Perk Lead Belly
	Fallout 3 requirements Level 6 Endurance 5 ranks 1 effects 50% less radiation when drinking irradiated water base id 00044ca9 Fallout: New Vegas requirements Level 6 Endurance 5 or Survival 40 ranks 1 effects 50% less radiation when consuming irradiated food and drink. base id 00044ca9

 

Lead Belly is a Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas perk.

EffectsEdit

With the Lead Belly perk, you take 50% less radiation every time you drink from an irradiated water source. In Fallout: New Vegas, this benefit extends to all irradiated food and drink.

NotesEdit

In all gamesEdit

• Because both games rely on the same engine as Oblivion, which used floating point numbers even if the player only saw rounded whole numbers, it is highly likely that a source of water that goes (for example) from "1 Rad" pre-perk to "1 Rad" post-perk is still accurately treated internally i.e. 1 Rad versus .5 Rad.
• At high levels this perk may become redundant; RadAway, Rad-X, and apparel with radiation resistance, such as power armor, become more available and readily obtainable.

In Fallout: New VegasEdit

• There is an abundance of clean water, reducing the relative usefulness of the perk, although the benefit is extended to all irradiated food and water.
• With the addition of Implant Y-3 in Old World Blues, this perk potentially becomes redundant (though is still available much earlier and for free).