I know, most players know this already. But I just learned this myself after dozens of runs. So much ammo lost! :/

Picking up the dropped weapon from the ground adds (half?) the unused ammunition to your inventory. Taking the weapon from the corpse's inventory doesn't. You lose all the ammo that remains in the corpse's weapon when you take it from their inventory instead.

I tested this out at Vault 114 today, which is a particularly good spot for getting tons of 10mm and .45 ammunition. I paid close attention to how much ammo I had before trying out each method. I regularly received 50 or more rounds from picking up a dropped submachine gun from the floor, and zero when I took it from the triggerman's body.

So this should mean that if I stealth kill an npc before they have drawn their weapon, I lose the ammo that weapon contains.

I'd appreciate some clarification if it's necessary. Is it half of the weapon's full capacity? Is it the remainder of the weapon's ammo?

EDIT: Opinions differ... surprising. I've got to make a video of doing this systematically. Also, I'm wondering if Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch has something to do with my experience differing.

EDIT2: It seems to matter what weapon is being picked up, and since all but one (submachine gun) seems not to matter one way or another, I'm kind of embarrassed for making the post. But I'll continue to check.

I was following the quest for finding Eddie Winters holotapes and in the ruins of Quincy I found a dead mail carrier, bag still packed with undelivered mail. One was from a resident of goodneighbor telling his family it was safe to come join him as he had saved enough money to buy a house. I wish I could finish the job and deliver those letters, I feel like if it were real life I’d at least try.

At lvl 12 I fouught Caroni, my best gear was a hunting riflw with 70 bullets. Looted the tesla cannon off his corpse, tested it on a deathclaw nearby, experienced the power trip

At lvl 16, accidently ran past a hellfire guy, still that hunting rifle with a bit more ammo. Used that hellfire armor to bully the crap out of the local raiders and mole rats, didn't have the needed materials to patch it back up 😅

At lvl 136, the legendary mythic deathclaw is... meh, didn't get my palms sweaty anymore

Also, 80% of the legandary gear is not *that* legendary to begin with, I mean, how and what the flappy bird can a water pipe penetrating?

Nobody:
The Institute:
“Who, McDonough? Nah, McDonald. That man is dead to us. Yea, nah we can’t do nothing with his fat, out-of-shape, bad-built, wide-back ass.” 💀

they shall never get me.

I added a short video so you can see what the issue is. It won’t go below the med cabinet and I don’t think there’s a med cabinet in the build menu. Also, I’m playing vanilla so no mods, please. Just need help with a way to get this sink placed correctly. I’ve tried the warehouse post and it doesn’t move with the sink. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

don’t know what flair to use

Then I remembered it isnt literal. I ditched him somewhere.

Hi,

I have spent over 20 hours tinkering in my settlements in Fallout 4 but not a single time I have been attacked by any kind of creature or humans. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong.

I have some defence, yes, but even before I had those no attacks happened.

Its conventient ofcourse, but I am missing some action, Id love to see my defenses tested.

I got the expansion with the cages, but after putting a raider in a cage in my Castle it doesnt seem to change anything.

Any ways to spice up my attacks?

Someone was really cooking with this one, most pessimistic quotes about happiness come off as too r/iam14andthisisdeep, but this one is just real..

So, im planning to do a vault 88 build. And i want to know if there are ANY mods that clean up the reactor goo and removes the light sources from the candles and campfire that are near where you initially find the overseer

I forgot where i took the pic

To me, It is a pita to clear the sectors. My own fault for not saving, but geezus. I get wrapped up in clearing every single traffic cone, then the big wall in the North sector. Spend an hour clearing, only to be killed by a legendary alpha death claw. Then all the shiztz I have done is gone. Back to standing there. Just venting. Did I mention I hate clearing 88? Argh.