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

How to Increase Guns Skill

Use a Skill Magazine or a Skill Book

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

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

Skill Books Map Locations and Guide

Use a Console Command

You can also increase your Guns 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 Guns Do?

Determines Guns Effectiveness

Being a natural gun-nut, you can make even the smallest hand cannon effective! With more points invested into Guns, you will have increased accuracy and damage for weapons in the Guns tree which includes pistols, rifles, light machine guns, and miniguns.

Requirement for Handling Guns

Certain Guns 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.

Guns Perks

Fallout New Vegas Related Guides

Best Starting Skills and List of Skills

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Barter	Energy Weapons	Explosives	Guns
Lockpick	Medicine	Melee Weapons	Repair
Science	Sneak	Speech	Survival
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