In The Outer Worlds 2, character progression is more interesting than ever. Like before, you can unlock perks to get strong, but you can also gain flaws. These are a special weakness that gives you a trade-off: they slightly weaken you in one area but reward you with a bonus in another area that matches your gaming style. In this The Outer Worlds 2 Flaws Guide, we will see all the Flaws in the game and the flaws that are worth picking.
Flaws Guide – The Outer Worlds
Below you will find information on all of the Flaws that you unlock and use in the game.
Anger Mismanagement
You will unlock this flaw by using melee weapons often and not blocking attacks.
This flaw increases your power attack damage by 25%, but you will take 50% more damage when blocking.
Bad Knees
You will unlock this flaw by crouching a lot while moving. This flaw makes you crouch 50% faster, but your movements will make a noise in a 10-meter radius, which will alert your enemies nearby.
Bibliomania
You will unlock this flaw by reading many books and data pad entries. This flaw gives you 20% more base health, but for two minutes after talking to an NPC, your health drops by 30%.
Compulsive Liar
You will unlock this flaw by choosing the ‘lie’ dialogue option often. This flaw lets you lie in conversations without needing any skill requirements, but you will be forced to lie whenever that option appears.
Consumerism
You will unlock this flaw automatically if you have the Premium Edition of The Outer Worlds 2. This flaw gives you 15% cheaper prices at vendors, but your selling prices drop by 10%.
Dangerously Curious
You will unlock this flaw by hacking terminals frequently. This flaw gives you 100% EXP from hacking, but each hack will cost one extra Bypass Shunt.
Dependent
You will unlock this flaw if your companions attack enemies while you remain back in combat. This flaw reduces your overall damage by 10%, but when you hit an enemy recently damaged by a companion, you deal 25% more damage.
Drug Addiction
You will unlock this flaw by using your Medical Inhaler regularly. This flaw reduces inhaler toxicity by 40%, but the inhaler will restore 20% less health.
Easily Distracted
You will unlock this flaw if you spread your skill points across many skills instead of focusing on a few. This flaw gives you 1 extra skill point per level, but you can only spend points on your lowest or unused skills.
Easily Startled
You will unlock this flaw by failing to sneak successfully multiple times. This flaw makes your footsteps quieter and reduces enemy awareness by 25%, but when enemies spot you, your Damage Resistance and Evasion are ignored for 8 seconds.
Energy Hog
You will unlock this flaw by using gadgets often and draining your energy meter. This flaw increases your gadget energy meter by 50%, but your recharge rate becomes 25% slower.
Flawed
You will unlock this flaw after accepting two or more flaws in your play. This flaw gives you one perk point every five levels, but you will have to accept all flaws.
Foot-in-Mouth Syndrome
You will unlock this flaw by skipping or quickly clicking through NPC conversations. This flaw gives you 15% more XP, but your dialogue options are chosen randomly.
Gluttony
You will unlock this flaw by eating or drinking to restore health often. This flaw makes food and drinks heal 15% more health, but your combat movement speed drops by 10%.
Hermit
You will unlock this flaw by regularly breaking down old weapons, armor, and junk. This flaw increases vendor prices by 50% but gives you a 25% chance to get double materials when breaking down items.
Kleptomania
You will unlock this flaw by stealing items often. This flaw makes vendors pay double for stolen items, and your character will automatically steal things.
Luddite
You will unlock this flaw by rarely using gadgets in combat. This flaw gives you +10 Damage Resistance when your gadget energy is full, but reduces both energy recharge rate and meter size by 25%.
N-Radiated
You will unlock this flaw after completing the N-Ray Range area in Golden Ridge. This flaw gives you a 5% chance to turn camouflaged when taking damage, letting you sneak easily, but you will constantly lose 5% of your max health as N-Ray damage.
Overprepared
You will unlock this flaw if you reload your weapon often before it’s empty. This flaw increases magazine size by 50%, but if you ever empty a magazine, your damage drops by 40% for 8 seconds.
Profligate Spender
You will unlock this flaw by buying and spending a lot of Bits at vendors. This flaw stores 75% of your earnings with Valerie until level 30, and you will earn interest as you level up. At level 30, you will receive 150% of your saved Bits.
Reckless Leadership
You will unlock this flaw if your companions often get downed in combat. This flaw makes it so that when one companion goes down, the other gets healed and can use their ability immediately, but you can’t revive companions during combat.
Snobbish
You will unlock this flaw by constantly buying crafting materials from vendors. This flaw raises material prices by 20% and stops you from breaking down items.
Sungazer
You will unlock this flaw by looking directly at the sun for a long time. This flaw gives you permanent vision damage and 100% your weapon spread, but you will regenerate up to 50% health faster during the daytime.
Technophobia
You will unlock this flaw by fighting Automechanicals often. This flaw lets you deal 20% more damage to automechanicals, but you will also take 20% more damage from them.
Teetotaler
You will unlock this flaw by avoiding frequent use of your Medical Inhaler. This flaw increases the health restored by 25% when using the inhaler, but also raises its toxicity by 25%.
Treacherous
You will unlock this flaw by taking a stealthy approach, sneaking and dealing sneak damage often. This flaw reduces base health by 25%, but doubles sneak attack damage and makes enemies lose awareness faster.
Tunnel Vision
You will unlock this flaw by using only one weapon for a long time. This flaw improves armor penetration, but you lose your second weapon slot permanently.
Wasteful
You will unlock this flaw by constantly running out of ammo. This flaw makes enemies always drop ammo, but vendor prices go up by 25%.
Best Flaws To Consider
While it may be subjective, below we have listed some Flaws that we think are the best in the game.
Consumerism
In this flaw, you will lose 10% in selling value, but a 15% discount on all vendor prices saves you much more in the long run. Since you will keep earning Bits from quests, you will never go broke.
Dangerously Curious
If you love hacking, use this flaw. It will double your XP for hacking, which is a huge bonus, and even though you will need one extra Bypass Shunt per hack, they can be easily found or are cheap to buy.
Dependent
If you are more into sniping and holding back, and your companions like to rush, this flaw gives a strong advantage. Let your companions weaken enemies, then finish them off for an extra 25% damage boost.
Overprepared
If you reload often before your magazine empties, then this flaw will help you. Although it minimizes the damage you give to the players for 8 seconds after reloading, you will get an increased magazine size that will help you in crowded areas.
These are the best flaws that you can use. But there is no compulsion in using these flaws; you can use the flaws that suit you most and are closest to your game style. That is all for this guide. Additional, The Outer Worlds 2 guides are listed below:
- The Outer Worlds 2 Beginner’s Guide – Tips and Tricks to Kickstart Your Adventure
- The Outer Worlds 2 Companions Guide – How to Get All Companions
- The Outer Worlds 2 Best Skills Guide – Skills to Unlock First in the Game
This concludes our The Outer Worlds 2 Flaws Guide. If you want to add anything to this guide, feel free to use the comments section below.
