Scrap metal

	Fallout 3/Fallout: New Vegas miscellaneous item Scrap metal
	Component of Weapon repair kit Fallout: New Vegas Lead Fallout: New Vegas Sierra Madre chip Dead Money Nails Lonesome Road Weight 1 Value 1 Quests The Outcast Collection Agent This Old House Walter's Scrap Metal ED-E My Love Iron and Stealing Dealing with Contreras Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans Volare! Base ID 00031944

 

Scrap metal is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Fallout 3

Scrap metal plays no further role in the game than collecting for certain people.

Related quests

• The Outcast Collection Agent: scrap metal along with various other items can be turned in to Protector Casdin at Fort Independence for ammunition, grenades, and useful aid items.
• This Old House: scrap metal can be given to Winthrop at Underworld in exchange for radiation supplies or stimpaks.
• Walter's Scrap Metal: scrap metal can be turned in to Walter at Megaton for caps, experience, and positive karma if the player decides to give the scrap metal for free.
• The ammo press in The Pitt can also be used to melt scrap metal down into ammunition. Scrap metal is very useful in the presses due to it yielding more ammunition 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.

Fallout: New Vegas

Much like in Fallout 3, scrap metal in Fallout: New Vegas can be turned in to various non-player characters for unmarked quests. It is also a useful alternative to a higher Repair skill when trying to repair certain objects. It is a necessary component in the crafting of the Weapon repair kit. Its most lucrative use, however, is that it can be broken down into 200 units of lead, which is used in the crafting of ammunition at a reloading bench. These things are not mutually exclusive, however, as lead is the easiest component of ammunition to get; the primer, powder, and casings are all much less commonplace.

Related quests

• ED-E My Love: ED-E can be repaired using three pieces of scrap metal and several other objects if the player lacks the requisite Repair and/or Science skill to do so without parts.
• Iron and Stealing: One option to gain fame with the Boomers and thus complete the quest Volare! is to give Jack scrap metal. 50 pieces will give the player instant Idolized status. This unmarked quest stays active even after the bomber is raised.
• Dealing with Contreras: Isaac can be given scrap metal to make ammunition for Contreras. 100 pieces are necessary. However, he will also accept the much more numerous and far less valuable bent tin cans instead.
• Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans: Two pieces of scrap metal, along with many other supplies, are needed to repair William Farber's food processor in Camp McCarran if you lack the Repair skill to jury rig it.

Locations

• Scrap metal can be found throughout the Capital Wasteland and the Mojave Wasteland.
• Old Lady Gibson located in Gibson scrap yard has a large stock of scrap metal, ranging from 3 to 7 at a time. Her inventory restocks every 72 in-game hours.

Crafting

With the Honest Hearts add-on, two new crafting recipes allow the player to craft scrap metal.

Components		Requirements		Products
1 Metal cooking pot 1 Metal cooking pan 1 Pot		Workbench Repair: 25		1 Scrap metal

Components		Requirements		Products
1 Butter knife 1 Fork 1 Metal spoon 1 Tin plate		Workbench Repair: 5		1 Scrap metal

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.