What are the flaws in The Outer Worlds 2? The flaws system returns, with all new negative attributes that are seemingly much more extreme than in the first game. By taking on optional flaws, you can gain additional perk points and powerful abilities in exchange for unusual trade-offs. The number of flaws you can apply increases with the difficulty level, which can make your journey easier or harder depending on what you go for.
With so many The Outer Worlds 2 skills, perks, and traits to pick from, you could be spending quite a while planning out your next build. Flaws are also important to any good build, but you can’t take the decision lightly in the RPG game, as these effects are permanently applied to your character.
Unlocking flaws can be tricky as the game never tells you exactly what you did to meet the requirements, though if you’re observant, you may be able to identify how the flaw relates to what you’ve been doing.
Here are all the flaws we’ve discovered in The Outer Worlds 2 so far:
- Consumerism
- Flawed
- Kleptomania
- N-Radiated
- Reckless Leadership
- Hermit
- Easily Distracted
- Anger Mismanagement
- Bad Knees
- Energy Hog
- Sungazer
- Overprepared
- Gluttony
Consumerism
As a result of constant sales and promotions, you love to buy things and will do so even if it’s against your financial interests.
-15% Vendor Prices
-10% Sell Value at Vendors
How to unlock: Purchase the Premium edition of The Outer Worlds 2.
Flawed
You’re used to dealing with the disadvantages life can throw at you, but you’ve always learned to power through and come out better for it.
Flaws must be accepted, but you gain an extra perk point every 5 levels. This bonus is retroactive.
How to unlock: Accept two consecutive flaws during your playthrough.
Kleptomania
You have a compulsion to take things that don’t belong to you. You’ll occasionally steal things automatically, but anything you have stolen will sell for significantly more.
+100% Vendor Buying Price for stolen items
How to unlock: Steal several items.
N-Radiated
Constant use of the N-Ray Range has fundamentally changed you.
Whenever you take damage, there is a 5% chance you become Camouflaged automatically, but take on additional 5% of your max health as N-Ray damage.
Camouflaged: Invisible to enemies and deal bonus damage.
Cooldown: 30s.
How to unlock: Appears once you finish dealing with Victor after completing the N-Ray Range section.
Reckless Leadership
Your unique style of leadership means your companions find themselves in danger more often than not.
You are no longer able to revive your companions in combat, but whenever one does go down, your other companion will get a boost. They are fully healed and immediately fill their companion ability meter.
How to unlock: Have your companions die repeatedly during combat.
Hermit
Your self-reliance has caused vendors to take notice of your crafting abilities. As a result, vendors are reluctant to sell you items, resulting in high prices.
+50% Vendor Prices
25% chance to double items on Breakdown
How to unlock: Craft numerous items.
Easily Distracted
As a jack of all trades, you can raise more skills faster, but it’ll be harder to ever maximize any particular one.
When leveling, you can only add skill points into your lowest non-zero Skill or any Skill you have no points in already.
+1 Skill Points Gained per Level
How to unlock: Spread your skill points out evenly every time you level up.
Anger Mismanagement
Your rage and fury make you worse at blocking, but your power attacks deal more damage.
+50% Damage Received while Blocking
+25% Power Attack Damage
How to unlock: Use melee weapons and never block incoming attacks.
Bad Knees
Years of crouching have destroyed your knees, but if you stay crouching, you can avoid the pains, aches, and squeaking.
+50% Crouch Speed
Crouching emits a 10m radius sound that hostels can hear and investigate.
How to unlock: Stay crouched for extended periods of time.
Energy Hog
You love wasting power when you don’t need to. Your gadget energy now recharges more slowly, but you have a larger reserve to use or waste.
-25% Energy Recharge Rate
+50 Gadget Energy Meter Max
How to unlock: Use up all your gadget energy even when you don’t need to.
Sungazer
Staring into the sky has left your eyesight permanently damaged. Your vision is blurred as a result, and your ranged weapons are less accurate, but you’ve established a lasting connection with daylight.
Permanent damage to your vision
+100% Ranged Weapon Spread
Continually heal while outside during the day up to 50% health.
How to unlock: Look directly into the sun for a certain amount of time.
Overprepared
You never let your weapon clips go empty. If you ever run out of ammo, you’ll deal less damage for a short period of time, but your magazines now hold more ammo.
+50% Magazine Size
-40% Damage for 8s after a weapon’s magazine hits empty.
How to unlock: Don’t let your weapons run out of bullets; constantly reload your weapons.
Gluttony
You’re always hungry, and it’s starting to show. Your food and drink now heal for more, but you move a bit slower in combat.
+15% Healing from Food and Drink
-10% Combat Movement Speed
How to unlock: Repeatedly eat food within minutes of it landing in your inventory.
Now you know which The Outer Worlds 2 flaws to expect, catch up on all the companions you can recruit to your party and which factions you’ll come across.
Original article by Gina Lees.
