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“ The number of actions that the character can take during one combat turn.” —Fallout In-game description |
Action Points (or AP) is a game mechanic governing the number of things a player can do during one combat turn in Fallout and Fallout 2. In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, Action Points are used to fire weapons in the V.A.T.S. mode.
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Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics
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Action Points are spent firing a weapon, reloading a weapon, fetching equipment from the characters backpack or moving to a new battlefield hex.
(rounded down)
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
NotesEdit
- The Action Boy perk adds 1 AP per rank.
- The Bonus Move perk adds 2 special AP per rank that can only be used for movement.
- Notes: In Fallout and Fallout 2, the counter only shows up to 10 APs but internally it keeps track of any extras. In Fallout Tactics all APs show properly.
Fallout 3Edit
Action points are consumed in V.A.T.S. system to fire at opponents, each weapon has it own cost per use and can be found in the weapons page. Unlike in the turn-based games, action points in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are not accumulated at the end of a turn. Instead, action points are regenerated over time.
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
NotesEdit
- Maximum initial base is capped at 85 AP.
- This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
- the Level 20 perk, Grim Reaper's Sprint restores all Action Points if the player managed to score a kill during V.A.T.S.
Fallout 3 AP BonusesEdit
| Name | AP bonus | Duration | Value | Base ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | 2-20 | Permanent | N/A | N/A | 2 AP per Agility point |
| Action Boy/ Action Girl | 25 | Permanent | N/A | 00031dba/ 0007b202 | Level 16 Perk bonus |
| Nerves of Steel | None (see notes) | Permanent | N/A | xx0011c2 | Perk that regenerates AP quickly. Only obtainable through Broken Steel. |
| Ledoux's Hockey Mask | 25 | While equipped | 100 | 0007401c | Worn by Goalie Ledoux (quest: "The Nuka-Cola Challenge", optional objective "Just for the taste of it"). |
| Ranger Battle Armor | 5 | While equipped | 430 | 00023030 | From the quest: Reilly's Rangers |
| Lag-Bolt's Combat Armor | 10 | While equipped | 400 | xx00b95f | Obtained through the unmarked quest Fatal Attraction from Broken Steel |
| Tribal Power Armor | 15 (13 since it decreases your Agility by 1) | While equipped | 739 | xx00b50f | Granted for finding all 100 Steel Ingots in The Pitt |
| NukaLurk Meat | 10 | 1 hour | 7 | 00095f48 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Nuka-Cola Quantum | 20 | 1 hour | 30 | 000284f9 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Mississippi Quantum Pie | 20 | 1 hour | 20 | 00049076 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Jet | 30 | 1 hour | 20 | 00015164 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Ultrajet | 40 | 1 hour | 50 | 000c9cf4 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
Maximum AP
The maximum figure achievable without chems is 148. Starting AP = 65 + 10 Agility (85) + the 'Action Boy perk' at level 16 (110) + 'Ledoux's Hockey Mask' (135) + the 'Tribal Power Armor' (148). The +15AP bonus is negated by the -1 agility penalty which the armor carries. An alternative to negate the -1 Agility is to use the Chinese Stealth Armor Multiple Hat Glitch/Exploit to wear Poplar's Hood which has a +1 Agility bonus and stack it with Ledoux's Mask for the +30 AP, making the maximum total 150 AP.
The maximum figure achievable with items and chems is a massive 280. (148) + Jet (178) + 'Ultrajet' (218) + 'NukaLurk Meat' (228) + 'Nuka Cola Quantum' (248) + 'Mississippi Quantum pie' (268) + 'Alien Biogel' (278). The -1 Agility/ -2AP penalty carried by the 'Tribal Power Armor' can be negated using either more 'Alien Biogel' or 'Fire Ant Nectar' (280). An alternative to negate the -1 Agility is to use the Chinese Stealth Armor Multiple Hat Glitch/Exploit to wear Poplar's Hood which has a +1 Agility bonus and stack it with Ledoux's Mask for the +30 AP.
Fallout: New VegasEdit
Action Points in New Vegas function mechanically identical to those in Fallout 3, however the agility bonus is now multiplied by 3 instead of 2.
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
Notes:
- Maximum initial base is capped at 95 AP.
- This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
Fallout New Vegas AP BonusesEdit
| Name | AP bonus | Duration | Value | Base ID | Notes |
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| Agility | 3-30 | Permanent | N/A | N/A | 3 AP per Agility point |
| Kamikaze | 10 | Permanent | N/A | Trait | |
| Action Boy/ Action Girl | 15(per rank) | Permanent | N/A | Level 16 Perk bonus | |
| Nerves of Steel | None (see notes) | Permanent | N/A | Perk increasing AP Regen rate by +20%. | |
| General Oliver's uniform | 20 | While equipped | 100 | ||
| Nuka-Cola Victory | 14 | 1 hour | 75 | ||
| Rocket | 30 | ||||
| Dixon's Jet | 10 | 1 hour | 5 | ||
| Jet | 15 | 1 hour | 20 | ||
| Ultrajet | 40 | 1 hour | 50 | ||
| Trail mix | 7 | ||||
| Mushroom Cloud | 4 | ||||
| Sugar Bombs | 13 | 5 |
Regeneration RateEdit
A character will take 16.66 seconds to recover their AP bar to full regardless of their AP total, unless their AP is modified by perks. It should be noted that AP gained through perks do NOT count towards regeneration rate. Therefore a player with 115 AP, 30 of which were gained through Action Boy perks, would actually take over 23 seconds to fully recover their AP bar. Furthermore, the perk Nerves of Steel decreases this regeneration period by 20%, to a potential minimum recovery period of 13.33 seconds.
The exact recovery time can be derived from the GECK variable fActionPointsRestoreRate, which in Fallout New Vegas is the inverse of the number of seconds required to fully restore the AP bar. The default value is 0.060 (1/0.06 = 16.66 seconds).
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