The playable ghoul build in Fallout 76 is a fun gameplay style where you can transform into the ghoul you've always fought against, experiencing the thrill of turning from human to monster. This build has always been popular with some players.
After reaching level 50, you can become a ghoul by completing a quest. After becoming a ghoul, you can return to human form by returning to Vault, but becoming a ghoul again requires spending Atoms. Therefore, some players choose to remain in ghoul form.
However, this isn't the mainstream playstyle. Ghoul players face more challenges than human players, such as gaining experience and leveling up. Below is a recommended build for farming experience as a ghoul, helping you level up quickly in ghoul form.
SPECIAL Attributes
To quickly farm experience in Fallout 76, you must choose your SPECIAL attribute points wisely. Prioritize increasing Intelligence, Charisma, and Stamina - the three basic SPECIAL attributes—followed by Dexterity and Luck. Allocate the remaining points normally.
The first is Intelligence. This special attribute directly increases the experience gained from defeating monsters. Higher Intelligence allows you to use many skills that deal significant damage to monsters, such as Power User and Demolition Expert, increasing your monster-killing speed.
Therefore, you should maximize its value. Mutations effect, Egg Head, is highly recommended, as it increases Intelligence by 6 points. Some Fallout 76 items also increase Intelligence, such as Bobblehead: Intelligence.
The second is Stamina. This attribute improves your survivability. Stamina-related skills like LifeGiver increase your health based on your stamina, while Ironclad increases your resistances. These skills allow you to farm monsters for extended periods while maintaining a good health level.
Additionally, there's a Stamina skill called All Night Long, which extends the duration of the consumable Beer, allowing you to enjoy Strength and Charisma buffs from Beer for a longer period.
The third is Charisma. In FO76, increasing ghoul Charisma is very difficult, so you need to carefully consider the impact of skills on your Charisma affinity when choosing them. You can choose Magnetic Personality, a skill that increases your Charisma based on your teammates.
To further enhance Charisma, you can use Party Boy skill, which doubles the effect of Beer. That is, where Beer normally only increases Charisma by 1 point, using this skill will increase it by 3 points.
These three attributes have the greatest impact on gaining experience through farming. You can selectively improve other attributes based on your needs.
For example, Luck increases your chance of critical hits, and Luck attribute skill One Gun Army can help you more easily deal with monsters in the first phase of raids.
Equipment
The fastest way for FO76 to gain experience is by completing raids, so your build must have sufficient damage; otherwise, you won't be able to defeat the monsters in the raids.
For weapons, you can choose Gauss minigun. This gun has a relatively high rate of fire and high damage. Upgrading it further increases the rate of fire, greatly improving your efficiency in farming enemies.
For weapon mods, you can choose Conductor's Legendary, which restores a certain amount of health and Action Points after dealing critical damage. This reduces your reliance on Canned Coffee to recover Action Points during combat.
After choosing a suitable weapon and its mods, you also need to select an Armor set suitable for grinding experience points.
The preferred Armor is Vulcan Power Armor. Although its radiation resistance is low, it significantly extends the duration of Fusion Core, allowing your weapon to have more firing opportunities and regenerate energy.
If you don't have this armor, you can choose any Fallout 76 Items that specifically enhance a particular attribute, such as a helmet that increases Intelligence. These don't significantly impact your damage output.
Additional Buffs
Besides fixed SPECIAL attribute points and equipment choices, there are some ways to obtain additional buffs that you must know.
First is the use of workshop objects. Mechanical Derby game increases your Intelligence by 2 points, lasting for half an hour. Sacred Mothman Tome gives you a 5% experience boost, lasting for one hour.
Second is status effects. Before you start grinding experience, you can rest in your sleeping bag for 30 seconds. This will grant you Kindred Spirit status, or its variant Rested, which provides a 5% experience boost for its duration.
Also, be careful not to die during either of these effects, as you will immediately lose the experience boost upon death.
Finally, there's a special method. You can give Leo Petrov a Nuka-Cola Cranberry drink, which will grant you a 5% experience boost. This effect stacks with other experience boosts, so don't forget to use it.
While Ghoul build is more complex than Human build, it's undeniably a cool way to play in Fallout 76. Hopefully, this build helps every Ghoul player gain experience faster and become a powerful Ghoul King.
