Character Creation | The Outer Worlds 2 Wiki

Character Creation in The Outer Worlds 2 is a feature that allows you to customize your player character's appearance, Background, starting attributes, Skills, and aptitudes. Note that certain aspects of Character Creation are part of the player character's constant progression and can be modified throughout the game. This page offers tips and guided information on the Character Creation process and helps players decide on a starter build for a given playstyle they wish to pursue.

 

The Outer Worlds 2 Character Creation Guide

 

Outer Worlds 2 Character Creation: Appearance

Just like in any other character creation, you'll begin by customizing your character’s physical appearance through a wide range of options. Facial customization includes adjustments to head shape, eye spacing, jawline, nose size, and other features, allowing for a wide range of distinct looks rather than simple presets. Hairstyles and facial hair come in multiple styles, with varied lengths, textures, and colors that help distinguish the character further. You can also apply scars, blemishes, or age markings to reinforce personality or backstory through appearance. In addition, there is also a color palette system for hair, eyes, and skin tones, ensuring a wide spectrum of creative choices. While these adjustments are cosmetic and do not influence gameplay, they allow you to craft a protagonist that feels personal, unique, and visually memorable throughout the story.

 

Character Presets

Select from ten preset options for male and female characters, each offering a distinct style and personality. These ten are a great starting point for further customization of appearance. Afterward, you can still tweak or add in more distinct features for your character if you opt to.

Male Presets

  

 

   

  

 

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Character Creation: Body Customization

You can choose the identity of your character by picking your preferred body type. Body Type 1 is for male characters, while Body Type 2 is for those who prefer to create female characters. You can also choose the prosthetics for your character here. You can customize whether you'd want the prosthetics on the left or right arm and leg. You can even opt to add prosthetics for all of your limbs if you wish! 

 

Character Creation: Face Customization

Personalize the details of your character's face by adjusting their head shape, skin complexion, age, eyes, eyebrows, nose, and cheeks. Here you'll be able to refine the finer values of your character. You can choose from a number of options to change your appearance accordingly.

 

 

Character Creation: Hair Customization

Customize your character's appearance by adjusting their hair to make them look more slick or elegant. You can pick a wide range of hair style, adjust hair color, and combine the different styles to create the look you are aiming for. 

 

Character Creation: Cosmetic Customization

Customize your character's makeup features by adjusting their makeup, color, and intensity. Here, you'll be able to fine-tune your character's makeup, providing a more elegant look.

 

 

Character Creation: Background

The Background system in The Outer Worlds 2 is an essential part of character creation. Once you're satisfied with your character's appearance, you'll then have to choose your character's background. The background represents who your character was before joining the Earth Directorate. Players will be able to choose from six backgrounds, such as the Ex-Convict, Gambler, Lawbringer, Professor, Renegade, and the Roustabout. While it may seem like background choices won't matter, they actually have various uses throughout your playthrough. Your chosen background may affect some NPC conversations and interactions in the world. Note that backgrounds do not impose fixed playstyles, but rather enrich the role-playing aspect and world interaction by tailoring how the game perceives you. 

 

Character Creation: Traits

Once you've chosen your preferred background, you'll then have to choose what characteristic(s) you're character would have. These are called Traits. Traits are unique modifiers that may heavily influence your experience in the game. These traits can and will affect your character in combat and define how your character will interact with the world.

You'll first have to choose from a variety of positive traits from Brawny, Brilliant, Heroic, Innovative, Nimble, Resilient, Suave, Lucky, and Witty. Each Trait will give your character unique bonuses and interactions. For example, Brawny knocks down enemies when sliding or sprinting into enemies, Nimble allows you to be quicker on your feet, especially while stealthing, and Brilliant allows you to solve problems more easily. While you can choose more than one trait to create a more unique playthrough, doing so will force you to choose a negative trait to balance it out. Negative traits provide a negative impact for your character. You can choose from three negative traits, such as the Abrasive, Dumb, and Sickly.

To learn more about the various Traits and their effects, you can head over to our Traits page, or for a quicker overview, you can head to the table below.

 

 

Character Creation: Skills

After choosing the Background and Traits of your character, you'll then have to choose Skills to specialize in. Skills determine the capabilities of a character in various areas. It encompasses an array of abilities that will help the player throughout their playthrough. Skills do not only affect combat abilities; they also integrate outside of combat, such as sneaking, lockpicking, hacking, and observation.

Currently, you can choose from twelve skills, such as Guns, Melee, Sneak, Lockpick, Engineering, Explosives, Hack, Medical, Science, Observation, Leadership, and Speech. Guns increase ranged weapon damage and armor penetration. Melee increases weapon damage and affects close-quarters combat. Sneak reduces detection and increases sneak attack effectiveness. Lockpick governs access to locked containers and doors and affects how reliably mechanical locks are bypassed. Engineering covers repair, provides damage reduction, and allows you to interact with the various mechanical systems of the game. Explosives increase the damage and effectiveness of grenades and planted explosives and affect explosive resistance. Hack allows access to mechanical systems such as automatics and terminals. It also improves effectiveness against automechanicals. Medical increases your tolerance to toxicity and increases your damage to creatures. Science governs gadgets and improves stacks of non-Physical Damage Type side-effects. Observation improves detection of environmental clues, highlights weak points, and supports investigative approaches. Leadership increases companion performance and unlocks companion-related bonuses or commands. And finally, Speech controls persuasion, intimidation, lying, and related dialogue checks, and also provides bonus damage to humans.

Note that while there are twelve Skills to choose from, you can only specialize in up to two skills (Choosing the Brilliant Trait lets you choose an additional Skill to specialize in), and every time you level up, you'll be able to earn skill points to improve your skills. You can increase your skill proficiency by investing Skill points in them up to your current level, do note that Specialized Skills can be increased up to your current level +2. 

Your skills will also determine what Perks you can acquire. Perks are permanent bonuses that can affect the player's gameplay. They can provide unique buffs, such as being able to see the contents of locked containers using the Through the Keyhole perk or increasing healing from food from the Foodie Perk. Perk points are earned at a rate of 1 point every 2 levels gained.

For a more in-depth guide to Skills, you can head over to our Skills page. 

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