Legendary Abbreviations Explained

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Weapons:

Main-Prefix / 1st Legendary Effect

• A: Assassin's +50% damage to Humans

• AA: Anti-Armor Ignores 50% of your target's armor

• ARI: Aristocrat's Damage increases for every 1000 caps you have up to 50%

• BER: Berserker's Lower Damage Resistance increases damage up to 50%

• B: Bloodied Damage increases up to 95% as health decreases

• D: Double Legacy, no longer exists in the game

• EXE: Executioner's +50% damage when your target is below 40% health

• EXT: Exterminator's +50% damage to Mirelurks and bugs

• F: Furious +5% Damage after each consecutive hit on the same target, up to +45%

• GOU: Gourmand's Damage increases up to 24% as you fill your hunger and thirst meters

• GS: Ghoul Slayer's +50% damage to ghouls

• H: Hunter's +50% damage to animals

• I: Instigating Double damage if target is full health

• JUG: Juggernaut's Damage increases up to 25% as health increases

• J: Junkie's +10% Damage per addiction, up to +50%

• MED / ME: Medic's V.A.T.S. crits will heal you and your group

• MS: Mutant Slayer's +50% damage to super mutants

• M: Mutant's +5% Damage for each mutation, up to +25%

• N: Nocturnal 50% increased damage at night

• Q: Quad Quadruple ammo capacity

• S: Stalker's If not in combat, +100% VATS accuracy at +50% AP cost

• S: Suppressor's Reduce your target's damage output by 25% for 5s

• TRO: Troubleshooter's +50% damage to robots

• TS: Two Shot Shoots an additional projectile

• V: Vampire's Restore 2% health over 2 seconds when you hit an enemy

• Z: Zealot's +50% damage to Scorched

2nd Legendary Effect

• 25 / FFR / 25FFR: 25% increased fire rate

• 40P / PA: 40% more power attack damage (melee)

• 50HC / 33 / HC: +50% VATS hit chance

• 50 / 50V/ 50CRIT: +50% critical damage

• 50B / Block: Reflect 50% of damage while blocking (melee)

• 50L / LD: +50% limb damage

• Aim / 25AIM: +25% more damage while aiming

• AP: Replenish AP with each kill

• Bash: Bash damage increased by 50%

• E: Bullets explode and cause area damage

• LS: The last shot in a magazine has a 25% chance to deal 2x damage

• SS / 40SS: 40% faster swing speed (melee)

• Still / 25D: +25% damage while standing still (melee)

3rd Legendary Effect

• 1A: +1 Agility

• 1E: +1 Endurance

• 1P: +1 Perception

• 15: 15% less damage while blocking (melee)

• 15 / FR: 15% faster reload

• 15C / 15FILL: Your VATS critical meter fills 15% faster

• 25: 25% less VATS Action Point Cost

• 250: +250 Damage Resistance while reloading

• 40: Take 40% less damage while power attacking (melee)

• 50 / DUR: Breaks 50% slower

• 50DR: +50 Damage Resistance while aiming

• 90 / 90WR: 90% Reduced Weight

• MS / FMS: Faster movement speed while aiming

• SF / Stealth / Ghost: Hits have a 10% chance to generate a Stealth Field for 2 seconds

Armors:

Main-Prefix / 1st Legendary Effect

• ARI: Aristocrat's Grants up to +20 Energy Resistance and Damage Resistance, the higher your caps

• AS: Auto Stim Automatically use a Stimpak when hit while health is 25% or less, once every 60 seconds

• A: Assassin's -15% damage from Humans

• B: Bolstering Grants up to +35 Energy Resistance and Damage Resistance, the lower your health

• CH / CHAM: Chameleon Blend with the environment while sneaking and not moving

• CL: Cloaking Being hit in melee generates a Stealth Field once per 30 seconds

• EXT: Exterminator's -15% damage from Mirelurks and bugs

• GS: Ghoul Slayer's -15% damage from ghouls

• H: Hunter's -15% damage from animals

• LS: Life Saving When incapacitated, gain a 50% chance to revive yourself with a Stimpak, once every minute

• MS: Mutant Slayer's -15% damage from Super Mutants

• M: Mutant's +10 Damage Resistance and Energy Resistance if you are mutated

• N: Nocturnal Damage and Energy Resistance increase at night

• OE: Overeater's Increases Damage Reduction up to 6% as you fill your hunger and thirst meters

• R: Regenerating Slowly regenerate health while not in combat

• TRO: Troubleshooter's -15% damage from robots

• U / UNY: Unyielding Gain up to +3 to all stats (except END) when low health

• V / VAN: Vanguard's Grants up to +35 Energy Resistance and Damage Resistance, the higher your health

• W: Weightless Weighs 90% less and does not count as armor for the Chameleon mutation

• Z: Zealot's -15% damage from Scorched

2nd Legendary Effect

• 1S: +1 Strength

• 1P: +1 Perception

• 1E: +1 Endurance

• 1C: +1 Charisma

• 1I: +1 Intelligence

• 1A: +1 Agility

• 1L: +1 Luck

• 7% ER / EXP: Receive 7% less explosion damage

• AP: Increased action point refresh speed

• DR: +25% Environmental Disease Resistance

• 25R / RR: 25 Radiation Resistance

• 25P / POI: 25 Poison Resistance

• G: Hunger and Thirst grow 10% slower

• F / FIRE: +25 Fire Resistance

• CRYO: +25 Cryo Resistance

3rd Legendary Effect

• AWR: Ammo weight reduced by 20%

• WWR: Weapon weight reduced by 20%

• FWR / FDCWR: Food, Drink, and Chem weights reduced by 20%

• JWR: Junk weight reduction by 20%

• Aqua: Grants the ability to breathe underwater

• HTD / Sneak: Become harder to detect while sneaking

• 50D: 50% more durability than normal

• 15L: Receive 15% less limb damage

• SENT: 75% chance to reduce damage by 15% while standing still

• CAV: 75% chance to reduce damage by 15% while sprinting

• 15B: Reduces damage while blocking by 15%

• 50F: Falling damage reduced by 50%

• SAFE: Increases the size of the sweet spot while picking locks

• DOC: Stimpacks, RadAway, and Rad-X are 5% more effective

• FIRE / BURN: 5% chance to deal 100 fire damage to melee attackers

• ENERGY / ELEC: 5% chance to deal 100 energy damage to melee attackers

• FROST / FRZ: 5% chance to deal 100 frost damage to melee attackers

• POISON / TOX: 5% chance to deal 100 poison damage to melee attackers

• REG: Slowly regen radiation damage while not in combat