How to Apply for the Fallout 4 DLC Beta

Signing up for the Fallout 4 DLC beta is easy. To throw your name into the hat, http://bethesda.net.

There, you’ll need to fill out a quick form that asks you a series of questions. Bethesda wants to know if you own the Season Pass, what platform you’re playing on, if you play with Fallout 4 mods, how many characters you have, and more.

The application process should take you no more than a few minutes to complete. Once you’re done and you’ve checked a few boxes, you’ll be able to submit your candidacy for the Fallout 4 DLC beta program.

The company notes that you need to “answer accurately” so that it can “send you a code that fits your platform and language.” There’s no reason to lie.

Full Version

If you are successful, you’ll be sent a code to download the DLC content. And while the content will be in an early form, you will get access to the full version of the DLC.

In its announcement, Bethesda says that the upcoming beta DLC content will be the full version, complete with achievements.

You Don’t Need to Pay

This is important.

You do not need to be a Season Pass owner or even a prospective Fallout 4 DLC buyer to be a part of the Fallout 4 DLC beta. It’s free and it’s open to anyone and everyone that owns a copy of Fallout 4 for Xbox One, PS4 or PC.

You won’t have to buy the add-on at the end of the beta period either. That’s huge if you’re not into paying for the Season Pass or spending money in general.

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Before you sign up for the Fallout 4 DLC beta, note that you’ll need to sign an agreement with Bethesda and that that agreement comes with some do’s, don’ts, and some smaller details that you need to be aware of.

Here are a few highlights:

• ZeniMax reserves the right to reset the Game, Your Game account (if any), Your characters, inventory items, achievements, and/or in-Game settings at any time during the Beta Trial.


• An access key can be used only once. You agree that You will not provide any such Software (including any access key) to any other person or entity.


• You may provide comments to ZeniMax from the perspective of an end user consumer concerning the features or related elements of the Game. You agree to perform such tasks as ZeniMax shall direct related to the Beta Trial in a timely manner as requested by ZeniMax.


• Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, all Feedback and all other information relating to the Beta Trial, Your selection as a Beta Trial participant, the Game (including but not limited to information and ideas relating to the Game, software, software code, designs, graphics, rules, playing strategies, artwork, visual depictions, plot, theme, settings, characters, characterizations, skills, emails, screenshots, marketing emails, marketing and promotional plans, current, future or proposed products or services of ZeniMax, written or printed documents, announcements or prereleases, product samples, artwork, graphics, promotional and/or marketing items).


• You must not discuss the Beta Trial with anyone associated with a competing videogame, any videogame publisher or developer, any news or information service (whether television, magazine, online, newspaper or otherwise), or review, report, Game footage, online blog, or in any online forum or chat room, other than the official Beta Forum or specifically designated private ZeniMax forum.


• You shall not copy, alter, modify, disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile the Game, Confidential Information, or any materials received during the Beta Trial or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Game without the prior written consent of ZeniMax.

Cliff notes: You’ll want to share feedback about the DLC with Bethesda and you probably won’t want to share beta DLC details with the media or anyone else.

The company doesn’t want you to modify the beta in any way and you’ll only be able to use your beta access key once so don’t share it with anyone else.