Perks

Perks are special bonuses the player character can choose every 3rd or every 4th level (it depends if he has Skilled trait). Perks can improve existing skills or add new abilities. You can wait one or two levels before choosing a perk, but if you won't choose a perk before the next perk will be available, the previous one will be lost! Waiting with choosing a perk makes the most sense if you have Skilled trait - you can choose a bit better perks on levels 6, 9, 15 and 18 instead of taking perks immediately on levels 4, 8, 12 and 16.

For more details about the existing perks, see the Category: Perks

Table of Perks

Name	Level	Other Requirements	Effect	Ranks
Action Boy	12	AG 5	+1 to AP	2
Adrenaline Rush	6	ST < 10	+1 to ST when less than 50% HP	1
Awareness	3	PE 5	Detailed info about examined critters	1
Better Criticals	9	PE 6, LK 6, AG 4	+20% on critical hit table	1
Bonus HtH Attacks	15	AG 6	HtH attacks cost 1 less AP	1
Bonus HtH Damage	3	AG 6, ST 6	+2 to HtH Damage	3
Bonus Move	6	AG 5	+2 AP to total AP for movement	2
Bonus Ranged Damage	6	AG 6, LK 6	+2 to Ranged Damage	2
Bonus Rate of Fire	15	AG 7, IN 6, PE 6	Ranged weapon attacks cost 1 AP less	1
Cautious Nature	3	PE 6	+3 to PE when determining placement in encounters	1
Demolition Expert	9	AG 4, Traps 75%	Extra damage and no failures with explosives	1
Dodger	9	AG 6	+5 to AC	1
Earlier Sequence	3	PE 6	+2 to Sequence	3
Educated	6	IN 6	+2 skill points when you gain a level	3
Explorer	9	None	Higher chance to find special encounters	1
Faster Healing	3	EN 6	+2 to Healing Rate	3
Gain Agility	12	AG < 10	+1 to Agility	1
Gain Charisma	12	CH < 10	+1 to Charisma	1
Gain Endurance	12	EN < 10	+1 to Endurance	1
Gain Intelligence	12	IN < 10	+1 to Intelligence	1
Gain Luck	12	LK < 10	+1 to Luck	1
Gain Perception	12	PE < 10	+1 to Perception	1
Gain Strength	12	ST < 10	+1 to Strength	1
Gambler	6	Gambling 50%	+20% to Gambling	1
Ghost	6	Sneak 60%	+20% to Sneak in dark conditions	1
Harmless	6	Steal 50%	+40% to Steal	1
Healer	3	PE 7, AG 6, IN 5, First Aid 40%	+4-10 HP healed when using First Aid	2
Heave Ho!	6	None	+2 ST when determining throwing range	3
HtH Evade	12	Unarmed 75%	Additional bonus to AC at the end of turn	1
Karma Beacon	9	CH 6	Karma * 2 for NPC reactions and modifiers	1
Lifegiver	12	EN 4	+4 to HP every level	2
Light Step	9	AG 5, LK 5	Less chance to set off a trap	1
Living Anatomy	12	Doctor 60%	+10% to Doctor, +5 to damage to living creatures^	1
Magnetic Personality	6	CH < 10	1 extra slot in companion limit	1
Master Thief	12	Steal 50%, Lock pick 50%	+20% to Stealing and Lock picking	1
Medic	12	First aid 40%, Doctor 40%	+10% to First Aid and Doctor^	1
More Critical	6	LK 6	+5% to Critical Chance	3
Mr. Fixit	12 (not available)	Repair 40%, Science 40%	+10% to Repair and Science	1
Negotiator	6	Speech 50%, Barter 50%	+10% to Barter and Speech	1
Pack Rat	6	None	+22 kg to Carry weight	1
Pathfinder	6	EN 6, Outdoorsman 40%	Travel time reduced by 25%	2
Pickpocket	15	AG 8, Steal 80%	Ignore size and facing modifiers when stealing	1
Pyromaniac	9	Big Guns 75%	Extra damage with fire-based weapons	1
Quick Pockets	3	AG 5	Inventory actions cost 2x less AP	1
Quick Recovery	3	AG 5	Quick recovery from knock down	1
Rad Resistance	6	EN 6, IN 4	+15% to Radiation Resistance	2
Ranger	6	PE 6	+15% to Outdoorsman	1
Salesman	6	Barter 50%	+40% to Barter	1
Scout	3	PE 7	+1 to view range on World map	1
Sharpshooter	9	PE 7, IN 6	+2 to PE for determining range	1
Silent Death	18	AG 10, Sneak 80%, Unarmed 80%	2x damage to HtH attacks from behind	1
Silent Running	6	AG 6, Sneak 50%	Ability to sneak and run at the same time	1
Slayer	24 (not available)	AG 8, ST 8, Unarmed 80%	All HtH hits are critical	1
Snakeater	6	EN 3	+25% to Poison Resistance	2
Sniper	24 (not available)	AG 8, PE 8, Small Guns 80%	All ranged hits are critical if successful Luck roll	1
Speaker	9	Speech 50%	+20% to Speech	1
Stonewall	3	ST 6	Less chance to be knocked down	1
Strong Back	3	ST 6, EN 6	+22 kg to Carry weight	3
Survivalist	3	EN 6, IN 6, Outdoorsman 40%	+25% to Outdoorsman	3
Swift Learner	3	IN 4	+5% to every XP gain	3
Thief	3	None	+20% to Sneak, Lock pick, Steal, and Traps	1
Toughness	3	EN 6, LK 6	+5% to DR and +2 to DT	2
Weapon Handling	12	AG 5	+3 to ST for weapon handling Strength checks	1

For perks marked with ^, see perk page for information as these stats may be incorrect or bugged.