Skill Books.

[sigmapsidelta]

I had thought that skill books work in earlier games as they do in Fallout 4 - pick it up and if it is in your inventory you've read it. Job done.

Then I read a thing that seemed to say you needed to do something else in order to actually 'read' them in earlier games.

Now I don't know if I've 'read' the skill books I'm carrying or not. I never checked my skill points levels to see if they changed after picking one up.

Is there something else needed beyond just picking the things up?
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[NightmareGats]

You add the skill book in your inventory and then you to the aid and use the skill book to add the numver of skills to your char.

[sigmapsidelta]

So once the book is in your 'Misc' inventory you have to go to the 'Aid' section in order to 'use' it.

What exactly do you do to 'use' it? I have not seen any prompt or button to 'use' something while the pipboy is open.

Even the wiki says 'Reading a skill book permanently raises the corresponding skill by one point.....' without any explanation as to how skill books are read.
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[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

I had thought that skill books work in earlier games as they do in Fallout 4 - pick it up and if it is in your inventory you've read it. Job done.

Then I read a thing that seemed to say you needed to do something else in order to actually 'read' them in earlier games.

Now I don't know if I've 'read' the skill books I'm carrying or not. I never checked my skill points levels to see if they changed after picking one up.

Is there something else needed beyond just picking the things up?
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Skill books count as aid items that permanently adds 1-2 points when used, depending on if you have the comprehension perk or not. This removes them from the inventory.

You might have been thinking of the Bobbleheads which are are automatic stats once picked up. These changed going into 76 to be a use item that grants bonuses for a set time similar to the magazines in New Vegas.

[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

So once the book is in your 'Misc' inventory you have to go to the 'Aid' section in order to 'use' it.

What exactly do you do to 'use' it? I have not seen any prompt or button to 'use' something while the pipboy is open.

Even the wiki says 'Reading a skill book permanently raises the corresponding skill by one point.....' without any explanation as to how skill books are read.
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You use them the same way you use any other aid item

[sigmapsidelta]

Thank you.

What happens if you already have a skill at 100 and 'use' a skill book that adds to that skill? Is that book wasted?
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[pokie]

use the book like any other aid item, it’s consumed and adds one point to your skill. if you take the Comprehension perk you get 2 points per book instead.

[pokie]

the science and big guns books are technically infinite too, due to each having a location on a respawning npc.

[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

Thank you.

What happens if you already have a skill at 100 and 'use' a skill book that adds to that skill? Is that book wasted?
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Not sure if it counts as a hidden value to buffer against reductions in SPECIAL from chems and rad sickness. If it doesn't it would be wasted.
But you would already be at 100 so what does it matter?

[pokie]

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

Thank you.

What happens if you already have a skill at 100 and 'use' a skill book that adds to that skill? Is that book wasted?
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Not sure if it counts as a hidden value to buffer against reductions in SPECIAL from chems and rad sickness. If it doesn't it would be wasted.
But you would already be at 100 so what does it matter?

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

Originally posted by sigmapsidelta:

Thank you.

What happens if you already have a skill at 100 and 'use' a skill book that adds to that skill? Is that book wasted?
.

Not sure if it counts as a hidden value to buffer against reductions in SPECIAL from chems and rad sickness. If it doesn't it would be wasted.
But you would already be at 100 so what does it matter?

you can’t raise any skills above 100. using the book just consumes it if a skill is already at 100.