Feral ghoul (Fallout 4)

Feral ghouls are creatures found in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Background
Feral Ghouls are humans that survived the initial bombing during the Great War,. Becoming permanently radiated, the radiation destroyed their appearance, causing them to live for at least two hundred years. Eventually the longtime exposure to the constant radiation of the Commonwealth rotted their brain's reasoning and cognitive functions, turning them into mindless radiation resistant cannibals.

Gameplay attributes
It is now possible to dismember ghouls, however they will continue to chase the Sole Survivor even if they have lost their arms or lost both of their legs and have to crawl on the ground. A notable difference between the Massachusetts feral ghouls and feral ghouls seen throughout New California, the Mojave Wasteland, and the Capital Wasteland, is that they have glowing yellow eyes. Sometimes feral ghouls will lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. Once the player character gets close enough, they get up and attack them. Occasionally, they will start to run faster at the player and eventually lunge at them once they're close enough, this attack can sometimes be difficult to dodge without sprinting.

Feral ghoul
Normal Feral Ghoul.

Feral ghoul roamer
Normal Feral Ghoul.

Feral ghoul stalker
Normal Feral Ghoul.

Feral ghoul reaver
Usualy have pieces of armor on him.

Legendary feral ghoul
Any Feral Ghoul can become legendary.

Charred feral ghoul
Found in the Glowing Sea this Feral Ghoul is covered by a thick layer of rust and is much tougher to kill then a normal Feral Ghoul.

Glowing one
A highly radiated version of a Feral Ghoul, glows with green light emiting from inside him and cause radiation damage. can preform an AOE radiation attack by raising his hands up and releasing his radiation around him. This radiation also heals nearby Feral Ghouls, and Glowing Ones can even revive recently killed allies.

Putrid glowing one
A higher level version of glowing one.

Bloated glowing one
A higher level version of glowing one. his stomach is bloated and swollen.

Appearances
Feral ghouls appear in Fallout 4.

Tactics
Feral Ghouls can be formidable opponents in greater numbers and even more so with their higher level versions, and can be the end of a player. A group of Ghouls will generally come at you from different angles, possibly crawling through windows or over a wall of debris. It is important to keep backing away from the ghouls so they do not completely surround you. Make sure to keep some stimpacks with you at all times, if ghouls cripple one of your legs, you will be be surrounded in seconds. Ghouls sometimes may seem far away, but once they get to a certain distance from you, will close the distance incredibly fast and lunge at you, after this fast lunge, they sometimes fall to the ground, which may make you miss your initial shot, but will make finishing them off with a headshot much easier. Shooting a Ghoul's leg off will stop this lunge and make it hard for them to chase you. Advanced Tactics can be different according to the weapons you use.

Melee/Unarmed: Simply backing up as you swing at them should significantly help your survival, and stop you from being completely surrounded. Try to use a faster melee weapon, while a heavy melee weapon may allow you to kill a ghoul in one hit, if 5 of them are able to surround you, you will not be able to kill enough of them quickly, and you will take alot of damage and possibly become trapped.

Ranged: It is important to backup to a safer or more defensible position after shooting the one or two that will initially charge you, as generally there are usually 5 to 6 in an area. Switching to a shotgun can help you greatly if you can blast them before hey get the hit on you. Shooting an arm off can help reduce the damage they deal to you, and shooting a leg off is an effective way to stop them from chasing you. Ghouls whose legs have been shot off will fall to the ground and will be unable to do any damage and will be immobilized. They will still be alive and can be finished with any attack. It is useful to carry a light melee weapon with you to switch to if you find you cannot kill a majority of the pack before they swarm you, a fast to medium speed melee weapon is preferred, such as a machete or combat knife.

Glowing One tactics: If there is a Glowing one, and you cannot kill it in one to two hits, be sure to backup and kill as many of the weaker ghouls that swarm you before taking it on. Try to go into a different room or behind something as the glowing one may try to hit you with a ranged radiation attack as the others swarm you.

Дикий гуль (Fallout 4)