Reached level 50 but still haven't figured out how to perform a sneak attack.

[a sentient mcnugget]

So I'm crouched [hidden] and sneaking behind an enemy but all I seem to be doing are normal attacks.

Do you need a perk card equipped to even sneak attack?

[MBK]

Just be hidden and attack, that's all. There is no special animation or anything, it's just a damage bonus
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Sneak_Attack_Critical

[a sentient mcnugget]

Originally posted by MBK:

Just be hidden and attack, that's all. There is no special animation or anything, it's just a damage bonus
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Sneak_Attack_Critical

Do you know how I can get the sneak attack multiplier to be displayed?
Does this only happen when you have a sneak attack perk equipped?

Thanks in advance.

[morikaane]

A silenced or silent weapon can sometimes help too.

[Fluffy Chops]

Originally posted by put dispenser here:

Originally posted by MBK:

Just be hidden and attack, that's all. There is no special animation or anything, it's just a damage bonus
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Sneak_Attack_Critical

Do you know how I can get the sneak attack multiplier to be displayed?
Does this only happen when you have a sneak attack perk equipped?

Thanks in advance.

It displays as you hit them like Sneek attack damage 1.25% damage depending on how much sneek damage cards are working as i have the night time sneek damage as well so at night i see the number be lot higher.

Doing a sneek melee attack i found is hard to pull off but can be done at rare times like for real this isn't skyrim but i found a longer range melee makes it a little easier to do but, lot of the times it will go into danger mode before the hit takes place. For real guns are better and a sniper type are duhh so good as you can land so many sneak damage before the ai knows were you are.

[Vic Evicerator]

Originally posted by put dispenser here:

Originally posted by MBK:

Just be hidden and attack, that's all. There is no special animation or anything, it's just a damage bonus
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Sneak_Attack_Critical

Do you know how I can get the sneak attack multiplier to be displayed?
Does this only happen when you have a sneak attack perk equipped?

Thanks in advance.

The game doesn't show a multiplier or sneak attack indicator, but if you have the Damage number display turned on you'll notice the extra damage.

[therussmeister]

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

The game doesn't show a multiplier or sneak attack indicator, but if you have the Damage number display turned on you'll notice the extra damage.

Hmm, I get a text in the upper left corner saying I got the sneak damage multiplier. That's with a Sneak Level 2 perk card equipped.

[YΛҠ SĤΛ√ƐŔ]

is the "getting hit generates a stealth field" of any use to retaliate with a sneak slap?

[Angela]

Originally posted by therussmeister:

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

The game doesn't show a multiplier or sneak attack indicator, but if you have the Damage number display turned on you'll notice the extra damage.

Hmm, I get a text in the upper left corner saying I got the sneak damage multiplier. That's with a Sneak Level 2 perk card equipped.

That only happens when you use VATS. Regular attacks tell you nothing but the numbers if you have those displayed.

[therussmeister]

I don't think so, I rarely use VATS when I snipe. But I can't say for sure, will check next time I play.

[Fluffy Chops]

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Originally posted by Angela:

Originally posted by therussmeister:

Hmm, I get a text in the upper left corner saying I got the sneak damage multiplier. That's with a Sneak Level 2 perk card equipped.

That only happens when you use VATS. Regular attacks tell you nothing but the numbers if you have those displayed.

I see the exact opposite. Sneak attack text indicator and multiplier only shows out of VATS and never in VATS. Sure you are not thinking of critical hit text which only shows when in VATS, as crits can only be done in VATS. See screenshot below. Clearly out of vats and sneak damage multiplier is showing up.

You still can be doing sneak attack bonus damage in VATS, but you don't get the text saying so.

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

Originally posted by put dispenser here:

Do you know how I can get the sneak attack multiplier to be displayed?
Does this only happen when you have a sneak attack perk equipped?

Thanks in advance.

The game doesn't show a multiplier or sneak attack indicator, but if you have the Damage number display turned on you'll notice the extra damage.

Yes it does, for both. See screenshot below. It will show even with no sneak damage perks applied to your build. The perks simply increase the multiplier for the amount of sneak damage you are doing.

Also the damage numbers are ok to use as a guide, but are frequently unreliable. Often the damage numbers will still show you are doing big damage with the sneak bonus applied, but the enemy hp bar will only go down by a very small amount, indicating very clearly that sneak bonus is not actually working right now. Damage numbers do lie, hp bar less so.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807374108

[Vic Evicerator]

I was just coming back to say this. After the question was raised I went in-game and looked and yep - there it is, live-action sneak attacks have that text upper-left. I don't know how I've put over 800 hours into this game and never noticed that before...

[therussmeister]

I feel vindicated. Or validated.

[Angela]

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

I was just coming back to say this. After the question was raised I went in-game and looked and yep - there it is, live-action sneak attacks have that text upper-left. I don't know how I've put over 800 hours into this game and never noticed that before...

I'd never noticed it either, I think I have become immune to useless HUD messages over time playing this game. Top left and top right messages just blur to me (I'd actually thought the sneak/crit messages were in top right as well).

[Tumbleweed]

Originally posted by therussmeister:

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

The game doesn't show a multiplier or sneak attack indicator, but if you have the Damage number display turned on you'll notice the extra damage.

Hmm, I get a text in the upper left corner saying I got the sneak damage multiplier. That's with a Sneak Level 2 perk card equipped.

Yea the Covert Ops, Sandman, and/or Sneak perks display the sneak attack multiplier damage in the upper left from what I noticed. This is without using VATS. Using VATS, idk.