Game Updates & Modding If you’ve launched Fallout 4 on PC recently and glanced at the bottom-left corner of the main menu, you’ve seen it staring back at you: 1.10.163 .

October 26, 2023 (Updated for current modding standards)

The real takeaway? Fallout 4 version 1.10.163 represents Bethesda’s modern approach: prioritize the Creation Club economy over community mod stability. But thanks to the ingenuity of the F4SE team and the downgrader tool, you can have the best of both worlds.

A split screenshot—left side showing the vanilla Fallout 4 menu with "1.10.163" in the corner, right side showing a heavily modded game with the F4SE version number visible.

Released in late 2019 (and quietly remaining the current standard build for years), version 1.10.163 wasn’t about fixing the raiders at Corvega or patching the Molecular Relay glitch. This update had one primary purpose:

Do not let Steam auto-update. Set Fallout 4 to "Only update this game when I launch it" and always launch via your mod manager (Vortex/MO2) which bypasses Steam’s launcher.

Stay safe out there in the Commonwealth. And remember: quicksave often. Fallout 4, Fallout 4 Update, Modding, Bethesda, F4SE, Creation Club, PC Gaming

For the vanilla player or light modder, it’s invisible—just a small patch that enables more paid mods. For the hardcore enthusiast, it’s a forced update that broke your workflow but ultimately gave you the gift of ESLs.