Luck in Fallout 4 is one of the basic character attributes that significantly influences game progression and even survival. A high Luck attribute increases the likelihood of a critical hit with all types of weapons, more valuable loot drops, random encounters, and more. Overall, all of the character's abilities will perform better.
Conversely, a low Luck score can be a hindrance, especially during intense combat with a powerful opponent, for example, if a critical miss occurs. Increasing the Luck attribute is one of the main tasks for the player. In this guide, we will tell you how to level up your Luck in Fallout 4, and what abilities you need to utilize.
Fortune Finder
Fortune Finder is a useful perk for quickly farming the main game currency. With it, the amount of bottle caps found in containers or corpses will increase.
Important: It's not the number of caps that increases, but the frequency of their drops!
At level 4 of this perk, an interesting bonus appears: the probability that an enemy will explode into a shower of caps when killed. The number of caps ranges from 15 to 30. The frequency of cap showers also depends on the Luck attribute, so it's beneficial to upgrade them concurrently.
Scrounger
Scrounger is similar to Fortune Finder but instead of caps, you will receive ammunition. At the maximum level 4 of this perk, there is an increased chance that some ammunition will be returned during reloading. However, the chance is quite low - only 5%. Another difference: this perk does not depend on the level of Luck. Therefore, it can be said that Fortune Finder is more useful.
Bloody Mess
The perk Bloody Mess increases the percentage of damage dealt, which grows with each level of the perk: from 5% to 15% at level 3. At level 4, the damage percentage does not increase, but a bonus appears: if an enemy explodes, surrounding creatures may suffer the same fate. However, the chance of explosion is quite small.
Bloody Mess is one of the most powerful and few abilities that directly increase player damage. It's advisable to level it up to the maximum.
Mysterious Stranger
The ability Mysterious Stranger is quite unusual. It increases the likelihood that during combat in V.A.T.S mode, an unknown man will come to your aid and instantly kill an opponent with one hit. With each level, the chance of his appearance increases. At the last level 4, there is also a chance that during the killing, your character's critical attack meter will fully replenish.
The problem is that the chance of the stranger's appearance is even lower than the bonuses from previous perks. Again, a high Luck score has no effect on this. Level it up at your discretion.
Idiot Savant
The perk Idiot Savant helps speed up the leveling process and earn several times more experience. Already at the first level, you may receive 3 times more experience for any action. Key phrase - you may receive. The likelihood of the perk's activation depends on the intelligence level of the character, and the lower it is, the more likely the ability will trigger.
Here's an interesting pattern. The game seems to imply that if your character is not very bright, they'll be much luckier.
Critical Damage
With the upgraded Better Criticals ability, your critical attacks will deal more damage. To perform a crit, the character's critical attack meter must be full, after which the ability can be manually activated. The mechanics are straightforward and simple. Combined with Bloody Mess, it provides a significant boost to overall damage.
Critical Banker
The perk Critical Banker is available at level 7 of Luck. With each increase, you can store more critical attacks in V.A.T.S mode. At level 4, the player has the ability to save 4 crits. The convenience is that they can be used at any moment or place.
Abilities like Critical Damage and Critical Banker are most useful for players who play in V.A.T.S mode. Only in such a case is active leveling relevant.
Death Blossom
Another perk for those who actively use V.A.T.S is Death Blossom (Grim Reaper's Sprint) which with a certain probability restores action points after destroying an enemy in V.A.T.S mode. The chance increases from 15% to 35%, and at the final stage, there is a probability of instantly filling the critical attack meter.
Four Leaf Clover
Four Leaf Clover increases the likelihood of instantly filling the critical attack indicator with each hit in V.A.T.S. With leveling, nothing new comes, only the chance of activation increases.
Ricochet
The ability Ricochet increases the likelihood that during an attack, the opponent will shoot themselves. The lower the player's health, the higher the likelihood of this event. At the last level, there is also a chance for the critical attack indicator to instantly replenish.
Luck Bobblehead
The Luck Bobblehead that gives +1 to the same-named attribute can be found on Spectacle Island.
The item will be located at the edge of the location in a green boat on the 2nd floor in a cabinet to the right of the entrance.
How to Build a Slot Machine
Another way to increase the Luck attribute - complete the quest chain "A Model Citizen" in Vault 88. Stop at the task "Lady Luck" where you will build a slot machine, sitting at which temporarily raises your Luck attribute. The bonus will last until you replace it with another buff.
Items to Increase Luck
In the game, you can also find loot that adds a few points to the Luck attribute. Some of them are:
- Yellow slicker hat, +1 to Luck. Can be found throughout the world;
- Durable synth armor for the torso. Possible reward for the side quest "The Price of Memory";
- Left leg synth of the 4th generation, +2 to Luck;
- Colorful yellow undergarments, +2 to Luck. Can be found in Nuka-World.
There is no specific location for items - they appear randomly throughout the world, or at specified locations, as in the case with the Colorful yellow undergarments.
Live & Love Magazine
Issue 5 of the magazine "Live & Love" that gives +1 Luck when consuming alcohol in the company of a companion can be found at Revere Beach station on the 3rd floor of the subway building. A similar buff from drinking alcohol is provided by the perk "Party Boy/Party Girl".
These are all the ways you can increase your Luck level in Fallout 4. Arm yourself with this knowledge to make your character a true lucky charm and boost their skills.
