Fallout 76 combat

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Fallout 76 gameplay and combat. This page is under construction. For damage formulas, see Damage.

Gameplay

HP

Main article: Hit Points

Main article: Healing

Main articles: Crippled Limbs, Cripple

Main article: Condition

AP

Main article: Action Points

Movement

Main article: Encumbered

Main article: Stagger

Combat

Damage

Main article: Damage (Fallout 76)

• Damage
• Armor Penetration
• Damage Modifier

Damage types
Icon	Name	Description
	Physical	Damage dealt by ballistic and explosive weapons.
	Energy	Damage dealt by lasers, electricity and plasma weapons.
	Radiation	Damage dealt through radioactive weapons.
	Fire	Damage from flame-based weapons and explosives, occasionally residual.
	Cryo	Damage dealt by cryogenic weaponry. Applies a slow effect.
	Poison	Damage dealt by poisoned weapons, usually applied as damage-over-time (dot).
	Pure	A damage type that currently cannot be resisted. Used exclusively by the wendigo colossus.
	Explosive	Area-of-effect damage from explosives. Damage type is borrowed from the weapon.
	Bleed	Damage-over-time from certain bladed melee weapons/mods. It ignores both DR and Damage reduction.
	Electrical	Electrical damage is used only in the Electrically Charged mutation, but is resisted by Energy Resistance.

Damage Resistance

Main article: Damage reduction

Main articles: Damage Resistance, Energy Resistance, Radiation Resistance, Poison Resistance, Fire Resistance

Sneak

Main article: Sneak Attack Critical

Multiply paper damage. Base multiplier is x2.0, maximum multiplier is x3.90.)

V.A.T.S.

Main article: Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System

Critical

Main article: Critical Hit

+100% paper damage. Does not interact with sneak multiplier. Increases chance to hit.

Critical charge rate:

• (LCK × 1.5) + 5

Body part multipliers

Each body part has a different limb health bar, chance to be hit in V.A.T.S. and a passive damage multiplier.
Note: NPCs that are omitted from this table do not have any weak or tough spots (100% against all limbs).

Body part multipliers
Enemy	Weak spot	Damage taken	Tough spot	Damage taken
Angler	Head	125%	-	-
Assaultron	-	-	Head	33%
Attack dog	Head	200%	-	-
Beaver	Head	125%	-	-
Bloatfly	Head	200%	-	-
Bloodbug	Head	200%	-	-
Brahmin	Head	150%	-	-
Cargobot	Booster Flight Control System	200% 125%	-	-
Deathclaw	Belly	200%	Tail	50%
Eyebot	Back Panel	300%	Laser	25%
Feral ghoul	Head	200%	-	-
Firefly	Head	150%	-	-
Flatwoods monster	Head	125%	-	-
Fog crawler	Head	125%	-	-
Fox	Head	125%	-	-
Grafton monster	Blowholes	200%	-	-
Gulper	Head	150%	-	-
Hermit crab	Head	150%	Arm	50%
Honey beast	Head	200%	-	-
Human	Head	200%	-	-
Mega sloth	Head	125%	-	-
Mirelurk	Head	200%	Arm Shell	50% 25%
Mirelurk hunter	Head	150%	Arm	33%
Mirelurk king	Head	200%	-	-
Mirelurk queen	-	-	Arm Shell	50% 25%
Mole miner	Head	200%	-	-
Mole rat	Head	200%	-	-
Mothman	Head	125%	-	-
Mr. Gutsy Mr. Handy Ms. Nanny	Combat Inhibitor Thruster Eye (any)	200% 200% 125%	-	-
Mutant hound	Head	125%	-	-
Opossum	Head	125%	-	-
Owlet	Head	125%	-	-
Protectron	-	-	Head	33%
Radscorpion	Face	200%	Claw	50%
Radstag	Left head Right head	125% 200%	-	-
Robobrain	-	-	Head	80%
Squirrel	Head	125%	-	-
Scorchbeast	Head	150%	-	-
Scorched	Head	200%	-	-
Sentry bot	Fusion Cores	2000%	Head	80%
Sheepsquatch	-	-	Body	33%
Super mutant	Head	200%	-	-
Super mutant behemoth	Head	200%	-	-
Snallygaster	Head	150%	-	-
Stingwing	Head	200%	-	-
Tick	Head	150%	-	-
Turret (bubble)	-	-	Body	50%
Wild mongrel	Head	200%	-	-
Wendigo	Head	125%	-	-
Wendigo colossus	Head	200%	-	-
Wolf	Head	200%	-	-
Yao guai	Head	125%	-	-

Weapon stats

Main article: Accuracy

Main article: Range#Fallout 76

Main article: Fire Rate

Equipment condition

Main article: Durability (Fallout 76)

PvP

Main article: Fallout 76 multiplayer

• Player versus player
• Pacifist mode

Bugs

•    Sneak attacks will not apply bonus damage if the target is currently aggro'd ([Danger]) against another player. The sneak damage will be reflected by floating damage numbers, but will not be applied.^[verified]
•    The message box text "Sneak attack critical" will only display if a sneak attack is dealt while [Hidden]. Sneak damage is applied whether attacking from [Hidden] or [Caution].^{[verification overdue]}
•    Damage dealt by hitscan weapons (e.g. handmade rifle) in VATS may not apply damage against moving targets. The intended damage will be reflected by floating damage numbers, but will not be applied.^[verified]

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