Select Power Bow

Introducing a Bow mod built for Power Armor. The Select Power Armor! It has a huge bolt type of arrow and a drawstring so thick you couldn't use it properly without Power Armor. Unless.... you're a Super Mutant. Naturally, this weapon is very strong. I feel the balancing is alright considering the power armor requirement and reloading every shot fired.

It can be used outside of Power Armor though, more on that in the How to Play section.

Features some of the usual weapon modifications, paint jobs, and all. The video below demos some options.

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There are two ways to get this bow. Via level list injection, it can be found on some Super Mutants randomly or you can go get the unique version. This weapon is fully animated for both 1st person and 3rd person, as well as 1st person and 3rd person Power Armor. Super Mutants are also animated to use this bow.

They can also be legendary, the Select Power Bow was added to the random Legendary roll. Starts showing up at level 20.

For console commands: 'help select 4 weap' or use XX000F99

Unique Bow Location

Once the unique bow has been obtained for the first time, the weapon can then be crafted at a Chemistry Bench under SEL. POWER BOW. This will also allow for crafting the various Bolt Ammo types. Otherwise, only the Standard and Rebar bolts are available. Some Ammo types are retrievable too.

To bypass this and show all craftables, use console command: set PBOWCraftableGlobal to 1

Strength Requirements

Because of how this bow is primarily built for Power Armor, there is a Strength system involved for using it outside of Power Armor.

-If in Power Armor, or actor is a Super Mutant, the bow is at 100% power output. Power Armor animations are faster and more stable, easier to use.

-Outside of Power Armor and with a Strength of 10 or more, the actor can use the Bow at a reduced 75% output.

-Outside of Power Armor and with a Strength of 7 or more, the actor can use the Bow at a reduced 50% output if their bow has the Light Limbs modification. Without the Light Limbs modification, they can't use the bow as explained below.

-Outside of Power Armor and with a Strength of 6 or less, the actor cannot use the bow. It can still be held but custom animations prevent the actual use of the bow.

The Ammo Switcher

The bow also comes with an Ammo Switcher. Once any Power Bow has been picked up, a new Aid Item named Power Bow Ammo Switcher will appear. This can be favorited to brin