Bethesda’s legendary post-apocalyptic sci-fi RPG franchise Fallout was propelled into the spotlight when the Fallout TV show debuted in Spring 2024, kicking off a renaissance for the fan-favorite games. Now, two years later, Season 2 of the show is sparking further renewed interest in the series — and if you’re playing Fallout 4, Bethesda has released several pieces of free DLC content you can enjoy now.
These come in the form of community-made Creations mods paid for and curated by the developer. Typically, these cost money, but four that Bethesda has released for Fallout 4 recently are completely free to download and play across the Xbox, Windows PC, and PlayStation versions of the RPG shooter. None of them got any real marketing; that’s a shame, because they’re quite substantial and add many hours of content.
The Varmint Rifle features a bespoke, rather unique dungeon found by traveling west from Cambridge Polymer Labs along the nearby river, where you’ll find a raider trying to enter a sewer through a manhole. Inside you’ll find a variety of quest-markerless puzzles to work your way through, with the Varmint Rifle itself serving as your reward.
Tale of the Beast Hunter, meanwhile, sees you go through a “7-part holotape adventure” to “uncover the legend of the Beast Hunter.” The Creation includes a unique outfit with two styles inspired by the iconic NCR Veteran Rangers and New Vegas’ Lucky 38, along with a new Revolver Shotgun weapon called “Judge” and a “The Bar” player home fashioned after the look of The Strip in New Vegas.
The T60 Pistol is a smaller DLC that adds the weapon to Brotherhood of Steel inventories and to a few select locations like the Cambridge Police Station and Elder Maxson’s room in the Prydwen. Revenge of the Van Graffs, though, is similar to Tale of the Beast Hunter in terms of scope.
Once you hit Level 15, you’ll pick up an SOS signal on the radio that ropes you into a questline about mercenaries in dark black armor running amok in the Commonwealth, who New Vegas fans will recognize as the infamous gang of arms dealers in Freeside. By the end of it, you’ll find yourself with both the Laser RCW and the Plasma Defender from New Vegas, with these weapons added to leveled lists as well.
I haven’t played through these add-ons myself yet, but I have watched a few different walkthroughs and showcases, and overall, all the included quests and gear is great, with impressive voice acting, quality writing, and excellent visuals and animations. Thus, you should definitely check these free Creations out; after the disaster of the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, they’re a nice win for the 2015 RPG.
Note that Fallout 4, along with every other Fallout game, is available to play on Xbox and PC through Xbox Game Pass.
What do you think of the four new Creations that Bethesda has given Fallout 4 players for free? Are you going to jump into the RPG to check them out soon? Let me know in the comments.
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