How to Get Aluminum in Fallout 4

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

Fallout 4 Aluminum Locations

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