Fallout 4 power armor locations

 

For an overview of power armor in Fallout 4 see: Fallout 4 power armor.

Power armor has to be found on the world map in order to upgrade your suit. While it may appear otherwise, there are very few "guaranteed" spawns - most of the time, you will find a power armor frame with randomly generated, level-dependent pieces present. Which pieces spawn is determined by your character level and the level of the cell. In general, T-60 and X-01 power armor spawns are limited to cells which have a high minimum difficulty level set (such as the S. Boston military checkpoint, which has a 25-30 cell level) and the level, according to the following table:

Character level	1-10	10-18	18-27	28+
Power armor model spawning	T-45 Power Armor	T-51 Power Armor	T-60 Power Armor	X-01 Power Armor

Note that entering a cell that contains a spawning power armor will lock that cell to that level, making it impossible to get a higher level armor. Which also means you might want to restart from a certain save file before going there again. If you wanted X-01 armor you would have to be around Level 28.

Partial power armor spawns

All of these locations will produce armor with just a couple of pieces present.

Locations (uncollapse to display)

Location Image Description Map image Power armor models T-45 power armor T-51 power armor T-60 power armor X-01 power armor Abandoned shack (Installation K21-B) Located under the stairs at the lowest level. Yes Yes Yes Yes Military convoy (elevated freeway) Submerged in the water, top parts of the helmet may be visible. Yes Yes Yes Yes Military checkpoint (West Roxbury) Near the IFV Yes Yes Yes Yes Federal ration stockpile Inside the truck parked out front. Yes Yes Yes No Fort Strong Inside the guard post before the bridge leading to the base. Yes Yes Yes Yes Goodneighbor (The Dig) Use Sonya to blast apart the fragile wall next to the generator containing the fusion core. It's the wall that does not lead to the subway area. Yes Yes Yes Yes Mass Pike Interchange In front of the Gunner outpost on the upper level of the interchange. Yes Yes Yes No Military checkpoint (south zone 3) Hidden behind one of the containers, near the IFV. Yes Yes Yes No National Guard Training Yard (Armory) Inside the locked side room. Yes Yes Yes Yes At the military APCs northeast of Poseidon Energy turbine No.18-F. Among the aircraft wreckage behind the infantry fighting vehicles. Yes Yes Yes No Crashed vertibird (near robotics disposal ground) Located in front of the Vertibird fuselage, northwest of station Olivia. Yes Yes No No Crashed vertibird (Covenant Lake) Near the Vertibird crashed at the bottom of the lake Yes Yes Yes Yes Power armor warehouse Inside the eastern warehouse in the south of Fort Hagen township. Yes Yes Yes No Crashed vertibird (Marshland) Standing in the water, near the crashed Vertibird Yes Yes Yes Yes Unloading barge Inside the southern-most blue container, opening faces the Atlantic Yes Yes No No Military convoy (training yard) Inside the trailer. Yes Yes Yes Yes Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates Inside one of the trailers. Yes Yes Yes No Military armor transport (Lexington) Inside a cage on the flatbed, in the crashed train west of Lexington. Yes No No No Military checkpoint (Cambridge outskirts) In a cage at the checkpoint northwest of the location. Yes Yes No No Military armor transport (north wilderness) Inside a cage on the crashed train just north-west, under the cliff. Yes Yes No No Military checkpoint (Lake Cochituate) Sitting in the grass on a burned out road, very close to edge of Glowing Sea, 5 pieces found. In between Natick Police Department and Federal supply cache 84NE. Armor under Big Arrow shown. Yes Yes Yes Yes Nuka-World, Morton residence Standing in the power armor station within the garage. [[File:|200px|center]] {{}} {{}} {{}} {{}} Nuka-World, near Safari Adventure area by parking lot Standing in a nook on the far side of the building from the door. Yes Yes Yes Yes

Complete power armor spawns

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Location or nearest marker Image Description Map image Power armor models T-45 power armor T-51 power armor T-60 power armor X-01 power armor 35 Court Inside a locked compartment, unlocked by buttons inside the rooms with an Assaultron and a Sentry bot. Yes Yes Yes Yes S. Boston military checkpoint Inside the cage at the checkpoint. Yes Yes Yes Yes Crashed Vertibird (Military barge) Inside the cage on the barge, among the infantry fighting vehicles. Yes Yes Yes Yes Crashed Vertibird (elevated freeway) Next to a crashed Vertibird on top of the highway. Yes Yes No No

Guaranteed spawns

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Location or nearest marker Image Description Map image Power armor model Atom Cats garage In the back near "finish line." It is marked as owned, so the player has to steal it. The optimal way is to either sneak or attract monsters to the front and get it when they are distracted. The player will not be able to fast travel until the combat ends. It's impossible to verify if the player is successful until the Atom Cats deal with the threat. Alternatively, the armor can by purchased from Rowdy (expensive). Killing the Atom Cats will preclude purchasing their custom T-60 paint job. T-60 power armor. the armor lacks a helmet. Cave Inside one of the tunnels. Raider power armor Mass Bay Medical Center Radiology ward, overlooking the conflagration. T-45 power armor The armor lacks a helmet. Concord (Museum of Freedom) Next to the crashed Vertibird on the roof. T-45 power armor The Prydwen (Main deck) Inside the power armor repair bay 3xT-60 power armor (Knight livery) T-60 power armor (Paladin livery after promotion) Note: Taking any suit other than the player's counts as stealing) Mount Desert Island (Vim! Pop factory) Power armor repair bay. T-51 power armor (Vim! Pop livery) Mount Desert Island (the ambassador truck north of the National Park visitor's center) Within the trailer. T-51 power armor (Vim! Pop livery) Nuka-World (Nuka-Cola bottling plant) Behind the display. T-51 power armor (Nuka-Cola livery) Nuka-World (Galaxy Zone) Inside the main exhibit. Quantum X-01 power armor

Enemies wearing power armor (pieces)

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Location or nearest marker Image Description Map image Power armor model Revere Beach Station A raider spawns here wearing raider power armor. Raider power armor, either full suit or pieces. Dunwich Borers Raider on the far side of the quarry wearing raider power armor. Raider power armor, either full suit or pieces. Quarry at Vault 88 A raider spawns at the bottom of the quarry wearing T-51 power armor (potentially different levels available here). T-51 power armor. Scrapyard (Hub City Auto Wreckers) Gunner commander. T-45 power armor minus helmet. Quincy On the Gunner commander. T-45 power armor minus helmet. Outside Switchboard (first Railroad quest, roughly between Super Duper Mart and Lexington) There is a catwalk between two buildings just outside the Switchboard location behind a big Slocum's Joe billboard, the raider spawns up on that catwalk and has a missile launcher (potentially only at higher levels). Raider power armor minus helmet.