If I tell a companion to wear power armor, will they drain the fusion core?

If not, I could have the companion wear the armor to save energy when I'm walking places. When I get two suits, I can just have the companion wear the armor all the time.

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No, they do not.

I tried putting a fresh 100 charge core in a suit, and telling Preston Garvey to get in. We then cleared a raider compound, and traveled back to town. I told him to get out and inspected the core. It was still fully charged.

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No, they don't use up fusion cores for Power Armor. I also experimented to see if this would work with the gatling laser, unfortunately it did not :(

Also something to be aware of, the armor does still take damage and can break.

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you can even take the power core OUT and they will still use the power armor. Ive got piper running about in full armor with NO CORE IN IT

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I’ve had Nick Valentine in a suit for quite a while, and he doesn’t seem to need fusion cores. Not sure if it’s because he’s a synth, but on advice I have avoided equipping him with a Gatling gun of any kind.

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Companions only require an initial jump start with a core, after that the armor runs off their charming personalities.

I have a companion using a modified stealth set of power armor. They won't go invisible without an FC, and I believe they will drain the FC when using the modification.

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