Throughout the Commonwealth, there are a few unique pieces of power armor. Their effects can't be found anywhere else, and often cater to a specific play style. Some even require specific perks to function, providing specific bonuses to those perks.

Since Power Armor to the People is modular and not everyone will have all of the power armor sets, there is a configuration setting in MCM to add all unique power armor items even if the power armor set they normally correspond to is not installed. If this is enabled, a replacement set (noted in parentheses in the table below) will be used so that the unique item is still available. However, if enabled, installing the power armor set the unique effect was meant for will not place the unique item again - it will remain only available as the replacement item. If not enabled, installing other power armor sets (along with the corresponding Power Armor to the People patch) will place the new unique items.

The following unique power armor pieces are available. All of these unique power armor locations can be viewed on the Power Armor Location Map.

Name	Type of Power Armor	Armor Slot	Effect	Where to Obtain
Chemhead	Cagebreaker Power Armor (Raider Power Armor)	Helm	Take 25% less damage when under the effects of chems	Purchase from Shelbie Chase in the Nuka-Town Market
Storyteller	T-49 (T-45)	Helm	Gain 10% more experience	Purchase from The Collector
Visionary's T-60c Helmet	T-60	Helm	Bonus to Action Point refresh speed	Reward for completing A Loose End quest
Overseer's Vantage	Vault-Tec Power Armor (T-45)	Helm	Deal 20% more damage while indoors	Purchase in Vault 81 after completing Hole in the Wall
Hometown Hero	Settler Vigilante (T-51)	Helm	Increases Charisma based on how many settlements you have defended from attackers (up to +3). Increased chance for Settler Vigilantes to help defend settlements.	Given to the player after defending 10 settlements from attack
People's Power Armor Helmet	Red Shift (T-51)	Helm	+1 to all SPECIAL stats if you have less than 1000 caps	In an Expert locked chest on a floating platform northeast of Croup Manor
Terrifying Presence	X-01	Helm	Bonus to pacification chance and distance, and pacification now works on enemies that are higher level than you	Inside the locked stowage depot with Proctor Teagan, aboard the Prydwen (Master hacking or Master locksmith required)
Piezonucleic Power Armor*	T-45 or T-51	Torso	Radiation exposure increases Action Point refresh speed	Cambridge Polymer Labs
Rocketeer*	T-51c (T-51)	Torso	Fly higher and faster when using a jet pack	Purchase from Atom Cats Garage
Unfinished Prototype*	SE-01 (T-60)	Torso	There is a 5% chance to deal radiation damage to nearby enemies when hit, once every 60 seconds	In the basement in Nahant added by the mod
Rapture	Submersible Power Armor (T-60)	Torso+Helm	Fusion core energy recharges while in water	In the locked underwater trunk at Brooke's Head Lighthouse in Far Harbor
Director's Mantle	Institute Power Armor (X-01)	Torso+Helm	There is a 1% chance that a synth will be teleported to aid you whenever you are hit	Purchase from Requisitions within the Institute after completing Nuclear Family (must side with the Institute)
Electromagnetic Recycler	Midwest Power Armor (T-60)	Torso	1% chance of preventing damage from an attack, and a 3% chance of adding ballistic ammo from attacks to your inventory	Purchase from Proctor Teagan aboard the Prydwen after becoming a Paladin
Energy Condenser	Ultracite (T-60)	Torso	Fusion core recharges slightly after being hit by energy damage. Energy ammo from attacks has a chance to be added to your inventory.	Purchase from Proctor Teagan aboard the Prydwen after becoming a Sentinel
Exemplar's T-60c	T-60	Torso	10% reduction in Action Point costs in V.A.T.S.	Reward for completing Duty or Dishonor quest by persuading Clarke to turn himself in
Oppenheimer's Elegy	Spartan Power Armor (X-01)	Torso	Increases Explosives damage by 10%. Reduces damage from explosions by 25%.	In a locked down power armor repair bay inside the Fort Hagen Satellite Array (Master hacking required)
Cryogenerator Power Armor*	Enclave X-02	Torso	Regenerates cryo cells if you have a cryo weapon equipped, up to a limit of 100	Obtain from The Winter Soldier in Vault 111 (complete quest that can only start at level 32)
Persistent Patriot	Liberty (T-51)	Torso	Increases damage dealt by up to 5% for each piece of equipped power armor, the closer each is to breaking	Purchase from The Collector
Ashur's Arm*	Tribal Power Armour (T-45)	Left Arm	+1 Luck, +1 Charisma, +15 AP	On Rivet, a Pitt raider on an overpass north of Poseidon Reservoir
Sustenance	T-47R (T-45)	Left Arm	Grants increasing radiation resistance the lower your health (up to +150)	In an Advanced locked footlocker in the lock-up area of Mass Fusion Containment Shed
Lucky Deflector	T-65 (T-51)	Left Arm	If you have the Ricochet perk, increases the chance of a ricochet	In an Expert locked box at the Vertibird Wreckage (Glowing Sea)
Battering Ram	Classic Advanced (X-01)	Left Arm	Doubles Pain Train damage and stagger	In a Master locked box near the Murkwater vertibird crash
Tessa's Fist	Raider Power Armor	Right Arm	Quadruples durability	Found on Tessa in Quincy Ruins
Flesh Augur	Excavator (Raider)	Right Arm	Unarmed attacks ignore 30% of target's armor	Thicket Excavations, on the steamer trunk
Adaptation	T-51	Right Arm	If you have at least 250 rads, radiation exposure makes power armor indestructible	Purchase from Brother Kane after completing Cleansing the Land (Far Harbor) by siding with the Children of Atom
True American*	Enclave Power Armor (X-01)	Right Arm	+10% damage and resistance against Super Mutants and Ghouls	In Enclave Hideout added by Enclave Power Armor mod
The Juggernaut	Hellcat Power Armor (T-51)	Left Leg	Hitting an enemy with Pain Train restores 20 Action Points and increases speed by 10% for 10 seconds	Electrical Hobbyist's Club, in the cellar
Honor	T-60	Left Leg	Bonus to Action Point refresh speed	Purchase from Proctor Teagan aboard the Prydwen after becoming a Paladin
Heavy Metal*	Hellfire/X-03 (X-01)	Left Leg	Increases carry capacity by 15 for each heavy gun in your inventory, up to a maximum of 5	Listening Post Bravo
Rad Eater	T-45	Right Leg	Radiation exposure makes fusion cores last 50% longer	Purchase in the Crater of Atom
Vengeance	T-60	Right Leg	Reflects 10% of melee damage back on attacker	Purchase from Proctor Teagan aboard the Prydwen after becoming a Sentinel
Fleetfoot	X-02 (T-51)	Right Leg	Increases movement speed by 20% when outnumbered	Federal Supply Cache 84NE, in the locked storage room (Expert hacking required)
Camaraderie	Soviet Power Armor (X-01)	Right Leg	If your companion is in power armor, both of you deal 5% more damage and receive 5% less damage	Purchase from The Collector

• Entries marked in italics are from the base game, and are included for convenience
• Power armor types in parentheses are replacements that are only used if the mod for the standard type of power armor is not installed and the appropriate configuration is set in MCM
• Piezonucleic Power Armor in the base game does not actually do what the item description says - this has been fixed, increasing AP regen by 50% more than the Powered legendary effect but only when exposed to radiation
• Rocketeer requires F4SE to decrease jetpack AP drain and increase jetpack thrust
• Lucky Deflector multiplies the Ricochet chance by 1.5 (e.g. 7.5% chance with perk rank 1, 10.5% chance with perk rank 2)
• The Juggernaut won't increase movement speed above 100% faster than normal
• Heavy Metal will also compensate for half the weight of the first 5 mini-nukes and 10 missiles in Survival Mode by default - this can be configured using MCM if you use a mod that disables ammo weight in Survival Mode
• If you have more than one X-02 power armor mod installed, Fleetfoot will be whichever patch is lower in your load order
• If you have more than one Hellfire power armor mod installed, Heavy Metal will be whichever patch is lower in your load order
• Unfinished Prototype, Ashur's Arm, and True American are available from The Collector if the configuration setting to add all unique effects regardless of installed mods is used
• Cryogenerator can be configured using MCM to remove the need for an equipped cryo weapon (any weapon that uses cryo cells for ammo) or to change the limit on when it stops generating new cryo cells

Unique Effects for Legendary Power Armor

In Mod Configuration Menu, there is a configuration option to allow these unique effects to be added to the list of possible legendary power armor effects. Each effect can be toggled individually. This is intended to allow the unique effects to apply to any type of power armor so you can get all of the unique effects for your favourite power armor set, but these settings should be used at your own discretion. Using them means that you may get a powerful effect early in the game, so you may want to consider when you add a particular effect in. For arms and legs, the effect is allowed for either left or right to allow for any combination, but using two of the same effect is not advised as one of them could either do nothing, or the effect could be too strong.

Specific Effect Details

Persistent Patriot

For each worn piece of power armor, the following damage increase applies:

Power Armor Condition	Damage Increase
100%	0%
75%	1%
50%	3%
25%	5%
0%	0%

The total damage increase is the sum of these increases for each piece of worn power armor. For example, if every piece of power armor is below 25% but none are broken, the total increase in attack damage will be 30%.

Note that 25% is when the power armor HUD shows the condition as red. When this is shown, the maximum damage increase is available.