Level 1
ST 1 PE 5 EN 6 CH 6 IN 9 AG 7 LK 6
Small Guns, Sneak, and Lockpick
Bobblehead (Medicine)
Level 2
Sneak +19 (53)
Swift Learner
Bobblehead (Intelligence)
Level 3
Sneak +15 (68), Small Guns +5 (39)
Lady Killer/Black Widow
Level 4
Small Guns +20 (59)
Comprehension
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (27)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (29)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (31)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (33)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (35)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (37)
Big Book of Science => Science +2 (39)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (70)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (72)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (74)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (76)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (78)
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual => Sneak +2 (80)
Dean's Electronics => Repair +2 (27)
Dean's Electronics => Repair +2 (29)
Dean's Electronics => Repair +2 (31)
Dean's Electronics => Repair +2 (33)
Guns and Bullets => Small Guns +2 (61)
Guns and Bullets => Small Guns +2 (63)
Guns and Bullets => Small Guns +2 (65)
Guns and Bullets => Small Guns +2 (67)
Guns and Bullets => Small Guns +2 (69)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (17)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (19)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (21)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (23)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (25)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (27)
Tumblers Today => Lockpick +2 (32)
Tumblers Today => Lockpick +2 (34)
Tumblers Today => Lockpick +2 (36)
Tumblers Today => Lockpick +2 (38)
Level 5
Small Guns +20 (89)
Child at Heart
Level 6
Small Guns +1 (90), Lockpick +10 (48), Science +9 (48)
Fortune Finder
Level 7
Science +20 (68)
Bloody Mess
Level 8
Lockpick +13 (61), Science +7 (75)
Scrounger
Level 9
Lockpick +14 (75), Science +6 (81)
Commando
Level 10
Lockpick +11 (86), Science +9 (90)
Finesse
Tumblers Today => Lockpick +2 (88)
Level 11
Repair +20 (53)
Entomologist
Ant Sight
Bobblehead (Lockpick)
Bobblehead (Science)
Bobblehead (Sneak)
Level 12
Repair +20 (73)
Silent Running
Level 13
Repair +17 (90), Medicine +3 (38)
Robotics Expert
Bobblehead (Small Guns)
Bobblehead (Repair)
Level 14
Medicine +20 (58)
Sniper
Level 15
Medicine +20 (78)
Lawbringer
Level 16
Energy Weapons +11 (40), Medicine +9 (87)
Better Criticals
Level 17
Energy Weapons +20 (60)
Action Boy/Girl
Level 18
Barter +19 (36), Medicine +1 (88)
Concentrated Fire
Level 19
Explosives +16 (33), Barter +4 (40)
Animal Friend
Level 20
Speech +13 (30), Explosives +7 (40)
Grim Reaper's Sprint
Bobblehead (Barter)
Bobblehead (Big Guns)
Bobblehead (Energy Weapons)
Bobblehead (Explosives)
Bobblehead (Melee Weapons)
Bobblehead (Speech)
Bobblehead (Unarmed)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (72)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (74)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (76)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (78)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (80)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (82)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (84)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (86)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (88)
Nikola Tesla and You => Energy Weapons +2 (90)
Level 21
Speech +10 (50), Big Guns +10 (37)
Cyborg
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (52)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (54)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (56)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (58)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (60)
Level 22
Unarmed +7 (34), Big Guns +13 (50)
Quantum Chemist
Level 23
Unarmed +16 (50), Melee Weapons +4 (21)
Gunslinger
Level 24
Melee Weapons +20 (41)
Pyromaniac
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (52)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (54)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (56)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (58)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (60)
Level 25
Melee Weapons +9 (50), Big Guns +11 (61)
Master Trader
Level 26
Unarmed +10 (60), Speech +10 (60)
Nerves of Steel
Level 27
Barter +10 (70), Melee Weapons +10 (60)
Chemist
Level 28
Speech +10 (70), Explosives +10 (70)
Life Giver
Level 29
Unarmed +10 (70), Melee Weapons +10 (70)
Toughness
Level 30
Barter +11 (89), Big Guns +9 (78)
Almost Perfect
Bobblehead (Strength)
Bobblehead (Perception)
Bobblehead (Endurance)
Bobblehead (Charisma)
Bobblehead (Agility)
Bobblehead (Luck)
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine => Medicine +2 (92)
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine => Medicine +2 (94)
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine => Medicine +2 (96)
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine => Medicine +2 (98)
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine => Medicine +2 (100)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (82)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (84)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (86)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (88)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (90)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (92)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (94)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (96)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (98)
Duck and Cover! => Explosives +2 (100)
Grognak the Barbarian => Melee Weapons +2 (92)
Grognak the Barbarian => Melee Weapons +2 (94)
Grognak the Barbarian => Melee Weapons +2 (96)
Grognak the Barbarian => Melee Weapons +2 (98)
Grognak the Barbarian => Melee Weapons +2 (100)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (82)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (84)
Paradise Lost => Speech +2 (86)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (88)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (90)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (92)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (94)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (96)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (98)
Lying, Congressional Style => Speech +2 (100)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (82)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (84)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (86)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (88)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (90)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (92)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (94)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (96)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (98)
U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes => Big Guns +2 (100)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (93)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (95)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (97)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (99)
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor => Barter +2 (100)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (82)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (84)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (86)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (88)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (90)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (92)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (94)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (96)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (98)
Pugilism Illustrated => Unarmed +2 (100)
Perks were selected with an eye towards what would be most useful for a post-30 character with comprehension so skill perks for specific skills were avoided, for the most part, unless they offered some other benifit beyond bolstering a skill. Swift Learner could be replaced with a skill perk or Intense Training for a plyer wishing to maximize a specific skill(s) 5 points sooner or marginally increase a stat instead of experiencing more of the game at max level. At max level the choice is made irrelevent with Almost Perfect, every bobble head, and comprehension since no matter what perk is taken all stats can be raised to 10 and all skills raised to 100 without much trouble.
This opens up a lot of opportunities for perks that are really up to personal preference some of which were left out because there simply aren't enough to go around. One or more of the following: Mister Sandman, Mysterious Stranger, Fast Metabolism, Adamantium Skeleton, Chemist, and Demollition Expert can be taken instead of included, non-core perks like Toughness, Life Giver, Lawbringer, Cyborg, and Master Trader without changing the fundamentals of the build but still allowing for minor differences in play.
This build can be used for both good and bad karma players but bad karma players will want to change lawbriger to contract killer at level 15. Blowing up megaton will result in loosing the strength bobblehead but there are a few ways around this that still achieve 10 strength in the end. Putting off the detonation until level 30 or taking intense training at level 3, adding a point into perception to meet the perk requirements for later perks, and putting off the quest reward Ant Might until level 30 (good karma players take Ant Sight and get a free perk at level 3 instead).
This has since been changed. The number of easily accesable skillbooks at early levels required a revision in this model. Ultimately two perks that add skill points in a build with extra skill points is silly and comprehension actually makes maxing key skills early easier than education. Plus it pays off more later in the quest for perfection.
'comprehension actually makes maxing key skills early easier than education'
The above sounds lazy.. I would rather work for my maxed skills than have a binge of book reading.. the same reason I go to Operation Anchorage until lvl 30, it causes higher level monster spawn throughout the game