Key conclusions
- The 4-Star Legendary effects were obtained from the last Fallout 76 PTS build in late September 2024.
- The leak suggests that Bethesda is currently testing eight 4-star armor effects and ten weapon counterparts.
- Some of the leaked traits sound ridiculously powerful and will likely be nerfed before making it into the game, assuming they ever do.
Full list Fallout 76 4-Star Legendary effects have appeared online with the game's latest beta data. Some of the 18 effects detailed in the leak sound so ridiculously powerful that it seems likely they'll get nervous before making it to Fallout 76.
4-Star Legendary effects were originally announced three and a half years ago as part of Fallout 76 Content roadmap for 2021. It was originally planned that they would debut in Invaders from abroad update. And while they were featured in an experimental version of this patch that was made available through the game's Public Test Server (PTS) in 2021, the feature itself never made it to the main live RPG branch.
4-star legendary effects taken from the latest Fallout 76 PTS build
Bethesda, for its part, has yet to officially announce anything to indicate that it is still working on bringing 4-Star Legendary effects to the game. But data scientists have recently uncovered some compelling evidence to suggest that this is indeed the case. More precisely, the most recent Fallout 76 The PTS update released at the end of September 2024 contains links to 18 4-star Legendary effects. Ten of them are reserved for weapons, and the remaining eight are armor.
Both groups include some very OP stuff. For example, 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 feature. Combined with the Critical Savvy bonus card, which reduces the cost of AP critical hits by 45% at rank 3, the over-limit effect seems to be able to boost the spam version of critical hits. Fallout 76 to a whole new, never-before-seen level.
Leaked Fallout 76 4 Star Legendary Armor Effects
- Breaking the boundaries: each worn piece of armor reduces the cost of critical hits by -10% (up to 50% at full stack)
- Combat charger: 15% chance to instantly reload when hitting enemies (up to 75% chance at full stack)
- Bruises: Melee weapons deal +5% bonus damage (up to +25% at full stack)
- Miasms: When hit, a poisonous cloud of dots deals damage to nearby targets for 10 seconds (dot damage increases for each part equipped)
- Moleratov: HP slowly regenerates indoors (up to 5 points for a full stack)
- Ranger's: Ranged weapons deal +5% bonus damage (up to +25% at full stack)
- Runner: Sprint AP cost reduced by -20% outdoors (up to 100% at full stack)
- Tanks: – Standing still nullifies ballistic damage by -15% for 10 seconds (20 second cooldown) (up to 75% at full stack)
As for the weapon stat leak, one that immediately stands out is Conductor's 4-star legendary effect, which says that critical hits fully restore both action and health. It will essentially serve as god mode, even if used with a build that is in no way optimized for critical attacks, such as one that uses boundary-breaking armor. As such, Conductor's are unlikely to make it into the game without a nerf or three. One way Bethesda could potentially balance the effect is to give her a small chance to heal each critical hit, though even a low cooldown might prove too much.
Fallout 76 leak with 4 star legendary weapon effects
- Hooligan: +50% damage to weak spots outside of tanks
- Conductor: Crits fully recover AP&HP
- Electrician: On cooldown emits a shockwave that stuns nearby targets for 5 seconds (10 second cooldown)
- surroundings: Increases damage based on the number of mobs around you
- Breaker: While crippling limbs, they explode and deal up to 150 burst damage to nearby targets
- Pin-pointers: 25% damage when targeting enemy limbs (arms, legs)
- Polished: The more equipped the item (+100%), the more weapon damage, up to 60%
- A killer: +50% damage against legendary and raid fighters
- Stabilizer: improves bounce + stability by 50%
- Viper / Pyromancer: When a combat target is burning/bleeding, deal +50% additional damage
Fallout 76 May Finally Reveal Full 2021 Content Roadmap in 2024
As always, there are no guarantees that these datamined traits will actually be included in the game. Despite this, 4-star legendary effects are one of two features left over from the 2021 content roadmap that are still unavailable to players. The other is a Fallout 76 pet system, which was just announced as finally coming to an RPG during Xbox's presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2024 on September 26th. In particular, Fallout 76 Creative director John Rush said that pets will appear in the game in late 2024.
