Ant meat (Fallout: New Vegas)

	For an overview of ant meat in the Fallout series of games, see ant meat.

	Fallout: New Vegas consumable Ant meat
	Effects Skill Survival Effects +1 Hit Point per second for 5s +3 Radiation HC -25 Starvation -1 Strength for 120 seconds Other Weight 1 Value 4 Technical Base ID 0003c345

 

Ant meat is a food item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

Ant meat is a type of meat, scavenged from the corpse of ant enemies in the wastelands. It can restore +5 Hit Points, but also gives you +3 radiation. Additionally, it temporarily lowers your Strength by two points when playing on hardcore mode.

Effects of Survival skill

Level	Effect		Level	Effect
10	+1 Hit Point, -18 Starvation, -1 Strength		60	+2 Hit Point, -33 Starvation, -2 Strength
20	+1 Hit Point, -21 Starvation, -1 Strength		70	+2 Hit Point, -36 Starvation, -2 Strength
30	+1 Hit Point, -24 Starvation, -1 Strength		80	+2 Hit Point, -39 Starvation, -2 Strength
40	+1 Hit Point, -27 Starvation, -1 Strength		90	+2 Hit Point, -42 Starvation, -2 Strength
50	+2 Hit Point, -30 Starvation, -2 Strength		100	+3 Hit Point, -45 Starvation, -3 Strength

Note: radiation levels are not affected by the Survival skill level.

Locations

Anywhere that giant ants spawn including

• Allied Technologies offices
• Ant mound
• Ivanpah dry lake
• Ivanpah race track
• Nellis array

Notes

• Its appearance and stats are identical to that of bloatfly meat.

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