Fallout 76 5th Anniversary

The Fallout 76 5th Anniversary was a month-long series of events and publications to celebrate the fifth birthday of Fallout 76. It started on October 23, 2023, and ended on November 21, 2023.

Background
Celebrations started with Fallout Day on October 23. On October 25, a "Wasteland Classroom Stream" took place on Bethesda's Twitch account, hosted by Devann McCarthy and featuring community content creators King Gothalion and Kenneth Vigue. A second stream, also hosted by McCarthy, took place on November 1 and featured content creators Tooniversal and NerdyNetty. Following on November 2, a developer Q&A took place on the Bethesda Game Studios' Discord.

On November 14, the day of the game's release in 2018, the anniversary was celebrated with a "Birthday Parade Stream with Fallout For Hope and CHAD Podcast" on Bethesda's official Twitch account. Hosted by McCarthy and co-hosted by Kennth Vigue, Jessica Star, El Gato Pub and Tooniversal, it featured special guest Adrienne Barbeau, the voice of the Overseer. It also included an anniversary parade of more than 40 floats that were created in the game by the community.

Festivities in the game included a Spooky Scorched event from October 24 to November 7, as well as a Birthday Challenge Event that ran from November 7 through 21.

Birthday Event
Starting November 7, players could unlock crafting of the Birthday Suit in the game, which was required to be worn while completing challenges. Each completed challenge granted a reward, with challenges being spread across two weeks:

Birthday Bundle
The cross-promotion of a Birthday Bundle on Amazon's Prime Gaming started on October 23, Microsoft's Game Pass Ultimate followed the next day. Subscribers of either service were able to obtain the bundle which permanently granted them several in-game items. The Birthday Bundle was available until December 17, 2023 on Game Pass Ultimate and January 17, 2024 on Prime Gaming.

Fallout 76 Memories
Starting ahead of the celebrations, on September 28, 2023, community members were able to share their favorite memories on Bethesda's Discord, until October 31, 2023.

Wiki
The Independent Fallout Wiki contributed to the "Birthday Parade Stream" with a short video clip. A still image is found below, featuring our community members EpicestGamer, Rubbinmahbelly, Findabair, Kate Aces, MeatServo, RurinGas, and Solomon742.