Highlights

  • Fallout 4 glitch turns power armor bright blue, sparking humor and speculation among fans.
  • Players noticed that the blue glow affecting the armor and character model matched the visual effect applied to a player when going to and from the Institute.
  • The annoying yet harmless glitch in Fallout 4 sparked community jokes and superhero origin story theories.

A colorful Fallout 4 glitch has inadvertently awarded a player with a bright blue suit of the game's iconic power armor. The unusual visual glitch amused fellow Fallout 4 fans and prompted speculation regarding the bug's likely origins.

Even nine years after its original release by developer Bethesda, Fallout 4 is an impressively large game. The game continues in the lineage of Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas by combining the classic Bethesda open-world structure with the rich alternative history of Fallout lore. Fallout 4's twist, however, is its unique approach to customization, allowing players not only to build their own settlements and structures in the wasteland, but also to customize and collect their own power armor pieces, mixing, matching, and personalizing armor bits as they can scavenge.

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That system seems to have had an effect on the play experience of one particular player who goes by legobatmanenjoyer_ on Reddit. They shared a screenshot with the community showing off their set of advanced Fallout 4 power armor in the midst of an unusual visual transformation.

Fallout 4 Visual Glitch Imbues Power Armor With Bright Blue Radiation

The screenshot displayed the power armor engulfed by a brilliant blue radioactive sheen. The azure glow overtook most of the T-60 power armor's other details, making it look like it was disintegrating, though legobatmanenjoyer_ reported no particular issues operating the armor itself. In fact, according to them, the blue glow also affected their character, as well. When asked for context, legobatmanenjoyer_ noted that they had just left the sinister headquarters of the Institute when their game crashed. Returning to their save revealed their new blue status, but no other gameplay related changes.

Players quickly noticed that the blue glow affecting legobatmanenjoyer_'s armor and character model matched the visual effect applied to a player when going to and from the Institute in the first place. In Fallout 4, the Institute is hidden deep underground, and its only convenient means of access is a teleporter, which transports characters to and from the facility using a similar visual signature. For whatever reason, the blue glow persisted on the player's armor and character even after the effect itself was cleared away. Thankfully, legobatmanenjoyer_ reported that the glow dissipated eventually, solving the problem.

The brief encounter with an annoying-but-harmless glitch amused the community more than sparking concern. Fellow players jokingly chided legobatmanenjoyer_ for potentially drinking too much Nuka-Cola Quantum, or hailed the incident as the origin story of a new radiation-themed superhero. In the years since its release, Fallout 4 has acquired a reputation for bugs and instability, with some visual errors and unexpected interactions with player-created mods able to turn iconic Fallout 4 locations like Diamond City into hell itself, but with the problem having been solved on its own, fans were free to appreciate the bug's other merits.