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Getting all useful components from junk requires you to have proper knowledge on how to scrap junk in Fallout 4. Junk items are scattered all over the Commonwealth, the clutter is in form of toys, garbage, and housewares. You can find the junk items in their own inventory section in your Pip-Boy. You can salvage resources such as steel, cloth, wood, and screws from junk items you scrap. Scrapping junk is easy and necessary if you plan to build a settlement. It is recommended you pick as many items as you need then scrap them all for essential crafting materials. After obtaining essential materials from the junk, you can easily get rid of the unnecessary junk that takes a lot of space in your settlement.
Follow the guide below on how to scrap junk in Fallout 4 easily.
Once you arrive at the sanctuary for the first time, the first thing you’ll need to do is claim the settlement before cleaning up all the mess you find there.
- Head to your base, find the workshop, and claim the settlement:
- You’ll need to locate the workbench, access it, and claim the settlement.
2. Find the build mode option and start building your own settlement.
- The build mode option isn’t just useful when it comes to building things up but also used to scrap any of the junk you’ll find in the sanctuary.
- Before you use this mode to scrap all the junk you find in the settlement, make sure you put everything in order first.
- The basement components will be stored within the workbench inventory, making your work much easier.
- Take all the junk in your workshop and place it in your inventory. Simply do this:
- Click on the button at the bottom of your screen or the button legend.
- Thereafter, all the junk in your workshop will be transferred to the inventory.
3. Exit the workshop
4. Find a surface in the sanctuary that is large enough to accommodate all your junk. This is if you want to scrap all your junk easily and at the same time.
5. Begin Scrapping your junk
- Once you are done building things up in the build menu, you can begin looking around for useful junk and highlight it.
- On your Pip Boy, go to inventory then click on junk.
- After highlighting useful junk, click on the scrap button, and the junk will be scrapped.
- Use the resources to build whatever item you want in your settlement.
- Scrapping Items from your Inventory
This is as easy as scrapping junk items you find in the sanctuary. This is for those who’ve been collecting junk scattered all over the Commonwealth and storing it in their workbench inventory. The workbench must be cluttered full of junk, but you can scrap them at one go by following this simple procedure:
- Remove the cluttered junk from the workbench inventory.
- Drop them on the ground or wherever you please.
- Enter the build menu, as you did in the previous step.
- Highlight the junk, click on the scrap button, and the junk will be scrapped.
- Repeat the process for any other debris lying around in your settlement.
- Scrapping Moddable Weapons and Armor
Any moddable weapons and armor you collect around the Commonwealth can be scraped the same way you scrap regular debris. In simple steps:
- Remove the moddable weapons or armor from the workbench inventory.
- Drop them on the ground.
- Enter the build menu.
- Highlight the moddable weapons or armor, click on the scrap button, and they will be scrapped.
- Scrapping Non-moddable Weapons and Armor
Any non-moddable weapons or armor you collect around the Commonwealth can be scrapped the same way you scrap regular debris. In simple steps:
- Remove the non-moddable weapons or armor from the workbench inventory.
- Drop them on the ground.
- Enter the build menu.
- Highlight the non-moddable weapons or armor; click on the scrap button, and they will be scrapped.
The above procedure on how to scrap junk in Fallout 4 gives you the idea of how to scrap any sort of debris that you may come across in the Commonwealth. Now it’ll be much easier to break down components and obtain raw materials out of junk. Thereafter, build that settlement you’ve always wanted while enjoying a trip to the wasteland.
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