Luck Explained and Console Command

Luck 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 Luck using console command, what it does, how to increase Luck, all Luck levels and their effects, as well as all Luck-based skills and perks.

What Does Luck Do?

What Does Luck Do?
Affects All Skills Increases Critical Hit Chance Better Chances at Gambling Enemies Become More Prone to Mistakes

Affects All Skills

Despite not being particularly good at it, you can shine with all the different skills with a little bit of Luck. While not as definitive as investing in specific attributes, Luck can provide up to 5 additional skill points.

Increases Critical Hit Chance

Your bullets and swings seem to hit at the right place and at the right time. Luck makes critical hits more common, especially if you use weapons with increased criticals!

Better Chances at Gambling

If you invest enough in your Luck, people will question if it is just the Luck of the draw or if you are rigging the house rules themself. However, the increase in probability only becomes apparent with 7 points invested into Luck!

Enemies Become More Prone to Mistakes

By unexplainable means, the enemies you face become more accident-prone to themself and those around them. Their guns might jam, or maybe their grenades will explode early. It seems like there is an invisible force, but maybe it is just your high Luck!

How to Increase Luck

How to Increase Luck
Buy Implants Wear Armor Gain Perks

Buy Implants to Permanently Increase Luck

You can permanently increase your Luck by buying the Probability Calculator 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 Luck

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

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

List of All Armor

Gain Perks to Temporarily Increase Luck

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

Best Perks and List of Perks

Luck Console Command

Increase Luck Command

You can use the command above to permanently increase your Luck 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 Luck.

Decrease Luck Command

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

Luck Levels

Levels and Skill Modifiers

Luck-Based Skills and Perks

All Luck-Based Perks

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	-	-