How to Level Up Quickly in Fallout 76

" The general competency of the player character. A measure of your experience and abilities. " — In-game description

Levels are the general competency of the player character in the SPECIAL character system. A measure of experience and abilities. The level is determined by the number of Experience Points the player character has earned throughout their adventure.

In Fallout Shelter, levels are associated with each dweller independently, and there is no global level given to the player.

Contents

• 1 Level up
• 2 Level cap
  • 2.1 Notes
• 3 Fallout and Fallout 2
• 4 Fallout 3
  • 4.1 Notes
  • 4.2 Bugs
• 5 Fallout: New Vegas
  • 5.1 Notes
  • 5.2 Behind the scenes
• 6 Fallout 4
  • 6.1 Notes
• 7 Fallout 76
  • 7.1 Notes
• 8 Fallout Tactics
• 9 Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
• 10 References

Level up

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Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics Level Up

Fallout 3 Level Up

Fallout New Vegas Level Up

Each time the player character levels up, they have the option to modify skills but not primary statistics. They can also gain special perks. Therefore, the player character becomes stronger and better with each level gained.

Level cap

The maximum level reachable varies from game to game:

• Fallout: 21
• Fallout 2 and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel: 99
• Fallout Tactics: should be 99, but can't go past 50 despite of amount of required experience being displayed/reached as well as applied "Here and now" perk.
• Fallout 3: 20 (30 with the Broken Steel add-on)
• Fallout: New Vegas: 30–50; each of the four add-ons raises the level cap by 5 levels
• Fallout 4 does not have a level cap;^[1] however, the game crashes upon leveling past 65,535.
• Fallout 76 does not have a level cap; however additional SPECIAL points cease to be received after level 50, capping a player character's total number of SPECIAL points at 56.
• Fallout Shelter: 50 for each dweller.

Notes

• Fallout 3 's level cap can be raised to 99 using the SetGS iMaxCharacterLevel 99 console command every new game. Playing with this command can cause some random crashes.
• In Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, leveling will stop at level 20 until Broken Steel is activated through the datafiles option. The console version, however, allows the player character to reach level 30 without even continuing the main quest line the moment they exit the vault.

Fallout and Fallout 2

Level	Experience	Reputation (Fallout)
1	0 XP	Vault Dweller
2	1,000 XP	Vault Scion
3	3,000 XP	Vault Veteran
4	6,000 XP	Vault Elite
5	10,000 XP	Wanderer
6	15,000 XP	Desert Wanderer
7	21,000 XP	Wanderer of the Wastes
8	28,000 XP	Elite Wanderer
9	36,000 XP	Strider
10	45,000 XP	Desert Strider
11	55,000 XP	Strider of the Wastes
12	66,000 XP	Strider Elite
13	78,000 XP	Vault Hero
14	91,000 XP	Wanderering Hero
15	105,000 XP	Striding Hero
16	120,000 XP	Hero of the Desert
17	136,000 XP	Hero of the Wastes
18	153,000 XP	Hero of the Glowing Lands
19	171,000 XP	Paragon
20	190,000 XP	Living Legend
21	210,000 XP	Last, Best Hope for Humanity
n	(n*(n-1)/2) * 1,000 XP

Fallout 3

Level	Experience	Exp to next level	Karma (Good)	Karma (Neutral)	Karma (Evil)
1	0 XP	200 XP	Vault Guardian	Vault Dweller	Vault Delinquent
2	200 XP	350 XP	Vault Martyr	Vault Renegade	Vault Outlaw
3	550 XP	500 XP	Sentinel	Seeker	Opportunist
4	1,050 XP	650 XP	Defender	Wanderer	Plunderer
5	1,700 XP	800 XP	Dignitary	Citizen	Fat Cat
6	2,500 XP	950 XP	Peacekeeper	Adventurer	Marauder
7	3,450 XP	1,100 XP	Ranger of the Wastes	Vagabond of the Wastes	Pirate of the Wastes
8	4,550 XP	1,250 XP	Protector	Mercenary	Reaver
9	5,800 XP	1,400 XP	Urban Avenger	Urban Ranger	Urban Invader
10	7,200 XP	1,550 XP	Exemplar	Observer	Ne'er-do-well
11	8,750 XP	1,700 XP	Capitol Crusader	Capitol Councilor	Capitol Crimelord
12	10,450 XP	1,850 XP	Paladin	Keeper	Defiler
13	12,300 XP	2,000 XP	Vault Legend	Vault Descendant	Vault Boogeyman
14	14,300 XP	2,150 XP	Ambassador of Peace	Pinnacle of Survival	Harbinger of War
15	16,450 XP	2,300 XP	Urban Legend	Urban Myth	Urban Superstition
16	18,750 XP	2,450 XP	Hero of the Wastes	Strider of the Wastes	Villain of the Wastes
17	21,200 XP	2,600 XP	Paragon	Beholder	Fiend
18	23,800 XP	2,750 XP	Wasteland Savior	Wasteland Watcher	Wasteland Destroyer
19	26,550 XP	2,900 XP	Saint	Super-Human	Evil Incarnate
20	29,450 XP	3,050 XP	Last, Best Hope of Humanity	Paradigm of Humanity	Scourge of Humanity
Levels that can only be reached through Broken Steel or through modding
21	32,500 XP	3,200 XP	Restorer of Faith	Soldier of Fortune	Architect of Doom
22	35,700 XP	3,350 XP	Model of Selflessness	Profiteer	Bringer of Sorrow
23	39,050 XP	3,500 XP	Shepherd	Egocentric	Deceiver
24	42,550 XP	3,650 XP	Friend of the People	Loner	Consort of Discord
25	46,200 XP	3,800 XP	Champion of Justice	Hero for Hire	Stuff of Nightmares
26	50,000 XP	3,950 XP	Symbol of Order	Model of Apathy	Agent of Chaos
27	53,950 XP	4,100 XP	Herald of Tranquility	Person of Refinement	Instrument of Ruin
28	58,050 XP	4,250 XP	Lightbringer	Moneygrubber	Soultaker
29	62,300 XP	4,400 XP	Earthly Angel	Gray Stranger	Demon's Spawn
30	66,700 XP	null	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil

Notes

• The experience points required to climb from level n to level n+1 can be calculated from the following expression:

• The level cap is raised to 30 in the Broken Steel add-on.

Bugs

Fallout: New Vegas

Level	Experience	Karma (Good)	Karma (Neutral)	Karma (Evil)
1	0 XP	Samaritan	Drifter	Grifter
2	200 XP	Martyr	Renegade	Outlaw
3	550 XP	Sentinel	Seeker	Opportunist
4	1,050 XP	Defender	Wanderer	Plunderer
5	1,700 XP	Dignitary	Citizen	Fat Cat
6	2,500 XP	Peacekeeper	Adventurer	Marauder
7	3,450 XP	Ranger of the Wastes	Vagabond of the Wastes	Pirate of the Wastes
8	4,550 XP	Protector	Mercenary	Betrayer
9	5,800 XP	Desert Avenger	Desert Scavenger	Desert Terror
10	7,200 XP	Exemplar	Observer	Ne'er-do-well
11	8,750 XP	Vegas Crusader	Vegas Councillor	Vegas Crimelord
12	10,450 XP	Paladin	Keeper	Defiler
13	12,300 XP	Mojave Legend	Mojave Myth	Mojave Boogeyman
14	14,300 XP	Shield of Hope	Pinnacle of Survival	Sword of Despair
15	16,450 XP	Vegas Legend	Vegas Myth	Vegas Boogeyman
16	18,750 XP	Hero of the Wastes	Strider of the Wastes	Villain of the Wastes
17	21,200 XP	Paragon	Beholder	Fiend
18	23,800 XP	Wasteland Savior	Wasteland Watcher	Wasteland Destroyer
19	26,550 XP	Saint	Super-Human	Evil Incarnate
20	29,450 XP	Guardian of the Wastes	Renegade of the Wastes	Scourge of the Wastes
21	32,500 XP	Restorer of Faith	Soldier of Fortune	Architect of Doom
22	35,700 XP	Model of Selflessness	Profiteer	Bringer of Sorrow
23	39,050 XP	Shepherd	Egocentric	Deceiver
24	42,550 XP	Friend of the People	Loner	Consort of Discord
25	46,200 XP	Champion of Justice	Hero for Hire	Stuff of Nightmares
26	50,000 XP	Symbol of Order	Model of Apathy	Agent of Chaos
27	53,950 XP	Herald of Tranquility	Person of Refinement	Instrument of Ruin
28	58,050 XP	Last, Best Hope of Humanity	Moneygrubber	Soultaker
29	62,300 XP	Savior of the Damned	Gray Stranger	Demon Spawn
30	66,700 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
Levels that can only be reached with one or more of the four add-ons installed*
31	71,250 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
32	75,950 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
33	80,800 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
34	85,800 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
35	90,950 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
Levels that can only be reached with two or more of the four add-ons installed*
36	96,250 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
37	101,700 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
38	107,300 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
39	113,050 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
40	118,950 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
Levels that can only be reached with three or more of the four add-ons installed*
41	125,000 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
42	131,200 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
43	137,550 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
44	144,050 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
45	150,700 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
Levels that can only be reached with all four add-ons installed*
46	157,500 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
47	164,450 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
48	171,550 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
49	178,800 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil
50	186,200 XP	Messiah	True Mortal	Devil

* Must also not have the Logan's Loophole trait, as this caps the level at 30.

Notes

• A new perk can be selected after every 2 levels gained.
• The experience points required for level n can be calculated from the following expression:

.

• The level cap is raised by 5 after starting every add-on, up to a maximum of 50. One is given the choice to take a trait that lets the player character stay at 30 in Old World Blues.
• An earlier patch prior to the 3rd add-on had allowed some player characters to obtain level 50 prior to the final add-on. This does not result in any glitches or such but does put one's experience bar to the max when the final add-on is installed if level 50 has already been reached.

Behind the scenes

• The level 29 neutral karma title "Gray Stranger" is a reference to the Gray Fox, a character in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion who, when not wearing his mask, is called "The Stranger."

Fallout 4

• When the Sole Survivor levels up, they can choose to either increase one of the seven S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats or rank up one of the seventy perks available.
• Fallout 4 does not have an actual level cap, but the hard limit is 65,535 (hex number FFFF).^[2] Trying to level past this point by any means will crash the game due to the value overflowing back to zero.
• Reaching level 272 will allow the player character to acquire all perks and 10 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (11 if bobbleheads are taken with 10 of a stat). This level is increased to 286 if both Far Harbor and Nuka-World are installed.

Level	Experience	Exp to next level	Notes
1	1	200
2	201	275	Reaching level 2 requires one extra experience point.
3	476	350
4	826	425
5	1,251	500
6	1,751	575
7	2,326	650
8	2,976	725
9	3,701	800
10	4,501	875
11	5,376	950
12	6,326	1,025
13	7,351	1,100
14	8,451	1,175	T-51 power armor pieces can spawn at various locations beginning at this level.
15	9,626	1,250	The Automatron questline recommends players to be at this level to start.
16	10,876	1,325
17	12,201	1,400
18	13,601	1,475
19	15,076	1,550
20	16,626	1,625	The Vault-Tec Workshop questline recommends players to be at this level to start.
21	18,251	1,700	T-60 power armor pieces can spawn at various locations beginning at this level.
22	19,951	1,775
23	21,726	1,850
24	23,576	1,925
25	25,501	2,000
26	27,501	2,075
27	29,576	2,150
28	31,726	2,225	X-01 power armor pieces can spawn at various locations beginning at this level.
29	33,951	2,300
30	36,251	2,375	The Nuka-World questline recommends players to be at this level to start.
31	38,626	2,450
32	41,076	2,525
33	43,601	2,600
34	46,201	2,675
35	48,876	2,750
36	51,626	2,825
37	54,451	2,900
38	57,351	2,975
39	60,326	3,050
40	63,376	3,125
41	66,501	3,200
42	69,701	3,275
43	72,976	3,350
44	76,326	3,425
45	79,751	3,500
46	83,251	3,575
47	86,826	3,650
48	90,476	3,725
49	94,201	3,800
50	98,001	3,875	Highest perk prerequisite level.
...
95	346,626	7,250	All generic content is available (Ancient Behemoths, specifically).
...
272	2,798,076	20,525	Minimal level where all perks can be maxed out (without DLC installed).
...
279	2,943,326	21,050
...
286	3,070,826	21,575	Minimal level where all perks can be maxed out (with all DLC installed).
...
65,535	161,062,092,626	4,915,250	Leveling past this point causes the game to crash.

The number of points to earn in level n in order to progress to the next are:

Simplified:

The XP thresholds for level n are thus:

Notes

Many NPCs scale to the player character level when a cell is entered for the first time and will most likely remain at that level when they respawn.

Fallout 76

Level-up in Fallout 76.

• At level 1, player characters start out with a single point in each S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attribute. Every level up, the player character gains an additional point they can distribute to a single attribute, up to level 50.
• Every time player characters level up, they may also select a perk card. After level 50, the selection of a new perk card is no longer automatic and requires loading the Pip-Boy and selecting the Perks screen.
• The player character gains one S.P.E.C.I.A.L. point with each level up, which they can assign to a SPECIAL stat of their choosing, until they reach level 50. From level 25 onward, punch card machines can be utilized for different SPECIAL loadouts. They allow for easy (re-)distribution of SPECIAL points for loadouts, and also for changing the currently active loadout.
• After reaching level 50, player characters are no longer able to gain S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points, meaning the maximum number of base points available is 56. However, SPECIAL stats may be further raised by unlocking and equipping legendary perks.

Level	Experience to next level
1	0 XP
2	200
3	360
4	520
5	680
6	840
7	1000
8	1160
9	1320
10	1480
11	1640
12	1800
13	1960
14	2120
15	2280
16	2440
17	2600
18	2760
19	2920
20	3080
21	3240
22	3400
23	3560
24	3720
25	3880
26	4040
27	4200
28	4360
29	4520
30	4680
31	4840
32	5000
33	5160
34	5320
35	5480
36	5640
37	5800
38	5960
39	6120
40	6280
41	6440
42	6600
43	6760
44	6920
45	7080
46	7240
47	7400
48	7560
49	7720
50	7880
100	15880
1000	159880
50000	159880

The number of points to earn in level n in order to progress to the next are:

Simplified:

The XP thresholds for level n are thus:

Notes

• Player characters receive a perk card pack at level 4, 6, 8, and 10, and then every 5th level. These card packs consist of 4 random perk cards, some of which may be level locked, as well as a flavored bubblegum.
• At level 5, player characters can be killed in PvP.

Fallout Tactics

Level	Experience
1	0 XP
2	1,000 XP
3	2,000 XP
4	4,000 XP
5	7,000 XP
6	10,000 XP
7	15,000 XP
8	20,000 XP
9	30,000 XP
10	45,000 XP
11	60,000 XP
12	80,000 XP
13	100,000 XP
14	130,000 XP
15	160,000 XP
16	210,000 XP
17	260,000 XP
18	330,000 XP
19	410,000 XP
20	510,000 XP
21	640,000 XP
22	810,000 XP
23	1,000,000 XP
24	1,200,000 XP
25	1,500,000 XP
26	1,900,000 XP
27	2,400,000 XP
28	3,000,000 XP
29	3,800,000 XP
30	4,800,000 XP
31	6,000,000 XP
32	7,500,000 XP
33	9,400,000 XP
34	11,000,000 XP
35	14,000,000 XP
36	18,000,000 XP
37	23,000,000 XP
38	35,000,000 XP
39	44,000,000 XP
40	56,000,000 XP
41	70,000,000 XP
42	87,000,000 XP
43	100,000,000 XP
44	130,000,000 XP
45	170,000,000 XP
46	210,000,000 XP
47	260,000,000 XP
48	330,000,000 XP
49	440,000,000 XP
50	520,000,000 XP

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

Level	Rank	Experience	Skill points
1	Initiate	0 XP	0
2	Initiate	300 XP	2
3	Initiate	700 XP	2
4	Initiate	1,500 XP	4
5	Squire	2,600 XP	4
6	Squire	4,100 XP	8
7	Squire	7,000 XP	8
8	Squire	11,000 XP	16
9	Squire	16,100 XP	16
10	Knight	22,000 XP	16
11	Knight	28,800 XP	16
12	Knight	37,100 XP	16
13	Knight	48,400 XP	16
14	Knight	61,700 XP	16
15	Knight	77,000 XP	32
16	Knight	94,300 XP	32
17	Knight	114,600 XP	32
18	Knight	137,900 XP	32
19	Knight	164,200 XP	32
20	Knight	194,500 XP	32
21	Paladin	228,800 XP	32
22	Paladin	267,100 XP	32
23	Paladin	306,400 XP	32
24	Paladin	346,700 XP	32
25	Paladin	388,000 XP	32
26	Paladin	430,000 XP	32
27	Paladin	473,000 XP	32
28	Paladin	520,000 XP	32
29	Paladin	563,200 XP	32
30	Paladin	610,500 XP	32
31	Elder	659,800 XP	32
32	Elder	711,100 XP	32
33	Elder	764,400 XP	32
34	Elder	819,700 XP	32
35	Elder	877,000 XP	32
36	Elder	936,300 XP	32
37	Elder	998,600 XP	32
38	Elder	1,063,900 XP	32
39	Elder	1,132,200 XP	64
40	Elder	1,203,500 XP	64
41	Elder	1,277,800 XP	0

References

1. ↑ Bethesda Game Studios on Twitter: "To our fans who've asked: Fallout 4 doesn't end when the main story is over and there is no level cap. You can keep playing and leveling."
2. ↑ 65,535 (in computing) at Wikipedia

How to Level Up Quickly in Fallout 76

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