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| 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)
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== 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 '''3%''' (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.

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* [[Melee]]
* [[Throwing]]
* [[Lockpicking]]
* [[Pickpocketing]]
* [[Traps]]
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* Melee critical chance
* [[Initiative]]
* AP cost of light weapons (unarmed, fist weapons, knives, throwing knives, pistols, SMGs)
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{{Crit chance sources}}

== Action point cost reduction ==
To use these charts, find the base action point cost of your weapon on the item's tooltip and calculate all other AP cost modifiers (eg. [[Burst]] x3, [[Spec Ops]] x2, [[Gunslinger (feat)|Gunslinger]] -3, [[Lightning Punches]] -2, [[Tabi Boots]] -1) after this dexterity reduction.

{{Dexterity AP chart horizontal}}

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'''''Note:''' Minimum AP cost for any attack is set to '''4''' before modifiers from [[Special Attacks]] such as [[Point Shot]].''

== Related feats ==
See [[:Category:Dexterity feats]].
* [[Increased Dexterity]] veteran feat increases it by 2.

== Related items ==

=== Equipment ===
* {{Itemlink|Fishing Rod}} (Dexterity affects fishing)
* {{Itemlink|Remote Control Energizer Glove}} (-1)
* {{Itemlink|Industrial Powered Exoskeleton}}{{expedition-inline}} (-2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Combat Exoskeleton}}{{heavyduty-inline}} (-2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Technomedic Exoskeleton}}{{heavyduty-inline}} (-2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Intercessor Exoskeleton}}{{heavyduty-inline}} (-1 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Psychophract Exoskeleton}}{{heavyduty-inline}} (-2 Dexterity)

=== Food ===
* {{Itemlink|All-in}} (temporarily +3 all base abilities)
* {{Itemlink|Boolean}} (temporarily -3 all base abilities)
* {{Itemlink|Junkyard Surprise}} (temporary random base ability buff)
* {{Itemlink|Eel Sandwich}} (temporary +1 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Mushroom Brew}} (temporarily -2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Stalagdrop}} (temporary -1 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|White Dude}} (temporarily -2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Cave Tear}} (temporary -3 Dexterity)

=== Drugs ===
* {{Itemlink|Supersoldier Drug (medicine)|Supersoldier Drug}} (temporary +2 Dexterity)
* {{Itemlink|Hercules}} (temporary +5 Dexterity, leads to fatal withdrawal)

== Dexterity checks ==
[[File:Base Ability check.png|thumb|200x200px|Impossible/passable strength check]]
[[File:Tilemarker Dexterity.png|left]]

[[Underrail: Expedition]] expansion unified the style of in-world base ability checks. This new type of base ability check was also backported to new base game content.

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{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Checks in the base game
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! Location !! Check !!data-sort-type="number"| Requirement !! Details
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| Core City, [[Utility Facility]] death stalker area || Reach down || 7 Dexterity || Gain [[Circular Wave Amplifier]] and some electronic scraps
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| Core City, [[Utility Facility]] death stalker area || Reach down || 7 Dexterity || Gain [[Seeker Lens]] and some electronic scraps
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| [[Lost Vault]], interior || Reach down || 8-10 Dexterity || Picks up somewhat high leveled electronic gear
|}

{{incomplete list}}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Location !! Check !!data-sort-type="number"| Requirement !! Details
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| [[Abyssal Station Zero]] ([[:File:xpbl_ds1.png|xpbl_ds1.png]]) || Reach through the grate || 10 Dexterity || Gain [[Plasma Grenade Mk III]]
|}

== History ==
* [[1.0.1.9]]: Reduced dexterity effect on the chance to reel the fish in
* [[1.0.1.8]]: Light weapon AP cost reduction changed to 3% (down from 4%) for each dexterity point above 5 
* [[0.1.14.1]]: Minimum AP cost of any attack set to 4
* [[0.1.12.0]]: Introduced new light weapon, throwing knives
* [[0.1.11.0]]: Melee skill now scales up with either Strength or Dexterity, whichever is higher
* [[0.1.10.0]]: Introduced dexterity-based AP cost reduction for light weapons (knives, pistols, SMGs or fist weapons), 4% for every dexterity point above 5.


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