Combat armor (Fallout 4)

Combat armor is a relic of the Great War, and remains, as armor in Fallout 4, an effective source of balanced protection in the Commonwealth. It looks very different from the variants in the previous games.

Characteristics
Combat armor is often found during the middle to late portions of the game and offers very well-balanced protection between projectile and energy damage while having no resistance against radiation (without modifications). This form of armor prefers balance rather than specialty, and as such will not surpass other more specific forms of protection built for certain damage types, but offers lesser protection from the most common damage types, making it the ideal choice for mercenary groups like the Gunners.

Heavy
Multiple variants of combat armor can be found, including sturdy and heavy armor. However, the combat armor helmet does not seem to exist as either of these variants (although the similar army helmet can be found separately) and all variants seem to share the same base ID. A full set of sturdy combat armor, including the regular helmet, yields a damage resistance to both ballistic and energy of 85 and a radiation resistance of 0. A full set of heavy combat armor, including the regular helmet, yields a damage resistance to both ballistic and energy of 105 and a radiation resistance of 0.

Because all variants share the same ID, using the console to spawn any of the pieces will result in a random varient of the armor to spawn (either regular, sturdy, or heavy).

Variants

 * Black Ops armor
 * Destroyer armor
 * Freefall Legs
 * Commando armor
 * Overseer's armor

Locations

 * One full set of unmodified combat armor can be found on a hostile character by the name of Absalom. He can be found at several random locations throughout The Commonwealth.
 * Left arm, left leg, right leg and chest piece of heavy combat armor can be found within the Quincy ruins on a named character or, if the character has already been killed, a Gunner sergeant found on the church roof. A right arm heavy muffled combat armor may be found on the character Cruz, after killing him, inside the Gunners plaza building. It is not guaranteed to be hardened though. Alternatively, one can buy the heavy combat armor right arm and the left arm in Vault 81.
 * A full set of heavy combat armor, minus the right arm & helmet, can be found on Captain Bridget on the highway above Hub City Auto Wreckers, close to Saugus Ironworks.
 * A full set of unmodified armor, minus the helmet, can be found on a dead Sal, in Jamaica Plain, on the second floor city hall, where the 2076 World Series baseball bat is in the basement.
 * A varying number of pieces of combat armor can be found worn by higher ranked Gunners (often Private or higher).
 * Helmet found on dead raider in The Secret of Cabot House.
 * Several mercenaries at Parsons State Insane Asylum are wearing different armor parts including helmets.
 * A combat armor helmet found as a placed item, in the central building of Hub City Auto Wreckers, on a desk adjacent to the crane control terminal.