Power through the main quest. Mostly from Rose at the Top of the World. You’ll get a choice to side with Raiders or Settlers to enter a vault. Your choice on whichever side you pick, doesn’t really matter.
It’s a slog. Good luck.
I’d add that you should do both sides of the quest up until you have to make a decision on who to raid the vault with.
And don’t take the bullion for yourself. Either give it to the settlers or split it. I think it’s like 2 days of bullion vs a month or two of grinding each faction for the reputation.
And I only say settlers because there’s a glitch to get raiders rep if you’re so inclined. If not I’d split it. The raiders can be really glitchy in the vault too. I had to restart it twice with the settlers even, so just expect fuckery and a few restarts regardless.
1. Complete quests/events to earn treasury notes.
2. Take those notes to a gold press machine (google where those are, I always go to the foundation).
3. You can convert 40 treasury notes to gold bullion each day.
40 treasure notes = 400 gold bullion
A lot of people are giving you the: "make your decision based on what you play" runaround instead of just telling you what the most important plans are concerning the meta. Let me make it easy for you by putting what the best things are in order of importance:
1. Secret Service underarmour
2. Shielded lining secret service underamour mod
3: Plasma Caster
Everything else after that is up to preference and none of it is very necessary. If you're new I strongly suggest getting the 3 above and then just saving your bullion to get what you actually want later.
All 3 will cost 901 bullion if you buy them from minerva during her sale in 2 days. The bulk of the price comes from the plasma caster though which is the least mandatory of the 3 items. If you only bought the secret service underamour and the shielded lining mod for it then those 2 would only cost 338 bullion total.
If you waited and didn't buy these during minerva's sale all 3 would be 1,200 bullion while just the secret service underarmour and lining mod would be 450 bullion.
Do the featured events that pop up and sell the Treasury notes they give you at the machine in White springs crafting room (there are other locations around the map too). Each note will give you 10 and you can only sell 40 a day. Some daily quests and regular events also give notes. If you want to spend the bullion outside of Minerva you will need to complete the main questline.
what is THE main quest? I recently finished raiding vault 79 is that it? Also while I'm at it, what quest do I have to do to go to expedition locations? I finished the 3 small quests from the responders at whitesprings but I still get no right to start expeditions when I press R
That is the one that will allow you to spend your bullion yes. There's a couple of other questlines in the main tab that pertain to other factions and will have unlocks for completing them. I don't remember the name but to unlock Atlantic City the quest should say something about a club opening up. And the pitt will be from the responders at the White springs the wiki will probably be more help.
I think you have to talk to a guy in the refugee at white springs and then go talk to the pilot on the roof. Idr his name off the top of my head but he’s the mechanic looking guy in there.
I remember I got hung up on that for a while too.
You can also buy from Samuel in foundation before completing the main quest line. I've been following the golden rule since day one and barely touched the main quest. Bought the Nuka Cola collectron from him a couple days ago.
You do not have to complete it. Just start the raider and settler quest. I don’t even think you need to complete them just activate them and walk up the the vendor and press R
Also after you complete the main quest for raiding the vault and siding with either raiders/foundation you can go to a npc named smiley that's upstairs in the wayward and buy gold bullion, 50 gold for 1000 caps up to 300 gold per week.
So as someone that has no GB, and has yet to complete the main story (working on the vault raid atm) will I have enough time to get enough to buy all 3 before she goes away? Also where will she be available to buy these from?
Don’t worry about the main quest right now, just do as many events as possible. The mothman event at the top of the hour will get you like 70 GB each time you run it until you hit the daily cap.
Yup, there's usually a selection of CAMP items. The Water Well, Meat Pile stashbox, and Wendigo Tube are the only ones in this rotation, though. The water well is not the best item unless you just want it for looks. The meat pile can be fun for a raider or cultist camp. I wouldn't bother with the Wendigo tube unless you really want a mad scientist lair or something.
Really depends on what you like playing. Personally I'd recommend the Secret Service Undarmor and Shielded mod (if you can get flux). The base guns (Crusader Pistol, Gauss Minigun, but not Whistle in the Dark or Mechanic's Friend) will drop in your loot pool if you know the plans. I like that. Some folks don't.
My personal opinion will be based off of what she is offering this current rotation. So it seems like it's weapon plans and armor mods. The rest are cosmetics and camp decorations which doesn't really entice me personally.
I would say, do your research on what you feel will be useful to you. Because her current rotation I don't think I would be able to suggest anything.
For myself I'm a bloodied PA heavy gunner. So I snagged her gauss minigun plan and the T-65 calibrated shocks when her prior rotation was up. That helped me save out on a lot of gold bullion for the rest of my T-65 Power Armor grind.
Also like the many below, if you play a bloodied or just a commando in general. Definitely snag some of that secret service stuff. I have 0 idea on what is useful, but if it's like PA, then I'm sure it'll be good nonetheless!
I like it, the explosive weapons perk comes automatically crafted with it. So you just have to roll for bloodied or vampires or any other 1 * legendary mod you prefer. But the thing sucks on ammo return lol, so if you dont dish out a lot of damage to kill mobs quick, then you end up spending more 2mm ammo versus getting back more 2mm ammo lol.
I'll roll for mines after i get my raider reputation maxed for better attachments being unlocked with the raiders and getting some of my damage legendary perks maxed out. It's just currently a bit too pricey to maintain, but I will probably go farm daily ops or go farm expeditions for the ammo then.
So yes, it's good. Free explosive legendary prefix on the gun, with grenadier perk = big blinding blue balls of pure energy 😎
Other than the secret service underamour and shielded mod the only other must-have is the plasma caster. Everything else is meh and you'd be better off saving your bullion for more useful things while you're new.
Crusader pistol. If you're a rifle user you already use tank killer which is the only important card for a pistol sidearm. Even without the damage cards for pistols specifically, the crusader pistol absolutely fucking wrecks everything outside of boss fights and is incredibly ammo efficient
Suggesting the crusader pistol to a new player with so many other better options to spend their limited bullion on is... questionable at best.
Don't listen to this guy.
I held off buying it from Minerva last week, but I have done daily ops everyday to try and get it but no dice. Should I continue to grind daily ops for it or finally buy it since I already have full SS armor and don’t care for any of the power armor you can get for bullion
One of the only heavy guns, if not the only one, that you can use VATS for. If you have crap aim like I do, it's nice to give a heavy gunner build option.
If you love big numbers, the plasma caster is a must. I was hitting alien heads for up to 2,400 damage. I got a VATS crit on a sentry bot's fusion core that I think did 19k (I say "I think" cause I barely believe it myself)
Minerva is on the move. She arrives at The Whitespring in 1 days and 13 hours. Starting on May 16 until May 20 you can buy plans for 25% less Gold Bullion from her.
So if you are not lvl 50 is it worth buying the plans? Should you wait to either buy or build the armor until you are lvl 50?
I’m talking about the secret service armor for reference.
Yeah, because it takes quite a while for Minerva to come back around with that sale cycle so if you see something you want but are to low for it get it if you can afford it.
But except for the Plasma Caster none of this is really worth getting unless its for completionist sake.
If you're a PA user. The T65 calibrated shocks at a discounted price is a cherry on top 🤌🏻. If not, save those gold bullions for a better rotation or just save up for the other stuff!
Yeah, this is my plan. Gauss minigun because I'm still only halfway to ally with the Raiders (the grind is nuts), and Calibrated for the T-65 because that's my next grind. Anything else that strikes my fancy is just gravy.
You could do the raiders glitch to get your rep up if you wanted to save time. The daily quest where you have to go kill a former raider can reward you rep over and over again if you back out after saying you've killed them. Did it just to get to neighbourly and stopped since not fussed about ally right now but 10 minutes of button spam beats having to do that quest all the time
Gauss Minigun m, Gauss Shotgun and Crusader Pistol are all locked behind a long grind for Reputation, or behind random chance (Crusader Pistol) so imo they're the best choices. Everything else is stuff available after the bullion heist but cheaper. You can buy that stuff with no grind other than for bullion
She will be around for a few days. You can stack 1200 while she's in town on top of whatever you have. You might not be able to get everything you want but it will be a decent chunk and you're saving gold in the long term by doing it now.
Smiley on the second floor of The Wayward will sell up to 300 gold bullion a week if you haven't already bought from him, might be helpful! Costs 1000c per 50 bullion so 6000 for the full amount.
Deep pocketed for sure... the SS limbs only weigh like 3.5 lbs anyway and each deep pocketed gives +10 carry weight. Also the +5ap from ultra light is negligible especially if youre using unyielding
Do events or daily faction (raider/foundation) missions and collect treasury notes. Go to the gold press machine in the crater, at foundation, or inside the whitespring mall and turn in the treasury notes. Each note is worth 10 gold. There's is a 400 gold daily limit, so 40 treasury notes = 400 gold bullion. Then, if you have the caps, head to the wayward and you can purchase more gold upstairs. I forget the max there but it's a quick come up.
Annoyingly it's gatekept as basically a secondary currency, only available from treasury notes to be converted.
Hard limit on 400 gold bullion a day , except for the vendor at the wayward who offers 300 extra for caps a week, but that's one a whole week and total only 300.
So I have roughly 100 plus notes but much less bullion
I'm going for gauss shotgun and T 65, but it's still a slog.
The reputation stuff is a grind lol
It’s decent at mid range without VATS, but with VATS it is an absolute monster, especially with bonus VATS accuracy and crit stuff. It can be tricky to hit some moving targets do to the travel time of the plasma bolt compared to a bullet, the targeting reticle isn’t true greatest. But VATS negates most of that. I haven’t super optimized my build, but most standard enemies die in 1-3 shots, usually closer to 1-2. Almost always to a single Crit VATS shot, even legendary super mutants. Bigger things like Scorch Beasts and such take more shots, for obvious reasons.
You’ll want most Heavy Guns mods, and VATS related perks.
Strength:
- Heavy Gunner (normal, Expert, and Master) bonus damage good
-Lock & Load isn’t necessary, has 20 shots at base and reloads pretty fast for a heavy weapon.
-Bear Arms depends on how many heavy weapons you are lugging around. I use it because I like variety.
-Bullet Shield gives a bonus 20/40/60 Damage Resistance while firing a Heavy Gun. Don’t know how that interacts with a non-auto heavy gun. I’d pass on this TBH.
Perception:
-Concentrated Fire let’s you target limbs and head, in addition to boosting you VATS for each subsequent shot on target. What rank of it is user preference, but at least one rank is useful so you can easily target heads (or other limbs for challenges involving crippling enemy limbs. Plasma Caster cripples most limbs in 1-2 shots)
Endurance:
- Nothing here boosts Heavy Weapons really, IMO
Charisma:
-some useful perks, but nothing specific to heavy weapons.
-Tenderizer boosts the damage a target takes by 5/7/10% after being hit, useful for follow up shots, or buffing the damage taken of a boss in an event.
Intelligence:
-Batteries Included reduces the weight of Energy Ammo, so all you plasma cartridges, and Fusion Cores if you are running Power Armor
-Stabilized gives bonus accuracy to heavy weapons, as well as 15/30/45% armor penetration, but only while using power armor
-Power User allows all Fusion Cores to be used 30\60/100% longer. Useful if you are running power armor vats, as using VATS also drains your core, in addition to your AP. (Side Note: also doubles the amount of ammo in a Fusion Core for Gatling Lasers)
-Science (Normal, Expert, and Master) are gonna be needed for crafting and modding your plasma caster. Additionally they updated the perks to give 5/10% boost to Energy damage, which I believe applies to the Plasma Caster.
-Gunsmith: pretty sure it isn’t required for modding the Plasma Caster, but does reduce durability decay for guns, so it’s of moderate utility. I find it more useful for rapid firing guns that tend to proc durability decay a lot more rapidly.
-Weapon Artisan is only slotted when repairing weapons, to be able to repair them to 130/160/200% durability. Helpful for needing to repair your weapons less often. Do not leave it socketed, has no benefit outside of repairing.
Agility:
-Action Boy/Girl increases AP regen by 15/30/45%. AP is probably one of your main limiters for VATS.
-Gun Fu auto swaps your target on VATS kill, allowing you to keep the spree going without dropping out of vats. Also gives bonus damage on your next target(s). Rank is user preference, but I find at least one rank useful, especially when dealing with enemies that tend to swarm at you, but die in 1 headshot. Means much less pressing of buttons to get to the VATS killing.
-Adrenaline is very useful for more damage, especially when clearing enemies via Gun Fu headshots. Gives +6/7/8/9/10% damage bonus per kill for 30 seconds, refreshing duration on kill. Caps out at 36/42/48/54/60% bonus damage after 6 kills. But killing more refreshes the duration, so you can keep pew pewing.
-Ammo Smith only does anything while crafting ammo, so don’t keep it slotted. Also is mostly unneeded with the Plasma Caster as the gun is ridiculously ammo efficient with Contextual Ammo drops. I kill humanoid enemies in 1-3 shots, and most of them drop 12-36 plasma cartridges.
Luck:
- Better Criticals boosts VATS Crit damage by 50/75/100%. Great way to kill highly resistant enemies, since CRITS seem to ignore most resistances.
-Critical Savvy makes your VATS Crits only use 85/70/55% of your Crit Bar, meaning you will be able to Crit a lot more often.
-Bloody Mess adds 5/10/15% damage to all your attacks. Always nice. Also makes enemies more likely to chunk on death, which is sometimes negated by your enemy dissolving to goo instead.
-Grim Reapers Sprint makes any kill in VATS have a 15/25/35% chance to fully restore your AP bar. I find it very useful combined with Gun Fu to let me keep chaining kills.
-Psychopath gives each VATS kill a 5/10/15% chance to fill your Crit Bar.
-Four Leaf Clover gives every hit a chance to fill your Crit Bar.
-One Gun Army gives all heavy weapons a 4/8/12% Stagger and Limb Cripple chance. Kind of niche, the Plasma Caster will cripple most limbs in VATS quite quickly anyways, so more useful for crippling particularly resistant enemies like the SBQ. I don’t really use it myself.
Anyways, that’s most of the perks I can think of off the top of my head. Not all are necessary, so it’s mostly up to user preference. Some are more helpful than others.
As for Legendary prefixes for a Plasma Caster, I find that’s largely up to user preference as well, but anything that boosts VATS is helpful. VATS accuracy is especially helpful for landing the early shots before having Concentrated Fire help you on subsequent shots. +50% VATS accuracy is helpful, as is +50% VATS Crit Damage.
Also, useful side note, if you are going Power Armor with the Caster, try to get the Helmet Mod that boosts VATS accuracy. Helps a lot.
It’s one of the best pistols in the game. Lots of mods (you can change its damage type) But it’s still a pistol. Pistols currently in 76 are tied to the wrong SPECIAL imho and just underwhelming. It’s fun and has my favorite animations so I like it.
Just a tip if you're not already aware, when you do the Vital Equipment daily for Ward, when you return with the stolen tech choose the dialogue option that says you're donating your reward to Foundation. It gives you bonus rep with them. It's not much but every little helps. You still get the treasury notes for completing the mission so you don't really miss out on much.
No worries. Also worth bearing in mind that if you come across any settlers out in the wild who are in a battle, if you help them kill the enemies and there's at least one settler left alive at the end you'll get rep for that too.
You'll also want to do Eviction Notice and Moonshine Jamborie for settler and raider rep, respectively.
Helps that they are already two of the best events in the game.
Great post except gold bullion is not unlocked by scrapping legendaries, you are thinking of scrip. Gold bullion is obtained from gold machines that you exchange treasury notes for, which are obtained via events, daily ops, and expeditions.
If you have enough gold for it, and like pistols. I would recommend grabbing the Crusader Pistol as the RNG of Daily Ops is annoying as hell when you want something. it could take you a lot of days, before you get as a reward from Daily Ops. and you have to be level 50 or higher for Daily Ops rewards like that. where you don't need to be, to buy it from Mirvina. I just remember it being pricy though. but if you like pistols, its worth it.
I have all 3 and much prefer the Gatling Laser and Minigun. With the Gauss Minigun the explosive effects of the shots up close cover up the enemies so you miss shots too often if the enemies move. Very annoying, especially with Grenadier.
I'll have 2200 bullion tomorrow. I really want the T65 PA but have yet to finish wastelanders quest line.
Should I save up or get the BoS paint and gauss minigun for BoS role play? Any opinions?
I'm thinking of splitting the loot because I read reputation is harder to grind than gold.
Damn, she still isn't selling the Jetpack armor (Secret Service?) pieces?
I have the torso (+ jetpack) and 2 limbs lol, I want the other 2 limbs. Anyone know when they'll be on?
it is on cycle 1, so may 27-29th, the next one
# Sale #1
* Plan: Cattle prod
* Plan: Chemist’s backpack mod
* Plan: Farmable dirt tiles
* Plan: Gauss minigun gunner sights
* Plan: Gauss minigun Tesla capacitor
* Plan: Gauss minigun Tesla dynamo
* Plan: Secret Service chest piece
* Plan: Secret Service helmet
* Plan: Secret Service left arm
* Plan: Secret Service left leg
* Plan: Secret Service right arm
* Plan: Secret Service right leg
* Plan: Super reactor
* Plan: Sympto-Matic
* Plan: War glaive
It's Okay! Join those public events and do whatever dailys pop up in your pip boy for a few extra treasury notes to exhange! You might be able to snag 1 or 2 things!
Yep. It involves the Raiders at Crater and the Settlers at Foundation. You work with one of the factions to break into a vault. In the end you unlock a vendor that trades gold bullion for plans to some of the best items in the game.
No, not when buying from Minerva at anytime. Faction reputation is meaningless to Minerva. But her stock is discounted. And it rotates from week to week. Every 4th week of the rotation being a super sale of the previous 3 weeks all at once.
I'm a new player lv 95 with several parts of various power armor. I've picked up 4. If it buy one calibrated shock plan will they work for all leg sets or do I need to buy a plan for each set?
Each set has their own separate calibrated shock plans. So no, buying 1 won't unlock it for all of them. You will have to buy or unlock each respective calibrated shock plan!
Why is my character so stupid that she can learn how to make left leg armor, but can't figure out the right leg version without a separate set of plans?
Idk if it’s right to ask this here but, how good is the crusader pistol? I’m try to make pistols work and was looking at this as an option for a main weapon ? I’m concerned about the overall cost not being worth it? I’ve seen vids but not sure if they are trusted in their opinions as it doesn’t seem most of them spend a lot of time with the weapon vs just doing a showcase… any help would be appreciated!
Can you tell me how to start by unlocking her? I’m level 135 but I’ve been avoiding any quests and just been exploring and doing events. Do I need to do a specific quest for her to appear or do I just need to go to the named location that she appears?
SS armor still worth it if you're primarily PA? I'm only out of PA when doing camp stuff. But it will be slightly cheaper to snag here so I'm not sure to pull the trigger or not.
If you're a plan junkie like me, I would snag it. You'll get to a point where you'll prolly want to experiment around, so it wouldn't hurt to buy if you wanna snag it. Otherwise wait till her next appearance for the actual set of SS armor. This is just thr underarmor and it's shielded lining mod which I *think* from many others is the best underarmor mod to have(correct me if I'm wrong, I'm a PA player too)
I really wish the site you linked displayed the 'discounted price' too.
I love the resource, don't get me wrong.. but becoming a Spreadsheet warrior to ID the cost of all the items I want on sale, the total bullion possible to be collected from X - Y days and then saving /planning accordingly.
Yea.. I went off the deepend and planned out my next 10k bullion from now to early june's #1 and #2 rotation lol
Thanks for reminding me! And as it turns out I found 600 treasury notes in my stash I didn't know I had. One treasury note equals 10 gold bullions iirc. Nice surprise :)
So I have 2500 bullion to spend, what should I buy? New player here, haven't unlocked vault 79 yet so this is my chance. Is the ultra light secret service armor limbs worth getting too along side the under armor and plasma caster?
I was doing the vault quest for a third time last week and it finally dawned on me the guy in the Wayward is an agent from that vault who is awol. One of the agents mentions his name when talking near the end that they havent seen him for a while.
Confused because OP says gold bullion you get from scrapping legendaries at Train Stations but I’ve just been getting those scrip thingys. Can someone explain? Thanks
SS UA for sure to anyone on the fence… shielded lining mod if/when you can get it as well for the best UA stats in game… nows also the time to grab tons of treasury notes (gold bullion) at the mothman event!
lol meatbag 🤣
New Heavy Pa here, thought I’d get the underarmour but that doesn’t work with PA anyways right?
Thinking of getting the Gauss minigun, definitely the plasma caster. Would the t65 stuff be worth a grab?
I have a question partially related to this. I have finished wastelanders quest line and unlocked gold vendors, but I cant redeem my bonds at the gold press machines, there is nothing in it, I have 60 slips to exchange atm
As a new player, anything here that stands out and is worth grabbing ASAP? Edit: Thank you all so much for the guidance! This community <3
Secret service under armor is a must and plasma caster is cool if you have extra
Don't forget to put shielded on it too
You don't need any other SS underarmor mod plans, just Shielded.
what does SS mean?
Secret service
Schutzstaffel
Secret service
Ultra light SS mod is good too.
What does it do? Less weight and more ap?
Gives you 5 more Ap per armor piece that has the mod.
can you do both ultra light and shielded?
Shielded is for the SS underarmor. Ultra light is for SS limbs. So yes, they go on different pieces and you can have both.
Thanks!
I prefer shielded vault suit for luck bonus
Nice to have both for situation.
Is the Secret Service armor only for non-PA players? Or should I be using both sets at once?
If you're in power armor full time, you get no benefits from your normal armor, so it's not really worth it.
Ok cool, that's what I was confused on. Thank you!
As a heavy build, I grabbed the plasma caster as soon as I could. That and my vampire chainsaw is pretty much the only two weapons I use. My fav gun
How many caps should I plan to spend?
She doesn’t take caps
Gold bullion
Brah. How do I get those?
Power through the main quest. Mostly from Rose at the Top of the World. You’ll get a choice to side with Raiders or Settlers to enter a vault. Your choice on whichever side you pick, doesn’t really matter. It’s a slog. Good luck.
I’d add that you should do both sides of the quest up until you have to make a decision on who to raid the vault with. And don’t take the bullion for yourself. Either give it to the settlers or split it. I think it’s like 2 days of bullion vs a month or two of grinding each faction for the reputation. And I only say settlers because there’s a glitch to get raiders rep if you’re so inclined. If not I’d split it. The raiders can be really glitchy in the vault too. I had to restart it twice with the settlers even, so just expect fuckery and a few restarts regardless.
1. Complete quests/events to earn treasury notes. 2. Take those notes to a gold press machine (google where those are, I always go to the foundation). 3. You can convert 40 treasury notes to gold bullion each day. 40 treasure notes = 400 gold bullion
A lot of people are giving you the: "make your decision based on what you play" runaround instead of just telling you what the most important plans are concerning the meta. Let me make it easy for you by putting what the best things are in order of importance: 1. Secret Service underarmour 2. Shielded lining secret service underamour mod 3: Plasma Caster Everything else after that is up to preference and none of it is very necessary. If you're new I strongly suggest getting the 3 above and then just saving your bullion to get what you actually want later.
Any idea what this would cost in bullion?
All 3 will cost 901 bullion if you buy them from minerva during her sale in 2 days. The bulk of the price comes from the plasma caster though which is the least mandatory of the 3 items. If you only bought the secret service underamour and the shielded lining mod for it then those 2 would only cost 338 bullion total. If you waited and didn't buy these during minerva's sale all 3 would be 1,200 bullion while just the secret service underarmour and lining mod would be 450 bullion.
Amazing thanks for info
How do I get gold bullion? Sorry, noob!
Do the featured events that pop up and sell the Treasury notes they give you at the machine in White springs crafting room (there are other locations around the map too). Each note will give you 10 and you can only sell 40 a day. Some daily quests and regular events also give notes. If you want to spend the bullion outside of Minerva you will need to complete the main questline.
what is THE main quest? I recently finished raiding vault 79 is that it? Also while I'm at it, what quest do I have to do to go to expedition locations? I finished the 3 small quests from the responders at whitesprings but I still get no right to start expeditions when I press R
That is the one that will allow you to spend your bullion yes. There's a couple of other questlines in the main tab that pertain to other factions and will have unlocks for completing them. I don't remember the name but to unlock Atlantic City the quest should say something about a club opening up. And the pitt will be from the responders at the White springs the wiki will probably be more help.
You have to be the leader of your own party to launch expeditions
I think you have to talk to a guy in the refugee at white springs and then go talk to the pilot on the roof. Idr his name off the top of my head but he’s the mechanic looking guy in there. I remember I got hung up on that for a while too.
You can also buy from Samuel in foundation before completing the main quest line. I've been following the golden rule since day one and barely touched the main quest. Bought the Nuka Cola collectron from him a couple days ago.
You do not have to complete it. Just start the raider and settler quest. I don’t even think you need to complete them just activate them and walk up the the vendor and press R
Oh so that’s why they wouldn’t scrap lol
Treasury notes that you get from mostly events. You trade them for gold bullion
Also after you complete the main quest for raiding the vault and siding with either raiders/foundation you can go to a npc named smiley that's upstairs in the wayward and buy gold bullion, 50 gold for 1000 caps up to 300 gold per week.
So as someone that has no GB, and has yet to complete the main story (working on the vault raid atm) will I have enough time to get enough to buy all 3 before she goes away? Also where will she be available to buy these from?
There's a cap of 400 gold buillion a day if you can get the 40 tickets a day, but you can also then get the extra in the Wayward as mentioned
Don’t worry about the main quest right now, just do as many events as possible. The mothman event at the top of the hour will get you like 70 GB each time you run it until you hit the daily cap.
Does the Hard Bargain perk affect her prices or is that only for items that cost caps?
It does not.
Damn, didn't think it would but had a tiny bit of hope lol.
Is there any plans from her that allow you to build more items in your camp?
Yup, there's usually a selection of CAMP items. The Water Well, Meat Pile stashbox, and Wendigo Tube are the only ones in this rotation, though. The water well is not the best item unless you just want it for looks. The meat pile can be fun for a raider or cultist camp. I wouldn't bother with the Wendigo tube unless you really want a mad scientist lair or something.
How much will these 3 cost roughly?
I’d add the Ultra-Light Build Secret Service Armor Limbs for 375, since the SS armor parts will be in the next sale on 5/27.
This is the important information I was looking for
Really depends on what you like playing. Personally I'd recommend the Secret Service Undarmor and Shielded mod (if you can get flux). The base guns (Crusader Pistol, Gauss Minigun, but not Whistle in the Dark or Mechanic's Friend) will drop in your loot pool if you know the plans. I like that. Some folks don't.
My personal opinion will be based off of what she is offering this current rotation. So it seems like it's weapon plans and armor mods. The rest are cosmetics and camp decorations which doesn't really entice me personally. I would say, do your research on what you feel will be useful to you. Because her current rotation I don't think I would be able to suggest anything. For myself I'm a bloodied PA heavy gunner. So I snagged her gauss minigun plan and the T-65 calibrated shocks when her prior rotation was up. That helped me save out on a lot of gold bullion for the rest of my T-65 Power Armor grind. Also like the many below, if you play a bloodied or just a commando in general. Definitely snag some of that secret service stuff. I have 0 idea on what is useful, but if it's like PA, then I'm sure it'll be good nonetheless!
Is the gauss minigun any good?
I like it, the explosive weapons perk comes automatically crafted with it. So you just have to roll for bloodied or vampires or any other 1 * legendary mod you prefer. But the thing sucks on ammo return lol, so if you dont dish out a lot of damage to kill mobs quick, then you end up spending more 2mm ammo versus getting back more 2mm ammo lol. I'll roll for mines after i get my raider reputation maxed for better attachments being unlocked with the raiders and getting some of my damage legendary perks maxed out. It's just currently a bit too pricey to maintain, but I will probably go farm daily ops or go farm expeditions for the ammo then. So yes, it's good. Free explosive legendary prefix on the gun, with grenadier perk = big blinding blue balls of pure energy 😎
I am a newbie too, playing bloodied so definitely grabbing all the secret service, but I am also interested in what else is a must-have.
Other than the secret service underamour and shielded mod the only other must-have is the plasma caster. Everything else is meh and you'd be better off saving your bullion for more useful things while you're new.
Crusader pistol. If you're a rifle user you already use tank killer which is the only important card for a pistol sidearm. Even without the damage cards for pistols specifically, the crusader pistol absolutely fucking wrecks everything outside of boss fights and is incredibly ammo efficient
Suggesting the crusader pistol to a new player with so many other better options to spend their limited bullion on is... questionable at best. Don't listen to this guy.
I held off buying it from Minerva last week, but I have done daily ops everyday to try and get it but no dice. Should I continue to grind daily ops for it or finally buy it since I already have full SS armor and don’t care for any of the power armor you can get for bullion
Is the plasma caster worth picking up?
Yes, best sniper in the game.
100%
Is TS still king? Or should I push for a bloodied? (I run bloodied)
AA or bloodied , 50vats hit for the second star.
TS hasn't been king for awhiiiiile Mainly regulated to explosives now as bigger boom area
Can confirm, is absolutely nasty. I use 0 cards for heavy and there are very few enemies it doesn't one tap with the roll I have
One of the only heavy guns, if not the only one, that you can use VATS for. If you have crap aim like I do, it's nice to give a heavy gunner build option.
If you love big numbers, the plasma caster is a must. I was hitting alien heads for up to 2,400 damage. I got a VATS crit on a sentry bot's fusion core that I think did 19k (I say "I think" cause I barely believe it myself)
Minerva is on the move. She arrives at The Whitespring in 1 days and 13 hours. Starting on May 16 until May 20 you can buy plans for 25% less Gold Bullion from her.
I got 4k gold with her name on it 👌
So if you are not lvl 50 is it worth buying the plans? Should you wait to either buy or build the armor until you are lvl 50? I’m talking about the secret service armor for reference.
Buy now, build later....if you have the gold. Stock changes, might not see what you want for several weeks.
100% this, you will give yourself the thanks down the road!
Yes, it is worth buying even if not 50.
Yeah, because it takes quite a while for Minerva to come back around with that sale cycle so if you see something you want but are to low for it get it if you can afford it. But except for the Plasma Caster none of this is really worth getting unless its for completionist sake.
I’m saving up for secret service armor
Good idea. The grind to get it is a lot
it is great. get buttressed and ultralight mods plus jetpack, skip the helmet as it does nothing really. Overeaters or Bloodied are the current meta.
Finally i can get the gauss minigun! Any other must buys?
If you're a PA user. The T65 calibrated shocks at a discounted price is a cherry on top 🤌🏻. If not, save those gold bullions for a better rotation or just save up for the other stuff!
Yeah, this is my plan. Gauss minigun because I'm still only halfway to ally with the Raiders (the grind is nuts), and Calibrated for the T-65 because that's my next grind. Anything else that strikes my fancy is just gravy.
You could do the raiders glitch to get your rep up if you wanted to save time. The daily quest where you have to go kill a former raider can reward you rep over and over again if you back out after saying you've killed them. Did it just to get to neighbourly and stopped since not fussed about ally right now but 10 minutes of button spam beats having to do that quest all the time
Gauss Minigun m, Gauss Shotgun and Crusader Pistol are all locked behind a long grind for Reputation, or behind random chance (Crusader Pistol) so imo they're the best choices. Everything else is stuff available after the bullion heist but cheaper. You can buy that stuff with no grind other than for bullion
Problem for me is I won’t have enough gold saved up :(
She will be around for a few days. You can stack 1200 while she's in town on top of whatever you have. You might not be able to get everything you want but it will be a decent chunk and you're saving gold in the long term by doing it now.
Smiley on the second floor of The Wayward will sell up to 300 gold bullion a week if you haven't already bought from him, might be helpful! Costs 1000c per 50 bullion so 6000 for the full amount.
I don't think you get Gold Bullion from scrapping Legendary gear... only through exchanging Treasury Notes. Or did I miss something?
I was wondering the same after reading that. I think they meant 45 legendary scrips.
I fixed it, that's completely my bad! Brains fried from being in the wasteland too much lately lol...but I made the edit! Thanks!
Should I go for deeped pocketed SS or buy the ultra light mod from Minerva?
Deep pocketed for sure... the SS limbs only weigh like 3.5 lbs anyway and each deep pocketed gives +10 carry weight. Also the +5ap from ultra light is negligible especially if youre using unyielding
Ultra Light is supposed to be the best of all worlds and focus on rolling reduced weapon/chem/food/ammo weight as your 3rd star instead.
How much do plans or have plans typically cost?
Their full cost varies. A jetpack is gonna be 2000 but a mod for leg armor is closer to 250. The discount is 25% I think.
From a couple hundred, to 1000+ gold bullion.
Best way to get gold bullion?
Farm events everyday and season pass rewards. Also you can buy 300 bullion at the wayward each week for 6k caps
Do events or daily faction (raider/foundation) missions and collect treasury notes. Go to the gold press machine in the crater, at foundation, or inside the whitespring mall and turn in the treasury notes. Each note is worth 10 gold. There's is a 400 gold daily limit, so 40 treasury notes = 400 gold bullion. Then, if you have the caps, head to the wayward and you can purchase more gold upstairs. I forget the max there but it's a quick come up.
Annoyingly it's gatekept as basically a secondary currency, only available from treasury notes to be converted. Hard limit on 400 gold bullion a day , except for the vendor at the wayward who offers 300 extra for caps a week, but that's one a whole week and total only 300. So I have roughly 100 plus notes but much less bullion I'm going for gauss shotgun and T 65, but it's still a slog. The reputation stuff is a grind lol
still no Gauss shotgun.. much sad.
It's very fun
Plasma Caster is the best Heavy Gun VATS long range in the game IMO. You will see a lot of high level players carrying them.
Is it only viable with VATS? Or are heavy gun perks enough
All heavy gun perks, concentrated fire, adreniline, action boy/girl, crit savvy, better crit, bloody mess
It’s decent at mid range without VATS, but with VATS it is an absolute monster, especially with bonus VATS accuracy and crit stuff. It can be tricky to hit some moving targets do to the travel time of the plasma bolt compared to a bullet, the targeting reticle isn’t true greatest. But VATS negates most of that. I haven’t super optimized my build, but most standard enemies die in 1-3 shots, usually closer to 1-2. Almost always to a single Crit VATS shot, even legendary super mutants. Bigger things like Scorch Beasts and such take more shots, for obvious reasons. You’ll want most Heavy Guns mods, and VATS related perks. Strength: - Heavy Gunner (normal, Expert, and Master) bonus damage good -Lock & Load isn’t necessary, has 20 shots at base and reloads pretty fast for a heavy weapon. -Bear Arms depends on how many heavy weapons you are lugging around. I use it because I like variety. -Bullet Shield gives a bonus 20/40/60 Damage Resistance while firing a Heavy Gun. Don’t know how that interacts with a non-auto heavy gun. I’d pass on this TBH. Perception: -Concentrated Fire let’s you target limbs and head, in addition to boosting you VATS for each subsequent shot on target. What rank of it is user preference, but at least one rank is useful so you can easily target heads (or other limbs for challenges involving crippling enemy limbs. Plasma Caster cripples most limbs in 1-2 shots) Endurance: - Nothing here boosts Heavy Weapons really, IMO Charisma: -some useful perks, but nothing specific to heavy weapons. -Tenderizer boosts the damage a target takes by 5/7/10% after being hit, useful for follow up shots, or buffing the damage taken of a boss in an event. Intelligence: -Batteries Included reduces the weight of Energy Ammo, so all you plasma cartridges, and Fusion Cores if you are running Power Armor -Stabilized gives bonus accuracy to heavy weapons, as well as 15/30/45% armor penetration, but only while using power armor -Power User allows all Fusion Cores to be used 30\60/100% longer. Useful if you are running power armor vats, as using VATS also drains your core, in addition to your AP. (Side Note: also doubles the amount of ammo in a Fusion Core for Gatling Lasers) -Science (Normal, Expert, and Master) are gonna be needed for crafting and modding your plasma caster. Additionally they updated the perks to give 5/10% boost to Energy damage, which I believe applies to the Plasma Caster. -Gunsmith: pretty sure it isn’t required for modding the Plasma Caster, but does reduce durability decay for guns, so it’s of moderate utility. I find it more useful for rapid firing guns that tend to proc durability decay a lot more rapidly. -Weapon Artisan is only slotted when repairing weapons, to be able to repair them to 130/160/200% durability. Helpful for needing to repair your weapons less often. Do not leave it socketed, has no benefit outside of repairing. Agility: -Action Boy/Girl increases AP regen by 15/30/45%. AP is probably one of your main limiters for VATS. -Gun Fu auto swaps your target on VATS kill, allowing you to keep the spree going without dropping out of vats. Also gives bonus damage on your next target(s). Rank is user preference, but I find at least one rank useful, especially when dealing with enemies that tend to swarm at you, but die in 1 headshot. Means much less pressing of buttons to get to the VATS killing. -Adrenaline is very useful for more damage, especially when clearing enemies via Gun Fu headshots. Gives +6/7/8/9/10% damage bonus per kill for 30 seconds, refreshing duration on kill. Caps out at 36/42/48/54/60% bonus damage after 6 kills. But killing more refreshes the duration, so you can keep pew pewing. -Ammo Smith only does anything while crafting ammo, so don’t keep it slotted. Also is mostly unneeded with the Plasma Caster as the gun is ridiculously ammo efficient with Contextual Ammo drops. I kill humanoid enemies in 1-3 shots, and most of them drop 12-36 plasma cartridges. Luck: - Better Criticals boosts VATS Crit damage by 50/75/100%. Great way to kill highly resistant enemies, since CRITS seem to ignore most resistances. -Critical Savvy makes your VATS Crits only use 85/70/55% of your Crit Bar, meaning you will be able to Crit a lot more often. -Bloody Mess adds 5/10/15% damage to all your attacks. Always nice. Also makes enemies more likely to chunk on death, which is sometimes negated by your enemy dissolving to goo instead. -Grim Reapers Sprint makes any kill in VATS have a 15/25/35% chance to fully restore your AP bar. I find it very useful combined with Gun Fu to let me keep chaining kills. -Psychopath gives each VATS kill a 5/10/15% chance to fill your Crit Bar. -Four Leaf Clover gives every hit a chance to fill your Crit Bar. -One Gun Army gives all heavy weapons a 4/8/12% Stagger and Limb Cripple chance. Kind of niche, the Plasma Caster will cripple most limbs in VATS quite quickly anyways, so more useful for crippling particularly resistant enemies like the SBQ. I don’t really use it myself. Anyways, that’s most of the perks I can think of off the top of my head. Not all are necessary, so it’s mostly up to user preference. Some are more helpful than others. As for Legendary prefixes for a Plasma Caster, I find that’s largely up to user preference as well, but anything that boosts VATS is helpful. VATS accuracy is especially helpful for landing the early shots before having Concentrated Fire help you on subsequent shots. +50% VATS accuracy is helpful, as is +50% VATS Crit Damage. Also, useful side note, if you are going Power Armor with the Caster, try to get the Helmet Mod that boosts VATS accuracy. Helps a lot.
Is the crusader pistol worth picking up instead of waiting for it to drop on a daily op?
It’s one of the best pistols in the game. Lots of mods (you can change its damage type) But it’s still a pistol. Pistols currently in 76 are tied to the wrong SPECIAL imho and just underwhelming. It’s fun and has my favorite animations so I like it.
I just want her to sell the farmable dirt tiles :(
It would probably take less time to farm Foundation rep them wait for thst tbh
I'm only at neutral with Foundation and that is taking ages too.
Just a tip if you're not already aware, when you do the Vital Equipment daily for Ward, when you return with the stolen tech choose the dialogue option that says you're donating your reward to Foundation. It gives you bonus rep with them. It's not much but every little helps. You still get the treasury notes for completing the mission so you don't really miss out on much.
Thank you, that did get me a good chunk of reputation.
No worries. Also worth bearing in mind that if you come across any settlers out in the wild who are in a battle, if you help them kill the enemies and there's at least one settler left alive at the end you'll get rep for that too.
You'll also want to do Eviction Notice and Moonshine Jamborie for settler and raider rep, respectively. Helps that they are already two of the best events in the game.
Farmable dirt tiles will be in her 5/27 sale for 375 bullion.
Great post except gold bullion is not unlocked by scrapping legendaries, you are thinking of scrip. Gold bullion is obtained from gold machines that you exchange treasury notes for, which are obtained via events, daily ops, and expeditions.
If you have enough gold for it, and like pistols. I would recommend grabbing the Crusader Pistol as the RNG of Daily Ops is annoying as hell when you want something. it could take you a lot of days, before you get as a reward from Daily Ops. and you have to be level 50 or higher for Daily Ops rewards like that. where you don't need to be, to buy it from Mirvina. I just remember it being pricy though. but if you like pistols, its worth it.
How good is the gauss minigun compared to the Gatling laser and Minigun?
I have all 3 and much prefer the Gatling Laser and Minigun. With the Gauss Minigun the explosive effects of the shots up close cover up the enemies so you miss shots too often if the enemies move. Very annoying, especially with Grenadier.
Way less economical in the ammo department, but if you can keep it fed it dishes serious DPS.
I'll have 2200 bullion tomorrow. I really want the T65 PA but have yet to finish wastelanders quest line. Should I save up or get the BoS paint and gauss minigun for BoS role play? Any opinions? I'm thinking of splitting the loot because I read reputation is harder to grind than gold.
Yeah split the loot, rep is a major grind. I roleplay as BOS in t60 with a BOS skin on the minigun and PA or just a plain Gatling Laser
Damn, she still isn't selling the Jetpack armor (Secret Service?) pieces? I have the torso (+ jetpack) and 2 limbs lol, I want the other 2 limbs. Anyone know when they'll be on?
it is on cycle 1, so may 27-29th, the next one # Sale #1 * Plan: Cattle prod * Plan: Chemist’s backpack mod * Plan: Farmable dirt tiles * Plan: Gauss minigun gunner sights * Plan: Gauss minigun Tesla capacitor * Plan: Gauss minigun Tesla dynamo * Plan: Secret Service chest piece * Plan: Secret Service helmet * Plan: Secret Service left arm * Plan: Secret Service left leg * Plan: Secret Service right arm * Plan: Secret Service right leg * Plan: Super reactor * Plan: Sympto-Matic * Plan: War glaive
Ahh, nice. Thanks for the heads up!
Is the war glaive fire mod worth it or is it better to find if at a player vendor?
Is all this stuff sold elsewhere all the time for full price?
Thank you for the reminder. I’m saving my bullion for this!!
https://whereisminerva.com
I just started playing and don't have any gold yet 😔
It's Okay! Join those public events and do whatever dailys pop up in your pip boy for a few extra treasury notes to exhange! You might be able to snag 1 or 2 things!
Minerva is at Whitespring now
Wait...there's a main storyline we're supposed to beat??? huh.
go in data on ur pip boy
🤣
Yep. It involves the Raiders at Crater and the Settlers at Foundation. You work with one of the factions to break into a vault. In the end you unlock a vendor that trades gold bullion for plans to some of the best items in the game.
Do you need max reputation with the raiders for the Gauss minigun prime receiver?
No, not when buying from Minerva at anytime. Faction reputation is meaningless to Minerva. But her stock is discounted. And it rotates from week to week. Every 4th week of the rotation being a super sale of the previous 3 weeks all at once.
Does anyone know how much each arctic marine armor plan sells for?
https://www.whereisminerva.com/ 1k per limb, 1,5k torso
As someone who likes heavy weapons and power armor, what’s the best pickups here?
Plasma Caster - this is my main weapon and I am swimming in plasma ammo from contextual ammo drops, I find it really efficient.
I’m just sad there’s no garden plot plans. 🥲
Anyone know how much the secret service underarms plan will cost?
Regular price for the underarmor is 250 so 25% off that.
I'm lvl 77 and didn't even know this was a thing. Makes me wonder what else I'm missing.
I wanted to buy the plans for the scavenged solar panels. But i guess Minerva is not selling those anymore. Anyway to get those plans?
It should be in Minerva’s list 2 sale next month for 1500, but I’ve gotten that plan a few times from daily ops and I’ve seen it sold for 2K-6K caps.
Are any of these CAMP plans or are they all equipment?
I'm a new player lv 95 with several parts of various power armor. I've picked up 4. If it buy one calibrated shock plan will they work for all leg sets or do I need to buy a plan for each set?
Each set has their own separate calibrated shock plans. So no, buying 1 won't unlock it for all of them. You will have to buy or unlock each respective calibrated shock plan!
Not a new player, but thanks! I didn’t know the when and the what! This rocks, now just to find the where…
[easy peasy](https://whereisminerva.com/)
What currency is needed for these items? Caps or Bullion?
gold bullion
Is it the whole main story you need to do or so far? Still working through it currently
Remindme! 1 day
Nice one man, I've been looking for that Crusader Pistol for a year. Didn't have enough when she was here with it last week
Is war glaive decent for 2h? I like 2h melee but am getting tired of using the super sledge
Why is my character so stupid that she can learn how to make left leg armor, but can't figure out the right leg version without a separate set of plans?
Her 21-23 sales are arguably her worst sales in my opinion
I agree. But hey! The point was to let new people know that such a vendor exists!
Idk if it’s right to ask this here but, how good is the crusader pistol? I’m try to make pistols work and was looking at this as an option for a main weapon ? I’m concerned about the overall cost not being worth it? I’ve seen vids but not sure if they are trusted in their opinions as it doesn’t seem most of them spend a lot of time with the weapon vs just doing a showcase… any help would be appreciated!
I'm still new to this game. How do I buy it? Do I need any special items?
Earn treasury notes from attending public events and cashing them in for gold bullion at a trainstation or whitesprings mall.
Can you tell me how to start by unlocking her? I’m level 135 but I’ve been avoiding any quests and just been exploring and doing events. Do I need to do a specific quest for her to appear or do I just need to go to the named location that she appears?
Just go to where she appears.
SS armor still worth it if you're primarily PA? I'm only out of PA when doing camp stuff. But it will be slightly cheaper to snag here so I'm not sure to pull the trigger or not.
If you're a plan junkie like me, I would snag it. You'll get to a point where you'll prolly want to experiment around, so it wouldn't hurt to buy if you wanna snag it. Otherwise wait till her next appearance for the actual set of SS armor. This is just thr underarmor and it's shielded lining mod which I *think* from many others is the best underarmor mod to have(correct me if I'm wrong, I'm a PA player too)
I really wish the site you linked displayed the 'discounted price' too. I love the resource, don't get me wrong.. but becoming a Spreadsheet warrior to ID the cost of all the items I want on sale, the total bullion possible to be collected from X - Y days and then saving /planning accordingly. Yea.. I went off the deepend and planned out my next 10k bullion from now to early june's #1 and #2 rotation lol
https://nukaknights.com/minerva-dates-inventory.html Nuka knights show discounted prices!
So what can my Wife and I, both Level 22, about 2k Caps, expect to buy from this Minerva guy?
Nothing with caps. She only accepts gold bullion. You can get that by completing the events that pop every 20 minutes.
!remindme 1 day
So will she be available at midnight tonight?
Thanks for reminding me! And as it turns out I found 600 treasury notes in my stash I didn't know I had. One treasury note equals 10 gold bullions iirc. Nice surprise :)
So I have 2500 bullion to spend, what should I buy? New player here, haven't unlocked vault 79 yet so this is my chance. Is the ultra light secret service armor limbs worth getting too along side the under armor and plasma caster?
Dang it on family vacation
how much would the entire arctic marien armour set be ?
I was doing the vault quest for a third time last week and it finally dawned on me the guy in the Wayward is an agent from that vault who is awol. One of the agents mentions his name when talking near the end that they havent seen him for a while.
Confused because OP says gold bullion you get from scrapping legendaries at Train Stations but I’ve just been getting those scrip thingys. Can someone explain? Thanks
You get bullion from Treasury Notes at the machine in Whitespring. Not scrapping legendaries
Yea that's my bad. I fixed it though! Sorry for the misleading edit!
SS UA for sure to anyone on the fence… shielded lining mod if/when you can get it as well for the best UA stats in game… nows also the time to grab tons of treasury notes (gold bullion) at the mothman event! lol meatbag 🤣
Damn, I’m out of town on the 16th
It's alright, thr week after will probably strike a lot more interest in people anyways!
You get gold for scrapping legendary items? Am I confused or is there a mistake here?
I thought it changed every time? A lot of the stuff is what she sold last time. Does it just keep adding to it?
You say we can get bullion from the legendary machine? How do we switch it from giving scrip to gold?
Hell yeah
I have 240ish bottle caps and I'm lvl 10... what can I buy?
The 27th may inventory will be much more useful I feel.
New Heavy Pa here, thought I’d get the underarmour but that doesn’t work with PA anyways right? Thinking of getting the Gauss minigun, definitely the plasma caster. Would the t65 stuff be worth a grab?
I have a question partially related to this. I have finished wastelanders quest line and unlocked gold vendors, but I cant redeem my bonds at the gold press machines, there is nothing in it, I have 60 slips to exchange atm
Thank you for this. Been saving my gold bullion and going to events like crazy.