Fallout 76 Perk Point Cap

This page describes the SPECIAL implementation, character progression system in Fallout 76.

The content is non described in full detail on this page. For details, please see the respective articles.
For SPECIAL systems in other Fallout games, delight see "SPECIAL".
For an overview of Fallout 76 content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout 76."

Overview

In Fallout 76, all players begin with ane point in each SPECIAL attribute. Each time a player levels upwards, they can, at their leisure via the Pip-Boy, choose 1 SPECIAL attribute to increment, up to a maximum of 15. Later making their selection, they may choose from a selection of perk cards, which defaults to the SPECIAL that was increased. For each point in a SPECIAL, players may equip an equal value of ranked perk cards.

Upon reaching level 50, players will accomplish their maximum allotted 56 SPECIAL attributes, and cannot gain any additional points via level up.^[1] However, perk cards may however be selected once per level indefinitely. SPECIAL may all the same exist increased further by equipping legendary perks, which may increase the maximum by +30 points if fully upgraded in all six slots.

XP bend table
Level	XP to Next level
XP = 160(Level) - 120
1	0
two	200
iii	360
four	520
5	680
half-dozen	840
7	1000
eight	1160
9	1320
x	1480
xi	1640
12	1800
xiii	1960
14	2120
xv	2280
xvi	2440
17	2600
eighteen	2760
19	2920
20	3080
21	3240
22	3400
23	3560
24	3720
25	3880
26	4040
27	4200
28	4360
29	4520
30	4680
31	4840
32	5000
33	5160
34	5320
35	5480
36	5640
37	5800
38	5960
39	6120
forty	6280
41	6440
42	6600
43	6760
44	6920
45	7080
46	7240
47	7400
48	7560
49	7720
50	7880
100	15880
1000	159880
50000	159880

SPECIAL

S.P.East.C.I.A.L. (Strength Perception Eastwardndurance Charisma Intelligence Agility Luck) are the seven defining attributes of whatsoever Vault Dweller.

In Fallout 76, SPECIAL serve every bit primary statistics which modify various derived statistics, such as Hit Points or Carry Weight. As SPECIAL goes up, and so do these stats. Equally SPECIAL goes down, they will as well. In addition to passively increasing derived statistics, SPECIAL is used to mensurate skill checks. Skill checks may present themselves as dialogue choices when talking with NPCs, or additional options when confronted by various obstacles, such as repairing a broken toaster.

Through the use of temporary boosts from nutrient, drink or assistance, SPECIAL may be increased or decreased beyond the selected base values. Fifty-fifty if they are affected by sufficient buffs or debuffs to mathematically push them past the threshold, SPECIAL attributes cannot exist increased by 100 or reduced below 1.^[2]

SPECIAL
Strength	Forcefulness is a mensurate of your raw concrete ability. It affects how much you can carry, and the harm of all melee attacks.
Perception	Perception affects your awareness of nearby enemies, your ability to detect stealthy movement, and your weapon accuracy in V.A.T.S.
Endurance	Endurance is a measure of your overall concrete fitness. It affects your total Wellness, the Activity Point drain from sprinting, and your resistance to disease.
Charisma	Charisma is your power to lead and help others. It allows you to share higher point perk cards and prices when you lot barter.
Intelligence	Intelligence is a mensurate of your overall mental acuity, and affects your power to hack terminals, the condition and durability of items that yous craft (Fusion/Plasma Core) and experience when you kill creatures.
Agility	Agility is a measure of your overall finesse and reflexes. It affects the number of Activeness Points in V.A.T.S. and your ability to sneak.
Luck	Luck is a measure of your full general good fortune, and affects the recharge charge per unit of Critical Hits as well every bit the condition and durability of items that you loot.

Derived statistics

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Derived statistics are calculated based on the current SPECIAL values. For example, Carry Weight is adamant by the player's Force. Although some statistic values are shown, not all are explicitly expressed by in-game interfaces.

Derived statistics
Carry Weight	The amount of weight you tin carry before condign overencumbered.	150 + (STR × five)
Melee Damage	Condiment bonus damage for all melee weapons - 1-handed, two-handed and unarmed.	1H+2H: Base + (Base of operations × STR / 20) Unarmed: BASE + (Base of operations × STR / 10)
Detection	Increases the run a risk to detect a sneaking enemy and mark them on the compass.
Compass	Increases the range at which targets and locations appear on the compass
VATS accurateness	Increases the risk to land a shot on a target in VATS.
Hitting Points	How much damage you can sustain before death; reduced by radiation poisoning.	250 + (End × v)
Disease Resistance	A number used to decide the chance of disease from diseased sources.
Sprinting	The rate at which AP drains while sprinting.
Barter: Purchase	Item value modifier when ownership from vendors.	0-8: Base of operations × [2.5 - (CHR x 0.1)] 10+: Base × [ii - 0.02 × (CHR - x)]
Barter: Sell	Item value modifier when selling to vendors.	0-8: BASE × [0.075 + (CHR x 0.025)] 10+: BASE × [0.2 + 0.005 × (CHR - 10)]
Feel modifier	A bonus to all experience earned.	Base + (INT × ii.072)%
Scrapping multiplier	Factors affecting the amount of junk produced past scrapping weapons and armor.	See table; hardcap at 25 INT
Craftable condition modifier	Increased crafted particular condition scaling with INT	+five% condition per INT; hardcap at 20 INT
Action Points	A stamina value used for VATS, sprinting, property your breath while sniping, gun bashing, and power attacks.	60 + (AGL × 10)
Sneak	Factors affecting ability to sneak.
Disquisitional Hit recharge	The corporeality of critical charge built per attack in V.A.T.S.	5 + (LCK × 1.five)
Durability of looted items	Increases the odds of finding fully repaired items

Charisma

Quest XP bonus
Stat	Multiplier
1	1.00
2	1.05
three	1.10
4	ane.15
5	1.xx
half-dozen	ane.25
seven	1.xxx
8	one.35
9	1.40
10	i.45
11	1.50
12	1.55
13	1.60
14	1.65
15	ane.seventy
sixteen	1.75
17	1.lxxx
18	one.85
19	1.90
20	1.95
21	ii.00
22	ii.05
23	2.ten
24	ii.fifteen
25+	2.20

Quest Caps bonus
Stat	Multiplier
1	i.00
2	1.05
three	1.10
4	one.15
v	1.20
6	1.25
seven	1.30
8	ane.35
9	1.xl
x	1.45
11	ane.50
12	1.55
13	1.60
14	1.65
15	i.seventy
16	ane.75
17	1.80
18	1.85
19	i.xc
20	i.95
21	two.00
22	2.05
23	ii.10
24	two.15
25+	two.20

Intelligence

Crafting status bonus
Stat	Multiplier
ane	1.05
2	one.10
iii	1.15
4	one.20
5	i.25
half dozen	1.30
7	1.35
8	1.40
9	1.45
10	1.fifty
11	one.55
12	1.60
13	1.65
14	1.70
15	ane.75
16	1.lxxx
17	1.85
18	1.ninety
xix	1.95
20	2.00

Fleck yield bonus
Stat	Multiplier
1	0.750
2	0.900
3	1.000
4	i.050
5	ane.100
six	1.125
7	1.150
8	1.175
nine	1.190
x	1.200
11	ane.210
12	ane.220
13	1.230
14	ane.240
15	1.250
twenty	1.300
25	i.325

Miscellaneous statistics

Miscellaneous statistics are calculated based on equipment, perks or buffs. Although some statistic values are shown, not all are explicitly expressed by in-game interfaces.

Miscellaneous statistics
Proper name	Description	Source
Activity Points	Primarily used for VATS; also used for sprinting, property your breath while sniping, gun bashing, and power attacks.	Agility, Equipment, Consumables
Activeness Bespeak Refresh	How fast Action Points regenerate.	Equipment, Consumables, Action Boy/Action Girl
Hitting Points	How much damage yous can sustain before death; reduced past radiation poisoning.	Endurance, Consumables, Life Giver
Hit Points Regeneration	How much passive healing you deal to yourself.	Consumables, Rejuvenated
Feel modifier	A bonus to all experience earned.	Intelligence (+2.072% per), Assistance items, Inspirational, Nighttime Person, Lunchboxes Bobblehead: Leader, Live & Honey #8, Egg Caput, Casual public teams
Harm Resistance	A number used to decide how much ballistic damage you can negate.	Equipment, Consumables, Barbarian, Bullet Shield, Bodyguards, Evasive, Moving Target, Junk Shield, Ironclad
Energy Resistance	A number used to make up one's mind how much energy impairment you can negate.	Equipment, Consumables, Refractor, Bodyguards, Moving Target, Ironclad, Grounded
Fire Resistance	A number used to decide how much fire damage you lot can negate.	Equipment, Fireproof, Sizzling Style
Cryo Resistance	A number used to determine how much frost damage you can negate.	Legendary armor/power armor
Poison Resistance	A number used to decide how much poisonous substance harm you can negate.	Equipment, Consumables, Funky Duds
Radiation Resistance	A number used to make up one's mind how much radiations harm and rads you lot can negate.	Equipment, Consumables, Rad Resistant, Pb Belly, What Rads?
Disease Resistance	A number used to determine the chance of disease from diseased sources.	Endurance, Equipment, Consumables, Iron Breadbasket, Natural Resistance, Thirst Quencher, Vaccinated
Damage Abstention	A chance to avoid impairment altogether	Serendipity
Damage Reduction	A number used to determine how much damage you negate before Resistance calculations.	Ability Armor (42%, vii% per piece), emergency protocols, Legendary armor/power armor, Blocker, Dodgy, Lone Wanderer
Running Speed	Factors affecting running speed	Ability Armor (-xx%), Speed Demon, Expressionless Man Sprinting, Gun Runner, Run for Your Knife, Squad Maneuver
Sprinting Speed	Factors affecting sprinting speed	Equipment, Speed Demon, Expressionless Man Sprinting
Sneak	Factors affecting ability to sneak.	Agility, Equipment, consumables, Sneak, Escape Artist, Lite Footed
Castling bonus	Buying / selling price modifier when trading with Merchants.	Charisma, Equipment, Consumables, Hard Bargain
Comport Weight	The corporeality of weight you lot tin can behave before becoming overencumbered.	Strength, Equipment, Consumables, Stiff Back
Critical Hit recharge	The amount of critical charge built per attack in V.A.T.S.	(LCK × 1.five) + v Luck, Iv Leaf Clover, Psychopath
Melee Damage	Bonus impairment you do in shut combat; unlike previous Fallout games, this besides includes unarmed.	Strength, Equipment, Consumables, Gladiator, Slugger, Iron Fist, Bobblehead: Unarmed, Bobblehead - Melee Weapons
Scrapping	Factors affecting the amount of junk produced by scrapping weapons and armor.	Intelligence, Scrapper
Cripple, Crippled Limbs	Limbs can be damaged in combat and each have their own unique "healthbar". When the bar is depleted, the limb is crippled and inflicts a significant debuff.	Adamantium Skeleton, Tank Killer, Enforcer, One Gun Army
Stagger	Staggers are a temporary, animated "stun" that occur upon a limb condign crippled, or via an on hit effect.	Pneumatic torso mod, Tank Killer, One Gun Ground forces

Combat stats and mechanics

Perks

Perks in Fallout 76 are characterized equally playing cards that the player collects as they level up. Each perk menu costs at least ane bespeak in its designated SPECIAL attribute to equip. Players can equip multiple cards per attribute when the full perk indicate cost is equal to or less than the points of the attribute. The number of perk points is capped to a maximum of 56, however this limit may be pushed to 86 when using Legendary SPECIAL perks.

Sure perk cards can be upgraded to farther meliorate their benefits. One tin can upgrade, or rank up a perk bill of fare by while in possession of a duplicate.^[3] Ranking up a Perk card also increases the amount of SPECIAL points required to equip that Perk card. For example, ranking upward the Gladiator 1 perk card to Gladiator ii would increase the Strength requirement from 1 to 2 Perk cards exercise not need to be the aforementioned rank in guild to rank them up; the combined cards are simply added together.

Legendary perks

Starting at level l, perk cards may be scrapped into perk coins ( ), which are used to upgrade legendary perks. The perk cards are worth 2 coins for each star, or rank upwards. For instance, Gunsmith 5 is worth x coins, while Political party Girl/Party Male child i is worth 2. Each legendary perk slot is unlocked account-wide every 50 levels. In club to unlock all 6, a single character on the account must reach level 300. If that character is deleted, the slots remain unlocked.

Perk loadouts

As of the Locked & Loaded update, a new feature was added where players can customize multiple SPECIAL loadouts to employ at separate times with their Vault Dweller during gameplay, allowing a larger diversity of various perks and SPECIAL points to use in conversation with NPCs, combat, and more than. For now, but two SPECIAL loadouts can be customized. More than loadout slots are available through the Atomic Shop post-obit the Steel Reign update for 500 Atoms per slot.

Gallery

Videos

Fallout 76 – Vault-Tec Presents Beingness a Improve Yous! Perks Trailer

References

↑ Legendary SPECIAL does add more assignable points and increase your stats past the same number, however it counts as a buff rather than an increase to the base of operations. For this reason, Legendary Charisma will not allow yous to share higher tier perk cards.
↑ Patch ane.one.0.8 - Survival: "Stats: Furnishings that decrease the player's SPECIAL stats can no longer reduce them below 1."
↑ Max ranked cards exercise non count.

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