Skill magazine

Skill magazines are special items which temporarily increase the player character's skills and abilities when used. It is important to remember that they are not stackable, therefore using two magazines will not result in double the skill increase.

By default, skill magazines provide a +10 increase to the respective skill. With Comprehension, skill magazines provide a +20 increase. The effect lasts for 1 minute by default, 3 minutes with Retention. Logan's Loophole, by a quirk, causes skill magazine duration to double (2 minutes, 6 minutes with Retention).

In Fallout: New Vegas, reading a skill magazine for a combat skill can be used to boost the damage of weapons. With a +10, this translates into an increase of 5% base weapon damage. With a +20, this translates into an increase of 10% base weapon damage. See individual weapon pages for specific information. As an example, +10 Energy Weapons with a Gauss rifle will result in an additional 6 damage per shot. A +20 results in an additional 12.

Skill magazines will not take your skills past the normal maximum of 100.