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You’ll be able to play as a ghoul in Fallout 76 early next year and channel your inner Walton Goggins from the Fallout TV show

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You’ll be able to play as a ghoul in Fallout 76 early next year and channel your inner Walton Goggins from the Fallout TV show

After six years of wandering West Virginia’s wasteland, Fallout 76 players will soon have the option to give in to the radiation and become a ghoul. It’s just like Walton Goggins said: ‘I’m you, sweetie. You just give it a little time.’

“Years of continuous nuclear bombardment has taken its toll on our brave adventurers,” says the MMO’s creative director, Jon Rush. The choice to leave behind your skin will unlock at level 50, in the form of a new quest that will begin the “mysterious process”. 

It’ll arrive in an update planned for early 2025.

(Image credit: Prime Video)

Ghouls are former humans who have survived prolonged exposure to the radiation outside of Fallout’s vaults. Side effects tend to include infertility, severe dermatological problems, and an extended lifespan. This is the first time in the history of the Fallout series that ghouls have been playable, which means many of the mechanical implications for players are unexplored.

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