Fallout 4: Perception Perk
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Perception is your environmental awareness and "sixth sense," and affects weapon accuracy in V.A.T.S.
Pickpocket
Pickpocket - Your quick hands and sticky fingers make picking pockets 25% easier.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 1 | Your quick hands and sticky fingers make picking pockets 25% easier. |
2 | PER 1 | Picking pockets is now 50% easier. You can place a live grenade in a person's inventory. |
3 | PER 1 | Picking pockets is now 75% easier, and you can steal equipped weapons. |
4 | PER 1 | Picking pockets is now twice as easy, and you can steal equipped items. |
Rifleman
Rifleman - Keep your distance long and your kill-count high. Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 20% more damage.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 2 | Keep your distance long and your kill-count high. Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 20% more damage |
2 | PER 2 / LVL 8 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 40% more damage and ignore 15% of a target's armor. |
3 | PER 2 / LVL 28 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 60% more damage and ignore 20% of a target's armor. |
4 | PER 2 / LVL 38 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 80% more damage and ignore 25% of a target's armor. They also have a slight chance of crippling a limb. |
5 | PER 2 / LVL 46 | Attacks with non-automatic rifles do double damage and ignore 30% of a target's armor. They also have a slightly higher chance of crippling a limb. |
Awareness
Awareness - To defeat your enemies, you know their weaknesses! You can view a targets specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 3 | To defeat your enemies, know their weaknesses! You can view a target's specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S. |
Locksmith
Locksmith - Your nimble fingers allow you to pick Advanced locks.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 4 | Your nimble fingers allow you to pick advanced locks. |
2 | PER 4 / LVL 7 | You can pick Expert locks. |
3 | PER 4 / LVL 18 | You can pick Master locks. |
4 | PER 4 / LVL 41 | Your bobby pins never break during lockpicking. |
Demolition Expert
Demolition Expert - The bigger the boom, the better! Your explosives do 25% more damage, and you can craft explosives at any Chemistry Station.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 5 | The bigger the boom, the better! Your explosives do 25% more damage, and you can craft explosives at any Chemistry Station. |
2 | PER 5 | Your explosives do 50% more damage, and grenades gain a throwing arc. |
3 | PER 5 | Your explosives do 75% more damage and affect a larger area. |
4 | PER 5 | Your explosives now do double damage. Mines and grenades shot in V.A.T.S explode for double damage, too. |
Night Person
Night Person - You are a creature of the night! Gain +2 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 6 | You are a creature of the night! Gain +2 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. |
2 | PER 6 / LVL 25 | You now have +3 to Intelligence and Perception between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and night vision when sneaking. |
Refractor
Refractor - You must be part mirror! Instantly gain +10 Energy Resistance.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 7 | You must be part mirror! Instantly gain +10 Energy Resistance. |
2 | PER 7 / LVL 11 | You now have +20 Energy Resistance. |
3 | PER 7 / LVL 21 | You now have +30 Energy Resistance. |
4 | PER 7 / LVL 35 | You now have +40 Energy Resistance. |
5 | PER 7 / LVL 42 | You now have +50 Energy Resistance. |
Sniper
Sniper - It's all about focus. You have improved control and can hold your breath longer when aiming with scopes.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 8 | It's all about focus. You have improved control and can hold your breath longer when aiming with scopes. |
2 | PER 8 / LVL 13 | Non-automatic, scoped rifles have a chance of knocking down your target. |
3 | PER 8 / LVL 26 | Non-automatic, scoped rifles gain +25% accuracy to head shot in V.A.T.S. |
Penetrator
Penetrator - There's no place to hide! In V.A.T.S. you can target an enemy's body parts that are blocked by cover, with a decrease in accuracy.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 9 | There's no place to hide! In V.A.T.S you can target an enemy's body parts that are blocked by cover, with a decrease in accuracy. |
2 | PER 9 / LVL 28 | In V.A.T.S when you target an enemy's body parts that are blocked by cover, there is no decrease in accuracy. |
Concentrated Fire
Concentrated Fire - Stay focused! In V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains +10% accuracy.
Rank | Requirements | Description |
1 | PER 10 | Stay Focused! In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +10% accuracy. |
2 | PER 10 / LVL 26 | In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +15% accuracy. |
3 | PER 10 / LVL 50 | In V.A.T.S every attack on the same body part gains +20% accuracy and does 20% more damage. |
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