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Your seven primary attributes. A (-) to the right of the number indicates that attributes is

suffering a negative effect, while a (+) indicates it is enjoying a boost. Check the CND section

of your Status menu for more information.

SKILLS

Information on your skills.

PERKS

Special abilities you can choose every other level.

GENERAL

Lists your Reputation with the various factions in the Mojave Wasteland. Press

X to

toggle between Reputation and a list of your many accomplishments while playing

the game as well as your current Karma status and level. See page 17 for more on

Reputation.

iTems menu

The Items Menu has five sections: Weapons, Apparel, Aid, Misc. and Ammo.

Item Characteristics

Items in your inventory may have a number of characteristics that will appear when the item

is highlighted:

DAM – How much Damage the weapon does (the higher the number, the better).

DPS – How much Damage the weapon does per second (the higher the number, the better).

DT – The Damage Threshold (the higher the number, the better. See Armor/Apparel, page 13).

WG – How much the item weighs.

VAL – The item’s value in Bottlecaps.

CND – The current condition of the weapon.

EFFECTS – Any positive or negative effects your character will experience if the item is equipped.

Weapons will also display the caliber Ammo the weapon uses along with the current rounds

loaded and remaining rounds.

HOTKEYS

In the Inventory Menu, press and hold

 and press a direction on l. Then highlight the

weapon, apparel, or healing item you want in that slot. Note that you can still change sections

and menus in your Pip-Boy with the Hotkeys open and the item will be assigned when you

release

While playing, use

l to select any of your seven Hotkeyed items. You can also press and

hold

l to see all your hotkeys.

Menu Controls

A – Equip, Unequip or Use the selected item.

X – Drop the selected item.

Y – Repair the selected item (see Repair, pg 13).

_ – Mod the selected weapon (see Weapon Mods, pg 12).

 – Hot Key the selected item (see below).