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Intelligence 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 Intelligence using console command, what it does, how to increase Intelligence, all Intelligence levels and their effects, as well as all Intelligence-based skills and perks.
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Intelligence dabbles in the realm of humanity's progress, so you will have more skill points for medicine, repair, and science as you increase your Intelligence. A great mind is an exceptional boon in the Wasteland!
Since you are more gifted than others, you learn skills much faster. With each point in Intelligence, you will gain a 0.5 increase to the available skill points you may spend. When it lands on a decimal numeral, it will round up. For example, 10.5 becomes 11!
Depending on where your Intelligence ends on the side of the spectrum, your speech and dialect will ultimately change. If you have high Intelligence, sometimes Wastelanders will not understand you. On the lesser hand of the spectrum, your ability to speak will revert akin to a Neanderthal.
| How to Increase Intelligence |
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You can permanently increase your Intelligence by buying the Logic Co-Processor 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.
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Aside from the one-time permanent increase in Intelligence that the Intense Training perk can give, there are other perks that you can get to temporarily increase your Intelligence.
| Perk | How to Get | Effect |
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| Meat of Champions | Cannibalize The King, Mr. House, Caesar, and President Kimball | 1 point to Luck, Strength, Charisma and Intelligence for 60 seconds each time a corpse is consumed. |
| Night Person | Lv. Req.: Lv. 10 | ＋2 on Intelligence and Perception From 6 PM to 6 AM |
| Format | player.modav Intelligence [value you want to add to your Intelligence] |
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| Example | player.modav Intelligence 3 |
You can use the command above to permanently increase your Intelligence 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 Intelligence.
| Format | player.modav Intelligence -[value you want to subtract to your Intelligence] |
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| Example | player.modav Intelligence -1 |
Likewise, you can decrease your Intelligence using the same command. Just make sure that the value you add at the end is negative.
| Lv. | Name | Skill Points | Skill Modifiers |
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| 1 | Sub-brick | 10.5 | Medicine +2, Repair +2, Science +2 |
| 2 | Vegetable | 11 | Medicine +4, Repair +4, Science +4 |
| 3 | Cretin | 11.5 | Medicine +6, Repair +6, Science +6 |
| 4 | Knucklehead | 12 | Medicine +8, Repair +8, Science +8 |
| 5 | Knowledgeable | 12.5 | Medicine +10, Repair +10, Science +10 |
| 6 | Gifted | 13 | Medicine +12, Repair +12, Science +12 |
| 7 | Smartypants | 13.5 | Medicine +14, Repair +14, Science +14 |
| 8 | Know-it-all | 14 | Medicine +16, Repair +16, Science +16 |
| 9 | Genius | 14.5 | Medicine +18, Repair +18, Science +18 |
| 10 | Omniscient | 15 | Medicine +20, Repair +20, Science +20 |
| Perk | SPECIAL Req. | Lv. Req. | Effect |
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| Retention | Intelligence 5 | Lv. 2 | Skill Magazines Last For 3 Minutes |
| Swift Learner | Intelligence 4 | Lv. 2 | ＋10% EXP |
| Comprehension | Intelligence 4 | Lv. 4 | More Skill Points When Reading Books and Magazines |
| Educated | Intelligence 4 | Lv. 4 | ＋2 Skill Points When Leveling Up |
| Entomologist | Intelligence 4 | Lv. 4 | ＋50% Damage Against Mutated Insects |
| Pack Rat | Intelligence 5 | Lv. 8 | Items That Weigh Two Pounds or Less Now Weigh Half As Much |
| Nerd Rage! | Intelligence 5 | Lv. 10 | ＋15 DT and ＋10 STR When Health is at 20% or Lower |
| Computer Whiz | Intelligence 7 | Lv. 18 | Extra Attempt to Hack a Locked-Down Terminal |
| Skill | Benefits |
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 Medicine
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Recovery from Stimpaks and Radaway |
 Repair
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Effectiveness of repairing equipment + Ammunition Recipes |
 Science
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Hack difficult terminals |
 Speech
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Influence NPCs through dialogue |
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SPECIAL Explained
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 Strength |
 Perception |
 Endurance |
 Charisma |
 Intelligence |
 Agility |
 Luck |
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Intelligence Explained and Console Command
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