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Weapon Requirements
Every weapon has a 💪 Strength requirement. If your 💪 Strength is not equal to or higher than the 💪 Strength requirement of a weapon, you will suffer a -2 Accuracy penalty for every point of 💪 Strength you lack when wielding that weapon.
Generally speaking, the ranges for 💪 Strength requirements are as follows:
- 1 Handed 🗡 Melee weapons:
- 2-5 💪 Strength
- 2 Handed 🗡 Melee weapons:
- 4-12 💪 Strength
- 👊 Unarmed weapons:
- 1-9 💪 Strength
- 🤾 Throwing weapons:
- 1-5 💪 Strength
- One Handed 🔫 Small Guns:
- 1-7 💪 Strength
- Two Handed 🔫 Small Guns:
- 4-8 💪 Strength
- 🔥 Big Guns:
- 7-12 💪 Strength
- One Handed ⚡ Energy Weapons:
- 2-5 💪 Strength
- 2 Handed ⚡ Energy Weapons:
- 4-8 💪 Strength
If you 💪 Strength is not high enough to use a weapon without penalty, you can try:
- Using Chems to boost your 💪 Strength
- Equip a suit of Power Armor
- Unlock the Weapon Handling perk at Level 10
- Unlock the Intense Training perk to increase your 💪 Strength permanently