Key Takeaways
- Playing as a ghoul in Fallout 76 will lead to unique NPC interactions and quest decisions.
- Bethesda intends to account for ghoul players in all "future story updates" for Fallout 76.
- The ability to play as a ghoul is planned to debut in Fallout 76 in early 2025.
Playing as a ghoul in Fallout 76 will allow players to experience a variety of new interactions and story decisions. These revelations were recently offered by a senior Bethesda official in an attempt to shed some more light on this major Fallout 76 feature that's currently in development.
Bethesda announced plans to allow Fallout 76 players to experience the game as ghouls back in early June 2024. The studio is currently aiming to release this feature in early 2025.
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Fallout 76 Ghoul Players Will Experience Different NPC Interactions
While transforming into a ghoul in Fallout 76 will obviously alter the character's appearance, the change itself will be far from superficial. That's according to the game's creative director, Jonathan Rush, who said as much during a recent Gamescom interview with TheGamer. One of the ways in which playing as a ghoul will change one's experience of exploring Appalachia will come in the form of unique NPC interactions, as some characters will treat these heavily irradiated creatures differently from humans. However, this change won't apply retroactively, with ghoul-specific interactions being exclusive to future content.
Fallout 76 Ghoul Players Will Also Be Able to Make Unique Decisions
It also sounds like ghouls will get some unique ways to progress and complete Fallout 76 quests. "For future story updates or new content going in, where you're interacting with NPCs and making decisions, being a ghoul is going to be taken into account," Rush explained. The full extent of the changes brought about by playing as a ghoul is currently unclear, as the creative director did not provide any additional details on the matter.
For future story updates or new content going in, where you're interacting with NPCs and making decisions, being a Ghoul is going to be taken into account.
In the meantime, what's certain is that ghoul players will also be able to transform back into humans with minimal effort. Although this ability is not exactly lore-friendly, it's meant to encourage Fallout 76 players to give ghouling a go by not requiring them to sacrifice their character if they end up not liking the experience or grow tired of it. The ability to transform into a ghoul will be tied to a quest that's unlocked at level 50.
How much Bethesda ends up building on this feature moving forward remains to be seen. Its executive producer, Todd Howard, recently revealed that the developer already has years' worth of Fallout 76 content planned, suggesting the live-service RPG will keep getting supported until at least 2026. The intensity of the developer's efforts to create unique content for ghoul players from here on out will likely depend on how popular this feature ends up being. Should enough people respond positively to it, ghouls might also end up being playable in Fallout 5, as Rush recently revealed.
To recap:
- Ghouls will be playable in Fallout 76 by early 2025.
- Playing a ghoul provides unique NPC interactions for the player.
- Players will not be able to play a ghoul until they reach level 50.
- Ghoul players will be able to turn back to normal, despite Fallout lore.
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
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- Top Critic Rating:54/100 Critics Recommend:9%
- Franchise
- Fallout
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS4 , Xbox One
- Released
- November 14, 2018
- Developer(s)
- Bethesda
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
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- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol
- How Long To Beat
- 34 Hours
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- yes
- X|S Enhanced
- No
- PS Plus Availability
- Extra & Premium
- File Size Xbox Series
- 97 GB (May 2024)
- Cross Save
- no
- Cross-Platform Play
- no
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