Pain Tolerance
| Skill Categories | Physical |
| Tier | 2 |
| Item Code | 002CFCAE |
Starfield Pain Tolerance skill overview
The Starfield Pain Tolerance skill is a tier 2 skill in the Physical skill tree. It, as with all Starfield skills, has 4 ranks, beginning at rank 1 and ending at rank 4. In order to progress up the Pain Tolerance skill tree, you will need to complete various skill challenges related to the skill in question, and increase your Starfield level to earn skill points. Each rank requires a skill point to unlock.
This skill reduces physical damage dealt, with the amount increasing as this skill is ranked up. Upon reaching rank 4 you have a small chance to ignore damage when you have low HP.
This skill can be great buff in combat.
In-game Pain Tolerance skill description
Pain hurts – but only if you’re not strong enough to take it.
The Pain Tolerance skill has the following ranks and stats:
Rank Rank Image Rank Effect Rank Challenge 1 
Physical damage is reduced by 5%. Take 250 points of physical damage. 2 
Physical damage is reduced by 10%. Take 500 points of physical damage. 3 
Physical damage is reduced by 15%. Take 1000 points of physical damage. 4 
5% chance to ignore physical damage when your health is low. You have mastered this skill.
How to unlock Pain Tolerance console command
If you want to add the Pain Tolerance Starfield skill to your character without increasing your Starfield level or expending a skill point, simply open the Starfield console command window with the apostrophe (‘) or tilde (~) key and enter the following command:
player.addperk 002CFCAE
By repeating the player.addperk 002CFCAE command, you can bypass the Pain Tolerance rank-up challenge and unlock the next rank. Entering the above command four times will unlock the rank 4 Pain Tolerance skill.
To remove the Pain Tolerance skill, you can use the following command:
player.removeperk 002CFCAE