“Fallout 76” players crash game server with nuclear explosions: VIDEO

“Fallout 76” players set
off three nuclear bombs at once, resulting in a server
crash.
“Fallout
76″/Bethesda

• Released on November 14th, “Fallout 76” is the latest
  game in the series of post-apocalyptic first-person
  shooters.
• The world of “Fallout” has been devastated by nuclear
  war, and players can acquire their own nuclear weapons at the
  end of the game with similarly disastrous effects.
• Nukes are supposed to be hard to get, requiring players to
  find randomly generated nuclear codes and decipher them
  individually. But a small group of players has already found a
  way to streamline the process.
• YouTuber Nickaroo93 and his friends
  were able to set off three nukes in the game at the same
  moment, causing their entire server to crash.

The “Fallout” franchise has always let players wreak havoc in the
game’s dystopian world, but with the newest title, “Fallout 76,”
which incorporates online multiplayer, the possibilities for
chaos have been multiplied many times over.

Though “Fallout 76” is less than a week old, a group of dedicated
players have already found a way to crash their game server by
detonating multiple nuclear devices at once.

“Fallout 76” takes place in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse
and nuclear devices are some of the last available weapons that
players can find at the end of the game. Triggering a nuclear
explosion has a devastating effect on the game world, clearing
out entire towns and spawning powerful mutant enemies that attack
players in the area. Nukes are difficult to obtain under normal
circumstances, requiring players to find randomly generated
nuclear codes and decipher them individually.

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YouTuber Nickaroo93 and
several other players were able to decrypt the game’s nuclear
codes with a separate program and decided to launch three of the
bombs at the same time. The impact was massive, both in scope and
effect.

Moments after the nukes
hit, the mushroom clouds are still floating in the
background.
“Fallout
76″/Bethesda

Less than a minute after the three nukes hit, the game’s server
came to a halt and kicked Nickaroo and the other players on the
server back to the game’s main menu. For the time being, the
concurrent launch of multiple nukes seems to be more than
“Fallout 76” can handle, though future patches to the game could
change how nuclear detonations impact the game.

You can see all three nukes in action below: