Using bobbleheads to get to level 11?

[KonRAD-X]

I know that you are able to use bobbleheads for the SPECIAL stats to raise their respective stat up one level, and I've also heard that you can use this to get your SPECIAL stats to level 11, but something about it confuses me after trying to look it up on my own and finding mixed answers.

So here's my question: Will SPECIAL bobbleheads allow me to raise my stats to 11 regardless of when I pick them up? For example, if I acquire the Perception bobblehead when I have Perception level 4 (now 5 with the bobblehead), will I be able to eventually get my perception up to level 11 using perk points, or will it still be stuck at a level 10 max?

In other words, if I want to get a stat to level 11, will I have to pick up its respective bobblehead only after I've reached level 10?

Thanks

[kdodds]

You can only raise it to 10. Only bluffs like bobbleheads and books can raise it beyond that.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

You can get to 11. You need to pick up the bobblehead after you get to 10. I think you can get one stat up to 12 if you also use the book after you get to 10. Not sure about that one.

[arti_llery]

I think the trick to getting it higher involves using something that lowers the stat temporarily. Then using the book or bobblehead.
Another way is to pick up the book/bobblehead and later use the console to raise it to the next point.

[Vomit Heart]

Pick them up when you are LV 10 in that skill to get 11

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:

You can get to 11. You need to pick up the bobblehead after you get to 10. I think you can get one stat up to 12 if you also use the book after you get to 10. Not sure about that one.

Raise the stat to 10 normally, find a debuff item for that stat dropping it to 9, use the SPECIAL book to raise it to 10. Debuff wears off and you now have 11 in that stat. Now go find the bobblehead and raise it to 12.