Whats the most common ammo?

[MAlipioC]

I just started playing and I hardly ever have ammo. Whats the most common ammo? And whats the best way to get it? (I already have the ammo perk level 1)

[sforcic]

.38, 10mm, .45, Shotgun shell, .308 etc.
Smth like that.

[MAlipioC]

Originally posted by sforcic:

.38, 10mm, .45, Shotgun shell, .308 etc.
Smth like that.

Any easy way to get ALOT of them?

[sforcic]

Other than cheating, no. Looting containers, buying ammo from vendors are normal ways.I'm sure there are some mods that allow crafting of ammunition.

[BlazeD]

Build a weapon shop in your settlement. Bounce from there to diamond city selling weapons and buying ammo.

Sell lots of ammo you don't use to buy ammo you need.

[MAlipioC]

Originally posted by sforcic:

Other than cheating, no. Looting containers, buying ammo from vendors are normal ways.I'm sure there are some mods that allow crafting of ammunition.

i bought every ammo from that guy on diamond city will he "recharge"?

[sforcic]

Originally posted by MAlipioC:

Originally posted by sforcic:

Other than cheating, no. Looting containers, buying ammo from vendors are normal ways.I'm sure there are some mods that allow crafting of ammunition.

i bought every ammo from that guy on diamond city will he "recharge"?

Yeah. Vendors refresh.
I know its hard in the beginning. Later, you'll swim in ammo. Idk if you use automatic weapons, but they "eat" lot of ammo. Maybe use melee for things that are easy (roaches for example), having different weapons that use different ammo and rotating them, using VATS...try being more conservative could help :)

[felmari]

best is looting and having the perk that gives more ammo loot. you can also make them with automatron addon i believe or whatever gives the factory builds. you can buy them but it will cost you a lot like just a couple hundred can go into the thousands(maybe my difficulty setting?). i find with the perk you get more than enough except for companions who waste ammo a lot though single fire weapons can lesson that as well as giving them ammo you do not use or if there default is good enough it would be infinite and sometimes they are good enough as pack mules and distractions not as combat efficient bots are another story where they can be both with no drain in ammo.

[Bored Peon]

Go buy bullets from Elmore Leonard near Coastal Cottage or Eleanor near Fairlane Estates.

Both of them carry way more ammo than the all other ammo vendors.

[Befuddled Honey Badger]

Picking up guns off the floor will give you ammo too. Although, sometimes, if I've killed an enemy with a sneak attack and they never got into combat I won't get any ammo from their weapon.

Also, it may be a bit trite but try not to miss much and go for headshots as they do 25% more damage to enemies except insects and most (?) robots. Although, it's a good idea to maybe cripple Assaultron and certain Mechanist Junk-/Swarmbot heads so they can't use their laser (and cripple any legs so they can't chase you down).

Edit: Oh and if you have Contraptions DLC, make an Ammunition plant (it's under Power > Manufacturing in settlement build mode). You'll need fertiliser along with various amounts of copper, lead and plastic depending on what ammo you make (and oil if you are making 2mm EC).

[John Marston]

You can manufacture your own ammo with Contraptions DLC.

[Nite69]

10mm and .38 is the most common because its the weakest

and most any other ammo type will be easier to get later in game as enemies get better weapons when ya level up

7.62 ammo can only be found on Nuka World btw, Bethesda forgot to add it to the traders in base game and far harbor

[Bored Peon]

You can not count on drops alone for ammo.

If you run off and do Far Harbor majority of those mobs drop no ammo.
If you fight a bunch of ghouls, they drop no ammo.
If you go into the Glowing Sea most of those mobs drop no ammo.
If you fight a lot of synths they only going to drop energy cells.

In my opinion Scrounger is useless. Ammo containers are rare to find most areas have maybe 1-3 containers. Then you are RNG's puppet as the majority of the results are going to be useless for you.

[Zaris]

Originally posted by MAlipioC:

Any easy way to get ALOT of them?

The easiest way without mods / cheats is the following:
1) start with or level charisma to 10 and the vendor perk, wear charisma clothes (1 head, 1 glasses, 2 dress)
2) play the mainquest and help the minuteman to unlock sancuary settlement
3) build water purifier (big ones) (up to 40-45 can be placed in the river)
4) you will get ~1200 bottles clean water every ingame day, take all water out of the settlement worktable or it will not respawn
5) sell the water for 16 per bottle in diamond city / goodneighbor which means you will get 1200*16 = 19200 caps every day to buy out every item from the vendors

Settlements also produces food, scrap or fertilizer (for Jet production) but water is the fastest one for which you will only need the materials for the purifier+ power. Start with 1-2 purifier and invest the produced bottles in scrap for more purifier

[Nite69]

you can have 3 on a dress if you get the one from Trinity Tower

a complete set of Sharp Legendary Armor on a Green Shirt and Combat boots will also work, combine that with glasses and hat and you have 8 charisma total on just gear

[The Inept European]

The easiest way to get boocoo ammo without mods or cheats is to get the Ambush Kit from Creation Club and build Firing Ranges. These glitch ammo like Niagara Falls.