Aluminum is one of the many components needed for crafting weapons, armor, or power armor mods, as well as maintaining your settlement. It is obtained by scrapping the following items found around the world.
Items that contain aluminum
Item | Scrap | Weight (lb) | Value (Caps) |
Alarm Clock | x2 Aluminum, x1 Glass, x1 Spring, x1 Nuclear Material | 1 | 10 |
Aluminum | x1 Aluminum | 0.1 | 3 |
Aluminum Can | x2 Aluminum | 0.1 | 1 |
Aluminum Canister | x2 Aluminum, x2 Fiberglass, x1 Oil | 3 | 12 |
Applicator | x1 Aluminum, Fiber Optics | 0.5 | 12 |
Cake Pan | x3 Aluminum | 0.5 | 5 |
Carlisle Typewriter | x2 Aluminum, x6 Gear, x4 Screw, x5 Spring | 5 | 20 |
Cauterizer | x1 Ceramic | 0.1 | 1 |
Clean Cake Pan | x2 Aluminum | 0.5 | 7 |
Clean Coffee Tin | x2 Aluminum | 1 | 6 |
Coffee Tin | x2 Aluminum | 1 | 3 |
Coolant Cap | x2 Aluminum | 1 | 5 |
Distress Pulser | x2 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry, x1 Nuclear Material | 1 | 5 |
Ear Examiner | x1 Aluminum, x1 Fiber Optics, x1 Glass | 0.75 | 15 |
FLL3 Turbopump Bearings | x3 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry | 0 | 300 |
Hubcap | x2 Aluminum, x2 Screw | 3 | 5 |
Inactive Distress Pulser | x2 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry, x1 Nuclear Material | 1 | 5 |
Industrial Oil Canister | x2 Aluminum, x2 Oil | 3 | 14 |
Injector | x1 Aluminum | 0.5 | 8 |
Oil Can | x1 Aluminum, x4 Oil | 0.5 | 15 |
Recorder | x1 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry, x1 Glass, x1 Nuclear Material, | 0.75 | 23 |
Ring Stand | x1 Aluminum, x1 Steel | 3 | 2 |
Sabotaged Turbopump Bearings | x3 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry | 0 | 15 |
Sensor | x1 Aluminum, x1 Nuclear Material | 0.5 | 20 |
Spanner | x1 Aluminum | 0.5 | 8 |
Surgical Tray | x3 Aluminum | 0.5 | 2 |
Sweeper | x3 Aluminum, x2 Nuclear Material, x2 Circuitry | 4 | 100 |
Toy Rocket Ship | x1 Aluminum, x2 Plastic | 0.5 | 7 |
Tray | x1 Aluminum, x2 Plastic | 0.5 | 7 |
Tin Tool | x1 Aluminum, x1 Nuclear Material | 0.5 | 15 |
TV Dinner Tray | x3 Aluminum | 0.5 | 1 |
Tweezers | x1 Aluminum | 0.2 | 8 |
Unrusted Tin Can | x1 Aluminum, x1 Steel | 0.1 | 1 |
Wakemaster Alarm Clock | x2 Aluminum, x2 Glass, x2 Spring, x2 Nuclear Material | 1 | 15 |
Shipments of Aluminum
You can find a shipment of aluminum in Diamond City. Arturo the weapons vendor sells them. Each shipment has fifty pieces of aluminum.
You can also find a shipment of 25 pieces being sold by Rufus Robins in Goodneighbor.
Aluminum Locations
There are a few great places scattered around the Commonwealth where you can find lots of Aluminum.
- The Institute- All over the institute in the form of tools, there is a lot to be found here
- Vault 95- Over 115 pieces can be found scattered around in the form of aluminum cans and both surgical and TV dinner trays
- Vault 81- Around 40 pieces of aluminum can be found here, these are found inside the secret location located within the vault
- Mass Pike Tunnel- Around 50 aluminum pieces. Many of these are underwater
- Mahkra Fishpacking- Over 80 pieces can be found here
- Corvega Assembly Plant- The aluminum is found both inside and out. Watch out for raiders here
- Medford Memorial Hospital- Multiple surgical and TV dinner trays can be found here, making it an excellent location for aluminum farming
