
You are the only person in the entire game who needs a special perk to wear power armor, companions like Raul who would likely have no experience with power armor has the ability to wear it.However he then brushes it off as a result of the Courier being "well traveled" and will not give you the option to alert him of the former Enclave bunker nearby. If you first complete For Auld Lang Syne and later complete Still in the Dark, Elder McNamara will be astonished that you already had Power Armor Training and will ask where you learned it from.NCR salvaged power armor does not require Power Armor Training in order to be worn, due to the absence of the servo-motors.Once you have gathered the Remnants together, you will be provided with the perk in addition to a suit of Remnants power armor. The other option for training is to complete the For Auld Lang Syne quest, given by Arcade Gannon.If you helped Hardin become Elder, complete the Tend to Your Business quest.When this is completed you will then receive Power Armor Training. Tell him you wish to join the Brotherhood of Steel and this will begin the Eyesight to the Blind quest. If McNamara remains Elder, wait 24 hours outside of the bunker for the lockdown to be lifted, then talk to him.After completing the quest Still in the Dark return to either Nolan McNamara or Edgar Hardin, depending on who is now Elder.There are two ways of obtaining this training. Without this perk, any power armor found cannot be equipped. You automatically gain this perk when you finish the Anchorage Reclamation simulation in the Operation: Anchorage add-on.Īs in Fallout 3, this perk allows one to utilize power armor.

If you do not ask for training on your own, you will get it automatically at the end of The American Dream when you become an honorary member of Lyons' Pride, however these options appear very late in the game. Once that's done, you may use any kind of power armor, including the Enclave and the Outcast variants. There is no charge or other requirement for training - the screen simply fades to black as Gunny begins teaching you. After gaining permission from Elder Lyons, speak to Paladin Gunny in the A-Ring of the Citadel.Prior to this perk, equipping power armor was impossible. This perk allows one to use any kind of power armor in the game.
