Alongside the start of Season 21, and several balancing changes that will shake up the endgame meta, Fallout 76’s next major update will be introducing fishing. This timeless activity in Fallout 76 will be something that both new and returning players can take part in when the update arrives sometime in June 2025.
While the theme of Season 21 hasn’t yet been revealed, recent leaks for Fallout 76 claim that the Season 21 SCORE rewards track will feature rewards related to fishing. Assuming this is true, and with all the new Season 21 rewards providing fresh roleplaying opportunities and CAMPs providing gameplay advantages, players should consider building a CAMP from scratch when Fallout 76’s fishing update and Season 21 arrive.
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Why Season 21 is the Best Time to Build a New CAMP in Fallout 76
Whether players are planning to keep their favorite fishing spots a secret for personal use or to turn them into the new hottest gathering spot on public servers, there are plenty of potential gameplay benefits for players who take the time to build a new CAMP in Fallout 76 when the fishing update arrives. Not to mention, with recent leaks via Nuka Knights for the Season 21 SCORE rewards claiming that players will be able to unlock a wide variety of new CAMP decorations that are themed around fishing decorations, there will also be plenty of roleplaying opportunities for players to take advantage of.
- CAMP weather machines can simulate the weather conditions that need to be active for rare fish to spawn.
- CAMP resource generators can be placed at fishing spots for easy, passive loot.
- CAMPs serve as free fast travel points.
- Having a CAMP vending machine placed near popular fishing spots will naturally get high traffic from players who are fishing.
- If the Season 21 leaks are true, players can turn their favorite fishing spot into an entirely fishing-themed CAMP with the Season 21 SCORE rewards.
- Traps, turrets, and other defenses can be placed in CAMPs nearby to prevent enemies from interrupting players while they fish.
With Fallout 76’s Best Builds feature, players can share their CAMP across several servers.
CAMPs Can Provide Gameplay Benefits for Fishing in Fallout 76
One of the biggest advantages of building a CAMP in Fallout 76 at a fishing spot is to have the benefit of building items that can influence rare fish spawning. More specifically, there are said to be fish that will only have a chance to be caught during clear weather, rain, and nuclear storms. For players who own some of the different CAMP weather machines, these can be built to simulate these weather conditions on demand.
Players can also use CAMPs to create free fast travel points to their favorite fishing spots for themselves and their Public Team teammates to conveniently travel to. Alongside fish that can only be caught during specific weather conditions, there are also rare fish that are exclusive to each region in Fallout 76, including the new Skyline Valley region.
Players with a Fallout 1st premium subscription can also place their Survival Tent as a free fast travel point.
Fallout 76’s Fishing Update Has a Wealth of Roleplaying Opportunities to Explore
Aside from the potential gameplay benefits, Fallout 76’s fishing update also provides new roleplaying opportunities for players to fully dive into by building a new CAMP. Based on the recent leaks, there will allegedly be new CAMP structures in the Season 21 SCORE rewards that can be built directly over water. Considering that, currently, players typically need to do some kind of creative workaround to build structures directly over water, the new CAMP items coming in Season 21 could open up all-new possibilities for players to turn their favorite fishing spot into the ultimate CAMP.
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