The best perks for a scavenger play style are spread across the various skills. Late Perks: Local Leader (Charisma 6), Strong Back (Strength 6), Science (Intelligence 6), Rad Resistant (Endurance 6) Primary Skill Allocation: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Intelligence, LuckĮarly Perks: Fortune Finder (Luck 1), Scrounger (Luck 2), Gun Nut (Intelligence 3), Cap Collector (Charisma 1), Hacker (Intelligence 4), Scrapper, (Intelligence 5), Lead Belly (Endurance 2), Aqua Boy (Endurance 5), Pickpocket (Perception 1), Locksmith (Perception 4), Armorer (Strength 3)

Who It’s For: Players who love exploration and plan to invest a lot of time into weapon/armor crafting and building settlements. You can find good ranged weapons and even get them by some side characters, but if you're having a hard time coming across rifles with good scopes, you should invest in intelligence to get the Gun Nut, Science, and Scrapper perks to build them yourself. all the time, but if you prefer this strategy we recommend putting a lot of points into luck to get the Better Criticals and Critical Banker perks. Thanks to Fallout 4's improved gunplay, you don't need to use V.A.T.S. The perception column is the most important for ranged weapons, as it has the best perks to get early in the game and late into your playthrough. Late Perks: Better Criticals (Luck 6), Critical Banker (Luck 7), Quick Hands (Agility 8), Sniper (Perception 8), Penetrator (Perception 9), Concentrated Fire (Perception 10) Primary Skill Allocation: Perception, Intelligence, Agility, LuckĮarly Perks: Gunslinger (Agility 1), Rifleman (Perception 2), Awareness (Perception 3), Gun Nut (Intelligence 3), Science (Intelligence 6), Scrapper (Intelligence 5), Action Boy (Agility 5) Who It’s For: Players who like to keep their distance, using rifles over SMGs and shotguns. The best end-game perks are Blitz, which significantly increases your melee reach in V.A.T.S., and Rooted, which gives you big damage resistance and melee attack boosts. Slight tinkering to pre-existing weapons can give you big damage increases. If you want to customize melee weapons, we suggest getting the Blacksmith perk early on as well. This allows you to quickly acquire the most critical perks for close-quarters fighting like Iron Fist, Big Leagues, Toughness, and Life Giver (more hit points are always a good idea for this play style). Melee maestros should invest most heavily in the strength and endurance columns of the perk chart, especially early on in the game. Late Perks: Basher (Strength 8), Adamantium Skeleton (Endurance 7), Blitz (Agility 9), Rooted (Strength 9) Primary Skill Allocations: Strength, Endurance, Agility, LuckĮarly Perks: Iron Fist (Strength 1), Big Leagues (Strength 2), Toughness (Endurance 1), Life Giver (Endurance 3), Armorer (Strength 3), Blacksmith (Strength 4), Bloody Mess (Luck 3) Who It’s For: Players who prefer their action up close and personal. columns to unlock each perk in parentheses so you know when you can invest in them. We've listed the amount of stars you must have for each of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Once you have that settled, follow the perks recommendations.

The primary skill allocation breakdown suggests where you should place the majority of your points when creating your character. Where should you start when building a character? To help new players get the most of out of their level progression, we have a list of perk recommendations for several common play styles. When you first look at the Fallout 4 perk chart, it can feel overwhelming.

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