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Dumb is a Negative Trait in The Outer Worlds 2. Learn how Dumb affects your gameplay and see information on its effects and advantages or disadvantages in this guide!

Dumb Trait Disadvantages

Prevents Levelling Up Five Skills

The Dumb Trait forces you to pick five skills to lock out, which means you won't be able to level them up throughout your entire playthrough. This is a major disadvantage since you'll lose flexibility in how to build your character which also locks you out of skill-related actions.

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1 During skill selection, lock 5 of the 12 available skills. Those skills can never have points added to them.

Traits are one of the many roleplaying elements in Outer Worlds 2, affecting your gameplay experience and allowing you access to unique interactions with the world and its NPCs.
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Trait Type Description
Negative You weren't recruited for your ability to plan or solve problems. You just can't learn some things.

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