All the Fallout 4 Luck Perks
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Luck
Luck influences your character's fortune against the dangers of the post-nuclear world. Statting into it helps reduce the recharge rate of critical hits against enemies and increases the chances of finding rare items in the environment. It consists of the following perks:
- Fortune Finder (LCK 1)
- Scrounger (LCK 2)
- Bloody Mess (LCK 3)
- Mysterious Stranger (LCK 4)
- Idiot Savant (LCK 5)
- Better Criticals (LCK 6)
- Critical Banker (LCK 7)
- Grim Reaper's Sprint (LCK 8)
- Four Leaf Clover (LCK 9)
- Ricochet (LCK 10)
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Fortune Finder (LCK 1)
Perk Description: Containers will have more bottle caps.
- Rank 1: You can find more bottle caps in containers. (Requires Luck 1)
- Rank 2: You can find even more bottle caps in containers. (Unlocks at level 5)
- Rank 3: You can find a lot more bottle caps in containers. (Unlocks at level 25)
- Rank 4: You can find a larger amount of bottle caps in containers. Enemies can also potentially explode into a shower of bottle caps when your kill them. (Unlocks at level 40)
Scrounger (LCK 2)
Perk Description: Containers will have more ammo.
- Rank 1: You can find more ammo in containers. (Requires Luck 1)
- Rank 2: You can find even more ammo in containers. (Unlocks at level 7)
- Rank 3: You can find a lot more ammo in containers. (Unlocks at level 24)
- Rank 4: You can find a larger amount of ammo in containers. (Unlocks at level 37)
Bloody Mess (LCK 3)
Perk Description: Gain 5% more bonus damage, which allows for a higher chance of enemies exploding upon attacking them.
- Rank 1: Gain 5% more bonus damage, which allows for a higher chance of enemies exploding upon attacking them. (Requires Luck 1)
- Rank 2: You gain +10% more damage. (Unlocks at level 9)
- Rank 3: You gain +15% more damage. (Unlocks at level 31)
- Rank 4: When an enemy explodes, it's possible for nearby enemies to also explode. (Unlocks at level 47)
Mysterious Stranger (LCK 4)
Perk Description: A mysterious stranger will sometimes appear to help you out during combat.
- Rank 1: The stranger will occasionally appear to lend support in V.A.T.S. (Requires Luck 4)
- Rank 2: He will appear more often in V.A.T.S. (Unlocks at level 22)
- Rank 3: He will appear much more often in V.A.T.S. and there's also a chance that your Critical meter will refill. (Unlocks at level 41)
Idiot Savant (LCK 5)
Perk Description: Gain random experience multipliers that can occur more often the lower your intelligence is.
- Rank 1: You randomly receive 3x experience from any action. And your chances increase the lower your intelligence is. (Requires Luck 5)
- Rank 2: You randomly receive 5x experience from any action. (Unlocks at level 11)
- Rank 3: Randomly receiving bonus experience from an action has a chance of triggering 3x experience for all kills for a short period of time. (Unlocks at level 34)
Better Criticals (LCK 6)
Perk Description: Criticals get a damage increase.
- Rank 1: Your criticals inflict 50% more extra damage. (Requires Luck 6)
- Rank 2: Your criticals inflict twice as much extra damage. (Unlocks at level 15)
- Rank 3: Your criticals inflict 2.5x as much extra damage (Unlocks at level 40)
Critical Banker (LCK 7)
Perk Description: You can save a Critical hit to use in V.A.T.S.
- Rank 1: You can save a V.A.T.S. Critical hit to use in combat. (Requires Luck 7)
- Rank 2: You can save two V.A.T.S. Critical hits to use in combat. (Unlocks at level 15)
- Rank 3: You can save three V.A.T.S. Critical hits to use in combat. (Unlocks at level 40)
Grim Reaper's Sprint (LCK 8)
Perk Description: Kills in V.A.T.S. can possibly restore all Action Points.
- Rank 1: Kills in V.A.T.S. have a 15% chance of restoring all of your Action Points. (Requires Luck 9)
- Rank 2: Kills in V.A.T.S. have a 25% chance of restoring all of your Action Points. (Unlocks at level 19)
- Rank 3: Kills in V.A.T.S. have a 35% chance of restoring both all of your Action Points and Critical meter. (Unlocks at level 46)
Four Leaf Clover (LCK 9)
Perk Description: Successful hits in V.A.T.S. can potentially fill your critical meter.
- Rank 1: Each successful hit in V.A.T.S. has a chance of filling your critical meter. (Requires Luck 9)
- Rank 2: Each successful hit in V.A.T.S. has a better chance of filling your critical meter. (Unlocks at level 9)
- Rank 3: Each successful hit in V.A.T.S. has an even better chance of filling your critical meter. (Unlocks at level 31)
- Rank 4: Each successful hit in V.A.T.S. has a very high chance of filling your critical meter. (Unlocks at level 47)
Ricochet (LCK 10)
Perk Description: Enemy ranged attacks can sometimes ricochet back and instantly kill them.
- Rank 1: Enemy ranged attacks will sometimes ricochet back and instantly kill them. The chances of this are increased the closer to death you are. (Requires Luck 10)
- Rank 2: The chances of a successful ricochet are higher. (Unlocks at level 29)
- Rank 3: The chances are increased further, and there's a chance that your Critical meter will refill in the process. (Unlocks at level 50)
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