“You grind the gears of the machines and gain a damage bonus against robots.”— Fallout: New Vegas description
Machine Head is a challenge perk in Fallout: New Vegas. It is given for completing the Demise of the Machines challenge.
Effects
You gain a bonus damage to robots (Mister Gutsy, robobrain, protectron etc...)
- Rank 1: +3% damage
- Rank 2: +6% damage
- Rank 3: +10% damage
Requirements
The player must kill 50 robots for one rank each time, three times.
Notes
- This perk stacks with other damage perks such as Lord Death and Robotics Expert.
- The robots at New Vegas Steel re-spawn every 3-4 game days.
- You can exploit Yes Man's ability to respawn himself to get this perk easily.
Bugs
Although there are 3 ranks for this perk, a bug in the reward script makes it impossible to get the third rank. The same bug also causes the notification to misreport the rank that is given. When rank 1 is given, the notification says that you've been given rank 2, and when rank 2 is given, the notification says that you've been given rank 3. [verified]
