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Helvetia Faschnacht Masks in Fallout 76
I made a post about these masks 75 days ago as of writing, and have been documenting my discoveries in comments since then. I figured seeing as a lot of the same questions keep coming up I’d format a new post with a more seo friendly title to make finding this information easier.
Monday 26th November 2018 Whilst a lot of folks have already discovered the mask 'Faschnacht Man' in Fort Defiance, the NoClip documentary noted a selection of Helvetia masks, with Nate Purkeypile (lead designer) detailing that the 'owl mask' is particularly popular. However nobody seems to be able to find them yet. The Prima guide does list what appears to be the entire selection, though it is possible they have subsequently been removed for whatever reason.
Sunday 20th January 2019 Since my original post, images leaked from the great dev room scandal. I found these images on a Eurogamer article by Emma Kent on Thursday 17th January 2019. SPOILERS: These links will take you to images of the Faschnacht masks, so if you don’t want to see, don’t click the links.
Faschnacht Death Skull Maskhttps://i.imgur.com/s2p9nyW.jpg
This is the date of Fasnacht, and by the cycle of weekly events we’ve been having, I think it’s likely we’ll have a week long Faschnacht event.
Edit 10th February 2019: u/UnleashOne gives us this great info 'The masks won't be Atom Shop items, you are correct in that it is a timed event for March as Faschnacht typically celebrates the end of winter. Like all post-release content, it is already in the game along with all the assets required as well as the event coding itself, including voices for the Protectrons in Helvetia. It simply needs activating at Bethesda's end, I tried to trigger this myself like I have with other stuff but sadly you can't client-side as they haven't added it to the story manager yet.'
Edit 22nd February 2019
Bethesda released their 2019 Roadmap today which contained the following information: https://imgur.com/gallery/wwqDrFo New Seasonal Event: Fasnacht Parade – Chase away Old Man Winter and quicken the coming of spring with the ancient festival of Fasnacht! Join the celebration and complete this new limited-time event to earn unique rewards in the form of festive Fasnacht Masks.
I have amended the date on my previous post hypothesising a Fasnacht Event Week in light of the Road Map reveal
Previously unlisted Old Man Winter Mask?
The latest Inside the vault has been published, and it’s focussed on the Fasnacht event.
Each year, since the founding of Helvetia in 1869, the townsfolk celebrated Fasnacht by donning fantastic masks and parading through the decorated town. The festivities culminated by burning an effigy of Old Man Winter on the bonfire to signal the end of winter. The townsfolk may be long gone, but dutiful bots have kept the party rolling every year—and they welcome your participation!
Fasnacht Parade is a repeatable, limited-time event quest that will be available for one week, starting on March 19. You and any other dwellers who wish to take part must speak with the Master of Ceremonies in Helvetia and then divide and conquer to find and aid the town’s robotic shopkeepers in setting up for the annual parade. You and your compatriots will be asked to assist with a variety of party prep duties that may have you stepping on stage to play a cheery tune, choosing the perfect decorations, or exterminating some buzzing pests, among many other activities.
If you find and aid the Protectrons quickly enough, they will be able to march in the parade. Be sure to remain vigilant! Times have changed since the pre-war days, and all that commotion is sure to attract some party crashers. Defend your marchers as they traipse around town, and then set Old Man Winter ablaze to banish the biting cold, earn some sweet loot, and even claim a festive Fasnacht mask of your very own. The more marchers who survive the parade, the higher the chance you’ll earn a mask, some of which are exceedingly rare. Here’s a look at just a few that you can get by completing this event. There are many more, and masks can be traded, so put your Charisma to the test by haggling with any Dwellers who have a mask that catches your eye.
Remember—No party lasts forever, and neither does this seasonal event quest. Complete Fasnacht Parade as many times as you like, grab as many masks as you can, and score new Fasnacht-themed C.A.M.P. plans before the celebration ends on March 26.
Edit: Friday 15th March
Just found these new masks likely attached to the event: Angry looking old man A missile in the eye
So in summary: Fasnacht begins March 19th with a repeatable event that will ask you to assist in preparations for the annual parade. Should you succeed, and maximise the parade participation you will have a chance to win Fasnacht Masks. Mmmmm delicious and totally not frustrating RNG.... can’t wait!
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I’ll continue to update this post with more information as I discover it, feedback will be added to post if useful!
Here is a neat little website devoted to Helvetia with some great content on their Fasnacht celebrations.