Fallout 76 is continuing to beef up its live-service gaming options with the introduction of its first four-player raid next month.

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Called "Vault 94", the first raid can also be played solo, in pairs, or groups of three - but the difficulty will be much harder.During a panel at QuakeCon 2019 panel, Fallout 76 development director Chris Mayer said, "It's a pretty expansive Vault. We do think it will be very challenging. I, myself, have been challenged in the playtest - many times - trying to get to the end of it".Mayer also went into further detail on what actually happens once you enter Vault 94."When you go in, you get to choose one of three different difficulty levels", he said. "The first one is called Novice, and when you go in, it's still very difficult - don't get me wrong - but it's probably a good way to get used to the Vault and the puzzles and how to handle it."It's very puzzle-based. You have to figure out the right blend and balance between taking down mobs and opening doors and doing different things. The second two levels add a time pressure. There's internal time pressure, from minute-to-minute, but this is a meta time pressure where you have to do the whole [raid] within a certain amount of time". tweet from the official Fallout twitter confirmed that Vault 94 will go live on August 20.The raid joins Fallout 76's new battle royale mode, Nuclear Winter , as part of Bethesda's plan to expand options for players looking for an extensive online multiplayer experience. We also saw during Bethesda’s E3 2019 press conference footage from the upcoming free Wastelanders DLC, which adds human NPCs to Fallout 76.

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