Sentry Bot (Fallout 4)

A sentry bot is a type of robot found in the Commonwealth in Fallout 4.

Characteristics
The Commonwealth variants of the Sentry Bot are similar in overall appearance to the ones encountered in the Capital Wasteland and Mojave but are even larger (on par in height to a human wearing power armor), appear to have a bulkier construction and are substantially more resilient. Weapons of the sentry bot remains the same as seen in Fallout: New Vegas, with a missile launcher and minigun being a typical combat load (except these miniguns appear to be unique 3 barreled variants chambered for the 5.56mm round.) However alternate weaponry configurations such as dual miniguns can be observed as well. Annihilator sentry bots may also possess dual back-mounted mortar launchers, further enhancing their offensive capabilities.

On top of which, Sentry Bots now have powerful melee attacks and a self-destruct function with equivalent power to a mini nuke. Some variants appear to have four legs instead of three as seen in the previous versions. This may be due to the Commonwealth's rocky terrain requiring a greater amount of stability or its sheer bulk requiring a stronger propulsion mechanism to make it operable. They seem more durable than previous iterations of the sentry bot in other games however despite being extremely bulky their mobility if anything has actually improved; they are capable of moving stunningly fast and traversing extremely rough terrain (even scaling rocky outcrops with little difficulty that the Sole Survivor would struggle to jump up on).

A similar variant to the Commonwealth sentry bots can be found in Fallout: New Vegas at the REPCONN museum. Newer versions in Fallout 4 appear to use Mecanum wheels that allow it to strafe right and left without having to turn.

Gameplay attributes
Sentry bots are some of the rarest and the most difficult robots to defeat - fast, agile, heavily armed and resilient enough to absorb a direct hit from a Mini nuke. After losing both main weapons they will initialize their self-destruct sequence and charge at the player character. Even with their ranged weaponry intact, sentry bots often charge into close combat to deliver powerful blows with their arms if one ventures too close, thus deterring attackers from any use of melee weapons. Since they explode on death with the force of a mini nuke, this tactic may prove even more dangerous to their opponent than their devastating long-range firepower.

Should one encounter a legendary sentry bot of any kind, keep in mind that all legendary robotic enemies explode upon death. This explosion does not override the sentry bot's in-built self-destruct, which means a legendary sentry bot will explode twice. Both explosions are equivalent to a mini nuke in power and occur with a short delay of a few seconds.

Sentry bots are a good if dangerous source of fusion cores, dropping at least two when they are destroyed, along with other valuable electronic components.

Low level players can defeat a sentry bot by hiding and running away until the sentry bot takes a few seconds to cool off, revealing its vulnerable fusion cores in its back. Firing any shot at them will instantly kill the sentry bot, however, the cool-down lasts only 2-3 seconds so one must act quickly. Even after destroying a sentry bot's fusion cores, it will still drop at least two of them.

Combat sentry prototype MkIV
An inactive combat sentry prototype MKIV can be found at the Robotics Disposal Ground. Inside the shed near the entrance to the facility there is a terminal that has a holotape loaded. Initiating the holotape on the terminal activates the sentry bot outside, after which it immediately starts to patrol the area.

By ejecting the holotape from the terminal and using it in the player character's Pip-Boy the Sole Survivor can command the sentry bot to different locations in the Commonweatlh to clear of enemies, after which it will return to the junkyard. However, these locations are limited to nearby military sites.

Locations

 * Northwest of Murkwater construction site and South of Suffolk County charter school is what appears to be a partially submerged power station, with only the pylon towers above water. If the player opens a door in the central pylon tower they will see a cinder block wall, with either a graffiti message that reads "YOU LOOK NICE TODAY!" or the same red skull decal used in Halloween decorations. A sentry bot will spawn on the opposite side of the building and start attacking the player. The surrounding towers are handy as cover. Probably like other sentry bots, this sentry bot is level-dependent, e.g. at player level 63 it is an Annihilator Mark II.
 * A sentry bot will attack the Sole Survivor after exiting the National Guard armory.
 * A non-hostile sentry bot is guarding the outside of Cabot House.
 * A sentry bot is in a cage West of Somerville Place. It will attack whoever picks the lock on the door or defend itself if attacked.
 * A sentry bot is guarding a shack West of Medford Memorial hospital
 * A sentry bot in the tunnels under The Castle named Sarge will attack on sight.
 * A sentry bot will attack you at the top of the 35 Court building.
 * An inactive sentry bot is present in Hesters Consumer Robotics, which will immediately explode if attacked.
 * There's a chance of a sentry bot spawning near the highway between Easy City Downs and East Boston Police Station.
 * A sentry bot can be found just east from Vault 95 on top of a hill. It will only attack if you enter the locked ammo building
 * Two sentry bots attack the player after obtaining the Beryllium agitator in the Mass Fusion building.
 * At the Robotics disposal ground there is a Sentry Bot that is inactivated. It can be activated by using the Combat sentry proto MK IV holotape that is in a small building nearby.

Notable sentry bots

 * Captain Ironsides - non-hostile protector of the USS Constitution in Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution.
 * Gus - in a special encounter, non-hostile sentry bot that roams with the small merchant girl, Kat.
 * Sarge - encountered inside the armory of The Castle in the quest Old Guns.

Bugs

 * At Robotics Disposal Ground, the prototype sentry bot MKIV does not move once powered on. There are a number of fixes:
 * Fast travel elsewhere and sleep.
 * Using the Robotics Expert perk to disable and then reactivate the sentry bot.
 * Enter the console and click on the sentry bot, type, then.

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Робот-охранник (Fallout 4)