Any junk worth getting rid of completely?

[Salem Graves]

I've reached the point now where my stash is consistently full of pretty much only junk, I'm reaching the vendor cap limit every day and still my pockets are overflowing. I think I'm playing way more than the game expected me to because I just have no space anymore xD I have a vendor set up where I'm selling a lot of junk, but it's not selling faster than I can replenish it.. Sooo is there some junk that I should just get rid of? I'm not going to stop collecting it because I'm addicted to pressing E. Please help.

And yes, I know 1st would be the obvious solution, but I'm not in a position where I can spend money on a subscription.

[lucg]

To manage the stash box without Fallout 1st :

Get rid of any Meds, Foods, Gunpowder (keep an amount if you craft ammo regularly)

Keep between 150 to 200 junk items of each. Maybe more for plastic and relatively rare ones (ballistic fibers, gold, ultracite, screws, etc ... )

Keep track/take notes about the places you have founded many of the same junk items, like that, it's easy to go for a farming run when you need something ... .

[KitKat]

Originally posted by lucg:

Keep between 150 to 200 junk items of each.

150-200? More like... 20-25 at best, maybe like 50 at best of those recouese that you need for repairs of your guns/armor, plus Lead/Steel/Gunpowder for ammo. And even the latter is not needed, due to Contextual ammo (aka enemies dropping the same ammo you used to kill em with + ammo boxes/army duffle bags giving you ammo for the weapon you have in your hands).

Once you've built your camp up, the only reason to keep resources is for repairs, but that's it. 20-25 of each "just in case", while use the rest of your space for those legendary items to sell every day for scrip once the reset happens, plus items that you sell in your shop also take up space, so... that too. You REALLY do not need 150-200 of "each" junk. You absolutely don't.

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I'm not going to stop collecting it because I'm addicted to pressing E. Please help.

I know that feeling all too well. Exactly why I constantly run Traveling Pharmacy paired with my Pharma Farma... Can't stop picking up every single piece of meds/chems. Just to sell it at camp/to bots for the daily reset of caps.

But yeah. At higher levels, you HAVE to fight the urge to loot everything. I know it is very difficult to fight it... As a fellow in-game cleptomaniac, trust me, you HAVE to fight it. Otherwise your stash will always be full.

[climbingeastofwinter]

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I've reached the point now where my stash is consistently full of pretty much only junk, I'm reaching the vendor cap limit every day and still my pockets are overflowing. I think I'm playing way more than the game expected me to because I just have no space anymore xD I have a vendor set up where I'm selling a lot of junk, but it's not selling faster than I can replenish it.. Sooo is there some junk that I should just get rid of? I'm not going to stop collecting it because I'm addicted to pressing E. Please help.

And yes, I know 1st would be the obvious solution, but I'm not in a position where I can spend money on a subscription.

You need to figure what junk you need to repair the gear you're using and keep enough to do a few repair cycles. Keep enough aid and ammo supplies banked to generally get you through a couple long events. Leave enough room in your stash so when you start hunting for build upgrades you can store many copies of similar items as you grind through 'almost's of what you want to something you feel comfortable with.

[Serrel]

Originally posted by KitKat:

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I'm not going to stop collecting it because I'm addicted to pressing E. Please help.

I know that feeling all too well. Exactly why I constantly run Traveling Pharmacy paired with my Pharma Farma... Can't stop picking up every single piece of meds/chems. Just to sell it at camp/to bots for the daily reset of caps.

But yeah. At higher levels, you HAVE to fight the urge to loot everything. I know it is very difficult to fight it... As a fellow in-game cleptomaniac, trust me, you HAVE to fight it. Otherwise your stash will always be full.

Unfortunately even since beta I have had the urge to collect everything and so when fallout 1st came it was a no brainer. I know they intended this mechanic but without it, game sucks for me, I like to loot every piece of random crap because I can :)

As a note to OP. I found I was forever running out of Ammo so I switched build to a Plasma rifle thats got excellent stats and I have a mass excess of ammo now, no perks cards for extra collection, mobs just drop more than I use.

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Serrel:

Unfortunately even since beta I have had the urge to collect everything and so when fallout 1st came it was a no brainer. I know they intended this mechanic but without it, game sucks for me, I like to loot every piece of random crap because I can :)

Problem is... They've put a limit on stash. They added a problem.

...and then just sell you the solution, in shape of Fallout 1st, as an extra paiment on top of a game that you already paid for in the first place.

I understand *why* it exists - to fund the servers, as it's a live-service game. I get it. But there are many other ways of making people spend money without resorting to "make a problem, then sell the solution" tactic.

[Wade]

Unfortunately, I don't know how to help you, all junk is valuable, some more, some less, but you never know when you will need a specific type of junk. All those junk items in the game are there for reason. The game is designed with very restricted stash space to "encourage" you to buy subscription with scrapbox. If you like the game and plan to play it for some long time then I recommend you to buy yearly subscription. If not, then get rid of cloth, asbestos, cork, leather, since you will not play the game for long time anyway.

[Calistrasza]

Honestly if you're like me and you pick up everything that isn't nailed down, sell it all. I go through every month or so and clean out all junk in my stash and sell everything to a vendor that can be sold, everything else goes onto my own vendor at stupidly cheap prices. Then I begin the process of refilling my stash again.

Actually, that reminds me. Time for another purge.

[Funreaver]

ballistic fiber is pretty important endgame (at least in my opinion) so I would hoard that (should also be relatively little compared), also gold I find usefull until you have deep pockets :D

[Krumbleskin]

Some junk can be sold at train stations once bulked, if you need caps that's one option. Once camp is built glass is useless, I just farm items for ammo. So objects with oil, copper and acid for flamer and plasma ammo. Ballistic ammo drops are enough that I rarely need to store much lead or gunpowder and steel is really easy to get. I just dump glass from scrapping lamps for copper and rubber from other items.

[PotatoBasket]

Anything you don't use. Also make sure you've broken down some of the heavier junk that doesn't auto-break down with the rest - dogwood is a good example.

If you have your camp built and equipment you plan on keeping it's easiest.

Try this. Write out the ingredients you need to repair your armor, PA, and firearms. Reduce any other junk down to 50-100 in your stash - glass, wood, cement, whatever. You'll see the majority of your stash weight management issues disappear. If you use grenades this isn't going to help as much for most builds it's your insta-fix. Remembering what you DON'T need becomes much easier, as well.

[virpyre]

Best Sellers - It's almost impossible to keep these in stock for very long at almost any prices:

• Acid
  
• Ballistic Fiber
  
• Concrete
  
• Lead
  
• Circuits
  
• Fiber Optics
  
• Nuclear Waste
  
• Loose Screws
  
• All kinds of flux

Core products - While you won't necessarily be scrambling around to keep restocking them (in some cases, this is purely because they're easily gathered, such as steel), they are reliable sellers for medium prices:

• Adhesive
  
• Aluminium
  
• Copper
  
• Gears
  
• Gold Scrap
  
• Plastic
  
• Rubber
  
• Silver Scrap
  
• Spring
  
• Steel
  
• Ultracite Scrap
  
• Waste Antiseptic

Shelf fillers - These sell, but infrequently. They're good to keep a healthy level of stock in your shop, and they do get purchased sometimes.

• Black Titanium
  
• Bone Shards
  
• Ceramic
  
• Cloth
  
• Crystal shards (n.b. These ones are weird - sometimes they go without selling for ages, then for a period deluges of people will keep clearing you out. I don't know why!)
  
• Fertiliser
  
• Fiberglass Spool
  
• Leather
  
• Oil
  
• Wood

The void - You will be able to count on one hand the number of times you'll sell any of these. Someone, somewhere will be looking for them once in a blue moon, though!

• Cork
  
• Glass
  
• Raw Asbestos

[KitKat]

Originally posted by virpyre:

*longpost*

Can 100% confirm that most of these lists are on point. Although, I think "Best" and "Core" should be combined together. All of these things sell very good. In fact, Black Titanium from "Shelf fillers", as well as Fiberglass and Oil also disappear rather quickly.

But then again... My shop is "Fix price" - all junk is 3 caps per 1, regardless of what it is. Rare or common, a small batch or huge amount... Does not matter. 3 per 1. Most stuff is gone very fast.

[lockwoodx]

Don't sell your scrap. Build things and earn atoms from personal challenges like "craft 76 ballistic weapons"

[PotatoBasket]

Originally posted by virpyre:

( Ho;y Damn, bro teaches a composition class over here.)

Potato would definitely attend but I fear the point would be lost...