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For a list of power armor pieces, see Fallout 4 armor and clothing#Power armor parts.
For an overview of various models of power armor in the Fallout series of games, see power armor.

Power armor

variants

Empty frame
Raider power armor
T-45 power armor
T-51 power armor
T-60 power armor
X-01 power armor
Leveled power armor
CC-00 power armor
Hellfire power armor
X-02 power armor
Horse power armor

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Power armor is a unique form of external armor in Fallout 4.

General informationEdit

Power armor is a multi-component armor unit, comprised of a base frame, with assorted armor pieces mounted on it. For power armor to function it requires a fusion core as a source of power, which drains over time; actions that consume AP will increase the rate of depletion. Once depleted, the unit will still be operable, but movement is heavily restricted as it is a dead weight.

Comparison to previous portrayalsEdit

Power armor in Fallout 4 requires no training to use as it did in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and is unique in other aspects as well.

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Firstly, the separate armor segments are mounted on a frame, as opposed to previous suits which existed as holistic entities that were worn whole, aside from the helmet. The individual armor pieces can be reclaimed from deceased persons, however the frame cannot be recovered as the corpse cannot be ejected from the frame.

Secondly, characters interact with the frame in the world to use the power armor, instead of equipping the power armor via the inventory. Power armor now uses fusion cores as 'fuel' to power them for a few hours. This is similar to how T-45d was supposed to use small energy cells as a fuel source in Van Buren.

Once the fusion core is drained (or if there is no core installed in the armor at all), the user will still be able to slowly walk in the armor, but will be over-encumbered and unable to use V.A.T.S. Power armor negates falling damage, as well as damaging others near the point of impact.

Third, however, is the most 'accurate' rendition to date with regards to the size of the armor, its general movement and abilities. Unlike the descriptions regarding power armor from previous Fallout games, the power armor frame does not appear to make use of any recognizable form of unified hydraulics system for strength enhancing purposes, although they could somehow be contained within the armor segments or the base frame itself. It instead appears to solely derive its strength boosting abilities entirely from servo motors strategically placed within key points of the frame.

Finally, instead of gloves and boots, the power armor frame has a set of fully articulated mechanical hands and feet, which mimic the wearer's hand and foot movements via controls in the shins and forearms. This increases the wearer's arm length and overall height by approximately one foot.

Power armor is capable of boosting the Sole Survivor's strength beyond the normal S.P.E.C.I.A.L. limit of 10, potentially going as high as 14 with the appropriate modifications. Wearing power armor negates any bonuses given by standard armor.

Power armor helmets have fully functional headlamps that are used in place of the Pip-Boy lights, which is disabled while wearing the armor.

Unlike previous renditions of power armor, each power armor piece has its own hit point counter which depletes as damage is taken, as opposed to being spread across the full suit. Broken power armor pieces cannot be mounted on a power armor frame, but can be dropped and displayed. They can also be sold for the same price as a piece in perfect condition.

In Fallout 4 power armor has had several alterations in regards to its physics (as the frames with their plates affixed are heavy enough to crush bear traps by stepping on them). This weight adjustment renders the wearer incapable of swimming, with the user instead walking across the bed of any given body of water. This makes wearing power armor at places like Libertalia risky as falling off the walkways will cause the wearer to sink to the bottom and have to walk to shore. Handheld or wrist mounted weapons such as knuckles, cannot be equipped due to the significant difference in fist and wrist size.

While wearing a helmeted power armor, the Sole Survivor can remain under water for an extended period, though not indefinitely; after several minutes submerged, the drowning animation will play, and the player character will lose health rapidly. Unless one is close to shore and can jump to get their head above water (so as to breathe air), the Sole Survivor will drown. Eating a mirelurk cake, which allows breathing under water, will prevent or end this drowning.

Power armor also completely negates all fall damage, with or without any pieces of armor attached, enabling the wearer to hop down from even the tallest of skyscrapers without any harm to either health or the armor itself. This however, causes a very loud thud, and will alert any nearby enemies of the player character's position. Landing on or in close proximity to an enemy or even friendly NPC deals a great deal of damage to them from the fall as well, which may cause them to become hostile.

The elevation indicator on the compass disappears while wearing power armor, making all foes appear as if they are on the same floor on the compass. All distance values disappear as well, which can potentially result in some unpleasant surprises when marked threats are actually much closer already than one thought.

CompanionsEdit

Companions can be instructed to enter power armor via the companion command system. This is done by selecting Talk when facing a companion, the instructing them to Enter power armor when the player character's crosshair is over the power armor suit they wish for them to occupy. Certain companions (e.g. Nick and Hancock,) will remove the helmet by default. One can force them to wear the helmet by equipping it from the companions inventory, as with standard armor pieces. To have a companion exit power armor, select the Talk dialogue option and Relationship will have been replaced by Exit Power Armor. Some companions however are unable, or will refuse to use power armor.

Paladin Danse will refuse to exit his power armor and cannot be assigned to another suit. His power armor also does not degrade from combat or fall damage.

Companion worn power armor does not drain the fusion core if it has one installed and can use core-less frames without penalty.

Maintenance and modificationEdit

The parts may be repaired and modified at power armor stations located around the Commonwealth, where a power armor frame is installed at, or within close proximity of the station. The armor and frame can neither be renamed nor scrapped for component materials. Power armor stations can be built at settlement locations under the crafting tab in workshop mode, if the player character has the necessary perks.

There are six tiers for each power armor piece, each granting higher damage resistance and health. The amounts of materials required for upgrading power armor pieces are fixed for each specific item, which means improving an armor piece from tier E to F has the same material cost as upgrading it from tier A to F. Depending on the player character's current situation, it might sometimes be wiser to postpone the next upgrade until higher (or the maximum) ranks of Armorer and Science! have been unlocked in order to save resources. This is especially true for the more advanced power armor models as they require much larger quantities of increasingly rare and specialized materials for their upgrades than for example T-45 or raider power armor.

There are several mods that can be installed in various pieces.

Each model of power armor (except the raider power armor), can be modified with a unique paint scheme, most of which are acquired by progressing through the questlines of the four main factions. Some paints (Minutemen, Railroad) unlock after only a handful of quests while others like the Institute Paint require the completion of the entire corresponding questline. All of them grant the wearer a bonus to a specific SPECIAL stat if all six armor pieces are painted the same:

  • The Minutemen paint increases Charisma and is exclusive to T-45 power armor.
  • The Railroad paint increases Perception and can only be applied to T-51 power armor.
  • The Brotherhood of Steel provides up to four paint jobs for knights, paladins and sentinels and the elder respectively. All four increase Strength and are exclusive to T-60 power armor. If preferring to use other power armor pieces, but also wanting to have the Brotherhood emblem on the torso, any piece painted with military paint also grants the SPECIAL bonus.
  • The Institute paint increases Intelligence and can only be applied to X-01 power armor.
  • The Vault-Tec paint increases Charisma and can be applied to all types of power armor.
  • The Atom Cats custom paint job is the only one that must be bought in order to be freely available, although painted T-60 parts can be purchased directly from Rowdy at the Atom Cats garage. It is also the only paint job that grants two bonuses at once by increasing Charisma and reducing the Action Points cost for sprinting. It can only be applied to T-60 power armor.
  • The three Hot Rodder paint jobs that can be unlocked by finding the respective magazine. Hot Rodder schemes can be applied to all types of power armor and increase Agility. The three paintjobs are Hot Rod Flames paint, Hot Rod Hot Pink paint and Hot Rod Shark paint.
  • The Vim! Refresh paint job provides an increase in Agility, while the Vim! paint job provides an increase in Strength when all pieces have been painted. Both can only be applied to T-51 power armor.
  • The Sugar Bombs paint job provides a Strength increase with all pieces painted and can only be applied to a T-51 power armor.
  • The Abraxo paint job provides an Agility increase with all pieces painted and can only be applied to a T-51 power armor.

The helmet's lamp can even be customized with different colored light filters or a more intense white light in place of the default one.

VariantsEdit

Empty frameEdit

Empty power armor frames are rare to find in the Commonwealth, but can be purchased from several merchants. These are the base units on which all power armor types are mounted. They also have the secondary function of acting as a stand within power armor stations for the Sole Survivor to repair and upgrade power armor pieces.

DescriptionBase id
Empty frame0002079e
Ingram's frame00225a5f

Raider power armorEdit

Raider power armor is a makeshift suit made from scrap metal and other salvageable components. Due to the nature of its design, raider power armor is weak compared to its counterparts and has limited scope for modification.

DescriptionBase id
Boomer's armor0021e09c
Cutty's armor00137b81
Slag's armor001a94eb
Full armor00153392
Full armor - No helmet00140ea6

T-45 power armorEdit

T-45 power armor was the first set of armor manufactured for military and to a lesser degree domestic and commercial use. It is often the first suit to be encountered in the Commonwealth during the questWhen Freedom Calls. It is relatively weak compared to its more advanced counterparts.

DescriptionBase id
Full armor0017fb09
Full armor - Damaged with no fusion core0019ded9
No helmet0004a9c1
0004a9c2

T-51 power armorEdit

T-51 was the most advanced power armor in wide commercial use before the outbreak of the Great War. In the Commonwealth, the T-51 is suit of choice for the Railroad.

DescriptionBase id
Full armor00034309
00108ea0
0017fb09
Full armor - No helmet00162ac7
Clint's001a9077
Tessa's001a9078
Vim! paint job026fa2
Vim! Refresh paint job043c80
Nuka T-51 power armor01152e

T-60 power armorEdit

Developed in early 2077 after the Anchorage Reclamation, the T-60 series of power armor was designed to eventually replace the T-51 power armor as the pinnacle of powered armor technology in the U.S. military arsenal. The Brotherhood of Steel use them extensively across the US.

DescriptionBase id
Atom Cats'000498b0
BoS Elder00181505
BoS Elder - No helmet00198533
BoS Initiate00181503
BoS Knight00181520
BoS Knight - No helmet0019e76a
001d9046
BoS Knight Captain00181522
BoS Knight Sergeant00181521
BOS Paladin00181504
001d9047
BoS Paladin - No helmet00198534
BoS Paladin - No helmet and permanent fusion core000bbfcc
BoS Sentinel00182f19
Danse's00249849
Duke's001865ca
Varham's00061d9b
Full armor0017fb0a
Full armor - No fusion core00061d9b
Full armor - Damaged with no core0018980e
Full armor - Military paint00185d62
Full armor - Jetpack modification0012b408
Full armor - No helmet000d12b0

X-01 power armorEdit

The X-01 power armor is a set of power armor created shortly before the bombs fell. Roller coaster tycoon 2 scenarios download. It was later engineered by remnants of the U.S. military after the Great War.

DescriptionBase id
Danse's0022b5e5
Full armor001681e2
Full armor - No fusion core00170446
Quantum X-01 power armor031723

Leveled power armorEdit

Most power armor located around the Commonwealth is level scaled. For example, at lower levels one will find T-45 power armor though at higher levels it can range from T-51 power armor up to X-01 power armor. Leveled frames spawn with T-45 pieces at levels 1-13, T-51 pieces at levels 14-20, T-60 pieces at levels 21-27 and X-01 pieces at level 28 and above. The upgrade level of armor pieces also increases within these ranges, e.g. T-45b armor will spawn starting at level 11. The armor pieces generated do not include previous levels, e.g. a leveled frame encountered at level 26 will only have T-60 pieces.

Frames sometimes spawn with incomplete sets of armor.

Randomized frames can spawn with raider pieces at any level, T-45 pieces starting at level 15, T-51 pieces starting at level 25, T-60 pieces starting at level 35 and X-01 pieces starting at level 45. The armor pieces generated include all previous levels, e.g. a randomized frame encountered at level 26 can spawn with any combination of T-51, T-45 and raider armor pieces.

DescriptionBase id
Full armor0018ae55
Full armor - No fusion core0018ae57
Partial armor0018ae56
Partial armor - No fusion core0018ae58
Torso only00219c2d
Randomized parts*00154abc

* This version is cut in the main game, however it is used in the Nuka-World add-on.

The leveled power armor list (LL_Armor_Power_Set) adds additional armor sets at following player character levels:

T-45T-51T-60X-01
Variant AVariant BVariant AVariant BVariant AVariant BVariant AVariant BVariant C
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The only exception to this is the suit of randomized parts, which have their own separate pool (per component) to draw from:

RaiderT-45T-51T-60X-01
115253545

CC-00 power armorEdit

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Hellfire power armorEdit

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The result of a post-War research and development project undertaken by the Enclave at the Adams Air Force Base, this is the state of the art power armor. It is conclusively the best and most advanced model of power armor revealed to date.

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Horse power armorEdit

Similar in origin and function to raider power armor, this suit has Giddyup Buttercup parts on the helmet, arms, torso and legs. It is a standalone power armor type and does not share anything else than its appearance with the raider power armor.

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X-02 power armorEdit

Often referred to as the 'black devil' for its signature design, the X-02 is an advanced power armor model developed by the Enclave for its special operations forces. With multiple skin options and custom Tesla modifications, the X-02 is a powerful tool to help you storm through the Wasteland, or bedevil it.

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LocationsEdit

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The parts of armor (ex. body, head etc.) are in fixed number and type for each spawn point. Some frames appear to spawn different parts by loading a save from before ever entering that area, but type of armor (e.g. T-45, T-51, X-01 etc.) depends on the player character's level when entering the area for the first time. Additional power armor pieces of any type can be purchased from Rowdy at the Atom Cats garage.

UnownedEdit

Location Armor set Description
35 Court Leveled - Full armor with core On the top of the court (west of Custom House Tower). Guarded by a sentry bot and an assaultron. The frame is in a locked room that opens when the red buttons in the room the robots came from are pressed.
Atom Cats garage Atom Cats' T-60 Zeke's frame is an unowned frame. Zeke can be forced to exit the frame by destroying or pickpocketing the fusion core.
Bradberton Overpass Leveled - Partial armor with core One of the Gunners may enter it if alerted, resulting in the most heavily armored human enemy in the game. A second frame is worn by a Gunner and is an unowned frame that does not respawn if collected or if the character is killed while wearing it.
Brooke's Head Lighthouse Empty frame Southwest of the lighthouse in a small shack, stood next to a power armor stand. The shack is very close the lift used to get down from the lighthouse.
Cave (Glowing Sea) Raider Between the Vertibird wreckage and Skylanes Flight 1665. It's beside the corpse of an unnamed raider.
Harbor Grand Hotel T-45 - Full armor with core Southeast of the Harbor Grand Hotel beyond the playable area. It can only be accessed with console commands.
College Square Leveled - Full armor with core A frame can be found on the top of the double-layered overpass highway triangulated in between College Square, Graygarden and the Corvega Assembly Plant. If one fast travels to Graygarden and heads east, they should see a small yellow lift that can connect to the second layer of the overpass. There is a crashed vertibird hanging over the edge with the power armor standing next to it. It would appear the area level prevents X-01 armor from appearing.
The Dig Leveled - Partial armor with core In the first room where one gives Sonya the order to take a wall down, there are two weak walls. Have her take down the east wall. Inside, the armor is guarded by a mirelurk king.
Drumlin Diner Leveled - Partial armor with core South of the diner, west of the Corvega Assembly Plant, near a destroyed train, behind a sealed security gate that can be opened via an Advanced-locked terminal.
Dry Rock Gulch Leveled - Full armor with core To the west of Dry Rock Gulch, on top of a flatbed truck on the road near the parking lot exit. The truck is part of a column with two APCs. The armor itself is easily visible from quite some distance away and guarded by a pack of leveled feral ghouls.
Federal Ration Stockpile Partial armor - with core Outside the green container in front of the stockpile. Spawns as T-45, T-51 or T-60 power armor depending on level. One of the resident raiders may enter the armor if alerted. Allowing the raider to use the armor will let the player character kill and loot the armor pieces, and then have the power armor frame and new parts re-spawn later, making this one of the few places to get respawning power armor other than the raider version (see bug and notes). Follows rules for leveled frames, except it would appear that area level prevents X-01 armor from appearing.
Federal Surveillance Center K-21B Leveled - Partial armor with core Under the abandoned shack inside the Glowing Sea.
Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates Leveled - Partial armor with core In a locked trailer at east of Fort Hagen. The trailer can be opened with the key found inside a Novice-locked safe within the office building near the pool, or by picking the Master difficulty door lock.
Fort Hagen hangar Leveled - Full armor Can be found between two Expert locked gates, between the tank room and shelved radioactive barrels. Full set of X-01 at level 28.
Fort Strong Leveled - Partial armor with core Inside a small building behind a locked door near the end of the bridge to the fort.
Greater Mass Blood Clinic Leveled - Partial armor without core In a warehouse with four power armor stations south of the clinic.
Leveled - Partial armor with core Standing at a military checkpoint under a billboard southeast of Greater Mass blood clinic and northwest of Mass Pike Interchange (just walk straight between the two locations, the check point is on the road in between).
Jamaica Plain Leveled - Partial armor without core This set is located northwest of Jamaica Plain and southeast of Relay tower 0SC-527, in a military checkpoint on the road guarded by a Mister Gutsy.
Lake Cochituate Leveled - Partial armor without core Just off the road at the southwest shore, at a military checkpoint directly south of Natick Police Department and Natick Banks. At the edge of the radioactive zone. Unguarded, in the open. There are numerous deathclaws in the vicinity.
Mass Bay Medical Center T-45 - No helmet One can be found in the radiology wing. One of the enemies may get into the T-45 power armor during combat, changing it from unowned to owned. This is one of the few places to get respawning power armor other than the raider version.
Mass Gravel & Sand Leveled - Partial armor with core Inside of a cage at a military checkpoint east of this location and west of Wattz Consumer Electronics. It is locked by an Advanced-level terminal.
Mass Pike Interchange Leveled - Partial armor with core Can be found on top of the interchange. There is a yellow elevator below that will take player character to a gunner camp, the power armor can be found in a station near the south end next to a turret. The Gunner commander may enter the power armor during combat. Allowing the enemy to use the armor will let the player character kill and loot the armor pieces, and then have the power armor frame and new parts respawn. Follows rules for leveled frames, except it would appear that area level prevents X-01 armor from appearing.
Morton Residence Randomised parts without core In the garage. Can be accessed through a sewer pipe due west, close to a large yellowish puddle. Three to four random pieces.
Museum of Freedom (Concord) T-45 - Full armor, no fusion core Can be found on the roof during When Freedom Calls. If not acquired during the quest due to having arrived clad in power armor already, the suit can be collected later by traversing the museum again.
Nahant Sherrif's Department Leveled - Full armor without core West of the Red Rocket to the North of the department, inside a leveled, locked container on the north edge of a cargo barge with military vehicles on it. The armor itself is facing away from land, and to get to it, one must jump onto several pallets and shipping containers and walk on the very edge of the barge itself to get to the open shipping container where the armor is standing. There are robots and assaultrons present as well.
National Guard Training Yard Leveled - Partial armor without core Behind a Master-level locked door, and a terminal that can be hacked or unlocked using the password found inside the main building of this area. A sentry bot activates outside when leaving and its enclosure opens.
Leveled - Full armor with core Northwest outskirts of the training yard, behind an Expert locked gate inside a shipping crate.
National Park Visitor's Center Vim! refresh paint job North of the visitor's center on the highway, there is a crashed Vim! semi-truck. Inside the trailer is a suit of T-51 power armor with the green Vim! paint scheme.
Nuka-Cola Bottling Plant Nuka T-51 power armor On the ride portion, the armor can be seen in a locked cage. The door needs to be unlocked from a terminal in the Quantum bottling area.
Nuka-World Power Plant Leveled - Full armor with core In the basement behind an Advanced terminal-locked door.
In the power monitoring station southeast of the plant (underneath an electrical tower) behind an Advanced terminal-locked door.
Old North Church Leveled - Full armor with core On a partially sunken barge north of the church and northeast of Pickman Gallery. It is easily recognizable from the Vertibird that has been tipped on its side, as well as there being several APC-like vehicles present. Hidden among the vehicles is a cage with a terminal on the side that needs to be hacked.
Poseiden Energy Turbine 18-F Leveled - Partial armor without core Directly east of the Poseiden Energy Turbine 18-F, across the entrance on the nearby hills you will find it, it is sitting between two armored vehicles and a crashed Stingray Deluxe. A friendly utility protectron patrols the area.
The Prydwen T-60 - Brotherhood of Steel knight Two can be acquired without stealing. The first is a full set of BOS-II T-60 power armor and is acquired if the Sole Survivor has aligned with the Brotherhood of Steel and been promoted to knight. Another BOS-V T-60 set is given after completion of Blind Betrayal; this is the set that belonged to Paladin Danse.
Revere Satellite Array Leveled - Partial armor with core To the northwest of the array, northeast of the National Guard Training Yard and directly west of Finch farm, on the road there is a military convoy guarded by a Mr. Gutsy.
Empty frame Empty frame in the northeast corner of array's dishes, in the dish array accessible by stairs. There are super mutants in the area.
Rotten landfill Leveled - Partial armor with core Located in the lake south of the landfill, next to a crashed vertibird.
Safari Adventure Leveled - Partial armor with core Just a little north/northwest from outside the entrance to Safari Adventure, two locked shacks with some nearby stingwing nests can be found. The southern shack holds an almost complete set of power armor
Robotics disposal ground Leveled - Partial armor without core East-northeast of Sanctuary Hills, between USAF Satellite Station Olivia and the robotics disposal ground. There is a crashed Vertibird with power armor standing in front of it near the skeleton of a soldier.
South Boston Military Checkpoint Leveled - Full armor with core Behind an Expert-level terminal.
Starport Nuka Quantum X-01 power armor The atrium display contains the full set of Quantum X-01 power armor. All 35 star cores need to be installed to access the suit.
Suffolk County charter school Leveled - partial armor without core Located in the marshland to the southwest of the school and west of Murkwater construction site, past the sentry bot spawn location, next to a crashed vertibird.
Tenpines Bluff Leveled - Partial armor with core On train tracks just east under the cliff, behind a blue cargo container. The locked cage it is in is controlled by an Advanced-locked terminal.
University Point Leveled - Partial armor without core Located below the overpass to the south in a pool of water, on the opposite side of the road to Billy's fridge. In the water is an APC and the armor is next to it, the head barely clearing the waterline.
Vim! Pop factory Vim! paint job On the top floor of the factory in a small office. Full set of T-51 with the red Vim! paint.
West Everett Estates Leveled - Partial armor without core Located to the southeast of the estate, due east of the water tower next to a crashed Stingray Deluxe.

OwnedEdit

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If worn, frames can be stolen by destroying or pickpocketing the fusion core. Whenever a player character enters a stolen frame, if there are power armor pieces equipped on the frame while doing so, companions that the player character currently has in tow, or within the area, will consider the act as 'stealing' and the player character's affinity with them will be lowered.

Location Description
Gunners Plaza The Gunner commander that spawns in the Master-locked news room will occasionally spawn with a partial set of T-60 or T-45 power armor, based on level.
The Prydwen An infinite amount can be stolen from the Prydwen and Boston Airport if allied with the Brotherhood of Steel. This has also created a glitch where frames would be stolen when fast traveling to a location; they were stored and later reappear restocked with half durability pieces and a new fusion core as long as the Brotherhood characters were not killed while collecting the frames. If the frames are left with the core intact, they will not be returned.
Quincy Ruins The Gunner commander on the overpass who replaces Clint has a set of T-45 power armor. Allowing the enemy to enter the armor will let the player character kill and loot the armor pieces, and then have the power armor frame itself and new parts respawn later, making this one of the few places to get respawning power armor other than raider. See bugs and notes.
Quincy Police Station Worn by Tessa.
Mass Fusion Building Used by the Gunner commander. May be fixed as partial set of T-45 power armor.
Hub City Auto Wreckers Worn by the Gunner commander (spawned replacement for Captain Bridget who does not have any), can be stolen by destroying or pickpocketing the fusion core, and then have the power armor frame itself and new parts re-spawn later, making this one of the few places to get respawning power armor other than raider. Appears to be fixed as partial set of T-45 power armor.
Fort Hagen hangar A uniquely-named frame and three unique parts (Tesla T-60 left/right arms and chest) are worn by the Rust Devil leader, Ivey, along with other pieces and a unique gun, the Tesla rifle.
Waypoint Echo Two Brotherhood of Steel soldiers, one of them wearing a full suit of BOS T-60 power armor, garrison this outpost once Liberty Reprimed has been completed. They respawn every couple of ingame days when killed even if the Brotherhood has been destroyed during the main questline.
Atom Cats garage One empty frame and one frame with a set of Atom Cats T-60 power armor can be stolen. If wanting the extra pieces, they need to be removed from frame before stealing the frame. Two or three members will wear other suits during fights, so more pieces available if they are killed. Zeke's frame is marked as unowned, and can be taken and is not considered stealing.

Raider-ownedEdit

Location Description
Dunwich Borers Used by a raider can be stolen by destroying or pick pocketing the fusion core. This site and armor also respawn, so lots of pieces available.
Lexington Used by a raider north of the Corvega Assembly Plant. Location has no name; go east on the street just to the north of the plant until you see the outside stairs on the building with the painted Nuka Cola billboard. Climb up the stairs to the top; this site is respawning, so lots of pieces available. 2nd set, also respawned, available at the top of a highrise 1 block east. It has a Pulowski Preservation shelter outside it. Go around back and climb the fire escape to the top.
MS Azalea Worn by a named Trapper. Partial set.
Revere Beach Station Used by a raider. This site and armor also respawn, so lots of pieces available. Raider with power armor will respawn even after power armor frame and pieces stolen.
Roadside Pines Motel Used by a raider. This site and armor also respawn, so lots of pieces available. Raider with power armor will respawn even after power armor frame and pieces stolen.
Libertalia Used by a raider, prior to or after the Institute mission. No frames are used during the mission. This site and armor also respawn.
Poseidon Energy Worn by Cutty.
Outpost Zimonja Worn by Boomer. Boomer does not respawn once the settlement has been cleared and claimed.
Saugus Ironworks Worn by Slag. Site and Forge members respawn. Replacement for Slag does have power armor, assuming frame was not stolen. T-45 torso with raider arms and legs.
Wreck of the USS Riptide Used by raider on barge beneath bridge. This site and armor also respawn, so lots of pieces available.
Massachusetts State House On a raider commander, in the final room before taking an elevator back to the surface.
Settlements At higher levels, raiders attacking settlement sites may use power armor. Mostly occurs when settlers ask about needing defenses.

NotesEdit

  • There is no drain on a power armor's fusion core during fast travel.
    • Fast travel is possible even without a fusion core.
  • In very rare cases these frames may spawn with no armor attached at all. Also, on other occasions nothing at all will be found at the expected site, e.g. even the power frame will be missing.
  • Because power armor uses fusion cores as a power source, removing it by any means (stealing it, or dealing a sufficient amount of damage) will force it to power down, forcing its pilot to exit, unless they have a spare fusion core in their inventory. This will allow the Sole Survivor to obtain an essentially unlimited number of power armor suits, although all of them obtained through this method will be considered stolen.
  • Shooting off an enemy's fusion core will often cause the core to become unstable and eject and eventually explode with a destructive force similar to that of a Fat Man'sprojectile.
    • Having the Penetrator perk or the Yellow Belly syringe for the Syringer makes it easier to target.
    • Danse and Ingram have special 'locked cores' which are hidden and cannot be stolen or shot out.
    • When destroyed, the fusion core will drop to the ground, tick for a moment, then explode with a magnitude similar to a nuke mine.
  • Looting armor pieces from dead NPCs will not prevent the armor from respawning later if the location resets. However, removing the power armor frame itself from the location can prevent it from respawning later. This is more likely if the frame is free-standing (i.e. placed in world, not on an NPC), but can occur if the frame is stolen from an NPC using one of the above methods.
  • Certain bodies of water feature very steep banks and can't be walked out of, like the flooded shaft at the bottom of Dunwich Borers where Kremvh's Tooth is found. Escaping such a location is possible only by exiting the power armor underwater. While the armor pieces and the fusion core can be salvaged from the power armor frame, the frame itself will become unrecoverable.
  • Power armor makes the player character invulnerable to all forms of instant-kill attacks, including the brutal pick-up kills used by deathclaws.
  • Some NPCs will comment on the player character wearing power armor, including several companions, the guards at Diamond City, and children. Comments range from confusion and suspicion to amazement and comments of impression or even more rarely, mild disdain.
  • Using the console to spawn a power armor frame via player.placeatme will spawn it at an angle. Attempting to enter the armor in this state can crash the game. After spawning it, click on it in the console and enter the two following commands: setangle X 0 and setangle Y 0 (spawning with code 00225a5f requires no additional adjustments.)
  • Power armor pieces spawned through the console will have a random model number tied to it.
  • A mining helmet may be worn and used in place of the power armor helmet and Pip-Boy.
  • Equipping a companion with a power armor helmet with the Targeting Hud mod will highlight all living targets for the player character as if they were wearing it. This may stop after loading a save, but can be brought back by un-equipping and re-equipping the helmet on the companion.
  • After finishing the Brotherhood of Steel, Commonwealth Minutemen or Railroad ending, the respective faction will guard some of the power armor locations on the map.
  • Friendly characters can and will take power armor frames from settlements with fusion cores in them. This can be prevented by keeping power armor stored in enclosed spaces that they cannot reach or by removing the fusion core upon exiting the armor. Idle characters also won't use power armor frames that are stored at a power armor station. However, if they are stored with active fusion cores this won't prevent them from being used in a raider attack or being stolen.
    • Inhabitants of a player character's settlements will automatically get in nearby power armor frames if the settlement is under attack. They will get out of the frames if talked to by the player character. (CAUTION) Merchants such as clothing vendors and doctors will not get out of the power armor when talked to. They will instead do their normal dialogue options. Though the power armor pieces can be traded from them after their store is closed for the day.
    • Settlers and companions may abandon their power armor when they decide to use a bed or man a guardpost.
  • Unequipped suits should not be left in a settlement with settlers that are equipped with Gatling lasers. The settler's AI prioritizes the armor over the Gatling laser, which means in case of an attack they will immediately use the weapon's fusion core to appropriate the armor instead of shooting the attackers. They will then proceed to fight with their Gatling laser if there is more than one fusion core in their inventory, but it still puts the armor at risk of sustaining heavy damage or even getting lost somewhere in or around the settlement.
  • While in combat or in the Glowing Sea, exiting and entering power armor will take a noticeably shorter amount of time, as well as having different animations, showing the player character leaping in or out of the power armor. When entering, the player character will only use one arm, and may look around nervously, before leaping into the suit. The suit also takes a shorter amount of time to close around the player character.

BugsEdit

  • PC In the USS Constitution hold, if wearing power armor and deciding to exit the power armor it will turn invisible, while still being able to enter it.[verified]
  • PC Attempting to modify an empty power armor frame on a power armor stand will crash the game. [verified]
  • PCPlaystation 4Xbox One If a Companion gets into a suit of power armor that has no fusion core, they will not be hindered by it and will even be able to use the light as if it did have a core.[verified]
  • PCPlaystation 4Xbox One While in first person, the smoke from the power armor's jet-pack won't go away until re-entering the suit or removing and equiping the chest piece.[verified]
  • PCXbox One While wearing power armor, it may be impossible to exit it. No known fix exists.[verified]
  • PCPlaystation 4Xbox One Entering or exiting power armor may sometimes override the Quick Hands perk slowing down reload times, switching weapons fixes this.[verified]
  • PCPlaystation 4Xbox One If all armor is stripped from a frame and the frame is then left alone for a long time, it's possible that the frame will visually show random pieces still on it, despite them having no effect. This can be fixed by interacting with the armor such as inserting a fusion core. [verified]
  • * Xbox One If the player character exits their power armor to talk to Shaun in the Institute and enters it before talking to the Institute director, the power armor will deform every time the player character enters dialogue.[verified]
  • PC Mass Pike Interchange has bug such that multiple sets of frame plus T-45 armor are respawned. Have seen as much as 17 sets standing around (2 lower level, 14 upper level and one on ground). Getting crowded up there. Taking one or more of these suits results in bad news: location stopped all respawning, including Gunners and all items. However, restoring to previous save will set things back to normal - multiple suits with new one appearing as a result of respawn. [verified]
  • PCPlaystation 4Roadside Pines motel has similar bug, has created 3 sets of raider power armor at location. Raider used one, leaving two behind at last count.[verified]
  • Xbox One Sometimes, a power armor frame will appear to be a full set of any of the 5 power armors, depending on what was last equipped on the power armor. Interestingly, the only one of these that doesn't look like the base power armor paint scheme, is the T-60, which has the Brotherhood Of Steel paint.[verified]
  • Xbox One Entering this building while wearing power armor causes the compass directions displayed at the bottom of the screen to be incorrectly rotated by 180°. [verified]
  • PCXbox One Sometimes when attempting to force an enemy out of their power armor by shooting the fusion core, the fusion core's health will show as depleted in VATS and a particle effect will signal its destruction but nothing will happen, and the enemy will continue to use the armor normally. [verified]
  • PCXbox One Sometimes, while trying to force an enemy out of their power armor by shooting off their power armor's fusion core, it will not eject from their power armor and lets the ememy stay inside. However, the fusion core explodes inside the power armor, killing the wearer. Making the frame useless. When this bug occurs, load a previous save or else this keeps happening.[verified]
  • Playstation 4 When using power armor on the PS4 version, the Dualshock 4 controller's light bar will turn orange to match the HUD color generated from the armor. Upon exiting, it will revert to its previous color. If the player dies or reloads another save file while using the power armor, however, the light bar will remain orange until the armor is and entered and exited again.
Power armorPower armor frame ·Raider power armor ·Overboss power armor ·T-45 power armor ·T-51 power armor (Nuka T-51 power armor) ·T-60 power armor (Visionary's T-60c helmet ·Exemplar's T-60c ·Honor T-60 left leg) ·X-01 power armor (Quantum X-01 power armor) ·Piezonucleic power armor ·
Other armorCage armor (helmeted) ·Combat armor (Black Ops armor ·Commando armor ·Destroyer's armor ·Overseer's armor) ·DC guard armor ·Disciples metal armor ·Disciples strapped armor ·Disciples wrapped armor ·Leather armor (Mantis armor ·Protector's armor ·Wastelander's armor) ·Marine armor ·Metal armor (Devastator's armor ·Apocalypse armor ·Champion armor) ·Operators armor (Operators heavy armor) ·Pack armor ·Raider armor ·Robot armor ·Spike armor (helmeted) ·Synth armor ·Trapper armor ·Vault-Tec security armor (Covenant security armor)
OutfitsArmy fatigues (dirty) ·Athletic outfit ·Baseball uniform ·Bathrobe ·Beaded blazer ·Black vest and slacks ·Bomber jacket ·Brotherhood fatigues ·BOS uniform ·Casual outfit ·Checkered shirt and slacks ·Child of Atom rags (long, long brown, long green, short, short brown, short green, simple, brown, green) ·Cleanroom suit ·Colonial duster ·Corset ·Courser uniform ·Drifter outfit ·Engineer's armor (Teagan's armor) ·Explorer outfit (Scavenger) ·Farmhand clothes ·Fatigues ·Feathered dress ·Field scribe's armor ·Flannel shirt and jeans ·Geneva's ensemble ·Greaser jacket and jeans (Atom Cats, Zeke's) ·Green shirt and combat boots ·Grognak custome ·Gunner flannel shirt and jeans ·Gunner guard outfit ·Gunner harness ·Harness ·Hazmat suit (damaged) ·Hooded rags ·Ingram's UnderArmor ·Institute division head coat (black, blue, green, orange, yellow, dirty black, dirty blue, dirty green, dirty orange, dirty yellow) ·Institute jumper (dirty) ·Institute lab coat (black, blue, green, orange, yellow, dirty black, dirty blue, dirty green, dirty orange, dirty yellow) ·Kellogg's outfit ·Lab coat (Cabot's, Father's, Vault-Tec) · Laundered dress (blue, cream, denim, green, rose, pink) ·Laundered loungewear ·Leather coat (Traveling leather coat) ·Letterman's jacket and jeans (DB Tech varsity uniform) ·Long johns ·Longshoreman outfit ·MacCready's duster ·Maxson's battlecoat ·Mechanic jumpsuit (green, Red Rocket) ·Military fatigues ·Minuteman outfit ·Minutemen general's uniform ·Padded blue jacket ·Pastor's vestments ·Postman uniform (dirty) ·Quinlan's armor ·Radstag hide outfit ·Raider leathers ·Railroad armored coat ·Ratty skirt ·Red dress ·Red frock coat ·Red leather trench coat ·Road leathers ·Science scribe's armor ·Sequin dress (Agatha's dress) ·Silver Shroud costume ·Submariner uniform · Suit (black, blue, striped, tan, grey, patched, patched three-piece, Lorenzo's) ·Summer shorts ·Surveyor outfit (Reginald's suit) ·Suspenders and slacks ·Sweater vest and slacks (Covert sweater vest) ·Synth uniform ·Tattered field jacket ·Tattered rags ·T-shirt and slacks ·Tuxedo ·Undershirt & jeans ·Utility coveralls ·Vault jumpsuit ·Winter jacket and jeans ·Yellow trench coat (dirty, faded)
Full headwearBOS hood ·Flight helmet (brown, red, yellow) ·Gas mask (Assault gas mask, Gas mask with goggles) ·Sack hood (with hoses, with straps) ·Synth helmet (Synth field helmet) ·Vault-Tec security helmet (Security helmet)
HatsAirship captain's hat ·Army helmet (dirty) ·Baseball cap ·Battered fedora (crumpled, dirty, worn, yellow) ·Blue battling helmet ·Bowler hat (Triggerman bowler) ·Coast Guard hat ·Combat armor helmet (Commando helmet) ·Faded visor ·Field scribe's hat ·Formal hat ·Grandpa Savoldi's hat ·Gray knit cap ·Green hood ·Green rag hat ·Hard hat (Mining helmet) ·Lieutenant's hat (Captain Ironsides' hat) ·Lorenzo's Crown ·MacCready's hat ·Mascot head ·Medical goggles ·Metal helmet ·Military cap ·Militia hat ·Minuteman hat ·Minutemen general's hat ·Newsboy cap ·Pompadour wig ·Postman hat (dirty) ·Press cap ·Sea captain's hat ·Silver Shroud hat ·Submariner hat ·Tinker headgear ·Trilby hat ·Ushanka hat ·Welding helmet ·Yellow slicker hat
EyewearBlack-rim glasses ·Eyeglasses ·Fashionable glasses ·Liam's glasses ·Patrolman sunglasses ·Road goggles ·Robotic bits ·Sunglasses ·Welding goggles ·Wraparound goggles
MasksBlue bandana ·Gunner's camo bandana (Gunner's green bandana) ·Jangles bandana ·Leopard print bandana ·Red bandana ·Skull bandana ·Stars and Stripes bandana ·Striped bandana ·Surgical mask
OtherWedding ring ·Pip-Boy ·Dog apparel ·Super mutant apparel ·Child apparel
AutomatronAssaultron helmet ·Eyebot helmet ·Mechanist's armor and helmet ·Robot armor ·Sentry bot helmet ·Tesla T-60 armor
Far HarborAcadia's Shield ·Atom's Bulwark ·Black fisherman's overalls ·The Captain's Hat ·Chase's uniform ·Coastal armor ·The Dapper Gent ·Fisherman's hat ·Fisherman's outfit ·Fisherman's overalls (black, brown, green, grey, regular) ·High Confessor's robes ·Hunter's hood ·Hunter's long coat ·Hunter's pelt outfit ·Inquisitor's cowl ·Legend of the Harbor ·Lobster trap helmet ·Marine armor ·Marine wetsuit ·Old fisherman's hat ·Pirate hat ·Rescue diver suit ·Robes of Atom's Devoted ·Trapper armor ·Trapper leathers ·Unyielding synth chest piece ·Vault 118 jumpsuit ·Wool fisherman's cap
Vault-Tec WorkshopVault 88 Jumpsuit (Legend of Vault 88)
Nuka-WorldCappy shirt & jeans ·Cowhide western outfit ·Gage's armor ·Nuka-World geyser jacket & jeans ·Nuka-World jacket & jeans ·Ripped shirt & socks ·Nuka T-51 power armor ·Overboss power armor ·Quantum X-01 power armor ·Western duster ·Western outfit ·Western outfit & chaps ·Wildman rags
Creation ClubArmored Nuka-Cola outfit ·Armored Nuka-Cola Quantum outfit ·CC-00 power armor ·Captain Cosmos space suit ·Chinese stealth armor (Creation Club) ·Doom Marine armor ·Graphic t-shirts ·Hellfire power armor ·Horse power armor ·Modular military backpack ·Morgan's space suit ·Nuka-Cola t-shirt & cargo pants ·Nuka-Cola t-shirt & leather pants ·Nuka-Cola vest & jeans ·Scavenger's Nuka-Cola outfit ·Slocum's Joe t-shirt & jeans ·Slocum's Joe uniform ·Tunnel Snakes outfit ·X-02 power armor