Level perks

Level perks are permanent character enhancements that can be selected at specific experience point thresholds (called "levels") to expand or boost your character's capabilities.

Each level perk has two requirements: a minimum value of its corresponding SPECIAL attribute, and a minimum character level. Note that temporary boosts (from drugs, armor perks, blessings, etc.) do not count towards the required minimum. Most characters are able to gain one level perk every 3 levels, for a total of 9 level perks at level 27, but there are exceptions: for example, the Chosen One has a significantly higher limit.

Related level perks synergize with one another, allowing you to unlock additional bonuses; see perk synergies for details.

All level perks available as of Patch 6.4 are listed in the table below.

Level Perk Requirements and Bonuses, and Related Perk Synergies

Name	Lvl	SPECIAL	Bonus	Synergy
Vital Shielding	12	Endurance ≥ 6	Grants +1% damage resistance for every 100 current hit points you have; your negative HP capacity counts as current hit points for the purpose of this calculation	Adaptive Barrier
Energy Deflection	6	Strength ≥ 8	Reflects 60% of incoming laser and electrical damage back to the attacker within a range equal to your Strength x 4 (PvP only)	Adaptive Barrier
Reinforced Endurance	9	Endurance ≥ 6	Increases your damage resistance cap by 10% and reduces resistance penetration of incoming attacks by 5%	Adaptive Barrier
Turret Mechanic	18	Intelligence ≥ 8	Allows you to set up a double minigun turret that lasts for 120 seconds (cooldown: 180 seconds); the turret is vulnerable to EMP damage and costs 10 Good Metal Parts to build	Architect
Animal Friend	3	Charisma ≥ 6	Grants 40% extra hit points to all of your followers except humans and mutants	Architect
Engineer	12	Intelligence ≥ 6	Any objects you build deal 30% more damage; traps, sandbags, and turrets last 100% longer	Architect
Dodger	3	Agility ≥ 8	+150 AC Incoming damage is reduced by 50% if the attacker is 40+ hexes away	Armor King
Livewire	3	Agility ≥ 6	Doubles your AC Reduces your character size by 5% Reduces attackers' Lethality by 5%	Armor King
Quick Recovery	3	Luck ≥ 6	Halves APs lost via knockdowns/knockouts +8% AP Drain (critical effect only) resistance for each point of Luck Increases your attackers' attack delay by 30%	Armor King
Gain Strength	3	Strength ≤ 19	+2 Strength +5 Strength for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Bonus HtH Rapid
Better HtH Criticals	15	Strength ≥ 8	+33% critical power when using melee weapons +75% critical damage when using melee weapons +20% critical chance resistance penetration when using melee weapons	Bonus HtH Rapid
In Your Face!	9	Agility ≥ 6	Lowers attackers' chance to hit you to 50% if they're standing on an adjacent hex Lowers opponent's bounty power by 1	Bonus HtH Rapid
Bonus HtH Attacks	18	Agility ≥ 8	Reduces the cost of melee/unarmed attacks by 1 AP +8 TB attacks (of any type, including ranged)	Bonus HtH Speed
Bonus HtH Damage	3	Strength ≥ 5	+10 melee damage Shortens battle timer by 30%	Bonus HtH Speed
Vampire	9	Endurance ≥ 8	Adds 25% lifesteal to your melee attacks	Bonus HtH Speed
Bonus Ranged Damage	9	Perception ≥ 6	+3 damage per bullet when using ranged weapons	Burster
Death Sense	6	Luck ≥ 6	Penetrates 30% of your targets' total DT if they're below 50% max HP Penetrates 20% of your targets' total DR if they're below 50% max HP	Burster
More Ranged Damage	15	Perception ≥ 8	+4 damage per bullet when using ranged weapons	Burster
Deadeye	6	Agility ≥ 6	Reduces aimed attack penalties: accuracy and attack delay by 50%, AP cost by 1 AP Improves critical rate by 500ms	Deadly Momentum
Bonus Damage Multi	6	Perception ≥ 6	+17% damage multiplier +10% to minimum damage +10% to maximum damage	Deadly Momentum
Focused Striker	9	Perception ≥ 8	Grants +2% Damage Multiplier and +2% Critical Damage every second you don't attack (maximum stacks: 50) The usual rule that all incoming damage in PvP must be halved if it's above 350, and then halved again if it's still above 300, does not apply when delivering a fully charged (50/50 stacks) Focused Strike	Deadly Momentum
Iron Limbs (a.k.a. Iron Grip)	3	Agility ≥ 6	You never drop your weapon Grants +8% resistance to crippled limbs (critical effect only) for each point of Agility	Iron Man
Man of Steel	15	Endurance ≥ 6	+25% critical chance resistance +50% critical power resistance +8% resistance to armor bypass (critical effect only) for each point of Endurance	Iron Man
Unbreakable	12	Strength ≥ 8	Increases critical damage resistance by 20% You cannot be critically hit twice in a row	Iron Man
Living Anatomy	12	Intelligence ≥ 6	Adds 20 lethal damage to attacks against living organisms Adds 200 to First Aid's critical fail roll, effectively disabling critical fails if your FA ≥ 250%	Lethal Death
Gunner	3	Intelligence ≥ 6	Converts 10% of your base damage to lethal damage; critical hits convert double the amount Converts all bonus damage per bullet into lethal damage	Lethal Death
Weapon Handling	3	Charisma ≥ 6	+2 Strength for chance to hit calculation +25% lethal damage	Lethal Death
Better Criticals	12	Luck ≥ 8	+25% critical power Aimed attacks deal +50% critical damage	Marksman
Hit the Gaps	12	Charisma ≥ 8	Reduces your target's body armor's critical modifiers by 80%	Marksman
Spray and Pray	6	Luck ≥ 6	Removes critical chance cap	Marksman
Healer	3	Endurance ≥ 6	+50-100 hit points restored when using First Aid +10% Movement Speed when your health drops below 50% Using First Aid on a bleeding target removes one Bleed stack	Medicine Doctor
Medic	15	Intelligence ≥ 8	-75% to First Aid and Doctor cooldowns +15-30 hit points restored when using First Aid Being hit reduces Shield (Intelligence Mastery effect) cooldown to 30 seconds	Medicine Doctor
Surgeon	3	Intelligence ≥ 6	+50 negative HP capacity Using First Aid or Doctor refunds 2 APs Your armor's condition loss is unaffected by attackers' Luck Teammates below 1 HP are automatically marked Doctor increases your accuracy	Medicine Doctor
Gain Charisma	3	Charisma ≤ 19	+2 Charisma +5 Charisma for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Mysterious Stranger
Cult of Personality	3	Charisma ≥ 8	+100 party points Removes negative reputation effects Doubles reputation gains/losses +40% damage to targets whose Raider/Wastelander reputation balance opposes yours; if there's a tie, the bonus applies against other neutrals	Mysterious Stranger
Party Member	3	Charisma ≥ 6	Increases healing received by allies by 33% Reduces friendly fire damage by 80% Faction members/NPC companions on the same map as you gain 5% damage and 1% Damage Protection (this buff stacks if multiple allied characters on the map have the perk)	Mysterious Stranger
Demolition Boy	6	Strength ≥ 6	Grants your AoE effects 10% more damage and expands their radius by 1 hex	Nader
Heave Ho!	6	Strength ≥ 6	Increases Throwing weapons' range by 6 Grants Throwing weapons +30% DR penetration	Nader
Hit and Run	9	Agility ≥ 6	Doubles Movement Speed for 3 seconds after a melee/throwing attack or using First Aid/Doctor on another character Reduces the duration of Slows applied to you by 50%	Nader
Gain Perception	3	Perception ≤ 19	+2 Perception +5 Perception for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Ninja
Ghost	6	Perception ≥ 6	+100 Sneak if there's a wall within 5 hexes	Ninja
Silent Running	6	Agility ≥ 6	Back attacks autocrit when you're unarmed, using melee weapons or firing one-handed guns Enables sneaking and running at the same time	Ninja
Bonus Battle Stats	6	Perception ≥ 6	+50 accuracy +12% damage multiplier +3 weapon range (ranged weapons only)	Pyro!
Firefighter	3	Intelligence ≥ 6	+15 DT against fire and explosive damage Reduces attacker's maximum melee power by 35% Grants immunity to Pyromaniac, Pyro!, and tier 3 Phoenix Module bonuses +8% Confusion (critical effect only) resistance per point of Intelligence	Pyro!
Pyromaniac	9	Endurance ≥ 6	+2% fire damage for every percentage point of character size difference when attacking targets smaller than you	Pyro!
Bonus AP Regen	3	Agility ≥ 6	+20% AP Regen Restores 20% of your action points on kill	Quartermaster
Earlier Sequence	3	Perception ≥ 5	+30 Sequence +25 to the AC Mod of your ammo	Quartermaster
Quick Pockets	3	Agility ≥ 5	Halves your reload cost -1 AP cost of using super stimpaks/bloodpacks Allows you to load your shotguns twice as fast (inserting two shells at a time) Your healing drugs restore 15% more hit points	Quartermaster
Cowboy	3	Agility ≥ 8	Grants +50 AP Regen if you have a one-handed weapon equipped Grants pistols 40% reduced attack delay and 10% higher range	Quick Fingers
Fast Attacks	9	Agility ≥ 6	Reduces attack delay by 200	Quick Fingers
Bonus Rate of Fire	18	Agility ≥ 8	-1 AP to ranged attack cost, except if throwing melee-class items	Quick Fingers
Awareness	3	Perception ≥ 6	Displays other characters' damage type, their DT/DR against your damage type, and their critical chance/resistances +5% maximum chance to hit +25 Sneak detection Displays players currently located in a given world map zone After a sneaker within 50 hexes of you fires a weapon, Awareness automatically marks their position	Ranger
Right between the Eyes	15	Perception ≥ 8	-90% to your target's helmet's critical modifiers	Ranger
Sharpshooter	6	Perception ≥ 8	+2 Perception for sight range calculation +1-10% DR penetration (randomized per attack) Doubles your accuracy	Ranger
Gain Luck	3	Luck ≤ 19	+2 Luck +5 Luck for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Slayer
Even More Criticals	6	Luck ≥ 8	+10% to critical hit chance +1% additional critical hit chance for every critical hit chance bonus that currently applies to your character (from drugs, perks/traits, class-specific effects, etc.)	Slayer
More Critical	3	Luck ≥ 6	+6% critical hit chance +1% additional critical hit chance for aimed attacks per point of Luck	Slayer
Action Boy	12	Agility ≥ 6	+2 APs +50 AP Regen	Speedboy
Bonus Move	3	Agility ≥ 6	+2 TB movement-only APs +10% Movement Speed	Speedboy
Gain Agility	3	Agility ≤ 19	+2 Agility +5 Agility for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Speedboy
Gain Intelligence	3	Intelligence ≤ 19	+2 Intelligence +5 Intelligence for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Stealth Master
Phantom Presence	18	Luck ≥ 8	+10% Lethality while sneaking Your unaimed attacks gain +30% critical power and +60% critical damage while you're sneaking	Stealth Master
Undetected	3	Charisma ≥ 6	+15 Stealth Reduces opponents' sneak detection by 33%	Stealth Master
Adrenaline Rush	3	Charisma ≥ 6	Grants a DT/DR bonus based on the missing percentage of your maximum HP: Total HP loss Total DT bonus Total DR bonus ≥ 25% 1 5 ≥ 50% 2 10 ≥ 75% 3 15 Grants +8% Slow (critical effect only) resistance for each point of Charisma Increases character size by 0.2% for every 1% of missing HP	Tank
Lethal Protection	12	Perception ≥ 6	Lethal damage doesn't bypass your DR Reduces death effect damage by 8% per point of Perception	Tank
Toughness	6	Endurance ≥ 4	+4 normal DT +12 normal DR Lowers 1-hex burst damage by 25%	Tank
Cybernetic Eye	6	Perception ≥ 6	Grants fire, normal, and explosive DR penetration to your aimed attacks that scales with your opponent's armor's condition (+1% pen for every 2% of condition missing) Your aimed attacks deal 1% extra damage per percentage point of character size difference against targets bigger than you	Technician
Gain Implants	3	Charisma ≥ 6	Increases SPECIAL implant limit by 3 and grants +5 Charisma for the combat implant limit calculation	Technician
Synthetic	18	Charisma ≥ 8	Transforms you into a robotic entity, reducing your EMP DR to 0 Allows installation of EMP Shield implants +10% Laser, Plasma, and Electro DR penetration +10% Laser, Plasma, and Electro DR penetration resistance	Technician
Lone Wanderer	3	Charisma ≥ 6	If there are no players or NPCs from your faction/team within 20 hexes, you get +10% to all damage resistances and +30% to received healing	Undying
Providence	9	Luck ≥ 8	You have a chance equal to your critical chance to gain 75% Damage Protection whenever you're hit	Undying
Stonewall	9	Strength ≥ 6	+8% chance to avoid knockouts and lost turns (critical effects only) per point of Strength Grants knockdown (critical effect only) immunity -4 to the distance of knockbacks targeting you (if the resulting distance is ≤ 0, you're effectively immune) Reduces enemy Scouts' Luck by an amount equal to your Strength for the purpose of Scout's Strike knockout chance calculation	Undying
Baiter	6	Charisma ≥ 6	Grants immunity to taunts Allows you to taunt all enemies within 30 hexes by using the Traps skill on yourself (Cooldown: 120 seconds)	Vanishing Act
Crasher	15	Luck ≥ 8	Your criticals ignore 50% of the target's melee power defense and bypass their melee DR penetration protection	Vanishing Act
Long Arms	15	Strength ≥ 8	Extends your weapon's range by 1 (regardless of type) Your 1-hex bonuses now also apply at the range of 2 hexes	Vanishing Act
Atomic Savant	9	Endurance ≥ 6	Allows normal DR to reduce Bleed damage, plasma DR to reduce Poison damage, and fire DR to reduce Burn damage +8% plasma DR	Vigor Boost
Coolheaded	3	Charisma ≥ 6	+8% Shock (critical effect only) resistance for each point of Charisma Shortens the duration of Shock, Slow, Taunt, Mark, and Bewilderment by 30% +4% laser damage resistance	Vigor Boost
Muscular Physique	18	Endurance ≥ 8	Reduces enemy damage multiplier by 14% +5% Damage Protection when your battle timer is active +6% electrical damage resistance	Vigor Boost
Faster Healing	3	Endurance ≥ 6	+15 Healing Rate -5 Healing Rate cooldown Healing drugs restore 25% more hit points to you	Vitality
Gain Endurance	3	Endurance ≤ 19	+2 Endurance +5 Endurance for class SPECIAL scaling calculation	Vitality
Lifegiver	12	Endurance ≥ 5	+6 Endurance for HP per level calculation (capped at 20; best case scenario: +128 HP) Drugs that restore hit points have their attack delay reduced by 50%	Vitality

Perk synergies

Perk synergies are powerful bonuses that activate when their three associated level perks are acquired.

If your build already includes 2 out of 3 perks required to unlock a synergy bonus, it is always worth considering if getting the third, perhaps unappealing on its own, perk, and thus activating the synergy, wouldn't increase the build's power level more than picking a good perk that doesn't contribute to any synergy.

Name	Perks	Bonus
Adaptive Barrier	Energy Deflection Reinforced Endurance Vital Shielding	If your damage resistance (DR) is higher than your attacker's, you gain a damage multiplier equal to the difference between your DR and theirs. If your attacker's DR is higher than yours, you reduce their damage multiplier by the difference instead.
Architect	Animal Friend Engineer Turret Mechanic	Reduces turret building cooldown to 60 seconds and upgrades the weapon to a heavy double minigun. Explosive barrels are built 10 hexes ahead of the player, and the build cost is reduced to one advanced gunpowder and one good metal part. Sandbags are built three at a time, covering the player's frontside hexes. Land mines always cripple legs.
Armor King	Dodger Livewire Quick Recovery	-25 to attackers' AC mod +5% Damage Protection +10 DT cap -15% character size
Bonus HtH Rapid	Better HtH Criticals Gain Strength In Your Face!	+5 Strength for Heavy Handed calculations +100 AP Regen when using a melee weapon
Bonus HtH Speed	Bonus HtH Attacks Bonus HtH Damage Vampire	+10% Movement Speed +0.3% Movement Speed for every 1% of character size above 100% -10% Attack Delay
Burster	Bonus Ranged Damage Death Sense More Ranged Damage	+75% chance to deal +100% damage when attacking a target on an adjacent hex (a.k.a. "1-hexing")
Deadly Momentum	Bonus Damage Multi Deadeye Focused Striker	When Focused Strike is fully charged (50/50 stacks), your damage is doubled
Iron Man	Iron Limbs Man of Steel Unbreakable	+30% Critical Chance Resistance and Critical Roll Resistance -20% critical damage received
Lethal Death	Gunner Living Anatomy Weapon Handling	+25% more lethal damage when the target is below 50% HP +10% Lethality (hitting targets with max HP % below your Lethality % adds 2137 damage to your attack)
Marksman	Better Criticals Hit the Gaps Spray and Pray	+3% additional critical chance for aimed attacks per point of Luck (this stacks with the regular +4% bonus for a total of +7%) 150% Critical Power when the target is less than 30 hexes away Critical rate improved by 200ms
Medicine Doctor	Healer Medic Surgeon	Healing others also heals you for 50% of the amount +20% DT penetration protection when below 50% HP +30% DR penetration protection when below 50% HP
Mysterious Stranger	Cult of Personality Gain Charisma Party Member	All NPC companions gain 30% increased Damage Protection Whenever you enter a new location, an NPC companion spawns: their gear tier matches yours; their build is randomized; their power level scales with the current patch number Whenever you re-enter the battlefield during War Events, two NPC soldiers spawn to fight alongside you; the effect has a 30-second cooldown
Nader	Demolition Boy Heave Ho! Hit and Run	Grenades gain weapon perks based on your armor perks, see Weapons#Grenade perks for details. +1 AP drained from your targets per hit
Ninja	Gain Perception Ghost Silent Running	+20 Stealth +20 Stealth when next to a wall (stacks with the unconditional +20 for a total of +40). -50% AP cost of activating sneak
Pyro!	Bonus Battle Stats Firefighter Pyromaniac	50% of Pyromaniac's and Phoenix Module's fire damage bonus gained as extra lethal damage -10% to your targets' lethal damage defenses +40% character size
Quartermaster	Bonus AP Regen Earlier Sequence Quick Pockets	All tools function directly from inventory Tool efficiency increased by 100% Can use two medications at once Carry weight is doubled Motion sensors and armor require only 1 MFC to fully charge The cost of discharging armor is halved Swapping armor does not consume action points
Quick Fingers	Bonus Rate of Fire Cowboy Fast Attacks	-50% attack delay for single shots (excluding melee and throwing) +17% damage multiplier against targets larger than you
Ranger	Awareness Right between the Eyes Sharpshooter	+5 range for throwing and ranged weapons +50% Critical Chance Resistance penetration when the target is 60+ hexes away +50% Critical Power Resistance penetration when the target is 60+ hexes away Critical rate improved by 200ms
Slayer	Even More Criticals Gain Luck More Critical	+40 to critical roll. -80% to target's armor's critical roll protection. Critical rate improved by 500ms
Speedboy	Action Boy Bonus Move Gain Agility	+25% Bonus AP. +10% to Movement Speed bonus caps -50% attack delay from using items that restore hit points -50% reload cost
Stealth Master	Gain Intelligence Phantom Presence Undetected	Standing still and performing no actions for 5s after manually activating sneak mode out of combat while wearing leather armor lets you become completely invisible. There will be a purple # icon displayed next to your name tag to indicate that "ultra sneak" mode is active. Activating Sneak reduces combat timer to 5s Whenever your HP drops below 0, you enter sneak mode automatically
Tank	Adrenaline Rush Lethal Protection Toughness	+10 to all defensive rolls -30% to attackers' melee damage Minimum damage multiplier capped at 80% +10% to damage multiplier against targets below your character size
Technician	Cybernetic Eye Gain Implants Synthetic	You can pick an additional level perk that can be changed at any time using the ~technician, or ~tech for short, command. Note that picking a perk you already have will have no effect.
Undying	Lone Wanderer Providence Stonewall	When you die, you are automatically revived with 50% HP and given 5 seconds of damage immunity. Cooldown: 180 seconds.
Vanishing Act	Baiter Crasher Long Arms	When hit by a player, you gain +500 Stealth for 1 second and automatically enter Sneak mode (Cooldown: 3 seconds).
Vigor Boost	Atomic Savant Coolheaded Muscular Physique	Whenever you take damage, you have a chance to gain 1 second of immunity based on your HP % after the hit. Your remaining hit points >90% 76–90% 51–75% 26–50% 11–25% 1–10% <1% Chance to gain immunity 0% 10% 15% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Vitality	Faster Healing Gain Endurance Lifegiver	+50% Healing Rate. Reduced the effect of Poison on Healing Rate from 50% to 25%. Reduced the effect of Bleed on Healing Rate from 100% to 50%.