You’ll start off with 5 points accross all categories with another 5 points to add to each of them. To those who are not familiar with Fallout, SPECIAL is an acronym: Strength, Perceptcion, Endurance, Charisma, Iintelligence, Agility and Luck. So this is what you are going to have to modify when you first start the game. So this should hopefully be of great help. I have posted many times on the fallout forum under (a member for over 3 years) and one of the most FAQ’s asked was what perk goes best with what skill. My intentions for this is it will give you easy reference to choose what you think will be the best ones to compliment your gameplay. What you will notice is when I have started to explain the skills, I will list all of the associated perks below them.

higher barter skill – lower prices when buying and higher prices when selling). The rest of the stats dictate how effective you are with that aspect (i.e. This WILL require a certain level to be able to hack terminals/unlock a door or box of varying difficulties. The times where an exact requirement for a skill is only really evident on the likes of Science & Lockpick.

All this governs is the effectiveness of your use with that type of weapon. guns, energy weapons, explosives, melee, unarmed). Please note that just because you have a low level on one particular skill it does not necessarily mean that you will not be able to perform that action (i.e. Ultimately though, the walkthrough should be used to help you with how you want to play the game, rather than copying what I do (you are welcome to do so, by the way). I will also include what stats I would use when going through the game and my reasons for doing so. What you should expect from this is to get the most out of your character in terms of how you want them to be, and what you want them to do.

This walkthrough will give you loads of hints and tips and hopefully, a new perspective that other walkthroughs might not necessarily give. Right now with the formalities out of the way, I would like to take you through the walkthrough of one of the greatest games ever created. I would appreciate this greatly as this has been a labour of love and has taken quite considerable time to put together. If in the unlikely event that this walkthrough is finished and published by someone stupid enough to like my work, then feel free to mirror/post this but please credit me as you do so hell, email me as well if the mood takes you. I’ve played both FO3 and F:NV to death and I know loads about them. I advocate any task which doesn’t require any form of physical expenditure. My job is not difficult, but I like it because it’s not physical. My name is Matthew, I’m 30 and I live in the UK and work in a call centre. Welcome to my walkthrough for Fallout: New Vegas!!!Īllow me to introduce myself.

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