Feral ghoul (Fallout 76)

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Fallout 76 creature
Feral ghoul
Miner feral ghoul
Type	Creature
Class	Feral ghoul
Variants	Feral ghouls: Weak feral ghoul Feral ghoul Feral ghoul roamer Feral ghoul stalker Feral ghoul reaver Withered feral ghoul Gangrenous feral ghoul Rotting feral ghoul Charred feral ghoul Decaying feral ghoul Blighted feral ghoul Putrid feral ghoul Deadly feral ghoul Communist feral ghoul Strangler feral ghoul Feral ghoul officer Scorched feral ghoul Glowing ones: Glowing one Putrid glowing one Bloated glowing one Reeking glowing one Corroded glowing one Deadly glowing one Irradiated feral ghoul
Affiliation	Wendigos
Locations	Appalachia
Events	Back on the Beat Census Violence Death Blossoms Guided Meditation Heart of the Swamp One Violent Night Project Paradise Radiation Rumble Spin the Wheel
Daily Ops
Resists
DR	?
ER	?
RR
PR	?
FR	?
CR	?
Perks	Immune to Radiation
Disease	Rad worms
Weakspot	Head
Weak to	Ghoul Slayer's
Actor	Mark Lampert
Keywords	Creature · Feral ghoul
Editor ID	See table
Form ID	See table

For a cross-game overview, see Feral ghoul.
For glowing ones, see Glowing one (Fallout 76).

Feral ghouls are creatures found in Appalachia.

Background

Feral ghouls are found all over Appalachia, and are hostile to the Vault Dweller. They wear distinguishable clothing such as work clothes, police uniforms, and professional wear rather than just indeterminate rags. Some feral ghouls have area-dependent apparel, such as feral ghouls wearing golf outfits at the Whitespring Resort. Unlike the Scorched, which have retained greater cerebral functions and motor skills, feral ghouls are unable to use weapons due to the loss of mental and motor functions associated with their feral state.

Characteristics

Biology

Feral ghouls were formerly humans who suffered mutations due to radiation, including brain decay, resulting in complete loss of reason due to diminished mental functions. Their skin is slightly decomposed and their hair has almost disappeared. They live in groups wandering in nature or human infrastructures in search of future prey, whether human or animal, to feed on their flesh. It is rare to see ghouls wandering alone and the presence of a single ghoul is a sign of the presence of other ghouls in the vicinity. Sometimes a group of ghouls can be accompanied by a wendigo. The ghouls are friendly to the wendigos and show no sign of aggression towards them.

Ghouls have a natural resilience to the Scorched Plague.

Gameplay attributes

Feral ghouls will attack most other creatures they encounter, with the exception of wendigos. They will attack charging and striking their opponents. Their attacks are always accompanied by radiation damage, with glowing ones inflicting increased radioactive damage. Withered, gangrenous and diseased () feral ghouls will also deal poison damage. All ghouls have a flat 15% chance to transmit rad worms to the player character on-hit.

• Unarmed: 7 - 180
• Radiation: 3 - 110
• Poison: 1 per second ( 5 sec)

Ghouls often prepare their attacks by advancing slowly towards their opponent before running very quickly (often faster than the player character) and throwing themselves at their target in an exaggerated lunge. When adjacent, ghouls will perform a single and multi slap attacks. If downed by a multi slap, the remaining slaps will execute them.

Variants

Feral ghoul

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Name (Form ID)	Base Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Weak feral ghoul 000758AD	LVL 1 PER 4 HP 30 Dam.R 2 En.R 2 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 2 Cryo.R 2 XP 10 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (4 ) Rads (3 )	Bobby pin Lantern
Feral ghoul 003ADDF4	LVL 3 PER 4 HP 30 Dam.R 2 En.R 2 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 2 Cryo.R 2 XP 12 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (4 ) Rads (3 )	Droplist (1) Silver table spoon Silver table knife Gold pocket watch Dinner fork Toothbrush Toothpaste Pencil RadAway RadAway: diluted Adjustable wrench Rad-X .38 round .308 round 10mm round Bobby pin Stimpak Combination wrench Fuse Surgical scalpel Flip lighter Soap Screwdriver
Feral ghoul roamer 0011669D	LVL 9 PER 4 HP 35 Dam.R 8 En.R 8 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 8 Cryo.R 8 XP 19 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (4 ) Rads (3 )	Droplist (1) Wonderglue Dog tags Bandage scissors Flip lighter Chalk RadAway: diluted Surgical scalpel
Feral ghoul Back on the Beat	LVL PER 4 HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R 150 Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.
Feral ghoul stalker 00165790	LVL 15 PER 4 HP 40 Dam.R 8 En.R 8 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 8 Cryo.R 8 XP 26 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (12 ) Rads (4 )	Unrefined gunpowder Old Possum bottle 10mm round Light bulb
Feral ghoul stalker (golfer) 0042D362	LVL 15 PER 4 HP 40 Dam.R 8 En.R 8 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 8 Cryo.R 8 XP 26 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (12 ) Rads (4 )	Unrefined gunpowder Old Possum bottle 10mm round Light bulb
Feral ghoul reaver 0007ED09	LVL 22 PER 4 HP 50 Dam.R 25 En.R 25 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 25 Cryo.R 25 XP 34 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (30 ) Rads (15 )	Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Feral ghoul reaver (golfer) 0042D363	LVL 22 PER 4 HP 50 Dam.R 25 En.R 25 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 25 Cryo.R 25 XP 34 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (30 ) Rads (15 )	Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Withered feral ghoul 0007ED09	LVL 32 PER 4 HP 65 Dam.R 50 En.R 50 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 50 Cryo.R 50 XP 46 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (50 ) Rads (20 )	Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Withered feral ghoul (golfer) 0042D364	LVL 32 PER 4 HP 65 Dam.R 50 En.R 50 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 50 Cryo.R 50 XP 46 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (50 ) Rads (20 )	Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Rotting feral ghoul 0007ED09	LVL PER 4 HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R 150 Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.		Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Rotting feral ghoul (golfer) 0042D366	LVL 52 PER 4 HP 200 Dam.R 100 En.R 100 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 100 Cryo.R 100 XP 69 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (75 ) Rads (35 )	Gold fork RadAway Abraxo cleaner industrial grade
Gangrenous feral ghoul 0011669E	LVL 42 PER 4 HP 100 Dam.R 50 En.R 50 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 50 Cryo.R 50 XP 57 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (60 ) Rads (25 )	Silver table knife Mini nuke
Gangrenous feral ghoul (golfer) 0042D365	LVL 42 PER 4 HP 100 Dam.R 50 En.R 50 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 50 Cryo.R 50 XP 57 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (60 ) Rads (25 )	Silver table knife Mini nuke
Charred feral ghoul 001166A0	LVL 62 PER 4 HP 300 Dam.R 100 En.R 100 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 100 Cryo.R 100 XP 80 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (95 ) Rads (45 )
Charred feral ghoul (golfer) 0042D367	LVL 62 PER 4 HP 300 Dam.R 100 En.R 100 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 100 Cryo.R 100 XP 80 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps allies: Will help allies.	Unarmed (95 ) Rads (45 )
Decaying feral ghoul ????????	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Blighted feral ghoul ????????	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Putrid feral ghoul ????????	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Deadly feral ghoul ????????	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Communist feral ghoul 0060EC41	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Fog ghoul	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.
Feral ghoul Vault 76 exit ambush	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.

Strangler feral ghoul

Always appears during the Heart of the Swamp public event where they are called as reinforcements for the strangler heart. Each regular non-glowing feral ghoul variant has a corresponding strangler variant with the same stats, abilities, and items.

Feral ghoul officer

Feral ghoul officers were once high-ranking officers in the United States Armed Forces, responsible for carrying one of eight launch code keys needed to launch a nuke from Appalachia's nuclear missile silos. They can be identified by unique radio packs on their back, emitting both red light and a high pitched tone that sound off in a regular sequence. They may also carry a nuclear keycard. Each regular non-glowing feral ghoul variant has a corresponding officer variant with the same stats, abilities, and items.

Name (Form ID)	Base Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Feral ghoul officer 0052EEC9 LvlNukeCodeOfficerFeralGhoul	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Immune Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Melee (0 ) empty	Silo Alpha code piece Silo Bravo code piece Silo Charlie code piece

Glowing one

A highly irradiated variant of the feral ghoul which deals high amounts of radiation damage. Some may even emit radiation damage in an aura.

Name (Form ID)	Base Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Glowing one 00020BCC	LVL 22 PER 4 HP 425 Dam.R 50 En.R 100 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 100 Cryo.R 100 XP 54 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (45 ) Rads (30 )	Nuclear material
Putrid glowing one 0016669F	LVL 40 PER 4 HP 725 Dam.R 100 En.R 200 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 200 Cryo.R 200 XP 87 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (75 ) Rads (50 )	Nuclear material
Bloated glowing one 000A0EEE	LVL 58 PER 4 HP 1000 Dam.R 100 En.R 200 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 200 Cryo.R 200 XP 121 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (95 ) Rads (125 )	Nuclear material
Reeking glowing one 003F3E04	LVL 75 PER 4 HP 1400 Dam.R 100 En.R 200 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 200 Cryo.R 200 XP 153 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (125 ) Rads (150 )	Nuclear material
Corroded glowing one 003F3E05	LVL 95 PER 4 HP 2000 Dam.R 100 En.R 200 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 200 Cryo.R 200 XP 190 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (160 ) Rads (185 )	Nuclear material
Deadly glowing one 003F3E06	LVL 95 PER 4 HP 2000 Dam.R 100 En.R 200 Rad.R 1000 Pois.R 150 Fire.R 200 Cryo.R 200 XP 190 Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Conf. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Assis. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Unarmed (160 ) Rads (185 )	Nuclear material
Irradiated feral ghoul Radiation Rumble	LVL PER HP Dam.R En.R Rad.R Pois.R Fire.R Cryo.R XP Stats scale up to match player level	Aggr. Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Conf. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Assis. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.		Nuclear material

Locations

• Often found at random encounter hotspots.
• Some feral ghouls occupy the camp areas of Flatwoods and the Red Rocket station.
• Feral ghouls can be found inside of the Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center to the west of Flatwoods.
• Feral ghouls occupy the majority of Morgantown and connected buildings, such as Vault-Tec University and the Shadowbreeze Apartments.
• Feral ghouls make up most of the enemies at the Whitespring Golf Club and surrounding areas.
• Commonly found at Big B's Rest Stop.
• Found in a group at Camp Venture, near the segment of the camp with the storage basement.
• Found in Orwell Orchards bomb shelter, always accompanied by one glowing variant.
• A glowing variant will be always found on one of the houses in the Whitespring Resort close to the northernmost exit.
• Fort Defiance, on the right side of the asylum.
• Sometimes found at Red Rocket Mega Stop.
• Sometimes found at Harpers Ferry.
• Sometimes found at Appalachian Antiques.
• The Burrows
• Charleston Capitol Building, DMV section
• Monongah power substation MZ-02
• R & G Processing Services
• Sal's Grinders
• Outside of Vault 76.

Notable feral ghouls

• J47 - A diseased feral ghoul summoned by interacting with the DMV number terminal at the Charleston Capitol Building and selecting "Boot up Department C." The loudspeaker will attract it and more feral ghouls into the DMV lobby upon activating.
• Freddie Lang - The leader of the Blackwater Bandits raider gang. She can be found as a feral glowing one in Blackwater Mine.
• Feral ghoul officers appear randomly throughout areas where feral ghouls reside. These are noteworthy however, due to the fact that they drop nuclear keycards containing Appalachian launch codes.
• Harvey Tinley - a feral ghoul in Clarksburg.
• Billy - A legendary feral ghoul in Vault Mission: Meltdown.
• Cole - A legendary feral ghoul in Vault Mission: Meltdown.
• Lucas - A legendary feral ghoul in Vault Mission: Meltdown.
• Red - A legendary corroded glowing one in Vault Mission: Meltdown.
• Agent Kensington - A legendary glowing one found at Solomon's pond during Strange Bedfellows.

Related quests

Challenges

• Kill feral ghouls in nuked regions (daily).
• Kill feral ghouls with simple weapons (weekly).

Notes

• Feral ghouls are vulnerable to headshots.
• Unlike Fallout 4, a feral ghoul's limbs cannot be severed without killing it. Crippled limbs instead become useless and withdrawn for about two minutes.
• Feral ghouls are specifically effected by Ghoul slayer's legendary prefix.
• They are healed upon taking radiation damage.
• Feral ghouls are eligible for the Wasteland Whisperer perk.
• Higher level ghouls occasionally drop multiple chems, in batches of 1-3 of 3 different chems.
• They can be seen in a C.A.M.P. using Plan: Mounted feral ghoul head, Plan: Mounted glowing one head, or the Atomic Shop "ghoul chair," which incorporates a live feral ghoul.
• Some feral ghouls have area-dependent apparel, including:
  • Golfer outfits at the Whitespring Resort.
  • Strangler vines in Heart of the Swamp and Vault 94 raids (prior to their removal).

Appearances

Feral ghouls appear in Fallout 76.

Gallery

Different variants

Feral ghoul reaver

Gangrenous feral ghoul

One variant of the golfer feral ghoul found at the Whitespring Resort

Another variant of the golfer feral ghoul

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A feral ghoul officer

Another Feral ghoul officer

Feral ghoul in a police officer uniform

Feral ghoul in a park ranger uniform

Feral ghoul in a firefighter uniform

Feral ghoul in a U.S. Army uniform and combat armor

Feral ghoul in a miner's uniform

Communist feral ghoul

Communist feral ghoul with beret

Feral ghoul sprite

Glowing ones

Glowing one

Putrid glowing one

Bloated glowing one

Red in Vault Mission: Meltdown (removed)

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