With the big “One Wasteland” update of Fallout 76, new skills have been introduced to the game: the legendary perks. These are special perk cards that are stronger than the regular ones and can be used in addition to your build. MeinMMO presents all cards in a clear list and provides tips for their usage.
What are legendary perks? The special cards have properties that strengthen your character alongside regular perks and are meant to support your own build. The legendary perks offer unique benefits, stronger values, or useful properties.
This feature has been planned for Fallout 76 for some time and has been repeatedly postponed and improved. With the big “One Wasteland” update, legendary perks have been introduced to the game.
Obtaining legendary perks & upgrade costs
How do I get the legendary perks? Unlike the regular perks in Fallout 76, you do not need to unlock the legendary perks first. You have immediate access to all 26 of them. Instead, you have to reach certain levels to equip the perks.
There is the first perk slot at level 50, and one more at levels 75, 100, 150, 200, and 300. In total, you can equip up to six legendary perks when you have reached level 300.
The slots are oriented towards your character with the highest level. For example, if you have a character at level 300 and start a new one, that character will already have access to six legendary perks at level 1.
How do I use them? Just like the regular perks, you simply place the legendary perk cards into one of the available slots. Each card can be upgraded up to three times, but you will need coins for this:
- Rank 2 – 50 coins
- Rank 3 – 100 coins
- Rank 4 – 150 coins
You earn coins by salvaging regular perk cards. Each rank of a salvaged card grants 2 coins. To upgrade a legendary perk to rank 3, you need a total of 300 coins, which means up to 150 perk cards (with rank 1).
However, the ranks of a perk are character-bound. Each of your characters has to upgrade the cards individually, even though the slots apply account-wide.
List of all legendary perks in Fallout 76
Unlike regular perks, their legendary counterparts are not bound to a specific S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attribute. Therefore, we have sorted them for you by their areas of application.
Melee
Exploding Hand
Grants a chance for enemies to explode when you kill them in unarmed melee combat.
- Rank 1: 5% chance
- Rank 2: 10% chance
- Rank 3: 15% chance
- Rank 4: 20% chance
Hack and Slash
Melee attacks in V.A.T.S. have a chance to deal area damage.
- Rank 1: 20% chance for area damage
- Rank 2: 30% chance for area damage
- Rank 3: 40% chance for area damage
- Rank 4: 50% chance for area damage
Collateral Damage
Grants a chance for enemies to explode when you kill them with melee weapons.
- Rank 1: 10% chance
- Rank 2: 13% chance
- Rank 3: 16% chance
- Rank 4: 20% chance
Retribution
Restores health and action points for 15 seconds when you block a melee attack.
- Rank 1: 1 HP and 1 AP per second
- Rank 2: 2 HP and 2 AP per second
- Rank 3: 3 HP and 3 AP per second
- Rank 4: 4 HP and 4 AP per second
Ranged
Detonation Domino Effect
Grants a chance for enemies to explode through thrown explosives.
- Rank 1: 20% chance
- Rank 2: 30% chance
- Rank 3: 40% chance
- Rank 4: 50% chance
Distance Fireworks
Grants a chance for enemies to explode when killed by ranged weapons.
- Rank 1: 10% chance
- Rank 2: 13% chance
- Rank 3: 16% chance
- Rank 4: 20% chance
Aftermath
Distance damage from stealth attacks increases the damage the target takes for 10 seconds.
- Rank 1: 10% additional damage
- Rank 2: 20% additional damage
- Rank 3: 30% additional damage
- Rank 4: 40% additional damage
Armor and Resistances
Blood Sacrifice
When you die, team members receive a bonus.
- Rank 1: +25 damage resistance and 40 health points over 8 seconds
- Rank 2: +30 damage resistance and 50 health points over 10 seconds
- Rank 3: +35 damage resistance and 60 health points over 12 seconds
- Rank 4: +40 damage resistance and 70 health points over 14 seconds
Brutal Style
Increases resistance to fire damage when you wear a complete set.
- Rank 1: +50 fire damage resistance
- Rank 2: +100 fire damage resistance
- Rank 3: +150 fire damage resistance
- Rank 4: +200 fire damage resistance
Snazzy Clothes
Increases resistance to poison damage when you wear a complete set.
- Rank 1: +50 poison damage resistance
- Rank 2: +100 poison damage resistance
- Rank 3: +150 poison damage resistance
- Rank 4: +200 poison damage resistance
What Radiation?
Increases radiation resistance and automatically heals you from radioactive contamination.
- Rank 1: +50 radiation resistance and +1 RAD per second
- Rank 2: +100 radiation resistance and +2 RAD per second
- Rank 3: +150 radiation resistance and +3 RAD per second
- Rank 4: +200 radiation resistance and +6 RAD per second
Power Armor
Energy Absorption
Grants a chance for enemy energy attacks to charge the fusion core of your power armor.
- Rank 1: 10% chance
- Rank 2: 13% chance
- Rank 3: 16% chance
- Rank 4: 20% chance
Power Sprint
Reduces the consumption of action points when you sprint in power armor.
- Rank 1: 20% less consumption
- Rank 2: 30% less consumption
- Rank 3: 40% less consumption
- Rank 4: 50% less consumption
Power Armor Restart
Grants a chance to be automatically revived with full health when you go down in power armor.
- Rank 1: 15% chance
- Rank 2: 20% chance
- Rank 3: 30% chance
- Rank 4: 40% chance
Useful
Master Infiltrator
Grants you +3 on lockpicking and hacking and grants you the ability to instantly unlock certain locks and terminals per rank.
- Rank 1: Skill-0 terminals and locks are instantly unlocked
- Rank 2: Skill-1 terminals and locks are instantly unlocked
- Rank 3: Skill-2 terminals and locks are instantly unlocked
- Rank 4: Skill-3 terminals and locks are instantly unlocked
Quick-Witted Chemist
Regularly generates combat-enhancing chems, such as Psycho.
- Rank 1: 1 chem every hour (max 3)
- Rank 2: 1 chem every 50 minutes (max 4)
- Rank 3: 1 chem every 40 minutes (max 5)
- Rank 4: 2 chems every 40 minutes (max 5)
All In
When enemies attack you while you are in a team, they take more damage.
- Rank 1: 10% more damage
- Rank 2: 20% more damage
- Rank 3: 30% more damage
- Rank 4: 40% more damage
Survival Made Easy
Regularly generates supportive chems, such as Stimpaks or Addictol.
- Rank 1: 1 chem every hour (max 3)
- Rank 2: 1 chem every 50 minutes (max 4)
- Rank 3: 1 chem every 40 minutes (max 5)
- Rank 4: 2 chems every 40 minutes (max 5)
Ammunition Factory
Increases the amount of ammunition you receive when crafting.
- Rank 1: 50% more ammunition
- Rank 2: 75% more ammunition
- Rank 3: 100% more ammunition
- Rank 4: 150% more ammunition
S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Values
Legendary S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Values
For each attribute, there is a legendary perk that increases this value. It goes beyond the maximum of 56 total points, but not beyond the maximum of 15 points per value. The points can be used to utilize a perk in the corresponding value.
- Rank 1: 1 point
- Rank 2: 2 points
- Rank 3: 3 points
- Rank 4: 5 points
Legendary perks are significantly stronger than regular perks and are intended to specifically support the playstyle you choose. With your selection, you have the opportunity to come up with new builds or rely on conveniences like more ammunition or free chems. You can unequip legendary perks to equip new ones. However, unequipping will cost you a coin.
If you want to further strengthen your build, you should combine the perks with the right mutations. Mutations provide you with additional advantages like increased jump height or stronger values. In our special, you can find the list of all mutations and how to acquire and heal them.
