Helpful and timely video, even for a level 470 player like myself. 😅 I like your philosophy: if you aren't using it, get rid of it. I need to consider this more.

The stash really should not have a weight limit, its literally a game based around hording equipment.

stash space is the single biggest issue in the game for me

Tip from a new player: don't let power armor pieces fill up your inventory. I didn't actually use the armor, so I wasn't sure how it all worked. Stick those pieces on a free power armor frame! I didn't know you could do that, I kept getting all these legendary armor bits and they were taking like half my inventory. Power armor frames baby! Literally turned like 600lbs into 30lbs.

Tip. Your perk cards for weight don't apply when it's not carried on your personal inventory. Meaning it weighs different in your stash.

I find it funny you mentioned getting rid of non use/needed weapons with my stash box looks like a chipmunk prepared for the winter but with ammo, weapons, and junk

game would be 10x more enjoyable if scrap box and ammo box wasnt fo1

They should make a quest for a bigger stash box

A moment of silence for the bad old days, before the stash limit was increased...

just another useful tip on 1st membership. You can still draw from the 1st member's scrap/junk box even after ending the subscription, you just can't deposit more scrap into the box. So if you are on a budget like me, what you can do is buy one month of membership, then during that month, load up on as much junk as possible, and cancel after that one month. From there just keep drawing until you feel like your personal stash box is getting full again, then repeat and rinse. I probably buy 1 membership month every quarter. Just a little penny saver.

the thing about 76 that is one of it's worst features is the limitations of the stash box. they truly limit everything in the game so you're unable to truly be a hoarder which is a staple of the series.

I just sort each tab in my stash by stack weight then pick out all of the heaviest stuff that I don't need. Thank you for explaining all of the junk items, it was very helpful! ❤

Kinda wish there was a CAMP house display item that lets you toss perk cards onto it that would benefit your camp. Such as ammo crafting, armor crafting weapon crafting etc. so we dont have to keep flip flopping back and forth for crafting.

I think the Perk Cards do not affect your stash box. It's just a bug. You can try to remove the items and you'll see the real numbers. That's why you're better off having all items on you if you have a perk card or a backpack with weigh reduction.

Stash wouldn’t be a problem if ammo didn’t weigh nothing at all.

westy thanks for always making quality content and not filler bullshit for newbies and veterans alike. straight to the point easy to digest and informative. cant stand the idiots who make clickbait titles. keep it up hermano

ca 12:40 Hint: You can sort the list by weight, so that the heaviest things are listed at the top.

As a long time Fallout player but new 76 player this is so helpful! I have been storing my power armor in pieces because I had no idea you could store it with the pieces on, especially since I can't wear armor with the pieces yet. Thanks for all the tips!

Thanks for the video. I've been hoarding cloths like nurse uniforms and those darn hats. I know maps aren't much but I have way too many and I only went farming maps one time. I try to keep at least 1 of each plan so when I start a new character, I can move everything over and learn them right off the bat then store them again. But yeah it's past time for spring cleaning.

This type of instructional video is always welcome, a bastard for newbies that can take a long while to figure out. I didn’t figure it out until level 70 or so. Good work West Tek dude, I am certain a lot people will benefit from this. Have a good day all and will catch up in the wasteland……

The most important thing to remember with inventory management: item weights differ depending on your active perks, and body/power armor special effects. Stacking these % bonuses (like Traveling Pharmacy with a -20% food/chem weight, or Pack Rat and -20% junk weight), so your stash box should really just be for items with weight you can’t reduce, items for sale, and items you absolutely cannot carry. Make or look for deep-pocketed 3* Legendary body armor pieces that have different % reductions. This is how you carry around more than your stash box can hold.

By being limited to 1200 pounds junk stash box by not being 1st it is insane to see what your junk weighs.

Ive discovered a lot of weight can be removed by drastically reducing the amount of chems and stimpacks i hold onto. In addition to whatever food i take, along with a few nuka-cherrys cuz damn are they helpful with the perk, i never carry more than 5 stims. Chances are really good you'll find plenty while you're exploring and its a really common reward for quests. Get them caps instead

This is super helpful, thank you! Looking forward to more!

Thanks for the great video. I confess i do FO 1st once or twice a year( usually as a B-day present to myself) so i can fill my scrap box and now my ammo stash now that thats a thing which helps a lot , you can still pull from it after you lose FO 1st you just cant store it anymore ( pretty sure you can't store it ).

Watch your boiled water accumulation. It's probably the most common loot. I had 150 lb of it on me yesterday and didn't even realize it. Holy Moly. You know I took a big boiled water dump, right there in the road. =D

I would usually store junk which is hard to get. The rest which is easy to get, I would just go farm them when I need them. The bulking thing was new for me. I did not know that it did not make any difference and I was wasting my precious molded plastics. Thanks for the tip.

Plastic is useful for shotgun shell ammo. I use armor perks and spent quite a bit rolling a few but you can get 20% reduction on ammo or weapons or the best one I like is food, drink AND chems. Power armor also can get these legendary perks. Plus if you are real lucky you can get plus 1 strength on them. Weapons and armor if you happen to get the 90% weight perk more with heavier guns those work so nice. Last but not least it may take a while but getting the scout large backpack and then the mod for the expanded that’s an extra 120 carry weight. There are other mods but a universal one works for me.

Great video. As a brand new player, i learned quiet a bit just about food. I didn't know it went bad, explains where the spoiled stuff is coming from.

I had no idea. I've been trying to figure out how to manage my power armor. I had moved every thing to an alt but that's such a hassle. This is great. Soon as I get home I'm doing this. Thank you for the tip

I picked up 76 three weeks ago, your informative videos are a huge help thanks brotha. 🔥I challenge you to put together an updated build video, maybe some combos of PA and non-PA. TIA

Just started playing 3 days ago and made it to level 46 using tips and tricks i learnt off your videos Thank you 👍

I don't store ANY weapons (except grenades/mines I find, so I can sell them once the vendors caps restock) I don't store ANY armor (except the one power armor frame) I don't store ANY apparel (except a Hazmat Suit) I have a handful of foods (and my extra Purified Waters) I have barely any "aid" (never use any except RadX, RadAway and Stimpacks) I don't store any Misc (because most of 'em can't be stored to begin with) I toss in any HoloTapes I can I toss in most Notes I can (but I sell any plans/recipes I already know) I never keep any Mods, because they're for things I don't have/use (so far) I have a fair amount of ammo, but I try not to have too many (especially things like the missiles) Junk is the bane of my existence. I barely have more than 100-200 of everything (with a few being in the 10's, and a handful being nonexistent) and yet I'm always stuck around 1100/1200

Such a useful video! I've omly been playing 76 for a few weeks and have been struggling with my stash box being full when I need to dump stuff accumulated at an event.

Thank you @MrWestTek I stumbled across your KZfaq channel/videos recently, and I really appreciate your content Sir, and you have been a BIG help to me and my Fallout 76 level 58 power armor build character. I'm kinda stuck at the moment, I have 4 unused perks from leveling up that I don't know how to get used for perks and what not atm. Thanks again for your help Sir

Another good tip for inventory management is the ammo converter. You can essentially bank a fraction of the ammo you have by converting it all into points then just withdrawing ammo when you need it. Especially heavy stuff like missiles. The return rate isnt the greatest but ammo is common enough that you dont have to worry about it too much

Thanks for your help. I’ve been struggling for so long.I’m so much better with you help 👍🏼

"Make it to it's final form" when talking about junk made me laugh so hard that was funny & great tips brotha

I wish they would give us the option to sell ammo

Hi, for our new friends who'd like to manage their stims and rads alternatively to stashing. Equip luck stim/rad find perk when needed. (Rinse and repeat perks when appropriate)

Thanks for the help, my stash was suffering. Very helpful vid! Also I can't help but notice what sounds like a remix of Theater from Jak X music in the background, nice. 😄

Funny thing regarding canned dog food, during the beta and after launch I took the triple benefit from dog food perk, friends laughed and joked, but I wasn't the one that was always hungry

I’d settle for stash size doubling or tripling or make it so you can reduce weight of certain items in stash like you can in your inventory.

This'll be super useful, thanks for making this video! I think of things I'm likely to hoard, it'll be important materials (Once I figure out what I need) and Apparel, because I want to look stylish when wandering the wasteland!

great video...i'm a dummy, didn't realize until watching this that weight was eating up my stash space. i have a bunch of power armor i don't use that i see is eating up a ton of space

Thanks for this video. I hit the 1200 lbs from hoarding and forgetting about the items. This video helped me knock it down to 650 lol. Had 200 lbs of legendary stuff collected and forgotten about

Awesome video! Something I noticed you don't really touch on is the use of mules. If you have a friend, then its not hard to swap items between characters. I have an account literally just called mule, who's stash and inventory has hit max. Which is just all the stuff I never want to get rid of or scrap. I think you can have 1200 space in your stash and then 1650 pounds for your maximum inventory space.

This is very good thank you Mr WestTek. Much appreciated.

Another very useful video. Good job! I just cleared out all my crap. Saved myself like 200lb

One of my characters has 16 power armor frames all full of PA pieces of script. Also useful to carry an empty frame out on your adventures in case you get some PA drops.

I’ve been grinding the treasure hunters… so this will defiantly help me as I will be MASSIVELY hoarding :)

One thing I will say about ammo is to invest in an ammo converter don't just drop it.... if you put all the low selling and unusable ammo in there gain points over time and get the ammo you use.... save you a little bit on crafting ammo materials... and you can replace your high sellers in the vendor with that if you choose also

thanks for the vid even with Fallout 1st I'm a hoarder. As far as I've seen bulking only saves weight on a couple of the scrap types and also then wastes the plastic (so I would give that a miss unless its steel or lead I think)

I generally have thru hiker and traveling pharmacy equipped so I keep almost all food and chems on my character to save room in the stash box.

If you’ve got items in the vendor that don’t get sold, usually power armor or weapons with no legendaries, then it’s best to scrap them or sell them at an npc vendor. I had 2 power armor sets that took up around 200 lbs of space in my vendor that never got sold, plus it opened the doors for more caps to be made with additional vendor slots.

In ESO you can pay in game currency to upgrade your bag and your bank, plus stuff on sale doesnt take up spqce, dont see why its significantly more annoying here when the whole point of the game was having people be the traders.

Thru hiker and travelling pharmacy are really good perks. I wouldn’t bother putting food in my stash box. Especially nuka cola. Since they weigh like 1.

Why do i feel like he made this video sound way more simple than the reality lol. Especially trying to keep a nicely stocked shop the space is just a non stop struggle

Do I have to take the scrap put pf the box and into myself to be able to build or I can build and everything in the scrapbox will be available?

Guys get yourself a weapon weight reduction perk on pa or armor !!! Grenades and weapons / meeles are almost weightless 😁😇

These be the most helpful videos ngl

The dash on your inventory works great ✌️💜🖖

Again a very helpful video keep em coming 👍👍

I've been playing for about a month now, and after a couple weeks decided, I'm going to be using rifles, while keeping 1 good melee in my personal inventory with 1 pistol and 1 shotgun as a backup, and made a choice keep a couple heavies in my inventory just incase. So no energy weapons. So getting rid of all of my energy weapons, and fuel cells, lightened up my stash by almost 300. So I think the biggest thing, is to decide what you want your armor type and weapon type to be and theb scrap all the rest or just leave it and don't pick it up, and it has made me be able to manage my inventory and stash without Fall1st. it's for sure manageable.

"This character's a herbivore" lol. Thats some serious roleplay.

What items should I spam craft with the junk I have? Since I don't want to buy fallout 1st or drop all the excess junk I have.

Im level 120, have fallout 1st with all my junk and ammo stored for free, and use the aid carry weight perks so I don't store any meds in stash and 1200 lbs is still not enough storage if you want to be able to keep more than one set of gear and still have a vendor. An increase to 1500 would be extremely appreciated but id prefer 2000.

Great motto.... if you dont use it, sell it or drop it. Good video. Covered it well. I just got FO76 First and it cured my inventory problem. Plus it has encouraged me to keep a tighter reign on things. I am a Fallout explorer and hoarder from Fallout 3 onward. Just the piece of mind First gives me is immeasurable.

The first 10mm that I got from the woman outside Vault 76.. I renamed it "My First Gun" and keep it around in my stash :D

Great vid Tek!

At around 20 mins in your video, when discussing Junk, I expected you to bring up making scrapped junk bulk, a la bulk lead, bulk steel, via the Tinker’s Workbench. As a non FO1st player, that saves even more weight in your stash, and you can sell bulk to vendors. I find after you are done with your camp, you really don’t need concrete, and repair kits take care of actually repairing things at workbenches.

Are there good places to set up my camp so that people will come by and actually look at my store and buy things? I find that when people come by they usually buy a few things no problem but its just that they dont check me out very often.

i found the cause of my weight problems on my character it was cannonballs i had 180 of them used up 100 lbs without knowing it lol

So when you say "get rid" do u mean sell, scrap or just donate?

I am starting my fallout76 journey today.. Thanks for making this video. Helpful for nooblet like me hehe!!

Some tips from a Level 200-ish player. This is how I keep my stash box clean and have around 100 pounds of breathing room for emergency situations WITHOUT Fallout 1st: 1. Like MrWestTek says in the video, if you aren't using it, get rid of it. Sell it or drop it 2. There's 5 major things that will put alot of weight in your stash box: Weapons, Armor, Medicine, Junk, and ammo 3. Only keep up to 5 of each type of medicine that isn't stimpaks. As for stimpaks, keep as little of them as your build will allow. Stimpaks especially will weigh you down FAST 4. Only keep up to 200 or less of each type of junk no matter what it is. At least this is what I find alot of success with as a melee build user. Other builds might need more junk. Essentially, try to keep as little junk as possible. It will help keep your weight under control

Stable flux weights an awful lot... plus with some of the challenges that come up you'll want to keep several of each of the alcohol types

Charisma 1, no hard bargin perk card, sell to merchants, same outcome more space.

brill thank you! didn't know about Scrapping, and I maxed out weight in my box lol

I needed this because I have a high problem with wanting to keep event items😭

Thanks helped me out a lot.

Excellent video.

Awesome Video MrwestTek!!!

Even though I thought I was managing my stash pretty well at around 900-950 LBS I was actually able to reduce to about 820 with the video. Great watch even if you aren't a new player!

as for not bulking you can sell lot of balk at a good price only if its in balk like steel has 0 selling price but in balk you can sell it . a way to make good caps

I've noticed that you don't really have rad away so is it normal to have over 400?

I wish they would give us like a wardrobe where we could keep all apparel seperate.

After a week of playing, you don't really need to stash any food, there are more than enough places that you can fast travel and kill some Brahmins, the NPCs will not attack you. With the extra meat from animals you can get from SPECIAL cards, it really shouldn't be a biggie. Except if you wanna use get the buff stats. But if I'm not mistaken, both Radstag and Brahmin (when cooked) will net you +20 carry weight for like 30min or something.

Super HELPFUL!!! thanks man!! Subbed and liked.

Do you have a spreadsheet on how much to sell apparel pieces for?

Once I have three 3 star weapons and armor I toss everything 2 star and 1 star. Too long to sell compared to 3s that I price low anyway. I dont rename anything at all I have one set of ss armor I use and swap PA frames (all rolled exactly how I want) but most are just display. I never stash explosives or food or chems. Im always holding free room. Is your stash box so low because you have an ammo box and scrapbox? Because I dont.

Yes dude! Nice advice. Didnt know hardly any of this last year when i started. YES- it is load bearing… CLAIM TOKENS!!!! You can trade them in outside the entrance of the mine.. they give you junk and random ammo I believe. THEY WEIGH SO DAMN MUCH. So yeah, there are better ways to get scrap and ammo without holding 5k lbs of tokens!

I WAS SO CONFUSED WHY MY STASH WAS SO WEIGHED DOWN UNTIL I REALISED I HAD ALMOST 150 INERT FLUX THAT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DRINK

I have started posting these videos in a fallout group on FB, I noticed a lot of new players asking questions about the game, so i intended to guide them to you to gain their answers lol, hope you dont mind dude.. i can remove them all if required, but your videos could attract alot of fallout 76 skeptics from the group too, as you make the game look tasty, even to me with 3k hours in the game.

You guy probably already know but another way to clear stash space is to equip your PA pieces to chasis and store the whole unit in there instead of the game registering the weight of individual parts it will only register the weight of the chasis. As a PA merchant this is a must do.

what this video taught me is that my stash box isnt that bad right now, ill be back later.

Tip: Have 2+ characters made. Have a friend stay on a world while you use a box somewhere in the world to stash stuff you dont need in your box, remember that location and then switch to your second made character, then have them pick it all up. Ininfite stash capacity

I lover your vodeos

Do the pre-war food items ever spoil?

One of these but for new players would be very helpful. I'm only level 26 and my stash is already above 1100 lbs. Being lower level, I can't really do certain things like base my decisions off of stars.