“Your character is carrying more than your carry weight. This will slow you down, and may cause you injury.”— Fallout Tactics in-game description
Encumbered or Overencumbered is a condition in Fallout, Fallout 2 Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.
The player character gets this condition when the weight of items in the inventory exceeds the maximum Carry Weight.
In Fallout 1 and 2, while the player cannot pick up more items then they can carry directly, having your strength drained or being given items in dialogue can push you over your carry weight.
Effects[]
- Character cannot run (moves slowly).
- Character may be noisy (Sneak may be affected in some games; in others, carried/worn/wielded weight may impact Sneak regardless of being encumbered or not).
- In Fallout 1 and 2, the condition is called "Overloaded" (only listed in the message log) and can possibly slowly drain the player's strength to 0, forcing them to drop all items and wait to recover.
- In Fallout Tactics, the character may cripple.
- In Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Fallout 4 the character cannot fast travel and moves slowly.
- When playing on Survival mode in Fallout 4 the character will also suffer -2 points to Endurance and Agility, as well as take periodic damage.
- In Fallout 76, fast travel is disabled but player characters can still run at the cost of AP.
Removal[]
This condition is removed when the weight of the inventory drops to or below the carry weight limit.
Notes[]
- The Fallout: New Vegas perk Long Haul allows fast travelling even when the Courier is overencumbered.
- The Fallout 4 perk Strong Back allows the Sole Survivor to carry more weight, and if upgraded, they are able to retain the ability to run (but not sprint) in exchange for Action Points and fast travel when over-encumbered. In Survival mode, instead of allowing fast travel, Strong Back rank 4 eliminates the periodic damage effect of being over-encumbered.
- Various Fallout 76 perks will reduce the weights of certain types of items, including ammunition, weapons, and junk. Various perks, as well as clothing items, armor mods, food and chem buffs may also increase Carry Weight directly or indirectly by increasing Strength.
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