What it affects: Healing Rate, Hit Points, Poison Resistance, Radiation Resistance, Early in the game it can net you a sharpened spear and later when you have guns it helps if you plan on sharpshooting. Tips: Perceptions is a very useful stat to put points in.

What it affects: Dialogue Options, Distance from Enemies in Random Encounters, Ranged Combat Distance Modifiers, SequenceĪssociated Skills: Doctor, First Aid, Lockpick, Traps, If you are planning on going Big Guns (Flamer, Missile Launcher, ECT) then you’ll want to boost your strength to level 7 or 8 as many of the “Big Guns” require a level 7 or 8 to function properly. Tips: Do not decrease your strength, with the exception of pistols most in game weapons require a level 5 strength or higher. What it affects: Carry Weight, Hit Points, Melee Damage, Thrown Weapons Range modifierĪssociated Skills: Melee Weapons, Unarmed Mistake to Avoid: Make sure all your points are allocated the game will not inform you if you have some extra to assign to any of the SPECIAL stats or skills. Unluckily I screwed up a couple times by making a simple mistake and traversing the unknown. There is a default character but I always set about creating my own with customized stats. First thing you will encounter when starting Fallout 2 is creating a character.

Fallout 2 first gun