Vendors are non-playable characters (NPC) in Fallout 76 that are the primary source for buying and selling goods. These NPC vendors include vendors placed within player C.A.M.P.s. You will find vendors spread throughout Appalachia, each offering unique items for sale.
You can purchase various items from vendors, such as Bulk Rubber, C.A.M.P. Plans, and Stimpaks, making them invaluable resources. However, they have a limited amount of inventory you can purchase and caps for selling your items, meaning keeping track of when vendors reset their inventory and caps is essential. Here's when vendors reset in Fallout 76 and everything you need to know about how they work.
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When Do Vendors Reset in Fallout 76?
In Fallout 76, NPC vendors are split into seven factions. Further, each NPC vendor within the same faction shares a maximum stash of 1400 caps. These cap stashes are refilled at 17:00 UTC each day. You can determine which faction the vendor belongs to by its name. For example, one of the Protectron vendors in the Whitespring Resort is named "Free States vendor," indicating that it is part of the Free States faction.
Here are the seven faction variants of vendors in Fallout 76:
- Brotherhood of Steel
- Enclave
- Free States
- Raiders
- Responders
- Unique
- Whitespring
It's important to note that the caps available to all vendors in Fallout 76, regardless of their faction, are character-based. Being character-based means switching to another server will not change the amount of available caps a vendor has. In addition, when you sell an item to a vendor, they add one-quarter of the selling price to their cap stash. However, they will only add caps in this way until their total cap stash reaches 1400 caps, so managing your daily trade to manage your caps stash is essential.
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However, the item inventory of all NPC vendors is server-based, so switching to another server will cause that specific vendor to show a different inventory. Switching servers is extremely useful if you are looking for a particular item, like the Chainsaw flamer mod, for instance. Finally, a vendor's inventory is unique and not shared between vendors, in the same faction or otherwise. An NPC vendor's item stock is reset at 1700 UTC, just like its caps.
There is no official server list that you can use to change servers. However, to change servers in Fallout 76, you only need to exit the game to the main menu screen and start playing again. The key is that you will want to see the "Exiting World" text on your screen's right-hand side before you return to the main menu screen. Seeing this phrase means you are leaving your current server and will join a new one next time you play.
Fallout 76
- Released
- November 14, 2018
