Explosives is a skill in Fallout New Vegas (FNV). Read on to see how to increase Explosives Skill, the Skill Magazine and Skill Book to increase Explosives, what Explosives does, and its related perks!

How to Increase Explosives Skill

Use a Skill Magazine or a Skill Book

You can increase your Explosives skill using Skill Magazines and Skill Books. Skill Magazines can temporarily increase your Explosives skill while a Skill Book can increase it permanently.

We recommend grabbing the skill book for Explosives to increase this skill for good.

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Use a Console Command

You can also increase your Explosives skill using a console command. Follow the format above and add your desired level at the end of the command without the [ ] symbol.

What Does Explosives Do?

Determines Explosives Effectiveness

Knowing the right timing and trajectory for Explosives allows you to get a bigger bang for your buck. With more points invested into explosives, you will have increased accuracy, damage, and throwing distance for weapons in the Explosives tree.

Requirement for Handling Explosives

Certain Explosives require a set amount of skill points to use. Without prior knowledge, you will not be able to utilize weapons that are more challenging to wield.

Ability to Disarm and Manuever Trapped Mines

Having been exposed to the dangers of Explosives firsthand, you now know your way around trapped mines. The range of mines before explosion lessens, and disarming mines becomes less tricky as you put more points into Explosives.

Adds More Explosive Crafting Recipes

With enough points in Explosives, you can get wildly creative in crafting those that go kaboom! Even without schematics, you will unlock new explosive recipes at workbenches if you allocate the right amount of points to Explosives.

Explosives Perks

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