Heartless

Heartless is a special perk in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Obtaining
In the initial dialogue with Dr. Klein as part of the quest Welcome to the Big Empty, the Courier finds out that their brain, heart and spine have been removed and replaced. This perk represents the replacement of their heart. While technically having these perks from the start of the add-on, they are unlocked in the course of the conversation.

Effects
Immunity to poisoning, -50% to Critical Chance for robots against the player character, and bonus healing with certain items. Stimpaks gain 10 bonus healing on use, and the following aid items gain five healing on use. This additional healing is displayed on the items themselves.

Chems

 * Nightstalker squeezin's
 * Thin red paste
 * Blood sausage
 * Black blood sausage
 * Thick red paste
 * Coyote tobacco chew
 * Healing powder
 * Leg. healing powder
 * Human remains
 * Bitter drink
 * Buffout

Behind the scenes
Heartless is an adjective associated with cruelty or a lack of remorse. Despite its vernacular meaning, it has no bearing on the perk's effects.

Bugs

 * The Sink Auto-Doc message for this perk erroneously states "...allowing all healing items (chems) to function at a higher level (+25%)".