FALLOUT 4: Top 10 BEST PERKS in Fallout 4! (Most Useful for ALL Character Builds) 

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Am I the only person who doesn't do a "build" I just try to make my character a badass and level up EVERYTHING

Am I the only one who uses VATS only for bloatflies, bloodbugs and stingwings?

Fallout 4 was my first Fallout game and the first time I played it, I thought I had to max out my SPECIAL before getting any of the perks. I was shocked when I found out that was not the case, 18 levels in.

I love maxing Charisma out the gate. Gotta have those dialogue options yo.

top 10 best perks. contains over 50% of the perks on the tree

I feel like I'm the only one who uses pretty much every weapon type on a single character. There's no level cap so you can't really "waste" perks. I use energy and ballistic. Depends on my mood. I also switch between rifles, shotguns, pistols and melee. It just makes the game more fun because you're not limited.

Honorable mentions 1) Local Leader, which lets you link up your settlements, allowing you to access anything you need for crafting, at any workbench anywhere 2) Robotics Expert, which along with the Automatron DLC allows you to make some really powerful robot allies, or use them as supply lines for your settlements 3) Cap Collector because at rank 3, you can install shops in your settlements and have them make money for you. 4) Strong back for pure convenience - loot all you want, then fast travel while encumbered to make mucho caps 5) Penetrator, which makes enemies taking cover a non issue 6) Awareness for its ability to point out damage weaknesses, especially with some big animal type enemies 7) Fortune Finder, Scrounger and Scrapper to get all that you need for item crafting 8) Ricochet really cheeses some fights by making the bad guys just off themselves 9) Intimidation and Wasteland Whisperer for those looking to do a more pacifist run 10) Life giver for its health regen

It doesn't do a lot of good to recommend Lone Wanderer and then tell people to take either Hacker or Locksmith and then bring the companion to deal with the other one.

I almost had a heart attack the 1st time idiot savant activated lol

Lone Wanderer? Nah man, I can't go anywhere without my favorite reporter girl, or my pre-war metal friend, or my cliché detective pal, or my big Green buddy, or the grown up mayor of Little Lamp Light, or my Irish mercenary, or minuteman man, or my my favorite balled synth who now wears a pompadour wig, or my good power armor wearing- actually nevermind, I don't like Paladin Danse.

my favorite perk is Mysterious Stranger. Even at rank one he shows up pretty often and he has saved me from some legendary enemies more than once

What about the perk that allows you to find more ammo/bottlecaps? I've never had an empty mag since I maxed out that perk.

Personally I don't have Bloody Mess at all because I prefer for my enemies to not turn into a pile of spaghetti when I shoot them.

This is my advice, what I do is put most of my perks into non combat related things like lock picking, hacking, getting more ammo and bottle caps etc, I still put perks into combat just not obsessively. It's best to not overdo it otherwise you will get to strong and the game will get boring.

Me: starts game with 1 luck. Me after 24hrs +: damn should've started with higher luck

personally I think medic would also make my top 10 list

I absolutely hate fighting assaultrons and sentry bots! That's the reason why I got the Robotics Expert perk. It's so satisfying to deactivate and force a self-destruct on an assaultron or a sentry bot!

Charisma is my favorite perk to rank up. I love being able to use all the conversation choices and getting small XP. I'm a sucker for conversations in Fallout 4.

Gun Nut, Rifleman, and the Overseer's Guardian is absurdly OP. If you upgrade your OG as high as it can go, you one shot almost everything.

You can avoid getting the armor, gunsmith and energy weapons perks for a long time, since you can strip the high level mods off captured guns. you can then apply them to your weapons, even if you don't have the requisite skill level. its pretty handy early on. applies to armor as well

I think the aqua boy perk is really useful but underrated

How can you say Lone Wanderer is so good, when you also say you take Cait or Nick with you depending on your build?

Oh, shit. Fallout 4 was my first game and on my first play through I thought I had to unlock the perk above the one I wanted just to get it.. so I ended up with a shit load of perks I didn't want 😂

What about the perk where at max stimpak and radaway is 100% effective

The only perk I have in every build is Scrounger. Even if I had a primarily melee build, the ammo will be sent to companions or settlers. I know everything is measured in caps but IMO, ammo is the real currency of the game.

Is it confirmed that Dogmeat still doesn't count as a companion with the Lone Wanderer perk? The description specifically says "without a companion *or dog* " now.

Let’s not forget Mysterious Stranger. At the max level, he shows up and instantly kills almost every single creature you target in VATS and its wicked powerful.

Local leader is one of my favorite perks. Just put a supply line from every settlement to your main one (mine is the castle) and it makes carrying around resources much easier. That is obviously only for people who like settlement making. Robotics Expert is also nice since it makes Automatron a cake walk. I would've had my ass handed to me without it. Medic I think is one of the most useful since it doesn't require much intelligence and makes surviving way easier.

Really? No strong back? Which basically makes you have infinite carry weight at the highest rank?

Lone Wanderer's increased carry weight makes up for not having a companion to carry your stuff, and the damage resist makes up for not having your own personal invincible bullet sponge by your side. I personally prefer having a companion over simply having Lone Wanderer

Thanks JV. I just got this game and have felt so overwhelmed with the perk tree. I'm sure I'll be spending a lot of time trying new things/perks after I play through it once.

Strong Back is my personal favourite, at max you can fast travel while over burdened.

my character is basically a mule, I have strength maxed out with the strong back perk maxed so I can fast travel and deposit my scrap even when over encumbered. And I have a full suit of X-01 mk 6 power armor that is specially made to have every weight capacity increasing mod in use.

super help, JV! especially clever your grouping like perks. grateful to you!

This is great general advice here ... thank you! I would love to see the best top 10 SINGLE perks you recommend, as naming groups of perks isn't as helpful.

I would have switched out idiot savant for Strong Back...when I do a play over, I'll make sure to upgrade that first...strong back is good because I always feel the need to pick up everything and loot every body, trunk, drawer, etc...

I would have put the resource perks in. getting extra caps, scrap, and ammo pay off ten fold, especially on harder difficulties

Scrounger is one of my faves, even if not using guns. One or two points dropped into it gives you tons of extra ammo that you can either use or sell for a fat stack of caps.

This is a great and helpful video, but it misses one glaring issue. The Ghoulish perk is hands down the best perk. Change my mind. It HEALS you with radiation, which is everywhere, it almost completely negates the threat of the Children of Atom, and if you get it before you go to Virgil, you can go to the Glowing Sea without worry!

No love for the Stranger?

Think you missed how good the Strong Back perk can be, if you level it to the max it mean you never again have to slowly drag your over-encumbered ass across the Commonwealth regardless of how much you are carrying. Another brilliant perk is Local Leader, rank one means you can assign supply routes between your settlements and thus share inventory (up to a point that is). At the second rank you get to build shops in your settlements that automatically generate caps for you.

good job putting all of the damage perks together. I was thinking the same

I love pack mule (I think it's called) being able to fast travel whilst encombered works great for someone like me you carries everything they find to convert into settlement resources.

Blitz + ninja =devastating sneak attack

I love the explosives perk, it allows me to do more damage with explosives, especially rank 3. Which gives a larger area and shows you where the grenade will fall. Very useful for people that love blowing stuff up

Pretty good insight on which perk I need to focus on thanks to you. Playing on survival mode right now and I‘m having a lot of fun. Btw your video was very helpful ^^

I love how you acknowledge that your a little bias, because a lot of youtubers who make videos about fallout just stick to how they feel and to them it's the only way, I like that you don't try and force your viewers to have the same mindset as you, so I'm totally subscribing, thank you for the amazing video and I will definitely take your tips into consideration thank you again!!!!

Wow. You didn't mention my favorite. The taming perks. It awsome to be able to make half of the enemies fight each other. And I know it's a huge investment but it goes greatly with lone wanderer since you can make enemies like your companions. And nothing is more satisfying than making a few radscorpions kill a death claw for you. :3

I love the noises Idiot Savant makes xD

Desk fans and duck tape has officially become my favourite junk to find. I love upgrading my gun and they require a lot of screws amd adhesive!

Great info. I didn't know you can keep leveling up. Of course there's no sense in not make your leveling as fast as possible, then, since you don't loose other perks by doing so. It's also good to know that Luck actually makes a difference in this game. It didn't in Skyrim, that's why I thought it probably wouldn't in Fallout either. -- Thanks for sharing. Subbed and Liked.

the perk that allows you to shoot through cover is op, if i'm fighting a sentry bot I can shoot it's fusion core without him going into cool down mode,same with fighting power armor enemies

I really like lifegiver maxed out and solar-powered maxed out.

Fantastic video sir. This helps me narrow down the perks I can focus on in my own build. Much appreciated ^_^

Way back when- when I first played fallout 4- my first character had *NO* luck... and so I learned the hard way that luck was important. Looking at your list, you definitely listed the perks I most prioritize.

who else saves all their ammo for legendary weapons?

Top 10 perks for the new Survival mode?

My god. I have hundreds of hours in this game and never realized Dogmeat didn't count against the Lone Wanderer perk. I feel so noob.

Super late, but i always liked doing a charismatic soldier build. I always use both Rifleman and commando to cover ranged and close range combat. Also armorer and gun nut are must haves, scrounger for more ammo and demolition expert for extra firepower. Toughness and adamantium skeleton, plus i grab steady aim for my auto guns and idiot savant for extra exp, and i put charisma to max to pass all dialogue options. I usually just run heavy type armor like the heavy synth or heavy combat. Those are my top ten perks for my favorite build

blitz is the best perk imo, teleportation and absurd melee damage, plus it works ridiculously well with sneak and ninja perks, plus you can use it to teleport into proctor teagans armory without master locksmith

I have been playing Fallout 4 now up to level 36, and first now i understand that i didn't need to fill up all the stars on top before going down! My god! But now i'm ready to get all the perks i want 😂

i love this game, gives me so much nostalgia! shame u couldnt upload yesterday mate missed your content x

I think that all the pacifying perk's as well as the robot hacking perk is an OP combination because you can get enemy's to fight to for you.

Anyone else think Charisma 3 high for Lone Wanderer? Someone alone doesn't need charisma

some of my favorites are the fortune finder and scrounger because it makes ammo and caps so much easier to get when adventuring

i think you can also mention that is you go for the lone wanderer perk , locksmith and hacker are essential very nice vid by the way.. i like the fact that you dint spend log time talking useless stuff like most ppl around and went straight to the point

I'll give a like just for the in game style notification! that was cool.

I use vats for spotting landmines.

Get this perk, all you have to do is level to 40 bro

Here's my thoughts on Perks. Some perks are Essential Perks i.e. the convenience perks (Strong Back, Locksmith, Hacker), the Damage perks (Rifleman, Commando, Big Leagues etc etc) and the Crafting perks (Armorer, Gun Nut, Blacksmith, Science). Excluding those, here are my Top 10 1) Local Leader so you can set up supply lines between settlements 2) Robotics Expert - hack robots FTW and also build Robot Provisioners FTW 3) Sneak / Ninja 4) Better Critical / Critical Banker 5) Sniper / Penetrator for the ability to shoot through cover or Power Armor and gain headshot damage bonuses. 6) Awareness so you can see enemies' specific resistances and plan your attacks accordingly. 7) Nuclear Physicist for allowing you to exploit a specific behavior of Fusion Cores if you are using a Gattling Laser and Power Armor. 8) Black Widow / Lady killer for both the speech check and damage bonuses 9) Ricochet - situational but imo the coolest situational perk. 10) Gun Fu sinks well with Critical Banker and Better Criticals

I agree with all the perks here, but i have a few perks that i'd like to add, as i consider them great. *Lifegiver* - Increases your Base HP by 20 for each rank, and on the third and final rank you also get slow HP regen as a bonus. Pretty basic, but you can't say no to more HP, plus it's pretty cost effective, you only need Endurance 3 for all three ranks. *Demolition Expert* - First three ranks Increase the damage you can do with explosives 25% for rank 1, 50% for rank 2, 75% for rank 3. Rank 4 doubles the damage done on top of the aforementioned boosts, but it's the other effects that make this perk shine, Rank 1 unlocks explosives crafting at the chemistry station, allowing you to make your own grenades, Rank 2 gives you a "throwing arc", a green arrow that shows you what the arc of your grenade will be, Rank 3 increases the area of effect for your explosives, Rank 4 doubles the damage that mines and grenades shot in VATS will deal. Perk cost is so-so here, you need Perception 5 for this perk and all its ranks, not too costly but not overly cheep. *Adamantium Skeleton* - Aside from being an obvious X-Men reference, this perk reduces any limb damage you take. Rank 1 reduces limb damage by 30%, Rank 2 reduces limb damage by 60% and Rank 3 eliminates limb damage completely. This perk is at its best when fully leveled up, since you take zero limb damage with Rank 3, you'd never have to worry about getting crippled by limb damage. That being said, this perk is more of a late game perk, having a high cost of Endurance 7, but it's worth it. *Local Leader* - This perk is actually important, regardless of whether you choose to live in a settlement with others or on your own. Rank 1 allows you to establish supply lines between your various workshop settlements, Rank 2 allows you to build stores and more importantly crafting stations for your settlements. This perk is a must have if you want to set up your own personal place to live. It's a bit costly, having a cost of Charisma 6 for both ranks, but definitely worth it, especially if you want to take full advantage of perks like Gun Nut, Blacksmith, Armorer, and Demolitions Expert. *Medic* - This perk is very, very useful. It augments stimpaks and radaway, allowing them to heal more with each rank. Rank 1 increases the effectiveness of both stimpaks and radaway by 40%, Rank 2 Increases them by 60%, Rank 3 increases them by 80%, and Rank 4 allows stimpaks and radaway to restore all health and remove all rads, as well as increase the healing speed. Medic is very cheap and a good choice for the early game, as you only need Intelligence 2 for all Ranks *Scrapper* - This perk is a must have for anyone looking to build their own settlements, it allows you to salvage rarer components and allows you to salvage more on top of that. Rank 1 allows you to salvage uncommon components, Rank 2 allows you to salvage rare components, and Rank 3 (Far Harbor needed) gets you more for salvaging. Cost for this perk is Intelligence 5, making it easy to get early on. *Fortune Finder and Scrounger* - Both of these perks fall under the same general category, allowing you to get more from the various containers you find, Fortune Finder nets you more Caps and Scrounger nets you more Ammo. Each also has a bonus on the highest rank. With Fortune Finder, once at Rank 4, there is a chance your opponents will explode into a shower of caps on death, and with Scrounger, once at Rank 4, there is a chance that you'll automatically get extra ammo for the gun your using when you fire the last shot in your clip. Both are very cheap and great early game perks, Fortune Finder being Luck 1 and Scrounger being Luck 2.

So if you have lone wanderer you can have dogmeat ?

Scrapper and pack mule, cause I'm a good damn cleptomaniac in this game. Just.....can't....stop.....taking hot plates. And duct tapes. And old, used light bulbs. And that nice perk that highlights everything I need to build everything. I love collecting scrap. You see me on Discovery, compulsive collectors.....

I have played on Very Hard difficulty for many months without a companion. I put many limitations on my character like no fast travel no power armor and much more restrictions for immersion and difficulty hike sakes. But I always thought running with a companion made the game easier but that's not the case on my latest playthrough I decided to have a companion always with me (Not dogmeat) and I really miss the Lonely Wanderer perk. That 30% less damage taken is incredibly useful. Lonely Wanderer perk is amazing is what I'm getting at if you don't care for a companion it makes a huge difference and the carry capacity is why I always got it. But now I miss that 30% damage resistance.

Strongback for sure is a must especially for settlement building and I also use that with the robot companion modded at the robo bench to have a large carry weight like 450 so I can clear multiple buildings of loot before having to go back to the settlement to scrap or sell them

That was a cool social media plug. Good on you

For me Savant is the best. Dat feeling when you get x5 exp for completing a quest.

Oh man why didn’t I find your vids sooner your best guns vid was great I have them in my load out

my first playthrough was an assassin build. I did the sneak to max, aqualad max, ninja max, and melee damage boosted, I hide in the water, come up, sneak and stab. pretty easy play through honestly.

Nuclear Physicist for the boost to fusion core length and intimidation definitely make my top ten, otherwise I agree with your list! 👻🎃

Penetration plus Concentrated Fire. Being able to shoot an enemy's fusion core weak point (Power Armor, Sent Bots) with a pistol from an extreme distance and cause them to self-destruct is awesome, and you don't even need to max either of the 2 perks to get this benefit.

Thanks a lot to confirm what are the best perks. I use almost the same setting. Only ninja and sneak. Not the rest of the pic stuff. But that how I like to play. But good to no . I went for a charisma bild with the moist of the top ten perks you are talking about Greetings from Holland and Cyril

when running melee you'll also want rooted and blitz, i like to go high strength and agility to get those early, bc vats is a lot more useful for melee. high luck is also less important for melee as you always hit 95℅ or 0℅, and you can get the damage from str and lots of AP

I don’t do “builds” if I want to run at an enemy with my melee or kill super mutants by sneaking and shooting them or ambush where I lure enemies on to mines I do it don’t only play one way

You forgot Local Leader and such. WORKSHOPS!

I think aquaboy and lead belly are good because there is a lot of good opportunities to use them, like if you are low on health you could drink some water or eat something from your inventory. sure there's purified water, but those are pretty rare to come by, and really the easiest way to get them are from traders, and they sell at pretty high prices if you are a beginner. then aquaboy rank 2 lets you stay completely undetectable from enemies. the only times aquaboy would prove useless is if you ae in places like pickman's gallery, or other urban areas. other than that, they are pretty good perks in my opinion.

Nerd rage was the most effective safety perk ever and I’ll always go for that. Usually when it triggers you have enough time to take a stimpack and start kicking some ass. You’ll almost want it to trigger after a while since it’s so cool.

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i just gotta go full endurance and defensive perks off the bat. Cant lose if i cant die

VATs build: Aquaboys/Girl (Easier moving in water) Penetration Actionboys/Girl VANs (This Perk make you go VATs and detect enemy much easier) Local Leader Grim reaper Sprint Critical Banker Four leaf Clover Scrounger ( for beginning play) Also Hacker and Locksmith

Personally I think the best perk is Solar Powered, passively lowering radiation levels and raising health between 6 AM and 6 PM. Also at level one of this you gain 2 extra strength and endurance, so between the times you gain extra carry weight maximum.

am I the only one that doesn't want to change his Silver Shroud Costime for a heavy armor?

I like the first perk in aqua boy

I use commando build towards overseers guardian, 2 shot effect I think works better with full auto. Also love mixing commando and demolition expert with explosive auto weapons.

Brb start fo4 again for the 50th time. For real good list dude. Helpful

My top ten 10:Party boy 9:Basher 8:Cannibal 7:Root 6:night person 5:Ghoulish 4:Cap Collector 3:Lead Belly 2:Aqua Boy 1:Vans

Wait No level capp? Is there truly no level cap?

Thank you getting back into fallout 4

Gun nut and Science are linked to mod weapons properly. Medic saves you from having to keep buying stimpaks and radaways or hunt around for resources to make them. Robotics Expert helps you build robots who can cause lethal damage (Automatron). Scrapper helps find otherwise hard to find materials, again saving caps. Strong back helps you increase your carry weight and with each level you can max it out, you can eventually fast travel overencumbered. Hacker and Locksmith are a must if you want to advance in the game at all. Local Leader is good to link up settlements so you can use resources between settlements and lastly Armorer helps with modding armor. A worthy mention Cap collector again for settlements to limit the loss of caps when spending. Also blacksmith to help with robots and if you are melee weapon inclined. That's 12 but two you mentioned are there already.