Fallout 76: How To Craft The Excavator Power Armor (2024)

If you're planning to farm for any kind of mined material in Fallout 76, then there's only one way to speed it up, and that's the Excavator Power Armor. If you find yourself mining for the necessities, the Excavator Power Armor can make tedious trudges across the wasteland a thing of the past.

It has one standout ability, and that is four times returns from mining ore — yes, it really can speed up your ore farming habits by four times. This makes it one of the most useful armor sets in the game, and we're going to break down how to get it for you in Fallout 76.

Updated June 10, 2024, by Andrew Scariati: Crafting the Excavator Power Armor in Fallout 76 is one of the best decisions you can make, especially if you just joined Appalachia following Fallout 76's popularity boom. We've added explanations for how to get the Excavator Power Armor, along with more details about what makes it worth your time and effort.

How To Find The Excavator Power Armor Plans

You should be level 25 in order to hunt down this armor set.

You'll need to take on the Miner Miracles quest, for which level 25 is recommended, and the lowest-level Excavator Power Armor set Fallout 76 offers to craft is level 25.

During the Miner Miracles quest, you'll be able to access a terminal in the Garrahan Mining Headquarters, deep within the R&D section.

Once on the terminal, you can browse through the options, and you'll find one that allows you to download the full schematics for the Excavator Power Armor set.

You can only craft the Excavator Power Armor at a Power Armor Station, and now all you need are the requisite materials.

How To Craft The Excavator Power Armor

The Excavator Power Armor in Fallout 76 has four unique effects that make it worth crafting in:

1. Gain four times as much yield from mining materials.
2. +100 Carry Weight.
3. 42 percent total damage reduction (DR).
4. 90 percent Reduced Radiation taken.

Here's everything you need for the basic level 25 version of the armor set.

You can also purchase plans to craft mods for the Excavator Power Armor by speaking to one of three vendor bots scattered across Appalachia:

1. Greg in Grafton
2. Chad in Camden Park
3. Responder vendors at The Whitespring Resort