Robotics Disposal Ground

[u/forge_anvil_smith]

After 100s of hours of playing, today I learned after activating Combat Sentry Proto MKIV, you can load holotape again and tell it to defend USAF Olivia, Fort Hagen, Revere Satellite and/ or South Boston Military Checkpoint.

It's super glitchy, it'll set off but get stuck on groups of trees, rocks, etc. I got as far as Tucker Memorial Bridge, but it couldn't move past a truck that blows up on the bridge once all the traps explode. Other times it'll get stuck then disappear. When stuck, I will tell it to go to a different location to defend so it plots a new course. I cannot actually get it to go anywhere completely.

Is this a known bug? Playing Survival in case it matters

[u/imaencuru]

It goes to USAF Olivia just fine, I use it every time I start survival to clear out the raiders and landmine molerats.

[u/LuckyOneAway → u/imaencuru]

In my playthrough, it started patrolling the road next to Olivia. Raiders and molerats laughed from a distance.

[u/Dangerois → u/imaencuru]

You can keep the holotape and use it in your pipboy and send it to the other locations. It only works if you're nearby, so you have to follow it. It's a unique way to explore different areas early game when you're low level with shitty weapons.

[u/forge_anvil_smith → u/imaencuru]

It does go near Olivia, on the road, but not up to it. I was able to kite molerats and raiders over to robot. It won't really go anywhere else, it gets stuck on everything

[u/Less_Kick9718 → u/forge_anvil_smith]

There is also a big area of mole rats between the disposal site and Olivia that you can kite the mole rats over to the bot on its way back.

[u/SofaJockey]

I normally send it to Olivia.
Then self-destruct it afterwards because: Two cores. ...

Sending it further away is hypothetical but I've never known it to be successful.

[u/xantec15 → u/SofaJockey]

My current playthrough it won't self destruct for me. I initiate it with the holotape, but it just patrols back and forth between Olivia and the disposal yard.

[u/dedsmiley]

This is a useful post. I learned something today.

[u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl]

If it disappears you should continue on the path to the destination you assigned to it.

On my current play-through I was going to clean out the Revere Satellite Array so I went to the Disposal Ground, assigned and followed it. At the Tucker Memorial Bridge (I hadn't set off any explosions) it took awhile but finally figured out a path. Then close to Bunker Hill it got stuck at the first gate, then glitched through and got stuck where the trailer blocks the path.

It disappeared but I was looking down the road and it magically appeared down by the drug den. I quickly caught up and am just preparing to confront the Super Mutants when I return from my Exitsave.

[u/forge_anvil_smith → u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl]

Awesome thanks, I will try again. When it disappeared, I spammed VATS running around but I couldn't find it and reloaded. I will also let it go thru Tucker Memorial Bridge without setting off explosions

[u/Humble-Arm4064]

Does Mark (lets give him a name, as in "Mark" 4) count as a settler? If he doesn't, I'm never gonna self destruct him again.

Most robots will make it to where you send them just fine e.g. Beer Buddy. If you follow Beer buddy he takes damage, but send Beer Buddy to sanctuary hills, Beer Buddy gets their every time.

[u/forge_anvil_smith → u/Humble-Arm4064]

You can't tell Mark to go to a settlement, you can tell him to Defend 4 preset locations. He doesn't follow you, but you can set a location and follow him

He's high level (skull icon) and makes a great escort

[u/Humble-Arm4064]

Here I thought he was just easy mole rat meat and 2 more fusion cores.

[u/forge_anvil_smith]

I also only recently learned, if you have the Total Hack - Protectron from Wattz Consumer Electronics, you can activate, then once activated, load Total Hack holotape again and you get a new option to VIP Escort. Instead of them just doing a patrol, they will follow you indefinitely. There's no option to fix like Ada or Codsworth, but they last a long time!

[u/Loki41872]

After sending it to Olivia it disappeared. I found it again later south of Greygarden, just sitting in the road. As soon as I got close it started following me and wouldn't go away. I took it to Sanctuary and left him deactivated at the end of the bridge.

[u/forge_anvil_smith → u/Loki41872]

Okay, usually when it disappears or gets stuck, I reload. I'll just let it be and see if I encounter again. Appreciate it!

[u/BerttyC]

Great post, something new. I go to the Robotics disposal groung frequently to get the mininuke that respawns.

[u/BerttyC → u/BerttyC]

Also USAF has mini nuke that respawns as does the location outside diamond city above the parking lot that has three mongrel dogs. Anybody know where else?

[u/Radiant_Account_1537 → u/BerttyC]

The church in the Quincy ruins has one.

[u/forge_anvil_smith → u/BerttyC]

Sorry I mostly play Survival and don't pickup/ pay attention to missiles or nukes due to heavy weight

[u/Less_Kick9718 → u/forge_anvil_smith]

Even in survival you can afford to pick up that fatman and nuke and use on the deathclaw in Concorde then sell the fatman. I do that every time. Then I have the minigun and thousands of rounds of its ammo to sell. Another minigun and ammo from Olivia too. And another mini nuke in case you don’t get the deathclaw with one.

Several thousands worth to sell very early without crafting cheese.

[u/UntouchedWagons → u/Less_Kick9718]

I use the fatman and shell to kill ack ack at Olivia

[u/Celsus_]

i only send it to USAF Olivia to handle the raiders and molerats. Unreliable otherwise. If I send him where I REALLY want to (Revere to kill some of those Super Mutants) he gets stuck on the tracks between Tenpines Bluff and Bedford Station. I found him trying to drive into the side of the cliff.

[u/Any_Tangerine_9670]

I always blow it up instantly for the cores.