Chemicals & Repair Putty

[Dermatrode]

"Chemicals" to make "Repair Putty" is so hard to find.. I need way more Repair Puttys than I can make, and I'm salvaging every house and location.. will it get better to find chemicals later in the game?? (I just unlocked the "Mid-Zone")..

[Teyar]

In the Mid Zone you'll be getting access to materiel for a blowtorch - An excellent companion in your repair kit. One single bar of time, only uses up as much as it uses, albeit less overall repair.

Means you can stop wasting a full slap of putty for each minor nick and bump.

[Dermatrode]

Originally posted by Teyar:

In the Mid Zone you'll be getting access to materiel for a blowtorch - An excellent companion in your repair kit. One single bar of time, only uses up as much as it uses, albeit less overall repair.

Means you can stop wasting a full slap of putty for each minor nick and bump.

awesome! thanks for your answer & information, blowtorch it is then! ;)

[Dark Phoenix]

Chemicals are more commonly found in the lab huts, in the chemical cages. Finding chemicals is, i agree, a pain when you need to fix up the car and do some workshop upgrades.

[FinementCiselé]

-It is normal that chemicals are hard to find.
-Drive less recklessly, try to plan your travels ahead, avoiding unstable zone/extreme danger zone and even if it's a bit longer, you're better going through perpetual peaceful areas than stormy ones, thus reducing the damage on your car.
-There is always a way to avoid most of regular anomalies (not counting event based one for quest, stormy area and portal locked)
-The game always try to makes you think you're in a hurry, the atmospheric opression feelings tends to make you feel like you're always in danger to push you makes faulty decision. Ending in your car taking damages. Breath, stay cool and drive safely.
-Sometimes, it is better to avoid salvaging everything a avoiding huge repairs to be made than go for get ressources and ending in a net loss.
-Upgrading your car can be costly and you may find it hard to afford (as you'd think you'll not have enough ressources because you'd skip some repairs doing so) it is a bias. The game tries to mindplay with you, ALWAYS.
-Having a set of pieces and making a rolling plan with the regeneration thing can saves you lots of putty (which i consider only for repair on the go since late T1 area)
-Learn how the scanning tool works in order to prepare ahead what kind of damage you'll face, having an upgraded antenna to scan more area is a wise choice.
-Dot not hesitate to make a few runs only for farming energy in order to makes proper researches and diverge from going straight into the main quest, you don't have to rush it.

And finally : no you will not find more chemicals per area, but with the few tips above, you can circumvent most damages and end stockpilling stuff more than you can use. Take the slow route, enjoy the atmosphere, learn how things work and reading pieces of lore scattered around will make your trip more enjoyable.

[Raptor85]

Originally posted by Dermatrode:

"Chemicals" to make "Repair Putty" is so hard to find.. I need way more Repair Puttys than I can make, and I'm salvaging every house and location.. will it get better to find chemicals later in the game?? (I just unlocked the "Mid-Zone")..

you can also make spare parts and put the damaged ones in the regenerator while you use the spares, then swap as the spare gets damaged, it'll reduce resource usage a lot since stuff like steel and glass is more common than chemicals.

[FinementCiselé]

I also forgot from my previous answer that when you're at garage, it is most likely better to swap parts and recycle than repairing, except if you have parts that you can't already make (use of the dismantling tool to get bulletproof parts before having access to them is a good example)
(kinda like what Raptor said, but in a more destructive way <_<)

[Dermatrode]

Originally posted by FinementCiselé:

I also forgot from my previous answer that when you're at garage, it is most likely better to swap parts and recycle than repairing, except if you have parts that you can't already make (use of the dismantling tool to get bulletproof parts before having access to them is a good example)
(kinda like what Raptor said, but in a more destructive way <_<)

thanks alot for your answers, it's not that I don't know how to play the game or all these mechanics, I already did swap out armored doors from other cars and stuff too, I was just wondering if there will be more chemicals to collect later in the game, that's all. anyway your answers might be helpful to others as well, so thanks for your tips ;)

[AUSTR-ALIENS]

The regenerator is damn useful. Metal is plentiful, chemicals and rubber and such much less so. Make some extra doors and panels then swap them out each journey.

Something to remember is that, generally, the Instability naturally rolls in pretty slow unless you open a gateway. Just because the siren sounds doesn't mean it's instantly time to escape. Take your time, grab what you can, and plan your exit. Your car will thank you.

[Reddie Systeem]

If you are running low on Chemicals you might want to scrap some paints in the scrapper in your Garage, these will usually result in 0-1 Chemicals per paint can.

[Doc Maccinakloutos]

Originally posted by Reddie Systeem:

If you are running low on Chemicals you might want to scrap some paints in the scrapper in your Garage, these will usually result in 0-1 Chemicals per paint can.

as an absolute last resort then, paints are rarer than chems.

[Cesar]

You get a cabinet that will repair car parts as you go out. It doesn't work while you're in your garage unfortunately but everything you put in will be ready when you get back. I'm trying to recall what it's called, matter reconstructor?

Right now I have a bumper and three side panels in it. You make a few duplicates and cycle the ones with most damage in when you get back. You're covered as long as your car doesn't get totally trashed

[weiss]

Originally posted by Dermatrode:

"Chemicals" to make "Repair Putty" is so hard to find.. I need way more Repair Puttys than I can make, and I'm salvaging every house and location.. will it get better to find chemicals later in the game?? (I just unlocked the "Mid-Zone")..

theres an easy way to avoid this. i mean, it might damages your pride but, you have to get over that tho. just activate auto repair everytime you come back into the garrage, problem solved. keep some with you during a long run tho.

i mean, peoples complain so much about difficulty and "i can find this not enough to make this ebough" etc. and yet, the devs gave plenty of ways to recover. i mean i know, the pride thing and playing on the hardest difficulty and stuff but, then you dont need to wonder.

i have only 2 modifiers on, auto repair everytime when i get back to the garage because damn was it annoying and i am always protected in my car from radiation even if it is not completely enclosed x3.

they should´ve done that as default settings cause in this way is it perfectly balanced ^^.

[Midnght]

It gets better @teyar you need 80 eggs to make a blowtorch and eggs are easier to find so make sure to unlock the basic blowtorch first :D well after you unlock the advanced workbench that is first two unstable things i bought

[Raptor85]

Originally posted by Doc Maccinakloutos:

Originally posted by Reddie Systeem:

If you are running low on Chemicals you might want to scrap some paints in the scrapper in your Garage, these will usually result in 0-1 Chemicals per paint can.

as an absolute last resort then, paints are rarer than chems.

not if you check the pneumatic storage spots every time you see one, you get 1-2 paint and sometimes decals at almost each one, i filled almost 3 cabinets full of paint from just passive "side of road" looting while doing other tasks.

[DrSNAFU]

As said, check the modular research stations (denoted on map as a square with a satellite dish atop). Make sure you have a crowbar and crack open some of those chain-link cabinets.

The friendly dumpster out back keeps giving me a bunch. I have lots of extras by now.

Don't use it on things like steel fenders. I just mulch my fenders when they get too damaged. They only cost 2 steel plate, 12 scrap. Dead cheap.