Action Points

Action Points (or AP) is a game mechanic governing the number of things a character can do during one combat turn in Fallout and Fallout 2. In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, Action Points are used to attack in V.A.T.S. In Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, Action Points are also used to attack in V.A.T.S., in addition to holding breath while using scopes, sprinting and operating the jet pack.
==Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics==
Action Points are spent firing a weapon, reloading a weapon, fetching equipment from a character's backpack or moving to a new battlefield hex.
:\text{Initial level}=5+floor\left\lfloor\frac{\text{Agility}}{2}\right\rfloor
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
:5+\left\lfloor\frac{5}{2}\right\rfloor=7~\text{Action points}
===Notes===
* The Action Boy/Action Girl perk adds 1 AP per rank.
* The Bonus Move perk adds 2 special AP per rank that can only be used for movement.
* In Fallout and Fallout 2, the counter only shows up to 10 AP but internally it keeps track of any extras. In Fallout Tactics all AP show properly.
* In Fallout Tactics in continuous turn-based mode, the AP regeneration rate is directly proportional to the amount of AP a character has.
==Fallout 3==
Action points are used in the V.A.T.S. system to attack opponents, each weapon has its own cost per use and can be found on the weapons page. Unlike in the turn-based games, action points are not accumulated at the end of a turn. Instead, Action Points are regenerated over time.
:\text{Initial level}=65+(2\times\text{Agility})
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
:65+(2\times5)=75~\text{Action points}
===Notes===
* Maximum initial base is capped at 85 AP.
* This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
* The Level 20 perk Grim Reaper's Sprint restores all Action Points by successfully killing an enemy during one round of V.A.T.S.
===AP bonuses===
Name 	AP bonus 	Duration 	Value	Form ID	Notes
Agility 	2-20 	Permanent 	N/A 	N/A 	2 AP per Agility point
Action Boy/Action Girl 	25 	Permanent 	N/A 	/ 	Level 16 Perk bonus
Nerves of Steel 	None (see notes) 	Permanent 	N/A 	 	Perk that regenerates AP extremely slowly. Only obtainable through Broken Steel.
Ledoux's hockey mask 	25 	While equipped	100 	 	Worn by Goalie Ledoux (quest: "The Nuka-Cola Challenge", optional objective "Just for the taste of it").
Ranger battle armor 	5 	While equipped	430 	 	From the quest: Reilly's Rangers
Lag-Bolt's combat armor	10 	While equipped	400 	 	Obtained through the unmarked quest The Sorrowful Suitor from Broken Steel.
Tribal power armor 	15 (13 since it decreases Agility by 1)	While equipped	739 	 	Granted for finding all 100 steel ingots in The Pitt.
Nukalurk meat 	10 	4 minutes 	7 	 	Duration doubled with Chemist
Nuka-Cola Quantum 	20 	4 minutes 	30 	 	Duration doubled with Chemist
Mississippi Quantum pie	20 	4 minutes 	20 	 	Duration doubled with Chemist
Jet 	30 	4 minutes 	20 	 	Duration doubled with Chemist
Ultrajet 	40 	4 minutes 	50 	 	Duration doubled with Chemist
===Maximum AP===
The maximum figure achievable without chems is 148.
Starting AP = 65 + 10 Agility (85) + the Action Boy/Action Girl perk at level 16 (110) + Ledoux's hockey mask (135) + the tribal power armor (148). The +15AP bonus is negated by the -1 Agility penalty which the armor carries. An alternative to negate the -1 Agility is to use the Chinese stealth armor multiple hat glitch/exploit to wear Poplar's hood which has a +1 Agility bonus and stack it with Ledoux's mask for the +30 AP, making the maximum total 150 AP.
The maximum figure achievable with items and chems is a massive 280. (148) + Jet (178) + Ultrajet (218) + Nukalurk meat (228) + Nuka-Cola Quantum (248) + Mississippi Quantum pie (268) + alien biogel (278). The -1 Agility/ -2AP penalty carried by the tribal power armor can be negated using either more alien biogel or fire ant nectar (280). An alternative to negate the -1 Agility is to use the Chinese stealth armor multiple hat glitch/exploit to wear Poplar's hood which has a +1 Agility bonus and stack it with Ledoux's mask for the +30 AP.
==Fallout: New Vegas==
Action Points in New Vegas function mechanically identical to those in Fallout 3, however, the agility bonus is multiplied by 3 instead of 2.
:\text{Initial level}=65+(3\times\text{Agility})
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
:65+(3\times5)=80~\text{Action points}
Notes:
* Maximum initial base is capped at 95 AP.
* This limit can be increased with the addition of bonuses (see table below).
===AP bonuses===
Name 	AP bonus 	Duration 	Value	Form ID 	Notes
Agility 	3-30 	Permanent 	N/A 	N/A 	3 AP per Agility point
Kamikaze 	10 	Permanent 	N/A 	 	Trait
Action Boy/Action Girl 	15(per rank) 	Permanent 	N/A 	(Action Boy) (Action Girl)	Level 16 Perk bonus
Nerves of Steel 	None (see notes)	Permanent 	N/A 	 	Perk increasing AP Regen rate by +20%.
Atomic! 	None (see notes)	While irradiated	N/A 	 	Perk increasing AP Regen rate with radiation level.
Grim Reaper's Sprint 	None (see notes)	When triggered 	N/A 	 	Perk restores 20 AP on a kill in V.A.T.S.
General Oliver's uniform 	20 	While equipped 	100 	 	
Courier duster (Legion variant)	15 	While equipped 	1700 	(Legion variant) 	"Fighting Chance" (Legion variant) in Lonesome Road
Armor of the 87th Tribe 	10 	While equipped 	6500 	 	Found in Lonesome Road
Nuka-Cola Victory 	10 	2 minutes 	75 	 	
Rocket 	30 	1 minute 	20 	 	
Dixon's Jet 	10 	4 minutes 	5 	 	
Jet 	15 	4 minutes 	20 	 	
Ultrajet 	40 	4 minutes 	50 	 	
Trail mix 	5 	30 seconds 	5 	 	
Mushroom Cloud 	3 	20 seconds 	50 	 	
Sugar Bombs 	5 	30 seconds 	5 	 	
Battle Brew 	40 	20 seconds 	150 	 	Found in Old World Blues - the "Red Mist" effect
Nuka-Cola Quantum 	20 	4 minutes 	30 	 	Found in Lonesome Road
===Regeneration rate===
A character will take 16.66 seconds to recover their AP bar to full regardless of their AP total unless their AP is modified by perks. AP gained through perks do not count towards the regeneration rate. Therefore, a player character with 115 AP, 30 of which were gained through Action Boy/Girl perks, would actually take over 23 seconds to fully recover their AP bar. Furthermore, the perk Nerves of Steel decreases this regeneration period by 20%, to a potential minimum recovery period of 13.33 seconds.
The exact recovery time can be derived from the GECK variable Action Points Restore Rate, which in Fallout: New Vegas is the inverse of the number of seconds required to fully restore the AP bar. The default value is 0.060 (1/0.06 = 16.66 seconds).
===Reloading Cost===
For all firearms, a reloading cost of 10 AP will automatically be applied once the last round in a clip is selected to be fired in V.A.T.S. If the combined AP cost to fire the last round in a clip and the additional reload cost's total is too high, the last round cannot be fired. Reloading cost is affected by the Math Wrath perk and Fast Shot trait, and when used together can reduce reloading cost to 7 AP per reload. The Trigger Discipline trait has the opposite effect, raising the cost per reload to 12 AP when used alone.
===Calculating AP With Rounding===
While having the Math Wrath perk, and/or the Fast Shot and Trigger Discipline traits, decimal AP costs per shot will usually be created. The three aforementioned perk/trait's effects are multiplicative and work together rather than be applied individually, the result rounded, then the next applied.
Rounding when firing in V.A.T.S. will be applied to the final round queued. For example, Christine's CoS silencer rifle had a 38 AP per shot, whilst with Math Wrath and Fast Shot, the cost is reduced to 26.6 AP per shot. If two shots were queued, resulting in a total of 53.2 AP, the rounded cost would be 53 AP. If three shots were queued, the resulting total would be 79.8, becoming 80 when rounded. Every shot queued uses the actual decimal cost, it is only after the last shot is queued that rounding is applied.
==Fallout 4==
Action Points in Fallout 4 function mechanically identically to those in Fallout 3 and New Vegas; however, Agility is multiplied by 10 instead of 2 or 3 to calculate how many you have.
:\text{Initial level}=60+(10\times\text{Agility})
Example: A starting Agility of 5.
:60+(10\times5)=110\text{ Action points}
The base action points regeneration rate is 6.0% per second or 16.67 seconds ( 100/6.0 ) from 0 to 100%.
Action Points can now be used to sprint. The rate at which they deplete while sprinting relies on Endurance.
===Action Point cost per shot===
Weapon mods can affect AP cost. V.A.T.S. will only allow 16 shots to be queued, regardless of any remaining AP afterward.
*Lower cost: anything with the prefix "Light, Quick, Hair Trigger, Advanced, Reflex, or Sharpshooter" reduces AP cost in V.A.T.S.
*Higher cost: anything with the prefix "Heavy, Long, Rapid, Piercing, Automatic, Large, Drum, Full, Scope and Sniper" increases AP cost in V.A.T.S.
==Fallout 76==
Action Points in Fallout 76 function similarly to those in Fallout 4 ; starting at 60 AP and increasing by 10 for every level in Agility.
:60+(10\times\text{Agility})
The base Action Point regeneration rate is 6.0 per second or 16.66 seconds ( 100/6.0 ) from 0 to 100%.
Action Points are used to jump, sprint, power attack, and use VATS. 
===Action Point reductions===
* The cost of sprinting is reduced by points in Endurance, the perk card Marathoner, leg armor with the Custom fitted mod, consuming Nukashine, and being overencumbered.
* The cost to power attack is reduced by the arm armor mod Aerodynamic and the power armor arm mod Optimized bracers.
* The cost to fire in VATS is reduced by weapon mods such as an Automatic receiver or a Reflex sight, in addition to the VATS Enhanced legendary effect, stacking additively up to -90%.
===Notes===
* 5 Action Points are spent every attempt to enter VATS while no VATS targets are visible. No Action Points are spent when successfully targeting.
* VATS slowly expends Action Points while active, independent of attack costs.
* Filling the Thirst meter increases the player's Action Point regeneration rate.
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