Fallout 4: Best Power Armor and Regular Armors for Survival Mode (Including DLC)

[@schwartzpedro]

Defense? The only defense I need is the fear of my enemies when they see the Silver Shroud arrives!

[@BluTrollPro]

Pedro Schwartz hehe I use that too for non-rp reasons for my survival sniper. -it looks really good with my buddy nick in his trenchcoat -its pound/defence is very high even at lower level -15% damage from humans is an awesome effect -per+agi suits my build

[@ramirak2777]

Pedro Schwartz ikr

[@ramirak2777]

CAElite yep

[@vrajgandhi5371]

Did you make your own build, or did you use the Fudgemuppet build? Either way, thats tight

[@BluTrollPro]

Vraj Gandhi Oh, I'm running my own. It is somewhat similar to the fudgemuppet sniper build, uses the same gun(s) atleast.

[@makotomikami]

Good video, but I found a couple of minor mistakes: 1. About ignoring T-60 armor: if you don't side with the BoS, are you kidding? If you become enemies with the BoS, you'll get access to virtually unlimited quantities of T-60 armor parts just because of all the BoS soldiers you'll have to kill, heck, even if you side with them, you'll still bump into a lot of dead BoS members that are usually patrolling the Commonwealth and get killed by enemies, like in Mass Relay where the BoS likes to attack and get cluster-fucked by the Super Mutants there and neighboring raiders. 2. Stimpaks do NOT affect your immunity, they just make you dehydrated, it's Radaway and other chems which can potentially affect your immunity.

[@invarios9288]

Makoto Mikami he meant the legendary pieces

[@hogfry]

Makoto Mikami between Atom Cats garage & Lexington. The gunners or whatever sets up shop in the warehouse wreck BOS face

[@bigbigchud]

I dispatched a whole squad of knights without the BoS knowing. The reason i did cuz there was a legendary knight

[@holybagman3651]

Talking about T60 armor with legendary effects 😈

[@shartrun]

Stimpaks can make you ill so your 2nd point is just wrong

[@TheJakeSeale]

You don't have to side with the railroad to get ballistic weave, just complete the three jackpot quests then side with whoever you ant for the ending

[@BoboMagroto26]

Get in, get the ballistic weave, ‘oh X6-88’

[@WalterPupet]

For anyone coming back to this 3 years later. I would like to point out that the zealot marine armor with the ultra light weight mod weighs 11.8lbs. That is 20lbs less than the ultra light assault marine armor and 48.5 lbs less than deep pocketed assault marine armor. It still gives you 108 of bot resistances on top of the ballistic weave so you only sacrifice 32 of each protection.

[@nharlow_4303]

9:53 You're thinking about RadAway. Stimpaks make you thirsty.

[@bloodshdalwayz3565]

I think they can make you thirsty and hungry sometimes

[@sympunny8636]

@@bloodshdalwayz3565 nope, stimpacks in survival mode only make you thirsty, some other drugs can make you hungry, but not stimpacks.

[@naodamdetsyon6929]

Am I the only person who thinks that having a companion in power armor as a power armor carrier is a good idea

[@Crystar500]

I wish I could play a "support" role to my companion's "tank" role.

[@8BitPinkiePie]

Naod Amdetsyon if only the companion AI wasn't stupid and allowed themself to get shot all the time damaging that armor

[@susannacondo2214]

Naod Amdetsyon when low on fusion cores I put my PA on a companion.

[@johnavdellis6646]

Naod Amdetsyon I've used that technique to get back with multiple set I think put nick in power armor is either ironic or redundant

[@paulspydar]

I used to do that, but I found that companions power armor always gets fucked up pretty fast in combat because of AI & wot not , So all that ,means is I have two sets to repair, so no point imho, plus I must own about 40 sets of power armor by now,

[@witchBoi_Connor]

If you want the maximum amount of resistances out of a single piece of clothing, the mechanist's armor with ballistic weave mk.5 is the best I've come across, despite it's bulky appearance.

[@easypete975]

Is it higher than Ballistic weave military fatigues and green rag hat and marine armour?

[@Armant.]

@Giovanni Muciaccia Mechanist's armor has 72 DR and 72 ER + additional 110 DR and 110 ER from ballistic weave so yeah, it is "maximum res on a single piece of clothing". Problem is that mechanist armor is an outfit and covers all armor slots (beside of head) so any fatigues with the same ballistic weave mod + 5 pieces of any tier III and above armor (or even heavier variants of tier II like sturdy leather) will be much better in terms of resistances and on top of that you have 5 pieces with really usefull miscellaneous mods (like deep-pocketed or ultra-light) and, much more important, possible legendary effects on them. So over all mechanist's armor is a really bad idea...

[@AnomalyAlter]

I've never seen a single legendary helmet drop from an enemy ever

[@TetchyEquation]

The game can't spawn Legendary Helmets

[@liptonicetea1813]

I have like 5 legendary pool cues

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Naw, only the legendary power armor helmet you can get from Kells.

[@anklemonitor]

I never really use power armour but I always make a fully decked out suit just because it looks really cool.

[@siccdab853]

"Aluminum can not be found in multiple quantities for repair" *cough* Mahkra Fishpacking Plant *cough*

[@JelB]

Kylo Fuckboi also if you scavenge the institute there is a metric ton.

[@sarmatiancougar7556]

What about the Combat Armour of all types? In previous Fallout games combat armor used to be king.

[@blazethegryphon9990]

Bademus Cat Combat armour is basically paper compared to the raider gang armours. And even if you don't have nuka world, institute armour is a bit stronger.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

yeah but combat armor looks cooler and has less weight and is only beating a little in energy resistance......... and i never thought that the raider gang armor from nuka world made any sense why the hell is it so good it's just thin metal plates even less then metal armor yet it has the best stats in the game(when in all rights metal,insititute and combat armor should beat the shit out of it never mind marine and robot armor(which has alot more metal to give protection)). since when is thin metal plates made by savages meant to be better then per-war armor that was design to be the next best thing bar power armor itself by the US goverment

[@blazethegryphon9990]

Brian southparkstudio My theory, salvaged power armour, explaining the weight and defence.

[@suckdimck2633]

Brian southparkstudio

[@PennsyPappas]

I know im late to this thread but i think Combat armor is the best armor. Yeah everyone will bring up the DLC armor but that stuff is WAY to heavy for me to use. Heavy Combat armor with Deep pocket mod is a great way to go so in my opinion is key. At least when you look at it from a weight to DR ratio.

[@5TailFox]

Goddamn right. That T-51 is the best. Give it the right paint job, and it's damn near invincible.

[@VinylicPumaGaming]

It's pretty good and cheap to use. X-01 is better though.

[@dylanmyllyniemi3021]

Shawnee Longbow agreed

[@Starcruiser15]

i use a combination of T-60 tesla and X-01

[@Starfishcentral]

+voltz21 Yes me too as it gives a damage resistance of 110 plus you can also wear other armour (eg combat armour) on top of it. Sadly I don't have any dlc either and I am waiting for the game of the year version to be released, which should be fairly soon.

[@vladdybearson3953]

but it looks like shit

[@bigb6096]

It would be cool if there was mod called "Survival power armor" and which it basically has an hunting/scavenger look but for power armor. you would also have an ghille suit type look with all the basic survival shit attached to you like water canisters,makeshift backpack,etc...

[@Megiddo501]

Yes.

[@DEMONX62]

Gangsta Gandalf yeah, i remember mod like that for new vegas

[@eldarranger5063]

Gangsta Gandalf kinda like the recon spartan armour in reach? that would be pretty awesome

[@djenorman]

The Skyrim themed set might suit your needs.

[@curtygriff6636]

Gangsta Gandalf the storyteller power armor mod is probably the closest you'll get too something you just described.

[@dracodarastrix4175]

I know this is an old youtube video. But what about deep pocketed upgrade for your armour. Won't certain builds benefit more from having more carry weight then having lighter armour?

[@JelB]

Draco Darastrix its mostly the better option, but not for the really heavy armours (recon and nuka world)

[@bosknight7837]

Jelle Vd Berg recon armor is actually lighter if you mod it with deep pockets

[@kirowaterlaw9432]

@@JelB marine

[@Xenbiotic]

@@kirowaterlaw9432 *recon :)

[@z3r0_35]

What I'll say about the T-60 and X-01 (which I'm surprised wasn't touched upon in this video) is that in order to keep a full suit of either maintained, the Scrapper perk is practically mandatory, as scrapping weapons that you find (particularly energy weapons) will be the easiest way to get large amounts of rare materials needed to maintain those sets of armor. With Scrapper, what would normally be the deal breaker for using those armors becomes almost trivially easy to mitigate (basically, go farm any place where synths are the primary enemy for their weapons, which can be scrapped for plastic and circuitry - alternatively, anywhere with Gunners also works). Also, something to keep in mind for stealth builds: one of the factors affecting stealth is how much weight you're carrying (along with other factors like the Sneak perk, the US Army Covert Operations Manuals, the Agility stat etc.), so it may actually be a good idea to wear, at most, a ballistic-weaved clothing item under some light armor with the 'shadowed' mod to reduce the odds of detection when hiding in shadows. I usually find that a good choice for those builds are military fatigues and a set of LIGHT combat armor (including a helmet) with the shadowed mod, as the whole point of such builds is, rather than being able to tank hits, to avoid being shot at at all.

[@8BitPinkiePie]

23r0 Gaming well he is talking about Survival mode where you're weight limit is greatly reduced and bullets also have weight as well, so you have to be able to maintain your weight in as well as outside of your power armor when you do need to repair it

[@z3r0_35]

RoboGameBoy64 I know, but it still makes it a lot easier to salvage the materials by just farming weapons instead of trying to just hope you can find the right scrap in various places or just buying it. Of course, shuttling all of those weapons back to your base to scrap them can become quite tedious (especially with the lack of fast travel), but if you build up a decent stockpile, it makes it a lot easier to maintain a set of T-60 or X-01 than it would be otherwise.

[@GrecoRoman123]

2:29 Does the power armor suit let you breath underwater? Like scuba equipment?

[@unoriginaltoaster2909]

No...Well kinda You can survive longer underwater but you cant literally breathe

[@areyouentertained6701]

You have to get aqua boy perk

[@libertyprime9307]

12:39 the best VATS moments are all like this.

[@PennsyPappas]

Ive always believed that even though T51 is not the "best" power armor in the game, the steel repair cost can be easily repaired in the field with all thkse pipe pistols and tin cans and what not you collect. No guarantee youll always have resourcer to repair better armor. Also in regards to regular armor weight. Deep pocket mod is the answer to making the armor lighter. Not too mention ballistic weave perk will be a big help for increased damage resistance.

[@Logan-cq7ko]

I always go with the brotherhood of steel and use T60 power armor, ad victoriam.

[@richie3221]

Logan Wheeler Ad Victoriam

[@capitalistdave6073]

Enclaves better

[@agentfallout]

Ad Victoriam

[@darkbluewolfstudios3689]

That’s just what a synth would say

[@Zekzt]

T-45 with almost unbreakable is totally awesome - repair cost is so low and when you get the almost unbreakable effect its so damn durable.

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

Combat Armor with Deep Pockets has an effective negative weight with regards to carry capacity, although it doesn't count to VATS. So if you just want to carry more stuff, instead of worrying about VATS, Combat Armor with Deep Pockets modifier actually nets you extra carry capacity over and above the weight of the actual armor. Plus you can farm for the appropriate legendary effects as described in the video to maximize whatever you'd like.

[@Coolcleverstone]

If we're going by best non-power armor damage resistance per pound on a chest piece, I'd say it would be the Yao Guai Finger Necklace. According The the Fallout wiki, it provides 10 damage resistance and 7 energy resistance while being only 1 lb, meaning it has a hybrid damage resistance of 17/lb. It also comes with the added bonus of plus +2 strength, so it even pays for itself.

[@blazethegryphon9990]

Coolcleverstone 10 damage resistance, on survival, good luck with that.

[@Coolcleverstone]

Blaze The Gryphon I never said Survival

[@KomradeKD]

Coolcleverstone I've been running around in survival in nothing but the harness until I killed Kellogg, then I snagged that bc it is the same weight. In survival, armor is basically useless unless you are going for an uber tank build, usually only making the difference between a one hit kill and a two hit kill. If you actually treat survival as survival and play the game intelligently, you don't need that much armor and can save that weight for more important things.

[@thenewpav543]

@@Coolcleverstone This WHOLE VIDEO IS ABOUT SURVIVAL! You commenting on the wrong video or something?

[@zzzorg]

The best paint for the X-01 is the Explosive Shielding, just try it, halved incoming explosive damage on your health bar AND on the durability of your armor!

[@carmeloxanthony6936]

I messed up while playing the game, I finished the institute story line prior to knowing about ballistic weave so now I can't get it. :'(

[@Crystar500]

If you're on PC or Xbox, there's mods you can download that unlock the Ballistic Weave. I'm sure a similar mod is possible for PS4 if you have that as well, since it doesn't add any new assets to my knowledge.

[@Andrespresso]

Crystar "Mods" on PS4 won't be out until next month, at least. On Skyrim "mods" will available the 28th of October, and they said Fallout 4 would come after that. So... gotta wait a while there.

[@Crystar500]

Trumpster I know that. I was suggesting the idea to them.

[@peanutsmagee6529]

i did the institute thing too i feel unaccomplished

[@FaintinglifeJBS]

Same.. Will get it on next playthrough :)

[@kopienjoyer16]

Repair cost for x01 is only 2 steel, 2 aluminum and 1 copper. And they rarely break.

[@pandorion8741]

Awesome Boy Yeah

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

Stupid Dog and for copper, you only need to look for fuses and those are everywhere

[@nucleus691]

Of ALL 6 pieces reach 0 durability the repair cost is definetly not 5 total pieces of scrap. Its like atleast 30.

[@Akredi]

@fuckface unstoppable It's called Bethesda shitting on the established lore, as they do in most of their games sadly ...

[@royearle1673]

t-51 has a legendary wich increases your AP refresh speed when you are exposed to rads. good in glowing sea (you can get it by completing the quest at polymer labs, the quest is actually pretty fun!) also i kinda understand why x0-1 has more stuff for repair (x0-1 is pretty damm op)

[@oaksparoakspar3144]

Strength based build? Use regular armor - Fortifying or using Rads with Rad Powered and Unyielding can put your Strength into the 30's making the weight irrelevant and your damage exceptional. Great for unarmed and melee builds. Luck build? Got to be regular armor (I'm at Luck 20 - 22 if I ever find a Lucky Chestpiece). Great for handgun builds. Charisma and Intelligence Builds? Go with Power Armor - since that will let you neglect Strength and some Endurance while you build other abilities. Great for Commando builds. Sure, they limit your Stats, but there is little gain taking those stats far past 10. Perception builds (snipers)? Be open to either. Most of the time you won't want PA, because you spend too much time sneaking and sitting (a waste of cores) and you don't need the protection because you are seldom hit. Having it around, however, can be nice - particularly for tight dungeons with tough or ranged enemies. Of my 6 characters I've played at length (melee, 25% health melee, sniper, commando, pistol, and heavy gun/unarmed), only the Charisma Commando and Intelligence Heavy Gun builds use PA regularly.

[@DaManBearPig]

True, and it’s damn hard to sneak in PA. You can do it but it takes a lot of investment. Plus finding the sprinters effect makes regular armor stupid fun for any build.

[@modvind]

Great video as always VinylicPuma! Keep it up

[@NobodyDungeons]

Personally, with the kinetic servos chest piece modification and the army paint you can walk around with 14 strength at all times, and that is definitely a good thing.

[@billbillington7996]

5:25 just noticed that when you get shot with the harpoon gun you keep the harpoon

[@Slybby]

T 60 for me at the beginning then X-01. You can Easy steal the t 60 Atom cats Power armor with level 2 (you will be level 2 because of the xp you get for discovering some locations on the way down to the atom cats) and it also got a very nice paint.

[@aldebaran0_]

Slybby But walking down there is a nightmare

[@openaardvark419]

Quincy is on the way, unless you want to swim

[@pintvricchio]

11:19 someone please tell me how did hw got that hemet. he symply implies you can found one but i have never seen a legendary helmet in the game but the 3 that are sold from merchants.

[@mohamedhazem8702]

pintvricchio from the institute

[@edgymcedgelord5297]

i love minuteman general outfit

[@1234wowww]

Puma you are the kind of guy who talks in multiplayer games like players talk in E3 trailers

[@v1nc3z0]

In my opinion, I favor the T-51 because of how it looks against X-01 or T-60. And it's a good reminder of your travels in New Californa (If you played Fallout 1 - 2)

[@rickmarinara5179]

Ah man, I love the look of t-51, just the lore of it being the best, and it being really friggin cheap to repair, made it my go to PA in all playthroughs, X-01 and T-60 is good until you realise you don't have the components to repair on the move and have to head home, t-45 is good until you get t-51, man, I just really like t-51

[@joetigris1238]

T-51 is my preferred armor in my current Survival Vanilla Playthrough. Easy to repair and upgrade makes it leagues ahead of T-60 and X-01

[@Nevirate]

You should make a video over if the Institute is either good or bad for the in the future of the Commonwealth.

[@Coolcleverstone]

Nathan Freeman If the SS is director of the Institute and the general of the Minutemen, that would likely bring the best future for the commonwealth.

[@milkman2377]

Mama says it the best and that you will save the world.

[@reachfanatic1234]

lol throught you were talking about nazis when you typed "SS"

[@daevster6663]

Ballistic weave Army fatigues level 5, deep pocketed leather armor, army helmet, wraparound goggles, maxed out combat rifle, and a dumb ass dog to carry all your shit is all one will need.

[@PaladinMthe13th]

My favorite setup is a X-01 helmet, Tesla T-60 Arms and Torso, install Jet Pack, finish up with whatever power armor legs.

[@ShiningDarknes]

Ballistic weave is the greatest thing ever. the fact that the hats get power-armor levels of protection for much less cost is crazy. long-run weave is the way to go if you can afford the weight of armor.

[@NobodyDungeons]

With the scrapper perks and access to Arturo in diamond city repairing higher level power armor is a cake walk as you can get more than enough aluminum from deconstructing weapons you pick up and buying shipments.

[@ShiningDarknes]

If you are truly worried about weight, putting deep pockets on all pieces will in some cases put you ahead on weight (especially if the armor also gives strength). Obviously stealth builds will still want ultra-light, but melee should consider deep pockets. Also pro tip for anyone who didn't know: you can craft the higher tier upgrades on the tier one versions of all armor and transfer them to the tier three versions. this makes it so you only need rank 2 armorer for almost every upgrade.

[@ohyeahyeah9668]

Any Power Armor will turn you in to killing machine.

[@DaManBearPig]

oh yeah yeah they made this game for plebs by making so readily accessible and abundant. Fusion cores everywhere, power armor is handed to you right off the bat.

[@Dripbaru]

@@DaManBearPig who doesn’t like feeling like a walking tank every now and then

[@bloodmoonangel8925]

*B A L L I S T I C W E E B*

[@ritzafit9544]

Where is the place at the beginning of the video with the gunners,I see this in alot of fallout 4 videos

[@henriquegebrans8442]

ritzafit _ Gunner plaza fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Gunners_plaza

[@kodiak4764]

I just started a new play through and I feel Raider ll power armor is the best in the beginning. Most parts of the armor only cost 3 steel to repair the Power Armor.

[@petejones1232123]

6 years later this video is still very good

[@Cu8ez]

Puma is one of the most under rated content creator, hes relativly unbiased, and when he voices his opinion its with reason, his contents clean, easy to understand, and full of valuable info, and his voice is PERFECT for comentating, NEVER STOP PUMA! #pumaforprez

[@turbochomp]

Ultra light isn't always they way to do. Some of those other effects are really good compared to the few pounds you save yourself. Two arm pieces with the stabilize mod make it so you need have to hold your breath while snipping again

[@curtbe2783]

What was that shotgun like energy weapon at the beginning of the video

[@alexandergrace5144]

I ballistic weaved Rex Goodman’s suit and the trilby hat. +4 to charisma, only weighs 4 pounds total and 240 damage/ energy resistance combined

[@skyrimld1159]

I know it’s in Nuka World but Colter’s power armor offers decent protection and I’ve heard it’s really cheap to repair

[@ingamesniperr]

It also has a true unique legendary effect thats not on anything else in the game i dont think. And its built in face shield might provide better protection to the head piece. Although you cant put paints on it or a jetpack, not sure about ballistic weave.

[@jorgelopez-on4uj]

Thank you vinylicpuma because even though I have never played fallout 4 sense my brother has I have to play on survival mode thank you very. Much.

[@SpidermanFan92]

I take a more tactical and stealthy approach, which is why my armor is geared towards maxing out my carrying capacity. I don't worry about bringing power armor because I don't tank my way through confrontations.

[@Vorusen]

I feel like the carry weight you get from power armor would be very nice for stealth characters on survival because you can scavenge shit loads and then head back

[@Boxy221]

Very helpful guide!! Thanks man :)

[@thunderlord2200]

talking about perks on armors, and power armors what are the best and worst you can have, same goes with guns/ n Melee?

[@darthplagueis13]

Is it better to go with deep pockets or light mods for heavy armour pieces?

[@MarcoHernandez-om1kv]

Darthplagueis13 deep pocketed

[@endlesswaffles6504]

Is it possible for a Legendary enemy to wear power armor and drop a Legendary piece of power armor?

[@endlesswaffles6504]

Thanks :)

[@keith2860]

theres a gunner in power armor in quincy who drops a raider power left arm called tessas fist, which has 4x durability

[@nonactiveaccount6800]

Early on in survival. Dimond security armor is a good choice for ballistic. And can make you immune to fire damage. Incredibly useful against molotoves and flammers.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Ballistic weave with newsboy hat gives +1 charisma, and I like the Minutemen outfit with weave. That plus spiked leather to keep things lighter, add deep pockets to get carry weight to 300. Lone wanderer takes you to 400. Jump in power armor and you’re over 500. Is there any ballistic weave outfit that adds charisma? I only find hats. I never spec into charisma because I can pass speech checks with chems and clothes. Change into Reggie’s getup, plus glasses and hat, its practically 100% pass rate.

[@sebastiandiaz378]

I think there is a glitch with the game, but I did the Railroad quest and talked with Tinker Tom but I could not get the ballistic weave mod at all, is there something I can do besides load the save point?

[@ok-hh6zk]

awesome video dude this has helped me a lot lol

[@MaSOneTwo]

I know this video is 4 years old but I still want to make one point: repair cost should not be a concern to you at all IF you are playing with settlements. If you are hurting for materials, simply set up scavenging stations for your settlers to work on and you will be provided with a metric ton of junk that will cover your needs more than adequately. A hand full of those will do the job. Edit: I did this in my current playthrough and have completely abandoned looting junk at all.

[@llledd]

We're Is that location on the map where all the gunners were?

[@Soulintent95]

I just stick with t60, the legendary pieces from bos and the tesla pieces from automatron. However, I am thinking of going to x01 when i finally get the quantum armor. Not quite sure, I mostly use the power armor for a huge carry weight boost. T60 is already good enough damage resistance, its manageable enough if you loot enough. I did stick to t51 for a while though, and i love the paint jobs. The railroad one actually looks pretty nice too.

[@richardkenan2891]

Is there a good way to get T-51 pieces if I'm leveled past the point of finding it in leveled sets? I didn't gather any of it when I was low level, now everything I find is X-01 or T-60. I can't afford the repair costs of those suits!

[@ledrash6079]

Yep! I am watching this one later than your upload of it! Thumbs up for all people who is also watching it later!

[@jkk6435]

i know power armour de-equips your regular armour, but can you wear something like armoured military fatigues under the power armour, and have it add protection and SPECIAL boosts?

[@MrODST57]

jkk 643 no

[@scheisseaufpasswort]

What bout the overboss armor?

[@BookofKeys123]

What about the Mechanist armor? Full Ballistic weave has like 180 damage resistance. One of the best imo

[@gary851]

heavy combat + x01 is alwayst best. i have lvl 120+ run on surv and never run short of repair resources

[@liptonicetea1813]

The reason why T-51 has the most paint jobs is life reasons. T-51 suits were readily available to the military before the war. T-60 was made right before the war, and X-01 was made by the remnants of the military after the Great War.

[@liptonicetea1813]

*lore reasons. Not life reasons

[@joaogomes9405]

T51 helmet, x01 chest and t60 limbs make for a really cool and really balanced set.

[@helheimrgaming2547]

I found a full set of X-01 power armor at the south Boston military outpost thing within a hackable gate

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Why not using deep pocketed instead of ultralight as an armour mod ? The carry weight you gain with deep pocketed is more than the weight reduction with ultralight.

[@williamwhite5183]

Just started playing this game after a few months and found armor at the brother hood of steel at lvl 4 keep in mind and it was soo good it had 25 defense and 27 energy resistance and dude I used that armor for halve the game

[@Sh4dy313]

@vinylicPumaGaming I gotta say man your videos are pretty damn great. And I also hope that what ever what's goin on that was messing you up is all resolved and things are well for ya.

[@chupamafabla77]

it isn´t better to have the improved storage mod in a regular armor than the ultra-light mod? i use a marine armor

[@r1cosito]

Do legendary effects of normal armour not effect you in power armour?

[@LIMSAkaRiorulz]

if you have aqua boy\girl rank 2, everytime you jump into water in power armor you can just teleport or fast travel

[@PhilthAdelphiA]

I’m a level 50. Have all armorer perks but it will not let me modify my army fatigues AT ALL. What’s the problem?

[@burninghippies5355]

you can only unlock ballistic weave through a side quest with the railroad

[@PhilthAdelphiA]

voodoo child I did some more searching and I finally got it. It’s fucking amazing.

[@Annihilaterq]

Sometime using the deep pocketed mod can be better than the ultralight, as deep pockets add 10-20 carry weight, so essentially taking 10-20 from the weight of each piece

[@starstrikerbboy]

Um. Did I miss when you mentioned how hard fusion cores are to come by in survivor when you factor in the missing fast travel, ext

[@oaksparoakspar3144]

Nonsense. They are heavy, but they are super common. You can get one in the mole rat den under the Red Rocket. You can get one in the Concord Sewers and half of one in the Museum of Freedom. You can get THREE in the Robot Salvage Yard - one from the chest and two from choosing to self-destruct the Sentry Bot. You can get one from Olivia. There is one in the armors in the train cars at Tenpines and the Diner. There is one in the armor at the Food Rationing bunker if you beat the raider to it, another on a generator there, and another behind an easy locked door inside the facility. Also, any time you find an ammo can with FCs in it, they come in sets of FOUR. Just get the bobble from the top of Corvega and the Nuclear Physicist perks when you can and you will have plenty of cores.

[@ostmen_draugr]

I seem to have found a bug where my power drains my fusion cores in seconds when walking. Not sprinting, walking. I burned through 50 PC before i noticed it. Tried disabling mods, no effect. Tried on a new character, no change. Tried wiping the cache, nothing. Deleted & reinstalled, still no change. Someone help

[@ashadieeyahsultana1062]

You don't need to side with the railroad to get ballistic weave. You just need to help them for a few quests, until you get to the point where you have to go to a DIA cache, a little bit later tinker tom will start selling them which means you can craft them yourself, after that you can side with the BOS or Institute and just slaughter the railroad

[@Dale-pz2un]

My reload for my guns has completely stopped working i can still hold down the button to lower my gun but i cant reload any ideas how to fix it?

[@panzerfaust187]

Can't use a power armor very often because I don't have a lot of fusion cores.

[@FeCyrineu]

Really? I have like 20 fusion cores and I'm level 35.

[@spoonhanz]

I never use power armour, ballistic weave serves me well

[@TheHelix123]

crimson bolt hmm interesting. Not even at that part when you have to kill the deathclaw and the raiders with a minigun to save prestons ass back in concord??

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

Arnav Behari well if you mod a shotgun with sawed off barrel and put a point into better critical you can one shot the deathclaw with a crit to the head. Double barrel is actually better for crit builds because of this mod.

[@vikingo987]

Hey VinylicPuma! I love your survival videos. Please make a Best Companions for Survival Mode (Including DLC) video! maybe #1 would be none? haha

[@Nyteshadedeath64]

Puma i swear if youd make everyone drunk/passed out if we drank everytime you said power armor in your videos

[@inajajani]

I play blitz-melee-sneak charakter, and I go with military fatigues. It is easier to obtain early on than army fatigues (fixed location in Cambridge police station), and it has an additional 5 damage resistance!

[@inajajani]

Once you have ballistic fiber upgrade you will choose the rest of your armor according to its legendary ability. I really would like to see detailed videos about the usefulness of legendary effects on survival with complex approach (like low and high level aspects) especially in case of the unique armor pieces what you can buy from vendors.

[@papalord258]

I dont really find the x01 repair costs excesive. Its the upgrade costs that will drain a shit ton of resources. At level 40 I barely had enough to upgrade a full t60 armor set, but in survival I dont pick up as much loot as in normal difficulties. I really recomend getting ada asap and upgrading her storage capacity if you dont want to do the pick up glitch with companions

[@Blaze2002813]

Green shirt and combat boots is my favorite to put ballistic weave on

[@Kevin-ti3rz]

I only put on one of my 12 different power armor if the fight is going to be against a lot of different enemies. The +1 or +2 to strength or other perks is too good to cover up .

[@creactive6822]

Alright, if you want to Mr.Puma, do a list of best healing/character helping items for survival mode. I think it would be a great idea, not only would it help us, but you get good clips for these items too. :)

[@randyparsons3188]

i highly recommend padded mod for at least the chest piece of power armor and combat armor. it makes a big difference with anything that explodes on you like mines and missles and even nukes.

[@DeathRay89]

i have t51 helm n shoulders x-01 chest n legs (legs cuz more carry weight) when calibrated, and u can get out under water jst basically scuttling ur armor unless u get aquaboy

[@OrentholJames]

I actually switched my sneak build to power armor. The funny thing is i still can sneak around like I don't have armor on. Also, wearing armor inside power armor doesn't stack. Go in power armor naked cuz clothes stats doesn't stack either and less weight to carry.

[@abraham7273]

You don't have to completly join thr railroad for ballistic weave, you just have to do a couple of quests and then bam, ballistic weave

[@liwilliam4632]

Beth team should work on details when wearing power armor, you won't see bleeding effect when get attack due to your outfit.