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Level 20 Perks
Fallout: New Vegas

Level 20 Perks

Discover Level 20 perks in fallout new vegas like Atomic!, Explorer, and Grim Reapers Sprint. Learn their requirements and effects.

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Discover Level 20 perks in fallout new vegas like Atomic!, Explorer, and Grim Reapers Sprint. Learn their requirements and effects.

Atomic!

Requirements: Level 20, Endurance 6

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    The Atomic! perk makes you 25% faster and stronger when irradiated.
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    Outside irradiated areas, your Action Points (AP) regenerate faster based on your radiation sickness level.

Explorer

Requirements: Level 20

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    Choosing the Explorer perk reveals every location on your map.
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    Icons will guide you to nearby undiscovered locations.

Eye For Eye

Requirements: Level 20

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    For each crippled limb you have, you deal an additional 10% damage.

Grim Reapers Sprint

Requirements: Level 20

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    If you kill a target in V.A.T.S., 20 Action Points are restored upon exiting V.A.T.S.

Mile in Their Shoes

Requirements: Level 20, Survival 25

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    Consuming Nightstalker Squeezin’s now grants bonuses to Perception (+1 PER), Poison Resistance (+5), and stealth (+5 Sneak) in addition to normal benefits.

Ninja

Requirements: Level 20, Melee Weapons 80, Sneak 80

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    The Ninja perk grants a +15% critical chance on every melee or unarmed strike.
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    Sneak attack criticals do 25% more damage than normal.
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    The +15% critical chance acts as a multiplier (1.15x) to your current critical hit chance, not an addition.

Solar Powered

Requirements: Level 20, Endurance 7

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    Gain an additional 2 points to Strength when in direct sunlight.
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    Slowly regenerate lost Health while in direct sunlight.

Thems Good Eatin

Requirements: Level 20, Survival 55

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    This perk is intended for Hardcore mode players.
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    Enemies have a chance to drop Blood Sausage (HP +15 over 20s) or Thin Red Paste (HP +7 over 30s).
Tips
  • The Atomic! perk's benefits are situational, primarily useful when intentionally irradiated.
  • The Explorer perk is considered by some to be redundant if you prefer to find locations yourself or use external maps.
  • The Eye For Eye perk's damage bonus is offset by the negative effects of crippled limbs.
  • Grim Reapers Sprint can be useful for AP management in V.A.T.S., though V.A.T.S. effectiveness is reduced in fallout new vegas.
  • Mile in Their Shoes is less effective outside the 'Old World Blues' DLC (downloadable content — extra missions or items released after launch) and if you already have high Perception or Sneak.
  • The Ninja perk's critical damage bonus only applies to melee sneak attacks and its critical chance bonus is a multiplier, not an addition.
  • Solar Powered's health regeneration can be replaced by the Monocyte Breeder Implant, and Weapon Handling offers a permanent Strength boost.
  • Thems Good Eatin provides significant healing in Hardcore mode, but its effectiveness is compared to Stimpaks which heal faster.

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