‘Fallout 76’ Welcomes Walton Goggins as The Ghoul

Fans of Fallout have a new reason to jump back into Fallout 76. Bethesda has officially added The Ghoul, the hit character from the Fallout TV series, to the game. Walton Goggins, who plays Cooper Howard—better known as The Ghoul—on Prime Video, now has his likeness and voice featured in the upcoming Burning Springs expansion.

Since the first season of the Fallout series aired in 2024, The Ghoul quickly became a fan favorite. Once a Hollywood actor and Vault-Tec ambassador, Cooper Howard was transformed into a ghoul after the nuclear fallout. In the show, he lives as a legendary gunslinger and bounty hunter in the wasteland, teaming up with Fallout’s Lucy to track down the truth behind her father’s disappearance in Season 2.

Now, players can meet The Ghoul in Fallout 76 at the ‘The Last Resort’ hub in Highway Town. He will serve as the new host for bounty missions, allowing players to earn extra in-game cash. While he won’t travel alongside players or be a playable character, fans can interact with him whenever they want.

When players first find him, he says, “I happen to run a little service for the folks of this… charming locale. See, they ain’t got anything you might call law around here. Suits me fine, mind you, but that leaves a lot of bad blood unaddressed.”

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The Burning Springs expansion was inspired by the Fallout TV series. Jon Rush, creative director on Fallout 76, explained how Goggins became involved: “We all saw Season 1, right? Who better to host a bounty hunting feature than The Ghoul, right? Not just a ghoul, it’s the Ghoul from the show.”

“So we started talking about that, and Walton Goggins is a big fan of the franchise. He’s a big fan of the games. And so it came up organically really quick. And we had folks on our side working on the script, folks on their side working on the dialogue script, and came together. And of course The Ghoul actually came out once Walton Goggins took the script and really made it his own, made those adjustments. It was kind of cool to see him go from Walton Goggins to The Ghoul like that. It was really awesome.” He said.

The addition of The Ghoul is a clear effort by Bethesda to bring one of the most popular TV characters into the game. Fans of both the series and the game now have a fun new way to interact with the wasteland.

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