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The number of actions that the character can take during one combat turn.
”— Fallout In-game descriptionAction points (or AP) is a game mechanic governing the number of things a player can do during one combat turn in Fallout and Fallout 2. In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, Action Points are used to fire weapons in the V.A.T.S. mode.
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[edit] Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics
Action Points are spent firing a weapon, reloading a weapon, fetching equipment from the characters backpack or moving to a new battlefield hex.
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
[edit] Notes
- The Action Boy perk adds 1 AP per rank.
- The Bonus Move perk adds 2 special AP per rank that can only be used for movement.
- Notes: In Fallout and Fallout 2, the counter only shows up to 10 APs but internally it keeps track of any extras. In Fallout Tactics all APs show properly.
[edit] Fallout 3
Action points are consumed in V.A.T.S. system to fire at opponents, each weapon has it own cost per use and can be found in the weapons page. Unlike in the turn-based games, action points in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are not accumulated at the end of a turn. Instead, action points are regenerated over time.
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
[edit] Notes
- Initial base AP is 65-85 AP depending on Agility.
- This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
- Though somewhat difficult, and by utilizing all possible bonuses, the maximum AP possible is 280 AP for a brief time.
[edit] Fallout 3 AP Bonuses
| Name | AP bonus | Duration | Value | Base ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | 2-20 | Permanent | N/A | N/A | 2 AP per Agility point |
| Action Boy/ Action Girl |
25 | Permanent | N/A | 00031dba 0007b202 |
Level 16 Perk. |
| Grim Reaper's Sprint | Restoration (see notes) | Permanent | N/A | 00099834 | Level 20 Perk. Killing a target in V.A.T.S. restores 100% of your Action Points upon exiting V.A.T.S. |
| Nerves of Steel | Regeneration (see notes) | Permanent | N/A | xx0011c2 | Level 26 Perk. Increased regeneration rate of AP. Only obtainable through Broken Steel. |
| Ledoux's hockey mask | 25 | While equipped | 100 | 0007401c | Worn by Goalie Ledoux (quest: "The Nuka-Cola Challenge", optional objective "Just for the taste of it"). |
| Ranger battle armor | 5 | While equipped | 430 | 00023030 | From the quest: Reilly's Rangers |
| Lag-Bolt's combat armor | 10 | While equipped | 400 | xx00b95f | Obtained through the unmarked quest The Sorrowful Suitor in Broken Steel |
| Tribal power armor | 15¹ | While equipped | 739 | xx00b50f | Granted for finding all 100 Steel Ingots in The Pitt |
| NukaLurk meat | 10 | 1 hour (4 minutes actual) | 7 | 00095f48 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Nuka-Cola Quantum | 20 | 1 hour (4 minutes actual) | 30 | 000284f9 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Mississippi Quantum pie | 20 | 1 hour (4 minutes actual) | 20 | 00049076 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Jet | 30 | 1 hour (4 minutes actual) | 20 | 00015164 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Ultrajet | 40 | 1 hour (4 minutes actual) | 50 | 000c9cf4 | Duration doubled with Chemist |
| Alien biogel | 0 or 10 | 30 seconds actual | 25 | xx007a6b | 5% chance of +10 AP(25% chance of random negative penalty). Obtained in various locations throughout Mothership Zeta. Does not stack with Adapted biogel. |
| Adapted biogel | 0 or 10 | 30 seconds actual | 25 | xx007a6c | 5% chance of +10 AP(25% chance of random negative penalty). Obtained through Elliot Tercorien in Mothership Zeta. Does not stack with Alien biogel. |
- ¹ Due to a coupled penalty of -1 Agility point, the overall effect of the armor is only an increase of 13 AP. This can be offset by wearing Poplar's hood(+1 Agility), or consuming Fire ant nectar(+4 Agility), Alien biogel or Adapted biogel(both biogels have a 5% chance of +2 Agility and a 25% chance of random negative penalty).
[edit] Regeneration Rate
Action points are regenerated at a flat rate of 1 per .25 seconds, or 4 per second. A character with average (5) Agility will need 18.75 seconds to fill their AP bar after depleting it.
[edit] Fallout: New Vegas
Action Points in New Vegas function mechanically identical to those in Fallout 3, however the agility bonus is now multiplied by 3 instead of 2.
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
Notes:
- Maximum initial base is capped at 95 AP.
- This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
[edit] Fallout New Vegas AP Bonuses
| Name | AP bonus | Duration | Value | Base ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | 3-30 | Permanent | N/A | N/A | 3 AP per Agility point |
| Kamikaze | 10 | Permanent | N/A | Trait | |
| Action Boy/ Action Girl |
15(per rank) | Permanent | N/A | Level 16 Perk bonus | |
| Nerves of Steel | None (see notes) | Permanent | N/A | Perk increasing AP Regen rate by +20%. | |
| General Oliver's uniform | 20 | While equipped | 100 | ||
| Nuka-Cola Victory | 14 | 1 hour | 75 | ||
| Rocket | 30 | ||||
| Dixon's Jet | 10 | 1 hour | 5 | ||
| Jet | 15 | 1 hour | 20 | ||
| Ultrajet | 40 | 1 hour | 50 | ||
| Trail mix | 7 | ||||
| Mushroom Cloud | 4 | ||||
| Sugar Bombs | 13 | 5 |
[edit] Regeneration Rate
A character will take 16.66 seconds to recover their AP bar to full regardless of their AP total, unless their AP is modified by perks. It should be noted that AP gained through perks do NOT count towards regeneration rate. Therefore a player with 115 AP, 30 of which were gained through Action Boy perks, would actually take over 23 seconds to fully recover their AP bar. Furthermore, the perk Nerves of Steel decreases this regeneration period by 20%, to a potential minimum recovery period of 13.33 seconds.
The exact recovery time can be derived from the GECK variable fActionPointsRestoreRate, which in Fallout New Vegas is the inverse of the number of seconds required to fully restore the AP bar. The default value is 0.06 (1/0.06 =16.66 seconds).
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