Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Tips and Tricks

This page provides players new to Fallout: Dust with all the advice they will need to survive the Mojave and surrounding areas.

WARNING: Some sections of this page WILL contain spoilers, namely the locations of escape routes and how to utilize them properly. Endings resulting from these escapes have been relegated towards the bottom of the page for viewer convenience. If one wishes to find the endings themselves, then avoid scrolling towards the bottom of the page.

Getting Started
Character creation in Dust should not be handled exactly as one would in vanilla New Vegas. A high-Speech, high-Barter, high-Charisma playstyle will almost certainly result in the player having a very difficult time playing Dust. This isn’t your neighborly Vegas paradise. This is a true wasteland, where almost everyone you encounter is keen on killing you and taking your equipment, or worse. Plan accordingly when creating your character.

To begin, take all of your points out of Charisma. High Charisma is a dreadful waste of SPECIAL points, and will get the player nowhere. Rather, invest your points in more concrete statistics, like Strength or Intelligence. A high Strength can help raise your low carry weight, and high Intelligence will ensure that you gain more skill points upon leveling up.