If you fast travel there, you can watch, and pick up the pieces afterwards. If you've got Broken Steel, then after you recover, there are rivet city guards defending the memorial against Enclave, and they often die. Sandman perk will allow you to slaughter sleeping Rivet City Guards left and right, as long as you please.

If you haven't yet reached Max Level, picking up the Mr. Other options include any other Combat Armor variant other than the Security Uniform, or of course, any Power Armor.Īn alternative is to make use of The Mesmetron to stun/hypnotize a guard and demand they hand over their stuff. The Metal Armor and Helmet are a good choice for this, because of their high DR value, and relative low cost. The easiest way to get to Rivet city is to go to the Citadel head south a little bit until you look over at the jefferson memorial and are south of it. They'll then equip this armor, leaving you free to pickpocket the gear they're wearing. In short, what you need to do is plant a higher quality suit of armor on the individual wearing the gear you want (measured by defense rating). The easiest way to do this is to engage in a trick known as Reverse Pickpocketing.

How to get to rivet city