r/Fallout • u/datdudedru69 • 22d ago
How do I get my power armor back? Question
So super mutants came and raided sanctuary (they aren't too bright) and Trashcan Carla decided to hijack my power armor.
I'd hate to kill her, because then I need to buy a new power armor frame. Is there a way to get her our of my armor?
With followers you can ask them to get out of it, but I'm about to merc this chick just on principle.
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u/JohnnyEnglish117 22d ago
If you have the sneak / thief perk up high enough and sneak up behind her then you should be able to steal / remove the fusion core forcing her out of it.
Ive seen it done on many a brotherhood soldier. Never tried it myself though
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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 22d ago
I’m gonna do this, free power armor and those are worth so much lol
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u/gaslancer 22d ago
They also get killed constantly after dropping down from the vertibirds. You can find their corpses and scribes corpses too. Free loot.
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u/Majestic_Wrongdoer38 21d ago
Yes but a frame is so much better
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u/Exportedorca 21d ago
I have like 10-15 sets of power armor but like 5 frames and the frames are hard to find
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u/RiskyAlpha 21d ago
Really? I’m level 40 and I’ve got probably 8 frames? Only 2 have complete sets of armor. I wish I could find parts to fill them out.
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u/Shmack_u 21d ago
Theres a merchant in Diamond city that sells power armor frames for 5000 caps
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u/sunny_6killer 21d ago
I think the Assultron in Goodneighbor does as well.
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u/doit4thegump 21d ago
There are alot of abandoned armor frames scattered around the Commonwealth, too. You'll find some in military checkpoints, caravans on the side of the road, on barges that were clearly shipping military equipment, and some hidden away in hard to find areas. It is cool trying to collect them all.
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u/IdenticalThings 21d ago edited 21d ago
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_4_power_armor_locations
There's like... 20ish out in the wild you can just pick up and walk away with. I had a good time hunting them all down. Some relic suits out there as well.
Also killing all the dickhead Enclave soldiers in the three locations gives you fancy pieces.
Steal the other two suits from the Prydwn in the mustering bay where you originally got yours. If you save then sneak / enter when no one's looking you get to walk out with it wothout anyone noticing or caring. You can also buy a full frame and T-60 suit from the weapons vendor per day. I'd just sell him a shit ton of purified water to equal out the exchange
The atom cats garage is the easiest fastest way to pick up a frame and full set of T-60 per day. They also sell random other parts that you can cobble together on other frames. You can also steal rowdys suit when she's looking the other way, she doesn't notice either.
I ended up with 60 suits and displayed em on spectacle island in a 6 storey display like a total pale moron that's never touched grass. I think it's awesome.
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u/Pleasant_Magazine_83 21d ago
Are you all doing something wrong. I’ve got like 12 frames full of armor lvl 40
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u/thelamb710 21d ago
On my last play through , I had plenty of armor , but 0 frames.
On my current play through I have like 4 empty frames and no armor to put on them.. I think it’s bc on this play through I’ve tried harder to shoot fusion cores to eject enemies from their suit.
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u/Maestro1992 22d ago
Be cautious though it can still be considered owned by them which will make it “stealing” every time you put it on. Which could potentially turn your settlers or companions against you.
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u/Seanytoobad 22d ago
While we're on the subject, if you snipe or otherwise shoot the power core there is a big explosion and the wearer exits. Pretty cool way to get frames off raiders and such.
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u/no_hot_ashes 21d ago
This guy fallout 4's. Cant count how many times I stole the raider PA frame from the dunwich borers raiders
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u/GKBilian 21d ago
It's so stupid that those raider frames are still considered stolen, though. Like everything my character owns was stolen from a dead raider.
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u/Seanytoobad 21d ago
Dang, I never noticed that. Does someone get pissed at you or something?
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u/21stCenturyGW 21d ago
I put a fusion core into a stolen frame just to walk it to a different location in the settlement, then took the core out. Codsworth did not like it at all.
Dude! You just saw me put the core into the armour like two minutes ago!
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u/Readerdragon 22d ago
I read your last sentence as I've done this many a brotherhood soldier Never tried it on myself though
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u/Neil-erio 22d ago
Does she remains stuck in power armor and die from hunger ?
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u/UrethralExplorer 22d ago
No, in game it disables the armor and it opens up and the occupant gets out.
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u/Dann_745 NCR 22d ago
Yeah, as the other person said, she won't, power armor in the game works differently than in the show. If you don't have a core, you can just walk (the speed you walk in if you press caps lock) and can't use vats. But you don't get stuck, you can always exit and enter at your leisure.
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u/ArisePhoenix Children of Atom 21d ago
It's also how the NCR Power Armor from NV works somehow they're able to just hold up the insanely heavy Power Armor with the tech ripped out
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u/darkelfbear Gary? 21d ago
In the show though, his Squire I thought did something to lock him in it, before he took the core.
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u/Dann_745 NCR 21d ago
Ohhh, was that what that key was? I thought it was for easier core extraction lol
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u/outofstepbaritone 22d ago
Pickpocket the fusion core
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u/Nlawrence55 22d ago
The other day I was playing with Piper as my companion and she jumped in my power armor without a fusion core. It was functioning and everything. The fusion core wasn't even visible in the slot either. I did manually ask her to get in the armor without the core but I just thought it was unusual still. Is this common?
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u/meadoworfeed 22d ago
I think that companions don't need a power core to use PA whereas other NPCs can only use powered ones. Need someone else to confirm, though.
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u/Illumanacho69 22d ago
Yes, but they never use them up 100%, they drain to just 1%z So if you want to deck out your settlement with all power armor users, bring power cores down to 1% and use those on the settlers
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u/Nlawrence55 22d ago
If I get on tonight I'll test this out and get back with you. If I don't get on tonight however there's a 85% chance that I forget about all this and we never figure the answer out. Just letting ya know lol.
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u/Blahaj_IK Enclave 22d ago
From my own testing during my Brotherhood run (first FO4 too at that time), this seems to be true. I learnt this because I at first was super stingy about my power cores, handing them over to Piper so I wouldn't use them up while carrying stuff on my power armor
But she started using them when I told her to get in the power armor. And I was not having that, so I took them all from her. To my surprise she never got off, and kept sprinting like she had one. What's Piper's stength stat, again?
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u/Dry_Value_ 21d ago
Reminds me of how in Skyrim your companion just needs a single arrow to infinitely use hightier arrows, iirc they'll shoot regular arrows if they don't have any in their inventory.
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u/adjavang 21d ago
Just to confirm, yes, you can instruct your companions to use power armour without fusion cores. I basically live in power armour in all my playthroughs so when I see a frame in the wild I loot the fusion core if it has one and then tell my companion to enter the power armour so I can transport it back to sanctuary for my collection.
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u/mister3gg 22d ago
Yup. Your companions don't need a fusion core to use armor. I usually use them to haul my PA back to base whenever I forget to pack enough cores during a raid
They usually suck at fighting in them though, sometimes end up with all parts destroyed after getting home
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u/Nlawrence55 22d ago
Oh yeah we went through like one assignment for Rhys and she was already missing half the PA.
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u/crozone Welcome Home 22d ago
Companions can use power armor without a core? So I can just leave Piper in the armor and have robot waifu kill all the raiders for me?
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u/SilverbackIdiot 22d ago
Correct. I’ll use companions to walk the power armor without using cores, then tell them to get out so I can hop in for a dungeon clearing.
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u/Nlawrence55 22d ago
Holy shit you just changed my entire gameplay
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u/SilverbackIdiot 22d ago
While we’re at it are you familiar with the companion carry weight glitch?
If you’re using a standard transfer screen they each have a unique limit. “_____ cannot carry any more.” when you hit it.
But if you drop it on the ground, or even better load up a container and then tell them to “get ” (or “inspect _” for a container) then they have infinite carry weight. 🫡
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u/War-is-Chuck 22d ago
Pickpocket the fusion core or follow her to someplace secluded, kill her, and pick up the pieces. She is an Institute informant apparently.
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u/Secret_shopper95 22d ago
That’s the neat part, you don’t!
Stop leaving fusion cores in your power armor
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u/Efficient_Working539 22d ago
I had a gunner commander steal one of my coreless suits off of a rooftop in Sanctuary, a rooftop that had no access except for stairs that I had to rebuild myself if I wanted to get up there. Before you tell me to not leave my cores in, let assure that I do not leave cores in. I have one used core that I keeping using until it dies and the game autoswaps another. Whenever I get a new suit, I take out the fresh core that is in it and replace it with my working core. When I leave my suits for any reason, I take out that working core. I leave no suits with cores anywhere. I have done it this way since I discovered very early on the annoyance of having 50+ partially used fusion cores in my inventory. I follow this process religiously.
Anyone who has a fusion core can steal your armor, not just wandering traders or settlers.
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u/JameelWallace Atom Cats 22d ago
How the hell did he get up there?!?! Oh yeah he just took the stairs.
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u/Efficient_Working539 22d ago
No, there were no stairs. As I said, there was no roof access. At that time, I had to rebuild stairs to the roof myself every single time I wanted access to it, and then I scrapped the stairs when I was done.
It's just like finding a brahmin or a settler on your rooftops, they literally will spawn there on fast-traveling in. That's what the gunner commander did, he spawned on my rooftop and took my Nuka Cola power armor. I lost the frame because of it, had to go buy another one to put my Nuka Cola pieces on.
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u/FrankSinatraCockRock 22d ago
yeah they're not getting it.
I have beta waved deathclaws in sanctuary that frequent the roof top treehouse bar to chill at night. How did they get up there when the doorway is too small for them? They make a road block for everyone else trying to drink, and eventually they just twitch and phase through.
It's like they took companion tracking( which is fine for companions) and made it apply to everyone.
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u/Ricky_Rollin 22d ago
So is there no way to prevent your armor from being stolen?
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u/Efficient_Working539 22d ago
There is, yes. I store my power armor in an empty, interior settlement with no resource production.
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u/Normal_Aardvark7823 22d ago
Could store PA on the roof of the red rocket or the roof of the drive-in because those roofs don’t have nav-map so AI won’t walk on them (unless you build floors on the roof).
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u/The_Franklinator 21d ago
Used power cores are so good tho, let them get to 1%, the sell at the same price as a fully charge core
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u/Happy-Examination275 21d ago
Fusion cores can be used up fully? Like a battery? 😭 Why did I not know this??
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u/datdudedru69 22d ago
Looks like I'm making an example of her. NOBODY STEALS FROM THE MINUTEMEN GENERAL!!!
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u/TallShaggy 22d ago edited 22d ago
I hopped out of my Nuka Quantum Power Armour to access McDonough's terminal and ended up getting in a fight with all of Diamond City... next thing I know the Mayor has gotten back up and jacked my armour (I forgot to get back in), and he's jumped over the edge and is running for the Stadium exit. It was hilarious, and needless to say I reloaded my save
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u/Sinister-Username 22d ago
This... but I've got like 5 sets of armor with cores in them, and nobody in my settlement has taken one for a stroll... keys are in the ignition, baby! Nobody wants to take a joyride??
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u/OKFlaminGoOKBye 22d ago
I currently have 22 sets lining the street in Sanctuary Hills. Every single one has a full power core. The only time I’ve ever seen anyone use them was against raiders, and they only took 2 between all of the armors and settlers.
Battle ended and they immediately baled, leaving them in all the wrong places.
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u/Raaazzle Republic of Dave 22d ago
It's like leaving the keys in the ignition. I'm totally OCD about it.
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u/TheBigGay_EaterofMen 22d ago
Follow her to bunker hill, she has to get out of the armor to trade.
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u/Ubergoober166 22d ago
Either take the fusion core or just let her have it. There are a shit load of power armor frames and much better armor pieces than what she stole from you.
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u/Klutzy-Slat-665 22d ago
Just get out and ALWAYS remove the Fusion Core.
Never leave a powered suit alone, get attacked randomly and anyone will jump in it in a panic and never get out.
Also yes, for those wondering, she and other world travelling merchants are institute spies, and you randomly gain settlers that are secret synth spies. I'd be ok if they were open about it in some form of dialogue, but they are almost always a spy.
Also, while they never drop parts, the terminal mentioned "Watchers" are the crows, they are early synth cameras to spy on the local settlements, including Vault 111, Sanctuary, The Castle, Airport, and Diamond City. The crows aren't real and Ronnie Shaw (IIRC) is the one person that makes mention of "we killed a few of those institute crow things", as well as the head of the division in the institute mentions them as well, by the name "Watchers".
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u/beans8414 Atom Cats 22d ago
I say let her keep it. There’s much better powerarmor and it goes well with her trash can theme
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u/GlasgowKisses Atom Cats 22d ago
If you speak to settlers wearing your armor, you can tell them to get out of it.
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u/twitchy3000 22d ago
Trashcan Carla isn't a settler, she's a traveling vendor big dog.
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u/GlasgowKisses Atom Cats 22d ago
Can you tell her to get out of the armor?
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u/chunkyloverfivethree 22d ago
I targeted the fusion core in vats. She turned on me as an enemy for half a second and then the fusion core blew up. She exited the power armor and started walking around like nothing happened.
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u/098asd43hf7g 21d ago
I tried pickpocketing the power core, she ended up attacking me, then she got shot and killed by the settlers, since then I always locked all my power armors away in a room with no door. so I have to go into build mode and move the wall every time I need to go in there. I ain't trust nobody at this point.
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u/C_Rex_Gamez 22d ago
If you’re on PC, open the console with the tilde key, click on Carla, then put in:
CallFunction "Actor.SwitchToPowerArmor" None
She should get out of the armor after that
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u/Illumanacho69 22d ago
Big piece of advice, don’t leave fusion cores in your armor. This advice is brought to you by experience.
That being said, do a quick save, shoot the core out as a sneak attack, hopefully she survives the explosion, and the armor is yours again.
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u/WinSeparate3518 22d ago
Go to Bunker hill and wait there until she arrives, she will get out of the armor to trade. However, it might take a while for her to get there, I know it did for me
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u/Specialist-Star-4406 22d ago
Kill her
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u/InsertKleverNameHere 21d ago
See thats why I eliminated her BEFORE this happened. Well thats not really why...depending on how far OP is in the game, there is valid reason to eliminate her imo
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u/Ancient_Prize9077 22d ago
If you’re going for better power armor, and if you can level up a bit first to increase your odds, there is a full set of t 51 armor on a military barge real close to croup manor. You’re gonna want some heavy equipment to deal with some big enemies tho. And lock-picking skills
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u/truthteller5 22d ago
I think you can PickPocket the Fusion Cell out of the armor which will force her to eject from it.
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You don't. It's hers now.
But good news! You can go pick up a brand spanking new set of X01 in the shipping containers behind the Natl Guard Training Yard.
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u/Contra_89 22d ago
You just gotta talk to them and it’ll give you the option to ask her to get out of the power armor. If it doesn’t work the first time, end the conversation then talk to them again.
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u/Appropriate-Macaron5 21d ago
Pickpocket the fusion core. She will just get out. Also, don’t leave any cores in them and they won’t get stolen.
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u/Peachy_Goddess 21d ago
If you travel to Bunker Hill, she will be one of the vendors there, and the suit will appear behind her
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u/Skinflint_ 21d ago
Pickpocket the fusion core, she'll be ejected. Add it back in, get in, never leave a fusion core in unoccupied power armor.
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u/Dirk1935 21d ago
Just to add to other’s comments about NPCs stealing your stuff…
If you have weapons on those craftable display boards on the walls and your settlement gets attacked, your settlers will take the weapon and it’ll take you forever to find it to get it back. I was able to find my Grognak Axe but still have not found which one of those turds have the Silver Shroud Machine Gun.
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u/Canadian__Ninja Brotherhood 22d ago
You can't.
Learn your lesson about leaving cores in power armour and it will stop happening.
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u/Houndall 22d ago
Let her keep it.
Pick any direction and start walking and you'll find a new frame in 5 minutes.
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u/theluvlesstoast For the Brotherhood 22d ago
If your sneak isn't high effort to steal the core wait till she's a bit away from the settlement and shot the cow once to break it then immediately holster your weapon to stop her from attacking. I did this to Duke on a fresh survival run right outside vault 111 for early T60
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u/SpaceGangsta 22d ago
This is why my compound is on Spectacle island and I have nothing but robots there for defense.
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u/gjyfghhg Enclave 22d ago
I think you can shoot the fusion core and it will explode and then the wearer will get out of the armor automatically iirc
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u/ea837th_heaven 22d ago
Leave it, it's better this way. Trashcan Carla is now a walking trashcan.