Depot A-acid resist

[tofucsek]

I'm sure not being the first person who finds those pesky mutants and their dogs a bit of a trouble.

Currently trying to get some acid resist gear but none of the merchants sell any and being a melee character, I don't really have any other options but fight them close. So far I could only find a single mutated dog leather but wasn't planning on putting points into chemistry to craft it, so the question is: does anyone know any alternative source to get a decent enough acid resist?

[BAXTER]

Siphoner leather also provides acid resist, along with fire resist. You can find siphoners in the pools just near the junkyard. Talk to the owner of the food stall to get a quest to fish some eels there, along with directions. Siphoners don't actually show up until you get close to the locations they spawn, upon which they will leap out of the water. The inventory of a siphoner isn't decided until they leap out of the water, so you can savescum in order to get a high quality piece of leather from one.

[bati]

Without chemistry you won't be able to craft acid resist vest and afaik at that point in the game no one sells any decent acid protection. Your best bet is to stock up on grenades or other bruteforce methods and try to power through. Alternatively, if you're heavily specced into stealth then you shouldn't have many issues getting around.

@Baxter: eel fishing has been removed in the release version (ofc I only realised this AFTER I already fished the 5 eels) and has been replaced by the Southern Fishing Tour quet.

[Ruinous]

No chemistry needed for siphoner leather armour, bati. I recommend using it as if you don't have any acid resist going into Depot A you may have a bit of reloading ahead of you ;)

[bati]

Really? Hm, that's pretty nice then. I'll keep it in mind for future playthroughs lol.

[psychotron666]

Good advice. Im in the same boat, just gearing up to fight those mutants and dogs.

[BAXTER]

I also might add that mutated dog leather is the reason you generally want to grab 15 chemistry if you're also going in on tailoring, as it's a very good material and it makes Depot A so much easier.

[tofucsek]

Thanks for all the answers. All I needed was 25ish Tailoring and the siphoner armor did the job. 18%/6 acid res armor I could craft was enough to clear the whole section.

Now the fun really begins with so many options to choose from where to advance.

[Useless]

Remember that bear traps can be used with 0 ranks in traps. I'm playing a trap/crossbow build, but if you drop a trap at a corner, get an enemy to chase you, trap it, and let everything else cluster around that one, you can do massive damage with grenades, even with 0 throw (you'll get close enough).