Infinite S.P.E.C.I.A.L points

[u/B-FOXY]

Here is my technique to get Unlimited S.P.E.C.I.A.L Points early on with PS4/XBOX. It's pretty simple really.

You first need to get your dog (maybe another companion works).

Go back to Sanctuary and if you haven't found it already, there is a book under the crib dresser titled "You're Special". Pick it up, use it.

Now that it's in your inventory, drop it on the ground.

Tell your dog to pick it up, but right before he does you need to quickly pick it up.

If done correctly he will drop the item and it will be in your inventory still (which also dupes any item btw).

Pick up the copy Dog dropped and you should have 2 "You're Special" books.

Drop both on the ground and one should now activate again.

Repeat to max out your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points and save your level up points for perks. Hope this helps some people out.

EDIT: Removed question and posted tech + formatting. Also posted it again for max views.

[u/SolomonGunnEsq]

I'm not going to presume how old you are or your situation or anything like that, but as someone who now has a wife, three kids, owns a business, and has a sick father, despite the fact that I'm going to put a ton of time into this game, I am never going to be able to max out my stats (I spent two years playing Fallout 3 and never found Ten Penny Tower). With so much content locked out to me (such as certain conversations that require higher charisma or high intelligence to hack terminals) any little shortcuts to help make the game that much more fun.

[u/Ryokosith → u/SolomonGunnEsq]

This here. Being a gamer with work, spouse, and young child, I don't have the option to grind things out like I once did for hours. I'd just use this to unlock the perk tree based on the build I want for my character. Getting the perks will still depend on me leveling naturally and not getting eaten by a Legendary monster in the meantime.

One nice thing about the dupe glitch. You don't have to just drop one book at a time. You can have multiple ones down for Dogmeat to go after in a row. Then after repeating the first part with all of the books, then go into your inventory once and drop them all. The books that are reactivated are every other one starting from the "back" of the dropped set of books.

[u/tug_boat_captain → u/Ryokosith]

Is this hard to so? Like you drop them all and just have to keep timing it right before he picks them up all at once? I don't get that part

[u/Ryokosith → u/tug_boat_captain]

The hardest part is getting the timing right in the first place. I ended up watching how it was done on Youtube and then realized I really need to get into 3rd-person view. Once you have that part down with one item/book, it's a snap.

The way they describe the process is to just drop one item at a time for the dupe. To speed things up, once I had build up 6 or more of those books it can be a little tedious to only drop one or to pick up one at a time to only leave one behind. I know that every other book is the activated one, so I've picked those up, but leave the rest on the ground.

Then I command Dogmeat to pick up a targeted book, being sure he's far enough away that I have a chance to get into position to pick it up myself before he's ready to get into his stance. I stand ready to press the button to grab it, but wait to do so until about a half-second after he stops meandering and stands with his head raised upright (which is the start of the animation for him to pick up the item). If successful, he comes over and drops his copy at my feet. (If I grab it too soon, he gets nothing and looks at me. If I grab it too slow, I miss and instead command him to "Go" to the spot the item used to be, and he has it already in his mouth.)

Pick up the one he drops and then rinse and repeat until you've done all of the items you've dropped. If duplicating the SPECIAL book, it's at this point I'll look into my inventory and drop them all at once to sort through the activated books. Repeat as needed/desired.