Dexterity

“ Dexterity measures character's reflexes, hand-eye coordination and finger nimbleness. It affects many things, such as operating locks, thievery, throwing and initiative. It increases critical strike chance of melee attacks. High dexterity also reduces action point cost of unarmed and light weapons (pistols, SMGs, knives, throwing knives, and fist weapons) ”

— In-game description

Details

Dexterity determines how effectively your character can perform dexterous actions such as throwing items, picking locks, pickpocketing NPCs and setting traps. Dexterity also increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by increasing your melee skill, unless your strength is higher. Each point of dexterity above 5 increases your melee critical chance by 1% and decreases AP cost of light weapons by 4% (both additive). Dexterity, along with agility, also determines your combat initiative. Some other actions (e.g. catching fish) also benefit from dexterity. No items require dexterity to be used or equipped.

High dexterity score is important for thieves and characters who use light weapons.

Directly affected skills	Other effects
Melee Throwing Lockpicking Pickpocketing Traps	Melee critical chance Initiative AP cost of light weapons (unarmed, fist weapons, knives, throwing knives, pistols, SMGs)

Action point cost reduction

Note: As of version 0.1.14.1, minimum AP cost for any attack is set to 4.

Dexterity reduction only

	AP cost
Dexterity	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Knives
Jackknife	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
TiChrome	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
All steel types	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4
Unarmed & fist weapons
Unarmed	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
Leather gloves	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4
Metal gloves	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6
Pistols
Bieretta 99 RR* 5mm pistol	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5
5mm pistol RR* 7.62mm pistol	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6
XAL-001 pistol	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6
7.62mm pistol RR* 9mm pistol	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	8
Gluck 17	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8
Laser pistol	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	8
9mm pistol	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
Chemical pistol	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
Electroshock pistol	30	28	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	12
.44 pistol	32	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	12
Wasteland Hawk	35	33	32	30	29	28	26	25	23	22	21	19	18	16	15	14
Plasma pistol	40	38	36	35	33	32	30	28	27	25	24	22	20	19	17	16
SMG burst
RR* 5mm Jaguar	24	21	21	21	18	18	18	15	15	15	12	12	12	9	9	9
Mini-Izu	27	24	24	21	21	21	18	18	18	15	15	15	12	12	9	9
5mm Jaguar RR* 7.62mm Jaguar	30	28	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	12
other 5mm SMG RR* other 7.62mm SMG	33	30	30	27	27	24	24	21	21	21	18	18	15	15	12	12
7.62mm Jaguar	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	23	21	20	18	17	15	14
other 7.62mm SMG RR* 8.6mm SMG	39	36	33	33	30	30	27	27	24	24	21	21	18	18	15	15
H&K MP5	42	39	36	36	33	33	30	30	27	24	24	21	21	18	18	15
Tommy Gun	45	42	39	39	36	36	33	30	30	27	27	24	21	21	18	18
8.6mm SMG	48	45	42	42	39	36	36	33	30	30	27	24	24	21	21	18
SMG single shot
RR* 5mm Jaguar	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Mini-Izu	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3
5mm Jaguar RR* 7.62mm Jaguar	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
other 5mm SMG RR* other 7.62mm SMG	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
7.62mm Jaguar	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4
other 7.62mm SMG RR* 8.6mm SMG	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5
K&H MP6	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5
Tommy Gun	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6
8.6mm SMG	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6
Throwing
Throwing Knife	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	7

with Gunslinger, Lightning Punches, Spec Ops and Tabi Boots

	AP cost
Dexterity	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Knives
Jackknife	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
TiChrome	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3
All steel types	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
Unarmed & fist weapons
Unarmed	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Leather gloves	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1
Metal gloves	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3
Pistols
Bieretta 99 RR* 5mm pistol	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3
5mm pistol RR* 7.62mm pistol	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
XAL-001 pistol	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6
7.62mm pistol RR* 9mm pistol	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	6
Gluck 17	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6
Laser pistol	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	8
9mm pistol	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	8	8
Chemical pistol	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
Electroshock pistol	30	28	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	12
.44 pistol	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	10
Wasteland Hawk	33	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	21	20	19	17	16	14	13	12
Plasma pistol	40	38	36	35	33	32	30	28	27	25	24	22	20	19	17	16
SMG burst
RR* 5mm Jaguar	16	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	8	6	6	6
Mini-Izu	18	16	16	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	6	6
5mm Jaguar RR* 7.62mm Jaguar	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	8
other 5mm SMG RR* other 7.62mm SMG	22	20	20	18	18	16	16	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	8	8
7.62mm Jaguar	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9
other 7.62mm SMG RR* 8.6mm SMG	26	24	22	22	20	20	18	18	16	16	14	14	12	12	10	10
K&H MP6	28	26	24	24	22	22	20	20	18	16	16	14	14	12	12	10
Tommy Gun	30	28	26	26	24	24	22	20	20	18	18	16	14	14	12	12
8.6mm SMG	32	30	28	28	26	24	24	22	20	20	18	16	16	14	14	12

∗ with Rapid Reloader attachment

Related feats

See Category:Dexterity feats.

Related items

• Junkyard Surprise (temporary random base ability buff)
• Eel Sandwich (temporary +1 dexterity)
• Fishing Rod (dexterity affects fishing)