While there’s a lot to find in the wasteland,Fallout Sheltertransforms the junk you find on quests and excursions into valuable equipment and stylish themes. Crafting, however, takes time and effort to do. You’ll need to unlock the right workshops first, and collect enough junk to make something useful.

Crafting doesn’t have to be difficult, but it will take some planning. From gathering the junk you need to building the right rooms to craft in, there’s a lot to account for. We’ve broken down what each workshop is for and how to craft the items you need to survive in the wasteland.

Fallout Shelter weapon crafting

How To Use The Weapon Workshop

Tounlock the Weapon Workshop, you’ll need22 Dwellers in your Vault. It takes upthree room spaces, so you’ll need to plan ahead before building it.

You canuse junk to craft weaponsby assigning a Dweller to the workshop.Some weapons can only be crafted, and cannot be found in the wasteland.

Fallout Shelter swapping outfits

To reduce the time it takes to craft a weapon, trytraining your dwellerscorresponding Special stat!

Weapons come in three rarities:Common, Rare, and Legendary. While you’ll come across more Common weapons, Legendary weapons will deal more damage. However, itcosts more time and capsto craft them.

Fallout Shelter swapping themes

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How To Use The Outfit Workshop

The Outfit Workshoprequires 30 Dwellers in the Vaultbefore you can unlock it. This workshop can be used tocraft new outfits, which willboost different statsfor your Dwellers. Better statshelp them surviveand be more efficient in their jobs.

Assign a Dweller to the Outfit Workshop, then enter the room and select “Craft”. You canchoose from any available items, and you’ll use junk to craft the new articles of clothing.

How To Use The Theme Workshop

To unlock the Theme Workshop, you’ll need to haveat least 42 Dwellersin your Vault. Themes can be used tochange the appearance of the Diner and Living Quartersrooms.

Themes are purely cosmetic and have no benefits outside a new appearance.

To craft a Theme, you’ll need tocollect fragments in the wasteland from completing quests. Collecting all the fragments of a Theme recipe will allow you to craft it.