Support Perks

Support perks are minor skills and abilities that a player can gain in addition to level perks.

There is no limit to the number of support perks that a single character can have.

To gain support perks, players are required to talk to an appropriate NPC. Some support perks can be gained straight away, some have specific S.P.E.C.I.A.L. and/or skill requirements. Some are given 'for free,' some require that one or more quest(s) be finished first.

Detailed information on any of the support perks that are currently available may be found on their respective pages, which are listed below.

Note: When determining what support perks can be gained by a player, the game checks his/her nominal statistics. It is therefore impossible for a character whose base Strength is 5 to take a support perk requiring at least 6 points of Strength, for example, even if s/he temporarily gains a point of Strength by using a strength-enhancing drug prior to initiating a dialogue with an NPC.

Table of Support Perks

Name	Ranks	Location	Requirements	Bonus
Awareness	1/1	All players start with it (before it was in Dusty's Cantina at Shady Sands)	None (before: Perception ≥ 6, or Unarmed or Melee Weapons ≥ 100%)	Hovering the cursor over a critter displays detailed information about it
Cautious Nature	1/1	Shady Sands In Dusty's Cantina	Perception ≥ 6, Outdoorsman ≥ 100%	+3 to Perception when determining placement in random encounters
Dead Man Walking	1/1	Necropolis At Watershed	Intelligence ≥ 5, Doctor ≥ 50%	Doubled negative HP capacity
Demolition Expert	1/1	Redding	Traps ≥ 125%	No unwanted explosions and extra damage for the wanted ones
Dismantler	1/1	Junktown or Vault City, Boyce (There are 2 Boyce NPC´s, one in each city)	Science ≥ 120%	Doubled amount of resources received from dismantling items
Educated	1/1	Boneyard Basement in Library	Intelligence ≥ 8, Science ≥ 100%	+2 to SP per level
Explorer	1/1	NCR Train Station	Outdoorsman ≥ 150	Faster world map travelling
Faster Healing	1/1	San Francisco	Intelligence ≥ 6, Doctor ≥ 75%	+5 to healing rate
Gecko Skinning	1/1	Klamath	Outdoorsman ≥ 50%	Ability to skin geckos
Harmless	1/1	New Reno	Charisma ≥ 6, Steal ≥ 125%	Halved reputation loss when stealing
Light Step	1/1	Klamath	Traps ≥ 50%	Chance to set off a trap reduced by 50%
Magnetic Personality	1/1	New Reno	Speech ≥ 100%	+50 to party points, +1 to maximum party size
Master Thief	1/1	Hub, Oldtown	Steal ≥ 125%	Stealing cooldown reduced by 50%
Mr. Fixit	1/1	Den, Smitty	Repair ≥ 120%	Repairing items is easier
Negotiator	1/1	New Reno's Garage, T-Ray	Barter ≥ 125%	Reputation lower than neutral is upgraded to neutral when talking to NPCs
Pack Rat	1/1	Redding, Dangerous Dan	Level ≥ 6	You can carry more
Pathfinder	1/1	Shady Sands, Dusty's Cantina	Outdoorsman ≥ 150%	25% faster world map travelling
Pickpocket	1/1	Hub, Oldtown	Steal ≥ 125%	Easier stealing
Rad Resistance	1/1	Gecko, Reactor	Intelligence ≥ 7, Doctor ≥ 100%	+30% to radiation resistance, +20% to poison resistance
Ranger	1/1	Gordon's Gas Station	Outdoorsman ≥ 100%	Ability to craft several new items, a safe house instead of a tent
Scout	1/1	Vault City, Inside	Outdoorsman ≥ 150%	Faster revealing of the covered areas of the world map
Sex Appeal	1/1	New Reno	Speech ≥ 75%	+250 to reputation when interacting with the opposite sex
Snakeater	1/1	Junktown, Doctor	Endurance ≥ 6	+30% to poison resistance, +20% to radiation resistance
Speaker	1/1	Cathedral	Speech ≥ 125%	Your followers' loyalty decreases at half the normal rate
Stealth Girl	1/1	Vault City, (Happy) Harry	Sneak ≥ 100%, Repair ≥ 100%	Doubled stealth boy's battery life
Strong Back	1/1	Broken Hills, Francis	Endurance ≥ 6, Level ≥ 6	+22 to carry weight capacity
Swift Learner	1/1	Hub, Market (Bookstore)	Intelligence ≥ 6, Science ≥ 50%	+10% to all your experience point gains
Thief	1/1	Hub, Oldtown	Steal ≥ 100%	Luck/50 chance of no cooldown if a stealing attempt has failed
Treasure Hunter	1/1	Broken Hills, Mickey	Lockpick ≥ 125%	Additional items spawn in lockers in random encounters