Traits

Traits are optional character modifications that can be selected upon its creation.

Unlike perks, traits provide their bonuses at a significant cost.

There is a default limit of two traits per character, but completing the second chapter of the main quest unlocks an additional trait slot for a total of 3 that can be set using the ~traits command.

The table below shows all of the currently available traits. Note that the Regulator class uses a much different table.

List of traits

Trait icon	Name	Upside	Downside
	Bloody Mess	Restores 25% of your maximum action points on kill	All skill caps reduced by 20%
	Bonehead	Enemies targeting your head suffer -25% critical chance and -50 critical roll +30% critical chance resistance against NPCs	Intelligence reduced by 2
	Bruiser	+4 Strength Doubles base melee damage +35% melee damage against NPCs +20% character size	-10% movement speed when unarmed/using melee weapons -20% movement speed when using ranged weapons
	Cannibal	Grants the ability to consume Cannibal drugs NPCs you kill have a chance to drop Cannibal drugs	Regular drugs can't be used You suffer severe radiation and/or health loss when drugs wear off In turn-based combat, Cannibals lose 8 hit points per active drug effect at the start of each turn
	Chem Reliant	Drug limit increased from 5 to 10 Grants +3 lethal damage vs. NPCs for each active drug effect	Taking a drug always triggers addiction
	Fast Metabolism	Healing rate cooldown reduced by 10 seconds +25 healing rate Restores 5 hit points 3 seconds after an NPC hits you	Halved duration of drug effects
	Fast Shot	-20% attack delay for single shots +5 lethal damage Shooting NPCs has a 15% chance to put the ammo you're shooting them with in their inventory (only valid for weapons capable of aimed attacks)	You cannot perform aimed attacks Critical power capped at 149 Damage-type-based bonuses are disabled
	Finesse	+15% critical chance +33% chance to apply critical effects +10% critical chance vs. NPCs	Total damage reduced by 25%
	Gifted	+1 to all SPECIAL SPECIAL cap increased from 20 to 40 +3 Luck for armor condition loss calculation vs. NPCs	Skill points per level reduced to 2 x INT Additional sources of Intelligence don't grant bonus skill points per level
	Good Natured	Party points increased by 20% +7% hit points Speech cap increased by 100 -5 damage taken from NPC attacks	You can't own slaves Killing an NPC applies 5 Weakness stacks Killing a player (including yourself) removes the hit point bonus for 20 minutes (disabled during PvP events; doesn't include the ~suicide command)
	Heavy Handed	All melee attacks have a chance to apply an effect to your opponent, see the main article for details +2 lethal damage Minimum melee damage capped at 15% vs. NPCs	Critical table limited to just the first four tiers
	Jinxed	Your enemies have more critical failures Grants immunity to Heavy Handed effects Restores 10% hit points when an NPC tries to hit you but misses	You have more critical failures
	Kamikaze	+15% total damage +10% damage resistance penetration vs. NPCs	All damage resistances reduced by 10%
	Loner	Grants +10% to all XP gains Increases accuracy by 100	You cannot have NPC followers
	One Hander	Grants +20% extra damage when using one-handed weapons (increased to 40% for pistols) +10% extra damage vs. NPCs when using one-handed weapons (including Punch Weapons)	Maximum chance to hit reduced by 15% when using two-handed weapons
	Small Frame	Action points increased by 2 +5% maximum chance to hit when targeting NPCs	Significantly reduced carry weight capacity -15% character size