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For a cross-game overview of this perk, see Pain Train. |
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Pain Train is a Strength perk in Fallout 4.
Effects[]
Taking this perk grants bonus damage and a chance to stagger enemies when hitting them while sprinting in Power armor, although some enemy types are immune. Higher ranks increase the damage amount and enhance the stagger effect in duration and power, up to being able to knock viable enemies to the ground.
Ranks[]
| Rank | Requirements | Description | Form ID |
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| 1 | STR 10 | Choo Choo! All aboard! While wearing Power Armor, sprinting into enemies hurts and staggers them. (Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.) | 0004D89B |
| 2 | STR 10, LVL 24 | Sprinting into enemies while wearing Power Armor now causes severe damage and a more powerful stagger. (Robots and oversized enemies are immune to the stagger.) | 00065E3C |
| 3 | STR 10, LVL 50 | Sprinting into enemies while wearing Power Armor now causes massive damage and knocks them down. Impact landing near enemies inflicts even more damage. | 00065E3D |
Notes[]
- The effects of this perk, especially with rank 3, will frequently kill low level enemies, such as basic raiders, and will knockdown deathclaws and radscorpions.
- Each knockdown uses 10 AP and each knock back uses 20 AP.
- With rank 1 & 2, enemies will gain a buff that makes them immune to this perk's damage and stagger effects for 6 seconds after being knocked down/back. Rank 3 increases the duration to 12 seconds after being knocked down/back.
- The length that you can charge for is based on how far the player character can sprint.
- The damage caused once enemies are hit by charging isn't instant but rather it drains quickly, as if afflicted by bleeding damage.
- Pain Train works very similar to Shield Charge from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Due to both games utilizing the creation engine, it acts and performs the same in that enemies bounce off the player character as they strike them while sprinting.
- When one is standing next to enemies, it can be difficult to start charging.
- This perk is far more effective at killing enemies at lower levels, but at high levels and especially on Survival difficulty, the damage can be quite minimal, causing less than 5% damage in most cases.
- Knocking enemies over with the charge can essentially stun them for 3–10 seconds depending how far they 'fly.' Once knocked down, the mechanics of the enemies' body has to stop moving before they can stand up.
- Shooting at an enemy knocked down/back with explosive rounds before they stand up will keep them airborne, thus preventing them from fighting back.
- Impact damage can be increased by equipping two Explosive Vent mods to the leg armor, and will increase impact damage by 100. You must equip two of these mods for the damage bonus to apply.
Bugs[]
This perk can stop working without reason (most likely due to the "Ability Condition" bug), preventing enemies from being damaged, staggered or knocked down, as though the Perk was never taken.[verified]
This bug can be fixed by entering the following into the console: player.removeperk 65e3d;player.removeperk 65e3c;player.removeperk 4d89b;player.addperk 4d89b;player.addperk 65e3c;player.addperk 65e3d
Rank 3 of this perk has no effect on the impact damage. The two enchantments that refer to this perk are unused, and impact damage is handled via another spell that is fired from a script rather than attached as an enchantment effect.[verified][1]
