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Level 145
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Settlement lord
Fallout 4
Pipe Weapons
build
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lvl
145
14 lvl-ups to
SPECIAL points
Perk Chart
S.
7
Iron Fist
Channel your chi to unleash devastating fury! Punching attacks do 20% more damage to your opponent.
9
18
31
46
Big Leagues
Swing for the fences! Do 20% more melee weapon damage.
7
15
27
42
Armorer
You gain access to Rank 4 armor mods.
13
25
39
Blacksmith
Fire up the forge and gain access to base level and Rank 1 melee weapon mods.
16
29
Heavy Gunner
Thanks to practice and conditioning, heavy guns do 20% more damage.
11
21
35
47
Strong Back
When overencumbered, running costs 50% less action points.
10
20
30
40
Steady Aim
Hip-fire damage is improved when firing any gun.
28
49
Basher
Get up close and personal! Gun bashing does 25% more damage.
5
14
26
Rooted
You're part tree! While standing still, you gain +25 Damage Resistance and your melee and unarmed attacks deal 25% more damage.
22
43
Pain Train
Choo choo! All aboard! While wearing Power Armor, sprinting into enemies hurts and staggers them. (Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.)
24
50
P.
8
Pickpocket
Your quick hands and sticky fingers make picking pockets 25% easier.
6
17
30
Rifleman
Attacks with non-automatic rifles now do double damage and ignore 30% of a target's armor. They also have a slightly higher chance of crippling a limb.
9
18
31
46
Awareness
To defeat your enemies, know their weaknesses! You can view a target's specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S.
14
Locksmith
Your bobby pins never break during lockpicking.
7
18
41
Demolition Expert
Your explosives now do double damage. Mines and grenades shot in V.A.T.S. explode for double damage, too.
10
22
34
Night Person
You are a creature of the night! Gain +2 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
25
37
Refractor
You now have +50 Energy Resistance.
11
21
35
42
Sniper
Non-automatic, scoped rifles have a chance of knocking down your target.
13
26
Penetrator
There's no place to hide! In V.A.T.S. you can target an enemy's body parts that are blocked by cover, with a decrease in accuracy.
28
Concentrated Fire
Stay focused! In V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains +10% accuracy.
26
50
E.
7
Toughness
You now have +50 Damage Resistance.
9
18
31
46
Lead Belly
You take no radiation from eating or drinking.
6
17
Lifegiver
You instantly gain another +20 maximum Health, and slowly regenerate lost Health.
8
20
Chem Resistant
You gain complete immunity to chem addiction.
22
Aquaboy / Aquagirl
You become totally undetectable while submerged.
21
Rad Resistant
You now have +40 Radiation Resistance.
13
26
35
Adamantium Skeleton
Your limb damage is completely eliminated.
13
26
Cannibal
Feast on mortal flesh to heal your wounds! Eating human corpses restores Health.
19
38
Ghoulish
Sure, you're still human - on the outside! Radiation now regenerates your lost Health.
24
48
50
Solar Powered
Catch some rays! Gain +2 to Strength and Endurance between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
27
50
C.
11
Cap Collector
You can now invest a total of 500 caps to raise a store's buying capacity.
20
41
Lady Killer / Black Widow
Men/Women now suffer +15% damage in combat, and are much easier to persuade in dialogue. They are now even easier to pacify with the Intimidation perk.
7
22
Lone Wanderer
When adventuring without a companion, you have 25 more action points.
17
40
50
Attack Dog
When adventuring with your dog, you take 10% less damage.
9
25
31
Animal Friend
When you successfully pacify an animal, you can give it specific commands.
12
28
Local Leader
You can build stores and workstations at workshop settlements.
14
Party Boy/Girl
Your Luck is increased by 3 while you're under the influence of alcohol.
15
37
Inspirational
Your companion can carry more items.
19
43
Wasteland Whisperer
Master the post-apocalypse! With your gun, aim at any Wasteland creature below your level and gain a chance to pacify it.
21
49
Intimidation
Time to show everyone who's boss! With your gun, aim at any human opponent below your level and gain a chance to pacify them.
23
50
I.
9
V.A.N.S.
Let Vault-Tec guide you! The path to your closest quest target is displayed in V.A.T.S.
36
Medic
Stimpaks and RadAway restore all lost health and radiation, and work much more quickly.
18
30
49
Gun Nut
You gain access to Rank 4 gun mods.
13
25
39
Hacker
When hacking, you never get locked out of a terminal when things go wrong.
9
21
33
Scrapper
You get more from salvaging.
23
40
Science!
You gain access to Rank 4 high-tech mods.
17
28
41
Chemist
Any chems you take now last an additional 200% longer.
16
32
45
Robotics Expert
When you successfully hack a robot, you can give it specific commands.
19
44
Nuclear Physicist
Fusion Cores can be ejected from Power Armor like devastating grenades and Fusion Cores last twice as long.
14
26
Nerd Rage!
Genius. Is. ANGRY! When your Health drops below 20%, time slows and you gain +20 Damage Resistance and do 20% more damage while the effect lasts.
31
50
A.
3
Gunslinger
Non-automatic pistols now do double damage. Their attacks have a much better chance to disarm opponents, and may even cripple a limb.
7
15
27
42
Commando
Your automatic weapons now do double damage and have a greater chance to stagger opponents.
11
21
35
49
Sneak
Become whisper, become shadow. You are 20% harder to detect while sneaking.
5
12
23
38
Mister Sandman
As an agent of death itself, you can instantly kill a sleeping person. Your silenced weapons do an additional 15% sneak attack damage.
17
30
Action Boy/Girl
There's no time to waste! Action Points regenerate 25% faster.
18
38
Moving Target
They can't hurt what they can't hit! Get +25 Damage Resistance and +25 Energy Resistance when you're sprinting.
24
44
Ninja
Trained as a shadow warrior, your ranged sneak attacks do 2.5x normal damage and your melee sneak attacks do 4x normal damage.
16
33
Quick Hands
In combat, there's no time to hesitate. You can reload all guns faster.
28
40
Blitz
Find the gap and make the tackle! V.A.T.S. melee distance is increased significantly.
29
Gun Fu
You've learned to apply ancient martial arts to gunplay! Do 25% more damage to your second V.A.T.S. target and beyond.
26
50
L.
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Fortune Finder
You find even more bottle caps in containers, and there is a chance of enemies exploding in a shower of caps when you kill them.
5
25
40
Scrounger
There is a chance to gain ammo when firing the last round in your clip.
7
24
37
Bloody Mess
When an enemy explodes, nearby enemies may suffer the same fate.
9
31
47
Mysterious Stranger
Who is he? Why does he help? Who cares! The Mysterious Stranger will appear occasionally in V.A.T.S. to lend a hand, with deadly efficiency...
22
41
49
Idiot Savant
You're not stupid! Just... different. Randomly receive 3x XP from any action, and the lower your Intelligence, the greater the chance.
11
34
Better Criticals
Advanced training for enhanced combat effectiveness! Criticals do 50% more extra damage.
15
40
Critical Banker
You're a patient battlefield tactician, and can save a Critical Hit, to be used in V.A.T.S. when you need it the most.
17
43
50
Grim Reaper's Sprint
Death becomes you! Any kill in V.A.T.S. has a 15% chance to restore all Action Points.
19
46
Four Leaf Clover
Feeling lucky? You should! Each hit in V.A.T.S. has a chance of filling your Critical meter.
13
32
48
Ricochet
What goes around comes around! An enemy's ranged attack will sometimes ricochet back and instantly kill them. The closer you are to death, the higher the chance.
29
50
Leveling Roadmap

Companions

Combat Medic
 curie

Thanks to your relationship with Curie, once per day you heal 100 Hit Points if your health falls below 10%.

Lessons in Blood
 gage

Thanks to your relationship with Gage, you gain +5% more XP per kill and +10 Damage Resistance.

United We Stand
 garvey

Thanks to your relationship with Preston, you deal +20% more damage and gain +20 Damage Resistance when facing three or more opponents.

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Bobbleheads

Strength

+1 Strength.

Perception

+1 Perception.

Endurance

+1 Endurance.

Charisma

+1 Charisma.

Intelligence

+1 Intelligence.

Agility

+1 Agility.

Luck

+1 Luck.

Barter

Prices are 5% better

Lock picking

Lockpicking is easier.

Medicine

Stimpaks do 10% more healing.

Repair

Fusion cores last 10% longer.

Science

Get one extra guess when hacking terminals.

Sneak

10% harder to detect.

Speech

All vendors have 100 more caps.

Explosives

Plus 15% damage with explosives.

Small Guns

Plus 25% critical damage with ballistic guns.

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Magazines

Guns and Bullets

Ballistic weapons do +50% critical damage.

Junktown Vendor

Get better prices when buying from vendors.

Massachusetts Surgery

Inflict +18% limb damage.

Tumblers Today

Gain a bonus to lockpicking.

Unstoppable

Gain a +5% chance of avoiding all damage from an attack.

Astoundingly Awesome 15

You canine companion takes 10% less damage.

Astoundingly Awesome 12

Your canine companion permanently takes 10% less damage.

Astoundingly Awesome 2

Do +5% damage with scoped weapons.

Astoundingly Awesome 11

RadAway heals +5% radiation damage.

Live & Love 1

Companions gain +10 health.

Live & Love 2

Companions do +5% damage.

Live & Love 3

Companions have +10 carry weight.

Live & Love 6

Companions gain +5 Damage Resistance and Energy Resistance.

Wasteland Survival 1

Heal 50% more from fruits and vegetables.

Wasteland Survival 3

Heal +50% from irradiated packaged food and drink.

Wasteland Survival 6

+10% discount from food and drink vendors.

Wasteland Survival 7

Swim +25% faster.

Wasteland Survival 8

Take 5% less damage from melee attacks.

Wasteland Survival 9

Collect extra meat from animal kills.

SCAV! 1

Increases speech challenge success chance.

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Quests

Protector of Acadia

When your health falls below 20%, gain 1000 damage resist and energy resist for 30 seconds.

Far Harbor Survivalist

Gain +5 to all resistances.

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Consumables

Consumables

Chems, food, and drinks. Their combined buffs are counted into your stats; Medic, Chemist, and Party Boy scale them.

With Survival mode on, cards also show hunger, thirst, and disease risk, and food only works while you are Fed.

Weapons

Weapon
The first weapon is readied, extras become swap-ins.
Throwables
Throwable
Grenades, mines and traps. One is carried at a time; extras become swap-ins.

Armor Sets

Armor set
Apparel with armor pieces worn over it. The first set is worn, extras become swap-ins.

Power Armor Sets

Power armor
A full frame with six pieces. The first set is worn, extras become swap-ins.

Effects

Effects
Add addictions and diseases to factor their penalties into your stats.
Character state switchboard
Some perks and legendary effects depend on your character's state.
Set it here to see what they really contribute.
On foot
HP: 100% (1039 / 1039)
Rads: 0
Day
Alone
Standing
Standing
Hip fire
Outside
Survival
Hunger
Fed
None
Thirst
Hydrated
None
Sleep
Rested
None
Adrenaline
Rank 0
None
Character stats
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11
9
3
4
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Carry Weight
420
HP
1039
AP
115
XP
+27%
Settlement Size
21
VATS Accuracy
+32%
Crit Meter per Hit
+11%
Resistances
65
265
45
+5
Incoming Damage
x0.7
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