Fallout 4 Settlements: 14 Crucial Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

10. Tag Materials To Make Components Show In The Open World

Before you've amassed a suitable amount of caps to purchase the larger shipments of specific materials (and more on how to get money faster coming up soon), you'll be hankering after things like copper almost right away, as it's a core component of things like generators, lights and more. To aid in finding what you need out in the wasteland, hit R1/RB when you're viewing any item with a missing component, and you'll add a little magnifying glass icon to the missing material in question. Now, whenever you look at any menu that shows you the contents of what you can take, any item that has what you need inside will appear with the icon next to it, so you know which junk is worth holding onto.