Weapons, apparel and aid items are all useful to the player in one way or another. Miscellaneous items, on the other hand, range from extremely useful to completely useless. This table aims to provide a list of all the miscellaneous items in Fallout: New Vegas that have at least one use as a reference for which junk to carry and which junk not to pick up in the first place.
Obviously useful items like bobby pins, currency and drained energy cells are excluded from this list.
Some of this junk can't be used without various add-ons installed and/or certain quests completed.
Miscellaneous item
Use with
Purpose
Abraxo cleaner
Workbench
Cosmic knife clean , Cloud Kiss
Box of detergent
Workbench
Homemade Flamer fuel , Rocket
Butter knife
Workbench
Scrap metal
Camera
Toaster
5 Small energy cells , 3 Microfusion cells , Scrap electronics
Carton of cigarettes
Sierra Madre vending machine
Sierra Madre chips
Cazador poison gland
Campfire
Mother Darkness , Silver Sting , Turbo
Cherry bomb
Workbench , Reloading bench
Bottlecap mine , Rockets
Clipboard
Book Chute
Duct tape , Scrap metal
Coffee mug
Muggy
2 Wonderglues , 3 Empty syringes
Coffee pot
Muggy
Lead
Conductor
Reloading bench
Rockets
Deathclaw egg
Campfire
Wasteland omelet
Dinner plate
Muggy
Wonderglue , Empty syringe
Dog hide
Workbench
Leather belt
Duct tape
Workbench
Various items
Earnings clipboard
Book Chute
Duct tape , Scrap metal
Egg timer
Workbench
Time bomb
Empty Nuka-Cola bottle
Sink (computer)
Purified water
Empty soda bottle
Campfire , Sink (computer)
Homemade Nuka-Cola , Cactus water , Purified water
Empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle
Campfire , Sink (computer)
Homemade Sunset Sarsaparilla , Purified water
Empty syringe
Workbench
Stimpak
Empty whiskey bottle
Sink (computer)
Purified water
Finance clipboard
Book Chute
Duct tape , Scrap metal
Fire gecko hide
Campfire , Workbench
Tanned fire gecko hide , Leather belt , Various gecko-backed armor
Fission battery
Workbench
Small energy cells , Sierra Madre chips , Cass' moonshine
Flour
Campfire
Brahmin Wellington , Fire ant fricassée , Nightstalker squeezin's
Forceps
Workbench
Doctor's bag
Fork
Workbench
Scrap metal
Gecko hide
Campfire , Workbench
Tanned gecko hide , Leather belt
Glass pitcher
Campfire
Purified water (2 needed; not used up)
Golden gecko hide
Campfire , Workbench
Tanned golden gecko hide , Leather belt , Various gecko-backed armor
Green plate
Muggy
Wonderglue , Empty syringe
Hot plate
Toaster
5 Small energy cells , 3 Microfusion cells , Scrap electronics
Iron
Toaster
5 Small energy cells , 3 Microfusion cells , Scrap electronics
Large burned /destroyed /ruined /scorched book
Book Chute
Blank book
Large whiskey bottle
Campfire
Large wasteland tequila
Leather belt
Workbench
Super stimpak
Lunchbox
Campfire , Workbench
Bottlecap mine , Caravan lunch
Mantis foreleg
Campfire
Grilled mantis leg
Medical brace
Workbench
Doctor's bag
Medical clipboard
Book Chute
Duct tape , Scrap metal
Metal cooking pan
Workbench
Scrap metal
Metal cooking pot
Workbench
Scrap metal
Metal spoon
Workbench
Scrap metal
Milk bottle
Sink (computer)
Purified water
Nightstalker blood
Campfire
Antivenom , Hydra , Nightstalker squeezin's
Nightstalker egg
Campfire
Mushroom Cloud
Pack of cigarettes
Sierra Madre vending machine
Sierra Madre chips
Pencil
Book Chute
Lead
Pilot light
Workbench
Gas bomb
Pot
Workbench
Scrap metal
Pre-War book
Book Chute
Blank book
Radscorpion poison gland
Campfire
Antivenom , Hydra , Ruby's casserole , Silver Sting , Tremble
Red plate
Muggy
Wonderglue , Empty syringe
Scalpel
Workbench
Doctor's bag
Scrap electronics
Workbench
Gas bomb , Time bomb , Weapon repair kit
Scrap metal
Workbench , Reloading bench
Lead , Nails , Sierra Madre chips , Weapon repair kit
Sensor module
Workbench
Bottlecap mine , Powder charge , Gas bomb , Auto-inject stimpaks
Small burned /destroyed /ruined /scorched book
Book Chute
Blank book
Surgical tubing
Workbench
Doctor's bag , Purified water , Snakebite tourniquet
Tin can
Workbench , Reloading bench
Powder charge , Junk Rounds , Sierra Madre Martini
Tin plate
Workbench
Scrap metal
Toaster
Toaster
5 Small energy cells , 3 Microfusion cells , Scrap electronics
Turpentine
Campfire
Various tanned gecko hides, Turbo , Cloud Kiss
White plate
Muggy
Wonderglue , Empty syringe
Wonderglue
Workbench
Skill books from recipe, Weapon repair kit
Wrench
Workbench
Weapon repair kit
Yeast
Campfire
Cass' moonshine
