Bethesda has stepped in and provided an update regarding the Fallout 76 inventory hack situation that’s been developing over the last few days.
After a different bug that saw players spawning in tons of legendary items, NPCs and even Fallout 4’s Prydwen, the inventory hack allows hackers to strip Fallout 76 PC players of their hard-earned items within seconds.
Fallout 76 Inventory Hack Update
“We are investigating reports of a PC-only exploit that could be abused by cheaters, which may have resulted in a few players losing items that their characters had equipped. We have been actively working toward a solution for this and have a fix that we are currently evaluating for release today.”, Bethesda said in a post on the Fallout 76 Reddit.
“While we’ve determined that only a small number of characters have been negatively affected, we are taking this very seriously and resolving this is currently our top priority.
“We would like to apologize to those of you who were impacted by this exploit. We want to make this right, and we are currently looking into ways we may be able to compensate you. If you believe you have been affected, please let us know by submitting a ticket to our Customer Support team.”
The developer reinforced the fact that the inventory hack only affects Fallout 76 players on PC. It also mentioned “currently planning to bring the PC version of the game offline today to release a fix”.
Not long after the post went out, Fallout 76 went through a short period of maintenance. It’s currently unclear whether the inventory hack fix was deployed or not.
