"How lucky can one guy be?"

Alright, I got curious one night, and decided to actually answer the iconic question that gets stuck in your head all day after you play New Vegas.

I'm using New Vegas as a base here, just because that's where the song actually plays. Assuming the courier starts out with 10 luck, there are a handful of ways to increase your luck temporarily:

Clothing:

  • Naughty Nightwear: +1

  • Lucky Shades: +1

Perks:

  • Meat of Champions: +1 Luck for 60 seconds after eating a corpse

  • (Loansome Road) Just Lucky I'm Alive: +4 after finishing a fight with less than 25% health

Traits:

  • Claustrophobia: +1 while outdoors, but -1 indoors

  • Early Bird: +2 between 6am and 12pm, but -1 between 6pm and 6am

So, how lucky can one guy be? Well, if you start with ten luck, wear lingerie and sunglasses, then get shot in the face while eating a corpse on your front lawn first thing in the morning, you should end up with a grand total of 20 Luck. Ain't that a hole in a boat?

Posted Jul 21, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

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