No food, no worries.
For the first time ever in a Fallout game, players will be able to play as a ghoul as part of an upcoming update to Fallout 76. I’ve been looking forward to this feature since it was announced at an Xbox showcase, with more information being revealed alongside the Skyline Valley update but now, after the Fallout Day broadcast, we know a bit more about what playing as a ghoul will be like.
«You’ll no longer have to worry about catching a bad case of the rads because you’ll be immune to radiation damage, in fact, you’ll crave it», lead producer Bill LaCoste says. «As a ghoul, rads will heal you and possibly unlock unique abilities.»
There’ll also be other perks, like more perks, fittingly enough. Players who choose to turn into a ghoul will have access to new perk cards such as Boneshatter, which increases the chance for melee attacks to shatter a limb, and Glowing Gut, which makes consuming food and drink inflict 200% more rads (a good thing for a ghoul, remember) and United Ordeal, which gives you +2 bonus S.P.E.C.I.A.L. when you’re in a party with another ghoul character.
