Fusion core (Fallout 4)

Fusion core is an item type in Fallout 4.

Characteristics
Fusion cores are used to power and activate pre-War suits of power armor. Each core provides roughly twenty minutes of power armor use based on AP usage; actions such as holding breath when using scoped weapons, sprinting, utilizing V.A.T.S., or Jetpack modules causes the power to drain much faster, whereas walking consumes less power and remaining stationary drains none. Fusion cores have a total charge of 100.

Fusion core lifespan can be extended by 10% by collecting the Repair bobblehead, and by up to 100% by investing points in the Nuclear Physicist perk.

The Gatling laser utilizes fusion cores as its ammunition, each core providing 500 shots.

Fusion cores can also be ejected from power armor suits if one has the highest level Nuclear Physicist perk and no other explosive devices are currently equipped. Ejected cores land a short distance behind the user where they act as some sort of timed mine with a destructive force similar to that of a Fatman's Mini nuke. Note that, contrary to the perk description, the cores cannot be actually thrown like regular grenades.

You cannot recharge fusion cores.

Locations

 * Arturo Rodriguez in Diamond City usually stocks a few.
 * One can be found in the Museum of Freedom's lowest floor, Sturges asks the player character to retrieve it, but can be taken without getting the quest nonetheless.
 * Another is in ArcJet Systems in the room where the player character can restore power to the elevators.
 * One can also be found in the mole rat den under the Red Rocket truck stop.
 * Up to five can be found in Recon Bunker Theta, during the mission to recover the Brotherhood holotapes in "The Lost Patrol".
 * One can be found in the office of Cambridge polymer labs, either by picking the master lock or successfully finishing the laboratories research.
 * One is located in Mystic Pines (Northeast of Lexington) in the basement. The door to the basement is locked (Expert) and requires 2 point in Locksmith perk to pick.
 * One can be found at the Starlight Drive In in the building behind the screen, with a locked (Novice) door.
 * In College Square, inside trash bin behind the building by side some kind of big eletric power black box.
 * Up to five can be found in The Castle's armory (including from The Sarge sentry).
 * Three can be found at Greenetech Genetics on the top floor, two behind a security door locked at master level, and one behind a door further on locked at advanced level.
 * One can be found on the main road north of Poseidon Reservoir at a military checkpoint, in a power armor.
 * One can be found east of Finch Farm, in the pump station across the river. Pass code is written on the wall, below the door.
 * Erin Combes will give one for finding Ashes in the quest Here Kitty, Kitty.
 * Two can be stolen off suits in the The Prydwen's maintenance bay by sneaking behind them. Note if Paladin Danse is nearby - he will disapprove of this.
 * Two can be found at the lake gift shop in a suitcase during the mission where you fight a group of raiders to liberate a village.
 * One can be found inside a waystation when following Dogmeat during the Reunions quest.
 * One can be found in the church of the Quincy ruins.
 * One can be found inside the Wreck of the FMS Northern Star.
 * One can be found south of the elevator on the bottom level at Malden center
 * One can be found behind a mag-locked door (aka unpickable; unlocked via terminal right above it) in the Mass Fusion containment shed. The area is heavily irradiated, so be sure to bring plenty of Rad-X and RadAway.
 * One can be found in The Railroad's HQ escape tunnel near the exit behind a security gate.
 * One can be found under the Slocum Joe's where the Railroad's old HQ is. The fusion core is best accessible from the escape tunnel.
 * There are 3 fusion cores inside Four Leaf fishpacking plant, 2 inside (one of them behind a mag-lock door) and one on the roof of the building.
 * At least one can be bought from Proctor Teagan on The Prydwen
 * One can be found in chest near the robot in the center of the Robotics Disposal Ground
 * Four can be found at Hardware Town.
 * One can be found in the eastern hut at Weston water treatment plant.
 * Can be bought from Daisy in Goodneighbor.
 * One can be found in the Concord Civic Access, in a dark corner opposite the small drug cache that the mirelurk guards.
 * One can be found on the southern side of the Wilson Atomatoys factory.
 * Three can be found at the Gunners plaza, two behind a novice locked door in a room on the opposite side of the elevator on the roof. One other one can be found on the center of the roof behind a door with a generator, running the fusion core.
 * One can be found in the Longneck Lukowski's Cannery in the basement area after the sewer section, be careful of mines.
 * One can be found at the Atom Cats garage in a generator on the Northern side of the main building.
 * One can be found within the Med-Tek Research in a generator after you go down the elevator.
 * Two can be found on a shelf inside the train cart strongroom in Goodneighbor during the quest The Big Dig.
 * One can be found within Malden Drainage, an unmarked location at the end of the canal just north of the Taffington boathouse.
 * Four can be picked up in a parking garage west of Milton General hospital. They are a part of one possible reward for completing the trap-ridden maze inside the parking garage.
 * One can be found behind Roadside Pines motel in a generator.
 * One can be found inside Boston mayoral shelter, in a room off the basketball court with a sign above it that reads "Restricted Area".
 * One can be found in the basement of Kendall Hospital.
 * Eight can be found in the Railroad HQ, in 2 Ammo Boxes nearby Tinker Tom.
 * One can be found atop the roof of Atlantic Offices.
 * The wandering weapon trader Cricket often sells them.
 * One can be found in a power relay under the elevated freeway just west of the South Boston military checkpoint.
 * Fusion cores can spawn in groups of four in certain ammo boxes across The Commonwealth
 * Kellogg's house.
 * Next to Arturo Rodriguez. They must be stolen.
 * Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates, in a master locked door
 * Revere satellite array next to the distress beacon
 * Under a piece of wreckage of a crashed vertbird at Coast Guard Pier.

Bugs

 * Completely draining a fusion core while in power armor and having a weapon not be fully loaded at the time may cause the game to show that you have no ammo for said weapon.
 * A possible fix for this is to un-equip and re-equip the weapon. Xbox one verified.
 * Having multiple fusion cores at the same level your power armor had when you stepped into it may result in them all draining with the one in the power armor
 * It is possible while aboard The Prydwen to steal fusion cores from the knights walking around in power armor. After stealing successfully, the NPC will pull a new fusion core and repower up the armor, which you can in return, steal again.

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