Best way to break down junk, armor, weapons, ect.....

[kameltoes]

Whenever I get back from a mission or exploring, I take all my followers stuff, leaving me over encumbered when I go and one by one throwing everything I wanna break down on the ground. I switch to workshop mode and then break down each piece one by one...... THIS IS UNINTUITVIE! Am I missing somehting?

[kdodds]

Um... anything stored in the workshop is scrapped on demand.

[red255]

yeah just go to any crafting station in the settlement and hit the button to store all junk.

it'll get scrapped as needed.

occasionally I pull some things out and drop them on the ground to scrap them, large heavy things I pick up that weigh 3 lbs but I just need the oil which weighs much less.

but thats mainly to take to a different settlement.

it can stay unscrapped inside the workbench forever.

[SuperSledgeNY]

For items classified as "Junk", just store them in the WS. The game will automatically break them down into components as needed. Doing it manually as you're doing is a waste of time.

Armor and weapons are NEVER broken down automatically, for obvious reasons. You can either drop and scrap as you're doing OR you can scrap them at a corresponding Armor or Weapon workbench. Other options include storing them until later or selling them to a merchant. If you decide to store them, don't put them in the WS. Build a container and store them in that - settlers won't steal them that way.

[MageThis]

Breaking down junk manually does have a purpose. If I want to haul items to Nuka-World I break them down first so that I may more easily modify/build in NW.

[SuperSledgeNY]

Originally posted by MageThis:

Breaking down junk manually does have a purpose. If I want to haul items to Nuka-World I break them down first so that I may more easily modify/build in NW.

Or you could just assign a provisioner. I just build a robot at Greygarden and assign it to Nuka World Red Rocket.