Addiction

Addiction means your body (or your mind) is in need of an daily dose of a certain substance (or action like playing Tragic). You can get addicted when you use or abuse too many drugs. In Fallout 3, RadAway is no longer addictive. As an addict, you suffer withdrawal symptoms when you run out of supplies. Many drugs in the Fallout games were addictive; you could even get addicted to Nuka-Cola (regular Nuka-Cola is not addictive in Fallout 3, but Nuka-Cola Quantum is addictive).

In Fallout 3, addiction can be cured for a price in caps by visiting a doctor (like the one in Megaton). If you own a house in either Megaton or Tenpenny Tower, the addiction can be cleared for free by purchasing the My First Laboratory house improvement.

Each chem has a relative chance of addiction. One of the most dangerous drugs is Jet with a very high chance of 50% to get addicted.

Different kinds of Addictions:


 * Alcohol Addiction
 * Buffout Addiction
 * Jet Addiction
 * Med-X Addiction
 * Mentats Addiction
 * Nuka Cola Addiction
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum Addiction
 * Psycho Addiction
 * Rad Away Addiction
 * Tragic Addiction
 * Ultrajet Addiction

Addiction Withdrawal Effects

 * In Fallout 3, RadAway, Rad-X, and Nuka-Cola are not addictive.
 * In Fallout Tactics you can gain the Psychotic perk which makes you suffer less withdrawal from Psycho.