NPC Vendors in Appalachia will buy and sell items for caps. They are typically located insidetrain stations, but there are a few that are found in buildings, general areas,or roam around the map.
What types of NPC vendors are there?
NPC Vendors in Fallout 76 are divided into different factions and all carry a total of 1400 caps shared amongst all Vendors and theyrefillevery 24 hours in real time. You can typically know which faction the vendor belongs by it's name. For example, the vendor in Grafton is called is called "Vendor Bot Responder" which indicates it is part of the Responder faction.
The following are the seven variants of vendors:
- Responders
- Raiders
- Free State
- Brotherhood of Steel
- Enclave
- Whitespring
- Unique
What do I do if the vendor says it only has zerocaps when I have not sold or bought anything yet?
If a vendor states it has zero caps available, this can indicate that you have already sold the maximum amount of caps to all of the vendors and the timer has not yet reset.There is also, occasionally, a UI error where the vendor will state they have zero caps when they do have some available. Once you sell an item to this vendor it will display the correct amount of caps available. If it does not have any caps left, it will display a message stating that it doesn't have enough caps.
What items aren't able to be soldto a vendor?*
- Boiled Water
- Wood
- Pre-War Money
- Holotapes
- Misc items such as Gunpowder and Ore
- Ammo
- Unbulked crafting components
What items will a vendor buy?*
- Junk items that have not been scrapped
- Bulk crafting components
- Aid Items
- Outfits
- Weapon and Armor Mods
- Weapons and Armor
- Some high quality crafting components such as silver scrap, black titanium scrap, fiberglass, nuclear waste, and waste anti-septic.
*Note: This list is subject to change
FAQs
Unlike vendors in previous games, sales and purchases are done one at a time, rather than in bulk. NPC vendors are typically invulnerable and ignore combat. If player A sells items to a vendor and player B subsequently trades with that vendor, those items will be available for player B to purchase.
What is an NPC vendor in Fallout 76? ›
NPC Vendors in Appalachia will buy and sell items for caps. They are typically located inside train stations, but there are a few that are found in buildings, general areas, or roam around the map.
How do player vendors work in Fallout 76? ›
Player vendors in Fallout 76 let you turn your C.A.M.P. into a marketplace! Just grab a vending machine, slap it down, and stock it with items you wanna sell. Set your prices and bam, you're in business.
How do vending machines work in Fallout 76? ›
The vending machine is used to sell up to 120 items from the player character's stash box. Items marked for sale will consume storage space in the player character's stash box. When an item is sold, the seller receives 90% of the sale price.
How do I sell ammo to NPC in Fallout 76? ›
There aren't any npc'a in the game that will purchase ammo from you, and when you set up a vending machine the items you place in it will still count towards your stash limit. If you really don't need it, you can always drop it for the lucky person to find it. No, the NPC will not buy ammo.
Can you romance NPCs in Fallout 76? ›
Two allies, Sofia Daguerre and Beckett, offer unique questlines and an overarching story, at the end of which they can be romanced if one decides to pursue that option.
Can other players take your stuff in Fallout 76? ›
they cant steal anything. if they interact with your chests they get their own camp inventory shown. Players can only steal scrap once they kill you in PvP. But other players can loot your scrap if you die in the world.
What is the vendor sell limit in Fallout 76? ›
Player vendors share a common inventory. Caps from sales are automatically transfered at a 10% deduction. Any caps earned from sales over the maximum of 40,000 are lost forever. Items may be listed for anywhere between 0 and 40,000 caps.
Where is the best place to set up a vendor in Fallout 76? ›
Just west of this train station in Appalachia's Forest region, Morgantown Trainyard might just be one of the best Camp locations Fallout 76 has on offer for traders. This CAMP location provides easy access to water along with the station's vendors and an extra stash chest for sorting and selling junk.
Where is the best place to sell Fallout 76? ›
A Late-Game Goldmine
Specialized vendors like MODUS in the Enclave or player-to-player trading hubs are suitable locations to sell them. Making serums can be difficult and isn't really accessible until later in the game. However, it's a great way for players to earn caps once they've unlocked the ability.
Nope, not all vendors in Fallout 76 share their Caps. They're grouped into factions, and each faction's vendors share a cap pool. So if you clean out one vendor's Caps, you'll have to visit a different faction's vendor to find more Caps to earn from sales!
What is the max Caps in Fallout 76? ›
Killing a player character who hadn't attacked back will remove caps to pay for a bounty on the killer, which other characters can collect. Status debuffs will replace bottlecaps if the killer doesn't have enough. A maximum possession of 40,000 caps per player character is enforced by the game.
What can you sell for Caps in Fallout 76? ›
I charge cheap prices for chems (10-50 caps), fusion or plasma cores (30-50), disease cures (100 caps), addictol (100 caps), bobbleheads (50), magazines (50), nuka quantum (50), nuka cherry (30). Plans are the only things I charge slightly more. Common plans: 50-100 caps. Rare plans: 300-500 caps.
What is NPC merchant? ›
The NPC merchant is a non-playable character that you can trade 1-for-1 in the Marketplace. It is used to balance out your resources.
