Overviews per game Fallout traits Fallout 2 traits Fallout 3 traits Fallout: New Vegas traits Fallout Tactics traits Van Buren traits

In the SPECIAL character system, traits are optional character modifications that affect the player character. Traits are a considerably important mechanic of Fallout games, and have only been absent in two games to date: Fallout 3 and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.

Some traits—such as Bloody Mess and Finesse—were converted into perks for Fallout 3. Traits make a return in Fallout: New Vegas, their first appearance in a first person Fallout game.

Contents 1 Effect 2 Race 3 List of traits 3.1 General traits 3.2 Old World Blues traits 3.3 Racial traits 4 See also

EffectEdit

Traits modify different aspects of gameplay, such as primary statistics, derived statistics and skills. Traits have positive and negative results, unlike perks in earlier Fallout games (with the lack of traits in Fallout 3, some perks do have negative effects). In games where traits exist, one can choose up to two traits when designing a character (or none at all). Choosing the Mutate! perk lets the player change one of his traits. Note that if you chose no trait at character creation, you cannot fill the empty slot with this perk.

RaceEdit

In Fallout Tactics, where characters of different races can be created, traits also have different racial requirements. In Lionheart a fantasy game which uses the SPECIAL system, a different approach to racial traits was chosen. For each race one is free to choose (or not) any of the regular list of traits, but if the character belongs to one of the "tainted" races (i.e. everyone except pureblood humans), the player has to choose one of the list of racial traits available to their race. These traits are the only thing that distinguishes the races from humans and often had no penalty other than marking the character as tainted.

List of traitsEdit

General traitsEdit

Trait	Fallout	Fallout 2	Fallout Tactics	Fallout: New Vegas	Van Buren
Bloody Mess	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Bruiser	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Built to Destroy	no	no	no	yes	no
Chem Reliant	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Chem Resistant / Clean Living	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Fast / Increased Metabolism	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Fast Shot	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Feral Kid	no	no	no	no	yes
Finesse	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Four Eyes	no	no	no	yes	no
Gifted	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Good Natured	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Heavy Handed	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Jinxed	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Kamikaze	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Loose Cannon	no	no	no	yes	no
Night Person	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
One Hander	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
One In a Million	no	no	no	no	yes
Red Scare	no	no	no	no	yes
Sex Appeal	no	yes	no	no	no
Skilled	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Small Frame	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Trigger Discipline	no	no	no	yes	no
Wild Wasteland	no	no	no	yes	no

Old World Blues traitsEdit

Traits added by the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

• Claustrophobia
• Early Bird
• Hoarder
• Hot Blooded
• Logan's Loophole
• Skilled

Racial traitsEdit

Racial traits only appear in Fallout Tactics.

• Beta Software
• EMP Shielding
• Domesticated
• Fear the Reaper
• Glowing One
• Ham Fisted
• Rabid
• Targeting Computer
• Tech Wizard
• Tight Nuts
• Vat Skin

See alsoEdit

• J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG traits
• Lionheart traits
• TORN traits

v·d·e Traits Fallout/Fallout 2/Tactics Bloody Mess · Bruiser · Chem Reliant · Chem Resistant · Fast Metabolism · Fast Shot · Finesse · Gifted · Good Natured · Heavy Handed · Jinxed · Kamikaze · Night Person (FO1-FOT) · One Hander · Skilled · Sex Appeal (FO2 only) · Small Frame Fallout Tactics only Super mutants Ham Fisted · Vat Skin Ghouls Fear the Reaper · Glowing One · Tech Wizard Deathclaws Domesticated · Rabid Robots Beta Software · EMP Shielding · Targeting Computer · Tight Nuts Fallout: New Vegas Built to Destroy · Claustrophobia · Early Bird · Fast Shot · Four Eyes · Good Natured · Heavy Handed · Hoarder · Hot Blooded · Kamikaze · Logan's Loophole · Loose Cannon · Small Frame · Skilled · Trigger Discipline · Wild Wasteland Van Buren Bruiser · Chem Reliant · Clean Living · Fast Shot  · Feral Kid · Finesse · Gifted · Good Natured · Guilty Conscience · Increased Metabolism · Kamikaze · Night Person · One Hander · One In a Million · Red Scare · Skilled · Small Frame · Strong, Silent Type Other J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG traits · Lionheart traits · TORN traits · Project V13 traits · All traits... Italics in Fallout: New Vegas traits denote traits available through Old World Blues.