Fallout 4 perks

This page lists all perks in Fallout 4.

The content is not described in full detail on this page. For details, please see the respective articles.
For perks in other Fallout games, please see "Perk".
For an overview of Fallout 4 content, please refer to "Fallout 4".

General information[]

Perks are tied to SPECIAL stats, and not levels. Having specific high special stats means having good related perks. There are 70 perks, and each perk has a set of ranks. These total 275 different iterations of ranks.

Weapon perks are an integral part of the combat system, as they modify the base damage of the weapon, before modifiers from weapon modifications are applied. For example, a .44 pistol with a hardened receiver and no perks will deal 60 damage, but with a maxed-out gunslinger it will deal a whooping 120 damage per shot.

Perk categories[]

Fallout 4 does not categorize perks automatically, so we've provided the following breakdown to help in understanding them and building a character. If perks fit in multiple categories, they are listed in each.

Weapon proficiencies[]

Perks in this category replace weapon skills and affect the player's ability to fight using weapons. When maxed, they provide a +100% damage bonus and special effects.

Iron Fist (ST 1): Unarmed regular attacks can disarm opponents, power attacks allow for crippling limbs, VATS attacks paralyze opponents.
Big Leagues (ST 2): Melee weapon regular attacks can disarm opponents, hit all targets in front of the player, and have a chance to cripple or outright kill the enemy.
Heavy Gunner (ST 5): Heavy weapons gain improved hip-fire accuracy and chance to stagger opponents.
Rifleman (PE 2): Non-automatic rifles ignore up to 30% of a target's armor and can cripple limbs.
Demolition Expert (PE 5): Unlocks explosives crafting, increases effect area, improves damage dealt by explosives when shot in VATS.
Nuclear Physicist (IN 9): Increases damage with radiation weapons, fusion core duration, and enables ejecting fusion cores from armor as improvised explosives.
Gunslinger (AG 1): Pistols can disarm opponents.
Commando (AG 2): Automatic weapons gain increased hip-fire accuracy and stagger opponents.

Combat perks[]

Perks providing general combat bonuses.

Steady Aim (ST 7): Improves hip-fire accuracy.
Basher (ST 8): Improves weapon bash damage and attacks get a chance to cripple target limbs.
Awareness (PE 3): Show's target's damage resistances in VATS.
Sniper (PE 8): Improves breath and scope control, +25% chance to hit heads in VATS, enables scoped rifles to knock opponents down.
Penetrator (PE 9): Allows attacking enemy parts obscured by cover in VATS.
Concentrated Fire (PE 10): Confers a bonus to accuracy and damage when attacking the same location multiple times in VATS.
Lady Killer / Black Widow (CH 2): Increases damage taken by the opposite sex and makes them easier to persuade and pacify using Intimidate.
Lone Wanderer (CH 3): Increases damage, carry weight, and reduces damage taken when without companions.
Action Boy / Action Girl (AG 5): Increases AP regeneration.
Quick Hands (AG 8): Reduces reload times and eliminates AP cost in VATS.
Blitz (AG 9): Increases melee attack range and grants a damage bonus proportional to the distance traveled.
Gun-Fu (AG 10): Increases damage dealt to second, third, and inflicts an automatic critical hit on the fourth target in VATS.
Bloody Mess (LK 3): Up to +15% damage in combat, enemies may explode and at max level, chain explosions.
Mysterious Stranger (LK 4): Enables the Mysterious Stranger and instant kills in VATS.
Better Criticals (LK 6): Improves critical damage up to 250%.
Critical Banker (LK 7): Allows for storing critical hits.
Grim Reaper's Sprint (LK 8): Kills in VATS may restore AP and refill critical meter.
Four Leaf Clover (LK 9): Melee attacks in VATS can fill the critical meter on hit.

Defensive perks[]

General defensive and survival perks.

Rooted (ST 9): Improves damage resistance, damage with melee and unarmed weapons, and allows for disarming enemies if the player remains still.
Refractor (PE 7): Up to +50 damage resistance against energy weapons.
Toughness (EN 1): Up to +50 damage resistance against normal attacks.
Life Giver (EN 3): Up to +60 hit points and enables health regeneration.
Rad Resistant (EN 6): Up to +30 radiation resistance.
Adamantium Skeleton (EN 7): Reduces damage taken by limbs.
Ghoulish (EN 9): Radiation regenerates health and feral ghouls randomly become friendly.
Solar Powered (EN 10): +2 Strength and Endurance between 6 AM and 6 PM. Sunlight removes radiation and regenerates health.
Lone Wanderer (CH 3): Increases damage, carry weight, and reduces damage taken when without companions.
Nerd Rage! (IN 10): When below 20% health, confers up to +40 damage resistance, +40% damage dealt, and killing opponents restores lost health.
Moving Target (AG 6): Up to +50 damage and energy resistance while sprinting; reduces sprinting costs.
Ricochet (AG 10): Enemy attacks can ricochet and instantly kill the attacker.

Crafting abilities[]

Perks in this category unlock abilities to craft weapon mods or settlement elements.

Armorer (ST 3): Unlocks armor modifications.
Blacksmith (ST 4): Unlocks melee weapon modifications.
Demolition Expert (PE 5): Unlocks explosives crafting, increases effect area and damage dealt by explosives when shot in VATS.
Local Leader (CH 6): Enables supply lines, store, and workstation crafting.
Gun Nut (IN 3): Unlocks firearm modifications.
Scrapper (IN 5): Enables salvaging uncommon and rare components.
Science! (IN 6): Unlocks high-tech modifications (energy weapons, recon scopes, etc.)

Stealth perks[]

These perks modify the chance of sneaking and stealing from other characters.

Pickpocket (PE 1): Increases chance to steal items (up to +100%), allows for planting explosives and steal equipped items.
Aquaboy / Aquagirl (EN 5): Immunity to radiation damage, infinite air, and ability to disappear through diving while in water.
Sneak (AG 3): Decreases detection chance, prevents traps and mines from exploding, running no longer affects stealth.
Mister Sandman (AG 4): Ability to kill sleeping characters, increases sneak attack damage with silenced weapons.
Ninja (AG 7): Improves ranged and melee sneak attack damage (up to 3.5x and 10x respectively).

Companion and non-player character perks[]

These perks affect the player's ability to deal with non-player characters, creatures, robots and companions.

Cap Collector (CH 1): Improves store prices and allows for investing in them.
Lady Killer / Black Widow (CH 2): Increases damage taken by the opposite sex and makes them easier to persuade and pacify using Intimidate.
Attack Dog (CH 4): Unlocks Dogmeat's ability to immobile enemies, potentially crippling limbs and causing bleeding.
Animal Friend (CH 5): Enables pacifying animals and issuing commands to them.
Inspirational (CH 8): Increases companion damage, damage resistance, carry capacity, and eliminates friendly fire from them.
Wasteland Whisperer (CH 9): Enables pacifying non-animal creatures in the wasteland and issuing commands to them.
Intimidation (CH 10): Enables pacifying humans and issuing commands to them.
Robotics Expert (IN 8): Allows for hacking robots.

Power armor perks[]

These perks apply while the player is in power armor.

Pain Train (ST 10): Allows the player to damage and stagger enemies by sprinting into them and increases damage caused on landing.
Nuclear Physicist (IN 9): Increases damage with radiation weapons, fusion core duration, and enables ejecting fusion cores from armor as improvised explosives.

Attribute bonuses[]

Night Person (PE 6): +3 Intelligence and night vision while sneaking between 6 PM and 6 AM.
Solar Powered (EN 10): +2 Strength and Endurance between 6 AM and 6 PM. Sunlight removes radiation and regenerates health.
Party Boy / Party Girl (CH 7): Improves alcohol effects, reduces addiction chance, and provides +3 to Luck when under the influence.

Consumable perks[]

These perks increase the effectiveness of consumables in various ways.

Lead Belly (EN 2): Reduces radiation intake from eating and drinking.
Chem Resistant (EN 4): Reduces chem addiction chance.
Party Boy / Party Girl (CH 7): Improves alcohol effects, reduces addiction chance, and provides +3 to Luck when under the influence.
Medic (IN 2): Improves effectiveness and speed of stimpaks and RadAway.
Chemist (IN 7): Increases chem duration.

Utility perks[]

General use perks that don't fit in any other category.

Strong Back (ST 6): Increases carry capacity and unlocks the ability to run and fast travel while overencumbered.
Locksmith (PE 4): Enables picking difficult locks and prevents bobby pin breakage.
Aquaboy / Aquagirl (EN 5): Immunity to radiation damage, infinite air, and ability to disappear through diving while in water.
Cannibal (EN 8): Allows for eating humanoid corpses to restore hit points.
Lone Wanderer (CH 3): Increases damage, carry weight, and reduces damage taken when without companions.
V.A.N.S (IN 1): Displays the path to the next objective in VATS.
Hacker (IN 4): Enables hacking of higher difficulty terminals and prevents lockout.
Fortune Finder (LK 1): Increases the amount caps found in containers, enables spontaneous cap-bustion.
Scrounger (LK 2): Increases the amount of ammunition found in containers.
Idiot Savant (LK 5): Randomly provides experience bonuses (up to 5x for regular actions, may randomly trigger 3x kill experience rewards).

General perks[]

Strength[]

Name	Attribute req.	Rank	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Iron Fist	Strength 1	1	1	20% more damage with unarmed attacks	0001dafe
		2	9	40% more damage with unarmed attacks; gain a chance to disarm opponents with unarmed attacks	0001daff
		3	18	60% more damage with unarmed attacks; unarmed power attacks have a chance to cripple one of your opponent's limbs	0001db00
		4	31	80% more unarmed damage; unarmed power attacks have an increased chance to cripple one of your opponents limbs.	00065e42
		5	46	Unarmed attacks do twice as much damage; critical hits in V.A.T.S. will paralyze your opponent.	00065e43
Big Leagues	Strength 2	1	1	20% more damage with melee weapons	0004a0b5
		2	7	40% more damage with melee weapons; gain a chance to disarm opponents with melee attacks	000e36fc
		3	15	60% more damage with melee weapons; gain an increased chance to disarm opponents with melee attacks	000e36fd
		4	27	80% more damage with melee weapons; melee attacks hit all opponents in front of you	000e36fe
		5	42	Melee attacks do twice as much damage; gain a chance to cripple your opponent or knock their head clean off.	00065e05
Armorer	Strength 3	1	1	Gain access to base and Rank 1 armor modifications	0004b254
		2	13	Gain access to Rank 2 armor modifications	0004b255
		3	25	Gain access to Rank 3 armor modifications	0004b256
		4	39	Gain access to Rank 4 armor modifications	001797ea
Blacksmith	Strength 4	1	1	Gain access to base and Rank 1 melee weapon modifications	0004b253
		2	13	Gain access to Rank 2 melee weapon modifications	0004b26a
		3	25	Gain access to Rank 3 melee weapon modifications	000264d8
Heavy Gunner	Strength 5	1	1	20% more damage with heavy guns	0004a0d6
		2	11	40% more damage with heavy guns; hip-fire accuracy is improved	0004a0d7
		3	21	60% more damage with heavy guns; hip-fire accuracy is improved even more	0004a0d8
		4	35	80% more damage with heavy guns; attacks with heavy guns have a chance to stagger opponents	00065e2a
		5	47	Heavy guns do twice as much damage	00065e2b
Strong Back	Strength 6	1	1	Can carry an extra 25 pounds of gear	0004b24e
		2	10	Can carry an extra 50 pounds of gear	00065e5b
		3	20	You can use action points to run, even when overencumbered	00065e5c
		4	30	You can fast travel even when overencumbered	001d2489
Steady Aim	Strength 7	1	1	Hip-fire accuracy increases for all guns	001d2487
Steady Aim	Strength 7	2	28	Hip-fire accuracy increases for all guns even more	001d2488
Basher	Strength 8	1	1	Gun bashing does an extra 25% more damage	00065df9
		2	5	Gun bashing does an extra 50% more damage and has a chance to cripple an opponent's limb	00065dfa
		3	14	Gun bashing does an extra 75% more damage and has an increased chance to cripple and opponent's limb	00065dfb
		4	26	Gun bashing does double damage and has an even more increased chance to cripple an opponent's limb	00065dfc
Rooted	Strength 9	1	1	+25 Damage resistance and 25% more damage with melee and unarmed weapons when standing still	001d247f
		2	22	+50 Damage resistance and 50% more damage with melee and unarmed weapons when standing still	001d2480
		3	43	When standing still, you have a chance to automatically disarm enemies who attack with a melee weapon	001d2482
Pain Train	Strength 10	1	1	Sprinting into enemies while wearing power armor damages and staggers them	0004d89b
		2	24	Sprinting into enemies while wearing power armor does even more damage and causes a more powerful stagger	00065e3c
		3	50	Sprinting into enemies while wearing power armor causes massive damage and knocks them down; impact landing causes even more damage	00065e3d

Perception[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Pickpocket	Perception 1	1	1	Picking pockets is 25% easier	0004d88a
		2	6	Picking pockets is 50% easier; you can also plant a grenade into a person's inventory	000e3702
		3	17	Picking pockets is 75% easier; you can steal equipped weapons out of a person's inventory	000e3703
		4	30	Picking pockets is twice as easy; you can steal equipped items out of a person's inventory	001d248f
Rifleman	Perception 2	1	1	20% more damage with non-automatic rifles	0004a0b6
		2	9	40% more damage with non-automatic rifles; ignore 15% of a target's armor	0004a0b7
		3	18	60% more damage with non-automatic rifles; ignore 20% of a target's armor	0004a0b8
		4	31	80% more damage with non-automatic rifles; ignore 25% of a target's armor; gain a slight chance to cripple an opponent's limb	0006fa20
		5	46	Non-automatic rifles do twice as much damage; ignore 30% of a target's armor; gain a higher chance to cripple a opponent's limb	00065e52
Awareness	Perception 3	1	1	Ability to view a target's specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S.	000d2287
Locksmith	Perception 4	1	1	Able to pick Advanced locks	000523ff
		2	7	Able to pick Expert locks	00052400
		3	18	Able to pick Master locks	00052401
		4	41	Bobby pins never break when picking a lock	001d246a
Demolition Expert	Perception 5	1	1	25% more damage with explosives; able to craft explosives at any chemistry station	0004c923
		2	10	50% more damage with explosives; grenades gain a throwing arc	0004c924
		3	22	75% more damage with explosives; explosives effect a larger area	0004c925
		4	34	Explosives do twice as much damage; grenades and mines shot in V.A.T.S. explode for double damage	00065e13
Night Person	Perception 6	1	1	+2 Intelligence between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM	0004c93b
Night Person	Perception 6	2	25	+3 Intelligence between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM; gain night vision while sneaking	001d2495
Refractor	Perception 7	1	1	+10 Energy resistance	000ca99d
		2	11	+20 Energy resistance	000ca99e
		3	21	+30 Energy resistance	000ca99f
		4	35	+40 Energy resistance	00065e4b
		5	42	+50 Energy resistance	00065e4c
Sniper	Perception 8	1	1	Improved control and longer breath while aiming down sights	0004c92a
		2	13	Non-automatic, scoped rifles have a chance to knock down opponents	0004c92b
		3	26	Non-automatic scoped rifles gain a 25% bonus to the accuracy of headshots in V.A.T.S.	0004c92c
Penetrator	Perception 9	1	1	With a decrease in accuracy, use V.A.T.S. to target enemy body parts that are behind cover	00024aff
Penetrator	Perception 9	2	28	With no penalty to accuracy, use V.A.T.S. to target enemy body parts that are behind cover	001d2477
Concentrated Fire	Perception 10	1	1	While in V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains a 10% bonus to accuracy	0004d890
		2	26	While in V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains a 15% bonus to accuracy	001d2459
		3	50	While in V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains a 20% bonus to accuracy and 20% bonus to damage	001d245a

Endurance[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Toughness	Endurance 1	1	1	+10 Damage resistance	0004a0ab
		2	9	+20 Damage resistance	0004a0ae
		3	18	+30 Damage resistance	0004a0af
		4	31	+40 Damage resistance	00065e5d
		5	46	+50 Damage resistance	00065e5e
Lead Belly	Endurance 2	1	1	Take less radiation damage from eating and drinking	0004a0b9
		2	6	Take even less radiation damage from eating and drinking	00024b00
		3	17	Take no radiation damage from eating and drinking	00024b01
Life Giver	Endurance 3	1	1	+20 maximum hit points permanently	0004a0cf
		2	8	+20 more hit points permanently	001d2465
		3	20	+20 more hit points permanently; lost health slowly regenerates over time	001d2467
Chem Resistant	Endurance 4	1	1	50% less likely to become addicted when consuming chems	0004a0d5
Chem Resistant	Endurance 4	2	22	Become completely immune to chem addiction	00065e0c
Aquaboy / Aquagirl	Endurance 5	1	1	No radiation damage from swimming; ability to breath underwater	000e36f9 (Aquaboy) 00000000 (Aquagirl)
Aquaboy / Aquagirl	Endurance 5	2	21	Become undetectable when fully submerged underwater	001d248d (Aquaboy) 00000000 (Aquagirl)
Rad Resistant	Endurance 6	1	1	+10 Radiation resistance	001d2479
		2	13	+20 Radiation resistance	001d247a
		3	26	+30 Radiation resistance	001d247b
Adamantium Skeleton	Endurance 7	1	1	Reduced limb damage taken by 30%	0004c92d
		2	13	Reduced limb damage taken by 60%	00024afd
		3	26	Limbs cannot be damaged at all	00024afe
Cannibal	Endurance 8	1	1	Eating human corpses restores lost hit points	0004b259
		2	19	Eating ghoul or super mutant corpses restores lost hit points	001d1a62
		3	38	Eating human, ghoul, and super mutant corpses restores significantly more lost hit points	001d1a63
Ghoulish	Endurance 9	1	1	Radiation restores lost hit points	0004d89e
		2	24	Radiation restores even more lost hit points	00065e22
		3	48	Radiation restores even more lost hit points that before; some feral ghouls with randomly become friendly	00065e23
Solar Powered	Endurance 10	1	1	+2 Strength and Endurance between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM	0004d8a7
		2	27	Sunlight slowly reduces accumulated radiation damage	001d2484
		3	50	Sunlight slowly restores hit points	001d2485

Charisma[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Cap Collector	Charisma 1	1	1	Buying and selling prices at vendors are better	001d2456
		2	20	Buying and selling prices at vendors are much better	000d75e2
		3	42	Ability to invest up to 500 caps to raise a store's buying capacity	001d2457
Lady Killer / Black Widow	Charisma 2	1	1	Women/Men take 5% more damage and are easier to persuade in dialogue	0004a0d4 (Lady Killer) 00019aa3 (Black Widow)
		2	7	Women/Men take 10% more damage, are even easier to persuade in dialogue, and are also easier to pacify using the Intimidation perk.	00065e33 (Lady Killer) 00065e31 (Black Widow)
		3	16	Women/Men take 15% more damage, are much easier to persuade in dialogue, and are even easier to pacify using the Intimidation perk.	00065e34 (Lady Killer) 00065e32 (Black Widow)
Lone Wanderer	Charisma 3	1	1	When without companions, take 15% less damage and increase carry weight by 50	001d246b
		2	17	When without companions, take 30% less damage and increase carry weight by 100	001d246d
		3	40	When without companions, all attacks deal 25% more damage	001d246e
Attack Dog	Charisma 4	1	1	You dog can hold onto an enemy, making it easier to hit them in V.A.T.S.	0004b26d
		2	9	Your dog has a chance to cripple the limb of the enemy he is holding	001d244d
		3	25	Your dog has a chance to cause bleeding damage to the enemy he is holding	001d244e
Animal Friend	Charisma 5	1	1	Aim at any animal below your level to have a chance to pacify it	0001e67f
		2	12	After successfully pacifying an animal, you can incite it to attack for you	0004a0d9
		3	28	After successfully pacifying an animal, you can give it specific commands	001d2450
Local Leader	Charisma 6	1	1	Able to establish supply lines between workshop settlements	0004d88d
Local Leader	Charisma 6	2	14	Able to build stores and workstations at workshop settlements	001d2468
Party Boy / Party Girl	Charisma 7	1	1	There is no chance to become addicted to alcohol	0004d887 (Party Boy) 0004d888 (Party Girl)
		2	15	The effects of alcohol are doubled	001d2473 (Party Boy) 001d2475 (Party Girl)
		3	37	+3 Luck while under the influence of alcohol	001d2474 (Party Boy) 001d2476 (Party Girl)
Inspirational	Charisma 8	1	1	Companions do more damage in combat and cannot hurt you	001d2461
		2	19	Companions resist more damage in combat and cannot be hurt by you	001d2462
		3	43	Companions can carry more items	001d2463
Wasteland Whisperer	Charisma 9	1	1	Aim at any wasteland creature to have a chance to pacify it	001d248a
		2	21	After successfully pacifying a wasteland creature, you can incite it to fight for you	001d248b
		3	49	After successfully pacifying a wasteland creature, you can give it specific commands	001d248c
Intimidation	Charisma 10	1	1	Aim at any human below your level to have a chance to pacify it.	001d02b5
		2	23	After successfully pacifying a human, you can incite them to fight for you	001d02b6
		3	50	After successfully pacifying a human, you can give them specific orders	001d02b7

Intelligence[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
V.A.N.S	Intelligence 1	1	1	The path to your closest quest objective is displayed in V.A.T.S.	000207d1
Medic	Intelligence 2	1	1	Stimpaks restore 40% of lost health; RadAway removes 40% of radiation	0004c926
		2	18	Stimpaks restore 60% of lost health; RadAway removes 60% of radiation	0006fa1c
		3	30	Stimpaks restore 80% of lost health; RadAway removes 80% of radiation	0006fa1d
		4	49	Stimpaks restore all lost health, RadAway removes all radiation, and both work much more quickly	00065e35
Gun Nut	Intelligence 3	1	1	Gain access to Rank 1 gun modifications	0004a0da
		2	13	Gain access to Rank 2 gun modifications	0004a0db
		3	25	Gain access to Rank 3 gun modifications	0004a0dc
		4	39	Gain access to Rank 4 gun modifications	0016578e
Hacker	Intelligence 4	1	1	Able to hack Advanced terminals	00052403
		2	9	Able to hack Expert terminals	00052404
		3	21	Able to hack Master terminals	00052405
		4	33	Never get locked out of a terminal when hacking	001d245d
Scrapper	Intelligence 5	1	1	Able to salvage uncommon components (like screws, aluminum and copper) when scrapping weapons and armor	00065e65
Scrapper	Intelligence 5	2	23	Able to salvage rare components (like circuitry, nuclear material and fiber optics) when scrapping weapons and armor; items with favorited components are highlighted	001d2483
Science!	Intelligence 6	1	1	Gain access to Rank 1 high-tech modifications	000264d9
		2	17	Gain access to Rank 2 high-tech modifications	000264da
		3	28	Gain access to Rank 3 high-tech modifications	000264db
		4	41	Gain access to Rank 4 high-tech modificiations	0016578f
Chemist	Intelligence 7	1	1	The effects of chems last 50% longer	000e36ff
		2	16	The effects of chems last twice as long	000e3700
		3	31	The effects of chems last 150% longer	000e3701
		4	45	The effects of chems last 200% longer	001d2458
Robotics Expert	Intelligence 8	1	1	Hack a robot and gain a chance to power it on off or on, or initiate a self-destruct	0004d889
		2	19	Successfully hacking a robot allows you to incite it to attack	00065e64
		3	44	Successfully hacking a robot allows you to give it specific commands	001acf96
Nuclear Physicist	Intelligence 9	1	1	Radiation weapons do 50% more damage and fusion cores last 25% longer	001d246f
		2	14	Radiation weapons do twice as much damage and fusion cores last 50% longer	001d2470
		3	26	Fusion cores can be ejected from power armor like devastating grenades and fusion cores last twice as long	001d2471
Nerd Rage!	Intelligence 10	1	1	Time slows, you gain 20 damage resistance and do 20% more damage while below 20% health	0004d886
		2	31	Time slows, you gain 30 damage resistance and do 30% more damage while below 20% health	00065e37
		3	50	Time slows, you gain 40 damage resistance and do 40% more damage while below 20% health, and killing opponents restores some lost health	00065e38

Agility[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Gunslinger	Agility 1	1	1	20% more damage with non-automatic pistols	0004a09f
		2	7	40% more damage with non-automatic pistols	0004a0a9
		3	15	60% more damage with non-automatic pistols	0004a0aa
		4	27	80% more damage with non-automatic pistols	0006fa1e
		5	42	Non-automatic pistols do double damage and have a much better chance to disarm opponents	00065e24
Commando	Agility 2	1	1	20% more damage with automatic weapons	0004a0c5
		2	11	40% more damage with automatic weapons, with improved hip-fire accuracy	0004a0c6
		3	21	60% more damage with automatic weapons, with even more improved hip-fire accuracy	0004a0c7
		4	35	80% more damage with automatic weapons and gain a chance to stagger opponents	0006fa24
		5	49	Automatic weapons do twice as much damage and have a better chance of staggering opponents.	00065e0d
Sneak	Agility 3	1	1	Become 20% more difficult to detect while sneaking	00065e0d
		2	5	Become 30% more difficult to detect while sneaking; no longer trigger floor-based traps	000b9882
		3	12	Become 40% more difficult to detect while sneaking; no longer trigger enemy mines	000b9883
		4	23	Become 50% more difficult to detect while sneaking; running no longer adversely affects stealth	000b9884
		5	38	Engaging stealth mode causes distant enemies to lose you	000b9881
Mister Sandman	Agility 4	1	1	Able to automatically kill a sleeping person; silenced weapons deal 15% bonus sneak attack damage	0004b258
		2	17	Silenced weapons deal 30% bonus sneak attack damage	001d2490
		3	30	Silenced weapons deal 50% bonus sneak attack damage	001d2491
Action Boy / Action Girl	Agility 5	1	1	Action points regenerate 25% faster	0004d869 (Action Boy) 0004d872 (Action Girl)
Action Boy / Action Girl	Agility 5	2	18	Action points regenerate 50% faster	00065df5 (Action Boy) 00065df6 (Action Girl)
Moving Target	Agility 6	1	1	+25 Damage and Energy resistance when sprinting	0004ddee
		2	24	+50 Damage and Energy resistance when sprinting	001d2492
		3	44	Sprinting cost 50% fewer action points	001e0791
Ninja	Agility 7	1	1	Ranged sneak attacks deal 2.5x normal damage and melee sneak attacks deal 4x normal damage	0004d8a6
		2	16	Ranged sneak attacks deal 3x normal damage and melee sneak attacks deal 5x normal damage	000e3704
		3	33	Ranged sneak attacks deal 3.5x normal damage and melee sneak attacks deal 10x normal damage	000e3705
Quick Hands	Agility 8	1	1	Reload all guns faster	000221fc
Quick Hands	Agility 8	2	28	Reloading in V.A.T.S. costs no action points	001d2478
Blitz	Agility 9	1	1	Melee attack range in V.A.T.S is significantly increased	001d2451
Blitz	Agility 9	2	29	Melee attack range is V.A.T.S. is even more significantly increased, and the longer the distance traveled to attack, the more damage the attack deals.	001d2452
Gun-Fu	Agility 10	1	1	Deal 25% more damage to your second V.A.T.S. target and beyond	0004d881
		2	26	Deal 50% more damage to your third V.A.T.S. target and beyond	001d244f
		3	50	Instantly deal a critical hit on your fourth V.A.T.S. target and beyond	001d245c

Luck[]

Name	Rank	Attribute req.	Level req.	Effect	Base ID
Fortune Finder	Luck 1	1	1	Find more bottle caps in containers	0004c942
		2	5	Find even more bottle caps in containers	001acf98
		3	25	Find even more bottle caps in containers	001acf99
		4	40	Find even more bottle caps in containers; there is also a chance for enemies to explode into a shower of caps when you will them	00215cd4
Scrounger	Luck 2	1	1	Find more ammunition in containers	0004a0b0
		2	7	Find even more ammunition in containers	001acf9a
		3	27	Find even more ammunition in containers	001acf9b
		4	41	Find even more ammunition in containers	001eb99c
Bloody Mess	Luck 3	1	1	5% bonus to damage; opponents sometimes explode into gore	0004a0bb
		2	9	10% bonus damage	001d2453
		3	31	15% bonus damage	001d2454
		4	47	When an enemy explodes, nearby enemies may suffer the same fate.	001f418e
Mysterious Stranger	Luck 4	1	1	The Mysterious Stranger will occasionally appear in V.A.T.S. to lend a hand, with deadly efficiency	0004c929
		2	22	The Mysterious Stranger appears more often in V.A.T.S.	001d2493
		3	41	The Mysterious Stranger appears even more often in V.A.T.S.; when he kills an enemy, there is a chance your critical meter will get filled	001d2494
Idiot Savant	Luck 5	1	1	Randomly receive 3x normal experience from any action; the lower your Intelligence, the greater the chance	001d245e
		2	11	Randomly receive 5x normal experience from any action; the lower your Intelligence, the greater the chance.	001d245f
		3	34	Randomly receiving bonus experience from any action may trigger 3x bonus experience for all kills for a short time.	001d2460
Better Criticals	Luck 6	1	1	Critical hits deal 50% more damage	0004d87a
		2	15	Critical hits deal twice as much damage	00065e03
		3	40	Critical hits deal 2.5x as much damage	00065e04
Critical Banker	Luck 7	1	1	Able to save a critical hit to be used in V.A.T.S. later	0004c91f
		2	17	Able to save two critical hits to be used in V.A.T.S. later	0004c920
		3	43	Able to save three critical hits to be used in V.A.T.S. later; banking a critical hit has a chance to save an additional critical hit	0004c921
Grim Reaper's Sprint	Luck 8	1	1	Any kill in V.A.T.S. has a 15% chance to restore all action points	0004d8a2
		2	19	Any kill in V.A.T.S. has a 25% chance to restore all action points	00065e3e
		3	46	Any kill in V.A.T.S. has a 35% chance to restore all action points and refill your critical meter	00065e3f
Four Leaf Clover	Luck 9	1	1	Each hit in V.A.T.S. has a chance to refill your critical meter	0004d895
		2	13	Each hit in V.A.T.S. has an even better chance to refill your critical meter	00065e20
		3	32	Each hit in V.A.T.S. has a very good chance of filling your critical meter	00065e21
		4	48	Each hit in V.A.T.S. has an excellent chance of filling your critical meter	001d245b
Ricochet	Luck 10	1	1	An enemy's range attack will sometimes ricochet back and instantly kill them; the lower your current health, the higher the chance	001d247c
		2	29	There is an increased chance an enemy's shot will ricochet back and kill them	001d247d
		3	50	When an enemy's shot ricochets back and kills them, there is a chance your critical meter get filled	001d247e

Other perks[]

Magazine Perks[]

Magazine perks are perks granted from finding magazines in Fallout 4. Some magazines will grant and improve a single perk, while other magazines give you different, related perks.

Magazine	Perk	Effect	Ranks
Astoundingly Awesome Tales	Astoundingly Awesome	Regenerate 1 point of health per minute. Take 5% less damage from robots. RadAway heals +5% radiation damage. +5% damage with the alien blaster Gain +5 Poison Resistance. Do +5% damage with the Cryolator. Gain +5 Radiation Resistance. Your canine companion permanently takes 10% less damage. Do +5% damage against Super Mutants. Gain +5 Action Points. Do +5% damage at night. Do +5% damage against Mirelurks. Do +5% damage against Ghouls. Do +5% damage with scoped weapons.	14
Grognak the Barbarian	Barbarian	Critical Hits with unarmed and melee attacks do +5% damage	10
U.S. Covert Operations Manual	Covert Operations	You are more difficult to detect while sneaking.	10
Guns and Bullets	Guns and Bullets	Ballistic weapons do +5% critical damage.	10
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor	Junktown Vendor	Get better prices when buying from vendors.	8
Live & Love	Live & Love	Companions permanently inflict +5% damage. Robot companions permanently inflict 5% more damage. +10 hit points for all companions permanently. Permanently gain +5% XP while adventuring with a companion. Companions permanently gain +5 Damage Resistance and Energy Resistance. Companions permanently gain +10 carry weight. +25% XP for persuading men Permanently gain +1 Luck from alcohol when adventuring with a companion. +25% XP for persuading women	8
Massachusetts Surgical Journal	Massachusetts Surgery	Inflict +2% limb damage.	9
Tesla Science	Tesla Science	Energy weapons inflict +5% critical damage.	9
Tumblers Today	Tumblers Today	Gain a bonus to lockpicking.	5
The Unstoppables	Unstoppable	Gain a +1% chance of avoiding all damage from an attack.	5
Wasteland Survival Guide	Wasteland Survival	Heal 50% more from fruits and vegetables. Permanently take 5% less damage from insects. Permanently heal +50% from irradiated packaged food and drink. Permanently unlock new decoration items in workshop settlements. This perk won't be shown in the perk-list on the Pip-Boy. Diamond City is now permanently marked on your map. This perk won't be shown in the perk-list on the Pip-Boy. Permanently gain +10% discount from food and drink vendors Permanently swim 25% faster Permanently take 5% less damage from melee attacks. Permanently collect more meat from animal kills.	9
Islander's Almanac		5% less damage from Mirelurk melee attacks 5% higher VATS chance against animals in combat Unlocks point of interest map markers across the island. 10% less damage from Radiation based attacks Unlocks Sludge based recipes
SCAV!	SCAV! - Villainous Virtuosity	Increases speech challenge success chance.
	SCAV! - Bladed Bravado	+25% Combat Knife and Switchblade damage.
	SCAV! - Pugilistic Propensities.	+10% hand to hand weapon damage
	SCAV! - Cautionary Crafts	+5% explosives damage.
	SCAV! - Motivationally Moneyless	+1 Strength & +1 Endurance if you have <= 10,000 caps. +2 Strength & +2 Endurance if you have <= 1,000 caps. +3 Strength & +3 Endurance if you have <= 100 caps.

Companion perks[]

Perks are unlocked by achieving 100% affinity with a given companion. Additional conditions apply for Cait, Curie, MacCready, and Nick Valentine, who require for their companion quests to be completed first.

Dogmeat has no perks associated with him.

Perk	Companion	Effect
Berserk	Strong	When below 25% health, deal 20% more melee weapon damage.
Cloak & Dagger	Deacon	+40% Stealth Boy duration and 20% more sneak attack damage.
Close To Metal	Nick Valentine	One extra guess and 50% faster terminal cooldown when hacking
Combat Medic	Curie	Once per day, heal 100 hit points when your health is below 10%
Gift Of Gab	Piper	Receive double experience points for passing speech challenges and discovering new locations.
Isodoped	Hancock	Once 250 rads have been accumulated, critical hits occur 20% faster
Killshot	MacCready	Headshot accuracy in V.A.T.S. is increased by 20%
Know Your Enemy	Danse	+20% damage against feral ghouls, super mutants, and synths
Robot Sympathy	Codsworth	+10 damage resistance against robot energy weapons
Shield Harmonics	X6-88	+20 energy resistance
Trigger Rush	Cait	When below 25% health, action points regenerate much more quickly
United We Stand	Preston Garvey	Deal 20% more damage and gain 20 damage resistance when facing three or more opponents.

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