Nothing makes a great loot run feel pointless like hitting that slow, miserable overencumbered shuffle right after you find something you actually want to keep. I used to do the same dance every session: grab junk, grab a legendary, then stare at my weight like it's a second health bar. If you're tired of it, the backpack route is the cleanest fix, and it pairs nicely with smart inventory planning, whether you're farming mats yourself or browsing fallout 76 items for sale to round out what you're missing without another two-hour scavenger loop.

Kick Off Order of the Tadpole

Start at Grafton Train Station and look for the Pioneer Scouts poster. Click it and you'll pick up "Order of the Tadpole," which sends you to the Scout camp to meet the robot leader. The quest log gets noisy fast, so don't overthink it. Stick to the Tadpole checklist and ignore the side distractions until you've got the backpack in hand. That's the real prize, and it's a straight quality-of-life upgrade the moment you equip it.

Knock Out the Tadpole Requirements

The tasks are pretty manageable if you do them in a sensible order. 1) Revive another player: jump into any busy Public Event and keep a Stimpack ready; someone will faceplant, guaranteed. 2) Help Pompy by cleaning up the toxic mess around Kiddie Corner Cabins. 3) Help Treadly by collecting insect parts near Dolly Sods; the bugs you need usually spawn right there, so you're not trekking across the map. 4) Earn three Tadpole Badges from Challenges. Archer, Athlete, and Medic are the least annoying for most players. Expect a few terminal "exams" too—more trivia than skill, but it's part of the deal. Turn it all in and you'll unlock the standard Scout Backpack, which bumps your carry weight by 60.

Push It to 120 With High Capacity

That 60 is nice, but the real sweet spot is the High-Capacity Backpack Mod. It's sold from the Possum Vending Machine for 8 Possum Badges. Getting those badges can feel like homework. You can run the daily scout quests and Campfire Tales and hope the drop gods are in a good mood, but it's safer to chip away at Possum Challenges so you're not relying on luck. Once you've got the badges, buy the plan, learn it, then mod the backpack at an armor workbench. The first time you walk out of a dungeon still able to sprint, you'll get why people swear by this setup—and if you'd rather spend your time actually playing than grinding every last resource, a lot of folks also use eznpc to pick up items or currency and keep their build rolling without living at the stash box.