This Easy To Exploit Bug In Fallout 76 Gives You Unlimited Carry Weight

So … Fallout 76. Along with being a disappointing, albeit multiplayer, follow-up to Fallout 4 — itself a bit lame compared to New Vegas — Bethesda’s return to the post-apocalyptic genre has been buggy. Super buggy. Which is annoying when you’re playing by yourself, but when there are others around? Oh boy. One recent (and supposedly patched) bug allows pretty much anyone to have infinite carrying capacity. Want to lug around 239 pieces of power armour? No probs!

You can see the exploit in action in the video above from YouTube channel “RGD5IMPACT”. It’s just one of many clips showing off how it works.

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I won’t go into specifics, other than to say it involves pocketed armour and a repeated action. Eventually, your max carry weight enters the negatives, apparently bugging out the game’s ability to flag your character as over-encumbered.

From there, you can carry whatever you want without the associated penalties.

Note that logging out will reset things, so you’ll need to repeat the exploit every time you play. I think we can all agree it’s a minor annoyance compared to the benefits.

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Fallout 76 – UNLIMITED Carry Weight Glitch! After Patch! (In Depth Tutorial) [YouTube]

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