Made by West Tek before the war, T-51b is a Power Armor with high Damage Resistance and low Radiation Protection. Having the second-highest defense against Physical and Electrical Damage, it is one of the strongest T-Series PAs ever made.
But unfortunately, it’s not a common spawn in Fallout 76, making it difficult for beginners to get a full set. With this guide, however, all survivors are guaranteed to find at least one premade chassis with all the T-51b parts.
How to Get the T-51b Power Armor in Fallout 76
Players have two ways to get a T-51b Power Armor: Server-hopping and treasure hunting. To find a full set, search central Watoga and hop to other servers until a chassis spawns. To get the plans, collect as many treasure maps as possible and excavate them at Level 40 or 50.
Search Watoga and Server-Hop
The best location for getting a T-51b Power Armor is central Watoga. Visit the Vertabird crash site, Watoga Emergency Services rooftop, and Watoga High School rooftop for a chance to find a full PA set. If there were no chassis in these locations, server-hop and search them again in a new world.
Despite its RNG, the server-hopping method is the most reliable way to get T-Series Power Armors. Players are much likelier to farm all six pieces of the T-51b with this technique than any other.
Here are the best locations to search and server-hop for T-51b:
- Watoga Civic Center rooftop
- Watoga Emergency Services rooftop
- Watoga High School rooftop
- Watoga Vertabird crash site
- Emmett Mountain Disposal Site
- Solomon’s Pond
- National Isolated Radio Array
- Big B’s Rest Stop
- Camp Venture
- The General’s Steakhouse
- Big Bend Tunnel East
- Lost Home
While T-51b parts do show up in Power Armor Stations , they are considered rare spawns. Players are better off without searching these areas because it might take much longer to assemble a set.
Treasure Hunt to Get T-51b Plans
An alternative way to find the T-51b Power Armor is treasure hunting. For that, find treasure maps in containers or retrieve them from boss creatures and loot them at higher levels. With this method, players get the T-51 plans, not the parts, and it’s a better strategy for long-term crafting. However, treasure hunting is totally RNG-based, and there’s no guarantee of getting the right blueprints.
How to Get the T-51b Mods
T-51b modifications can be found in Power Armor Stations and near the PA chassis. But the ideal way to get them is by purchasing mod plans at the Watoga Shopping Plaza from Vendor Bot Phoenix or at the Whitespring Shopping Center from the Protectron vendor.
The Jetpack, Calibrated Shock, Optimized Bracers, and Motion Assist Servos are the best T-51b mods.
Use Charisma perk cards like Hard Bargain and Magnetic Personality to cut the T-51b mods’ prices at the vendors.
Fallout 76 is available now for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.