Fusion core (Fallout 76)

The fusion core is an ammunition type in Fallout 76.

Characteristics
Fusion cores are used to power and activate suits of power armor and as ammo in certain weapons, such as the Gatling laser, which utilizes fusion cores as its ammunition; each fully-charged core provides 500 shots.

Crafting

 * Standard fusion core


 * Ultracite fusion core

Weapon/armor using this ammunition

 * Ultracite Gatling laser
 * Gatling laser
 * Power armor chassis

Locations

 * Loot
 * Scavenge for power armor: On every suit of power armor, one will find a fusion core at quarter charge.
 * Search for fusion generators: Fusion generators encountered while exploring may contain a lootable fusion core.
 * Ammo box may contain fusion cores when using the Scrounger perk. Steamer trunks may yield cores, as well as other containers in a military-themed location.
 * Dropped by: Sentry bots, radtoads, anglers, feral ghouls.


 * Crafting
 * Fusion cores may be crafted at chemistry stations.
 * Crafted gatling lasers and ultracite gatling lasers will also produce 1 fusion core.
 * Workshops: Providing 100 power to a fusion core processor will generate 1 fusion core at 100% charge every 7.5 minutes. The processor holds a maximum of three fusion cores at any given time. Processors may be found at Monongah Power Plant, Poseidon Energy Plant yard or Thunder Mountain power plant yard.
 * BoS Collectron station may generate fusion cores.


 * Quest rewards
 * Successfully finishing Line in the Sand rewards two fully-charged fusion cores.
 * Successfully completing Daily Ops with an equipped weapon that uses fusion cores will reward additional, fully-charged, cores.

Fusion cores are susceptible to physics, so they may fall off platforms and may not be in the exact location listed below. Additionally, other players may loot fusion cores, preventing them from appearing.
 * Fixed spawns

Bugs
Before patch 1.0.4.13, fusion cores would replenish to full charge upon joining another world.