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It honestly doesn’t matter who you take along in missions but each one does have fun quirks that add to the color of the game (a certain reporter, for example, might start randomly going around asking other questions). You’ll have quite a few options for travel buddies, starting with the adorable dogmeat. Besides, it clutters up the HUD quite heavily.Ĭompanions won’t affect the narrative but they will make the world less lonely It’s easy enough to find enough parts to replace the suit if you need to, but we found it better just to wander around without it. Power armor runs on energy, which at first isn’t easy to come by - and if it runs out, you pretty much have to leave the suit wherever you took your last step. The post-apocalypse’s de facto super suit is more ubiquitous in Fallout 4, but after you get your first suit, it’s perfectly fine to drop it off at your favorite workshop and save it for special occasions. Power armor is fun but it’s rarely essential So cook raw meat before ingestion, be mindful of the radiation protection some clothing provides, and be sure to have some RadAway / Rad-X medicine handy at all times.

And radiation is everywhere, up to and including the very first low-level creatures you encounter in the game. That's decidedly not the case here: radiation will decrease your maximum health (shown via a pesky red line on your health bar) until you heal yourself. In past Fallout games, you could get a dose of radiation and more or less ignore it. Better still, you can fairly easily add pockets and increase the overall amount you’re able to carry. (The right kind of hat will add multiple points to Charisma, for example.) Many armor pieces can also be modified to improve effectiveness. Arms, legs, chest, head, and long underwear can all be intermixed and boost both armor and various stats. There is a huge number of ways to mix and match apparel in this game.

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It’s better to have extra material for weapon and armor mods (as well as buildings and decorations for your various homes). Sure, some shops have unique items, but you’ll really only spend money on ammunition (rarely needed, but it came in handy). It’s also an easy way to gain experience. So whenever you have a chance, it’s best to just make all the various mods and cook all the food you can. Every mission is a chance to grab literally hundreds of new materials and raw (read: irradiated) meat, which can be grilled / roasted to safe levels of consumption. Ultimately, a toaster is no different than a coffee pot - both are materials that can be used as a steel substitute for building other cool things. There's a lot of junk in post-apocalyptic Boston, but it all falls into specific categories. So when starting out, it’s best to just choose one of locations and plan on fast traveling back in between missions to drop off junk and do general maintenance.Īnd always drop off junk at a workshop - there’s no point holding onto it and taking up space. These are great places for storing all the junk you’ve accumulated, but they don’t transfer from one to the other without you physically moving them. Very early on you’ll have access to two different workshop areas (Sanctuary and Red Rocket gas station). We found ourselves more often than not spending money toward our base SPECIAL stats and were better for it.Īnd as with past Fallout games, you can temporarily boost your stats with drugs and special apparel. Others are there just to better your combat and survival prowess. picking locks or building certain items). Some perks are essential for accessing parts of the game (i.e. Leveling up grants you one point to spend on the (rather adorable) perk chart - up to and including the base stats themselves. You don’t have to use it, but you will want the option.

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Unlike past Fallout games, there are no points to spend on skills bartering and persuasion are all based on your Charisma stat plus some arbitrary dice roll ( be sure to save often). Also, I can’t stress this enough: you’ll want to get Charisma as high as possible, as soon as possible. To get to these perks, you’ll need to have at least four points each in the Perception and Intelligence stats, respectively. The only way to pick more advanced locks is to spend points on the Locksmith perk - ditto for unlocking computers and the Hacker perk. Instead, when you level up, you can choose to unlock certain perks. Unlike past Fallout titles, there is no separate collection of specific skills to spend points on. Your character is defined by SPECIAL: base stats representing Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck that you choose at the beginning of the game.

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