Intelligence (IN) - First Aid (x0.5), Doctor (x0.5), Science (x2), Repair (x2), Outdoorsman (x0.5), Skill Points/LevelĪll around governs your skill growth, the higher intelligence, the higher skill points you gain per level.

A decent Charisma will make the game easier for the pacifist approach. This is all about the interaction and not much else.

Charisma (CH) - Speech (x2), Barter (x2), Dialogue Checks.

If you want to be a more durable survivor, this is the attribute you use for that.

Endurance (EN) - Outdoorsman (x0.5), Base HP, HP/Level, Heal Rate, Poison Resist, Rad Resist.

Something namely for the sake of hitting things at range.

Perception (PE) - First-Aid (x0.5), Doctor (x0.5), Lockpick (x0.5), Traps (x0.5), Ranged Accuracy, Sequence.

Power Armor will give a 3 point bonus to strength, which means if you plan to max it out, you really won't need a strength that's any higher than 7 (or even 6 if you get a strength implant from the BOS doc).

Weapons have a recommended strength value if it's under, you get an approx.

Strength (ST) - Melee Weapons (x0.5), Unarmed (x0.5), Carry Weight, Melee Damage, Base HP.

Note: These attribute descriptions are crap, they're better explained in the video but you can tell by the length of this guide that I've gotten tired of transcribing something I already did!

Each attribute can be raised by a permanent 1 or more during gameplay, so there's no reason to start with any of them at 10. Attributes are the starting point for your character's strengths and weaknesses, where nearly everything is derived.

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