Power Armor Chassis

The power armor chassis is the basic exoskeleton unit required for all power armor models in Fallout 76.

Characteristics
The power armor chassis functions much like the power armor frames in Fallout 4. They require fusion cores to move at normal speed and any combination of power armor parts can be equipped onto them.

Unlike the frames in Fallout 4, owned chassis can be placed in and out of a player character's inventory. A chassis can be claimed by entering one in Appalachia that doesn't belong to another player character. While chassis are not level locked, power armor parts can be leveled and will prevent a lower leveled player character from entering it. Transferring all leveled parts to the player character's inventory will enable the use of the chassis.

A chassis can be stored in a player characters' inventory by exiting the armor and pressing the "Collect" button or key when looking at the chassis' inventory. Power armor parts that are equipped to the chassis will not add any additional weight to your inventory once collected. The chassis can be deployed by selecting it to equip it in the Pip-Boy menu, and then selecting where in front of the player character to place it. Ownership of a chassis can be forfeited by dropping it from the inventory, making it available for any player character to claim.

Like power armor parts, chassis can also be damaged and in need of repair.

Locations
Power armor chassis with pieces of armor can be found throughout Appalachia. There are two types of spawn points; the first will spawn with Raider power armor, the second will spawn with T-45, T-51, or T-60 power armor. The armor pieces will all be of the same type and level. The armor pieces at the next spawn at a given location may be for the same set or have a different level (and/or a different type for T-series armors). The power armor chassis always spawns with a fusion core. Some locations also have a power armor station and/or a nearby extra fusion core.


 * Aaronholt homestead - T-series, in the shed with a level 1 lock next to the two silos south of the farm houses. The door can be picked or opened with the Aaronholt granary shed key.
 * Abandoned mine shaft Elaine
 * Arktos Pharma - On the third floor of the loading dock area, behind a security gate.
 * Belching Betty - T-series, outside in the Fire Breathers shack with Bernie, after completion of Into the Fire.
 * Big B's Rest Stop
 * Big Bend Tunnel East - T-series, at a power armor station in a Brotherhood compound outside the tunnel
 * Big Bend Tunnel - T-series, located behind a locked door halfway down the tunnel, the door key is required.
 * Billings homestead - T-series, in the large shed to the north.
 * Burning mine - Outside.
 * Clarksburg - Raider, on the top floor of a building.
 * The Crosshair - Raider, to the left upon walking in.
 * Eastern Regional Penitentiary - Raider, in a shed in the prison yard.
 * Firebase LT - T-series, on the east side of the tent.
 * Firebase Major - T-series, behind the jeep.
 * Forward Station Delta - T-series, under the canopy.
 * Fujiniya Intelligence Base - T-series, in a locked cage area in the lowest level. It can be opened from a nearby terminal or with the proper keycard.
 * Garrahan Mining HQ - T-series, in the R&D Department.
 * Grafton Dam - T-series, in a shed in a fenced area on the west side of the dam.
 * Hawke's Refuge - Raider.
 * Hornwright Industrial headquarters - T-series, in the sub-basement. Accessible during and after the side quest The Motherlode. When entering the sub-basement, the armor is straight ahead, in sight.
 * Kanawha Nuka-Cola plant - T-series, enter the loading dock, use the door on the left and it is in the large room at a power armor station. A fusion core can spawn in a locked cage area through the door to the left of the power armor.
 * Lewis & Sons Farming Supply - At the power armor station in the barn.
 * Lewisburg station - T-series, east on the train tracks beside a derailed boxcar with "Jobs now or else!" written on it. halfway to the Big Bend Tunnel West.
 * Lucky Hole mine - Raider, just inside, behind a chained door that can be accessed by going upstairs and dropping down.
 * Mama Dolce's Food Processing - T-series, in a boobytrapped warehouse immediately southwest. The building with the outside stairway to the roof.
 * Monongah power plant - Raider, inside the main segment. When standing south of the two cooling towers facing the building, there is a door left of the tunnel under the middle of the building. The armor is on the ground floor straight ahead upon entering with two power armor stations.
 * Mount Blair trainyard
 * New River Gorge Bridge - Raider, West, behind a locked door. The key is at Camden Park on the roller coaster.
 * Poseidon Energy Plant WV-06 - T-series, in the basement, in the security room. The key to the room is found in the main office. A fusion core can also spawn on the table.
 * Pleasant Valley cabins - Raider, in the center of an arena on a road with raider shacks.
 * Rollins work camp
 * The Rusty Pick - Raider, at the entrance to the mine underneath the building.
 * Silva homestead - At the power armor station in the large storage area near the silo.
 * Wade Airport - Raider, in a blue truck trailer at the south end of the runway with a level 2 lock.
 * Wade Airport - T-series, in the northeast-most hanger, just north of the control tower.
 * Watoga - There are at least six locations that can spawn T-series pieces around Watoga, most of them not too far from the two local merchants that sell T-type power armor mods too, making the city very good location for hunting the armor. One is in the central square next to a crashed Vertibot.
 * Watoga Civic Center - T-series, in the main arena, at the west wall.
 * Watoga - T-series, on the roof of the building east of the Watoga Civic Center. There are several access routes, one is the fire escapes on the east wall of the civic center. At the top, look for a Vertibot.
 * Watoga Transit Hub - T-series, in a room just off the lobby. The room also contains a generator with a fusion core.
 * WV Lumber Co. - T-series, at a power armor station in the two story metal building on the east side of the complex.