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“With the Lead Belly perk, you take 50% less radiation every time you drink from an irradiated water source.”— In-game description
Lead Belly is a perk in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
Contents
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas
Effects
With the Lead Belly perk, 50% less radiation is taken every time you drink from an irradiated water source. In Fallout: New Vegas, this benefit extends to all irradiated food and drink.
Notes
- Because both games rely on the same engine as Oblivion, which used floating point numbers even if the player only saw rounded whole numbers, it is highly likely that a source of water that goes (for example) from "1 Rad" pre-perk to "1 Rad" post-perk is still accurately treated internally i.e. 1 Rad versus .5 Rad.
- At high levels this perk may become redundant; RadAway, Rad-X, and apparel with radiation resistance, such as power armor, become more available and readily obtainable.
- In Fallout: New Vegas, there is an abundance of clean water, reducing the relative usefulness of the perk, although the benefit is extended to all irradiated food and drink.
- With the addition of Implant Y-3 in Old World Blues, this perk potentially becomes redundant, though is still available much earlier and for free. This perk also works on food while the implant does not.
Fallout 4
“Your digestive tract has adjusted to the weirdness of the Wasteland! Are you sick of stimpaks? Detest chemistry stations and making your own chess, or constantly scavenging for them? Then look for comestibles and water sources throughout the Commonwealth without the usual "distaste"! Take this perk or ones that help you when you use chems (like Chem Resistant or Chemist).”— Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide description
Effects
At levels 1 and 2 of this perk, the non-linear Radiation Resistance function, which works similarly to Damage Resistance, is applied to reduce the rads received from ingested food and drink. For example a Radiation resistance of 10 (Level 1 of this perk) will reduce the rads in an item that normally delivers 10 rads, by half, to 5 rads. A resistance of 20 (Level 2) will reduce the rads in an item that normally delivers 20 rads, by half, to 10 rads. The reduced rad effect of consuming the food or drink item is shown in the Pip-Boy, rounded to the nearest whole number: a stated rad count of 0 indicates a fractional value that is below 0.5 rads but likely above 0 rads.
The third level of the perk simply eliminates any rads from any ingested item: no rads are shown in the Pip-Boy, not even "0 rads" is shown.
| Rank | Requirements | Effects | Description | Form ID |
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| 1 | END 2 | 10 Radiation Resistance is applied to reduce ingested rads. | Your digestive tract has adjusted to the weirdness of the Wasteland! Take less radiation from eating or drinking. | 0004A0B9 |
| 2 | END 2, LVL 6 | 20 Radiation Resistance is applied to reduce ingested rads. | You take even less radiation from eating or drinking. | 00024B00 |
| 3 | END 2, LVL 17 | Immune to ingested rads. | You take no radiation from eating or drinking. | 00024B01 |
Notes
Taking this perk early on may help out a lot, particularly in a Survival mode game, as most available food (raw or pre-War) carries significant rads, and RadAway is scarce in the beginning of the game. Conversely, this perk has little value for high-level characters, particularly in a non-Survival game, because foods provide only a fixed amount of hit points (whereas stimpaks restore a percentage). However, in Survival mode, this perk is more useful due to the necessity of regularly eating and drinking to stay satiated and hydrated.
Bugs
The radiation resistance provided by the first two levels of this perk is added to the radiation resistance displayed in the Pip-Boy. This is incorrect (and can be misleading), as this specific radiation resistance is only applied to ingested items, and has no effect in resisting environmental radiation or radiation from weapons. [verification overdue]
Fallout 76
“Your digestive tract has adjusted to the weirdness of the Wasteland!”
Effects
| Rank | Description | Form ID |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | You take 30% less radiation from eating or drinking | 0004A0B9 |
| 2 | You take 60% less radiation from eating or drinking | 00024B00 |
| 3 | You no longer take radiation damage from eating or drinking | 00024B01 |
Notes
- Lead Belly does not prevent radiation damage when collecting dirty water from a river or a water pump.
- A card is found in Vault 76 on checkpoint pop-up number 6, labeled "Get a Job."
Gallery
Card in Vault 76
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