I was playing as a Raider type character and the normal Raider armor has enough ranks and such to leave me satisfied. But when it comes to the Raider Power Armor, I was disappointed in the lack of armor upgrades and how poorly it scaled. There wasn’t anyone else who had fixed this so I decided to do it myself and upload it for anyone else who might be interested as well.
Info:
This mod adds 3 extra ranks to the Raider Power Armor: Tempered Plate, Hardened Plate and Buttressed Plate. These are the ranks that are normally available for other Raider armor so they should be lore-friendly. I based most of the resources required and armor added on the T-45 Power Armor but with some slight modifications. Also altered the only Vanilla modification, Welded Plate, to fit better with the additional ranks.
Added two optional files which multiplies the DT changes by 1.5x and 2x, useful for those who have damage increasing mods.
Ranks:
Standard Plate
Helmet: DR (100 Physical, 50 Energy, 150 Radiation), 50 HP – Repair (all ranks): 5 (+2) Steel
Torso: DR (200 Physical, 100 Energy, 300 Radiation), 100 HP – Repair (all ranks): 8 (+3) Steel
Arms: DR (50 Physical, 25 Energy, 150 Radiation), 50 HP – Repair (all ranks): 5 (+2) Steel
Legs: DR (50 Physical, 25 Energy, 150 Radiation), 50 HP – Repair (all ranks): 5 (+2) Steel
Welded Plate
Helmet: DR (120 (+20) Physical, 50 Energy, 150 Radiation), 70 (+20) HP – Upgrade components: 3 Aluminium (Unchanged for now)
Torso: DR (220 (+20) Physical, 100 Energy, 300 Radiation), 125 (+25) HP – Upgrade components: 6 Aluminium (Unchanged for now)
Arms: DR (70 (+20) Physical, 25 Energy, 150 Radiation), 70 (+20) HP – Upgrade components: 3 Aluminium (Unchanged for now)
Legs: DR (70 (+20) Physical, 25 Energy, 150 Radiation), 70 (+20) HP – Upgrade components: 4 Aluminium (Unchanged for now)
Tempered Plate – Requires Science 1 and Armorer 1
Helmet: DR (140 (+40) Physical, 70 (+20) Energy, 150 Radiation), 80 (+30) HP – Upgrade components: 5 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 6 Steel
Torso: DR (240 (+40) Physical, 120(+20) Energy, 300 Radiation), 150 (+50) HP – Upgrade components: 8 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 4 Adhesive, 8 Steel
Arms: DR (90 (+40) Physical, 45 (+20) Energy, 150 Radiation), 80 (+30) HP – Upgrade components: 5 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 6 Steel
Legs: DR (90 (+40) Physical, 45 (+20) Energy, 150 Radiation), 80 (+30) HP – Upgrade components: 6 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 6 Steel
Hardened Plate – Requires Science 1 and Armorer 2
Helmet: DR (160 (+60) Physical, 80 (+30) Energy, 150 Radiation), 90 (+40) HP – Upgrade components: 6 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 10 Steel
Torso: DR (260 (+60) Physical, 130 (+30) Energy, 300 Radiation), 175 (+75) HP – Upgrade components: 10 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 4 Adhesive, 12 Steel
Arms: DR (110 (+60) Physical, 55 (+30) Energy, 150 Radiation), 90 (+40) HP – Upgrade components: 6 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 10 Steel
Legs: DR (110 (+60) Physical, 55 (+30) Energy, 150 Radiation), 90 (+40) HP – Upgrade components: 8 Aluminium, 2 Circuitry, 3 Adhesive, 10 Steel
Buttressed Plate – Requires Science 1 and Armorer 3
Helmet: DR (180 (+80) Physical, 90 (+40) Energy, 150 Radiation), 100 (+50) HP – Upgrade components: 8 Aluminium, 3 Circuitry, 4 Adhesive, 14 Steel
Torso: DR (280 (+80) Physical, 140 (+40) Energy, 300 Radiation), 200 (+100) HP – Upgrade components: 12 Aluminium, 4 Circuitry, 5 Adhesive, 16 Steel
Arms: DR (130 (+80) Physical, 65 (+40) Energy, 150 Radiation), 100 (+50) HP – Upgrade components: 8 Aluminium, 3 Circuitry, 4 Adhesive, 14 Steel
Legs: DR (130 (+80) Physical, 65 (+40) Energy, 150 Radiation), 100 (+50) HP – Upgrade components: 9 Aluminium, 3 Circuitry, 4 Adhesive, 14 Steel
Known Bugs:
Welded Plate doesn’t have the +10 Energy DT to all parts I want, FO4Edit doesn’t let me add it correctly. Will fix at a later date.
The new ranks doesn’t have the correct Roman numeral prefixes like Welded Plate has (II), no idea how you add that so they are just defaulted to no rank.
Future Plans:
Fix the bugs.
Add new upgrade components to the Welded Plate when I’ve fixed the Energy DT bug.
Better textures maybe.
More unique parts and balancing Tessa’s fist to the ranks I added.
Make different balanced ranks compared to other Power Armors.
Installation:
Extract the files to the Data Folder.
Enable using your launcher of choice (NMM works).
Uninstallation:
Complain in the comments.
Remove the files from the Data Folder.
Move on with your life.
Thanks to:
ElminsterAU – For FO4Edit which made this mod possible
Bethesda – For making huge and fun games that need our mods
