Fallout 76's Caravan Changes finally capitalize on a missed opportunity

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Fallout 76 recently introduced a new replayable endgame activity, Skyline Valley Caravans, where players can use their Caps to manage and run their own Caravan business. Although for many reasons caravans were a cause of controversy in the Fallout 76 when they were first introduced. Aside from the technical issues this activity faced, the Caravans were expected to be the ultimate playoff currency sinker. Unfortunately, however, Caravans failed to deliver the kind of rewards that could keep players interested in the long term.




However, a recent update has addressed some of the issues Caravans was facing, while also making a generous change to the event's rewards that finally makes up for a missed opportunity for the activity. As of a new patch released for Fallout 76 on October 22, Caravans can now reward players with Legendary Scrip, in addition to expanded Caravan Supplies. Not only is this the exact type of change the players were calling for, but it's arguably the perfect way to make the Caravans a valuable currency sinker in the playoffs.

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Fallout 76's new update delivers much-requested improvements to caravans


When Fallout 76 first introduced Caravans, the host player who spent their Caps to initiate the event would receive 5, 25, or 50 Supplies to complete a Small, Medium, and Large Caravan, respectively. Meanwhile, all contributors who helped the host player's caravan would only receive 1, 2 or 5 supplies. Understandably, the poor rewards for contributors led many fans to call on Bethesda to improve the rewards for caravans. Additionally, since this activity often experienced unavoidable bugs that caused the event to fail, Fallout 76's Skyline Valley Caravans quickly became a controversy.

IN Fallout 76The October 22nd update has fixed several bugs in the Caravan activity, while also improving event rewards. Now not only do Caravans provide increased supplies for players who help contribute to Caravans they didn't initiate, but contributors can also get Legendary Scrip from completing Caravans. Additionally, a way for players to spend their supplies to earn Legendary Scrip will come in a future update. Since caravans are now a workaround for converting Caps into Legendary Scrip, this change arguably makes them a valuable currency sink.


New rewards for completing Skyline Valley caravans in Fallout 76

Caravan size: Host Rewards (unchanged): Contributor Rewards:
Small
  • 4 Accessories
  • 3 Legendary script
Medium
  • 12 Accessories
  • 4 Legendary script
Great
  • 20 Accessories
  • 5 Legendary script

While the host player who initiates a Caravan will not receive any Legendary Scrip from the event, there will soon be a new Caravan crew member players can hire, who can exchange accessories for Legendary Scrip and other rewards. This new Caravan crew member is expected to be introduced in

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's Gleaming Depths update, coming in December 2024.

Fallout 76's new caravan rewards will make the new legendary Grind crafting system more fun


What makes the new Caravan rewards especially worth celebrating is that they couldn't have come at a better time. Recently, Fallout 76 introduced a brand new Legendary crafting system to the game, which has led to many players running through their reserves of Legendary Scrip and Legendary Modules trying to craft and trade meta weapons and armor in Fallout 76.

Instead of randomly rolling each legendary effect, players can create individual legendary effects as mod boxes and then apply these mods to desired armor and weapons, adding or replacing the legendary effect on the equipment. Total, Fallout 76s new legendary crafting system gives players much more control to create the perfect gear, but this new system has proven to be quite expensive to use. But with the improved rewards for Caravan contributors and the new Caravan crew member coming in the Gleaming Depths update, Fallout 76s Caravans activity will finally be a watchable playoff currency.

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