Buffout (Fallout 3)

Buffout  is a consumable item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Buffout is a highly advanced steroid that was popularized before the Great War by professional athletes and their clandestine use of the drug.

Characteristics
Buffout is a consumable performance enhancing drug, that boosts both Strength and Endurance, in addition to a health increase of 60 HP. After about ten minutes the chem wears off and you will lose 60 HP from your current total; if you have less than 60 health when it wears off your total health will be reduced to 1. Addiction can occur and can only be removed by a visit to the doctor or by the temporary effects of Fixer. It carries a 10% addiction rate.

Fallout 3
Although many vendors will have one or two doses, significant quantities of Buffout are sold by:
 * Doc Hoff
 * Cindy Cantelli
 * Ahzrukhal
 * Leo Stahl

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Found throughout the entire Fallout: New Vegas map.
 * Most frequently found on dead Powder Gangers and Fiends.
 * One can be found in Easy Pete's home.
 * Some can be found in Vault 3.

Related quests
In Fallout: New Vegas, Buffout is needed for the Fallout: New Vegas side quest High Times. To help Jacob Hoff kick his addiction, the character will need a Speech level of 50 - or a Science level of 50 and Fixer (1), psycho (1), and Buffout (1). If the character's Speech and Science levels are too low Fixer (10) will be needed.

Bugs

 * Taking stimpaks while the Buffout health bonus is active will use your stimpaks even if you are at full health.
 * If you attempt to use the status tab to heal yourself, you can't gain the extra 60HP afforded by the chem. However, if you use stimpaks or other healing items in the inventory-aid panel, you can gain the full 60HP.