Where to find gears

Small, metal wheels with toothed edges used primarily for mechanical devices. Gears are used in some mods for weapons and robots, as well as turrets and other machines for settlements. In the crafting requirements or when previewing the scrapping of items, the crafting resource is called just "gear," but the item is actually called "gears" is produced from scrapping and is used in crafting.

Fallout Wiki Explore. Fallout games. Classic games Fallout Fallout 2 Fallout Tactics. Fallout Atomic Shop Apparel Bundles C. Emotes Icons Photomode S. Much like adhesive , wood , springs , and screws , gears can be got in Fallout 76 by scrapping particular junk items that you find lying around the world. That last one is a particularly handy and easy source of gears in Fallout High external gates and armored doors will net you between 3 and 5 gears per item.

Other items, such as electrical components, will only yield one gear each. You can take your items for recycling to most monuments, or if you prefer a safer environment, you can take your items to an outpost or the bandit camp and use the recyclers there. Toss your unwanted materials in, press the recycle button, and listen to the gentle hum of the machine as it grinds your straw into gold. You can purchase gears directly from the outpost for scraps per piece if you wish.

Alternatively, you can research gears for the same price and craft gears for scrap and 25 metal fragments at a tier 3 workbench. Be careful though as they can range from low to high levels. Hoard as much gear as you can to be able to have one of each workbenches in your CAMP. Go to your C. P to start the build mode. From there, you can choose a workbench to build from the Crafting tab. It will also show you all the required materials needed to create the workbenches.

Gear scraps and other scraps are dropped when you die. You will have to go back and manually take them from the paper bag you leave behind when you die so its better to just store them at your Stash than risk losing them. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.