Skill

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Skills are learned abilities of your character. The skill level shows how good your character is at that skill. Skill levels can be increased by allocating skill points earned from gaining levels. Skills can also be improved by reading specific books or completing quests within the games.

In Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, "skills" work like perks in other Fallout games. They are not listed here for this reason.

List of skills

Combat skills

Skill	Fallout	Fallout 2	Fallout 3	Tactics	New Vegas	Van Buren
Small Guns	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Big Guns	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Guns	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Firearms	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Energy Weapons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Explosives	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unarmed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Melee Weapons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Throwing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

Active skills

Skill	Fallout	Fallout 2	Fallout 3	Tactics	New Vegas	Van Buren
Doctor	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
First Aid	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Medicine	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Medic	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Lockpick	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Security	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Repair	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mechanics	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Science	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sneak	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Steal	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Survival	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Traps	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

Passive skills

Skill	Fallout	Fallout 2	Fallout 3	Tactics	New Vegas	Van Buren
Barter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deception	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Gambling	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Outdoorsman	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Persuasion	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Pilot	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Speech	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

See also

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

Skills Fallout / Fallout 2 Small Guns · Big Guns · Energy Weapons · Unarmed · Melee Weapons · Throwing · First Aid · Doctor · Sneak · Lockpick · Steal · Traps · Science · Repair · Speech · Barter · Gambling · Outdoorsman Fallout 3 Small Guns · Big Guns · Energy Weapons · Unarmed · Melee Weapons · Explosives · Medicine · Sneak · Lockpick · Science · Repair · Speech · Barter Fallout: New Vegas Guns · Energy Weapons · Unarmed · Melee Weapons · Explosives · Medicine · Sneak · Lockpick · Science · Repair · Speech · Barter · Survival Fallout Tactics Small Guns · Big Guns · Energy Weapons · Unarmed · Melee Weapons · Throwing · First Aid · Doctor · Sneak · Lockpick · Steal · Traps · Science · Repair · Pilot · Barter · Gambling · Outdoorsman · Cut: Speech Van Buren Firearms · Unarmed · Melee · Security · Sneak · Steal · Medic · Mechanics · Outdoorsman · Science · Barter · Persuasion · Deception J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG Firearms · Unarmed · Melee · Medic · Sneak · Athletics · Security · Steal · Science · Academics · Mechanics · Pilot · Outdoorsman · Investigation · Persuasion · Deception