Summary
Fallout 4scatters all kinds of weapons, armor, Chems, junk, collectibles, food, drinks, and other items across the Commonwealth that, oftentimes, end up being the means to acquiring large sums of caps. Without this wasteland currency, which is essential to maintaining and upgradingthe build you’re running, it can feel pretty rough.
Because of the sheer amount of stuff you may pick up, which will quickly start to weigh you down, it becomes necessary and advantageous to grab and sell items with decent weight to value ratios. If the thought of figuring that out makes your head spin, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
8Ammunition You’re Not Using
Most of the time, you’re only going to be using two or three different ammo types, especially if you’re putting all your eggs in one basket with perks like Gunslinger or Rifleman. That isn’t an excuse, however, not to grab every ammo type you find.
Unless you’re playing on Survival mode, ammunition has a weight of zero, and even if most ammo only sells for a cap or two each, the large quantities you find easily make up for the low base value.Bonus points if you’re playing a melee build.
7Scavenged Armor
Practically every humanoid enemy you defeat will have some armor on them. Although these items tend to be pretty heavy, focusing on chest, leg, and arm armor, which tend to be the most valuable pieces, can be quite lucrative.
Make sure to keep an eye out for valuable armor prefixes, like Heavy or Sturdy, and make note of certain armor styles and their respective base values, like Marine armor or Combat armor. Besides, you’ll be swapping out armor all the time as you get upgrades.
6Food And Drinks
While many foods and drinks offer great passive effects and restorative properties, if you have a big surplus of Nuka Cola variants, or heaping stacks of mutated monster meats, you might as well cook what you can and make some caps.
This is especially effective and applicable if you have plenty of Stimpaks on hand, andyou’ve invested in the Medic perkto boost the health you get back with them. Heck, even some raw meats, like Queen Mirelurk or Fog Crawler meat sells for quite a bit; don’t pass it up.
5Medicine And Chems
Maybe you’ve never needed or wanted the slow time effect from Jet, or you’re already running a high Intelligence and Perception build, and don’t have a use for all those cases of Mentats you’ve acquired. Whatever the case, everyone has Chems or medicine they don’t really need.
Alternatively, if you’re popping Chems left and right, there are still certain medicines you can sell, like Rad-X if you already have a bunch of Radaway, or have invested in the Ghoulish perk from the Endurance section of the level-up screen.
4Kellog’s Cybernetic Implants
Whenever you get around to tracking down Kellog and getting revenge for your partner’s tragic fate, make sure you loot his body, not just for his nifty revolver, but also the two Cybernetic Implants he had inside, and sell them.
As they’re largely placed there for lore and immersion purposes, you’re able to’t actually use these implants on yourself and they’re only useful in a practical sense when it comes to their value. If the vendors ask where you found these, it’s probably best to tell them it’s none of their business.
3Toy Models
If you don’t feel any sentimental connection to the toy models you can find throughout the wasteland, usually in predetermined places like the Mechanist’s lair, or randomly if you’re lucky to get one as a reward from opening Vault-Tec lunchboxes, you can sell them for decent prices.
Unless you’re placing them around one of your settlements or in a personal room of yours, there’s not much of a reason to hold on to these things; they’re not required items for quests, so there’s no need to worry.
2Junk
If you’ve just given yourself a bunch of armor and weapon upgrades, or you have a settlement absolutely stuffed with junk andall the materials you’d ever really need, don’t be afraid to slam the ‘sell all junk’ button the next time you’re talking to a trader.
Heck, even if you sold certain junk you realized you needed, you can always buy it back, or if you don’t want to spend the caps, it’s pretty likely you’ll find exactly what you need after looting a random location or two.
1Unique And Legendary Effect Weapons
Unique and legendary effect weapons are going to yield some of the highest base values in the game on a per item basis; it’s a pretty obvious observation, sure, but that doesn’t make it any less true or lucrative.
Since these items can run on the heavy side, it helps to have Grilled Radstag, and other means that increase your carrying capacity. Then, when you’re ready to sell, make sure to pop some Grape Mentats for a big boost to Charisma, and ten percent better selling prices.
