Junk

This article lists all Junk items in Horizon. Other, to Junk related, item lists can be found here:

* Components
* Shipments

## General

As in vanilla FO4, the main use of junk items is to use them to build and craft new items. Junk items in Horizon have been reworked and further classified. Junk can be scrapped into its components at any time using the Field Scrapping option and Salvaging 20. Likewise, if the skill is not sufficient, the player can scrap junk using the Shredder. By scrapping, carry weight can decrease and the overview in the inventory increases.

Junk can still be found in Vanilla locations in Horizon. In addition, Horizon offers the option to have parts of the junk items produced, completely automatically. Junk can also be found through Settler Missions and the player is able to craft a special Eyebot (Cargo Bot), called Wilson, which is able to scan the environment and grab and hoard every junk item independently, based on preference. Likewise, Wilson can automatically transport junk items, at a set time interval, to a settlement of the players choice.

In order to have junk transported globally, across all settlements, at any time, Cargo Bots help here again. Cargo Bots allow the player to build Resource Stations (Architect > Utilities). A resource station is a kind of hub for a cargo bot, which allows Supply Lines to be created, in order to link settlements with one another. All settlements that are linked together share the items in their workbenches. In addition, the inventory of each workbench can be concentrated at any time on one workbench, the Master Workbench. A master workbench allows sorting, concentrating, etc. of junk items in vast amounts without wasting much time, almost instantly.

### Classification

* No Value: Very low quality junk that isn't worth even 1 cap (burnt books, plastic forks, folders, etc.)
* Common Junk: Common items that either have useful components, or are purposely filtered to stay in the environment (toasters, etc.)
	+ Common Junk (ammo): Damaged rounds and shell casings
	+ Common Junk (low quality): Very basic low quality junk (bottles, vases, kitchenware, lots of other items)
	+ Common Junk (medical): Low quality junk, but doctors may buy/sell these (flasks, test tubes, etc.)
* Organic Junk: Bones, animal parts, etc.
* Quality Junk: Items that have valuable components
* Legendary Junk: Items that have legendary-quality components (alloys, mutated parts, etc.)
* Other keywords: Quest items, different food types, devices, medical items, cures, sellables, utility, and many others

## Management

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By highlighting components, **junk** items that contain them, are also highlighted in the world. Important components can be marked in the Pip-Boy by selecting **Component View** (Pip-boy > INV > Junk). If the Scrapper perk, rank 2 is unlocked, every junk item lying around in the world, is highlighted.

A Master Workbench, to manage items quickly, is always recommended. It allows to store items in a settlement of choice by transporting items of any workbench into one single workbench. This can be setup in the Resource Station anytime. In this regard, a Supply Line is almost essential, to keep performance high, Horizon uses its own supply line system called: Cargo Bot Supply Line. It is also advisable to change the default Cargo Destiation, from both, Wilson and the Production Storage to a master workbench (settlement) of choice in order to concentrate items even better.

Before each crafting and/or trading action it recommended to check "Component View". Horizon has added so many new items and components that some might not be tagged with the magnifying glass symbol 🔍 yet. That often reveals new junk items better kept for crafting, building or trading.

Proper inventory management makes trading, sorting and finding junk more effective. Junk can be sorted by valued (VAL) while trading or in any other inventory. Not all vendors in Horizon buy all junk items and some might even buy "no value" junk items, which obviously shouldn't be sold. When trading, Wilson's Auto-Transport option might be disabled before hand. Otherwise Wilson may transport items and thus an invetory category might be blank at some point.

The Field Kit allows for "Junk Scrapping", to reduce weight and decrease inventory bloat, thus less micro-management and better inventar overview will be the consequence.

Time can be saved by picking the entire inventory of a corpse, by pressing the "R" key twice, and inspecting loot whenever the player character is overloaded. High carrying capacity from strength, Personal Cargo Bot, various item mods and/or backpacks will greatly influence inventar management intervals in this regard. If Wilson's auto-transport option is not available, the Strong Back and/or Lone Wanderer perk may help.

## Technical Issues

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## See Also

* Development/Item
* Component
* Wilson