Ballistic Weave

The Ballistic Weave is an armor mod that allows adding defensive stats to most clothing items, including outfits, clothing that can be worn under armor, and a small number of hats. This crafting ability can be learned from Tinker Tom after performing certain quests for the Railroad faction.

Once this skill is learned, one can upgrade any applicable clothing item at an Armor workbench.


 * 1) Find and begin performing Railroad faction quests until P.A.M. gives a quest to secure the Hub 360 DIA cache. (Becomes available after doing Boston After Dark and Mercer Safehouse.)
 * 2) After completing this quest for P.A.M., the Sole Survivor can speak to Tinker Tom who will talk about the DIA cache, mentioning ballistic fiber upgrades and offering some armored gear. At this point the armor mod is unlocked at any armor workbench.

Upgradable clothing

 * Agatha's dress
 * Army fatigues
 * Atom Cats jacket and jeans
 * Baseball uniform
 * Bathrobe
 * Black vest and slacks
 * Casual outfit
 * Checkered shirt and slacks
 * Child of Atom long rags
 * Clean blue suit
 * Clean grey suit
 * Clean striped suit
 * Clean tan suit
 * Courser uniform
 * Dirty army fatigues
 * Dirty black suit
 * Dirty blue suit
 * Dirty gray suit
 * Dirty postman uniform
 * Dirty tan suit
 * Dirty striped suit
 * Dirty trench coat
 * Faded trench coat
 * Farmhand clothes
 * Father's lab coat
 * Fatigues
 * Feathered dress
 * Greaser jacket & jeans
 * Green shirt and combat boots
 * Hooded rags
 * Lab coat
 * Laundered blue dress
 * Laundered denim dress
 * Laundered green dress
 * Laundered loungewear
 * Laundered pink dress
 * Laundered rose dress
 * Longshoreman outfit
 * Lorenzo's suit
 * MacCready's duster
 * Maxson's battlecoat
 * Mechanic jumpsuit
 * Military fatigues
 * Minuteman outfit
 * Pastor's vestments
 * Patched three-piece suit
 * Postman uniform
 * Ratty skirt
 * Red dress
 * Red frock coat
 * Reginald's suit
 * Red leather trench coat
 * Rex's suit
 * Sequin dress
 * Submariner uniform
 * Summer shorts
 * Surveyor outfit
 * Suspenders and slacks
 * Sweater vest and slacks
 * T-shirt and slacks
 * Tattered rags
 * Tuxedo
 * Utility coveralls
 * Yellow trench coat

Upgradable hats

 * Battered fedora
 * Green rag hat
 * Newsboy cap
 * Trilby hat

Non-Upgradable clothing

 * BOS uniform
 * Brandis' BOS uniform
 * Clean black suit
 * Colonial Duster
 * Road leathers

Non-Upgradable hats

 * Formal hat
 * Military cap
 * Bowler hat
 * Sea captain's hat
 * Gray knit cap
 * Chef hat
 * Coast guard hat
 * Tricorn hat
 * Faded visor
 * Ushanka hat
 * Yellow fedora
 * Medical goggles
 * Minuteman hat