Fallout 76 SPECIAL Perks Chart

This chart outlines the in-depth benefits of each SPECIAL stat in Fallout 76. Remember that perk cards enhance these base SPECIAL stats further.

SPECIAL In-Game Description In-Depth Benefits Key Perk Card Categories
Strength (STR) Affects your melee damage, carrying capacity, and the weight of items you can carry.
  • Melee Damage: Increases the damage dealt with melee weapons. Higher STR means more damage.
  • Carrying Capacity: Increases the maximum weight you can carry. Essential for hoarders and those who like to carry lots of gear.
  • Stagger Resistance: Higher STR can provide some resistance to being staggered by enemy attacks.
 Melee, Heavy Weapons, Weight Management
Perception (PER) Affects your VATS accuracy, the range of your senses, and your ability to detect enemies.
  • VATS Accuracy: Increases your chance to hit enemies in VATS with ranged weapons.
  • Enemy Detection: Improves your ability to detect nearby enemies on your compass and visually. A higher PER makes it easier to spot enemies sneaking.
  • Lockpicking & Pickpocketing: While not directly stated, some PER-based perks are essential for lockpicking and pickpocketing.
 Rifleman, Archery, Lockpicking, Demolitions Expert
Endurance (END) Affects your Hit Points, your ability to withstand radiation, and your action point drain for sprinting.
  • Hit Points (HP): Increases your maximum health. More END = more HP.
  • Radiation Resistance: Increases your resistance to radiation damage.
  • Disease Resistance: Improves your resistance to diseases.
  • Action Point Drain (Sprinting): Reduces the Action Point (AP) cost of sprinting. Allows you to sprint for longer distances.
 Survival, Food & Drink, Chem Resistance
Charisma (CHA) Affects your ability to barter with vendors and your effectiveness in teams.
  • Vendor Prices: Improves the prices you get when buying and selling items to vendors. Higher CHA lets you buy cheaper and sell dearer.
  • Team Benefits: Some CHA perks provide buffs to your team when playing with others.
  • Sharing Perks: Allows you to share some of your perk cards with your team.
 Inspirational, Party Boy/Girl, Supplier
Intelligence (INT) Affects your XP gain, crafting, and hacking abilities.
  • XP Gain: Increases the experience you gain from most activities. Higher INT = faster leveling.
  • Crafting: Improves the quality and durability of crafted items (weapons, armor, etc.).
  • Hacking: Allows you to hack terminals of higher difficulty.
 Science, Robotics, Hacker
Agility (AGI) Affects your Action Points (AP), stealth, and reload speed.
  • Action Points (AP): Increases your maximum Action Points, used for VATS and sprinting.
  • Stealth: Improves your ability to sneak and avoid detection. Higher AGI makes you harder to detect.
  • Reload Speed: Increases the reload speed of your weapons.
 Gunslinger, Commando, Sneak
Luck (LCK) Affects your critical hit chance, condition of found items, and ability to find better loot.
  • Critical Hit Chance: Increases your chance to land critical hits in combat.
  • Item Condition: Improves the condition of items you find. Items found will be in better condition.
  • Loot Quality: Increases your chance to find better loot, including rare items and higher-quality gear.
 Bloody Mess, Better Criticals, Fortune Finder