Summary
Collecting junkis a very important part ofFallout 76.Junk items allow players to build and repair structures, weapons, and armor. There are lots of core junk components inFallout 76,but some are much more valuable than others.
Materials like wood are used to create lots of basic things. However,wood is a very easy resource to obtain.This list is dedicated to those junk items that areimportant for building and repairing yet tricky to track down. From Nuclear Material to Flux,there are lots ofessential junk itemsthat every player needs to stockpile in post-war Appalachia. All of the components below are worth tagging in the Pip-Boy so that players can find the materials a little bit easier.
Players can buy a lot of these components in bulk from various vendors in-game, but this usually isn’t worth it as they are typically overpriced.
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Coolant Caps
Aluminumis used to craft lots of things.It is an essential component for modifying armor, weapons, and power armor pieces.While this particular resource can be found fairly easily, most players will find that they use it just as fast as they find it.
There are lots of great places for farming aluminum.Places like Pleasant Valley Ski Resort and Harpers Ferry are excellent for finding lots of aluminum. Alternatively, players can place a mineral extractor in certain locations dotted around the map.A mineral extractor will periodically mine aluminum orefrom the ground, which can be collected and smelted into aluminum.
Lighthouse Souvenir
Base buildingplays a large role inFallout 76. Whether the player enjoys building at their CAMP or inside one of their Vaults, one thing is for certain: they will needcopper.Copper is needed tocraft things like generators and lights.Without copper, players would be sitting in the dark without anything to power up their bases.
One of the best ways to get copper passively is to build a CAMP over a copper deposit. There are lots of copper deposits dotted all around Appalachia. Another approach is tovisit the Landview Lighthouse. Inside the lighthouse, players will find several Lighthouse Souvenirs. Each one gives the player two copper when broken down.
160lb Barbell
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20lb Barbell
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Rat Poison
Lead is a core component for crafting most of the regular ammo types inFallout 76.Without lead, players have to rely on quest rewards and vendors to get ammo. Players who have earned maximum Raider Reputation can buy the plan for an ammo generator. However, even this doesn’t generate ammo very quickly.
One of the best ways to farm lead is tovisit the various gyms dotted around the map. The gyms with the most lead are located in the Charleston Fire Department, Eastern Regional Penitentiary, and the Nuclear Launch Sites.Players can also minelead in various mine shafts around Appalachia, or place a lead mineral extractor over a lead deposit. These can be good, but it is more efficient to loot each of the gyms every couple of days.
Hot Plate
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This rare component is used to make lots of things inFallout 76.From weapons to explosives, traps to turrets,circuitsare a vital component.
There are a couple of locations where circuits can be found in large amounts.Players can find up to 13 circuits inside Abbie’s Bunker.They can also find a lot of circuits inthe WhitespringRefuge and inside The Whitespring Bunker.
If the player has completed the Mayor For A Day questline, then the robots in Watoga will no longer be hostile. This means that the player can take out the Assaultrons patrolling Watoga with little resistance, and thenloot the Assaultron bodies and hop servers. This is a very good way of getting circuits fast.
Pepper Mill
Screwsare an important component for crafting and repairing weapons and armor. For new players, finding screws can be a little tricky, but as they progress, they become much easier to find.
The best way to farm screws is to kill Wendigos.Wendigos drop up to 11 screws when killed. The event, A Colossal Problem, is by far the best way to get lots of screws. This event involves launching a nuke over Monogah Mine. This will start the public quest, and it is not an event for low-level players. Countless Wendigos will spawn in and attack the player. The main goal of this quest is to kill Earl Williams, a mutated Wendigo Colossus.
Upon completing this event and looting all the enemy corpses, players can gather several hundred loose screws in as little as 15 minutes.
Battered Clipboard
Springshave lots of uses inFallout 76.They are needed to modify armor and weapons. Not only that, they are also a core component for building various CAMP items like turrets. While it may seem difficult to find springs at first, there are a few tips that players should use to maximize the amount of springs they come across.
A battered clipboard only offers one spring when scrapped. Because of this, lots of newer players don’t see battered clipboards as valuable items. However,battered clipboards can be found in large quantities in several locationson the map, making them a great item to hunt for extra springs.
Some notable places to find battered clipboards areCamp McClintock and Sugar Grove. As a side note, the Yao Guai all drop springs when killed, so players should never pass up the opportunity to take one out for some extra springs.
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Miner Suit Scrap
Black titaniumcan be a tricky junk item to get in large quantities. While most high-level players will probably have a nice stockpile, mid-level players typically find it difficult tofind black titanium in large quantities.
The best way to farm this material is to kill Mole Miners.These can be found in various locations around the map. The best locations for killing Mole Miners are Mount Blair Trainyard, The Burning Mine, and Welch. Players can also hunt Deathclaws on Deathclaw Island to find black titanium. There is also a Deathclaw that spawns consistently in Thunder Mountain Substation TM-02.
Torn Mothman Wing
Ballistic fiberis a very important component.It is used to repair high-end weapons and armor.It’s also used when crafting various items.Ballistic fiber can be hard to come by, especially for new players.
However, there are a few locations that have a decent amount of ballistic fiber that players can farm.The best places to farm ballistic fiber are Fort Defiance and Camp McClintock.There are some other locations that have ballistic fiber, but the two mentioned are by far the best areas to find it.
Nuclear Waste
New players would be forgiven for thinking it would be easy to findnuclear materialin a world ravaged by nuclear war. In reality, this resource is tricky to come by. Nuclear material is a core component for crafting certain high-level weapon and Power Armor modifications. It is also required to build various things in a player’s CAMP.
Thankfully, there are a couple of reliable ways to farm nuclear material.One way is to take over the workshop located at the Federal Disposal Field HZ-21.Here, the player can place mineral extractors on the nuclear waste piles and begin collecting nuclear waste. The other way to farm nuclear waste is to mine uranium ore veins in Blackwater Mine.
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Wonderglue
Adhesive is one of the most important building materials inFallout 76.It is used for crafting weapons, armor, Power Armor, mods, CAMP items, and more. Thankfully,there are lots of ways that players can farm adhesive.A good way for low-level players to get excess adhesive is to take over a workshop that has a junk pile in it.
Workshops like Charleston Landfill, Tyler County Dirt Track, and Gorge Junkyard are good low-level workshops that players can take over to farm excess adhesive.It is also possible to craft vegetable starch.This can be broken down into 5 adhesive. To make vegetable starch, the player will need:
