How to carry more

[daleslad]

At one point in the game I was able to carry an extra 15 lbs. I can't remember now what I did to allow this, but after awhile it went back to the usual 250 lbs. limit. I checked my perks but none of them would allow this extra carry amount. Any idea how I was able to get this and is there a way to get it back. Thanks

[Nite69]

You can get legendary armor pieces that will increase the carry capacity, I forget the name of them its been a while since I played

[neddy3135]

If your into mods, the mod ''carry weight'' found on Nexus Mods has worked fine for years . Just remember to max you carrying weight specs for max use .

[Ihateeverybody]

With Strongback 5, 10 Str, 10 End and 10 Agi I gave up caring. Seriously. once you go over the cap it doesn't matter. If you already have the death sentence, what else can they do to you? Go hogwild, cross the street against the lights, don't rewind that VHS Tape, park in the Reserved for the Mayor parking space.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Some cooked food, alcohol and some drugs will boost carry weight or strength for a limited time.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by neddy3135:

If your into mods, the mod ''carry weight'' found on Nexus Mods has worked fine for years . Just remember to max you carrying weight specs for max use .

You don't need a mod, the console does that fine.

player.modav carryweight 100

Replace 100 with a number between 1 and 2000, but I don't suggest increasing weight limit beyond that or your inventory may start to lag. You can also use a negative number to reduce carry weight. The effect is permanent and is a change to your base carry weight so all bonuses still apply.


15 capacity is an odd number. Deep pocket armor is +20, food is 25, and 1 point of STR is 10. That sounds like a backpack mod to me.

[Darth Cannabis]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by neddy3135:

If your into mods, the mod ''carry weight'' found on Nexus Mods has worked fine for years . Just remember to max you carrying weight specs for max use .

You don't need a mod, the console does that fine.

player.modav carryweight 100

Replace 100 with a number between 1 and 2000, but I don't suggest increasing weight limit beyond that or your inventory may start to lag. You can also use a negative number to reduce carry weight. The effect is permanent and is a change to your base carry weight so all bonuses still apply.


15 capacity is an odd number. Deep pocket armor is +20, food is 25, and 1 point of STR is 10. That sounds like a backpack mod to me.

Well there are a lot of possibilities. While Grilled Radstag (or Gazelle steak, or other counterpart) is 25, there are other things to eat and drink that provide different amounts. Ice cold Nuka Power for example, is +60

After some research, there is one that does a +15. Did you happen to drink Vim Quartz?

[spared_life]

Pocketed armor

[climbingeastofwinter]

Pocketed armor will boost your carrying capacity somewhat, but you can also take Lone Wanderer 1 and 2 (Req: CHA 3; Req: CHA 3 + Level 17) to boost your carry capacity by 100 while reducing damage taken by 30%. Mid or late game you may want to bring companions around with you, but this perk can really help to keep you alive in the early game.

[Twinkletoes]

You can also take ultra light build armors.

Deep pocket only adds 10lbs of weight, but some armor can be around 15-30lbs making it pointless. Ultra light reduces the weight and gives you some AP, better deal with some types of armor.

[daleslad]

Wow I didn't know there were so many ways to carry more weight, I am on a PC so I don't think I can use the Consul suggestion. One of the suggestions rings a bell and that was the pocketed armor. I was using some pocketed armor until I started wearing Kelly's clothes and that's when I probably lost the extra 15 lbs. carry allowance.
Thanks everyone for all of the great suggestions, fantastic response, great forum.

[pho_kko]

Originally posted by daleslad:

Wow I didn't know there were so many ways to carry more weight, I am on a PC so I don't think I can use the Consul suggestion.

just so you know, the "console" refers to the in-game developer's console. By default, the key to open it up is "~," just above tab.

You enter commands into it and stuff happens, I guess. The previous suggestion to do "player.modav carryweight 100" will add 100 points of carrying capacity to your inventory. Of course, the '100' can be substituted for whatever you feel.

[daleslad]

Thanks so much for that info phokko, I assumed it referred to the xbox or ps4 setups. I'll try that entry out.

[The Giving One]

If you have high perk levels in lone wanderer, which gives more carry weight, and then you ask a companion to follow you, your carry weight instantly drops to the amount you would have without the perk......because you are no longer a lone wanderer.

[climbingeastofwinter]

Dogmeat is not considered a companion for the purposes of Lone Wanderer. And really, there is no better companion, so why even bring up that point?

[DouglasGrave]

If you take the Solar Powered perk (extra Strength and Endurance during the day), or have something else that affects your Strength score, you could have been getting extra carry weight while that change applied.