Solution: There are still a few options; Keep your best equipment and power armor in a depopulated settlement, such as Red Rocket truck stop. If you haven’t sent settlers there, then settlers can’t steal your equipment.
Will settlers pick up weapons?
Getting your weapons & power armor back from settlers or companions is a non-issue, as you can simply trade gear back for free, & tell them to exit the armor. No big deal there. Settlers won’t refuse to return items or leave town. They won’t even take a projectile weapon unless they have ammo for it…
Is it possible for settlers to steal armor?
Settlers CAN still steal armor even if it has no core in it. I had a settler steal 22 100% cores from a crate, then jumped in my armor and used it. I had to talk to him to get him to get out of the armor, then trade with him to get my cores back. After a while, settlers will get out of the armor on their own and just leave them lying around.
How to prevent settlers from taking your gear?
What is the best way to prevent settlers taking your “personal” gear, and how do you prevent settlers from taking power armour if they have their own fusion cores? There are still a few options; Keep your best equipment and power armor in a depopulated settlement, such as Red Rocket truck stop.
What to do if NPC steals your power armor?
Pull the fusion cores of any and all sets of power armor to prevent NPCs from hopping in. Store the cores in a locked room with no interactable items in it. Just make a small cement room with an electric droor and a switch to open/close the door, add a storage bin of your choice inside and put any/all really valuable stuff in there.
How do I Stop my settlers from stealing my weapons?
Alternately, find a safe connected to a terminal, drop your stuff in it, and lock it. This has the downside that you’ll have to travel back to wherever the terminal-safe was. And even if you can find or somehow create one in a settlement, settlers that have the hacking or lock-picking skill might still be able to get at your things.
