How To Improve Your Carry Weight - Fallout 76

Video of me showing how to improve your carry weight in fallout 76.

[jaydeneverhart]

I love ur content and I know I write these comments a lot but I do really like how u help new and experienced players love u mr west teck

[glaz_man]

Carry weight is the true final boss of this game. I discovered that high carry weight is less important, than weight reduction. Excavator PA or Union PA with calibrated shocks and weapon weight reduction on all 5 pieces are amazing to carry tons of stuff.

[SilverTongue]

As a loot goblin there’s no such thing as excessive carry weight and I will do anything and everything to carry as much as physically possible

[crazy-tommy]

The perk Strange in Numbers will turn your +60 carry weight pepperoni roll into a +75 carry weight pepperoni roll (ribeye steak will be +50 carry weight) as it buffs your carnivore mutation. With Strange in Numbers the Marsupial mutation also adds +25 carry weight and Herd Mentality perk adds another 3 strength which is worth +15 carry weight.

Your secret service armor only gives you 100 carry weight because your health is not below 20%. So you only get +2 special points for being below 40% health, with all 5 armor pieces this is +10 strength or +50 carry weight. You get another +50 carry weight for a total of +100 carry weight because of the deep pocketed mods. If you go to 20% health your secret service armor should give you +125 carry weight.

In addition to the backpack you can also use the secret service underarmor as it gives +4 strength which are another +20 carry weight. Having +1 strength as 2nd star legendary effect on your armor can improve your carry weight further.

Regarding power armor the Excavator has +100 carry weight as a set bonus, but I prefer now the Union power armor. It only has +75 carry weight, but it has +150 poison resist which is worth a whole legendary perk and you can use a jetpack on this without need for it to be a legacy (as Excavator doesn't have access to a Jetpack normally).

Overcapping your strength with the legendary perk only gives you +25 carry weight at the cost of 5 perk slots, while the Strong Back perk gives you +40 carry weight at the cost of 4 perk slots. So unless you are a heavy weapon, shotgun or melee build and need the damage perks under strength I would not overcap strength and spend the saved special points somewhere else and get Strong Back if you absolutly need the extra carry weight.

Stacking weight reduction perks can increase the amount of stuff you can carry even further. Unfortunately they removed the possibility to stack the weapon weight reduction on armor with weight reduction perks, so maximum is now -90% weight reduction in all categories. Before this change you could stack the weapon weight reduction legendary effect on armor with perks like Bear Arms for -99% weight.

[TheHellblazr]

You can even add even more carry weight to your unyielding SS armor if you mod it with deep pocketed, also if you use the perk "Sturdy Frame" that will lighten your armor and give you even more.

[ChipWhipper]

For new toons you can upgrade your standard back as you level up by crafting higher level backpacks which also increases your carry weight. I didn't know that until after lvl 50

[FAqua]

First time playing Fallout 76 since launch. I am absolutely loving it. Great guide. very helpful when carrying items in Appalachia.

[tthmps]

I’ve just recently come back to fallout 76 last time I played it was launch then I never touched it again so a lot has changed since I’ve played and your videos have been really helpful and informative to me. I’m really enjoying the game right now and watching your videos makes me excited to play it and level up (I’m only level 30) anyway thanks ALOT been a huge help.

[wintersteale]

For herbivores you can make steeped fern flower tea for extra strength & weight carry. The aster can be found in the garden of the palace all the way at the north end and also the front of Whitespring's garden area has a ton. Especially helps after doing events. Along with getting the bigger pack from the tadpole quests I always add either the chems or grocer mod to reduce weight for those items. Grocer one is fantastic if you use cola nut.

[Dexter_Solid]

I use power armor with 4 pieces of -20% weapon carry weight, and one -20% food and Chems, I did have 5 -20% weapons but since it caps at 90% I found the Chem/food buff a better benefit to me. That being said, I'm an arsenal heavy weapons build so I'm carrying around 3k worth of weapons, ammo, explosives and cores at any given time, I quickly found out that this game is less about carry weights and more about perks that reduce weights. It all gets reduced to about 210lbs and my carry weight sits around 470, but thanks to the reductions in everything I can area loot things like jamboree or eviction notice and still be able to fast travel back to base to scrap everything and sell the legendaries.

[rossdevin]

I tend to hold everything I see, I pick up EVERYTHING, so I tend to be over encumbered alot. So I'm always making new legendary power armor trying to get the junk perks. I don't take my power armor off unless it's necessary like cooking or sleeping. Thanks for the info, keep it coming, appreciate you

[justanother]

NIce vid. Just want to add that in general reducing item weight is better than any increase in carry weight. If you stack the third legendary effect for reducing weight on Junk, Food/Aid/Drink on the Excavator Power Armor with perk cards, you can achieve 90% weight reduction on all food, aid, drinks, and junk items. Use that with Bandolier, Battery Included, Portal Power, and you will be able to carry much more than what 700 carry weight will give you. There are also other perk cards you can run to reduce weight on armor pieces and weapons if you need them after a farm run.

[NOPerative]

I had a looter shooter build.
Can't remember all the deets, but had mutations and radicool as well as leg str and weight mods and perks all applied; dropped my loot one time to see what my weight was and it was over 1300 lbs+ I was seriously trying to get to a ton, but was struggling with that. Alcohol and pep rolls as well as chems like buffout will jack your carry weight and there's the a recipe for pep rolls and booze (chems can be steep to craft but is also possible) and with carnivore, booze and chem immunity perks you're an unstoppable loot goblin.

I did love me the loot system of 76. Loot build slot when build slots are on special (discounted) - create one. I'm greeedy. The Jerry McGuire build "show me the caps!"
Good vid.

[Tenpo-siqu]

I use the Radstag field dressing station and the wood gathering pile all the time to get that extra carry weight.

[Omnisprime]

Steeped Fern Flower Tea is a great strength booster for Herbivore builds, and one of my essential four Tea consumables that I always run together.

[agusmercado]

Grilled radstag also gives you a carry boost and with the radstag item from the scoreboard you’ll never have to go look for them

[theandrogynousmisogynist]

First time playing a fallout game and I started about two to three days ago. I’m loving it so far.

[ethancarter]

It is a good guide - if you decide to dedicate all your time with the game to an infinite loop of preparing and keeping temporary weight buffs.

[greasemonkeymechanic]

weight reduction mods for the backpack make huge differences, rather that going for the high capacity mods go for chemist or grocers mods. the chemist mod for the back pack makes a huge difference in my carry weight and is available from minerva quite often.

[jamesa]

All my builds include Bear Arms and Ordnance express. Since I don’t use fallout first the 40mm is just to heavy to stash as well as having a couple heavy guns I like to use it’s just easier to keep them on my person. If I got 90% weight reduction on all my heavy I might would just trash my heavy ammo when I want to run a non heavy but that is not the case. Playing without that extra storage is on another level and I actually enjoy the challenge. (Not to mention most cosmetics and stuff from 1st I find useless and saving a couple dollars is just a bonus.) Plus I love tossing those ‘nades!