Perk Grim Reaper's Sprint
	Fallout 3 requirements Level 20 ranks 1 effects If you kill a target in V.A.T.S., all your AP are restored upon exiting V.A.T.S. base id 00099834 Fallout: New Vegas requirements Level 20 ranks 1 effects If you kill a target in V.A.T.S., 20 AP are restored upon exiting V.A.T.S. mode. base id 00099834

 

Grim Reaper's Sprint is a perk in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

EffectsEdit

Fallout 3Edit

Landing a killing blow in V.A.T.S. will immediately restore all of your Action Points, allowing the player to begin a new series of attacks immediately. However, foes killed by allies (or other means) will not trigger the perk, even while in V.A.T.S.

Fallout: New VegasEdit

In Fallout: New Vegas, the perk only gives back 20 AP on a kill in V.A.T.S. Although this is a significant reduction to the effectiveness of the perk, the perk is still very useful with high power, low AP cost weapons. The effectiveness of Grim Reaper's Sprint is dependent upon three things: AP cost of the weapon, damage of the weapon, and toughness of the enemy.

The following perks and traits complement Grim Reaper's Sprint: Fast Shot, Kamikaze, Action Boy, Math Wrath, and Better Criticals.

NotesEdit

• If a companion, the Mysterious Stranger, a car explosion, or the explosion caused by targeting an enemy's grenade kills the target, your AP will not be restored. This also happens if the enemy is killed by splash damage or the Tesla cannon's electrical field.
• Knocking an essential non-player character unconscious counts as "killing" them for the purposes of this perk.
• In Fallout 3, the G.E.C.K. script actually gives the player 1000 AP after a kill, rather than restoring the player's exact amount of AP.
• Be aware that in Fallout: New Vegas, some weapons will not gain another shot in V.A.T.S from only 20 AP. Even in this case, the perk retains some usefulness in that it does allow you to go back into V.A.T.S sooner and fire again, even if you cannot immediately return to V.A.T.S mode and fire again.

BugsEdit

• xbox360 pc Sometimes upon taking this perk, it will not restore your AP. Instead, it just takes up a perk slot that could have otherwise been used on something else.^[verified]

Behind the scenesEdit

The perk is a winner of Bethesda's Fallout anniversary contest^[1], submitted by Marc-Andre Deslongchamps.