The Outer Worlds, in development by Obsidian, looks and feels like a shooter but is, at its core, an RPG. Along with the six attributes that characters in The Outer Worlds are governed by, players will be able to select Perks every time they level up. If you’ve ever played an RPG, tabletop or digital, you’ll be familiar with perks and how they change the way you play.
In The Outer Worlds, there are 42 perks to choose from across three tiers. Every time you level up, you’ll be able to unlock a new Perk. When you unlock five Perks in a tier, you unlock the next tier.
Perks are another layer of character customisation and role-playing and give players an even greater degree of control on who their character is and what they can do.
The Outer Worlds Perks
There are 14 Perks in each tier and they provide increasing bonuses and improvements to your character and their skills and abilities. Below are tables that include all 42 perks and their bonuses.
| Tier 1 | ||||
| Perk | Toughness | Slow The World | Lone Wolf | Strider |
| Bonus | +50% Base Health | +25% Tactical Time Dilation Meter Max | +25% Damage when alone in a party | +25% Walk Speed |
| Perk | Cheetah | High Maintenance | Precision | The Negotiator |
| Bonus | +20% Sprint Speed | -25% Weapon/Armour Durability Loss | +15% Companion Crit Chance | -25% Vendor Surcharges |
| Perk | All For One | Traveler | Quick and the Dead | Pack Mule |
| Bonus | +50% XP from Companion Kills | Unlock the ability to Fast Travel when Encumbered | +50% Tactical Time Dilation Recharge Rate | +50 kg Carrying Capacity |
| Perk | A Few Bits More | Resilient | ||
| Bonus | +100% Additional Ammo stock on Vendors & +100% Additional Consumable Stock on Vendors | +10% Base Armour Rating | ||
| Tier 2 | ||||
| Perk | Run and Gun | The Reaper | Weird Science | Speed Demon |
| Bonus | -65% Movement Penalty to Accuracy | +25% Tactical Time Dilation Meter | +50% Science Weapon Damage | +25% Movement Speed During TTD |
| Perk | Scanner | The Collector | Snake Oil Salesman | We Band of Brothers |
| Bonus | +20% Bonus to Extra Deadshot/Weakspot Damage | +5 metres Interactable Highlight Range | +20% Vendor Buying Price | 25% Chance to reset a Companion Ability cooldown on each Critical Hit |
| Perk | Tag Team | Rolling Thunder | Harvester | Hoarder |
| Bonus | 25% Chance to reset a Companion Ability cooldown when using the other Companion’s Ability | -20% Companion Ability Cooldowns for each of your Kills | 15% Health Restored per Kill | -50% Consumable Weight |
| Perk | Pack of Pack Mules | Soliloquy | ||
| Bonus | +40kg Carrying Capacity Bonus from Companions | +10 Dialog Skills | ||
| Tier 3 | ||||
| Perk | Wild Science | Steady Hand | Confidence | Armor Master |
| Bonus | +50% Science Weapon Damage | -100% Ranged Weapon Sway & -100% Movement Penalty to Accuracy | Killing an enemy makes your next shot a guaranteed Critical Hit | +10% Armor Rating Bonus & +100% Skill Bonus |
| Perk | Super Pack Mule | Tactical Master | Revenge | Last Stand |
| Bonus | +100kg Carrying Capacity | When you activate TTD, you continue to move at a normal speed for a short time. This effect only occurs when your TTD meter is full at the time of activation | Whenever you are affected by a harmful Combat Effect, you deal increased Damage. +20% Revenge Damage | +30% Damage while under 25% health |
| Perk | Boom, Headshot! | Don’t Go Dyin’ on Me! | Penetrating Shots | Thick Skin |
| Bonus | Headshot kills explode, damaging nearby enemies. Headshot kills deal 25% of their damage to enemies with 2.5m | When you use the Inhaler, any downed Companions are revived with a small amount of Health. | Your Ranged attacks reduce the target’s Armor Rating by 1 point per hit. This effect lasts a short time and can stack multiple times. | -15% AOE Damage Received & -15% Plasma Damage Received |
| Perk | Tit for Tat | Solo Sneaker | ||
| Bonus | +15% Melee Damage returned as Health | -33% Detection Radius of Enemies |
These Perks, along with your skills and Attributes will allow you to create the kind of character you like and to play The Outer Worlds however you like.
It will be available for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on October 25, 2019. It will release for Switch at a later date.
