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This page lists all perks in Fallout: The Roleplaying Game.

General information

The Perk Rate in Fallout: The Roleplaying Game is one perk every single level.

There are 94 perks in the Core Rulebook, with 30 more added in the Settler's Guide Book and 54 in the Wanderer's Guide Book, for a total of 178 perks.

Most perks in the roleplaying game are based on existing perks from the video games, especially Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.

Temporary and Rare Perks

There are also 95 magazine perks; these are temporary, but can be made permanent when a character levels up.

The Wanderer's Guide Book adds 20 more rare books, magazines and holotapes. These items don't provide a temporary perk like regular magazines. Instead, each one unlocks access to a unique rare perk which can be taken at level up only by characters who have read the book (or played the holotape).

Perks

Image	Name	Required	Effects
	Action Girl Action Boy	None	Take additional major action with no difficulty penalty
	Adamantium Skeleton	Endurance 7	Increases damage required for a critical hit to all limbs
	Adrenaline Rush	Strength 7	When below max HP, count your strength as 10 for skills and weapon hits.
	All Night Long	Level 16 Not a robot	You don't get more hungry or thirsty at nighttime
	Ammosmith	Intelligence 7 Level 2+	You can craft ammunition
	Animal Friend	Charisma 6	Rank 1: Hostile animals may roll to not attack you. Rank 2: Gain the pacify animals major action
	Aquagirl Aquaboy	Endurance 5	Rank 1: Immune to radiation from swimming and can hold breath twice as long underwater Rank 2: +2 difficulty to be detected by enemies when underwater
	Archer	Perception 6 Level 1+	Increases the damage of bows and crossbows
	Armorer	Strength 5 Intelligence 6	Can modify armor with additional mods.
	Awareness	Perception 7	Aiming at a target adds or improves the Piercing effect on the next attack against it.
	Barbarian	Strength 7 No robot origin	Physical DR on all hit locations is increased based on your Strength
	Basher	Strength 6	Increased gun bashing damage
	Better Criticals	Luck 9	Spend a Luck point to get an automatic critical on an enemy
	Big Leagues	Strength 8	Gain the Vicious damage effect on all two-handed melee weapons
	Black Widow	Charisma 6	Re-roll 1d20 on Charisma checks to influence male NPCs Inflict an extra die of damage against male opponents
	Blacksmith	Strength 6 Level 2+	You can modify melee weapons.
	Blitz	Agility 9	Improve odds of hitting when you move into range and make a melee attack on the same turn Do extra damage on that attack
	Blocker	Strength 6	Increases damage resistance against melee attacks
	Bloody Mess	Luck 6	Chance of inflicting an additional injury on a critical hit
	Bodyguards	Charisma 8 Level 5+	Nearby allies increase your damage resistance
	Bow Before Me	Perception 8 Level 4+	Adds or increases the Piercing effect to bows and crossbows
	Bullet Shield	Strength 8 Level 8+	Increases damage resistance while wielding a big gun
	Butcher's Bounty	Perception 8 Level 3+	Find additional portions of meat when butchering animals
	Can Do!	Luck 5	Find additional food when scavenging
	Cap Collector	Charisma 5	Character can adjust value of goods when buying or selling
	Cautious Nature	Perception 7 Daring Nature not taken	Improves odds on tests where Action Points were spent for extra dice
	Center of Mass	Agility 7	Choose to aim at the torso of an enemy without an increase in difficulty when making a ranged attack
	Chem Resistant	Endurance 7	Rank 1: Roll one fewer d6 when determining addiction Rank 2: Cannot be addicted to chems
	Chemist	Intelligence 7	Chems last twice as long. Unlocks new chem recipes.
	Class Freak	Charisma 6 Intelligence 5	Mutated humans may refuse to attack you, and you find it easier to influence them
	Commando	Agility 8 Level 2+	+1d6 of damage per rank with weapons fire rate 3 and higher
	Community Organizer	Charisma 5 Endurance 5	Improves defence, food and resource gathering in player's settlement
	Comprehension	Intelligence 6	Gives a chance to use the effect of a magazine an additional time.
	Concentrated Fire	Perception 8 Agility 6	Allows to re-roll 3d6 after spending additional ammunition to increase damage
	Contractor	Charisma 5 Intelligence 5 Level 2+	Improves the efficiency of building objects and structures in settlements.
	Covert Operator	Agility 8	Improves damage with ranged sneak attacks.
	Crack Shot	Perception 7 Level 7+	Increases range and accuracy when aiming one-handed ranged weapons
	Daring Nature	Luck 7 Cautious Nature not taken	Improves odds on tests where action points were given to GM for extra dice
	Demolition Expert	Perception 6 Luck 6	Gain the Viscous quality with weapons that have the Blast quality and unlock additional explosive recipes
	Dodger	Agility 6	Reduce difficulty of Defend major action by 1
	Dogmeat	Charisma 5	Recruit a faithful canine companion
	EMT	Charisma 1	Provides health regeneration to revived players.
	Enforcer	Agility 9 Level 12	Adds the Debilitating effect to targeted shotgun attacks
	Entomologist	Intelligence 7	Gain the 1 Piercing damage effect against all creatures with insect keyword
	Fast Metabolism	Endurance 6	1 Hit Points per rank from any source other than resting
	Faster Healing	Endurance 6 No robot origin	1d20 can be bought for free when treating one's injuries
	Finesse	Agility 9	Once an encounter, re-roll damage dice with no Luck point spending
	Fire in the Hole	Perception 8 Level 8+	Reduces difficulty of attacks with thrown "Blast" weapons
	Fortune Finder	Luck 5	Find additional caps when scavenging
	Ghost	Perception 5 Agility 6	Sneak tests in darkness allow for one free additional d20
	Gladiator	Strength 6, Level 2+	Increases damage with one-handed melee weapons
	Glow Sight	Perception 8 Level 3+	Do extra damage to glowing enemies
	Green Thumb	Perception 4 Level 4	Find twice as much food when foraging in the wilderness
	Grim Reaper's Sprint	Luck 8	Rolling 1d6 and landing an Effect, add 2 AP to the group pool
	Gun Fu	Agility 10	Hit additional targets with a successful ranged attack.
	Gun Nut	Intelligence 6	Able to create higher-level weapon mods.
	Gun Runner	Agility 6 Level 4	Increases distance moved when sprinting while holding a one-handed ranged weapon
	Gunslinger	Agility 10	+1d6 of damage per rank and additionally re-roll hit location d20
	Hacker	Intelligence 8	Decrease difficulty to hack computers by 1
	Happy Camper	Charisma 7 Endurance 6 Level 3+	Don't get more hungry if sated when camping Don't get more thirsty if hydrated when camping
	Healer	Intelligence 7	Heal an additional hit point per rank with first aid action
	Heave Ho	Strength 8	Increase range of throwing weapons by one zone by spending 1 AP
	Hired Help	Charisma 7 Don't already have a companion	Recuit a humanoid NPC companion
	Home Defense	Intelligence 6 Level 5+	Craft and set traps
	Homebody	Endurance 6 Level 5+	Recuperate in a home settlement without sleeping
	Hunter	Endurance 6	Gain the Vicious damage effect against mutated mammals, lizards, and insects.
	Incisor	Strength 6, Level 2+	Adds or improves the Piercing effect for melee weapons
	Infiltrator	Perception 8	Re-roll 1d20 on Lockpick skill tests
	Inspirational	Charisma 8	Increase maximum group AP pool by 1
	Intense Training	None	Put a single point into any of your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes
	Iron Fist	Strength 6	+1d6 to unarmed damage
	Junktown Vendor	Charisma 8	Charisma + Barter test attempts to buy or sell goods is reduced by 1
	Jury Rigging	None	Repair any item without using components, but suffer a greater complication range and chance for it to break.
	Lady Killer	Charisma 6	Re-roll 1d20 on Charisma checks to influence female NPCs Inflict an extra die of damage against female opponents
	Laser Commander	Perception 8	Increase damage with ranged energy weapons by 1d6 per rank
	Lead Belly	1	Reduced or immunity to radiation damage from food
	Lifegiver	None	Increased Hit Points
	Light Step	None	Spend 1 AP to ignore one complication on Agility tests Additionally may re-roll Agility + Athletics tests involving traps
	Local Leader	Charisma 6 Level 2+	Establish supply lines between settlements, and build stores and workbenches
	Lock and Load	Strength 7 Level 2+ or Level 7+	Increases the fire rate of big guns
	Martial Artist	Strength 6 Level 8+	Spend an Action Point to make an second melee attack
	Master Thief	Perception 8 Agility 9	+1 to opponent detection tests to notice picking a lock or pickpocket
	Mechanical Menace	Charisma 6 Intelligence 5	Robots may refuse to attack you, and you find it easier to influence them
	Medic	Intelligence 8	Re-roll 1d20 on First Aid actions
	Meltdown	Perception 10	Enemies explode and cause damage to one additional enemy in close range
	Moving Target	Agility 6	When sprinting, Defense increase +1 until next turn
	Mysterious Savior	Luck 7	After spending a Luck point, a Mysterious Stranger may appear to assist in combat by reviving you.
	Mysterious Stranger	Luck 7	After spending a Luck point, Mysterious Stranger appears to assist in combat
	Nerd Rage	Intelligence 8	When quarter Health, gain more Physical and Energy DR to all limbs and more damage
	Night Eyes	Perception 8 Level 7+	When attempting to be stealthy, ignore difficulty penalties for darkness
	Night Person	Perception 7	Difficulty increases due to darkness are reduced by 1
	Ninja	Agility 8	Increased damage from unarmed and melee sneak attacks
	Nocturnal Fortitude	Endurance 6 Level 12 Not a robot	Your HP maximum increases at nighttime
	Nuclear Physicist	Intelligence 9	Increased damage of radiation weapons and fusion cores have 3 additional charges
	Pack Rat	Strength 6 Level 4+	Reduces the carry weight of junk items
	Pain Train	Strength 9 Endurance 7	Rank 1: Gain Charge major action to damage and knock prone enemies with a Str + Athletics test Rank 2: Add 1d6 and Stun damage effect
	Pannapictagraphist	Luck 5	You can re-roll if you find a random magazine you have already read
	Paralyzing Palm	Strength 8	Aimed unarmed strikes gain the stun effect
	Party Girl Party Boy	Endurance 6 Charisma 7	Immune to alcohol addiction, gain +2 health from drinking alcohol
	Pathfinder	Endurance 6	Reduce travel time by half with a successful Perception + Survival roll
	Pharma Farma	Luck 6	Find an additional medicine or chems when scavenging
	Pharmacist	Intelligence 8 Level 2+	RadAway administered by you heals more Radiation
	Photosynthetic	Endurance 7 Level 5+	You slowly regenerate HP while in direct sunlight
	Pickpocket	Perception 8 Agility 8	Rank 1: Ignore first complication of Agility + Sneak tests Rank 2: May re-roll 1d20 on attempts to pickpocket Rank 3: Reduce difficulty by 1 when attempting a pickpocket
	Piercing Strike	Strength 7	+1 Piercing to Unarmed and bladed melee weapon attacks
	Pyromaniac	Endurance 6	Increase damaged with fire-based weapons by 1d6 per rank
	Quack Surgeon	Charisma 7 Level 12+	You can use alcoholic beverages to administer first aid
	Quick Draw	Agility 6	Draw an item or weapon for free
	Quick Hands	Agility 8	Spend 2 AP to double fire rate of current weapon
	Rad Resistance	Endurance 8	+1 Radiation Resistance to all limbs per rank
	Refractor	Perception 6 Luck 7	+1 Energy Resistance for all limbs per rank
	Rejuvenated	Endurance 7 Level 12+ Not a robot	You gain additional benefits from being full or quenched, and remain full or quenched longer
	Retribution	Endurance 8 Luck 8 Level 2+	Recover HP and AP when your damage reduction prevents all damage from an attack
	Ricochet	Luck 10	Spend 1 Luck point to ricochet ranged attacks back at attacker
	Rifleman	Agility 7	Increased damage for non-heavy two handed weapons
	Robot Wrangler	Intelligence 5 Don't already have a companion	Recuit a robot NPC companion
	Robotics Expert	Intelligence 8	Rank 1: Modify armor with rank 1 robot mods Rank 2: Reduce difficulty to repair robots Rank 3: Hack and reprogram robots
	Scattershot	Strength 7, Level 10+	Spend an Action Point to make a second attack with a shotgun
	Science!	Intelligence 6	Able to create higher-level weapon and armor mods involving rare materials
	Scoundrel	Charisma 7	Ignore the first complication rolled in Charisma + Speech checks
	Scrapper	None	Rank 1: Scavenge more common and uncommon material Rank 2: Scavenge rare material
	Scrounger	Luck 6	Find larger amounts of ammunition in containers
	Shotgun Surgeon	Strength 5 Agility 7	Gain +1 Piercing when using shotguns
	Size Matters	Endurance 7 Agility 6	Add 1d6 to all attacks with Heavy guns
	Skilled	None	Add +1 to two skills or +2 to any skill as long as it does not go above 6
	Slayer	Strength 8	Damage with a melee or unarmed attack can be turned into a critical hit with the spending of 1 Luck point
	Smooth Talker	Charisma 6	Re-roll 1d20 on opposed tests involving Barter or Speech
	Snakeater	Endurance 7	+2 to poison damage resistance
	Sniper	Perception 8 Agility 6	Taking the Aim minor action and making a ranged attack with a two-handed weapon with the Accurate quality, specify a hit location to target without increasing the difficulty
	Solar Powered	Endurance 7	Heal radiation damage in direct sunlight
	Squad Maneuvers	Charisma 7	You can maintain a hurried pace for longer You can coordinate movements in combat with allies
	Steady Aim	Strength 8 Agility 7	When taking the aim minor action, re-roll 1 or 2d20s
	Strong Back	Strength 5	ncreased Carry capacity
	Sturdy Frame	Strength 8, Level 5+	Reduces the weight of armor you wear
	Super Duper	Luck 6 Level 3+	Items you craft have a chance to use up half as many components
	Tag	None	Select a fourth skill to be a Tag Skill (instantly raises it by 2 ranks but not past 6)
	Taking One for the Team	Endurance 7 Charisma 6 Level 1+	You have a chance to take damage for nearby allies Taking damage this way grants Action Points After taking this damage you and your ally have improved accuracy when targeting the attacker
	Terrifying Presence	Strength 6 Charisma 8	Rank 1: Re-roll a single d20 when threatening or scaring another person Rank 2: Gain the Threaten major action in combat
	Tinkerer	Endurance 5 Intelligence 5	You can more easily repair robots, and temporarily increase their maximum HP
	Toughness	Endurance 6 Luck 6	Increased Damage Resistance
	True Friends	Perception 6 Charisma 6	You have a chance to avoid reputation loss with factions and settlements You have a chance to increase reputation gain with individuals, factions and settlements

Behind the scenes

Donathin Frye mentioned that, "Effects like Vicious, Piercing, Burst, and Spread all stack for each Effect rolled. With Spread, you can hit multiple targets with Piercing and multiple locations on each target with Burst, all at the same time." They also stated, "the Gun Fu Perk only applies the damage to additional targets but not Effects. Example: An Effect like Vicious would increase the damage and be applied to all targets hit, but Piercing (as it reduces DR and does not directly increase damage) would not."^[1]

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