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Soon, they find themselves knowing how to craft high-grade armor and powerful weapons. The downside to having all this knowledge is that players need specific perk cards to build these weapons and armor. While traversing the wasteland, players should be mindful of the perk cards they choose if they want to become a crafting king.

10 Contractor

Contracting can be expensive and time-consuming. Building the right base can leave players with very few materials to craft their weapons or armor. However, layers won’t have to worry about running out of materials when crafting their base with the Contractor perk.

When maxed out, this perk drops the material cost of all workshop items by 50%. This is great for items like turrets that require a lot of different materials.

9 Home Defense

The C.A.M.P is an essential part of surviving in Fallout 76. From the beginning of the game, players get access to the C.A.M.P device to build their own base out in the wasteland. Anyone who has played the game knows that once a C.A.M.P is built, it can be destroyed.

That’s why the Home Defense perk is important for crafting. This perk allows players to build expert-level turrets and traps when it is fully upgraded, adding defense to the base.

8 Chemist

Chems can be important to a player surviving in the wasteland. Some increase attack damage, while others increase a player’s damage resistance. There is a long list of hems that players can find and craft, and many players have taken to crafting these chems and selling them at their camps.

With the Chemist perk, players get double the number of chems when they craft them. This perk is amazing to use with Super-Duper, and can get players a ton of whatever chem they craft.

7 Power Patcher

Power armor is a standard for many players and comes with a variety of bonuses. It gives players immunity to fall damage and limb damage, and increases maximum carry weight. These benefits come from just the chassis. With additional armor, players can gain amazing damage and energy resistance.

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Wouldn’t it be nice if these pieces also had better durability? That’s where the Power Patcher perk comes in. With this perk, equipped power armor loses its durability at a 60% slower rate. It also makes power armor cheaper to repair.

6 Armorer

Armor the most essential item needed to avoid taking a ton of damage, and the Armorer perk is amazing for those players who find themselves always getting in harm’s way. Each level has a different effect:

At level one, this perk card allows players to craft advanced armor mods . At level two, crafting armor will require fewer materials . At level three, all armor crafted by the player will have increased durability.

Of course, repairing armor is a different story, and will require an entirely different perk card.

5 Makeshift Warrior

Players who are going for a melee build will benefit from the Makeshift Warrior perk, which actually has two effects. The first effect slows the rate at which melee weapons break by up to 50%. This is incredibly useful when wandering the wasteland, as without it, melee weapons break quickly and need repairing often.

Secondly, this perk allows players to craft better melee weapons and craft better mods. This will help players deal more damage with their enhanced melee capabilities.

4 Gunsmith

Similar to Makeshift Warrior, the Gunsmith perk slows the rate at which guns break by 50%. This is especially great for automatic weapons, which lose their durability rapidly.

Just like Makeshift Warrior allows players to craft better melee weapons, this perk allows them to craft better guns and mods. This is often more useful than Makeshift Warrior, since it seems more players have a tendency to choose guns instead of melee weapons.

3 Weapon Artisan

While it is important to be able to craft weapons that are powerful and all modded out, it is also important to keep those weapons maintained. Some players might choose not to craft their weapons and let the RNG gods hand them something good.

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No matter where a weapon comes from, though, it will eventually break and need repairing. The Weapon Artisan perk allows players to repair any weapon up with up to 200% durability. Even players who aren’t using perks like Makeshift Warrior or Gunsmith won’t need to worry about durability.

2 Fix-It Good

It’s already been established that armor is important for anyone looking to survive in the wastelands of Appalachia. Like weapons, armor’s durability will degrade over time. It is important to craft good armor, but it is more important to maintain this armor for future use.

The Fix-It Good perk allows players to repair their armor and power armor up to 200% durability. This perk is important for the average adventurer, as well as those who prefer the benefits of power armor.

1 Super-Duper

Super-Duper is an absolute necessary perk for anyone who is looking to craft items (especially chems and ammo). This perk gives the player a chance to get double of anything they craft, and it works with everything including weapons, armor, and even food.

Using this perk when crafting ammo can get a player a ton of extra bullets for their weapons. When maxed out, the chance of getting double the crafted item is 30%. That doesn’t sound like much on the surface, but it seems to activate more often than players would expect.

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