Bethesda has launched a December patch for Fallout 4 simply in time for the vacations.
In a submit on Steam, Bethesda thanked gamers of its 10-year-old role-playing sport for their suggestions, which “helped us type via a few key ache factors.”
Nonetheless, storage growth on console must wait till 2026. “It was a purpose of ours to launch storage growth on console this 12 months, understanding it has been one of the highest requests from gamers,” Bethesda mentioned. “Whereas the staff has made progress, we’d like a little extra time to roll this out for console gamers and might want to wait till the brand new 12 months.”
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The patch comes after final month’s launch of Fallout 4 Anniversary Version and a backlash from gamers over technical issues and pricing. It additionally arrives simply in time for the beginning of Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video, which kicks off right now, December 16 and can certainly spark a surge in gamers of all issues Fallout, as Season 1 did.
Fallout 4 December 2025 patch notes:
Save/Load and Content material Dealing with
- Fastened points with the lacking Creations Bundle add-on for Steam
- Sport now acknowledges Creation Membership content material upon loading a save file from an older construct.
- Appropriate warning dialogue is proven when Creations are disabled however not deleted.
Common UI/UX Enhancements
- Improved visibility and interplay within the Class Listing, fastened overlapping containers, and ensured button prompts show accurately on all platforms (together with ROG Ally and Steam Deck).
- Fastened points with lacking or damaged UI components, akin to lacking button layouts, gallery picture enlargement, and empty titles in “My Library”.
- Improved type menu transparency and restored the ‘Finest Outcomes’ type possibility.
- Addressed keyboard enter loss and cursor visibility points within the Creations menu.
- Fastened immediate and navigation points when quickly re-entering the Creations Retailer or utilizing the PS Retailer overlay.
- Creations faraway from the storefront can now be individually deleted from the Load Order.
- Banner carousel/class rows now not endlessly scroll when opening the Buy Credit menu.
Crash & Stability Fixes
- Addressed crashes associated to downloading all Creations, information reloads, idling in menus, profile sign-out, and leaving the Creations menu (particularly on PS4/PS5).
- Fastened uncommon crashes after retailer purchases, throughout scrolling/viewing within the Creations menu, and when beginning a new sport with Creations enabled.
- Improved error dealing with for fast menu actions and ensured the sport now not hangs on stop.
Ultrawide, Steam Deck, and Platform-Particular Fixes
- Workshop menus and reset screens are actually optimized for ultrawide and tremendous ultrawide displays.
- Fastened efficiency hitches and UI alignment points on ultrawide
- Addressed platform-specific points akin to button prompts, misplaced UI
Textual content, Localization, and Miscellaneous
- Apostrophes and different particular characters now show accurately within the in-game Creations menu.
- Immediate for Anniversary Improve now matches accurately in German, French, and Spanish localizations.
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