“Implant Y-3 places an internal filtration system in the digestive tract that strips any liquid consumed of all radioactive particles before being processed by the body.”— In-game description
Implant Y-3 is an implant perk in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
Obtaining[]
The implant must be purchased from the Sink Auto-Doc for 12,000 caps, which requires finding and installing both its Sink Project: Auto-Doc personality module, found in the Y-17 medical facility, and the Auto-Doc Upgrade: Implant Y-3 module from the Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab.
Effects[]
This perk reduces the amount of rads inflicted when drinking irradated liquids from the Pip-Boy inventory, such as dirty or irradiated water, soft drinks, and alcohol. It also has a secondary effect when drinking from irradiated environmental sources, such as faucets, toilets, urinals, or water ponds, where their rads amounts are lowered to 1 rad.
Items Affected[]
Notes[]
- A message, "Implant Y-3 removed ingested radiation" will appear on-screen when the perk is activated.
- The amount of radiation removed is dependent on the player's current radiation resistance level.
- Due to the way the perk's effects are calculated ((1 - (Player.GetActorValue RadResist / 100)) * DamageRadiationLevel), it is less effective at higher levels of radiation resistance. [verification needed] Using dirty water (6 rads) as an example:
- RadResist 15%, drinking dirty water (Rad+5) → no radiation
- RadResist 69%, drinking dirty water (Rad+1) → no radiation
- RadResist 84%, drinking dirty water (Rad+1) → radiation +1
- Note that high levels of radiation resistance may be temporary (boosted by Rad-X and clothing items), while the player may need to drink on a more regular basis, especially in hardcore mode.
- The perk can serve as an alternative to Lead Belly, albeit this perk does not affect irradiated food.
Behind the scenes[]
The perk image is the same one used for the RobCo processor widget, a quest item in Fallout 3 as well as that of all other implant perks and Implant GRX in Old World Blues. It is also the only perk image in Fallout: New Vegas to be missing Vault Boy or Vault Girl.
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