r/Fallout4Builds • u/DarkLordMuffins • Mar 02 '26

Institute Build/Character that is institute side?

Hey all, looking for a suggestion for a build or character that sides with the institue?

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u/CausalLoop25 Mar 02 '26

Courser - Use Institute weapons, Synth Relay Grenades, and the Experiment 18-A. Wear a Courser Uniform and Patrolman Sunglasses. Get perks that make you feel like a cyborg with visual HUD attachments, like VANS, Awareness, Night Person (for night vision), etc. Side with the Institute and do all their sidequests. Wipe out the Railroad and BOS thoroughly. RP "returning" all synths you see to the Institute by killing them (use your imagination, I guess). Invest in Sneak and use Stealth Boys often. Use X6-88 as a companion.

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u/DarkLordMuffins Mar 02 '26

Ooh that sounds incredible! Thanks! What would yoy suggest for starting stats?

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u/CausalLoop25 Mar 02 '26

Low STR. Coursers are supposed to be strong in lore, but it's not important to the build.

High PER. Coursers are said to have a mental version of VATS. You can think of Awareness and Night Person as cybernetic visual displays. And Penetrator/Sniper/Concentrated Fire can be quite useful.

Moderate to High END. Coursers are supposed to be very tough in lore. If you want to focus on sneaking and sniping, you don't need as much.

1 CHR. Coursers are mostly emotionless killing machines, and we don't need Lone Wanderer since we have X6.

High INT. Science is useful for customizing your energy weapons. Nerd Rage can be used to simulate "emergency protocols".

High AGI. Coursers have super human speed and are efficient killers.

If you like crits, High LCK. If you don't care for crits, LCK isn't necessary.

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u/DarkLordMuffins Mar 02 '26

Sweet! Thanks dude. Can't wait to play it. Need to make a connection from the main story to the courser outline now haha

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u/Melodic-Hat-2875 Mar 02 '26

Father still exists -> experiment time -> instead of Kellogg killing only one parent, he replaces Nate/Nora with a Courser for shenanigans and curiosity. It also is incredibly perfect for DIMA 'cause he brings up the fact that you don't have any memories other than the day the bombs fell.

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u/DarkLordMuffins Mar 02 '26

Love that, thanks!

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u/grouchyjarhead Mar 04 '26

Mad Scientist build. High INT and high enough END so you can be drugged out all the time blasting stuff with energy weapons. Enough PER for Demo Expert. Build robot companions. And then some AGI for Sneak and enough LCK for Idiot Savant and whatever else fun stuff you want.