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VDSG - RESTRICTED - VTB-001-13

RESTRICTED

VDSG - RESTRICTED - VTB-001-13

RESTRICTED

AID

When you are hurt, there are several ways to restore your health:

• Visit a doctor and pay for healing.

• Use a Stimpak.

• Eat food or drink water.

• Sleep in a bed.

Each time you take a chem or drink alcohol, your chance of becoming addicted to it goes up. If you

stop using that item for a while, this chance will drop. Each item has its own addiction chance, so

using one type will not increase your chance of becoming addicted to another.

Addiction will hurt some of your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes. These penalties go away temporarily if you

take that item again. But addiction will never wear off on its own. A doctor can cure you of any addic-

tion, for a price. You cannot become addicted to Stimpaks, Rad-X, or RadAway.

In order to heal a crippled limb, you have three choices: sleep in a bed, ﬁnd a doctor, or use a

Stimpak to heal yourself. Stimpaks can be used for general healing (which will also slightly heal

crippling damage), or they can be applied directly to a limb to heal crippling damage (which will also

slightly heal your overall health). To heal a crippled limb directly using a Stimpak, navigate to the

Stats screen in your Pip-Boy, highlight the limb using the

mouse, then select the limb and use the

Stimpak directly on that limb by pressing

S when the limb is selected.

STEALTH

Your stealth state is displayed when you crouch (press L-Ctrl). [HIDDEN] means nobody detects

you. [DETECTED] means someone sees you, but is not currently an enemy. [CAUTION] means

someone is searching for you. [DANGER] means you have been detected by an enemy.

How stealthy you are is affected by many factors:

• Sneak skill: Your Sneak skill only helps you when you are crouching. The higher your

Sneak skill, the easier it is to remain undetected, steal an item, or pick someone’s pocket.

• Enemy’s perception: Some enemies are less perceptive than others, and therefore less

likely to detect you.

• Line of sight: An enemy is much less likely to detect you if he

can’t see you.

• Light level: You are harder to see in darker areas,

or at night, if you’re outdoors.

• Movement: You are hardest to detect when motionless,

easiest to detect when running.

• Apparel weight: Heavier apparel makes more

noise when moving.

• Sound: Most melee weapons make very little

noise; bigger guns make a lot of noise.

Attacking while undetected gives you an automatic “sneak” critical.