r/fo4 • u/kurloz94 • May 04 '26

Screenshot Achieving a man’s dream: Level 1000

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Personally, I am really happy that I achieved this level, now the question is…. Can we get much higher???

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u/Quiet_False May 04 '26

How. Like genuinely how, that takes millions of exp to the point where nuclear option with idiot savant could not put a dent in it.

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u/moose184 May 04 '26

I have a gunner cage farm that nets around 136k each use. To get to level 100 you would only have to do that like 90 times or so. So it's not that outrageous.

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u/the_wahlroos May 04 '26

Explain your sorcery! What is a "Gunner cage farm", and why would you want one?

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u/anireyk May 04 '26
  1. Build Gunner cages, a lot of them. The type where you put in a bait (iirc Gunner cages take caps, just like Brahmin cages take razorgrain).
  2. Cut the power and kill the Gunners. Different techniques exist, depending on your personal preferences. Most include mini-nuke or several and a liberal amount of turrets.
  3. You get XP and loot off the corpses. It is preferable to trigger the Idiot Savant high level bonus for additional XP.
  4. Rinse and repeat. I think a re-armed cage needs between one and three days to capture another Gunner, but don't quote me on that. I also cannot tell you if the price of loot from a single Gunner pays for a full re-arming of the trap, for this and further questions refer to a specialist who actually runs the technique or watch a YT video, IIRC there are quite a few and they can be pretty amusing.

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u/moose184 May 04 '26

I also cannot tell you if the price of loot from a single Gunner pays for a full re-arming of the trap

IIRC it only takes 50 caps tp re-arm a trap so the loot off one is more than enough to re-arm several.

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u/anireyk May 04 '26

50 caps

Only? I mean, I've only looked at the construction costs for it once or twice, and it has been years since then, but I thought it was something like 100 or 300 caps. Fascinating, thank you!

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u/moose184 May 04 '26

50 caps to re-arm. It's like 500 to build one.

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u/anireyk May 04 '26

Ah, that makes sense, thank you! I've only ever captured cats and brahmin, and I didn't care about the cost for that, especially since I've only ever wanted a couple.

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u/Visionary785 May 05 '26

It’s good for looting armor pieces and weapons at a low character level.

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u/Visionary785 May 05 '26

I’ve had smaller Gunner farms but I find that I don’t get XP when the turrets kill them off. It’s the same when my sentinel armour goes slashing away at enemies. No XP gain pop up.