles4309]

So will The Pitt and Atlantic city get a map or just a gray out Fallout 76 map like right now

[@benw.3848]

!! A new Cryptid is on the way! I love that. FO76 has become better and better.

[@matthewflores4183]

Dude the Jersey devil has been teased for months now

[@rianahmad4376]

Yeah better with bugs 😂😂😂

[@matthewflores4183]

@@rianahmad4376 the game has never had a day where there wasn't at least 5 majorly annoying bugs or at least one game breaking bug 💀

[@Crocthunder]

We got like 2 in that time, its cool lol@@matthewflores4183

[@devilcorpsdoc]

​@@matthewflores4183this is a lie

[@aestevalis0]

It certainly sounds like what we've all been wanting.

[@b1orogue]

Can't wait!

[@CrityCrit]

Please add more achievements and challenges to go for we need more replay ability but mainly achievements I bought fallout 1st and it will stop when I 100% all achievements please please more fun and challenging achievements.

[@mantistabbogan1731]

Every lobby i join i never see anyone start up a expedition team or anyone ever do expeditions anymore, that died right away, is this going to a Appalachia sized map or is it going to be a expedition sized map like the pit?

[@WalkingMoonsGaming]

This looks awesome!!!🏖

[@giantpunda2911]

Depending on the length and depth of the story content, this next update sounds promising. Hope this is a sign that Bethesda is going back to producing some actual story DLC content on a more regular basis. It's the only reason why I'll keep playing.

[@Roof5tone]

"There's the government, the mob, and the entertainers" yes I know how Atlantic City works you don't need to explain it.

[@Cie999]

I hope its a bit different from the pit. The pit was cool but i was expecting a lil bit more from it i guess.

[@BlueJayz474]

Not gonna lie, I think everyone was, which is good to see that they’ve expanded upon the Expeditions by making Atlantic City explorable.

[@CraigSteinhoff]

Nice! Loves these! More!!

[@mattsutton1321]

Growing up in NJ, and not far from AC, I'm really excited about this. Although i believe they're describing AC as it cureently is. The place is a crime ridden hellhole outside of the boardwalk. Im excited about the jersey devil, but wish it's appearance aligned more with it's mythical appearance. The accents they use are not at all typical of southern NJ. A bit stereotypical, but we can let that slide. Everyone thinks we talk like that anyway. We dont. At all. Lastly, while AC doesn't have any military significance, maybe 40 mins away, the nations first national defence airport is still operational. But now it's mainly retrofitting chinook helicopters with the newest tech. So a good chance it's not a target on the global radar. Hopefully i can explore the westernmost area of the pines where i grew up. Can't wait to see how they did the good ole dirty jersey.

[@adaxgreat5721]

Quest designer? Nice to meet ya. fix the queen of the hunt cuz its randomly resets 4-8 days

[@nanotechnicianhq]

I think this is a step in the right direction, having played ESO for several years, zones are the basis of a good MMO, even if its a lite version. I would love to see some kind of Endevours system similar to ESO as its a good incentive to explore the game's locations than visiting them once and forgetting them.

[@windigo_joe]

The Most Dangerous Game! This looks fantastic.

[@acealger5106]

Good book.

[@dale1809]

This games been pretty fun :) i wish there was better limits for stashes or ad a second stash option somehow

[@07eperez21]

Cool. I'm actually in Atlantic City right now.

[@DangerousMongoose]

Can we just be thankful they still develop content for this game after such a rocky launch? They didn’t abandon it like rockstar did with RDO, and they didn’t pull an activision by bundling something more favorable, knowing it would be bad. They thought it was going to be good, it was an expensive game to make, and they’ve fixed a majority of the bugs. It’s basically free content, unlike ESO. I haven’t paid for a single piece of content, and I have access to it all aside from private servers.

[@TheMoldyOne]

So, Fallout New Vegas 2.0 but limited to the Lucky 38 Sounds good.

[@hermos3602]

Clearly you've never played Fallout 2. New Vegas isn't the only Fallout game to have casinos.

[@IsyMaxine]

Will we be able to base build in Atlantic City as well?🙂

[@sheaffer117]

It would be nice if you guys would go back later and add an explorable with missions area to the pit as well. And hopefully this will be the new normal going forward with us getting a new explorable outside the Appalachians area with expeditions connected to it. Almost like a yearly theme, aka the elder scrolls online pattern

[@sheaffer117]

Maybe we should get one that takes us actually underground in the Appalachians to a moleminer city. We could even see a giant non -enemy version of the Titan.

[@Juan_Dominguez]

If its nothing like the Pitt I'll actually be excited

[@TomTom-ym2bh]

Really excited to go to Atlantic City

[@Zambazos]

There was a mod doing that but they had to stop when this expedition got announced

[@KB-ck6in]

Can we get an update like this with the Pitt too sounds like this is the add on we all been wanting

[@johnnynotbegood]

Imagine publicly showing a Lead Monetization Designer in a dev stream, they are slapping their golden phalluses on players faces and they like it, more proof they aren't developing anything for the sake of a good game, only towards the sole objective of bringing profit and exploiting the blind fanbase

[@DecoyTheHoloBoy]

Cant wait to see this. Hopefully in the future we can return to the Mojave and see the NCR and Legion again, as well as New Vegas in its infancy

[@hamishblair7504]

Way too far in the future to witness any of that. 76 is 2106, New Vegas is 2281. No Ed Sallow; No Legion, probably no House or Strip as we know them as he emerged & United the Five-Families in 2274. Sorry to break it to you but, if you want to explore New Vegas you’ll heave to do it in New Vegas. If you’re on console, get a little gaming Laptop you can use for work/study & modded F:NV.

[@DecoyTheHoloBoy]

@@hamishblair7504 we could still go back and see the West Coast before the events of Fallout 1 and 2. Yeah the NCR won't be there, Khan's or any of it for that matter. But there could be groups that came before that we could get the chance to explore. One of them being BOS

[@DecoyTheHoloBoy]

Honestly I would still rather revisit Chicago beforehand

[@RetroVortx]

Thats a long flight in a vertibird

[@ChristianPierce]

is the first landspace they made just for 76?

[@UnknownMann.]

Mafia related update? Sign me up! Any chance on word if full previous scoreboards come back for purchase?

[@Rad_Kad]

Due to my poor english, I've not really understood one thing : will we be able to play some games in the casino ? Like blackjack ? Or is it just to visit

[@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews]

They said that you can play games, yes.

[@nbgrbtyby55]

Can the second dev dive address the lack of an official roadmap this year?

[@PSG51]

I'm actually hyped for this ngl

[@The_House_Always_Wins]

I amnt

[@kevenblackworks1906]

Its a fcking landmass for the second release!!! WHOOO!!!!

[@subhankarbaral9236]

Hope they give us story content like Far Harbor.

[@darkempire4182]

Nuka world good aswell..

[@Dogman415]

Overall optimistic for this, maybe it'll scratch my Seattlite itch for coast and trees

[@QueenMinos]

God I hope they make the surrounding area. Asbury park represent!

[@ryanjackson1999]

If the sopranos theme song isn’t on the in game radio I send it back

[@BlueJayz474]

The factions this time around seem infinitely better than the Fanatics and Union 42 from the Pitt.

[@TheHumanRell]

Tell James we need more atoms lol

[@supermstash29]

I’m a salty man after The Pitt… free roam is what any Fallout expansion should be from its inception so I’m glad to hear Atlantic City will eventually get that

[@whereismysiphi]

Is this going to be like Dead Money/ Sierra Madre in flavor?

[@sirlionheart4614]

Duce Bigalow: Which pie has the most sugar? Peace cobbler. nuff said

[@firstlast6437]

James Phillips. Now we have a name for the actual sociopath in charge of some of the WORST decisions in fallout 76. James Phillips. Hope someone does something wacky with this info, maybe even something explosive...

[@lonefoxx8943]

Interesting, I expected some equivalent of Atlantic City in GTA before Fallout. :)

[@Syae22]

Looks great!

[@canderia]

Hope it's awesome. Also, Joshua looks like The Big Show and Ryback had a baby.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

There better be Boardwalk Empire easter eggs there! 🙃

[@mrnapolean1]

I just hope the new weapons and armor (if any) are tradeable.

[@Drewsiefer]

While this is all great moves forward to make Expeditions more of a whole experience with the open world map, is there any potential of rolling those updated things into The Pitt as well?

[@MOLE60]

they forgot the most important question: what about any new weapons and/or armor?

[@the_game_nerd]

will there be new trophies/achievements added?

[@NeverSeb]

New Content is nice to have. But even more important is to fix the balancing and the Bugs that are already really annoying. The Bloody and junkies builds are way too strong. Just reduce them to 45-75% damageboost and 25 Armor-Boost. And lower these effects (to 40% dmg-boost and 22 Armor-Boost) if they are played with powerarmor. There are weapons in the game with too much damage because of bugs, Hacks, cheating, or bug-using. We know, that it is very hot in a powerarmor, so make them weak versus heat, radiation, and energy damage. They have to be weak versus something. In the normal game, a bloody build player LV 100 gets no damage at all and kills the scorched queen solo with a few hits. This is nuts! So please change this and that will fix a lot of issues with balancing. It is a really easy fix, you just have to change a few numbers and maybe check ingame in events whats going on. Use ACT or something else to see how many damage players get and why and how much damage players did and why. If you understand this and make a change it will be the best game in the world! There are still players out there who want to play without cheating, hacking, and bugusing. At the moment they are not competitive and are just laughed at. Give them a chance, please.

[@GajinWilk]

As far as bloodied builds go I think the stats are already balanced so you can stop talking your 💩 about that. As far as cheating goes that’s why people can pvp you and not die, or take down a scorch beast queen in less than a minute. I’m a bloodied build and there’s no way I could solo one. I’d run out of time and probably die 10 times trying.

[@oscarcordero7811]

Will there be any vaults???

[@wmjdyer]

Not pie. In Boy Scouts we made cobblers, in giant Dutch ovens heated in buried coals. NOT A PIE.

[@babyshanti001]

i hope Atlantic city will deliver

[@ForgottenStoner]

Cobbler is pie, i am willing to die on this hill!

[@thor4318]

About time we got a new map I’ve played this game on and off through the years keep giving us new content please something like elder scrolls online did dungeons and raids with more people

[@Gizmo1st]

Not a new map tho. Don't set yourself up for disappointment.

[@djbeema]

Will there be a quest where we have to find a doctor after contracting a horrible virus from walking on the beach

[@yusofjohan3456]

So its new vegas of the east?

[@F-ck-YouTube]

I really want to see a return to the Sierra Madre on fallout 76

[@SamuraiXKdubs]

Nuclear Winter coming back when?

[@hadriusreznor3247]

This. Can anyone of those dudes help to get rid of Worlds?

[@callsign_vertigo5696]

NEW CYPTID LETS GO WE GETTIN THE JERSEY DEVIL

[@hiderrsupbrah23]

So basically this is just normal atlantic city

[@Neon-Flux]

F76 is def a fav game I've played, I was fine with the sub fee, but trying to do sub fee and wanting stuff on atom shop was why mostly had to stop, I am interested to try new Atlantis the work you have put into it and the Pitt was great

[@killergm6962]

Pine Barrens?! God help you all, Bethesda, if there's no Jersey Devil

[@rossreynolds1384]

There is

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

If I buy the AC dlc, does that mean I get to visit without having to battle? It that the story you mention? The environment is truly beautiful and only rivals F4 Nuka World.

[@Urk3X]

The best kind of expansions you could do would be new maps, as far harbor and nuka world for fo4, think tes online but translate to fallout, imagine Atlantic city as a map expansion with new quests, npcs stories and so on, 1 of those a year and players will definitely be happy

[@GajinWilk]

That’s exactly what they said they’re doing with Atlantic City. Haven’t you been paying attention? 😂

[@daggerathsn.p.customs]

Hope there is a map