Strength S.P.E.C.I.A.L
Notes
Bonuses received from leveling the 
Strength perk:
Iron Fist - Strength 1
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel your chi to unleash devastating fury! Punching attacks do 20% more damage to your opponent. | |
| 2 | 9 | Punching attacks now do 40% more damage and can disarm your opponent. |
| 3 | 18 | Punching attacks now do 60% more damage. Unarmed Power Attacks have a chance to cripple one of your opponent’s limbs. |
| 4 | 31 | Punching attacks now do 80% more damage. Unarmed Power Attacks have an increased chance to cripple one of your opponent’s limbs. |
| 5 | 46 | Punching attacks now do double damage. Criticals in V.A.T.S. will paralyze your opponent. |
Big Leagues - Strength 2
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swing for the fences! Do 20% more melee weapon damage. | |
| 2 | 7 | You now do 40% more melee weapon damage and gain a chance to disarm your opponent. |
| 3 | 15 | You now do 60% more melee weapon damage and gain an increased chance to disarm your opponent. |
| 4 | 27 | You now do 80% more melee weapon damage and hit all targets in front of you. |
| 5 | 42 | You now do double damage with a melee weapon, and gain a chance to cripple your opponent, or grand slam their head clean off! |
Armorer - Strength 3
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protect yourself from the dangers of the Wasteland with access to base level and Rank 1 armor mods. | |
| 2 | 13 | You gain access to Rank 2 armor mods. |
| 3 | 25 | You gain access to Rank 3 armor mods. |
| 4 | 39 | You gain access to Rank 4 armor mods. |
Blacksmith - Strength 4
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire up the forge and gain access to base level and Rank 1 melee weapon mods. | |
| 2 | 16 | You gain access to Rank 2 melee weapon mods. |
| 3 | 29 | You gain access to Rank 3 melee weapon mods. |
Heavy Gunner - Strength 5
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanks to practice and conditioning, heavy guns do 20% more damage. | |
| 2 | 11 | Heavy guns now do 40% more damage, and have improved hip fire accuracy. |
| 3 | 21 | Heavy guns now do 60% more damage. Hip fire accuracy is increased even more. |
| 4 | 35 | Heavy guns now do 80% more damage and have a chance to stagger your opponent. |
| 5 | 47 | Heavy guns now do double damage. |
Strong Back - Strength 6
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What are you, part pack mule? Gain +25 to carry weight. | |
| 2 | 10 | You now have +50 to carry weight. |
| 3 | 20 | When overencumbered, you can use Action Points to run. |
| 4 | 30 | (Normal mode) When overencumbered, you can fast travel. (Survival mode) When overencumbered, you will not become injured. |
| 5 | 40 | When overencumbered, running costs 50% less action points. |
Steady Aim - Strength 7
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay on target! Hip-fire accuracy is improved when firing any gun. | |
| 2 | 28 | Hip-fire accuracy is improved even more when firing any gun. |
| 3 | 49 | Hip-fire damage is improved when firing any gun. |
Basher - Strength 8
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get up close and personal! Gun bashing does 25% more damage. | |
| 2 | 5 | Gun bashing now does 50% more damage and possibly cripples your opponent. |
| 3 | 14 | Gun bashing now does 75% more damage and has an increased chance to cripple your opponent. |
| 4 | 26 | Gun bashing does double damage and has an increased chance to cripple your opponent. It may also inflict a Critical Hit. |
Rooted - Strength 9
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | You’re part tree! While standing still, you gain +25 Damage Resistance and your melee and unarmed attacks deal 25% more damage. | |
| 2 | 22 | While standing still, you now gain +50 Damage Resistance and your melee and unarmed attacks deal 50% more damage. |
| 3 | 43 | While standing still, you may automatically disarm enemies that use melee weapons against you. |
Pain Train - Strength 10
| Rank | Character Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choo Choo! All aboard! While wearing Power Armor, sprinting into enemies hurts and staggers them. (Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.) | |
| 2 | 24 | Sprinting into enemies while wearing Power Armor now causes severe damage and a more powerful stagger. (Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.) |
| 3 | 50 | Sprinting into enemies while wearing Power Armor now causes massive damage and knocks them down. Impact landing near enemies inflicts even more damage. |
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