Wasteland Archives

Perks & Traits

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes, perks, and traits from across the Fallout games.

  • Action Boy/Action Girl — Action Boy and Action Girl are perks that increase the rate at which Action Points regenerate, letting the player sprint, aim, and fight…
  • Adamantium Skeleton — Adamantium Skeleton is a defensive perk that dramatically reduces damage to the player character's limbs, making crippling injuries a…
  • Animal Friend — Animal Friend is a perk that turns the wasteland's wildlife from a threat into an ally, causing most wild animals to refuse to attack the…
  • Aquaboy/Aquagirl — Aquaboy and Aquagirl are perks that make the player character immune to the hazards of swimming, eliminating radiation from water and…
  • Bloody Mess — Bloody Mess is one of the most iconic perks in the Fallout series, ensuring that the player character's victims die in spectacularly gory…
  • Cannibal — Cannibal is a grim perk that allows the player character to consume the flesh of human corpses to restore health, trading morality for…
  • Child at Heart — Child at Heart is a social perk that gives the player character a special kinship with children, unlocking unique dialogue options and…
  • Four Eyes — Four Eyes is a trait in Fallout: New Vegas that models the life of a glasses-wearer in the wastes, imposing a perception penalty without…
  • Ghoulish — Ghoulish is a perk that turns the wasteland's greatest environmental hazard, radiation, into a healing resource, restoring health as the…
  • Gifted — Gifted is a famously overpowered trait from the classic Fallout games that grants +1 to every SPECIAL attribute while imposing a steep…
  • Grim Reaper's Sprint — Grim Reaper's Sprint is a combat perk that rewards V.A.T.S. proficiency by refilling the player's Action Points whenever they kill an…
  • Idiot Savant — Idiot Savant is a Luck perk that grants massive, random experience bonuses with a higher chance of triggering for characters with low…
  • Lady Killer / Black Widow — Lady Killer and Black Widow are a pair of perks that grant bonus damage and unique conversational advantages against members of the…
  • Lone Wanderer — Lone Wanderer is a Charisma perk that grants substantial defensive and capacity bonuses to players who travel without companions,…
  • Mysterious Stranger — The Mysterious Stranger is a legendary perk that summons a shadowy, trench-coated gunman to spontaneously appear and dispatch the player's…
  • Nerd Rage! — Nerd Rage! is a defensive perk that transforms the player character into a temporary juggernaut when their health drops to critical…
  • Night Person — Night Person is a perk that grants the player character enhanced Perception and Intelligence during nighttime hours, rewarding nocturnal…
  • Small Frame — Small Frame is a classic trait that grants increased agility at the cost of bodily frailty, modeling a character built for speed rather…
  • Swift Learner — Swift Learner is a straightforward experience-boosting perk that increases the rate at which the player character gains experience points,…
  • Wild Wasteland — Wild Wasteland is a trait in Fallout: New Vegas that injects bizarre, often fourth-wall-breaking random encounters into the game world,…