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A combination of appearance and charm. A high Charisma is important for characters that want to influence people with words.— Fallout in-game description

Charisma is one of the seven primary statistics in the SPECIAL system.

Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics[]

Main article: Charisma (Fallout)

Modifies: Non-player character reactions, Merchant prices, Speech + Barter skill levels, [Party Limit]] (FO2)

Fallout 3[]

Main article: Charisma (Fallout 3)

Modifies: Speech and Barter skill level, NPC disposition towards player character

Fallout: New Vegas[]

Modifies: NPC disposition towards player character, Barter + Speech skill levels, Companion Nerve

Fallout 4[]

Main article: Charisma (Fallout 4)
Charisma is your ability to charm and convince others. It affects your success to persuade others in dialogue and prices when you barter.

Modifies: Chance to succeed in color-tiered dialogue checks, Prices when buying and selling with merchants.

Fallout 76[]

Main article: Charisma (Fallout 76)
Charisma is your ability to lead and help others. It allows you to share higher point Perk Cards and also affects your rewards from Group Missions and prices when you barter.

Modifies: Rewards from Group Quests, Barter Bonus

Fallout Shelter[]

Charisma affects how efficient a dweller is while working in the living rooms, radio studio, and barbershop facilities. It can be increased on different dwellers by assigning them to the lounge.

Fallout: The Board Game[]

Unlike other games, Charisma is not treated as a variable ranging from 1 to 10, but instead as a token that can be obtained at the start or when leveling up. A player character with the Charisma token gets free rerolls during certain tests and can also recruit certain companions from the shop.

Any player character wearing formalwear gains one hit during a Charisma test. However, a player character cannot gain any rerolls from Charisma while wearing metal armor. During any Charisma test, Day Tripper can be used to gain one free hit.

Charisma-based perks[]

Companions requiring Charisma[]