What to do as a beginner?

[Arthrex]

So, in the recent Steam sale I bought Fallout 76 because a friend told me the game is in a playable state now and that more updates are yet to come. (Like the increase of CAMP space from 800 to 1200 in 2 days.) Besides, 13 Euros isn't all that much and I already got my money's worth back since I generally go by the rule of thumb that 1 euro should equal 1 hour of gameplay.

Anyway, during playing for the first two days I just did all the quests that popped up in my face and explored the world, unlocking fast travel location and even did the one or other event that I came across. However, once I hit level 20, everything got incredibly difficult. Enemies suddenly eat more bullets than I can find and especially the scorched ones melt through my HP bar like it is butter. I even dared to go north for the quests I got, but had to retreat very quickly again since RAD scorpions were just too much to deal with. Due to this situation I am also running out of Stimpacks very quickly.

I am switching through weapons frequently so that I have a chance to restock on ammo for others. Currently I am running around with a Level 20 rifle that uses .45 ammo and my armor is level 20 leather, cooked. I do have 2 pieces of T-51B Armor which I found after doing the Nukashine quest as it transported me into the swamp (?). I also have 2 pieces of T-45 which I found sometime later. The issue I have there is that I don't have that much fusion cores and they run out rather quickly as well as a lack of a 'workbench' to repair and mod them (I don't have the blueprint for it yet.)

This all leads to the question of what to do now to get a good foundation started so I don't run through stims and ammo like an addict.

Thanks for your time.

[Arcanix]

We can help you with all your ammo and stim needs. But you might want to do it yourself.

Bethesda changed it, so yea its like that now. Until you got a character build going and a decent gun, farming stuff is what you´re gonna do. Its like a threshold, once over it the game becomes simple and you are flooded with ammo, stims and gear.

What to do. Figure out a farm route where you get abit of everything you need. Core, ammo, stims etc. Then as you level and get legendary scrips switch to the 3 star legendary weapons. Once you got something setup, so you can do most content,...run with that. Then its just a matter of perfecting the build and gear.

Exploring lets you know the world map, which is important if you´re in a tight spot. Quest chains open up content. Team up to gain exp faster. Also a good way to see what works and what gear other people focus on.

Thats about it.

[Nevu]

First off, what kind of build are you going for? A good, well planned build is mandatory for this game, unlike in past Fallout games. Without a proper build, you'll really struggle in the late game. Don't fall into the trap of a "food build", that is just overstacking yourself on quality-of-life perks and not investing in any damage perks. I suggest using the nukes and dragons website to plan out your build. Some meta builds are stealth commando, and heavy weapons power armor. Remember, you can always swap cards in and out! You can swap in crafting perk cards when you're crafting, and swap combat cards back in when you're done.


As for running out of stims, you can temporarily get the Pharma Farma perk which should make you swim in chems after an exploration trip. And don't worry, the level you're in is considered the toughest portion. Once your build is roughly set in after level 50, the game gets a lot easier.

[Arthrex]

引用自 Arcanix：

We can help you with all your ammo and stim needs. But you might want to do it yourself.

Bethesda changed it, so yea its like that now. Until you got a character build going and a decent gun, farming stuff is what you´re gonna do. Its like a threshold, once over it the game becomes simple and you are flooded with ammo, stims and gear.

What to do. Figure out a farm route where you get abit of everything you need. Core, ammo, stims etc. Then as you level and get legendary scrips switch to the 3 star legendary weapons. Once you got something setup, so you can do most content,...run with that. Then its just a matter of perfecting the build and gear.

Exploring lets you know the world map, which is important if you´re in a tight spot. Quest chains open up content. Team up to gain exp faster. Also a good way to see what works and what gear other people focus on.

Thats about it.

Thanks for the offer, I might come back to it if I feel like there is an absolute wall that I can't overcome in terms of stims and ammo.

引用自 Donre Vock：

First off, what kind of build are you going for? A good, well planned build is mandatory for this game, unlike in past Fallout games. Without a proper build, you'll really struggle in the late game. Don't fall into the trap of a "food build", that is just overstacking yourself on quality-of-life perks and not investing in any damage perks. I suggest using the nukes and dragons website to plan out your build. Some meta builds are stealth commando, and heavy weapons power armor. Remember, you can always swap cards in and out! You can swap in crafting perk cards when you're crafting, and swap combat cards back in when you're done.


As for running out of stims, you can temporarily get the Pharma Farma perk which should make you swim in chems after an exploration trip. And don't worry, the level you're in is considered the toughest portion. Once your build is roughly set in after level 50, the game gets a lot easier.

So, I just invested points somewhat randomly so far. Is there a way to redo it or am I basically bricked for the rest of my character's life? As for build, I guess I am more interested in running around in heavy power armor with a gatling gun of sorts. While I love sneak builds in games like Skyrim, in Fallout I usually go for the guns blazing approach.

A quick google for heavy weapons builds also gave a lot of different approaches, so main question in that regard is if you perhaps have one you can recommend?

[Nalier]

Each level you gain after 50 lets you redo 1 special point or pick a new perk card.

[Dundo]

Crafting is your friend, i'd invest in Ammosmith perks and just do Lucky Hole mine runs for lead

[Arthrex]

That's great to hear. Takes that worrying off of my mind. So I can just continue with what I have right now and start investing in the points I need which seems to be mainly STR, INT and some in LCK.

https://nukesdragons.com/fallout76/perks?v=1&s=f117f89&d=sq2s32sr2s82s22ic3ip2ih2id2a72a04l22lp2ls2c72cu2e10xb3p50xj3xn3xl3xq3xd3&n=Heavy%20Gunner This is what I am eyeing with as of now. No idea if it is any good or not.

[Nevu]

引用自 Arthrex：

引用自 Arcanix：

We can help you with all your ammo and stim needs. But you might want to do it yourself.

Bethesda changed it, so yea its like that now. Until you got a character build going and a decent gun, farming stuff is what you´re gonna do. Its like a threshold, once over it the game becomes simple and you are flooded with ammo, stims and gear.

What to do. Figure out a farm route where you get abit of everything you need. Core, ammo, stims etc. Then as you level and get legendary scrips switch to the 3 star legendary weapons. Once you got something setup, so you can do most content,...run with that. Then its just a matter of perfecting the build and gear.

Exploring lets you know the world map, which is important if you´re in a tight spot. Quest chains open up content. Team up to gain exp faster. Also a good way to see what works and what gear other people focus on.

Thats about it.

Thanks for the offer, I might come back to it if I feel like there is an absolute wall that I can't overcome in terms of stims and ammo.

引用自 Donre Vock：

First off, what kind of build are you going for? A good, well planned build is mandatory for this game, unlike in past Fallout games. Without a proper build, you'll really struggle in the late game. Don't fall into the trap of a "food build", that is just overstacking yourself on quality-of-life perks and not investing in any damage perks. I suggest using the nukes and dragons website to plan out your build. Some meta builds are stealth commando, and heavy weapons power armor. Remember, you can always swap cards in and out! You can swap in crafting perk cards when you're crafting, and swap combat cards back in when you're done.


As for running out of stims, you can temporarily get the Pharma Farma perk which should make you swim in chems after an exploration trip. And don't worry, the level you're in is considered the toughest portion. Once your build is roughly set in after level 50, the game gets a lot easier.

So, I just invested points somewhat randomly so far. Is there a way to redo it or am I basically bricked for the rest of my character's life? As for build, I guess I am more interested in running around in heavy power armor with a gatling gun of sorts. While I love sneak builds in games like Skyrim, in Fallout I usually go for the guns blazing approach.

A quick google for heavy weapons builds also gave a lot of different approaches, so main question in that regard is if you perhaps have one you can recommend?

> Is there a way to redo it or am I basically bricked for the rest of my character's life?

Kind of, once you hit level 50 you can choose to either pick a new perk card or move 1 SPECIAL point around, so for example taking 1 point from Strength and putting it into Endurance.

> I guess I am more interested in running around in heavy power armor with a gatling gun of sorts

You definitely want maximum strength, then. Pick all 3 heavy gunner perks (heavy gunner, expert heavy gunner and master heavy gunner) and then you could pick a power armor perk. Then, you definitely want Intelligence for the rank 3 of the Stabilized perk, which buffs heavy weapons when you are in power armor. For the time being, you can go with melee since you'll be going all in on strength. You'll save ammo. You can always swap in the heavy gunner perk cards when you're ready! Like I said, definitely check out the nukes and dragons website https://nukesdragons.com/fallout76/perks to plan out your build. It will save a lot of point moving in the future :)

A lot of different approaches? Never heard of them. You definitely have choice for heavy weapons, though. Gatling gun is ammo efficient but fires slow. 50cal seems to be an all rounder. LMG can be good but eats *a lot* of .308 ammo so isn't the best choice. I recommend to get the "Final Word" 50cal from Beckett's questline (you should automatically get that quest after a certain level). Once you finish his questline, you get a guaranteed legendary 50cal with very nice legendary effects, like anti armor and faster fire rate.

[Arcanix]

Try to get some loot from the season 4 scoreboard.

IF you put your mind into to it you should be able to get a decent level of loot. Ends in March.

[Nevu]

引用自 Arthrex：

That's great to hear. Takes that worrying off of my mind. So I can just continue with what I have right now and start investing in the points I need which seems to be mainly STR, INT and some in LCK.

https://nukesdragons.com/fallout76/perks?v=1&s=f117f89&d=sq2s32sr2s82s22ic3ip2ih2id2a72a04l22lp2ls2c72cu2e10xb3p50xj3xn3xl3xq3xd3&n=Heavy%20Gunner This is what I am eyeing with as of now. No idea if it is any good or not.

Might want to tone down on Charisma a little if you play solo. Lone Wanderer isn't really *that* good anymore I hear, since public teams are a thing and you can just join one and effectively play solo. You get some very good buffs like +4 INT with a full public team.

https://nukesdragons.com/fallout76/perks?v=1&s=f143e5e&d=sq2s32sr2s22ic4ip2ih2id2a04l22ls2xb3xj3xn3xl3xq3xd3lu2l71sx2c62lg2p50ee2&w=ce0cd1&n=Heavy%20Gunner

Here, did some adjustments. I added in mutations, as they're simply very powerful and easy to get later on when you get enough caps. Just buy mutation serums from player camps once you get enough caps, they seem to hover around the 600-700 caps range.( some good mutations are marsupial, speed demon for example) Note that this build requires joining public teams to get max potential. Charisma cards are swappable(inspirational until you get enough levels, then strange in numbers + squad maneuvers) Replaced Bullet Shield with Lock and Load because damage resistance effectiveness falls off later on in the game, % dmg reduction perks are better afaik. Added in some more luck for mutation perks + ricochet. Ricochet procs way way more than you think, trust me. Completely negating damage on a regular basis is pretty good. have fun :)

[Arthrex]

引用自 Arcanix：

Try to get some loot from the season 4 scoreboard.

IF you put your mind into to it you should be able to get a decent level of loot. Ends in March.

I looked at it and nothing is telling me anything. I guess most if some currency and some cosmetics? I mean, it's free, so nothing to scuff at. I always do whatever I can at my current level. Things like daily operation I think I could theoretically queue for, but I don't want to be the guy that leeches and makes others work.

[Arcanix]

引用自 Arthrex：

引用自 Arcanix：

Try to get some loot from the season 4 scoreboard.

IF you put your mind into to it you should be able to get a decent level of loot. Ends in March.

I looked at it and nothing is telling me anything. I guess most if some currency and some cosmetics? I mean, it's free, so nothing to scuff at. I always do whatever I can at my current level. Things like daily operation I think I could theoretically queue for, but I don't want to be the guy that leeches and makes others work.

Ok.

[Nevu]

引用自 Arthrex：

引用自 Arcanix：

Try to get some loot from the season 4 scoreboard.

IF you put your mind into to it you should be able to get a decent level of loot. Ends in March.

I looked at it and nothing is telling me anything. I guess most if some currency and some cosmetics? I mean, it's free, so nothing to scuff at. I always do whatever I can at my current level. Things like daily operation I think I could theoretically queue for, but I don't want to be the guy that leeches and makes others work.

Scoreboard is the Fallout 76 version of a battle pass. You can get a decent amount by just playing normally and letting the tasks complete themselves. Some rewards are pretty good, like 2.5k caps or lunchboxes(lunchboxes are great in group events)

[Arthrex]

引用自 Donre Vock：

引用自 Arthrex：

I looked at it and nothing is telling me anything. I guess most if some currency and some cosmetics? I mean, it's free, so nothing to scuff at. I always do whatever I can at my current level. Things like daily operation I think I could theoretically queue for, but I don't want to be the guy that leeches and makes others work.

Scoreboard is the Fallout 76 version of a battle pass. You can get a decent amount by just playing normally and letting the tasks complete themselves. Some rewards are pretty good, like 2.5k caps or lunchboxes(lunchboxes are great in group events)

I usually average at 4-5 daily tasks by just playing, so I think that should get me forward in the long run. Weekly stuff also gets done steadily. As for the groups that got mentioned earlier, should I just join whatever group is open which is set to free-for-all? From other games I know that you usually need to be around the group's other people to get benefits, but if that isn't the case here, I should just join whatever.

[Daniel]

i can help you if need
i know how to get ammo and such if so low on steam pack and sarch keep head back to air field and keep kill the lower lv one and get gun to sell and go other play base get plan they sell as will

[Nevu]

引用自 Arthrex：

引用自 Donre Vock：

Scoreboard is the Fallout 76 version of a battle pass. You can get a decent amount by just playing normally and letting the tasks complete themselves. Some rewards are pretty good, like 2.5k caps or lunchboxes(lunchboxes are great in group events)

I usually average at 4-5 daily tasks by just playing, so I think that should get me forward in the long run. Weekly stuff also gets done steadily. As for the groups that got mentioned earlier, should I just join whatever group is open which is set to free-for-all? From other games I know that you usually need to be around the group's other people to get benefits, but if that isn't the case here, I should just join whatever.

Nah, Fallout 76 teams don't work like that. You just need to join a public team and do your thing, no need to be close to other team members. There's a "bond" mechanic, you only get the group SPECIAL buffs when the bond meter is maxed out. It gets maxed out by itself, maxes out after a few mins.