First reported by players Fallout 76’s subreddit, a number of players have found that dying while attempting to complete a quest comes with a heavy penalty. Some players have even mentioned losing miniguns, gatling lasers, and other pieces of powerful gear after dying during a quest.

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The problem seems to be coming from a bug where, once the player has died, the friendly NPC will loot their corpse, often stealing some of their best gear. Some posts have even mentioned that a separate bug causes the events and quests that this glitch is appearing in to reset after the death, leaving the player with no option to attempt to get the equipment back from the NPC or reload to before losing the gear. Along with this newest bug, along with other persisting glitches from before Wastelanders, some players have been understandingly upset with the buggy nature of Fallout 76.

It should be noted that Bethesda is currently aware of this issue and the community manager has been replying quickly to reports on either Reddit or the Fallout 76 forums about this error. So, while these glitches are unfortunate, it would seem that the dev team is currently working to resolve the issue, and is attempting to reimburse players with any weapons or rare gear that they may have lost as a result. However, until the issue is fully resolved, it may be a good idea for players to avoid the Riding Shotgun and Radiation Rumble events, as those seem to be the most susceptible to this latest glitch.

Bugs and glitches are always an unfortunate part of modern gaming, as engines and systems get more and more complex, especially with open world, online titles like Fallout 76. However, it does seem like Bethesda is at least working to resolve these issues as fast as possible so players can go about enjoying the game again. Considering how much Wastelanders has improved Fallout 76, it seems like the game is headed in the right direction, but with such a large update adding so many things, bumps in the road are unfortunately part of the growing process.

Fallout 76 is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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Source: Kotaku