Unlimited Ammo for Follower/Settler

[Catses]

Here's a contradiction that I hope somebody can explain: I've discovered that Sturges has unlimited ammo with a default minigun and one 5mm round in Sanctuary, but Piper uses ammo, round for round, with a modded minigun and a modded plasma rifle, away from Sanctuary.

 

Obviously I need to experiment a little more to find out just how and when infinite ammo is allowed, but what are your thoughts? Does it have to be an unmodded weapon? Does it have to be in a Settlement? Does it depend on the character?

[shamefuLL]

Settlers don't use ammo its been confirmed already. Companions on the other hand do. It makes no sense and its infuriating.

[SomethingCrazy]

Settlers don't use ammo its been confirmed already. Companions on the other hand do. It makes no sense and its infuriating.

 

Settlers need ATLEAST 1 type of which ammo their weapon uses though of they won't use it. But other then that, it does seem like settlers have infinite ammo. I've had a few switch back to their pipe pistols after awhile though. Dunno if it's a bug or what.

[JTL2]

What I've found is that followers only have unlimited ammo with their preferred weapon. Piper uses a 10mm pistol, and has unlimited 10mm ammo. If you give her an assault rifle, she will only use it for as many bullets as you give her. What's even better, is that when I picked up a Legendary 10mm pistol, I gave Piper my fully modded one, and she used that with unlimited ammo (I know, because it had a silencer and her default weapon does not).

 

The best way to figure out what their preferred weapon is, remove all their weapons from inventory and go into a fight. If they "magically" have a weapon that's not in their inventory, that's their preferred weapon.

 

You can Equip any weapon on a companion, but they will only use it so long as they have the right ammo type. So you will have to give them ammo. Best way to check, is give them 100 rounds, go into a fight, and then see how many rounds of that weapon they have left. But in my case with Piper, I never have to give her 10mm ammo.

 

Settlers do not have preferred weapons in the same way. So my "guards" I would give them modded laser riffles and fusion cells. After a raider attack, I could check their inventory and see how much of the ammo they used.