Scrap Metal (Fallout 3)

Scrap metal is an item in Fallout 3 which can be traded to various different NPCs located in the Capital Wasteland. It also re-appears in Fallout: New Vegas, and can be used in a variety of crafting blueprints.

Related quests

 * The Outcast Collection Agent
 * This Old House
 * Walter's Scrap Metal

Megaton (Fallout 3)
Once you reach Megaton you can visit Walter. He will tell you he needs help repairing leaks in the pipes. If you have 30 repair you can repair these pipes. Once you talk to Walter again he will tell you that he needs help with upkeep. He will ask for pieces of Scrap Metal. Now it can be traded for caps/experience.

Ammo press (The Pitt)
The ammo press in the Pitt is located in the Mill. Scrap metal is very useful in the presses due to it yielding more ammo than scrap put in. For example, if one puts 500 pieces of scrap metal into the press to make shotgun shells, it will return 1000 shells.

Reloading bench (Fallout: New Vegas)
The reloading benches found throughout the Mojave Wasteland can break down one Scrap Metal into 200 units of Lead, for the purposes of crafting ammunition. For players who often construct their own ammunition, rather than purchase it, Scrap Metal becomes a valuable source of raw materials.

Boomers (Fallout: New Vegas)
Jack asks for Scrap Metal. You gain Fame with the Boomers for every piece you give and when you give them about 50 pieces you gain instant idolized status with the Boomers.

Weapon Repair Kit (Fallout: New Vegas)
One of the components of the Weapon Repair Kit, an extremely useful item you can craft. You need a Repair skill of 50 to make one and it will repair your weapon by different amounts depending on your Repair skill.

It is made from the following items: * Duct Tape x1   * Scrap Electronics x1    * Scrap Metal x3    * Wonderglue x2    * Wrench x2

Locations
Scrap metal can be found throughout the Capital Wasteland and the Mojave Wasteland. For semi-specific locations, please refer to the discussion page.

Behind the scenes

 * Scrap metal was originally called "spare parts" and was designed to function just like Alien epoxy (which was added to Fallout 3 with the Mothership Zeta add-on), but this idea was dropped during pre-production.

Bugs

 * There are three pieces of scrap metal in the Chinese Listening Post in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation that can be taken, whereas all the rest of the scrap is static.

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