Fallout Shelter: How to Unghoul The Ghoul in the Barbershop

To unghoul The Ghoul in Fallout Shelter, assign him to an upgraded Level 2 Barbershop room and select smoothskin facial and skin tone options. While most legendary dwellers have locked visual profiles, The Ghoul permits cosmetic overhaul. The modification alters only his appearance, leaving his legendary S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, weapon proficiencies, and combat capabilities completely unchanged.

Barbershop Room Requirements

A basic Barbershop is not enough to restore The Ghoul to his pre-war appearance as Cooper Howard. You must expand your Vault population to unlock and upgrade the facility before full facial restructuring becomes available.

Barbershop Tier	Population Requirement	Unlocked Customizations	Effect on The Ghoul
Level 1	50 Dwellers	Hair style, hair color, facial hair	Adjusts hair and beard, but leaves ghoul skin and facial decay intact
Level 2	75 Dwellers	Skin tone, eye shape, facial structure	Fully restores smoothskin facial presets and normal skin tones

Building the room requires 50 dwellers, and upgrading to Level 2 requires 75 dwellers along with an additional bottle cap investment. Staffing the Barbershop with dwellers who have high Charisma reduces the styling timer for any customer placed in the chair.

Step-by-Step Makeover Procedure

Once your Barbershop reaches Level 2, follow these steps to turn The Ghoul into a smoothskin:

Locate The Ghoul in your living quarters, production rooms, or quest staging list, then drag him into the Barbershop.
Tap the Barbershop to bring up room management, then tap the scissors icon floating above The Ghoul.
Open the facial structure menu to replace his decayed features and missing nose with a human face preset.
Open the skin tone palette and choose a human skin tone to remove his radiation scarring.
Adjust his hairstyle and facial hair to match your preferred look.
Confirm the design and pay the required bottle caps to start the styling timer.

You can let the progress bar run down naturally or spend Nuka-Cola Quantum to finish the transformation instantly.

Operational Considerations During Styling

While in the Barbershop chair, The Ghoul cannot leave the room or participate in vault operations:

No Incident Defense: He will not fight Deathclaws, Radscorpions, Raiders, or fire incidents that occur in your Vault.
No Questing: You cannot deploy him on wasteland exploration or Overseer quests until the styling timer finishes.
No Stat Changes: Changing his face does not lower or reallocate his S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, nor does it impact Vault happiness.

Before locking The Ghoul into a multi-hour makeover, ensure other high-stat dwellers armed with heavy weapons are positioned at your Vault door and top floors to handle incoming attacks. After the timer ends, you can equip him with pre-war suits or combat armor and reassign him to wasteland or quest duties.