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Outer Worlds 2
How to Increase Max Health
Level up and get the right armor, perks, and flaw to increase your max health in The Outer Worlds 2. Learn how to increase max health in this guide!
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How to Increase Max Health
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Level Up
The simplest way to increase your max health is by leveling up. Each time you level, your base health increases slightly. Complete quests, kill enemies, and explore the world to gain XP and level up.
XP Farming Guide: How to Level Up Fast
Equip Armor That Increases Base Health
| Armor | Passives & Mods | Details |
|---|---|---|
 Agent Helmet
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Passives:
・+5% Base Health |
Rarity: Common Value: 3 Bits |
 Premium Moon Man Helmet
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Passives:
・+5% Base Health Mod Slots (1): ・ It's Premium! It's Premium! Gain a bonus to damage resistance, scaling with total bits held.
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Brand: Auntie's Choice Rarity: Unique Value: 188 Bits |
 Berserker's Bucket
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Passives:
・+15% Base Health Mod Slots (2): ・ Ammo Hoarder Ammo Hoarder Grants passive health regeneration based on your reserve ammo supply while in combat.
・ (Utility Slot) |
Rarity: Unique Value: 844 Bits |
 Bomb Suit Helmet
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Passives:
・+15% Base Health Mod Slots (2): ・ Lit Fuse Lit Fuse Dealing explosive damage grants temporary health.
・ (Utility Slot) |
Brand: The Protectorate Rarity: Unique Value: 1,000 Bits |
 Bowlzerker
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Passives:
・+15% Base Health Mod Slots (2): ・ Brawler Brawler When hit in melee, gain 20% bonus damage for 3 seconds.
・ (Utility Slot) |
Brand: Sub Rosa Rarity: Unique Value: 219 Bits |
 Zane's Helmet
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Passives:
・+5% Base Health Mod Slots (2): ・ Commander's Profile Commander's Profile After using a companion's ability, gain +10% Damage Resistance for 30 seconds.
・ (Utility Slot) |
Rarity: Unique Value: 125 Bits |
You can equip armor that increases your base health. At the start of the game, you receive the Agent Helmet, which grants +5% Base Health. If you have the Premium Edition, you also get the Premium Moon Man Helmet and Zane’s Helmet, both of which grant +5% Base Health as well.
Other armor that give a greater increase in max health can be found as loot throughout the world or from completing quests.
Get Bulletshield and Serial Killer Perks
| Perk | Effect | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
 Bulletshield |
・+10% Damage Resistance ・+10% Base Health |
・No Extra Requirements |
 Serial Killer |
・+5 Max health per heart collected | ・Perk: Psychopath |
There are two perks that can increase your max health: Bulletshield and Serial Killer. The Bulletshield perk grants +10% Base Health and +10% Damage Resistance, and it’s the easiest to get early in the game since it has no prerequisites and costs only 1 Perk Point.
With the Serial Killer perk, on the other hand, humans you kill drop their heart and you'll gain a +5 bonus to max Health for each hearts collected.
Unlock Bibliomania Flaw
You can unlock the Bibliomania flaw to gain a +20% increase in max health. However, your max health gets a -20% decrease for 2 minutes after talking to an NPC, so make sure to space out your conversations with anyone and combat encounters.
To unlock Bibliomania, find and read a lot of journals, notes, and diaries throughout the game. Just note that accepting any flaw is permanent and cannot be removed from your character.
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