Stats | The Outer Worlds 2 Wiki
Stats in The Outer Worlds 2 refer to the numerical values or other data that represent a player character's strengths, weaknesses, offensive and defensive capabilities, and others. In The Outer Worlds 2, this is not limited to combat, as Stats are also used to determine your social capabilities. Stats can be affected by several modifiers, including equipment, skills, buffs, debuffs, and more. Enemies usually possess their own set of stats as well. This page covers information on the various stats available in the game.
The Outer Worlds 2 Stats Guide
Stats in The Outer Worlds 2
There are basic stats in The Outer Worlds 2 that can impact your journey in Arcadia. Stats like Health, XP, Gadget Energy, and Toxicity are used for exploration, and Stats like Damage and Armor are for Combat. These stats can be increased by leveling up your character, perks, skills, and equipping better weapons or armor. Here is the list of stats that you need to build in the course of your journey in The Outer Worlds 2:
Health - It is indicated by the red bar in the lower middle of the screen. You will see this in the Stats Summary, indicated by a red bar with numbers. The numbers indicate how much health the character currently has and the maximum amount they can have. Once the health is depleted, you will die.
Gadget Energy - It is indicated by the blue curved bar at the lower right of the screen. In the Stats Summary, it is indicated by a blue bar with numbers. The Gadget Energy allows you to use gadgets like Tactical Time Dilation. Increasing the number of your Gadget Energy can prolong the effect of your gadget.
Toxicity - It is indicated by the bluish-gray bar below the Health bar, which turns green when you use your inhaler to heal. In the Stats Summary, it is indicated by a black bar with numbers. Toxicity indicates the allowable use of the Medical Inhaler and your resistance to Zyranium poisoning. Increasing the amount of your Toxicity intake will increase the number of uses of the Medical Inhaler and your resistance to Zyranium poisoning.
XP to Level - You can see this in the Stats Summary in the yellow bar indicator with numbers. The numbers will indicate how many experience points you have and how many are needed to reach the next level. Leveling up can increase your other Stats.
Damage - You will see your damage stats on the weapons that you equip. It can be increased by equipping better weapons or by modifiers like perks, skills, damage type, and buffs.
Defense - You will see your defense stats on the armor that you equip. It can be increased by equipping better armor or by modifiers like perks, skills, and buffs.
Reputation - This stat represents your connection with the NPCs in a faction. Building this Reputation stat will ease your exploration. It can be increased by doing favors (quests) for NPCs and treating them nicely.
Health Stat Guide for The Outer Worlds 2
Health will help you continue your journey in Arcadia, and having more health can keep you from dying in-game. Health can be depleted when you are taking damage from enemies or the environment. When your health is depleted, you will die in-game, which will restart your progress from the last save point. You can replenish your health in combat by using Medical Inhalers, but too much use of them can affect your toxicity level, which will poison you and deplete your health. However, when you are out of combat, you can replenish your health by eating food or drinking.
There are also Doctors and AutoDocs that can help you replenish your health. You can find Doctors throughout Arcadia who are willing to replenish your health and cure the Zyranium poisoning for a price. Doctors will also sell you various medical gear. You can also find AutoDocs in Arcadia, which will instantly heal you and cure the Zyranium poisoning for free, but you can only use AutoDocs once. They will also grant you a few Inhaler Charges that you can use as you depart. Keeping your Health intact will help you last longer in your journey or in combat, creating more opportunities to explore or plan for your next move while in combat.
You can increase your health by leveling up, equipping better armor that can give bonus health, and equipping a perk that has bonus health. For example, when you equip the Bulletshield Perk, you will receive +10% Base Health. Equipping Armor with defensive stats can slow the depletion of your health. Armor with resistances can mitigate the damage from enemies or the environment, and help to keep your health intact. Leveling up can also increase your base health. Having a huge amount of health can help you survive the journey in Arcadia, so it's better to upgrade that stat to enjoy your gameplay in The Outer Worlds 2.
What is Gadget Energy in The Outer Worlds 2
Gadget Energy will allow you to use gadgets like Tactical Time Dilation. This stat is a resource that limits the usage of gadgets. The game encourages players to manage Gadget Energy and employ a more tactical approach when deploying gadgets. Gadget Energy can determine how long the gadget will last in combat or exploration. This stat replenishes slowly over time after using a gadget. Having more Gadget Energy will enable more gadget usage, and gadgets will last longer in combat or exploration. Gadget Energy will give you options on how to fight your enemies or explore an area in Arcadia, tactically. Use your Gadget Energy wisely to open more opportunities in combat or exploration.
You can increase your Gadget Energy Meter by investing in the "Science!" skill. You may also equip perks that give additional Gadget Energy Recharge. For example, the Rapid Recharge Perk can speed up the Gadget Energy regeneration when it drops to 10%. Increasing the Gadget Energy Meter by investing in the "Science!" skill will enable you to use more gadgets and make them last longer in combat or exploration. Decreasing the Gadget Energy Recharge will replenish your Gadget Meter faster, which means you can use your equipped gadgets again. These are the methods to increase and conserve your Gadget Energy Meter, to have more options in combat or exploration.
What is Toxicity in The Outer Worlds 2
Toxicity Stat will allow you to use your Medical Inhaler, which can replenish your Health while in combat. It can also help you resist the Zyranium poisoning, which can deplete your health if you come in contact with a Zyranium hazard. Toxicity Stat can be depleted if you use too much of your Medical Inhaler, or when you are exposed to Zyranium hazard for too long. Depleted Toxicity Stat can cause you to have Zyranium poisoning. Zyranium is everywhere in Arcadia, so you have to increase this Toxicity Stat to resist the hazards that linger in the environment. Toxicity Stat is basically your oxygen in-game; it will keep you alive while in combat or exploring the world.
You can increase Toxicity Stat by upgrading your Medical skill. You can also equip perks that reduce the toxicity rate of your Medical Inhaler. For example, the Pharm-thusiast will decrease the toxicity from the Medical Inhaler by 25%. Increasing the Toxicity Stat by investing in Medical skill will allow you to use your Medical Inhaler more times, and you will have more resistance to Zyranium hazards.
Decreasing the Toxicity rate of your Medical Inhaler can conserve your Toxicity Stat. Increasing the Toxicity Stat will give you more opportunities to heal yourself or explore the Zyranium-filled Arcadia.
Understanding Reputation in The Outer Worlds 2
You will be relying on the interactions here in The Outer Worlds 2 to get important information. Speech skills can help you interact smoothly with the NPCs around Arcadia. Your Reputation will build up when you do favors for the NPCs and nicely communicate with them. Even though the favors for the NPCs are the main factor for building up reputation, your speech and actions will affect that meter, too. NPCs are divided into Factions, and each Faction has a reputation meter. The meter will go up or down, depending on the actions you take in a faction. When a Faction is hostile towards you, your speech skill will have decreased effectiveness on the NPCs within the hostile faction. You need to keep the reputation meter to "friendly" to make your exploration more enjoyable.
Build up your reputation by doing some quests for a faction. You have to keep yourself from committing crimes like theft or murder, because it can lower the meter of your reputation. Interact nicely with the NPCs, and choose the action that won't harm them. Keeping your reputation high in every faction will open up more opportunities on your journey in The Outer Worlds 2.
XP to Level Guide The Outer Worlds 2
XP to Level determines your experience to level up in-game. Leveling up will allow you to earn skill points and perk points, which you will use to level up your skills and perks. You can earn 1 skill point every level and 1 perk point for every 2 levels gained. The more you level up your skills and perks, the more you can easily explore Arcadia. Your base stats will also increase when you level up, and you will unlock more skills and perks.
Completing quests, defeating enemies, applying your skills, and exploring the secrets of Arcadia will increase your XP to Level. Some perks can give you XP, like Busy Bodies, which will give you XP when your companions gather materials. Gaining enough XP will allow you to build your best character in The Outer Worlds 2.
How to Improve Skills in The Outer Worlds 2
Skills are the abilities that can help in your exploration in Arcadia. It is not limited to Combat, but also helps you in other ways by communicating, weapon proficiency, sneaking, lockpicking, and many more, to ease your journey. You can get them by leveling up via skill points. At every level, you will receive 1 skill point, and you can use the skill points to unlock the skills that you need for combat or exploration.
You can choose a skill according to your playstyle to use it proficiently. You will acquire perks when you reach the required level of skills for unlocking them. Having great skills that fit your playstyle can make your experience in The Outer Worlds 2 more enjoyable.
What is Defense in The Outer Worlds 2
Defense manages the mitigation of the damage that you will receive to keep your health intact. It will save you from the overwhelming attacks of your enemies. Defense can build different types of resistance to different types of damage. You can determine your Defense Stat by checking your equipped armor. Armor can provide three defensive stats: Defense, Damage Resistance, and Evasion. Light Armor grants bonuses to evasion, but has low defense.
Heavy Armor grants high defense, but has low evasion. Lastly, Medium Armor has balance evasion and defense stats. Aside from equipping better armor, modifiers like skills, perks, and buffs can increase your defense. Armors can give you resistances to different types of damage. You can prevent the debuff from a damage type when you equip the armor that's resistant to that damage. Defense and Armor coexist in reducing the damage from your enemies. Having a high defensive stat will allow you to last longer in combat.
Damage Stat in The Outer Worlds 2
Damage will allow you to deplete the health of your enemies. The more damage you have, the faster you will defeat your enemies. Damage has different types: Physical, Plasma, Corrosion, Shock, Frost, and N-Ray. You can determine your Damage Stat by checking your equipped weapon. Aside from equipping better weapons, modifiers like skills, perks, and buffs can increase your damage.
Weapons will also determine the Damage Type that you will inflict. A certain Damage Type can cause debuffs on your enemies, which add more damage to them. Damage and weapons coexist in reducing the health of your enemies. Having great damage will ease your fights in The Outer Worlds 2.
Status Effects in The Outer Worlds 2
Status Effects in The Outer Worlds 2 are also the damage type that is inflicted by a certain weapon. These Status Effects can give you or your enemies a debuff when you deal or receive the damage type. They can also worsen the debuff when you keep dealing or receiving the damage. Status Effects will change the tide of the combat for both you and your enemies. You can counter Status Effects by building Resistance on the Damage Type. Here are the Status Effects in The Outer Worlds 2:
Plasma - Plasma damage applies Burn, dealing continuous damage over time. Stacking Burn causes the target to explode, dealing damage to enemies near the target.
Corrosion - Corrosion Damage applies Vulnerable, lowering armor as it builds up, Stacking Vulnerable transitions it to Dissolved, completely removing the target's armor bonus and causing them to take additional bonus damage.
Shock - Shock damage applies Electrocuted, repeatedly interrupting targets when applied to enemies, or reducing your gadget energy recharge rate when applied to yourself. Stacking Electrocuted applies Paralyzed, disabling enemies and dealing heavy damage, or completely draining your gadget energy.
Frost - Frost damage applies Chilled, slowing down the targets attack and movement rate. Stacking Chilled applies Frozen, disabling enemies or disabling your ability to sprint, slide, and double jump.
N-Ray - N-ray damage applies N-Radiated, cause internal damage to a target, which radiates more N-rays to surrounding targets. Stacking N-Radiated will automatically kill the target regardless of health.
