Why do the Ghouls in Fallout have no noses? I ventured into the digital wasteland to try and find out

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Ghouls in the Fallout universe are pretty fearsome, not least the one from the Prime Video show. But what happened to their noses?!

Why do the Ghouls in Fallout have no noses? I ventured into the digital wasteland to try and find out : Read more

 

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As the show (and the ghoulification perk) make clear, not all ghouls are withered.

It is a progression: newly ghoulified humans look normal but survive deadly radiation and non-immediately fatal injuries. Over time they shrivel and slowly lose sentience, getting more and more impulsively violent until they go full feral. Also, not all "tender parts" shrivel: at least one has a use for ghoulettes.

Depending on the extent of exposure, some go straight to feral or even glowing. At least one glowing ghoul retained a semblance of sanity (whether sane or not is debatable) and could speak.

The show hasn't included supermutants or synths, yet, but both also exist in a spectrum from peaceful and friendly to homicidally hostile.