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
Poison Immunity. Critical Chance -50% for Robots against the player. Consuming Stimpaks or Super stimpaks grants an additional +10 HP. Consuming any healing item in the table below grants an additional +5 HP.

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%)".