Invaders from Beyond (update)

Invaders from Beyond is the eleventh major update for Fallout 76, following Night of the Moth. It will be followed by Test Your Metal.

Features

 * Event: Invaders from Beyond (Seasonal)
 * Campfire Tales has a third new ending.
 * Season 8: A Better Life Underground
 * SCORE is now obtainable in Public and Custom Worlds
 * More Custom World settings, such as carry weight, dismemberment, perk effects, and V.A.T.S. disabling
 * Buildable Pirate Radio
 * "Show Backpack" setting which hides backpacks on the user but lets them keep the benefits. This is a global change so backpacks are hidden for everyone.
 * The weight of stimpaks and diluted stimpaks is reduced by 25%, and their prices by 25% as well, to help newer players. More stimpaks and diluted stimpaks will appear in medical vending machines.
 * Zetan-related random encounters.
 * Minerva has a wider inventory with 35 more items she can sell. They were Overseer rank rewards. A list can be found on the miscellaneous items section below.
 * Damage calculation fixes.
 * Alien blaster rounds can now be crafted.

Characters

 * Homer Saperstein
 * The Emissary
 * Silver Bot


 * Allies
 * Sam Nguyen

Enemies

 * Alien
 * Cryogenic alien / Lieutenant Kappa
 * Toxic alien
 * Alien invader / General Zeta
 * Alien drone
 * Alien elite drone
 * Alien detonator drone
 * Captain Alpha
 * Captain Omega

Factions

 * Zetan aliens

Locations

 * TNT Dome #08 (new interior)
 * Metal Dome has finished construction

Armor and clothing

 * Apparel
 * Vault survivor
 * Vault survivor hood


 * Power armor
 * Vault-tec Hellcat paint
 * Responders power armor reskin

Weapons

 * Alien disintegrator
 * Electro enforcer
 * Zeta's Revenge (alien blaster)

Fallout 76 weapon mods
 * Alien blaster cryo receiver
 * Alien blaster poison receiver
 * Alien disintegrator overcharged receiver
 * Alien disintegrator cryo receiver
 * Alien disintegrator poison receiver
 * Alien disintegrator standard receiver
 * Cryogenic electro enforcer
 * Poisoned electro enforcer
 * Standard electro enforcer
 * Spiked electro enforcer
 * Overcharged electro enforcer

Miscellaneous items
Plans and recipes
 * Plan: Alien blaster
 * Plan: Alien blaster cryo mag
 * Plan: Alien blaster poison mag
 * Plan: Alien collectible stein
 * Plan: Alien disintegrator
 * Plan: Alien disintegrator Automatic receiver
 * Plan: Alien disintegrator cryo receiver
 * Plan: Alien disintegrator high powered receiver
 * Plan: Alien disintegrator poison receiver
 * Plan: Asteroid
 * Plan: Electro enforcer
 * Plan: Freezing electro enforcer
 * Human tube 1
 * Human tube 2
 * Plan: Katherine Swan (Samuel)
 * Plan: Overcharged electro enforcer
 * Plan: Poisoned electro enforcer
 * Plan: Spiked electro enforcer
 * Plan: West Virginia slot machine (Samuel)
 * Plan: Xerxo (Samuel)
 * Plan: Zetan corpse operating bed
 * Plan: Zetan stash box
 * Plan: Zetan tube

Unused plans
 * Plan: Exercise bike
 * Plan: Flatwoods Monster plushie
 * Plan: Flatwoods Monster tube
 * Plan: Sam Nguyen
 * Plan: Silver Collectron

Minerva
 * Plan: Vault-Tec University poster
 * Plan: Vault-Tec University pennant
 * Plan: Vault-Tec University diploma
 * Plan: Holiday wreath
 * Plan: Wrapped presents
 * Plan: Holiday tree
 * Plan: Hunting rifle wrapping paper paint
 * Plan: Minigun bats paint
 * Plan: Metal armor snowflakes paint
 * Plan: Combat rifle Jack O' Lantern paint
 * Plan: Combat armor Jack O' Lantern paint
 * Plan: Assault rifle bat paint
 * Plan: 10mm Halloween paint
 * Plan: Glowing skeleton hood
 * Plan: Nuclear Winter beanie
 * Plan: Glowing skeleton costume
 * Plan: Fur-lined jacket and jeans
 * Plan: Nuclear Winter letterman jacket
 * Plan: Nuclear Winter tracksuit
 * Plan: Hot Rod Flames Gatling laser paint
 * Plan: Marine camouflage Gatling laser paint
 * Plan: Shi leather armor paint
 * Plan: Marine camouflage leather armor paint
 * Plan: Atom Cats leather armor paint
 * Plan: BOS leather armor paint
 * Plan: BOS combat armor paint
 * Plan: Camouflage Gauss shotgun paint
 * Plan: Survivor's cattle prod skin
 * Plan: Survivor's bow skin
 * Plan: Ring of fire pit
 * Plan: Wasteland loveseat
 * Plan: Antler chandelier
 * Plan: Survivors denim underarmor
 * Plan: Ghillie suit
 * Plan: Ghillie suit hood


 * Keys and passwords
 * Mysterious Key (Dropped by the Emissary, used for ID card reader at TNT Dome #08)

World objects

 * Brainwave extractor
 * UFO

Workshop objects
Note: Some of these objects are already available, while some will come in the next update.


 * Arm wrestling machine
 * Cultist display case
 * Dr. Bones display rack
 * Fire station build kit
 * Charleston fire station
 * Flatwoods monster tube
 * Harmaceutical chemistry workbench
 * Human tube 1
 * Human tube 2
 * Iron stove
 * Medieval armor
 * Mothman shelf
 * Red shipping container
 * Red shipping container with door
 * Red shipping container with window
 * Vault 76 stein
 * Wavy willards bubble blower
 * Wavy willards water bed
 * Zetan bench
 * Zetan chair
 * Zetan corpse operating bed
 * Zetan crate
 * Zetan sliding door
 * Zetan stash box
 * Zetan stasis chamber
 * Zetan table a
 * Zetan table b
 * Zetan tube
 * Zetan orange metal floor and foundations
 * Zetan blue metal floor and foundations
 * Zetan catwalk (set)
 * Zetan wallpaper

Daily Ops

 * Enemy variable: Aliens (Flatwoods monster)

Random encounters

 * Assault
 * Zetans Vs Appalachia
 * Camp
 * Zetan Ambushed Camp
 * Zetan Party Crashers
 * Zetan Sandbox Camp
 * Object
 * Dead Mysterious Man
 * Monkey Mind Probing
 * Zetans Inspecting Corpse
 * Scene
 * Distant Theremin
 * Man in Black
 * Zetan Sandbox Scene
 * Travel
 * Conspiracy Theorist Chase
 * Flatwoods Monster Patrol
 * Flaming Brahmin
 * Fleeing Zetans

Buffs
Homer's buff: +5% damage against aliens

Behind the scenes
The update was originally planned to release in Winter 2021, but was split from what became the Night of the Moth update.
 * The 2021 roadmap referred to the update as Tales from the Stars.
 * It is currently unknown if and when 4-star legendaries and C.A.M.P. pets are coming.