Fallout has always been a series where you can have the wasteland all to yourself, as long as the raiders and super mutants don’t get you. But, with Fallout 76, it appeared that this “entirely online” survival prequel wouldn’t let you play as the lone wanderer as you might have been used to in past games in the series. This leaves veterans wondering, can I play Fallout 76 on my own?

Fallout 76 is all about reclaiming the wastes of West Virginia in the wake of the relatively recent nuclear war with your friends. You can make bases and venture out for materials and nuclear codes anywhere with your mates with which to blow the living hell out of other real life human players and their bases. All humans will be real players and there will be no NPCs or offline play but, despite this being a very different Fallout experience, it will be possible to play the anti-social way.

For all the latest on the post-apocalyptic prequel, check out everything we know about the Fallout 76 release date.

Bethesda Games Studios director Todd Howard has confirmed that you will be example to explore Fallout 76’s large map on your own Private server. That means your artfully-designed C.A.M.P. won’t be at risk from Fallout 76 nukes from online players, or a protracted teabagging session.

In conversation with Geoff Keighley on YouTube Live at E3 2018 - in a conversation about Fallout 76 mods - that “Our goal for launch is to have a well-running robust service, and then, some period later, you’ll be able to have your own private world.”