Endurance

Discover how Endurance impacts your Fallout: New Vegas character. Learn about health, resistances, skills, and the crucial role it plays in getting Implants.

Alright, let's talk about Endurance in Fallout: New Vegas. Think of it as your character's raw toughness and physical fitness. The higher your Endurance, the better you'll be at handling the harsh Mojave Wasteland. It directly boosts your Health, gives you resistances to things like poison, and even helps out with your Survival and Unarmed skills.

Now, here's the really important part: Endurance is key if you want to get those sweet stat-boosting Implants. You can get one Implant for every point of Endurance you have (not counting any bonus from an Implant itself). There are nine Implants in total, so if you want to max out your character with all the available boosts, you'll want a high starting Endurance. It's also a solid choice if you're planning on playing in Hardcore mode, as it buffs your Survival skill.

In Fallout 3, you got a lot of HP per level, but in New Vegas, it's a much smaller amount (only five per level). This makes Endurance even more critical for your overall survivability.

You can always increase your Endurance later by visiting the New Vegas Medical Clinic and getting the Endurance Implant. However, if you want to have all the Implants available, I'd seriously consider starting with a high Endurance, maybe even an eight. This would let you get all of them except for the Charisma Implant, which is a pretty good trade-off for maximum stat boosts.