“You are a human can opener.”
Tank Killer is a Perception-based perk in Fallout 76, and a perk in the Nuclear Winter battle royale mode.
Effects
Tank Killer reduces the physical and energy[1] Damage Resistance of your target and adds a chance to stagger the target. However, it does not change the target's radiation, poison, frost or fire resistances.
Ranks
| Rank | Description | Form ID |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your rifles and pistols ignore 12% armor and have a 3% chance to stagger. | 0031D4BC |
| 2 | Your rifles and pistols ignore 24% armor and have a 6% chance to stagger. | 001D61E3 |
| 3 | Your rifles and pistols ignore 36% armor and have a 9% chance to stagger. | 001D61E8 |
|
Your rifles ignore 40% armor. | 00479B5D |
Notes
- For automatic rifles and pistols, the stagger chance is 1/3 of the stated value on the perk card; i.e. with Tank Killer 1, the perk card states a stagger rate of 3%, which is true for semi-automatic rifles and pistols. For automatic rifles and pistols, the stagger rate is 1%.
- Due to armor penetration being multiplicative, stacking Tank Killer with Anti-Armor or certain weapon mods will result in diminishing returns.
- As of patch 1.4.0.20, the Adventure mode variant of the perk applies to pistols as well as rifles.
- Although the perk card art for Tank Killer depicts a Assault Rifle, this weapon is not available in the game.
Bugs
As of patch 1.4.0.20, the Adventure mode variant of Tank Killer 3 will not provide the 9% stagger chance for semi-automatic pistols, as it is missing the WeaponTypePistol keyword required to apply the stagger to that weapon type. The keyword is present for the 3% stagger rate for automatic pistols and will work as expected for automatic pistols as such.
Gallery
Old perk image with level requirement
Tank Killer bug verification on PC
