Fallout 76: How to Farm Caps

Here’s how to farm and get extra Caps in Fallout 76 with easy and profitable methods.

In Fallout 76, Cap (or Bottle Cap) is a currency for buying items, fast-traveling, and trading. Players earn Caps for completing quests, killing enemies, or selling items to Vendors and other players. But what many Fallout 76 survivors want to know about is how to farm them. Since the game has a daily and max stored limit on this currency, Cap farming has been one of the challenging aspects of leveling up—especially for beginner players. The following instructions, however, explain the easiest methods for collecting thousands of Caps quickly (despite the daily caps!).

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Aside from selling excess items to Vendors, other ways of farming Caps in Fallout 76 include vending valuables with CAMP Vendors, harvesting and reselling plants or drinks, and completing daily missions and world events.

A basic form of Cap farming is selling unused items to Vendors because they have 1,400 Caps to spend per day. The best items for that are ammunition and Nuka Colas. But players are advised to exchange anything they don’t need with Caps.

The daily Vendor limit is shared among all of them. When a player sells 1,400 Cap worth of items to one Vendor, all other merchants will also reach the quota. So, the player will need to wait for 24 hours before they can continue farming Caps.

A CAMP Vending Machine is a personal vendor at the base. Players can put their valuables or unwanted items in this device, set prices, and wait for other players to come and buy them. This is the ideal way of farming Caps because it has a much higher limit than the daily Vendors’ cap and—more importantly—is passive profit.

The best items for selling at CAMP Vendors are Legendaries, Ultracite Ammo, rare costumes, Mutation Serums, and Power Armor pieces or plans.

Growing Tato and purifying water at the CAMP are two ideal ways of farming Caps. Vendors pay up to 5 Caps per bottle of purified water and 2 per Tato, making them some of the most profitable consumables in the game. And the good thing is that they come for free, meaning that the overall profit margin is much higher than other Cap farming methods.

Most Events in Fallout 76 reward the participants with Caps. But the most lucrative ones are Test Your Metal, Free Range, Uranium Fever, Scorched Earth, and A Colossal Problem. During these quests, players earn Legendary and rare items to sell for an extra profit.

Ideally, players who want to farm Caps should improve their Charisma. Before vending valuables, they must equip Perk Cards like the Hard Bargain and consume Charisma-boosters like Grape Mentats. This will help them get more Caps per sale, increasing their overall gain in each farming session.

The limit for Cap is 40,000 per character. Farming Caps beyond that threshold is a waste of time and will result in losing all the earned money.

Fallout 76 is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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Mohsen is a Gaming Guide Specialist at Game Rant. As a completionist, Mohsen enjoys guiding other gamers through obstacles as he explores a game. According to his friends, he’s also an RE4 fanboy who can beat the game with his eyes closed. And his unpopular gaming opinion is that RE4 is the best TPS ever.