Common Fallout Junk & Scrap Items
Adhesive - Sticky repair gold from glue, tape, or starch; vital for weapon mods and armor patches.
Aluminum Can - Light pre-war drink can; scraps into aluminum for guns, armor, and machine frames.
Aluminum Tray - Cafeteria tray with more value as scrap than as dinnerware; good aluminum source.
Antifreeze Bottle - Toxic coolant container; useful for plastic and chemical salvage, not drinking.
Ashtray - Old smoking dish of glass, ceramic, or steel; common scrap from offices and bars.
Baby Rattle - Cracked nursery toy; sad little source of plastic, screws, and springs.
Baseball - Pre-war sports ball; gives leather and cork, or works as a dog toy.
Baseball Glove - Worn leather mitt; useful for straps, padding, and armor repairs.
Beer Bottle - Empty glass bottle; good for glass scrap, Molotovs, or wasteland decor.
Biometric Scanner - Medical or security scanner; prized for circuitry, optics, and rare components.
Blast Radius Board Game - Family game about nuclear war; darkly funny source of cardboard and plastic.
Bone Cutter - Clinic tool for grim work; scraps into steel and sharp medical parts.
Bonesaw - Surgical saw with bad history; useful steel or a crude improvised blade.
Broom - Wooden or plastic cleaning tool; becomes wood, cloth, or plastic.
Camera - Broken picture box; contains crystal, gears, springs, and delicate screws.
Can - Plain food tin; common steel scrap and handy for noise traps.
Carlisle Typewriter - Heavy office machine packed with gears, screws, springs, and steel.
Cigar Box - Small wooden box; good for wood scrap or hiding caps.
Cigarette Carton - Stale pre-war smokes; tradeable and useful for cloth or paper.
Cigarette Pack - Small pack of old-world bad habits; minor trade item and cloth scrap.
Clip Board - Office board with metal clip; gives wood, spring, and steel.
Coffee Cup - Ceramic mug from diners and vaults; useful for ceramic insulation.
Coffee Pot - Glass and metal kitchen pot; scraps into glass and steel.
Combination Wrench - Solid mechanic’s tool; steel scrap, but often better kept whole.
Conductor - Electrical part from machinery; source of copper and circuitry.
Cooking Pan - Burnt kitchen pan; scraps into steel or still cooks questionable meat.
Coolant Cap - Industrial cap with coolant residue; small source of metal and plastic.
Copper Wire - Stripped wire from walls or machines; essential for power and lights.
Desk Fan - Office junk beloved by scavengers; yields screws, gears, and steel.
Dinner Fork - Simple utensil; mostly steel, useful for tiny traps or table manners.
Dinner Plate - Ceramic plate from homes and diners; good for ceramic scrap.
Dishrag - Dirty cloth rag; useful for filters, padding, cleaning, or bandages.
Dog Bowl - Pet bowl of metal or plastic; still good for a loyal mutt.
Duct Tape - Wasteland miracle strip; provides adhesive and cloth for nearly all repairs.
Economy Wonderglue - Cheap pre-war glue that still works; major adhesive source.
Empty Paint Can - Dented can with dried flakes; gives steel and possible paint residue.
Enamel Bucket - Chipped metal bucket; hauls water, junk, ammo, or bad stew.
Extinguisher - Heavy fire cylinder; scraps into steel, asbestos, and chemical parts.
Fancy Hairbrush - Vanity brush with plastic, wood, or silver; oddly valuable in ruins.
Fishing Rod - Bent rod from cabins and docks; gives fiberglass, wood, and springs.
Flip Lighter - Pocket lighter; source of oil, steel, springs, and dramatic timing.
Folder - Old office folder; paper scrap, kindling, or fake paperwork.
Fuse - Small electrical safety part; useful for copper, glass, and circuitry.
Giddyup Buttercup Parts - Robotic toy horse pieces; rich in screws, gears, steel, and circuits.
Glass Pitcher - Cracked kitchen pitcher; simple glass scrap or clean water container.
Gold Watch - Luxury timepiece; valuable for gold, gears, and springs.
Hairbrush - Common grooming tool; gives plastic or wood and a little dignity.
Handcuffs - Steel restraints from police ruins; useful for springs and steel.
Hot Plate - Portable cooker; contains copper, circuitry, ceramic, and steel.
Hubcap - Car wheel cover; steel scrap or a classic raider shield.
Industrial Oil Canister - Machine-oil container; valuable for oil and steel.
Jangles the Moon Monkey - Space monkey toy; cloth, plastic, fiberglass, and creepy nostalgia.
Kitchen Scale - Small scale with springs, screws, and steel for traps or repairs.
Ladle - Long serving spoon; steel scrap or stew tool.
Lamp - Broken home light; useful for copper, glass, steel, and wiring.
Lantern - Old light source; gives glass, oil, and steel.
Lead Pipe - Heavy plumbing piece; lead and steel scrap, or brutal weapon.
Life Preserver - Faded flotation ring; plastic and cloth from docks or boats.
Light Bulb - Fragile bulb; source of glass and copper for repairs.
Lock - Small lock from boxes or chains; yields springs and steel.
Magnifying Glass - Desk lens; provides glass, crystal, and sometimes copper.
Medical Clipboard - Clinic board; wood, steel, and springs near ugly memories.
Microscope - Lab prize with crystal, glass, gears, screws, and optics.
Military Ammo Bag - Tough cloth bag; excellent source of ballistic fiber and cloth.
Military-Grade Circuit Board - Secure electronics; high-value circuitry, gold, fiberglass, and copper.
Mop - Vault cleaning tool; gives wood, cloth, and plastic.
Mr. Handy Fuel - Robot fuel canister; oil and steel, dangerous near sparks.
Nuka-Cola Bottle - Iconic glass soda bottle; glass scrap or tradeable keepsake.
Oil Can - Lubricant can; oil and steel for guns, doors, and engines.
Paintbrush - Small brush; wood and cloth for settlement odds and ends.
Pencil - Desk item with wood and lead; light but useful.
Plastic Plate - Cheap plate; reliable plastic source from diners and homes.
Pre-War Money - Worthless old cash; cloth scrap, kindling, or wasteland joke.
Radio - Broadcast box; contains circuitry, copper, screws, and crystal.
Rat Poison - Pest killer; acid and poison crafting material, dangerous near food.
Recorder - Small audio device; circuitry, copper, plastic, and old voices.
Rib Cage and Spine - Bone remains; grim material for tools, décor, or raider trophies.
Saucepan - Small pot; steel scrap or travel cookware.
Scalpel - Fine medical blade; steel for surgery, crafting, or crime.
Scissors - Cutting tool; steel and screws, useful for cloth work.
Screwdriver - Basic tool; steel and plastic, often worth keeping.
Sensor Module - Advanced detector part; circuitry, copper, steel, and rare material.
Shopping Basket - Store basket of metal or plastic; carries junk before becoming junk.
Silver Locket - Personal jewelry; silver scrap and a tiny lost story.
Silver Plate - Old dining luxury; valuable silver in a fancy form.
Skull - Bleached head bone; bone scrap or raider decoration.
Soap - Cleaning bar; tradeable, antiseptic, and rare proof of hygiene.
Spatula - Kitchen flipper; steel or plastic from ruined homes.
Steel Yardstick - Measuring tool; steel scrap for builders and tinkerers.
Surgical Tray - Hospital tray; clean steel with medical utility.
Teddy Bear - Soft toy; cloth and leather, though scrapping it feels wrong.
Telephone - Desk phone; circuitry, copper, screws, and plastic.
Tin Can - Rusted food can; steel scrap, cup, alarm, or trap part.
Toaster - Kitchen machine; screws, springs, steel, and possible asbestos.
Toothbrush - Plastic brush; tiny plastic scrap or hygiene tool.
Toy Alien - Little green figure; plastic joke made stranger by real aliens.
Toy Car - Tiny vehicle; screws, steel, lead, and lost-road nostalgia.
Tri-Fold Flag - Display flag; cloth, glass, and wood with patriotic baggage.
Turpentine - Workshop solvent; useful chemical, oil, or antiseptic ingredient.
Typewriter - Office relic; gears, screws, springs, and steel in one heavy package.
Vacuum Tube - Old electronic tube; glass, copper, and circuitry for repairs.
Vault-Tec Lunchbox - Cheery metal box; steel scrap and sometimes hidden surprises.
Vegetable Starch - Crop-made paste; renewable adhesive prized by settlers.
Wakemaster Alarm Clock - Dead bedside clock; gears, screws, springs, and glass.
Wonderglue - Strong glue tube; essential adhesive for mods and field fixes.
Wooden Block - Child’s letter block; wood scrap with old-world sadness.
Wrench - Mechanic’s tool; steel scrap or trusty repair piece.
Yarn - Ball of thread; cloth for clothing patches and bindings.