Carry weight is an important mechanic in RPGs like Fallout 76. You'll be collecting a lot of weapons, armor, and resources as you journey through post-apocalyptic Appalachia, and you need the room to carry all those goodies. There are a lot of ways you can increase your carry weight without ruining your build or play style.

Carry Weight's base stat formula is 150 plus your character's Strength times 5. This makes it easier for brute force builds and similarly designed grunts to carry a lot of loot, but if you've focused more on other S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats, you're in more need of Carry Weight improvements than others.

Easy Methods Of Increasing Carry Weight

Out of the many ways you can increase your Carry Weight, getting a backpack is the easiest method for most character builds. Backpacks are fashionable additions to your character that give you extra Carry Weight. You can even get a backpack that looks like Lucy's backpack in Fallout 76. A backpack provides 10/20/30/40/50/60 more Carry Weight based on PC level (1/10/20/30/40/50). A backpack is considered a type of armor and can be given a variety of modifications.

Another easy way to increase your Carry Weight is to increase your Strength. When you get a perk point, you can put it into Strength. You'll get 5 more Carry Weight for each extra point of Strength. There is also a wide range of perks and consumables that boost Strength as well.

This may not work for many characters, as their builds do not have a good use for extra Strength. However, if you plan to grow stronger, you'll naturally get a bit more Carry Weight.

You'll also get more Carry Weight when you put on Power Armor. Power Armor naturally improves many abilities, but some sets of Power Armor or Power Armor upgrades are designed with Carry Weight in mind. The Excavator Power Armor provides 100 more Carry Weight and is designed to let players become pack rats. The Union Power Armor also improves Carry Weight by 75, but has poor Radiation protection. You can add Calibrated Shocks to your legs for 50 Carry Weight each.

Sometimes Legendary armor will have certain effects that alter Strength or reduce the Carry Weight for item categories like ammo or weapons. These effects are random, however, so you can't hunt for a specific piece of Legendary armor. You could go for Unyielding armor instead, which naturally boosts your S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats. You can get up to 15 more Carry Weight with Unyielding armor, but you would need low Health to activate the effect.

Specific Perks & Items To Increase Carry Weight

There are a lot of perks in Fallout 76 designed with Carry Weight in mind. These perks tend to reduce the weight of certain items or improve Strength. Certain foods and drinks can provide temporary boosts to Carry Weight. You may even get a mutation in Fallout 76 that helps you collect as much loot as you want; namely, Marsupial and Herd Mentality.

Carry Weight Perk Cards

Carry Weight Consumables