Items

Some items can be consumed for an instant effect, ranging from gaining health to boosting your stats. These falls into several broad categories. First, one-shot consumables, such as food, which generally just returns a few hit points, alcohol, which just lowers perception, and drugs/chems which can alter stats significantly as well as run the risk of addiction with all the painful side effects one would expect in real life. Second, tool-type consumables, like medical supplies (first aid kit, doctor's bag) must be put in the acitve item slot to work (similar to a weapon). Lastly, books and magazines are consumables that give permanent boosts to the realted skills, however the boosts they give cannot push you past 92% in the respective skill.

Consumables

Food, Drink, Meds, and Chems

Name	Image	Type	Effect	Duration	Value
Antidote		Chem	Removes poisoning	NA	50
Beer		Alcohol	-1 PE	30 minutes	5
Booze		Alcohol	-2 PE	30 minutes	10
Buffout		Chem	+2 ST, +2 AG, +3 EN	6 hours	200
Addiction: 25% risk on use. The addiction lasts seven days, and inflicts -2 ST, -2 EN, and -3 AG.
Cookie		Food	+ 1 AP	15 minutes	0
Gamma Gulp Beer		Alcohol	-1 PE	30 minutes	10
Healing Powder		Medical	+10-20 HP	NA	20
Using healing powder also causes -1 PE for about 6 hours.
Iguana-on-a-stick		Food	Untested	NA	8
Iguana-on-a-stick		Food	Untested	NA	20
Jet		Chem	+1 ST, +1 PE, +2 APs	5 minutes	25
Addiction: 50% risk on use. The addiction can last forever, and inflicts -2 APs, -1 ST, -1 PE.
Meat Jerky		Food	Untested	NA	5
Mentats		Chem	+2 IN, +2 PE, +1 CH	24 Hours	280
Addiction: 15% risk on use. The addiction lasts seven days, and inflicts -3 IN, -2 AG.
Nuka-Cola		Food	NA	NA	3
Addiction: 10% risk on use. The addiction lasts seven days, but has no ill effects.
Psycho		Chem	AG +3, IN -3, DR +50	About 6 hours	280
Addiction: 20% risk on use. The addiction lasts seven days, and inflicts -2 IN.
Radaway		Medical	Lowers radiation level	NA	500
Addiction: 10% risk on use. The addiction lasts seven days, and inflicts -20 radiation resist.
Rad-X		Medical	Radiation Resist +50	About 2 days	300
Roentgen Rum		Alcohol	-2 PE	30 minutes	10
Rot Gut		Alcohol	-2 PE	30 minutes	5
Stimpak		Medical	+10-20 HP	NA	175
Super Stimpak		Medical	+75 HP	NA	350
Several hours after the use of a super stimpack, you'll get hit for 6 damage, and a bit after that, for another 3. This has fun uses

Tools and Books

Note:Tools must be in the active item slot or selected from the backpack context menu.
Note: Books can only boost skills to around 90%, and the amount gained slows as you approach it.

Name	Image	Type	Effect	Value
Big Book of Science		Book	Permanent +1-7% Science	400
Deans Electronics		Book	Permanent +1-7% Repair	130
Doctor's Bag		Tool	+20% Doctor	300
Note: This is consumed after several uses.
Electronic Lockpick		Tool	+20% Lockpick	375
Note: Works only on electronic doors/containers.
Electronic Lockpick MKII		Tool	+40% Lockpick	700
Note: Works only on electronic doors/containers.
Expanded Lockpick Set		Tool	+40% Lockpick	400
Note: Works only on non-electronic doors/containers.
Field Medic First Aid Kit		Tool	+40% First Aid	400
Note: This is consumed after several uses.
First Aid Book		Book	Permanent +1-7% First Aid	175
First Aid Kit		Tool	+20% First Aid	200
Note: This is consumed after several uses.
Geiger Counter		Tool	NA	650
When used it reads out your radiation level in the information box. It can run out of battery power after many uses.
Guns and Bullets		Book	Permanent +1-7% Small Guns	425
Lockpicks		Tool	+20% Lockpick	150
Note: Works only on non-electronic doors/containers.
Motion Sensor		Tool	+20% Outdoorsman	800
Shows the movement of enemies on the pipboy's automap when switched on. "Use" from the inventory to activate.
Paramedic's Bag		Tool	+40% First Aid	600
Note: This is consumed after several uses, and is only found in the final area of the game.
Rope		Other	NA	25
Used primarily during quests, good to have on hand.
Rubber Boots		Tool	NA	0
Used to protect the wearer from radioactive sludge. Keep it in your active item slot, or put it in an NPC's inventory to protect them. Melts after a short while.
Scout Handbook		Book	Permanent +1-7% Outdoorsman	200
Super Tool Kit		Tool	+40% Repair	1000
Involved in several quests, due to a bug it doesn't work in all repair-related events.
Tool		Tool	+20% Repair	200
Works in almost every repair-related event.