Perception value

[plectrius]

Hello,

 

I stopped playing the game months ago, recently I decided to go back to it but I've almost forgotten everything about my previous playthrough so I was checking my char. stats: he has 15 points in perception, 10 points come from leveling + 1 points from bobblehead but I have no clue about the 4 remaining points, I stripped all the gear and no night crawler perk (don't remember the name). Can someone enlighten me about this? (used no cheat or cheat mods).

[montky]

apologies for some delay in discussion of this...

indeed, it can be interesting to find out how it happens.

 

15? those are some super-powered peepers that character has!

 

did the P have a + sign next to it?

eg.

P: +(15)

if so... you might have eaten something in game.

 

I am thinking, if you didn't take the Night Person perk (you're a vampire, have + to perception and int at night after 6pm to 6am)

it is foods of some combination,

or an equipped item + food.

X Cell,

UltraMentats/Ultra Jet...

Maybe also a companion perk?

 

Beer of some kind + nuka cola after you have the perk which allows you to eat food from the wasteland with no rads,

that usually does it.

Compound X (BoS's answer to RadAway) also adds to perception.

 

on console or PC, I try to keep perception around 3,

so as to ensure a smoother rate, as that keeps draw distance down.

 

I hope that is some approach to solving

the 15 P mystery,

apologies again for some light thread necro...

[Moraelin]

You also get +1 to the obvious stat by using one of the Vault-Tec items. Perception would be the optometrist chair.

[plectrius]

Thank you guys for your replies. I'm pretty sure I had some bug where the buffs have not worn out, checked all the possibilities you've mentioned, no gear/perk/aid of some sort, no clothes/armor, waited 5 in game days, I finally forced the stat back to 10 via console, didn't even add that bobblehead point...

[Moraelin]

Oh, by the way, in the meantime rank 2 of VANS gives you 2 points of perception. Could account for the 14 between that, the bobblehead, and the optometrist.