Summary
A comprehensive list ofFallout 764-Star Legendary effects has surfaced online, having been datamined from the game’s latest beta build. Some of the 18 effects detailed in the leak sound so ridiculously overpowered that it seems likely they’ll get nerfed before making their way toFallout 76.
4-Star Legendary effects were originally announced three and a half years ago, as part of theFallout 762021 content roadmap. The initial plan was to have them debut in theInvaders from Beyondupdate. And although they were featured in the experimental version of that patch that was available via the game’s Public Test Server (PTS) in 2021, the feature itself was never implemented into the main branch of the live-service RPG.
4-Star Legendary Effects Datamined From Latest Fallout 76 PTS Build
Bethesda, for its part, has yet to officially say anything to suggest that it’s still working on bringing 4-Star Legendary effects to the game. But dataminers have recentlyuncoveredsome fairly conclusive-looking evidence that suggests that is indeed the case. Specifically, themost recentFallout 76PTS updatethat rolled out in late September 2024 contains references to 18 4-Star Legendary effects. Ten of them are reserved for weapons, while the remaining eight are armor traits.
Both groups include some extremely OP stuff. E.g., Bethesda is apparently testing an armor effect called Limit-Breaking, which reduces the cost of critical hits by 10%, up to 50% for a full set of armor with this trait. Combined with the Critical Savvy perk card, which reduces the AP cost of crits by 45% at rank 3, the Limit-Breaking effect seems to have the potential to elevatecritical hit spam builds inFallout 76to a whole new, never-before-seen level.
Leaked Fallout 76 4-Star Legendary Armor Effects
As far as the leaked weapon traits are concerned, one 4-Star Legendary effect that immediately stands out is Conductor’s, whose description states that critical hits fully restore both action and health points. This would essentially serve as god mode even if used with a build that is in no way optimized for spamming critical attacks, like one that, e.g., makes use of Limit-Breaking armor. As such, Conductor’s seems extremely unlikely to make its way to the game without a nerf or three. One way in which Bethesda could potentially balance the effect would be to only give it a small chance to process on each critical hit, though even a low restoration rate could ostensibly turn out to be overpowered.
Leaked Fallout 76 4-Star Legendary Weapon Effects
Fallout 76 May Finally Deliver Its Full 2021 Content Roadmap in 2024
As is always the case, there are no guarantees that these datamined traits will actually end up being incorporated into the game. Regardless, 4-Star Legendary effects are one of the only two remaining features from the 2021 content roadmap that are still not available to players. The other is aFallout 76pet system, which has just been announced as finally coming to the RPG during the Tokyo Game Show 2024 Xbox presentation on September 26. Specifically,Fallout 76Creative Director Jon Rush said that pets are coming to the game in late 2024.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
