Forum:The Perfect Character - Fallout 3

Creating The Perfect Character in Fallout 3.

What is a perfect character? A perfect character is all S.P.E.C.I.A.L points raised to 10 and all Skills raised to 100, basically maxed out. All legit, no cheats. I have done it on my Xbox360 This guide is not how to get the best character, (what perks to do, what skills to get first, what guns are good, how to get ammo, etc) this isn't some Fallout survival bullshit. Strictly skills and S.P.E.C.I.A.L maxed out nothing else. Of course, none of this guide restricts you from getting these things.

How do i obtain the perfect character? -Doing things in chronological order is very important. -It is recommended to have the Broken Steel DLC (as the level cap is 30 + new perks) -List of Perks, What to get, What to avoid -It is very easy and there is plenty of room for mistakes.

Chapter 1: S.P.E.C.I.A.L + First Walkthrough

Your S.P.E.C.I.A.L is very important, perhaps key to Perfection. Put all of your points towards Intelligence, Do not exceed 9 though as there is a bobblehead that will get you to 10. Intelligence allows you to get more skillpoints when you level up.

Side Note: In the near beginning of Fallout 3, at your 10th birthday party. Note what you obtain as a present. Yes, it is a Grognok the Barbarian. You will not be able to obtain this magazine afterwards. +1 melee weapons right off the bat.

After taking your G.O.A.T test, and you are woken up by Amata, take the medicine bobblehead found on the desk as you walk by, for this gives you 10 extra points towards the skill.

After escaping Vault 101 make your way to Rivet City in the bottom left hand corner of the map. Try not to level up, no biggie if you do. If you do you will lose a few skillpoints as you only have 9 Intelligence, the bobblehead of Intelligence is located within Rivet City. But if you level up after you obtain the bobblehead you will successfully gain the most skillpoint possible for levels 1-2

Chapter 2: Spending Your Skillpoints, Skillbooks and Bobbleheads

When leveling keep in mind each individual skill has a bobblehead, and a considerable amount of skillbooks. ( Which gain +2 with the comprehension perk ). So you never really want to raise a skill past 50-60. You can easily obtain 100 in all skills if you don't exceed 60 and obtain all the bobbleheads and skillbooks the skill has to offer.

There are 25 books for each skill, now considering you will not be able to get some (due to quest restraints/perks/karma/glitch) that is roughly 30-40 points (with comprehension perk). Now including the bobblehead that adds 10, so about 40-50 points just from outside stuff. That is including mistakes made.

If you have the Broken Steel DLC you will be overloaded with skillpoints if you obtain them all, considering you will get over 120 more points then w/o the DLC. Do not stress if you miss out on a skillbook or make a mistake. Plenty of points to go around.

An average character gets around 6-8 100 skills using the Broken Steel DLC. Most of which do not get the right perks, do not obtain over 85% of skillbooks and have 3-4 bobbleheads. Now you can see how simple the "Perfection" really is.

Chapter 3: Chronological order

In order to get 10 S.P.E.C.I.A.L for all listed points you have to do a unique order. It is required to have the Broken Steel DLC, for the level 30 perk called Almost Perfect grants you 9 S.P.E.C.I.A.L for all listed points. AFTER obtaining this perk you get all the bobbleheads for the listed points increasing them to 10 each. If you get it before, the perk will not recognize if you have the bobbleheads and WILL NOT increase +1 to the 9. It will go to 9 regardless (except intelligence because it is already 10)

Chapter 4: Perks The Moment you are lvl 4 get the Educated perk. This grants you +3 skill points every time you level. At level 5, or anytime before you start your quest for skillbooks get the Comprehension perk. This will grant you +2 points for each book instead of +1 Other then that, there are no "required" perks to obtain the perfect character.

Perks you MUST stay away from: Intense Training: "Almost Perfect" perk will make this one completely useless Swift Learner : Exp is Exp, no matter how quick you get it theres a level cap. Fortune Finder: No need since there are plenty of caps to go around Rad Resistance: Its called Rad-Away + Rad-X Scrounger- Plenty of ammo to go around...plus theres merchants Here and Now : Same thing with swift learner.

And that pretty much sums it all up. See other articles on the Fallout Wiki to find out locations of skillbooks, bobbleheads and what not.

--YenMasterSong 22:33, October 3, 2011 (UTC)

Just a quick edit, You can obtain the Grognak the Barbarian Comic in your room after talking to Amata about escaping. --User:Joe_Mgs 03:57, October 14, 2011 (PST)