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My charisma is very high (11 with outfit and beer, before mentats) and I have Caps Collector 2 already. I am just under 40K caps now, bringing gear with value/weight of over 10:1 And I am thinking that maybe I am too much of a hoarder/scrapper as I do not run into good gear to buy from merchants.

So are there any must buys that I should save for? Or could I forget about picking up each Institute Laser and just focus on only on more expensive stuff to sell occasionally to have lower inflow of caps?

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    You could always buy up large stocks of rare ammo and fusion cores to go on rampages.
    – VanBuzzKill
    Dec 7, 2015 at 8:29
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    How long is a piece of string?
    – shanodin
    Dec 7, 2015 at 8:48
  • The title is sort of different then the question. Also, this is really a matter of opinion. But personally, I'd say keep saving for the special armor/weapons that you can get.
    – Ashwin Gupta
    Dec 8, 2015 at 4:18

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I saw the manticore armor parts which were at 16k caps each. If you invest into shops, you can buy even more expensive equipment, I've seen a modified, legendary weapon for 22k.

I think you never have enough money, but when you hit 100k, you'll have enough for a while. I don't think there is anything in the game which costs more than 25k.

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    @FuriousFolder that is why he said it as speculation, if he had a source for it I am sure he would include it.
    – Dupree3
    Dec 7, 2015 at 18:06
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    @FuriousFolder As you can see, I wrote "I think". But i got over 150 hours now, and i didn't see anything that pricey
    – Realitätsverlust
    Dec 7, 2015 at 18:23
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    @YUNOWORK, Ok? I've got 160+, does that mean I'll never see an item that expensive? This entire question is extremely subjective.
    – FuriousFolder
    Dec 7, 2015 at 19:27
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    @FuriousFolder No, it doesn't mean that you never will with certainty. That's why it says "I don't think". If you ever run across something, leave a comment. I've never seen anything that expensive either.
    – DCShannon
    Dec 7, 2015 at 21:12
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    Even if you looked at the game files and confirmed nothing is more than 25k... you never know what could change with expansion packs or mods...
    – nhgrif
    Dec 8, 2015 at 0:06
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It entirely depends on how you want to play the game. If you want to buy the various rare armor parts from vendors you'll need lots. If you want to buy the experimental weapons from vendors you'll need lots. If you want to build large sprawling settlements without farming the materials then you'll need to buy them, which needs lots. Some ammos are quite rare out in the wild (plasma cartridges and cryo ammo) so you'll need to buy those, which will cost lots.

You can easily spend 100k caps on a full set of gear and there are several other expensive items in the game also, and that's if you're fine with just one set of gear. If you want to collect all of the sets then this is going to add up pretty quickly.

On the other side of the argument, you can play the game using only loot that you've prised from the cold dead corpses of those who crossed you, scavenging ammo and switching between weapons as you deplete your limited supply of bullets and completely ignoring pleas from settlers in the wastelands as deathclaws decimate their homes - and if you play like this, then you don't really need any, you'll always end up with more caps than you spend.

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  • I'm glad you can actually spend money now. I ALWAYS play FO:NV and end up with over half a million caps because there is literally nothing to spend it on. Plus there is the repair glitch where I steal back all my monies...
    – Nelson
    Dec 8, 2015 at 0:17
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There are some Legendary armor piece for sale at a traveling merchant costing 10K+ each. Furthermore building the highest tier shops tend to cost a lot of caps (up to 4K, perhaps even more). In general though, you might be better of picking up usefull Junk, instead of weapons and armor.

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    +1 for Junk suggestions - most of my caps go towards Copper/Oil/Adhesive based junk parts
    – Robotnik ♦
    Dec 7, 2015 at 9:21

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