{{Games|FO76}}
General information[]
Several aspects of gameplay, such as the availability of certain missions and the merchant currency pools are affected by the real world passage of time. The cycle refresh rates are not uniform across all instances and may occur on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. Additionally player activity, can determine the start of a new cycle.
Daily reset[]
The daily reset occurs at 1700 UTC. Any cycle which resets on the new day, will reset at this time, including the Atomic Shop. Servers remain active during the reset; however, some instanced interiors, such as the Wayward may need to be re-entered to be applied if the reset occurs while inside.
Challenges[]
- S.C.O.R.E daily challenges - Refresh at the daily reset.
- S.C.O.R.E weekly challenges - Refresh every Tuesday, at the daily reset.
Currency[]
- Caps - The merchant caps pool refreshes every 20 real-time hours.
- Gold bullion:
- Gold press machine - Inventory refreshes every 20 real-time hours.
- Smiley - Bullion available every Monday at the daily reset.
- Legendary scrip - The scrip pool for the legendary exchange machine resets daily.
Daily Ops[]
- Mission details - Refresh at the daily reset.
- Rank rewards - Refresh at the daily reset.
Events and quests[]
- Daily quests - Available once every 24 hours.
- Events - Repeatable every 1 hour and 12 minutes.
- Public events - On rotation or unless otherwise triggered by other quests, such as I Am Become Death activating to Scorched Earth.
Reputation[]
- Raiders:
- Daily missions - Available once per day. Alternates between the quests the Importance of Communication and Retirement Plan.
- Blackeye - Accepts mirelurk meat once per day.
- Settlers - Daily mission available once per day.
Notes[]
There is no permanent passage of time in game during a play session. The Pip-Boy will display the same date each new session. If the player remains in the same server long enough, Pip-Boy will mark the change of date as in game time passes; however, the date will reset upon joining a new server.
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