Fallout 3 crafting

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This page describes crafting in Fallout 3.

• For crafting in other Fallout games, please see "Crafting".
• For an overview of Fallout 3 content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout 3."

 

Basics

Schematics allow you to create homemade weapons at a workbench if you have the proper components. Acquiring multiple copies of the same schematic allows you to make multiple copies of a weapon from one set of components (bottlecap mine, Nuka-grenade) or weapons with higher initial condition at the time of construction (all other weapons).

Multiple copies of a schematic

Number of schematics	Condition
1	75% of your repair skill
2	100% of your repair skill
3	125% of your repair skill

Obtaining more than one copy of a schematic upgrades the plans. Additional schematics cease to yield benefits after three of each kind have been located; they will simply appear as items in your inventory.

For non-explosives, two plans increase the initial condition of the weapon at construction to 100% of your repair skill (from 75% of your repair skill with just one blueprint). Three plans net a condition of 125% of your repair skill at construction; however, you cannot build a weapon with a higher starting condition than 100%.

For the bottlecap mine and Nuka-grenade, additional schematics allow you to make more items from a single set of components instead. With one schematic - you make one. With two - you make two. With three - you make three.

Additional schematics do not increase the base damage of a weapon. As the base item is the same, the base statistics are as well. The change is in its starting condition (or number, for the bottlecap mine and Nuka-grenade), which does increase the effective damage of the weapon.

Repair skill

Higher repair allows you to make homemade weapons that have higher starting condition and damage. As you make multiple copies of the same weapon you can combine them with the repair skill for higher condition and damage. Alternatively you can have an non-player character repair them. The bottlecap mine and Nuka-grenade are always at maximum condition.

List of schematics

Name	Product	Components	Location	Base ID
Schematics - bottlecap mine	Bottlecap mine	10x bottle cap 1x cherry bomb 1x lunchbox 1x sensor module	Quest reward from Moira Brown in the The Wasteland Survival Guide quest, for completing the optional objective of bringing her back a mine when you go to Minefield . Jocko's Pop & Gas Stop. Sold/carried by Knick Knack. Quest reward from Herbert Dashwood if you tell him the fate of Argyle. Can be found in Dashwood's safe. You could also kill or pickpocket Dashwood for the key.	000BAFFB
Schematics - dart gun	Dart gun	1x paint gun 1x radscorpion poison gland 1x surgical tubing 1x toy car	MDPL-05 power station. Quest reward from Hannibal Hamlin for the Head of State quest. Sold by Michael Masters or Lydia Montenegro at Boutique Le Chic.	000BAFFA
Schematics - deathclaw gauntlet	Deathclaw gauntlet	1x deathclaw hand 1x leather belt 1x medical brace 1x wonderglue	F. Scott Key Trail & Campground. Wounded deathclaw random encounter Quest reward for helping Bannon in Rivet City during Council Seat.	000BAFFC
Schematics - Nuka grenade	Nuka-grenade	1x Abraxo cleaner 1x Nuka-Cola Quantum 1x Tin can 1x Turpentine	Sold/carried by Doc Hoff. Quest reward from Sierra Petrovita for completing The Nuka-Cola Challenge. Yao guai cave, reached through Cliffside Cavern.	000BAFFD
Schematics - railway rifle	Railway rifle	1x crutch 1x fission battery 1x pressure cooker 1x steam gauge assembly	Sold by Tulip at Underworld Outfitters. Quest reward from Abraham Washington for completing Stealing Independence. MDPL-13 power station substation.	000BAFFE
Schematics - Rock-It Launcher	Rock-It Launcher	1x conductor 1x firehose nozzle 1x leaf blower 1x vacuum cleaner	Sold/carried by Crazy Wolfgang. Sold by Moira Brown at Craterside Supply. Rivet City Armory. Medical office in Vault 101, inside the framed quote of Revelation 21:6.	000BAFFF
Schematics - Shishkebab	Shishkebab	1x lawn mower blade 1x motorcycle gas tank 1x motorcycle handbrake 1x pilot light	Sold/carried by Lucky Harith. Quest reward from Vance, for completing Blood Ties. Unmarked Outcast shack west of SatCom Array NN-03d.	000BB000

Notes

• In the Operation: Anchorage add-on, schematics for the trench knife can be found in the game files. They are not functional though and cannot be used to build trench knives, even if obtained via console commands.
• The Cryolator was probably meant to have Schematics for it, seeing as it was meant to be a homemade weapon.
• If you have downloaded Broken Steel, you can receive the Warmonger perk, which gives you all three schematics of every custom weapon. It only works if you are patched up to the latest version.
• The in-game picture on the blueprint for each device appears to be based on a telegraph machine.
• If you have less than a 100 repair skill and use version 3 schematics to make a weapon above your repair skill to give to a companion, it will decrease to your maximum repair skill while in their inventory. (Witnessed on 360 with Jericho and the Shishkebab, 80 repair skill and version 3 schematic, weapon deteriorated overtime from its maxed capacity.)