Karma system
You can use the console command player.getav karma to find out your current karma value.
Populations react differently to you depending on your karma. For example, if a player with very good karma appears in Megaton , one unnamed Megaton Dweller will speak to the player daily and give them various gifts (ammunition, food, or medicine). A character with bad karma will have a slightly warmer welcome in Paradise Falls .
If a player's karma status becomes Good, they become hunted by Talon Mercenaries (even if their karma status reverts to Neutral or Evil). Conversely, if their karma status becomes Evil, the player becomes hunted by the Regulators, even if their karma later reverts to Neutral or Good. A player who was both Good and Evil may one day face a simultaneous attack by both Talon Mercenaries and the Regulators.
Lv. Good above +250 Neutral +250...-250 Evil below -250
- 1 Vault Defender Vault Dweller Vault Delinquent
- 2 Martyr of the Refuge Vault Renegade Vault Outlaw
- 3 Hourly Seeker Opportunist
- 4 Fighter Wanderer Plunderer
- 5 Messenger City dweller Fat Cat
- 6 Peacemaker Adventurer Marauder
- 7 Ranger of the Wasteland Wasteland Wanderer Pirate of the Wasteland
- 8 Guardian * Mercenary * Reaver *
- 9 Urban Avenger Urban Ranger Urban Invader
- 10 Example Witness Ne'er- do - well
- 11 Capital Crusader Capital Councillor Capital Crimelord
- 12 Paladin Keeper Defiler
- 13 Legend of the Vault Vault Descendant Vault Boogeyman
- 14 Goodwill Ambassador * Pinnacle of Survival * Harbinger of War *
- 15 Urban legend Urban myth Urban Superstition
- 16 Hero of the Wasteland Strider of the Wastes Villain of the Wastes
- 17 Banner of the Wasteland Beholder Fiend
- 18 Savior of the Wasteland Wasteland Watcher Wasteland Destroyer
- 19 Miracle of the Lord Superman Evil Incarnate
- 20 The last hope of humanity * Paradigm of Humanity * Scourge of Humanity *
Decrease or increase of karma
- Killing an evil character or creature: +0 karma
- Killing a very evil character or creature: +100 karma
- Killing a good or neutral creature: -25 karma^
- Killing a good or neutral character: -100 karma^
- Enslaving a character using a hypnotron and a slave collar: -100 karma
- Stealing from a non-evil character or faction: -5 karma per item
- Donate to any church: +1 karma for each cap donated
- Eating a body (Cannibal perk available): -1 karma per body
- Give Purified Water to vagrants, such as Carlos near Rivet City: +50 karma per bottle
- Give scrap metal to Walter at the Megaton Pump Station: +10 karma per item
- Perform a good deed in a quest with multiple completion options: at least +50 karma
- Commit an evil act in a quest with various completion options: at least -50 karma
- Repeatedly hacking a locked terminal (classified as stealing, but can be done again and again): -5 karma per hack attempt
- A good way to lower your karma without angering the populace is in Tranquility Lane, so do whatever Betty asks you to do.
Source: about-fallout3.blogspot.com
See also: Fallout 3
SPECIAL System and Skills
: Basic Perks (Part 1)
Fallout 3: Quest Perks (Part 2)