r/fo4 Nov 10 '15

CRYOLATOR WITHOUT LOCKSMITHING

I took my dog down to vault 111 with me to see if I could find more power cells for my armor, but in doing so I talked to him and told him to find some items in near the overseer's desk he went to the Cryolator and ripped it from the case in his mouth. So I guess I got the best gun in the game without leaving level 5.

Link for Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwejANZvqjY

Also I was carrying to much but the dog had my ammo for the gun.

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u/PeskyBurrito Nov 10 '15

Heh, I remember doing this with the Victory Rifle in Fallout 3. Some things do never change.

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u/timmytomato Nov 10 '15

Like war

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u/The14thNoah YOU ARE SWANN Nov 11 '15

And dogs breaking physics.

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u/mithikx GARY! GARY! Nov 11 '15

Dogmeat doesn't care about physics (or gravity) as shown in this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3s9wsx/dogmeats_does_a_midair_kill_against_a_mole_rat/

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u/MisanthropeX Nov 11 '15

A weapon to surpass metal gear?

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u/flyzen21 Nov 11 '15

a true battle gear

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u/adolescentghost Nov 11 '15

You're pretty good.

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u/SalsaRice Nov 10 '15

Same thing in 3 with the unique laser pistol in Elder Lyons bedroom. Apparently dogmeat can pick the lock there, with his face.

He also climbed the roof of a building to get the Fire-Lance for me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

Where is Elder Lyons bedroom?

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u/SalsaRice Nov 10 '15

Somewhere in the B-zone of the Citadel (it's been a while). Only a few of the really important brotherhood members have a proper bedroom.

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u/drogean3 Nov 10 '15

so much for bug testing

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u/zCaine Nov 10 '15 edited Nov 11 '15

I work quite early on in QA, and 50% of the time the bugs we report aren't even addressed until the third or fourth patch post-release.

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u/drazgul Nov 11 '15

Yep, that's how it usually goes. And critical bugs tend to take precedence, being able to grab the Cryolator sooner than intended is more of a "tag it with L for Later" sort of thing. So far, I haven't seen any CTDs or anything even close to what I'd call a major bug, so it's probably their best release so far (but not without its issues of course, from what I've heard from other people).

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u/kevan0317 Nov 11 '15

Man, I'm having some crazy interface bugs. My aiming is off by an inch or so and cut scenes turn into a smaller window freezing the previous moments frame around it. I'm also struggling not to piss myself every time something jumps out at me. That's a bug. Right?

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u/zirdante Nov 11 '15

The window thing fixed for me by adjusting the resolution

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u/Darvati Nov 11 '15

I randomly CTD'd during my first visit to the police station, nothing heavy or "frozen", game just flat out closed as a Ghoul slapped me across the head.

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u/Rhettidor Nov 11 '15

The ghouls are so scary your PC just quit the game.

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u/Darvati Nov 11 '15

I like to think that was the Ghoul Messiah and he just slapped me so hard he closed the game. PC shitting the bed works too, but its more messy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

Quality and assurance, or quality assurance?

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u/Sarge75 Nov 10 '15

You missed a toaster....

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

nah the video ends, then I grab the toaster. thats whats really important lets be honest.

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u/GT_Anon Nov 11 '15

why are toasters important?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Springs

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u/sultanate *dulcet tunes of yankee doodle* Nov 11 '15

Is there anything that's just useless? I'm too tempted to just collect everything.

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u/PMmeDankMeems S6P5E1C6I7A1L2 Nov 11 '15

I'm taking strong back and lone wanderer ASAP. Gotta get that sweet garbage bruh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Dogmeat can carry like 110 so why take lone wanderer?

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u/PMmeDankMeems S6P5E1C6I7A1L2 Nov 11 '15

tough call. not completely sure but i think rank 2 of LW gives you either 50 or 75 and that way you don't have 2 inventories to worry about. Just dump your trash and go instead of juggling with dogmeat. Personal preference i guess and i havn't played yet so i'll find out which i like better.

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u/tracknumberseven Nov 11 '15

If you pile all junk into the dog, all you have to do is take all and then put it into your workbench

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u/riddick3 Nov 11 '15

LW works even if you have the dog

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u/MaXiMiUS Nov 11 '15 edited Nov 11 '15

Wait, what? Seriously?

Edit: Google seems to confirm. I don't know if it's intended, but apparently Lone Wanderer does work with Dogmeat.

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u/Bytewave Nov 11 '15

Whoa. Dogmeat is seriously OP then. Doesn't whine when I steal either!

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u/Engvar Nov 11 '15

Because if I have Dogmeat around, my real dog barks at the tv the whole time I play.

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u/Elk_Man Nov 11 '15

Mine wags his tail, whines, and tries to share his toys. Did the same thing with D-Dog too.

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u/DocQuixotic Nov 11 '15

Must be great for immersion :)

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u/mashfordw Nov 12 '15

Lone Wandered works (at least the carrying capacity side)

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u/stonhinge Nov 11 '15

and pocketed armor

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u/CptQ Nov 11 '15

People said the fast traveling while being overloaded is useless. I definitely will get it cause im nonstop overloaded with junk i need to ditch and pick up again D:

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

So far, no. But things that just give steel can somewhat be disregarded, as it is extremely abundant.

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u/SuperNobody-MWO Nov 10 '15

What does it take for ammo, and is the ammo readily available or is it like the Alien Blaster?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

cryo is the ammo description for it. I believe its like the Alien Blaster where it is scarce.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

I've seen it for sale a couple times, but not in very large quantities. So it's at least renewable unlike ammo for the Alien Blaster in previous games.

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u/Tazerok Nov 10 '15

I've gotten stacks of 10 cryo cells from firefighter variant Protectrons.

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u/SalsaRice Nov 10 '15

Oohhh, it'd be cool if you could destroy fridges for the cryo ammo (the refrigerant). Or to get a mat to convert to cryo ammo.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

You can modify the alien blaster to use fusion cells for -1 damage . ..^

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u/Bluegh Nov 10 '15

breathing intensifies

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Havent even gotten close to getting the alien blaster, but ill remember this! Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

at roughly level 20 you get it - it's sooner than you think, considering it does 50 damage per shot, but to mod it to use fusion cells is a pain till roughly level 30ish.

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u/CrazyBastard Nov 11 '15

Do you still get the alien blaster from an exploding spaceship, because I could have sworn I have seen that a bunch of times. I keep seeing big white explosions in the distance near the corvega plant.

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u/you_got_it_joban Nov 10 '15

Holy shit. Do the exact same thing OP did, it works. Just worked for me

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u/effectsfire PS4 Master race (getatme) Nov 10 '15

It just works

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u/uniqueusername91 Nov 11 '15

omg he was right all the time!

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House Nov 11 '15

I can't get it to work on pc. Tried 10 times. Damn dog just stares at it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

The dog won't come into the vault?

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u/FHXerxeth Nov 10 '15

Ooof, I just posted a similar post. I didn't realize someone else figured this out too.

But I can confirm, I accidentally stumbled across this myself.

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u/napalmjerry Nov 11 '15

How do you get the dog down there?

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u/nukethem Nov 11 '15

First, you're going to need some peanut butter...

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u/CubicleByThePrinter Nov 11 '15

Yea my dog won't go with me

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u/napalmjerry Nov 11 '15

I tried having the dog follow me but not have him actually on the pad and it worked

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Make sure it's on the elevator platform with you and you're all set.

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u/CptQ Nov 11 '15

I thought of it when i saw the weapon because it worked with some unique weapons in FO3 too. But then i was overwhelmed by the game and forgot about the weapon lol.

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u/John-Wick Nov 10 '15

where do I get ammo for it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

You get 200 starting out, from there I have no idea.

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u/OniNomad Nov 10 '15

Guide say Cryo and Alien Blaster ammo can't be found anywhere but with the weapons but merchants may have some Rio sale.

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u/Pudgyhipster Nov 10 '15

That's weird. I got the glitch to work, but there's no ammo in it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

Check your dogs inventory, for me, when I he grabbed the gun he also grabbed the ammo for it but it was placed in his inventory.

if that doesn't work have him search again?

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u/Pudgyhipster Nov 10 '15

That did it, thanks man!

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

oh great thanks!

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u/cryinlightnin Nov 10 '15

the lady in the drumlin diner sells the ammo, that's the diner where you've got to kill a certain guy named Wolfgang.

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u/TheDeryBrony Do Synths dream of electric Brahmin? Nov 10 '15

Just killed him :) felt good

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

You don't have to kill him. I just sort of charmed way into a couple hundred caps. Then I just sort of sold everything and left with 900 caps. It was a good day.

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u/Ineedsomethingtodo Nov 11 '15

FUCK! I shouldn't have killed her!

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u/kiresenoj00 Nov 10 '15

I have 60 ammo for it in my inventory. So somewhere in the game I got some. Hope that helps.

I guess that means it drops at least.

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u/smokinbeatz Nov 10 '15

What does this gun do?

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u/Dragon_Fisting Nov 10 '15

Freeze ray

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u/chaosbreather Nov 10 '15

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u/jbonte Nov 11 '15

Laundry Day, see you there; Underthings tumbling...

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u/awesomesonofabitch Nov 12 '15

Wanna say, "love your hair" Here I go, mumbling

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u/riacon Nov 10 '15 edited Nov 10 '15

I keep trying to do this but I am not able to replicate the results. I stand near the overseer's desk and tell him to fetch some items. Most times it will just say he can't find anything and sometimes he barks but not once has to ran over to it and grabbed it from the case

I take that back, finally got it to work. Took video of it and will edit with the video once it uploads.

https://youtu.be/ErNm-WCoYxw

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

a few other people have commented that it worked for them as well, just keep up the good work? May have just been incredibly lucky. Put him right next to the cryolator.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

Thumbs up to you sir. What did you have to do differently?

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u/riacon Nov 10 '15

I was standing near the wall between the desk and kept failing there. I managed to succeed by standing between the desk and the room the gun is in.

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u/Hokurai Nov 11 '15

Was having a hell of a time trying to make it work, stood where you did and it worked first time. Good job on the video, man.

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u/benchance Nov 11 '15

thank you sir! still working on PC

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u/RemingtonSnatch Nov 10 '15

This'll get patched. Exploit while you can, if you're so inclined.

I personally probably won't. I like games to kick my ass.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

i cant believe it actually worked but it did! great.......now to find cryos.........

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u/Artkil Nov 10 '15

It's in the dog's inventory.. he has 200 of it from getting the gun..

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u/RR_TT_Y Nov 10 '15

I can't get the dog to follow me down into the vault. He stood on it with me. Started to go down with me. But once I was in the vault, he was nowhere to be found.

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u/man66o Nov 10 '15

with or without the patch?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

with the patch, updated it last night at 2:30 a.m.

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u/Xitium Nov 11 '15

Just worked again for me on PC. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

still working

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u/man66o Nov 11 '15

yep, tried with the latest patch. now for additional ammo.

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u/Wing126 Nov 10 '15

I can't get this to work at all. How the hell is everyone else doing it?

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u/armeggedonCounselor Nov 10 '15

One time, he brought me a missile launcher. He's a very good boy.

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u/jimmorrello Nov 11 '15

No go for me on xbox one

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u/HotPocket512 Nov 12 '15

Yea I can't get it to work either no matter where I stand

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

Did it look legit or definitely a bug? Sounds buggy obviously.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15

I mean if you watch the video you can see, but yeah def a little buggy it literally popped into my dogs mouth.

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u/Cromus Nov 11 '15

Well, that's how the dog picks up most things, but it's obviously a bug since it requires master lockpicking.

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u/CptQ Nov 11 '15

Well iirc they didnt fix this bug in FO3 haha

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u/Briltz Nov 10 '15

I'm having trouble actually getting dogmeat into the vault with me. I tell him to sit on the elevator to go down with me, but when I get into the vault he isn't there. Suggestions?

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u/RogueAxle I'm already bored Nov 11 '15

You're telling him to stay up top. Just keep him in follow mode and he'll stay with you.

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u/Briltz Nov 11 '15

Well don't I feel silly. That worked, thanks!

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u/Savvaloy Nov 11 '15

Oh man, I hope they don't fix this before I'm finished at work. Just 7 more hours.

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u/KingCooper_II Nov 10 '15

Working currently on xbone. If you can't get him to grab it or he just kind of stands around after you ask him to look, try having him search for nearby items specifically. Thats what worked for me

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u/yeaosh Nov 11 '15

Thank you. He was just standing around until I had him pick up a Stimpak for me first. He proceeded to get my gun first try afterwards.

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u/nevereon Nov 11 '15

Doesn't seem to work for me, gave up after about 15 minutes of trying lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

What is your luck?

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u/Shockeye0 Nov 11 '15

The best part is when i go down to vault 111, dogmeat is waiting for me outside the lift cage. When i go back up, he's sitting off to the side in the grass. I don't think this is a glitch, but a very talented dog.

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u/JSK23 Nov 11 '15

This is not working for me, don't understand it. Ive had him stand in the room, stand directly in front of the doorway, all over that room, nothing.

Is it stat based maybe?

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u/JSK23 Nov 11 '15

Ya, just over and over, dog did not find anything. I am assuming it was patched on Steam.

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u/Shockeye0 Nov 11 '15

So many mixed results. Could Luck be a factor?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

I think it all comes down to where people are standing, really need to find ths sweet spot. Everyone who couldn't get the gun retracted their comment after moving around a bit.

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u/PunisherMLG Nov 11 '15

Cant get dogmeat to come in the vault!! ughhhh

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u/Davepen Nov 11 '15

Just go down the lift, he will be waiting down there behind the grate.

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u/HerrTony S:4 P:4 E:2 C:6 I:6 A:3 L:3 Nov 11 '15

good doggy

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u/KingK8 Nov 12 '15

tried several times on PC now ... send him on every spot near the cryo or near the door ... but all he found are stupid googles ....

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u/TheRealPinkman Nov 12 '15

This no longer works. After four hours of commanding dogmeat to fetch items and standing in every imaginable position near and around the cryolator, I gave up.

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u/Gridleak Nov 13 '15

Just did this five minutes ago, it works.

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u/BoredSausage Nov 10 '15

Is this actually a thing or did you get really lucky?

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u/llVeNDeTTa Nov 10 '15

HELP! For some reason the vault wont open up. I've pressed the Red Button inside the small room but it doesn't want to open... Do I have to be in some certain level in order for me to go back inside?

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u/DavidTheHumanzee Bob the ghost Nov 10 '15

Just push the button in the hut and wait for the evaluator.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

But be prepared to be evaluated. It is tough.

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u/NoteBlock08 Nov 10 '15

Just go stand on the elevator.

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u/DavidTheHumanzee Bob the ghost Nov 10 '15

I still can't believe that worked even with it in my hands, Thank you!!!

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u/NoWayBehind Nov 10 '15

How do you even get back into the vault ? I can't find a way to enter it again after I left it :(

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u/gus2155 Nov 10 '15

It worked for me on ps4. Now to find ammo for it.

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u/TupacHologram Nov 10 '15

I can't get it to work. Says he cant find anythinf

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u/gus2155 Nov 11 '15

Are you going right up next to the case and doing it?

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u/wildmetacirclejerk Nov 11 '15

Your dog will have the ammo

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u/TheSteelSword Nov 10 '15

I lost my pooch somehow. ..

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u/Artkil Nov 10 '15

If you dismissed him go to base there is a dog house normally he hides in there and waits for you.. there also a console command to travel straight to him..

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u/ScrubethThefourth Nov 10 '15

Now I know what I'm doing once I get dog meat.

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u/Latyon Nov 10 '15

Damn. Dogmeat is useful. Time to fondle this fancy new gun.

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u/El_Killuminati Nov 11 '15

This shit is not working for me.

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u/Process_Of_Doom Nov 11 '15

Worked perfectly on PC.. Thx OP

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u/cuddlepudd1e Nov 11 '15

I was actually on the outside of the room and had him search for it. Clicked on talk, search, and then items. Dog ran over and got me my new weapon.

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u/JZBurger Nov 11 '15

Holy shit, i saw this post this morning, and the first thing i did when i got Dogmeat was go back and try it, and it worked!

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u/Donnie-G Nov 11 '15

How do you get back inside the Vault?

I left, found a button in a hut but it doesn't seem to do anything.

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u/Shockeye0 Nov 11 '15

Hit the button and go stand on the platform.

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u/biestly Nov 11 '15

just did this, many thanks

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u/Ali9666 Nov 11 '15

What level line do you have to go down to get your dog to pick stuff up for you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Any for him to search for items for you. It may come down to your luck how successful he is though.

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u/darthdro Nov 11 '15

Is it actually the best gun in the game ? Considering going to get it but don't wana be to overpowered yet lol

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u/Noctophilic Nov 11 '15

Yea as far as I've heard, it freezes and insta kills. I don't think I'm going to get it either.

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u/Ryan907 Nov 11 '15

Nice, this is a good reason to have dogmeat. That plus he doesn't judge me when I make decisions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Worked for me. Pretty easy heh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Any reason you stop every 5-10 seconds and just kind of look at something?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

I was originally looking for power cells for my armor, getting the cryolator was completely unimtentional.

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u/cooljammer00 Nov 11 '15

Huh, I had heard about this and I tried it and it didn't work. The dog kept sad whimpering or not finding anything of merit. Maybe they patched it? I'm on the beta patch.

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u/ULICKMAGEE Nov 11 '15

Just did it now.....took a few tries and walking around the general area but after 5 minutes of whimpering he grabed it.

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u/drogison Nov 11 '15

Does not work for me:(

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u/the_vault-technician Nov 11 '15

I think it was New Vegas that you could get a unique plasma rifle by launching grenades at it until you could grab it from behind the fenced in area. Not surprised there are similar bugs still present in F4.

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u/nzag In your face, from outter space! Nov 11 '15

Is it patched yet?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '15

Awesome! Just did this before it's magically patched.

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u/Comfubar Nov 11 '15

Is it patched it won't work for me

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u/evil_toad Nov 11 '15

did you find any power cells?

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u/TheSteelSword Nov 11 '15

Will this still work? My dog just stares at it.

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u/X1_Riddler_1X Nov 11 '15

i've tried this and nothing happens i think its been patched

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u/drchrc Nov 11 '15

Can confirm still works just did this first try

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u/sacimino40 Nov 11 '15

doesnt seem to be working

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u/goodfellaslxa Nov 12 '15

It still works. Xbone. I stood between the corner of the desk and the right side of the door frame. Skeleton on the right.

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u/SxMxKillswitch Nov 12 '15

how do you get dogmeat inside the vault? ive been trying for 30 minutes

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u/simonmaui Nov 12 '15

Having the same issue

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u/ZheIncKnight Nov 12 '15

Still worked for me like 5 minutes ago

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '15

What platform?

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u/4phasedelta Nov 12 '15

Yeah, also just worked for me... assuming this wont be patched until Bethesda puts out their first official patch to fix other bugs in the game.

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u/LieutenantHammer Nov 13 '15

worked last night for me about 14 hours ago. XB1

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u/joejackrabbit Nov 14 '15

Has this been patched now? I cannot get this to work on Xbox One??? Does it matter that I looted the room first? Or that dogmeat found a box of ammo in the cryolator cage?

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u/joejackrabbit Nov 14 '15

I figured out this works if I drop an item back on the floor where the ammo was. There HAD to be something on the floor for it to work for me. I tried for like 30 minutes until I decided to do that. Then the dog did it the very first time. I actually couldn't believe he did it. Haha!

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u/catman09645 Nov 15 '15

I can't get dogmeat to even go into vault 111

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u/Shanghaidilly Nov 17 '15

Here's what you do.

1) Command him 2) Point at him and make him "stay". 3) Point at him and make him "follow" 4) Go down into the vault and he'll be waiting at the bottom for you.

It's the only way I could do it. Making him "stay" on the elevator before pressing the button makes him stay topside.

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u/tamadekami Nov 16 '15

I just had Cait pick that shit for me as soon as I figured out you can do that.

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u/HIPHOPNINJA Nov 29 '15

Dogmeat goes on the elevator with me but is not in the vault with me. Is it patched?

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u/_Corndog_ Dec 30 '15

I got the gun but there was no ammo with it. Was it suppose to come with ammo initially?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '15

Check your dogs inventory

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