Even though Fallout 76 fans are still waiting on that Wastelanders expansion Bethesda has been working on since it was announced last February, Bethesda has seen fit to drop more info on the expansion in a recent blog post. There’s still no release date as of yet, but the post does reveal more information about the new reputation system headed to the expansion. As well, a new trailer will be revealed February 4th explaining the new system.
Your character’s reputation with the two human factions, Settlers and Raiders, begins at zero. They don’t know you or trust you, so you’ll logically have to do things for them in order for your reputation to improve. “The more you do to help a faction by offering information, taking down their enemies, and completing quests, the more you will prove you’re someone they can rely on and your reputation with that faction will increase,” Bethesda says. “Eventually, you will rise through seven different reputation ‘ranks’, from Hostile or Cautious, to Neutral, Friendly, and Ally, among others.”
There’s no indication as to what types of quests will be available for you to improve your reputation, let alone the size of them, but it’s safe to say that it won’t all be “find an amount of ‘x’ for us” quests. It’s also safe to say that the bigger the quest, the more rep you gain. So completing a faction’s story quests will reward you with a big reputation boost, while a faction-based daily challenge might only give you a smaller bump.
And of course, when your rep improves, the more likely that faction will sell you better gear. “By completing story content, you will also gain access to new vendors that sell plans for a few new faction-themed items which will unlock at certain ranks, like neighborly, friendly, or ally.”
Fallout 76 is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.