Trait Skilled
	Vault Boy image, as it appears in Fallout
	Fallout benefits +10% to all skills penalties Gain a perk every 4 levels Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Lionheart benefits +5 additional Skill points at level up penalties Perk Rate one level slower Old World Blues benefits +5 to all skills penalties -10% whenever you earn experience points base id xx012b86 J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG benefits Additional Tag Skill penalties -1 Skill points at level up Van Buren benefits ? penalties ?
	Old World Blues

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Skilled is a trait which appears in Fallout, Fallout 2, the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues, Fallout Tactics, Van Buren, J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG and Lionheart.

FalloutEdit

EffectEdit

You gain +10% to all skills but gain a perk only every 4 levels instead of 3.

Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, LionheartEdit

EffectEdit

You gain +5 skill points per level but gain a perk only every 4 levels instead of 3.

Old World BluesEdit

EffectEdit

You gain +5 to all skills, but you suffer a -10% penalty to gained experience points.

Notes Edit

• This trait gives you a total of 65 skill points.
• Taking the Swift Learner perk (or using the Well Rested bonus) will not completely nullify the downside of this trait, though it does certainly render it negligible: you will only take a 1% overall experience loss on rewards of 100 or more (e.g.: 99 instead of 100, 792 instead of 800, etc.).
• There is plenty of experience to find, and at later levels it is pretty much just annoying, but this is counteracted with the stronger enemies for battle and plenty of quests that give almost free experience. For much the same reason that Swift Learner is considered a wasted perk, so too is this an effective trait.
• As the rest of the enemies and characters level up alongside you, you effectively feel no difference in the game surrounding, but take longer to level up, making the trait a very useful early-game effect.
• This trait goes great when coupled with the Good Natured trait. The main setback for Good Natured is -5 points for all combat skills and +5 for nonviolent skills (speech, repair, etc.), but with the skilled trait it gets rid of Good Natured's setback and adds an additional 5 points to every other skill.
• A different alternative (or in addition) to Swift Learner is the Lessons Learned perk, as it can completely cancel out the lowered experience gain, while increasing the gain with each subsequent level up. The only downside to this is how late you gain access to this perk, with it being available to the player at level 26.
• This is the only trait that affects both your Sneak and Survival skills.

Bugs Edit

• xbox360 ps3 pc If you use this at the beginning of the game, you will have the normal effects. However, if you re-apply it before going into the wasteland, the positive effect doubles and the negative effect doesn't double, remaining at -10% Experience. The trait can also be later reapplied at The Sink for a total of 15 points to all skills, while the penalty remains at -10%. (Confirmed on PS3 version 1.07.) ^[verified]
• xbox360 ps3 pc In addition, if Skilled is removed via the Sink autodoc, the skill bonuses remain while the debuff is removed (this does not effect XP already missed, it merely means that the -10% penalty no longer applies).^[verified]
• xbox360 ps3 pc If a skill magazine effect is in play, it counts as the base value. For example, if someone didn't have the comprehension perk and they had an 85 base Science skill, 85+10+5=100 and it would stay that way.^[verified]

J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPGEdit

In J.E. Sawyer's Fallout Role-Playing Game you gain an additional Tag skill. However, you gain -1 skill points every level because you often spread yourself too thin.

Behind the scenesEdit

• The image in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues is a modified image of the Center of Mass perk.