Attribute Tweaks (NVSE)
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #14 of 102 Miscellaneous mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod adds additional adjustments to certain SPECIALs that are commonly considered lacking or underutilized.
The core mod's features are as follows:
• Strength weapon requirements now matter on melee and unarmed weapons, with the damage being slightly reduced for each point of Strength under the req the attacker is.
• Strength now determines explosion knockdown chance and melee knockback distance. Moved from Agility.
• Perception now modifies Critical Hit Damage, ±10% per-PER.
• Perception now modifies V. A. T. S. chance, ±4% per-PER.
• Endurance temporary adjustments now modify max Hit Points (Radiation is Actually Dangerous natively now)
• Charisma now modifies the difficulty of all Speech and Barter checks based on the Intelligence of the opposing NPC.
• Charisma now (optionally) reduces the infamy and fame gained, when having higher and lower values respectively.
• Intelligence now modifies combat XP gain, ±10% per-INT. Optionally can modify ALL XP gained by ±5% per-INT.
• Intelligence now modifies V. A. T. S. cost, by ±4% per-INT
• Agility no longer effects explosion knockdowns and melee knockback.
• Repair now increases equipment degradation with less than 33 skill, and reduces degradation when skill is greater than 33 (up to -50% degradation speed).
• All other skills will be looked up in a future update.
Additionally, the esp config comes with additional opt-in adjustments to vanilla values:
• Hit Points from END now only scales from 110 to 200 (down from 120 to 300).
• Carry Weight from STR now scales from 120 to 300 (expanded from 160 to 250).
• Action Points from AGL now scales from 56 to 110 (expanded from 68 to 95).
• Reload and draw time from AGL now scales from +25% to -20% (condensed from +67% to -33%) (and yes I know those aren't the settings values but speed mult is the divisor).
• Melee damage bonus from STR now requires 6 or more STR, and Unarmed damage bonus now scales from +1 to +10 (up from +0. 5 to +5. 5).
Recommended Mods + Tweaks:
• More Charisma Checks
• Retroactive Intelligence Implant
• Stewie's Tweaks and Engine Fixes
• Twerks — No Skill Tags (for a better roleplay dialogue experience)
• Twerks — Crit Chance Ignores Fire Rate (so automatic weapons have Crit Chance per-hit, instead of per-second while semi-autos have per-hit)
• Twerks — Strength-based Explosion Knockdown Chance (if you don't use this very intrusive mod)
Attribute Tweaks (NVSE) by carxt is a Fallout: New Vegas mod that rebalances the SPECIAL attributes, making previously useless ones more impactful. With 1,641 endorsements and 648,735 downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life improvement for players who want more meaningful character builds. Last updated January 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (1,641 endorsements, 648k downloads) — this is a well-loved fix
- Directly addresses a common complaint about useless SPECIAL stats
- Lightweight and focused — does one thing and does it well
⚠️ Cons
- Requires NVSE, so you'll need to install that first if you haven't
- Last updated January 2025 — could be outdated if the game updates (though unlikely for NV)
For Fallout: New Vegas players who are tired of dumping points into Charisma or Luck and feeling like they're wasted. If you want a more balanced SPECIAL system without overhauling the whole game, this is for you. Skip if you prefer the vanilla jank or want a full perk overhaul instead.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure NVSE is installed and launched via the NVSE loader, not the vanilla exe, or the mod won't work.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to keep track of your mods — it'll make uninstalling or troubleshooting easier.
- Check the mod's comments or forum for player reports on which attributes got changed — the description doesn't list specifics.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- carxt
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 648,735
- Endorsements
- 1,641
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Created
- 2/15/2021
- Updated
- 1/22/2025
🧩 Commonly Used Together
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🔧 How to Install New Vegas Mods
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