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	-10% movement speed when unarmed/using melee weapons -20% movement speed when using ranged weapons
	Cannibal	Grants the ability to consume 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 Hitting enemies has a 15% chance to spawn ammo 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 removes the hit point bonus for 20 minutes (disabled during PvP events)
	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