Category:Perks

Description

Similar to traits, perks are used to further shape and develop your character, but unlike traits they don't have any downsides at all, though some of them are more useful than others.

If you meet the requirements you will be able to choose one perk after each three levels, up to level 24 (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24). You'll be able to choose 8 perks. Some perks, such as Action Boy or Toughness, are stackable; for example, if you take "Action Boy" twice, you will have two extra Action Points.

Reminder

You cannot use drugs to meet the perk requirements; the base values are used. However, you can take the +2 stat perks (Gain Strength, Gain Agility, etc.) to qualify for other perks.

Perks List

Regular Perks

These perks can be obtained by leveling up your character.

Action Boy


Each level of Action Boy (insert Girl if you wish) gives you an additional action point to spend every combat turn. You can use these generic APs on any task.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	AG 5
Effect	+1 to your action points.
Ranks	2

Adrenaline Rush


With this Perk, you gain +1 to your AP and +10% DR when you drop below half of your maximum hit points.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	Strength less than 10
Effect	When your HP are below 50% : +10% to all Resistances +1 Action Point
Ranks	1

Anticritical


You are a lucky bastard and get 18% chance to avoid critical for each level of this Perk.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	None
Effect	18% chance to avoid a critical hit.
Ranks	1

Better Criticals


The critical hits you cause in combat are more devastating. You gain a 20% bonus on the critical hit table, almost ensuring that more damage will be done. This does not affect the chance to cause a critical hit.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	PE 7, LK 7, AG 4
Effect	+20 on critical hit roll table (this does not increase your chance to score a critical hit; it only increases the damage potential of your critical hits).
Ranks	1

Bonus HtH Attacks


You have learned the secret arts of the East, or you just punch faster. In any case, your Hand-to-Hand attacks cost 1 AP less to perform.
Required Level	15
Other Requirments	AG 6
Effect	Hand-to-hand attacks cost 1 less action point.
Ranks	1

Bonus HtH Damage


xperience in unarmed combat has given you the edge when it comes to damage. You cause +10 points of damage with hand-to-hand and melee attacks.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	AG 6, ST 6
Effect	+10 to meele damage.
Ranks	1

Bonus Ranged Damage


Your training in firearms and other ranged weapons has made you more deadly in ranged combat. For each level of this Perk, you do +2 points of damage with ranged weapons.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	AG 6, LK 6
Effect	Add +2 damage per bullet.
Ranks	2

Bonus Rate of Fire


This Perk allows you to pull the trigger a little faster and still remain as accurate as before. Each ranged weapon attack costs 1 AP less to perform.
Required Level	15
Other Requirments	AG 7, IN 6, PE 6
Effect	Ranged weapon attacks cost 1 less action point.
Ranks	1

Cautious Nature


You are more alert outdoors and enemies are less likely to sneak up on you. With this Perk you get a +3 to your perception in random encounters when determining placement.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	PE 6
Effect	You are being spawned in best possible placement.
Ranks	1

Dodger


You are less likely to be hit in combat if you have this Perk. You gain a +40 to your Armor Class, in addition to the AC bonus from any armor worn.
Required Level	9
Other Requirments	AG 6
Effect	+40 to armor class.
Ranks	1

Earlier Sequence


You are more likely to move before your opponents in combat, since your Sequence is +6 for each level of this Perk.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	PE 6
Effect	+6 to sequence.
Ranks	1

Educated


Each level of Educated adds +2 skill points when you gain a new experience level. This Perk works best when purchased early in your adventure.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	IN 6
Effect	+2 additional skill points every time you reach a new level. Works beyond level 26 too!
Ranks	1

Gain Agility


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Agility.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	AG < 9
Effect	+2 to your agility.
Ranks	1

Gain Charisma


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Agility.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	CH < 9
Effect	+2 to your agility.
Ranks	1

Gain Endurance


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Endurance.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	END < 9
Effect	+2 to your endurance.
Ranks	1

Gain Intelligence


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Intelligence.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	INT < 9
Effect	+2 to your intelligence.
Ranks	1

Gain Luck


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Luck.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	LK < 9
Effect	+2 to your luck.
Ranks	1

Gain Perception


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Perception.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	PE < 9
Effect	+2 to your perception.
Ranks	1

Gain Strength


With this Perk you gain +2 to your Strength.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	ST < 9
Effect	+2 to your strength.
Ranks	1

Ghost


When the sun goes down or you are in a poorly lit area, you move like a ghost with this Perk. Your Sneak skill is enhanced +30% in dark conditions.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	Sneak 60%
Effect	+30% to your sneak skill during in game (night from 18 to 6) but it mean actual built in time, which you can check pressing "/" key. Other variables like location, building, etc. doesn't matter. Sneak can go over 300% when a check for your detection is being made.
Ranks	1

Harmless


Your innocent demeanor makes stealing from people a little easier. You gain 40% to your Steal skill.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	Steal 50%
Effect	+40% to your steal skill.
Ranks	1

Healer


The healing of bodies comes easier to you with this Perk. Each level of this Perk heals 10 additional hit points when using the First Aid skill.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	PE 7, AG 6, IN 5, First Aid 40%
Effect	+10hp at the end of healing calculation per rank.
Ranks	2

HtH Evade


If both item slots are empty, each unused action point gives you a +2 instead of +1 towards your armor class at the end of your turn, plus 1/12 of your unarmed skill.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	SG skill not higher than 110% and BG, EW not higher than 100% CC skill 200%
Effect	10% less chance to hit you while using close combat weapons (in both slots).
Ranks	1

Lifegiver


You gain an additional 40 Hit Points.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	EN 4
Effect	+40 to Hit Points.
Ranks	2

Light Step


You are agile, lucky, and always careful. This perk reduces your chances of setting off a trap by 90%.
Required Level	9
Other Requirments	AG 5, LK 5
Effect	Reduces the chance to set off a trap (-90%).
Ranks	1

Living Anatomy


You have a better understanding of living creatures and their strengths and weaknesses. You get a one-time bonus of +10% to Doctor, and you do +5 damage per attack to living creatures.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	Doctor 60%
Effect	+20% (yes +20%, not +10%) to your doctor skill +5 damage bonus to all living creatures.
Ranks	1

Magnetic Personality


You get 2 extra slot in your companion limit, but don't forget that more than 5 is always a crowd.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	None
Effect	Adds two additional traveler slots.
Ranks	1

Master Thief


A Master Thief is proficient in stealing and picking locks. You gain +20 to Stealing and Lock picking. Steal from the rich, and give it to you.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	Steal 50%, Lockpick 50%
Effect	+20% to your steal and lockpick skills.
Ranks	1

Medic


The Medic Perk gives you +25% less timeout to the First Aid and Doctor skills. Healing skills are a good thing.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	First Aid 40%, Doctor 40%
Effect	+25% to your first aid and doctor skills. Additionally, both FA and DOC timeouts are halved. (Remember that min. cooldown is 18 seconds.)
Ranks	1

More Critical


You are more likely to cause critical hits in combat if you have this Perk. Each level of More Critical gets you an additional +8% chance to cause a critical hit.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	LK 6
Effect	+8% to your critical chance.
Ranks	2

Mr. Fixit


This Perk will give you a one-time bonus of +10% to the Repair and Science skills. A little late night cramming never hurt anybody, especially you.
Required Level	12
Other Requirments	Repair 40%, Science 40%
Effect	+10% to your repair and science skills.
Ranks	1

Pickpocket


You are much more adept at stealing than the normal crook. With this Perk, you ignore size and facing modifiers when stealing from a person.
Required Level	15
Other Requirments	AG 8, Steal 80%
Effect	Ignores item size and character facing modifiers when stealing.
Ranks	1

Quick Hands


You have learned to pack your equipment better. Now the manipulation of the items in the inventory costs half the AP, and reload and use costs 1 AP less.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	AG 5
Effect	Inventory action point cost is halved. Additionally, reload and use actions will only cost you 1 action point.
Ranks	1

Quick Recovery


You are quick at recovering from being knocked down.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	AG 5
Effect	Quick recovery exchange knockdown action point punishment from -3 AP into -1 AP and halves the KO timeout.
Ranks	1

Sharpshooter


You have a talent for hitting things at longer distances. For each level of this Perk, you get a +2 bonus to Perception for the purposes of determining range modifiers. It's easier than ever to kill at long range!
Required Level	9
Other Requirments	PE 7, IN 6
Effect	Adds +8% to your chance to hit. It also adds 2 points of perception for determining range
Ranks	1

Silent Death


While Sneaking, if you hit a critter in the back, you will cause double damage using a hand-to-hand attack. Silent Death is that kind of Perk.
Required Level	18
Other Requirments	AG 10, Sneak 80%, Close Combat 80%
Effect	Doubles the damage of your hand-to-hand attacks when attacking your enemies from behind.
Ranks	1

Silent Running


With this Perk, you now have the ability to move quickly and still remain quiet. You can Sneak and run at the same time. Without this Perk, you would automatically stop Sneaking if you ran.
Required Level	6
Other Requirments	AG 6, Sneak 50%
Effect	Ability to sneak and run at the same time.
Ranks	1

Stonewall


You are much less likely to be knocked down in combat.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	ST 6
Effect	Gives a evade roll equal to 5xEN when being Knockdowned or Knocked out.
Ranks	1

Thief


The blood of a thief runs through your veins. With the Thief Perk, your steal cooldown 10 sec less. A well rounded thief is a live thief.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	None
Effect	-10 seconds bonus to your steal timeout. It also adds a chance for no timeout.
Ranks	1

Toughness


hen you are tough, you take less damage. Each level of this Perk adds +8% to your general damage resistance.
Required Level	3
Other Requirments	EN 6
Effect	+8% to all types of damage resistance.
Ranks	2

Weapon Handling


You can wield weapons much larger than normally allowed. You gain a +3 to your strength for the purposes of Strength checks when trying to wield weaponry.
Required Level	9
Other Requirments	AG 5
Effect	+3 bonus to your strength for weapon handling strength checks. This perk does not increase your carry weight, nor does it increase your melee damage.
Ranks	1

Achievements

Perks that you can get after meeting certain requirments.

Albert the Abberation


You have killed Abberation. You will do +5 more damage to centaurs and floaters.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill the Abberation living in the tanker holds to gain this perk.
Effect	+5 bonus damage against centaurs and floaters.
Ranks	1

Awareness


With Awareness, you are given detailed information about any critter you examine. You see their exact hit points and information about any weapon they are equipped with.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	Perk is gained automatically after reaching the 26th level.
Effect	Detailed info about examined critters (how much hit points they have, which weapons they use etc.)
Ranks	1

Commander Down


You have killed Commander. You will do +5 more damage to mutants.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill the Commander living in the Ares level 3 to gain this perk.
Effect	+5 bonus damage against super mutants.
Ranks	1

Heave Ho!


Your long practise in throwing objects improved your technique significantly. Because of that, your effective throwing range is now longer.[+6 range]
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	In order to get this perk you need to kill 100 humanoids with throwing weapons (any combination of men, women, children, ghouls or mutants will do).
Effect	+6 hex bonus to your throwing range.
Ranks	1

I want to believe


s4E11...
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill the Chupacabra living in the Broken Hills.
Effect	Doesn't do anything. Except forcing you to rewatch certain episode of X-files.
Ranks	1

Kill Gore


You have killed Gore. You will do +5 more damage to rats and all other bad bad squeakers.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill the Kilgore living in the Reloade...ught i mean Gore* living in vault 15.*
Effect	+5 bonus damage against all kinds of rats.
Ranks	1

Mother of God


You have killed Deathclaw Mother. You will do +5 more damage to deathclaws.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill the Mother Deathclaw in the Warehouse to gain this perk.
Effect	+5 bonus damage against deathclaws.
Ranks	1

Pack Rat


You are efficient at arranging your inventory in general. This makes it much easier to carry that little extra you've always needed.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to finish Boxes Lifting job 10 times.
Effect	+20 to your carry weight.
Ranks	1

Pathfinder


The Pathfinder is better able to find the shortest route. With this Perk, your travel time on the World Map is reduced by 30%, also you gain a +30% toward your Outdoorsman skill
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to Do a Delivery for a Gecko Express at least 15 times.
Effect	+30% Outdoorsman You are faster when travelling on worldmap.
Ranks	1

Pyromaniac


You do extra damage with fire-based weapons, and enemies always seem to die in the most painful fiery fashion. You deal +50 more damage with fire-based weapons.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	To obtain this achievement you need to kill 100 humanoids with a flamer or improved flamer (any combination of men, women, children, ghouls or mutants will do). You also need to be at least level 26
Effect	+25 more damage against non players while using flame weapons. +50 more damage againt players while using flame weapons.
Ranks	1

Shady Sands Citizenship


You are proud citizen of New California Republic. You should be recognized by military and possibly not shot on sight depending on their orders. Citizenship can be lost by taking hostile actions to your town.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to fill the form in NCR office.
Effect	NCR Members might not shoot you.
Ranks	1

Wasteland Is Harsh


You killed another player.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	To obtain this achievement you need to kill another player.
Effect	Just a recognition of being a badass.
Ranks	1

Zed's Dead Baby


You have killed Zed. You will do +5 more damage to ghouls.
Genre	Achievement
Requirments	You need to kill Zed living in the Vault 12 level 3 to gain this perk.
Effect	+5 bonus damage against Ghouls.
Ranks	1

Other

These perks can be obtained by special means; for example by learning them from certain NPCs, or by acquiring items (like implants) which enable those perks after they're installed.

(Implant Name)


You get this perk after installing any of the implants. Since implants work like bonus perks, after you install them you will be able to see their description and benefits on your character screen "perk list".
Genre	Showes up after installation.
Requirments	You need to install an implant.
Effect	various
Ranks	1

Gecko Skinning


You have the knowledge of how to skin geckos properly to get their hides.
Genre	Learnable
Requirments	In order to get this perk you need to pay 600 caps to one of the trappers in Junktown, Hub or Boneyard.
Effect	You can skin Geckos.
Ranks	1

Profession Armorer


The general skill of producing high durability materials forming defensive wear for purposes of resisting incoming damage.
Genre	Learnable
Requirments	You need to learn this perk.
Effect	Allows crafting of various types of armors.
Ranks	3

Profession Chemist


Scientific knowledge of producing various drugs and medicines.
Genre	Learnable
Requirments	You need to learn this perk.
Effect	Allows crafting of various types of drugs and medicines.
Ranks	3

Profession Gunsmith


The general know how and technical knowledge of producing conventional arms, starting with pistols, shotguns, all kind of sub-machine guns, rifles, high grade long range projectile weaponry and heavy arms.
Genre	Learnable
Requirments	You need to learn this perk.
Effect	Allows crafting of various types of guns and ammunitions.
Ranks	3

Profession Scientist


The technical know how of maintaining and producing energy-based weapons.
Genre	Learnable
Requirments	You need to learn this perk.
Effect	Allows crafting of various types of energy weapons.
Ranks	3

Weapon Perks

Different weapons have various special abilities that grant them specific bonuses. Here's the list:

Name	Effect	Weapon's List with this perk
Accurate	Increases the chance to hit by 20%.	H&K CAWS, Plasma Rifle, Shotgun, Alien Blaster, 9mm Mauser, Cattle Prod, Turbo Plasma Rifle, Combat Shotgun, Pancor Jackhammer, Solar Scorcher, M72 Gauss Rifle, PPK12 Gauss Pistol, Signal Flare
Close Range	Increases the chance to hit by 60%.	Sledgehammer, Pickaxe, Hatchet, Primitive Tool, Shovel
Fast Reload	Reduces the reload cost by 1 action point.	.44 Magnum (Speed Load)
Flameboy	Triggers a more violent death animation when you kill an opponent.	Improved Flamer
Knockback	Knockback is the ability that gives your weapon a chance to cause a knockdown on your targets, while at the same time pushing them over the ground. Note that it only works when activating the thrust mode on your weapon.	Super Sledge, Boxing Gloves(Not working), Plated Boxing Gloves(Not working) and Louisville Slugger(Not working)
Long Range	Long Range is a weapon perk that increases the chance to hit formula from the standard (Perception-2)x8% to (Perception-2)x16%.	Gatling Laser, Hunting Rifle, Minigun, Rocket Launcher, Assault Rifle, Laser Rifle, Laser Rifle (Ext. Cap.), Sniper Rifle, Red Ryder LE BB Gun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, Assault Rifle (Exp. Mag.)
Penetrate	Reduces your target's damage threshold to 1/3 of its nominal value. Using some ammonition can also grant this effect.	14mm Pistol, Ripper, Power Fist, .223 Pistol, Needler Pistol, YK32 Pulse Pistol, YK42B Pulse Rifle, Super Cattle Prod, Magneto-Laser Pistol, Mega Power Fist, "Little Jesus", Wakizashi Blade Ammunition with Penetrate: 10mm AP, 5mm AP, 14mm AP, Rocket AP, 4.7mm Caseless
Scope Range	Adds a 32% bonus to your chance to hit when shooting targets that are 8 or more hexes away from you. However, at the range of 7 hexes or less, it causes your chance to hit to drop to only 5%.	Scoped Hunting Rifle