Survival Expert
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Survival Expert is a perk that gives you different rewards. You get this perk from Moira as a reward for completing The Wasteland Survival Guide sidequest.
[edit] Types
You can see what you can get from this table. The one you receive will be based on how many optional bonus objectives you've done, and your answers. Answer Moira's questions in one of five different ways to obtain one of the five different variants to this perk. You get different answer choices depending on your stats that are equal to or greater than 7. Note that not all of them will appear after a given task; answers change from objective to objective. "Perk itself" means you get this by default, with bonuses on the right depending on the style of your answers.The perk you get is determined by the type of answer you picked most, and how many optional objectives you complete.
| Level | Perk itself | Normal (None/Top answer) | Smart (IN/PE) | Tough (ST/EN) | Sly (AG/CH) | Snide (Bottom answer) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Survivor (complete fewer than 5 optional objectives) | +2% Poison and Radiation Resistance | +5 HP | +2 Medicine, +2 Science | +2 DR | +2 Sneak, +2 Speech | +1% Critical Chance |
| (2D3A2) | (331D4) | (331D5) | (331D6) | (331D7) | ||
| Survival Expert (complete 5 to 8 optional objectives) | +4% Poison and Radiation Resistance | +10 HP | +4 Medicine, +4 Science | +4 DR | +4 Sneak, +4 Speech | +2% Critical Chance |
| (2D3A1) | (331D8) | (331D9) | (331DA) | (331DB) | ||
| Survival Guru (complete all optional objectives) | +6% Poison and Radiation Resistance | +15 HP | +6 Medicine, +6 Science | +6% DR | +6 Sneak, +6 Speech | +3% Critical Chance |
| (2D3A0) | (331DC) | (331DD) | (331DE) | (331DF) |
[edit] Notes
- You can not get any of the above Survival perks if you have received the Dream Crusher, and vice versa.
- If you lie at any point about completing the different parts of the quest, you cannot receive the Survival Guru perk, regardless of how many of the optional objectives you completed (you can still receive Survival Expert if you honestly complete 5-8 of the quests). The exception being the Snide answer if you place the observer in the Mirelurk Nest without killing any Mirelurks.
- Although an incredibly easy portion of the quest, with a Medicine skill of 60 or higher, you can complete it, and you also get the bonus for getting a crippling injury.
- If you have the Robotics Expert perk, you can instantly complete the RobCo portion of Chapter 3 and it will count as if the bonus was completed so that you will still qualify for the Survival Guru perk.
- It is advisable to take either the Tough or Snide type of the perk, depending on your stats, as it's hard to increase these aspects of the character normally (only available through perks) but skills can be always modified through books, advancing levels and items. If you don't have the required stats high enough, then either use a drug or item to increase them temporarily before talking to Moira or just use the normal answer to get the +HP bonus.
- You can give yourself the different variations of this perk using the "player.addperk (perk code)" cheat without any problems. The effects will stack and the perk will be listed multiple times on your Pipboy.
