Repeatedly hacking an owned (red text) computer terminal (Classified as stealing, but can be done over and over again) -1 Karma per hack attempt.

Planting an explosive through reverse-pickpocketing.Meaning, if a container is opened once and two items are stolen, one will lose 5 Karma, but if the same container is opened twice, and one item is stolen each time, one will lose 5 Karma each time, making 10 Karma lost in total). Stealing from a non-evil character or faction: -5 Karma per instance (note that when when stealing from owned (red text) containers, such as cabinets or lockers, the Karma change applies once per activation of that container.The level 50 perks added by Lonesome Road ( Ain't Like That Now, Just Lucky I'm Alive, and Thought You Died) all reset Karma to 0.Steal items if one's Karma is too high.Kill Fiends or Powder Gangers if one's Karma is too low.Convincing Diane to make more helpful chems.Untying Benny at the Fort if he is allowed to live.Agreeing to keep Westside's siphoning of NCR pipelines a secret in exchange for Anderson turning himself in for Cpl.Informing Lieutenant Hayes about Tyrone selling chems to the Great Khans.Convincing Oscar Velasco to let go of his hate and join the Great Khans at Red Rock Canyon during Climb Ev'ry Mountain.Some quests will give positive Karma if one declines any rewards offered for completing them, including Bye Bye Love, and Someone to Watch Over Me.Killing a Very Evil character or creature ( Vulpes Inculta, Philippe, Mortimer, Duke, Cook-Cook, or Jackal Gang leaders): +100 Karma.Freeing the prisoners in Vault 3 (Karma can still be gained by simply unlocking the cell door even if the occupants are killed).Wiping out the criminal inhabitants of Vault 19.An additional +5 Karma can be gained by killing him.Giving Med-X to Boxcars, the injured Powder Ganger, inside Nipton General Store.The base level cap is 30 and the add-ons raise this cap for five levels each, but titles do not change past level 30. One's Karma status is defined by a 'Karma title', depending on one's Karma points level. One begins the game with a value of zero, which increases or decreases based on the player character's actions. Karma levels in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas Getting negative Karma points in FO3 and FNV Getting positive Karma points in FO3 and FNV Some ending narration in the game's epilogue will also depend upon the player character's Karma. The values for Karma gain may be bugged currently killing very evil NPCs (such as Vulpes Inculta) gains the player character only two Karma, yet killing some Fiends and Feral Ghouls grants 100 Karma. If one faces Legate Lanius at the battle of Hoover Dam and the speech or barter checks cannot be passed, or the wrong dialogue is selected at the near-end or the beginning, he will prepare to engage combat, and the player character will have a unique 'good' Karma dialogue option that will convince him to fight them alone, 'honorably,' regardless of whether the player character has followers with them.

Even though she will agree to accompany an evil character, the first attempt to talk with her (which one will need to do in order to tell her to travel with them) will result in her telling the player character that they 'can be a real asshole sometimes' and the first of three strikes will be used up on the spot. Note that Cass does not grant the player character any grace period to improve their Karma, making it possible to alienate her in the space of minutes by making three attempts in a row to converse with her. Upon continue on the path to 'the dark side' and talking to her again while having evil Karma (-250) she will leave for good. After that, she will not complain anymore, as long as the player character stays neutral. The player character will get a second warning when their Karma is even lower (-150). However, when opening a conversation with Cass after she has joined the player character and when they have substantially negative Karma (-100) she will complain about their behavior. Karma does not determine which companions can be recruited. Unlike reputation, where one can only gain fame or infamy (with a single, scripted exception), Karma can be both gained and lost. Karma joins reputation as a game mechanic, using a 2000-point linear scale with -1000 being the most Evil, 0 Neutral, and +1000 the most Good.

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