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 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.

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

To use this chart, find the base action point cost of your weapon on its tooltip and calculate all other AP cost modifiers (Burst x3, Spec Ops x2, Gunslinger -3, Lightning Punches -2, Tabi Boots -1) after this dexterity reduction. Note that Gunslinger does not affect energy/chemical pistols.

		Base action point cost
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
Dexterity	1 to 5	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47
	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	44	45
	9	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
	10	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42
	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41
	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	39
	13	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38
	14	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36
	15	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	35
	16	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33
	17	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32
	18	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30
	19	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	29
	20	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27

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

Related feats

See Category:Dexterity feats.

Related items

Equipment

• Fishing Rod (Dexterity affects fishing)

Food

• Junkyard Surprise (temporary random base ability buff)
• Eel Sandwich (temporary +1 Dexterity)

Drugs

• Supersoldier Drug (temporary +2 Dexterity)
• Hercules (temporary +5 Dexterity, leads to fatal withdrawal)