After meeting Nick, I've lost power armour
As part of Nick Valentine's quest line you need to have dogmeat help you searching. When this happened (it happened automatically to me) I had Preston in power armour with me.
He was sent away (and the dialog to send him away appeared) and he was wearing power armour. However once I returned to Sancuary he was no longer wearing the power armour, and there is no power armour icon on my map to indicate where he left it (if anywhere!).
Also, prior to giving him this set of armour, I'd left a previous set outside another random house (because I glitched through the window by sitting on a seat (teleporting myself inside) and that icon is also gone, as I can't recall exactly where it is, I can't go back and get this armour either.
Is there anyway to find these 'lost' armours?
Best Answer
When companions are dismissed, they get out of their power armor before departing. So Preston's armor is wherever you picked up Nick (probably the Overseers office in Valut 81 if it was your first meeting, or perhaps in the detective agency).
As to the armor you left outside somewhere random, you'll just have to retrace your steps, unfortunately.
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Will power armor stay where you leave it?
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Answer 2
As you figured out were the Armor, Preston was wearing, is, I answer the question about the other armor.
The Icon only appears for the armor you had left last. The position of all other armors have to be memorized (I recommend leaving them all in one settlement). So, you have to search your Power armor by going to said house. If you leave a power armor outside one of your settlements it can get stolen. If you really can't find it, than this propably happened. I don't know if you can get it back by finding the thief, but even if you find him, you would have to get him out of your armor somehow.
Answer 3
I've dismissed a companion in power armor and had them wear it all the way back to the settlement multiple times. However, I've heard from a few people, including you, that they occasionally remove the armor on the way.
If this happens, the only way you even might find the armor is by tracing the path they would have taken from where you dismissed them to where you sent them.
This means that the two armors you are referring to are probably in the same situation: out in the world somewhere, standing around. Armor will disappear after a few days if left outside of a settlement, so good luck finding them.
If you really need the suit, you should probably load a previous save.
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