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Fallout 4

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Iron Fist

Rank 1 Iron Fist increases damage from punching attacks by 20%.

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Big Leagues

Rank 1 Big Leagues increases melee weapon damage by 20%.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Does 20 percent more melee weapon damage.

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Armorer

Rank 1 Armorer grants access to base-level and Rank 1 armor mods.

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Blacksmith

Rank 1 Blacksmith grants access to base-level and Rank 1 melee weapon mods.

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Heavy Gunner

Rank 1 Heavy Gunner increases heavy-gun damage by 20%.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Heavy guns do 20 percent more damage.

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Strong Back

Rank 1 Strong Back adds 25 to carry weight.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Gain +25 to carry weight.

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Steady Aim

Rank 1 Steady Aim improves hip-fire accuracy when firing any gun.

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Basher

Rank 1 Basher increases gun-bashing damage by 25%.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Gun bashing does 25 percent more damage.

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Rooted

Rank 1 Rooted, while standing still, grants +25 Damage Resistance and increases melee and unarmed attack damage by 25%.

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Pain Train

Rank 1 Pain Train causes sprinting into enemies while wearing Power Armor to hurt and stagger them. Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.

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Pickpocket

Rank 1 Pickpocket makes picking pockets 25% easier.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Picking pockets is 25 percent easier.

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Rifleman

Rank 1 Rifleman increases damage from attacks with nonautomatic rifles by 20%.

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Awareness

Rank 1 Awareness lets you view a target's specific Damage Resistances in V.A.T.S.

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Locksmith

Rank 1 Locksmith lets you pick Advanced locks.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description You can pick Advanced locks.

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Demolition Expert

Rank 1 Demolition Expert increases explosive damage by 25% and lets you craft explosives at any chemistry station.

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Night Person

Rank 1 Night Person grants +2 Intelligence and +2 Perception from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

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Refractor

Rank 1 Refractor instantly grants +10 Energy Resistance.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Instantly gain +10 Energy Resistance.

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Sniper

Rank 1 Sniper improves control and lets you hold your breath longer while aiming with scopes, reducing wobble.

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Penetrator

Rank 1 Penetrator lets you target body parts blocked by cover in V.A.T.S., with reduced accuracy.

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Concentrated Fire

Rank 1 Concentrated Fire adds +10% accuracy to each V.A.T.S. attack on the same body part.

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Toughness

Rank 1 Toughness instantly grants +10 Damage Resistance.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Instantly gain +10 Damage Resistance.

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Lead Belly

Rank 1 Lead Belly reduces radiation taken from eating or drinking.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Take less radiation from eating or drinking.

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Life Giver

Rank 1 Life Giver instantly grants +20 maximum Health.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Instantly gain +20 maximum Health.

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Chem Resistant

Rank 1 Chem Resistant makes addiction from consuming chems 50% less likely.

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Aquaboy / Aquagirl

Rank 1 Aquaboy / Aquagirl prevents radiation damage from swimming and allows breathing underwater.

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Rad Resistant

Rank 1 Rad Resistant instantly grants +10 Radiation Resistance.

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Adamantium Skeleton

Rank 1 Adamantium Skeleton reduces limb damage by 30%.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Your limb damage is reduced by 30 percent.

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Cannibal

Rank 1 Cannibal restores Health when eating human corpses.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Eating human corpses restores Health.

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Ghoulish

Rank 1 Ghoulish makes radiation regenerate lost Health.

Rank 1Req. Level -Description Radiation now regenerates your lost Health.

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Solar Powered

Rank 1 Solar Powered grants +2 Strength and +2 Endurance from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Cap Collector

Rank 1 Cap Collector improves buying and selling prices at vendors. The row lists perk ID 001d2456 and no level requirement (shown as “-”).

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Lady Killer / Black Widow

Rank 1 Lady Killer / Black Widow makes opponents of the opposite gender take 5% more combat damage and easier to persuade in dialogue.; level requirement: “-”.

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Lone Wanderer

Rank 1 Lone Wanderer grants 15% less damage taken and 100 additional carry weight while adventuring without a companion.; level requirement: “-”.

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Attack Dog

Rank 1 Attack Dog lets your canine companion hold an enemy, increasing your chance to hit that enemy in V.A.T.S.; level requirement: “-”.

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Animal Friend

Rank 1 Animal Friend gives you a chance to pacify an animal below your level when you aim at it with your gun.; level requirement: “-”.

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Local Leader

Rank 1 Local Leader lets you establish supply lines between your workshop settlements.; level requirement: “-”.

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Reference coverage and sources

Limited to the supplied table samples and headers. Sources identify Fallout 4, but edition, DLC, and patch coverage are not consistently labeled; Vault-Tech Workshop armor is separately labeled, and no NG+ variant is indicated.

Counts describe the imported source tables. They do not establish complete coverage of every patch, DLC or upgrade variant. Multiple values remain labeled as listed values when the source does not identify their upgrade levels.

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Choose a weapon family

If you favor non-automatic rifles, non-automatic pistols, automatic weapons, or melee weapons, compare the matching damage perk. Check your weapon’s category before investing because these perks describe different weapon types.

Rifleman Gunslinger Commando Big Leagues

Plan modification access

If you want to craft equipment modifications, compare Gun Nut for gun mods, Armorer for armor mods, and Science! for high-tech mods. Inspect the workbench to see whether a specific available mod fits your equipment.

Gun Nut Armorer Science!

Support V.A.T.S. or material gathering

If you repeatedly target the same body part in V.A.T.S., review Concentrated Fire; if you want to save critical hits for later V.A.T.S. use, review Critical Banker. If components are a bottleneck, check Scrapper’s salvage effects.

Concentrated Fire Critical Banker Scrapper

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Equipment & progression guides

Choose a topic to see how it works, where it helps and what to consider.

Weapon perk

Rifleman

Rifleman improves attacks with non-automatic rifles. Higher ranks add armor penetration and a chance to cripple a limb, making its progression relevant to characters built around this weapon category.

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Weapon perk

Gunslinger

Gunslinger improves non-automatic pistol damage. Ranks add range, then chances to disarm or cripple, so it supports pistol-focused combat without applying to automatic pistols.

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Weapon perk

Commando

Commando raises automatic weapon damage and later improves hip-fire accuracy and adds a chance to stagger. Its effects support automatic fire rather than non-automatic weapons.

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Weapon perk

Big Leagues

Big Leagues increases melee weapon damage. Later ranks can disarm, hit multiple targets in front, or cripple an opponent, making it a distinct choice for melee combat.

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Crafting access

Gun Nut

Gun Nut unlocks access to progressively higher ranks of gun modifications. It is a progression choice for players who want to craft gun upgrades at available workbenches.

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Crafting access

Armorer

Armorer opens progressively higher ranks of armor modifications. It matters when you want to craft armor upgrades, though the supplied chart does not detail individual mods or their components.

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Crafting access

Science!

Science! grants access to ranks of high-tech modifications. The chart establishes an upgrade path, but does not enumerate supported equipment, individual mod effects, or material costs.

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Crafting materials

Scrapper

Scrapper lets you salvage components from scrapped weapons and armor. Its later rank adds rare components and highlights items containing favorited components, supporting targeted material gathering.

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V.A.T.S. perk

Concentrated Fire

Concentrated Fire rewards repeated V.A.T.S. attacks on the same body part with increasing accuracy. Its highest listed rank also adds damage to those attacks.

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V.A.T.S. perk

Critical Banker

Critical Banker lets you store critical hits for later V.A.T.S. use. Higher ranks increase the number stored, and a later rank can provide a chance to save an extra critical.

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Common mistakes to avoid

Mixing up weapon categories

Rifleman specifies non-automatic rifles, Gunslinger specifies non-automatic pistols, Commando specifies automatic weapons, and Big Leagues specifies melee weapons. Check the weapon category before investing in a damage perk.

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Treating mod access as a specific upgrade

Gun Nut, Armorer, and Science! describe access to modification ranks. Their chart entries do not identify individual mod effects or prove components are available, so inspect the workbench before planning around a specific mod.

All Perks Chart | Fallout 4 (FO4)｜Game8

Expecting V.A.T.S. perks to help outside their conditions

Concentrated Fire’s accuracy benefit is for repeated attacks on the same body part in V.A.T.S.; Critical Banker stores critical hits for V.A.T.S. use. Their listed effects depend on using that system.

All Perks Chart | Fallout 4 (FO4)｜Game8

References & guide scope

A focused perk progression reference for weapon damage, equipment modification access, crafting materials, and V.A.T.S. choices. Rank and level details follow the supplied perk chart sources; no patch-specific or current-meta claims are made.

Detailed perk claims rely on the supplied perk chart passages; Steam metadata is used only to identify the game and its general systems.
The chart pages do not consistently specify a game patch or edition. Rank and level details are reported as supplied and are not presented as verified for the latest build.
No supplied source passage enumerates specific equipment modification effects or component prices, so this guide covers access and salvage mechanics without asserting mod costs or comparative value.

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Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.