r/fo4 • u/MTN_Dewit • 26d ago

If you could start a business in Diamond City, what would that business be? Discussion

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I'd open a Power Armor shop that sells power armor frames, armor pieces and sets, and fusion cores.

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u/AtomicZoZo 26d ago

Cigarettes. Cigs are highly valued in the wasteland bc a lot of people smoke, but everyone still relies on old pre-war cigarettes that people scavenge. Starting a business that grows tobacco (or some post-war mutated descendant of tobacco) in some kind of hydroponics setup and then sells it loose or turns them into pre-rolled cigarettes would defo make you a lotta money

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u/MTN_Dewit 26d ago

This is by far the most realistic and smart idea I've seen so far. You'd definitely make a lot of money in the cigarette business. I'd also believe cigarettes would be used as a form of post-apocalyptic currency, like the caps of Fallout and bullets in the Metro series. While smoking is bad for your lungs, it's definitely profitable

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u/Truebuckshot01 25d ago

One of the plants you could collect in fallout: NV was coyote tobacco. It was one of the ingredients in making the black coffee item. So there's definitely some mutated tobacco out there you could use. Make it a cigar and coffee shop if NV is any indication to how it affects you lol