Fallout 4 legendary armor effects

In Fallout 4, Legendary armor effects are effects applied to basic armor that use special prefix modifiers that cannot be obtained elsewhere. They cannot be scrapped, but can be modified. They will appear on screen when picked up, and are marked with a star. Unlike unique armors, they are randomized and are never named. Legendary effects can provide the same effects as unique armor. Like unique armors, Legendary armors can be given a custom name and modified at an armor station.
Legendary armor pieces are only found on the bodies of "Legendary" variants of enemies. These enemies spawn at random locations throughout the Commonwealth, the Island, and Nuka-World, depending on the difficulty setting. They are much more difficult to defeat than regular enemies, as each one will "mutate" after 50% of their health is depleted, restoring it to full and boosting their stats. They will almost always have a legendary piece of equipment in their inventory. Sometimes the legendary enemy (or ally) is not labeled as "Legendary," but can be identified by the healing waves during and after a fight (if still alive). Legendary armor pieces can also be awarded for completing certain quests, and can rarely be found in tribute chests or as rewards from the Nuka-Cade.
==Legendary armor prefixes==
Any legendary mod will add 2 Damage Resistance and 2 Energy Resistance to the armor. 
Name 	Stat 	Form ID	Found in 	Randomly drops in
Acrobat's 	Reduces falling damage by 50%. Equipping two items with this effect will prevent 100% of fall damage.	 	 	Legs
Assassin's 	Reduces damage from humans by 15%. 	 	Destroyer's chest piece, Protector's left armguard, Silver Shroud costume (armor) 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Atom's Bulwark 	Damage resistance and energy resistance increase with Rads. 	 	Atom's Bulwark only 	–
Auto Stim 	Automatically use a stimpak when hit while health is 25% or less, once every 60 seconds. 	 	 	Chest
Bolstering 	Grants increasing energy and damage resistance the lower your Health (up to +35). 	 	Steadfast BOS combat armor chest piece, Apocalypse left greave, Mark 3 synth chest piece 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Cavalier's 	Reduces damage while blocking or sprinting by 15%. 	 	Destroyer's left arm 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Chameleon 	Enemies have a harder time detecting you while you're sneaking and not moving. 	 	Mark 2 synth chestpiece, Mark 4 synth chest piece 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Fortifying / Champion	+1 Strength and +1 Endurance 	 	Champion left arm, Black Ops chestpiece 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Cloaking 	Being hit in melee generates a Stealth Field once per 60 seconds 	 	 	Chest
Cryogenic 	10% chance to freeze melee attackers, once every 20 seconds. 	 	 	Chest
Cunning 	+1 Agility and +1 Perception 	 	Recon marine helmet, Mantis left greave, Champion right arm, Wastelander's chest piece, Mark 2 synth helmet 	Chest, Arms, Legs
DiMA 	+1 Agility, +1 Endurance and +1 Intelligence. 	 	Acadia's Shield only 	–
Diver Suit 	Wearer gains ability to breathe under water and protection from radiation. 	 	Rescue diver suit only 	–
Duelist's 	10% chance to disarm melee attacker on hit. 	 	Mantis left armguard 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Exterminator's 	Reduces damage from Mirelurks and bugs by 15%. 	 	 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Freefall 	Prevents falling damage if both legs have this. 	 	Freefall Legs only 	–
Ghoul slayer's 	Reduces damage from ghouls by 15%. 	 	 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Grognak's Loin-cloth 	Increases the wearer's strength and melee damage. 	 	Grognak costume and wildman rags only 	–
Hunter's 	Reduces damage from animals by 15%. 	 	 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Incendiary 	30% chance to ignite melee attackers, once every 20 seconds. 	 	 	Chest
Inquisitor's cowl 	Wearer's Intelligence increases with Rads. 	 	Inquisitor's cowl only 	–
Little Menace's 	+1 Strength. -1 Perception. Reduces detection from moving and makes the wearer 15% faster. 	 	Pint-Sized Slasher costume only 	–
Lucky 	+2 Luck 	 	Mark 4 synth left leg 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Martyr's 	Temporarily slows time down during combat when you are at 20% or less Health. 	 	Devastator's right greave, Recon marine left arm, Apocalypse armor chestplate 	Chest
Mutant Slayer's 	Reduces damage from super mutants by 15%. 	 	Protector's right armguard, Wastelander's right leg 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Nuka-Girl 	Grants ability to breathe underwater and +1 Charisma. 	 	Nuka-Girl rocketsuit only 	–
Poisoner's 	+25 poison resistance. 	 	 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Powered 	Increases Action Point refresh speed. 	 	Visionary's T-60c helmet, Commando chest piece, Honor, Mark 3 synth right arm 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Punishing 	Reflects 10% of melee damage back on attacker. 	 	Vengeance, Devastator's chestpiece 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Rad Powered 	Grants additional Strength the higher your rads. 
(+1 Strength per 133 rads) 	 	 	Chest
Safecracker's 	Increases size of sweet spot while picking locks. 	 	 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Sentinel's / Titan's 	Reduces damage while standing and not moving by 15%. 	 	Overseer's right armguard, Recon marine chest piece 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Sharp 	+1 Charisma and +1 Intelligence. 	 	Destroyer's helmet, Mechanist's helmet 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Sprinter's 	Increases movement speed by 10%. 	 	The Captain's Hat, Oswald's tophat, Destroyer's right leg, Destroyer's left leg, Black Ops right shinguard, Recon marine right arm	Legs
Troubleshooter's 	Reduces damage from robots by 15%. 	 	Champion chestpiece, The Dapper Gent 	Chest, Arms, Legs
Unyielding 	+3 to all stats when you are at 25% or less health 	 	Unyielding synth chest piece 	Chest
VATS Enhanced 	10% reduction in Action Point cost in V.A.T.S. 	 	Exemplar's T-60c, Overseer's left armguard, Commando helmet 	Chest, Arms, Legs
===S.P.E.C.I.A.L. armor effects===
Fortifying, Cunning, Lucky, and Sharp are stackable.
===Auto Stim armor effects===
The Auto Stim effect will not increase one's dehydration level in survival mode, unlike using a stimpak normally.
===Camouflage armor effects===
Cloaking and Chameleon effect has the same effect as the Stealth Boy mod for power armor - it turns the wearer invisible. Which part of the armor bears the mod is irrelevant; it will always work the same. However, it has been proven that multiple pieces of Chameleon armor do stack to provide additional stealth. For example, a character of identical build was continuously seen and attacked when using one piece but "lost" and ignored when a full set was equipped in daylight.
All the underlying rules for effective sneaking still apply, so without good sneaking abilities (enough points invested in the Sneak perk and enough U.S. Covert Operations Manuals collected) as well as careful use of the environment, even invisibility may not save the user from being detected by vigilant enemies. The mod also turns not only the wearer invisible but also their weapon including its sights (even the glowing portions of glow sights will not glow,) making aiming difficult unless an electronic scope mod (night vision scope or recon scope) is installed. On the other hand, this makes it easier to see the surrounding world when a weapon is drawn. It is also possible to offset the invisibility of the weapon's sights by using the third person view, in which case a green dot will be displayed at the center of the screen while aiming.
Furthermore, it works on companions as well, although the effect will simply stop working fairly often with no apparent reason, somewhat limiting its usefulness (especially given most companions' unpredictable sneak behavior). Unequipping and re-equipping a Chameleon piece from a companion's equipped inventory fixes their Chameleon armor's effect.
===Martyr's armor effects===
The Martyr's effect does not stack with additional pieces. In fact, wearing multiple pieces can prevent the slowing of time that the effect is supposed to cause. In the game's files, this effect was intended to only spawn on chest armor. However, due to a bug, it instead spawns on any armor piece. Also, if the player character has the superior Nerd Rage! perk, it will completely override the Martyr's effect.
===Bolstering armor effects===
The Bolstering effect does not add extra resistance to the armor itself, but rather to the player character. This can be apparent by looking at the resistance totals under the "STAT" tab of the Pip-Boy, or in the apparel section of the "INV" tab while having full HP, then again after taking damage. The resistance of the armor does not change, but the totals do.
Bolstering increases defense by 4 points for every 10% of health lost, maxing out at +35 damage and energy resistance when at 90% health lost. The Bolstering effect also stacks, making multiple pieces potentially beneficial depending on play style.
===Damage Reduction armor and weapon effects===
All Damage Reduction (i.e. Hunter's, Ghoul Slayer's, Assassin's, Exterminator's, Troubleshooter's, Mutant Slayer's, Cavalier's and Sentinel's) effects stack with the armor and weapon effect of the same name. The resulting bonus is applied multiplicatively. Equipping seven pieces will negate all but approximately 32-33% of incoming damage.
===Unyielding effect and Endurance buffs===
The description of the Unyielding effect, "+3 to all stats when below 25% health," is incorrect, not the function of the effect; it should read "+3 to all stats except Endurance when below 25% health." The effects infobox in the Pip-Boy for items with the effect correctly shows only SPECIAL stats aside from Endurance being buffed.
It is not possible for the effect to buff Endurance without negating itself on application or possibly killing the player character on deactivation. This is because Hit Points are based directly on Endurance, but also act as the trigger for the effect. If the effect buffed Endurance, then on equipping a piece of Unyielding armor and losing 76%+ health to trigger the effect, the player character's total health and current health would be increased, stopping the effect from ever activating.
If the player character got around this (e.g. becoming 76%+ irradiated then when the armor was unequipped) the game would remove the amount of HP corresponding to the added Endurance from both the player character's total and current health, likely killing them or leaving them with 1 HP.
This can be testing using any Endurance buff, such as X-cell. Take X-cell while wearing Unyielding equipment and being 76%+ irradiated, then wait for the chem buff to wear off. The player character's health will drop from 24% to about 0, though they may not die. Due to this, all Endurance buffs, such as Solar Powered rank 1, are dangerous while wearing Unyielding equipment. Perks that cause automatic health regeneration or radiation reduction can also interfere with the Unyielding armor pieces' effect while they are worn.
===Rad Powered effects===
The Rad Powered effect provides +1 Strength for every 133.3 (rounded to the nearest integer) rads the player character has. The maximum Strength bonus per armor piece is 7, which is granted at 933.3 rads. 
In addition, any armor piece with this effect only has the +2 to Damage Resistance and will not have the +2 to Energy Resistance that is always present in legendary armor pieces. 
===Breathe Underwater effects===
The water breathing effects of the rescue diver suit and Nuka-Girl rocketsuit do not allow the user to breathe underwater when added to any other armor pieces. The +1 Charisma from the latter also does not apply. Neither effect is tied to the legendary modification, but rather the unique effects of the armor pieces themselves.
==Power armor exclusive==
Name 	Stat 	Form ID	Found in
Almost Unbreakable 	Quadruples durability. 	 	Tessa's Fist only
Low Weight 	Low carry weight. 	 	
Nuka 	+3 Agility with all pieces equipped 	 	Nuka T-51 power armor
Overboss Tesla coils	Deals Energy damage to nearby enemies. 	 	Overboss power armor chest piece only
Piezonucleic Lining 	Radiation exposure increases Action Point refresh speed. 	 	Piezonucleic power armor
Quantum 	Increases Action Point refresh speed with all pieces equipped	 	Quantum X-01 power armor
Tesla 	Increases Energy damage. 	(right)
(left)
(torso)	Tesla T-60 armor
 The description of the piezonucleic lining is misleading. The legendary effect mod_Custom_PA_APRegenRad adds an enchantment ench_mod_LegendaryPA_RadsCoreHealth, which increases the power armor's fusion core drain by 50% and adds a perk LegendaryPA_RadsCoreHealth, that does not have any effect because its condition can not be fulfilled. Additionally, the legendary effect also increases damage resistance and energy resistance by 2.
==Console command==
Legendary effects can be added to items by dropping them on the ground and using the console command while having them selected, followed by the mod ID. A single item cannot be given multiple effects, but they can be stacked over multiple armor pieces. Mods can also replace one another via console.
If the item is for some reason unclickable (a semi-common glitch,) legendary effects can be added to items using this alternative process:
#Drop the item on the ground.
#Pick up the item in the air by holding E(PC) or whichever control is used to drag ragdolls or moveable objects.
#Open the console and enter . This returns the RefID of the item currently being held in the air.
#Take note of the returned RefID.
#Look up the ModID below for the desired legendary armor effect, note it as well.
#Enter the following in the console (substitute the appropriate RefID and ModID): 
#The following command is an example: .
#The item will drop to the ground, and when picked up, an overview similar to the one received when obtaining any legendary equipment for the first time will appear.
By utilizing the steps described above, it is possible to apply legendary effects to power armor pieces. Unlike regular armor and weapons, power armor cannot be renamed, making it harder to separate enhanced power armor pieces from others of the same name.
==Bugs==
* When using armor with the Chameleon modifier, the Pip-Boy's display will be warped and the text colors over bright and blurry, making it difficult to read. If crouching and invisible, attempting to access the Pip-Boy will sometimes result in the UI being rendered partially or completely white and unusable. If standing and invisible, attempting to access the Pip-Boy can result in the Pip-Boy being transparent so the user is left looking through the character's arm.
** This can be solved by saving and then loading that save or going into 3rd person and then back into 1st person. Another way to solve this is to be using the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy companion app on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet.
** The over-bright, blurry Pip-Boy effect seems to be the game adding the HUD and Pip-Boy lighting/color together, so if the settings are changed so that these colors contrast (i.e. a red Pip-Boy and green HUD,) the Pip-Boy may become more readable, though still not as clearly as when not "invisible."
** Each additional piece of Chameleon armor equipped appears to slightly reduce the distortion of the Pip-Boy display.
* There is a relatively uncommon bug whereas the player character will retain the effects of Chameleon permanently, even after removing all buffed items. Suicide seems to fix this bug. If suicide isn't an option crouching to activate the effect and typing into console will do the trick.
* The Martyr mod may not work at certain times unless V.A.T.S. is entered. This seems to be related to having multiple items with the Martyr effect equipped at once.
* The Fortifying mod will add +10 to Carry Weight but no HP bonus, despite showing an increase of +1 to Endurance in the effects menu. This might be an intended design in case the player receives too much of an HP bonus with all armor pieces equipped at higher levels.
* The Unyielding mod does not provide a +3 bonus to endurance.
* The Duelist's mod will add a 10% chance to disarm any enemy instead of just melee attackers.}}
* The Duelist's mod will occasionally cause enemies in the player's vicinity to be disarmed even if they are not hit by the player.
 
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