Halloween is fast approaching, and Fallout 76 has laid out its plans to celebrate spooky season. Along with the usual Spooky Scorched event, the new Haunted Shelter Competition highlights the best builders in the game. Not only is there a new event, but there’s new loot to gather. Here’s the full breakdown of the Halloween 2023 event in Fallout 76.
Fallout 76 Halloween 2023 Event Guide
Haunted Shelter Competition
The Haunted Shelter Competition is a new addition to the festivities this year. Lasting until Oct 27, submit your photos of your spooky shelter for consideration in the contest. Winners will be announced on October 31. The top five spookiest C.A.M.P.s will be rewarded:
- First Place: Atoms x7,600
- Second and Third Place: Atoms x5,000
- Fourth and Fifth Place: Atoms x2,000
The full details are listed on the official Discord server, along with the submission page for your screenshots.
Spooky Scorched
Beware, the costumed Spooky Scorched will wander the Wasteland once more from October 24 until November 7. Scorched wearing various costumes can be slain for unique rewards such as Mystery Candy and a Spooky Treat Bag. The bag acts like other loot chests and can contain rare Halloween-themed items, including:
- Grim Reaper Vault-Boy Cutout Plan
- Classic Jack O’Lantern Plan
- Pumpkin Rack Plan
- Pirate Costume
While the event ran earlier this year, this edition of Spooky Scorched potentially comes with new rewards to earn. These will be confirmed once the event kicks off.
- Bear Mask
- Executioner Outfit Hood
- Gazelle Mask
- Rooster Mask
- Skull Helmet
- A Wraith’s Wrath Assault Rifle Paint Mod
- Red Dinosaur
- Hellfire Power Armor Babylon Paint Mod
- Princess Backpack Mod
- Ghostly Grinder Chainsaw Paint Mod
- Dr. Bones
- Ghost Paper Lamp
- Ghost Paper Lamp 2
- Jack O’Lantern Paper Lamp
- Jack O’Lantern Paper Lamp 2
- Spider Paper Lantern
Trick or Treat!
Along with slaying Spooky Scorched for loot, there’s the Trick or Treat! part of the event. If you’ve never participated before, you want to claim your Spooky Candy Bowl in the Atomic Shop, then add it to your C.A.M.P. Fill it with Mystery Candy for other players to take as they visit various shelters throughout Appalachia.
Halloween Themed Challenges
While it’s fun to clear away dressed up Scorched from the wasteland, there’s a purpose behind it all. Themed challenges revolving around the Spooky Scorched will start to appear for both dailies and weeklies. No new challenges are confirmed for the Halloween 2023 event.
Dailies
- Kill 5 Spooky Scorched
- Build Spooky Candy Bowl and give out candy from your C.A.M.P.
- Trick or Treat from other players’ candy bowls
Weeklies
- Kill 50 Spooky Scorched
- Complete 6 Give out Candy Daily Challenges
- Complete 2 Give out Candy Weekly Challenges
That’s all there is to know about Fallout 76’s Halloween 2023 events. If you’re looking for the best places to find Halloween costumes, where to find Scorched, or other item locations, check out our guides vault. All treats, no tricks.
