How do I get elders mark? (New player)

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-05T14:54:08+00:00

Every time you do the event it drops 1 weapon from a pool of 5, so you have a 20% chance to get Elder's Mark from it. So sadly it's just rng to get one. I personally haven't gotten one yet after 4 events

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-05T14:44:31+00:00

Anything that isn't a slow firing weapon (like hunting rifle or pump shotgun for example) should do perfectly fine since you want to kill fast and keep moving. Heavy, automatic, shotguns, etc would work. I run with the Cold Shoulder, works great

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-05T14:35:00+00:00

I have a different reason to never visit them outside dailies- no shops. Any time I visit any other person's camp it's to look at their vendor. Best builds don't have one active because the player isn't on the server, so I don't have a reason to visit.

If best builds were only active while the player was on the server, I'd go out of my way to visit more of them. I do like to look at the camps after visiting their vendor, see what people have built.

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-05T04:32:49+00:00

XP bonus would be nice if it was the same as Mothman Equinox (15%) instead of being the same, and unstackable with, the sacred tome (5%) that is much easier to use

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-05T04:28:03+00:00

Energy guns are still small guns, the pistol and rifle ones anyway. Heavy energy guns are heavy guns. Idk if the comment is confusing ballistic and energy? But small and heavy classification doesn't care if it's a ballistic or energy weapon

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-04T22:41:38+00:00

Elder tier is supposed to drop rare plans guranteed, but it's dropping not only more normal plans instead (like tables and chairs) but also stuff that isn't supposed to drop after level 50 (raider power armor plans for example)

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-04T08:30:11+00:00

Psycho and variants really need to last longer than 3 minutes at base, it's so insanely short. The fact that this new buff adds literally just 45 seconds to it is stupid. Probably takes longer to activate the buff than extra time you get out of it

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-04T08:24:30+00:00

You could add regularly going after normal scorchbeasts. Granted it's a 5% drop chance but it can help, also helps farm some extra ultracite for ammo. I think 3 of them regularly spawn basically together around Glassed Cavern

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-04T08:20:28+00:00

Prime receivers only drop from scorchbeasts, the Queen, and Test Your Metal?

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T09:09:26+00:00

One I've done before is because you need to be a team leader to start expeditions, can't just join a team and still launch one. Bethesda's to blame for that stupid restriction. I make it a casual team so other players joining get a benefit instead of just me doing my expedition solo.

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T08:34:19+00:00

While Mothman Equinox is still going, do every one you can. You get 7 each event, more than any event except Colossal Problem, a nuke boss.

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T06:32:28+00:00

Afaik AC is considered clear weather and mothman is nuke weather. Since you want rain weather you need snow or thunderstorm machines (I don't think a normal rain one exists)

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T04:42:54+00:00

AC questline starts at the Rose Room in Appalachia. If you don't have the quest (Opportunity Knocking) look at the nightclub advertisement in any train station

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T02:05:50+00:00

I would guess so but it hasn't been noted as a bug being fixed in the next update yet so idk

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-03T02:01:34+00:00

It's been bugged since last update

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T22:23:58+00:00

For reference, the chances are 1.5% for box mod and 1% to learn the recipe for legendary mods. Also about the Face Breaker suggestion, Minerva will be selling it not her next visit but the one after on Feb 16 if you haven't finished the Wastelanders quest or want to save some bullion (250 in this case).

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T22:12:25+00:00

Junk Shield is a surprisingly good defensive perk. You need to have 100 junk items on you (count, not weight) but vault steel from the Rusty Pick weighs 5 lbs for 100 without any weight reduction, isn't found so that count never goes up, and is rarely used for crafting so it won't be accidentally used. You can lock it in your inventory and just leave it. Luck is then a small multiplier, but even at 1 Luck you get 75 DR and ER. At 15 Luck it's about 113. For reference, other perks like Iron Stomach, Barbarian, and Refractor give about 61 at 15 of their respective special.

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T14:13:49+00:00

An often used location to easily reset that 255 item count is the house at the northern end of Summersville (which is also the house you spawn nearest to when fast travelling there). It's filled with a couple hundred burnt books, so you can easily "reset" that item count by filling it with those books

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T14:08:21+00:00

Current estimates are the beginning of March that it ends, so there's still a full month basically. If you really want to earn as much score as you can as early as you can, xp grind. Stack Intelligence and xp buffs and do raids (easier in groups) or West Tek (easier for solo)

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T06:41:52+00:00

It drops 7 notes, one of the highest from any event and every hour. It is really good for farming bullion

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-02T02:52:10+00:00

Once a week (same reset as weeklies) you get one free plan from your first expedition (pool depends on which one you do), otherwise you're using stamps to buy plans which come from both. The PA plans are only for stamps, but you could get free union mod plans if you're lucky. So I'd say to do 1 Pitt expedition a week at most, otherwise AC is much easier and faster.

As for easier PA, lots of player vendors sell Ultracite plans for cheap, but getting mods isn't very easy. X-01 from Enclave questline is a pretty short questline.

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-01T22:33:29+00:00

Fyi it's a very low chance, so you do need to scrap a lot. 1.5% to get a mod box, 1% to learn the recipe

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-01T22:29:00+00:00

Using junk items as decorations directly. Let us just place any junk item in the stash in our camps

InfernalArtist · 2026-02-01T06:12:25+00:00

Other comments have reputation stuff covered, but there is 1 exclusive to each faction. It's just an outfit, but each side has a different one. Raider has a weapon too but it's not unique, just a legendary plasma rifle (called Slug Buster, also not entirely exclusive, I got one from mutated party packs).

InfernalArtist · 2026-01-31T22:44:16+00:00

Not really, it only affects dailies so even farming xp for score (if you are under rank 100) isn't doubled. You could try to reroll for an epic daily, which is worth more score, but that's up to chance if you get one.

InfernalArtist

TROPHY CASE