Unleash Your Inner Ghoul in Fallout 76 New Update

Get ready to delve deep into the wild side of Appalachia with the latest update for Fallout 76: Ghoul Within. Now available for free to all players, this exciting expansion lets you unleash your inner ghoul and experience the Wasteland like never before—by taking on the form of a Ghoul yourself! For the first time in the Fallout universe, players who reach Level 50 can complete a specific quest to transform their character into a Ghoul. You’ll get to embrace this new, exhilarating gameplay experience.

Stepping into the shoes of a Ghoul can really shake things up. You get to experience the richly crafted world of Fallout 76 in a whole new light. The changes aren’t just cosmetic, mind you. As ghouls, you’re met with a different set of interactions from NPCs and factions in the world of Fallout 76. This drastically shifts the dynamics of community relations. You can also disguise yourself to mask your ghoul form during vital faction exchanges, adding another layer to your strategy.

The changes aren’t skin-deep. Ghouls enjoy immunity to radiation damage, a factor that can used for healing purposes. This newfound resilience unlocks an array of unique abilities, enhanced further by an exciting selection of 30 new Ghoul-specific Perks. Explore diverse playstyles and capitalize on these specialized skills to redefine your gameplay.

However, the journey as a Ghoul comes with its own set of challenges. Keeping an eye on ‘The Feral Meter’ is essential. If it wasn’t obvious, this takes the place of the traditional Hunger and Thirst meter. As this meter depletes, players face the thrilling risk (or potential reward) of succumbing to the feral instincts that dwell within their ghoul form.

Ghoulification

To begin your new life as a Ghoul in Fallout 76, you’ll need to pick up the questline “Leap of Faith.” This will take you into a new section of the Savage Divide. There, you will meet characters who will aid in your transformation.

Completing this questline will complete your transformation, unlocking new Ghoul-exclusive abilities Glow and Feral, as well as giving you access to 30 new Ghoul-exclusive Perks.

Ghoul Abilities

Feral

As a Ghoul, you won’t have to worry about hunger or thirst anymore. Instead, you battle against a gnawing desire to slip back into your base nature, abandoning all sanity you might have had. For some, this may sound totally awesome. But you do need to mind a few things.
The new Feral meter drains over time and can only be filled back up by consuming Chems. You may not want to keep that meter 100% filled though. Your Feral status provides different bonuses and penalties depending on how full the meter is.

80%: you gain +3 Strength, +3 Endurance, +30 Max HP
60%: you gain +15 Max HP
40%: you lose -1 Endurance and -5 Max HP
20%: you lose -3 Endurance, -15 Max HP, -10 Max AP
At 0%: you gain +150% Melee Damage, and lose -5 Endurance, -99 Charisma, -30 Max HP, -20 Max AP, -300% Hip-fire Gun Accuracy & V.A.T.S. Accuracy.

Glow

As you might expect when living life as a Ghoul, radiation doesn’t have the same effect on you as it does on the smooth-skinned. In the newest Fallout 76 update, you’re immune to diseases and cannot be mutated by nearby radiation. As a Ghoul, radiation makes you Glow!

This new Glow system increases your maximum health (and heals damage you’ve taken) based on the amount of radiation that you’ve accumulated. Your Glow can be tracked by the green-striped pattern on your HP bar.

Consuming tainted foods, drinks and exploring irradiated environments all contribute to your Glow. If you hear that Pip-Boy ticking, the radiation is hitting. While you’re in Power Armor, your radiation intake can be seen on the “Rads” dial next to your health.

Outside of the max health increase Glow provides, it also contributes to Perks like the Science Monster and Jaguar Speed Perks mentioned below!

Ghoul Perks

One of the immediate benefits of living life as a Ghoul is that you’ll have access to a new suite of Perk cards,which you can use in addition to the normal human cards. There are 28 Perks to choose from and 2 new Legendary perks for Ghouls.

The new Perk cards can be attained through Perk card packs or by selecting your level-up Perk. These cards will open new build opportunities and enhance the way you play.

Do note that Perk cards that revolve around Hunger, Thirst and the Chem Resistant perk will be locked as Ghouls don’t require the benefits that those cards provide.

Let’s look at one Perk from each S.P.E.C.I.A.L. category (all Perk descriptions are at their max value):

Strength:
Bone Shatterer – Your melee weapon attacks have a 45% chance to cripple a limb.
Perception:
Eye of The Hunter – Your vision grants you +30% accuracy in V.A.T.S. from a very long distance.
Endurance:
Glowing Gut – Irradiated food and drink grant 300% more rads.
Charisma:
Moral Support – When on a team, you become feral 50% slower.
Intelligence:
Science Monster – While you have Glow, gain 15% bonus damage for 10 seconds upon getting hit.
Agility:
Jaguar Speed – You now sprint 20% faster when your Glow is high.
Luck:
Wild West Hands – 36% chance to instantly reload your entire magazine when empty.

The Ghoul Life

With all these new benefits that help you explore the wasteland, we would forgive you for thinking that life as a Ghoul was easy. No matter how well dressed you are, there are still some factions in Fallout 76 (like the Brotherhood of Steel) who won’t want to interact with you.

Playing as a Ghoul will make some factions hostile to you which will lock you out of some quest lines. Luckily wearing disguises made by Jaye, a new NPC you’ll meet along the new questline, will allow you to interact with any blocked content that you may find when living life as a Ghoul. Jaye will also allow you remove the disguise if you so wish.

Back to Humanity

If after a short while you realize that being a Ghoul isn’t for you, you can become human again through your Character Screen.

Please note: this is a one-way ticket back. You won’t be able to complete the questline to become a Ghoul again.

If you want a character that has already completed the “Leap of Faith” questline to become a Ghoul again, you can purchase a Ghoul Retransformation which will be available on the character screen for 1000 Atoms.

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