FALLOUT 4: Top 10 BEST PERKS in Fallout 4! (Most Useful for ALL Character Builds)

2024 anyone?

Am I the only person who doesn't do a "build" I just try to make my character a badass and level up EVERYTHING

Am I the only one who uses VATS only for bloatflies, bloodbugs and stingwings?

Fallout 4 was my first Fallout game and the first time I played it, I thought I had to max out my SPECIAL before getting any of the perks. I was shocked when I found out that was not the case, 18 levels in.

I love maxing Charisma out the gate. Gotta have those dialogue options yo.

top 10 best perks. contains over 50% of the perks on the tree

Honorable mentions 1) Local Leader, which lets you link up your settlements, allowing you to access anything you need for crafting, at any workbench anywhere 2) Robotics Expert, which along with the Automatron DLC allows you to make some really powerful robot allies, or use them as supply lines for your settlements 3) Cap Collector because at rank 3, you can install shops in your settlements and have them make money for you. 4) Strong back for pure convenience - loot all you want, then fast travel while encumbered to make mucho caps 5) Penetrator, which makes enemies taking cover a non issue 6) Awareness for its ability to point out damage weaknesses, especially with some big animal type enemies 7) Fortune Finder, Scrounger and Scrapper to get all that you need for item crafting 8) Ricochet really cheeses some fights by making the bad guys just off themselves 9) Intimidation and Wasteland Whisperer for those looking to do a more pacifist run 10) Life giver for its health regen

my favorite perk is Mysterious Stranger. Even at rank one he shows up pretty often and he has saved me from some legendary enemies more than once

I almost had a heart attack the 1st time idiot savant activated lol

personally I think medic would also make my top 10 list

I feel like I'm the only one who uses pretty much every weapon type on a single character. There's no level cap so you can't really "waste" perks. I use energy and ballistic. Depends on my mood. I also switch between rifles, shotguns, pistols and melee. It just makes the game more fun because you're not limited.

Lone Wanderer? Nah man, I can't go anywhere without my favorite reporter girl, or my pre-war metal friend, or my cliché detective pal, or my big Green buddy, or the grown up mayor of Little Lamp Light, or my Irish mercenary, or minuteman man, or my my favorite balled synth who now wears a pompadour wig, or my good power armor wearing- actually nevermind, I don't like Paladin Danse.

What about the perk that allows you to find more ammo/bottlecaps? I've never had an empty mag since I maxed out that perk.

I think the aqua boy perk is really useful but underrated

Gun Nut, Rifleman, and the Overseer's Guardian is absurdly OP. If you upgrade your OG as high as it can go, you one shot almost everything.

Me: starts game with 1 luck. Me after 24hrs +: damn should've started with higher luck

It doesn't do a lot of good to recommend Lone Wanderer and then tell people to take either Hacker or Locksmith and then bring the companion to deal with the other one.

I absolutely hate fighting assaultrons and sentry bots! That's the reason why I got the Robotics Expert perk. It's so satisfying to deactivate and force a self-destruct on an assaultron or a sentry bot!

This is my advice, what I do is put most of my perks into non combat related things like lock picking, hacking, getting more ammo and bottle caps etc, I still put perks into combat just not obsessively. It's best to not overdo it otherwise you will get to strong and the game will get boring.

Charisma is my favorite perk to rank up. I love being able to use all the conversation choices and getting small XP. I'm a sucker for conversations in Fallout 4.