Charisma is one of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes in Fallout New Vegas (FNV). Read on to see how to increase and decrease Charisma using console command, what it does, how to increase Charisma, all Charisma levels and their effects, as well as all Charisma-based skills and perks.

What Does Charisma Do?

What Does Charisma Do?
Affects the Barter and Speech Skills Makes Companion Stats Better Unlocks Companion-based Perks

Affects the Barter and Speech Skills

With your innate wit and charm, you will have more skill points for barter and speech as you increase your Charisma. Sometimes, a silver tongue is all it takes to survive the Wasteland!

Makes Companion Stats Better

Given that Charisma is one of the essential characteristics of leadership, you naturally bring out the best in your companions. With each point in Charisma, your companions will have a 5% increase in their armor and health!

Unlocks Companion-based Perks

With high enough Charisma, you can access perks that favor a playstyle surrounding companionship. Perks such as Ferocious Loyalty and Animal Friend make those around the Courier enamored and willing to fight for them!

How to Increase Charisma

How to Increase Charisma
Buy Implants Wear Armor Gain Perks

Buy Implants to Permanently Increase Charisma

You can permanently increase your Charisma by buying the Empathy Synthesizer implants from Dr. Usanagi at the New Vegas Medical Center.

It costs around 3,000 - 4,000 caps, so make sure you have enough before you employ her help.

Money Farming Guide
How to Get Caps Fast

Wear Armor to Temporarily Increase Charisma

If you don't have the right amount of bottle caps yet, you can rely on a variety of armor to temporarily increase your Charisma.

Here is a list of armor that you can equip to increase your Charisma temporarily.

List of All Armor

Gain Perks to Temporarily Increase Charisma

Aside from the one-time permanent increase in Charisma that the Intense Training perk can give, there are other perks that you can get to temporarily increase your Charisma.

Best Perks and List of Perks

Charisma Console Command

Increase Charisma Command

You can use the command above to permanently increase your Charisma in the game.

Simply hit the tilde (~) button on your keyboard to open the console. Then, type the command above and the value you want to add to your Charisma.

Decrease Charisma Command

Likewise, you can decrease your Charisma using the same command. Just make sure that the value you add at the end is negative.

Charisma Levels

Levels and Skill Modifiers

Charisma-Based Skills and Perks

All Charisma-Based Perks

All Charisma-Based Skills

Skill	Benefits
Barter	Better Prices
Speech	Influence NPCs through dialogue

Best Starting Skills and List of Skills

Fallout New Vegas Related Guides

Best Starting SPECIAL Stats and
SPECIAL Explained

All SPECIAL Attributes

All SPECIAL Attributes
Strength	Perception	Endurance
Charisma	Intelligence	Agility
Luck	-	-