Highlights
- Install the Event Notifications mod to never miss out on random events in Fallout 76, delivering more rewards and action to your gameplay.
- The Glowing Items mod makes items glow, simplifying the process and allowing for better decision-making on what to pick up.
- The High Detailed Map Plus mod improves map readability by enhancing icons and dark areas, making navigation easier and more efficient.
Although Fallout 76 had an incredibly shaky launch, this open-world multiplayer RPG has consistently improved thanks to various patches and downloadable content. On top of these developer updates, the Fallout 76 community has provided a plethora of mods to improve visuals, audio, and gameplay.
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Updated April 20, 2024, by John Wildermuth: With the release of the Fallout TV series, many new and old fans have been eager to return to the Fallout universe to explore the Commonwealth all over again. Since Fallout 76 is a multiplayer game that is currently free on Twitch Prime, many new players are entering this experience for the first time and may be wondering if you can mod Fallout 76. We have updated this list to showcase all the different ways Fallout 76 can be modded.
11 Event Notifications
Every 20 minutes in real life, there will be a new random event that spawns around the world of Fallout: 76, which can be completed with your friends or random players in the game. Sadly, since the world map is quite large, it can be incredibly easy to miss these events and their subsequent rewards.
By installing the Event Notifications mod, you will get a small notification on your HUD that allows you to know exactly when an event starts. Furthermore, the notification will also detail which event has spawned, so you can skip over any that you have already done before.
10 Glowing Items
If you are someone who loves looting every corner of a dungeon, then the Glowing Items mod is the perfect pick for you. This mod does exactly what you would expect, making all items in the game that can be looted glow a neon color of your choice.
The mod also offers nice levels of customization, if you choose to edit the mod files. Specifically, you can group types of items together and differentiate their colors, allowing you to easily glance at loot and decide if you want to pick it up or not.
9 High Detailed Map Plus
While the original map in Fallout 76 is certainly helpful, some of the icons are too small to quickly read at a glance, and other areas are so dark that the points of interest are completely obscured. With the High Detailed Map Plus mod by Ultimist, the map is tweaked to make it more palatable.
Specifically, this map reworks all the icons that designate the different highways and roads across the world. Furthermore, the darker areas of the map have been redrawn to make any icons in the area easier to see.
8 Lowered Weapons
While traveling around the wasteland of Fallout 76, you may have realized that your character will permanently aim their weapon outwards if it is equipped. While you can always sheathe your pistol or assault rifle, you may want to walk around the map with the weapon ready to be fired.
Luckily, the Lowered Weapons 76 mod allows you to walk around the map with your weapon tucked into your chest, increasing immersion and allowing you to see more around you. If you ever need to shoot something, then your character will raise the weapon and lower it again once the encounter is over.
7 Optimum Reshade
If you have ever found yourself wishing that the world of Fallout 76 fit the apocalyptic aesthetic just a little more, than the Optimum Reshade mod is the perfect choice for you. Created by Yaddok, this mod focuses on tweaking the visual appearance of the world.
Since Fallout 76 is not the most visually appealing game, this mod mutes the color palette of Fallout 76 to make the world appear more apocalyptic. Furthermore, the mod removes blurring effects to make everything on the map appear sharper and clearer.
6 High Resolution Texture Pack
Similar to the Optimum Reshade, Wessberg's High Resolution Texture Pack is another mod that improves the visual appearance of the game. While the prior mod focused on improving the visual appearance of the world, this mod works to improve the textures of objects in the game.
Specifically, this mod utilizes textures found throughout flashback sequences and DLC, combining them with the original textures in the game to visually improve the physical appearance of various objects. If you have the space available on your hard drive, then download this mod to make everything in your game look more appealing.
5 Appalachian Warfare
While the Appalachian Warfare mod may not be the flashiest of changes to the game, this mod works incredibly hard to make all the weapons in the game sound more realistic and appealing. Created by Eversee, this mod removes the original sounds of the guns in Fallout 76, replacing them with completely new ones.
On top of reworking guns, this mod also changes the noises that certain melee weapons make, such as the Blade Ripper, a sword made out of a chainsaw. Finally, this mod also improves the sounds of explosions, adding ear-ringing and louder explosions to make these bombs feel more realistic.
4 Improved Health Bar
The Improved Health Bars mod adds sections onto your health bar, and a number that indicates your current health percentage. Strangely, the original health bar in Fallout 76 does not have a numerical indicator that clearly indicates how much health you currently have.
Luckily, with this mod, you can instantly glance at your health bar and immediately tell how much health you currently have. This is most helpful when you use different medications or mutations that buff or heal your character, since you may not want to use these items unless you are missing a specific amount of health.
3 Better Inventory
Created by Registrator2000, this must-have mod makes the inventory system in Fallout 76 significantly less annoying. In the vanilla game, your character can only hold so many resources before they slow themselves down. While this mod does not change this mechanic at all, Better Inventory allows you to group items in your inventory together and then clearly see which of these groups are creating the most amount of weight.
On top of these mechanics, the mod also aims to make it easier to search for healing items in your inventory. While there is already a dedicated tab for all medical items in the game, this mod allows you to filter the medical section to only show food and water, so you can stay healthy and hydrated in the wasteland.
2 Perk Loadout Manager
Another mod that greatly improves systems within the game is Keretus' Perk Loadout Manager. In Fallout 76, there is a plethora of different perks and skills that you can invest in to change the way you play the game. An example of this would be investing your time into becoming incredibly charismatic, thus allowing you to talk your way out of combat scenarios.
The Perk Loadout Manager does not allow you to reinvest your points, but instead lets you switch your perk cards with a simple click of a button. Specifically, this mod allows you to make up to 12 different loadouts of cards, or abilities, and switch between them whenever you want to change your skills on the fly.
1 Text Chat
Many people love Fallout 76 because it replicates the classic Fallout experience while also adding multiplayer functionality. However, since the world of Fallout 76 is so large, you may find it hard to communicate with other players in your game if they are far away.
The Text Chat mod by Liyalai rectifies this problem by adding in a chat that everyone in the server can use as long as they have the mod installed. Now, you can freely chat with randoms across the map to initiate trades or meet new friends, making this multiplayer experience even more inviting.
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