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Endurance

By
Nathan Garvin
Skills
Survival
Unarmed

Endurance is a measure of your overall physical fitness. A high Endurance gives bonuses to health, environmental resistances, and the Survival and Unarmed skills.

“You can’t keep a good cowboy down, not if he’s the endurin’ type… and not if he’s got a six-shooter the size of all tarnation.”

As the description says, Endurance increases your Health and some resistances. Presumably your resistance to poison is the same as in Fallout 3, as your radiation resistance remains unchanged. Since you only receive five Hit Points per level in New Vegas (as opposed to 10 in Fallout 3) Endurance plays a more crucial role. Most importantly, however, in New Vegas your Endurance determines how many stat-boosting Implants you can receive. There are a total of nine Implants, and you can get one for each point of Endurance you have… not including an extra Endurance you may get from an Implant. If you want as many Implants as possible, you’re going to want a high starting Endurance. Since this attribute also boosts your Survival, it’s a good pick for people playing in Hardcore mode.

Endurance Hit Points Poison Resistance Radiation Resistance Skills Description
1 120 0% 0% +2 Basically Dead
2 140 5% 2% +4 Crumbly
3 160 10% 4% +6 Do Not Bend
4 180 15% 6% +8 Handle with Care
5 200 20% 8% +10 Stain-Resistant
6 220 25% 10% +12 Hardy
7 240 30% 12% +14 Tough-as-Nails
8 260 35% 14% +16 Flame Retardant
9 280 40% 16% +18 Bulletproof
10 300 45% 18% +20 Unstoppable

The more the merrier in Endurance; start out with a whopping eight Endurance. This will allow you to get all the Implants in the game, save the Charisma Implant.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Bethesda Softworks
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS3, XB 360
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    1 November 2015
  • Last Updated
    7 December 2020
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin

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The year is 2281 - two hundred years after the old world was eradicated by nuclear fire - and now the New California Republic has become powerful along the western coast of what used to be the United State of America. They’ve expanded east into Nevada, but across the Colorado river to the east a united army of tribals - Caesar’s Legion - have been organized under the guise of ancient Rome. War never changes, and impending conflict looms between the two sides, the prize being the Hoover Dam and control over the Mojave. Stuck in the middle are the residents of Nevada and the jewel in the desert; the city of New Vegas. But the mysterious overlord of New Vegas has his own plans for the future of the Mojave…

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  • Complete walkthrough of all the main quests and side quests, including faction quests and endings.
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  • Information about factions and reputation.
  • The locations of stat-boosting Skill Books, unique weapons and armor and collectible Snowglobes.
  • A Trophy Guide including detailed information (when necessary) about how to obtain all the game’s trophies.
  • Old World Blues DLC.

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