Hit Points

Hit Points (HP), also known as Health Points or Health, are a game mechanic used to measure the health of a character. During combat, wounded characters lose HP. When a character gains a new level, additional HP is awarded. Should a character be reduced to 0 HP, the character dies.

Gameplay
HP can be restored using various medical items/food items such as stimpaks and wasteland omelets. HP can also be restored by sleeping or paying a doctor (both of these methods heal crippled limbs, except in hardcore mode in Fallout: New Vegas). HP can also be restored by waiting, at a rate of approximately 2 HP per 3 hours (Fallout: New Vegas).

The formulas given below generally apply only to the player character.

Fallout and Fallout 2

 * $$\text{Initial level}=15+\text{Strength}+(2\times\text{Endurance})$$

The Maximum HP increase per level is
 * $$\left\lfloor\frac{\text{Endurance}}{2}\right\rfloor+2$$

Fallout 3

 * $$\text{Initial level}=90+(\text{Endurance}\times20)+(\text{Level}\times10)$$

Example: A starting Endurance of 5 at Level 1
 * $$90+(5\times20)+(1\times10)=200~\text{Hit Points}$$

Fallout: New Vegas
Between Fallout 3 and New Vegas, base HPs were changed from 90 to 100. Further, fAVDHealthLevelMult was changed from 10 to 5. The result is starting characters from both games with Endurance 5 will have the same HPs (200) but New Vegas character's HPs scale slower than Fallout 3 characters.
 * $$\text{Initial level}=100+(\text{Endurance}\times20)+(\text{(Level - 1)}\times5)$$

Example: A starting Endurance of 5 at Level 1
 * $$100+(5\times20)+(0\times5)=200~\text{Hit Points}$$

Max health of a player character without any chem boosts, DLC or perks and at max Endurance is 445
 * $$100+(10\times20)+(29\times5)=445~\text{Hit Points}$$

Max health of a player character with DLC, chems and perks at max Endurance is 885
 * $$100+(10\times20)+(49\times5)+30^1+60^2+75^3+100^4+25^5+50^6=885~\text{Hit Points}$$


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Fallout 4
Fallout 4's health scaling formula:
 * $$ 80 + (\text{Endurance} \times 5) + (\text{Level} - 1) \times \left ( \frac{\text{Endurance}}{2} + 2.5 \right )$$


 * Decimals are truncated in the Pip-Boy.
 * Temporary Endurance bonuses do not add permanent health on level up.
 * Health is retroactive on permanent Endurance increase.

This is a significant change from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. The character starts with significantly less health and thus enemies feel much more dangerous. However, there are unlimited levels and thus an infinite amount of health a character can obtain.

Fallout 76
Fallout 76's health scaling formula:
 * $$ 250 + ((\text{Endurance} - 1) \times 5)$$

This is a significant change from Fallout 4 because Endurance starts at 1 for every player character. As the maximum points that can be invested into Endurance is 15, there is a maximum of 320 hit points.

Losing all hit points does not always mean death, for occasionally, the player is put in the downed condition upon losing all hit points. For the next 30 seconds, it is possible to be revived by another player (by Mysterious Savior or Power Armor Reboot, if equipped) at the cost of a stimpak.

Fallout: The Roleplaying Game
Starting at first level, a character's health points equal their Endurance + Luck attribute scores. As the character levels up, a single health point is added to their total for each level.

The Lifegiver perk is the only other method outside of leveling up to increase maximum HP.

Fallout Tactics

 * $$\text{Initial level}=15+\text{Strength}+(2\times\text{Endurance})$$

The Maximum HP increase per level is
 * $$\left\lfloor\frac{\text{Endurance}}{2}\right\rfloor+3$$

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

 * The Die Hard skill gives an additional +20 maximum HP (up to a maximum +200) per rank.
 * The Rad Child skill allows Cain to regenerate health when others would receive radioactive damage.
 * The Sadist skill grants the ability to regenerate +2 HP for Cain and +5 HP for Nadia (up to regenerate a maximum +25 HP for Nadia and +10 HP for Cain) per rank whenever they kill an enemy.