What's the highest possible amount of free Carry Capacity?
This question occurred to me while researching an answer for this one:
What's more efficient: lightened armor or pocketed armor?
Obviously, for a given piece of armor, Deep Pocketed will give you the best gain - net or otherwise - in free Carry Capacity. But now I'm curious to know what's possible at the extreme end of the Sole Survivor's pack mule capabilities, and how that can be achieved.
Here, I'm looking to solely address what's achievable on a (mostly) permanent basis. Temporary effects from drugs or food don't count here. Boosts from gear or mods only count as long as the equipment is permanently available to the player after it is acquired. (I haven't finished the game yet, so I don't know if there's any equipment relevant to this discussion that isn't.)
Answers also need to account for the reduction in available Carry Capacity that is incurred from the weight of anything being used to boost the overall cap.
Best Answer
Below you'll find the best I've come up with. All the armor is from the basic tier. Heavier armors weigh more.
Base Capacity
150 lbs
11 Strength
+110 lbs
Strong Back Perk Rank 2
+50 lbs
Lone Wanderer Perk Rank 2
+100 lbs
Army Fatigues
Weighs 3 lbs, +1 to STR, for +7 to capacity
Baseball Uniform or Dirty Army Fatigues would work just as well.
Fortifying Synth Helmet
Weighs 3 lbs, +1 to STR, for +7 to capacity
Fortifying is a legendary effect that gives +1 to STR and END. SE user MeesterTeem reports having found exactly this helmet.
Fortifying Deep-Pocketed Leather Chest
Weighs 5.5 lbs, +1 to STR, +20 Capacity, for +24.5 to capacity
Fortifying Deep-Pocketed Leather Left Arm
Weighs 2.2 lbs, +1 to STR, +10 Capacity, for +17.8 to capacity
Deep-Pocketed Combat Armor limbs also weigh only 2.2 lbs, and would work just as well.
Fortifying Deep-Pocketed Leather Right Arm
Weighs 2.2 lbs, +1 to STR, +10 Capacity, for +17.8 to capacity
Fortifying Deep-Pocketed Leather Left Leg
Weighs 4.2 lbs, +1 to STR, +10 Capacity, for +15.8 to capacity
Fortifying Deep-Pocketed Leather Right Leg
Weighs 2.2 lbs, +1 to STR, +10 Capacity, for +17.8 to capacity
150 + 110 + 50 + 100 + 7 + 7 + 24.5 + 3(17.5) + 15.8 = 516.8 lbs
Notes
I got all my information for this answer from Nukapedia. The information there isn't complete, but I'm assuming patterns hold. I updated the answer with new information at a later date, and the capacity changed by 0.2 lbs.
I'm not considering any kind of cheating or exploits, like using the You're Special book more than once. If you want to cheat, just use the console. According to the Carry Weight page on Nukapedia:
Using the console command "player.modav" carry weight can be increased to a max of 20,106 lbs.
Nukapedia lists legs as weighing the same, but I've found that one of the leather legs weighs 4 lbs, and the other 2 lbs. I think it was the left one that weighed more? Gotta check that.
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Answer 2
You can carry an unlimited amount of items if you are willing to sacrifice the ability to sprint.
Take the rank 3 Strong Back and rank 3 Moving Target perks, have 11 Endurance and wear two Custom Fitted leg armor mods.
Your AP's will drain extremely slowly while moving but you can carry an unlimited amount of loot!
I am at 99 983 weight now and take everything I come across with me.
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