Fallout 76: How to get and use Power Armor Station Plans

So you won't have to waste time fast-traveling to use one.

A Power Armor Station in Fallout 76.
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One of the coolest things in the Fallout world is the Power Armor suit. You can get your own in Fallout 76 but you’ll need a Power Armor Station to modify or repair it.

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You can find them scattered around the world—and that may be easiest—but you can also build a station to have quick access without having to travel.

How to buy Power Armor Station Plans in Fallout 76

A Protectron vendor named Phoenix in Fallout 76.
Money can get you anything, including a Power Armor Station Plan. Screenshot by Dot Esports

The easiest and fastest way to get Power Armor Station Plans is to buy them from Phoenix in Watoga. The vendor robot sells the plans for 1,050 caps, but if you have the Hard Bargains perk, you can buy it for 920 caps, instead.

Watoga is located on the southeast side of the map. You’ll find Phoenix in the Watoga Shopping Plaza in Fallout 76. Be careful in that area; Protectron robots will attack you, but once you clear the area, you can enter the Super Duper Mart with the Trading Post signs.

Another option is to buy the Power Armor Station Plans from the Brotherhood Vendor in the Whispering Resort. The plans will cost the same as the ones Phoenix sells, so you can choose to buy them from either vendor.

How to get Power Armor Station Plans for free

The Excavator Power Armor in Fallout 76.
Why waste caps if you can get it for free? Screenshot by Dot Esports

You can always use a Power Armor Station in places you can fast-travel to for free such as Fort Atlas, Foundation, and The Crater. But you can still get the plans to build your own Power Armor Station in the Workshop or C.A.M.P. without spending any caps, you just have to complete a mission.

Miner Miracles mission

You can get the Power Armor Station plans as part of the reward for completing the Miner Miracles mission but you need to reach level 25 before you can unlock the quest. When you reach the minimum level, head to Garrahan Mining Headquarters in the Southwest area of the map to automatically unlock the mission.

As you investigate Garrahan Mining Headquarters and clear the robots, you’ll eventually find the Project Manager’s Terminal, get the blueprints for the Excavator Power Armor parts, and build it in the nearby power station.

You’ll need to build the Excavator Power Armor and register it to complete the quest and get the Power Armor Station Plans as a reward for completing the mission alongside four Stimpaks, 17 Shot Gun Shells, and 60 .45 Rounds.

How to craft the Power Armor Station in Fallout 76

Three different Power Armor suits in Fallout 76.
You can customize your Power Armor if the Power Armor Station. Image via Bethesda

As usual, you’ll have to spend materials to build the Power Armor Station now that you have the plans. A Power Armor can be very useful while surviving the Wasteland and looks really cool, like we saw in the Fallout TV show. Here’s all the materials you’ll need to collect to craft the Power Armor Station:

  • 12 Aluminum
  • Three Circuitry
  • Four Oil
  • Six Fiberglass
  • Four Plastic
  • Six Gears
  • Four Screws
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Nádia Linhares
Nádia is a Brazilian freelance writer who works for Dot since 2020. She has covered everything from Pokémon to FIFA. Video games are an essential part of her life, especially indie games and RPGs. You can catch her playing Overwatch in her spare time, but she writes better than she aims.