Improves Minutemen's gear with minimal required edits, and without making them OP Gunners. ESP flagged ESL.
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Bonus points for a donation to fund my Diet Dr. Pepper addiction.
File credits
Special thanks ZITRONOS. I gave his mod a look to see how I could do my own Minutemen overhaul. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/users/7026677
Give his mod "Minutemen Reformed" a try, assuming you're interested in more of a Gunner-esque Minutemen. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25148
ElminsterAU and the xEdit Team for FO4Edit. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2737
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Merged wulf_bearclaw's changes into the main file.
Version 1.2.1Wulf
Created by wulf_bearclaw on Discord. Great tweaks to slow down the leveled gear progression. To quote Wulf: "Leather appears on minutemen at level 1, then regular combat at 15, sturdy combat at 30, and heavy combat at 40."
Version 1.2.1
Fixed a potential crash due to a circular leveled list error.
Plenty of modders will crash your game. I've just always been honest when I do it lol.
Version 1.2
- Removed edits to the level 15 grenade leveled list. made an oopsie and overlooked how it's not Minutemen exclusive.
Version 1.1
- Fixed Minutemen sometimes using pipe weapons at level 20+.
- Removed Revolutionary Swords, to prevent Minutemen from spawning with only a melee. (Sorry, I liked them too.)
- Added an optional Nuka World addon. This will make higher level Minutemen sometimes spawn with Handmade Rifles.
- September 6th, 2020: Filled out the Description and Author boxes for the FCOM patch's plugin.
- September 6th, 2020: Added a patch for Instaquip Settler Gear.
May 19th, 2025: Fixed Eli's Armor Compendium patch being the wrong file. Idk how no one (myself included) ever noticed lol.
MAG gives the Minutemen improved gear, retaining their vanilla looks and keeping compatibility in mind by making minimal edits. Requires a new game to see the full effect. ESP flagged ESL.
Bulleted key points and overview of the mod:
Heavily inspired by vanilla's balance. Better gear is gradually more common as the player levels up.
Unlike many MM mods, the iconic laser musket stays for much of the game, being phased out in the mid to late game.
That said, I also gave them more weapon variety, instead of "Oops, all pipe weapons!" They'll save those for the raider scum at later levels.
They wear leather armor pieces at low levels, gradually upgrading to combat and eventually even heavy combat armor pieces late game.
They also keep their hats and uniforms. It's a good identifier to avoid friendly fire. I also just liked the cool hats.
Lightweight implementation, utilizing strictly the base game's content.
"But dat's not gud enuff! GIBS ME MOAR DAKKA! YER MOD IZ RUBBISH!!1!"
Install & Uninstall
Install through the mod manager of your choice, or drop the plugin into your data folder. Uninstall by deleting the entry in your mod manager, or deleting the plugin from the data folder.
Adding or removing this plugin requires a new save. Otherwise, the gear will stay as you last saw them for all Minutemen NPCs which you've met.
Compatibility
YES THIS WILL BE OBVIOUSLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH OTHER MINUTEMEN OVERHAULS! DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $100, DO NOT MIX BLEACH AND AMMONIA BASED CHEMICAL CLEANERS.
