Fallout 4: 5 Brand New Details You Need To Know About

5. 'Junk' Items Are Never Just Junk In Fallout 4

Oh, sweet RPG vendor junk. It's there in all the greatest RPGs of our times; broken broom handles, broken lightbulbs, empty tin cans and wooden spoons are there to be stolen enmasse then sold on to in-game merchants for pitiful amounts of money. Still, every little helps when you're trying to survive an irradiated wasteland, right? But Fallout 4 finally gives all that stuff a higher purpose than vendor fodder. In what Bethesda claims is its most advanced crafting system yet, everything in the game can be broken down or used to help make something else. You can use bits of cloth and screws (among other things) to put together beds when building your settlement, for example, or decide whether those old-world coins should be sold to vendors or re-appropriated for another purpose. For the first time in a Bethesda game, every item you carry - no matter how crappy it seems - will have a multitude of purposes that you can use it for. Fallout 4 director Todd Howard described this as creating an "interesting economy". He said that as the game goes on, "you realise that adhesive is an important element for building things, then you realise, actually, duct tape and glue tend to be more valuable than grenades in the game". In summary, Fallout 4 is an upcycler's paradise. Think all this junky-crafty stuff sounds a bit complicated? Fear not, because back in August Bethesda confirmed that you don't have to do any crafting to complete the game. It's just there if you want it.