Fallout Day, also known as Bombs Drop Day, marks the day that the Great War started in theFalloutuniverse, June 24, 2025. Due to the excessive use of nuclear weaponry, theFalloutfranchise’s Great Warstarted and ended on the same day in the official franchise timeline. Ahead of this year’s celebration, Bethesda has announced some of the festivities that will be taking place inFallout 76. Also, fans should know what to expect from the otherFalloutfranchise games based on past year’s Fallout Day celebrations.
Every year for the past few years theFalloutfranchise has marked this holiday with discounts across the franchise games and DLCs, as well as some special celebrations inFallout 76. Bethesda also has something special planned to involve fans in celebrating this year’s Fallout Day. Overall, with how much the franchise has grown in the short time this year since theFalloutshow’s release in early 2024, this year is shaping up to be the biggest Fallout Day celebration to date.
Special Fallout 76 Celebrations for Fallout Day 2024
Just recently, Bethesda revealed all the festivities that will be taking place for this year’s Fallout Day, including events that will be happening during the spooky season and forFallout 76’s upcoming birthday. Some of these events may come as a surprise since they aren’t listed inFallout 76’s Season 18 community calendar.
Thisdouble XP event inFallout 76will be a great chance for players to reach rank 100 in the Season 18 Scoreboard by completing the repeatable challenge to earn XP.
The Fallout Day broadcast livestream is said to include a Q&A with some of the developers ofFallout 76, which will offer some sneak peeks ofFallout 76’s Gleaming Depths update, coming in December 2024, and potentially revealing information about other future updates, like the playable Ghoul character. This stream will also include a special montage from fans sharing fond memories and stories about theFalloutfranchise’s positive impact on the community.
Following the Fallout Day broadcast, Fallout For Hope will be hosting a special celebration showing off some in-game parade floats made usingFallout 76’s CAMP base-building feature, among other festivities. Anyone tuning in to these streams can collect some unique Twitch drops to decorate their CAMPS inFallout 76with.
Celebrate Fallout Day 2024 With Sales on the Fallout Franchise Games and DLCs
Outside ofFallout 76, sales for theFalloutfranchise games and their DLCs on select platforms have already started to celebrate this year’s Fallout Day. This is the perfect time for longtime fans who have yet to experience some of the original games, or for newfound fans who came from the success of theFalloutshow to try some of the games finally. These sales usually cover every game and DLC in the franchise, including in-game purchases forFallout Shelter.
Despite not releasing any new games and no news of anyofficialFalloutgame remakes, 2024 was still a big year for theFalloutfranchise.Fallout 76released its massive Skyline Valley map expansion and hit a record-high player count this year; meanwhile, the success of theFalloutshow led to a surge in popularity for the overall franchise. Consequently, this year is shaping up to be the biggest Fallout Day celebration to date, one that fans of theFalloutgames won’t want to miss.
