

While wearing light armor or no armor, you run 10% faster. The Run ‘n Gun perk reduces accuracy penalties with one-handed Guns and Energy Weapons while walking or running. Requirements: Level 4, Guns 45 or Energy Weapons 45 As you go through the increasingly devastating stages of radiation sickness, you will regenerate more and more health. With the Entomologist perk, you do an additional +50% damage every time you attack a mutated insect, like the Radroach Giant Mantis, or Radscorpion. This perk is best taken early on, to maximize its effectiveness. With the Educated perk, you gain two more skill points every time you advance in level. With the Comprehension perk, you gain double the bonus from reading magazines and one additional point from skill books. But every time you feed, you lose Karma, and if the act is witnessed, it is considered a crime against nature. With the Cannibal perk, when you’re in Sneak mode, you gain the option to eat a corpse to regain health. In combat, you do +75% Critical Damage against animals and mutated animals. All thrown weapons fly farther and faster for you. Requirements: Level 2, ST 5, Explosives 30 With each rank in the Swift Learner perk, you gain an additional 10% to total Experience Points whenever Experience Points are earned.

With the Retention perk, the bonuses granted by skill magazines last three times as long. Rapid Reload makes all of your weapon reloads 25% faster than normal.

Outside of combat, you’ll sometimes have access to unique dialogue options when dealing with the opposite sex. In combat, you do +10% damage against female opponents. With the Intense Training perk, you can put a single point into any of your S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes. Your eyes adapt quickly to low-light conditions indoors and when darkness falls across the wasteland. Outside of combat, you’ll sometimes have access to unique dialogue options when dealing with the same sex. In combat, you do +10% damage against male opponents. You'll be able to pick one perk every 2 levels, starting at level 2. Perks are passive upgrades to your character. Note: This guide is likely to expand over the course of several days/weeks, so keep checking back!įallout: New Vegas Unique Weapon Locationsįallout: New Vegas Unique Armor Locations If you've got slightly limited time on your hands, though, I thought I'd give you a hand, walking you through some of the cooler hidden things and also giving you some pointers on how best to build your character. There's so much stuff to discover in this game that it would take you well over 100+ hours to dig through every nook and cranny.
