Perception Perks - Fallout 4

Perception

Perception is your environmental awareness and sixth sense, and affects weapon accuracy in V.A.T.S.

Pickpocket

Perception Level 1

Rank 1: Your quick hands and sticky fingers make picking pockets 25% easier.

Rank 2: Picking pockets is now 50% easier. You can place a live grenade in a person's inventory.

Rank 3: Picking pockets is now 75% easier, and you can steal equipped weapons.

Rank 4: Picking pockets is now twice as easy, and you can steal equipped items.

Rifleman

Perception Level 2

Rank 1: Keep your distance long and your kill-count high. Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 20% more damage.

Rank 2: Attacks with non-automatic rifles now do 40% more damage and ignore 15% of a target's armor.

Rank 3: Attacks with non-automatic rifles now do 60% more damage and ignore 20% of a target's armor.

Rank 4: Attacks with non-automatic rifles now do 80% more damage and ignore 25% of a target's armor. They also have a slight chance of crippling a limb.

Rank 5: Attacks with non-automatic rifles now do double damage and ignore 30% of a target's armor. They also have a slightly higher chance of crippling a limb.

Awareness

Perception Level 3

Rank 1: To defeat your enemies, you know their weaknesses! You can view a targets specific damage resistances in V.A.T.S.

Locksmith

Perception Level 4

Rank 1: Your nimble fingers allow you to pick Advanced locks.

Rank 2: You can pick Expert locks.

Rank 3: You can pick Master locks.

Rank 4: Your bobby pins never break during lockpicking.

Demolition Expert

Perception Level 5

Rank 1: The bigger the boom, the better! Your explosives do 25% more damage, and you can craft explosives at any Chemistry Station.

Rank 2: Your explosives now do 50% more damage, and grenades gain a throwing arc.

Rank 3: Your explosives now do 75% more damage, and affect a larger area.

Rank 4: Your explosives now do double damage. Mines and grenades shot in V.A.T.S. explode for double damage too.

Night Person

Perception Level 6

Rank 1: 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 2: 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

Perception Level 7

Rank 1: You must be part mirror! Instantly gain +10 Energy Resistance.

Rank 2: You now have +20 Energy Resistance.

Rank 3: You now have +30 Energy Resistance.

Rank 4: You now have +40 Energy Resistance.

Rank 5: You now have +50 Energy Resistance.

Sniper

Perception Level 8

Rank 1: It's all about focus. You have improved control and can hold your breath longer when aiming with scopes.

Rank 2: Non-automatic, scoped rifles have a chance of knocking down your target.

Rank 3: Non-automatic, scoped rifles gain +25% accuracy to head shots in V.A.T.S.

Penetrator

Perception Level 9

Rank 1: 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 2: 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

Perception Level 10

Rank 1: Stay focused! In V.A.T.S. every attack on the same body part gains +10% accuracy.

Rank 2: In V.A.T.S., every attack on the same body part gains +15% accuracy.

Rank 3: In V.A.T.S., evert attack on the same body part gains +20% accuracy and does 20% more damage.