Fallout 4: Where to Get Oil

Fallout 4: Where to Get Oil

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Fallout 4 introduced settlements to the franchise for the first time. You can sink many hours into building your own town and crafting weaponry. Now, all the junk found in the wasteland can be broken down into components. You then use these components to improve your weapons, armor, and settlements.

Oil is one of these crafting components that you can find in the Commonwealth. Oil is very important as it's a necessary resource to build turrets, water purifiers, generators, and other machines in your settlements. You will also need oil to upgrade certain weapons and craft explosives. This guide will show you where you can get oil in Fallout 4.

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Junk Items

There are several junk items that contain oil. Storing them in your settlement workshop will add to the amount you have. You can also drop the items and scrap them to immediately extract the oil to add to your inventory. Oil can be found in items that make sense to contain it, such as lighters and gas canisters. Leveling up the Scrapper perk will net you more components from junk items. The following list contains all items that can be broken down for oil and the areas where you can find a decent amount.

Item

Locations

Aluminum Canister

Six are located in the Memory Den

Aluminun Oil Can

One at Vault 81

Blowtorch

Four in the Liberty Prime hangar at Boston Airport

Fumigus Blowtorch

One at the Boston Mayoral Shelter

Blue Paint

Three inside Hardware Town

Condensed Fog (Far Harbor)

Found in basins of Fog Condenser machines

Cooking Oil

Three can be found at Jamaica Plain

Cutting Fluid

Crafted at Chemistry Stations

Flip Lighter

Four in Fort Hagen

Gas Canister

Four at Park Street Station

Gold Plated Flip Lighter

Two in Med-Tek Research

Industrial Size Shortening

One can be found in Boston Mayoral Shelter

Lantern

Eight can be found at Dunwich Borers

Mr. Handy Fuel

Four near the Super Duper Mart entrance

Oil Can

One at Bunker Hill

Oil Canister

Many can be found in forts and factories

Paint Can

Four in the Federal Ration Stockpile

Red Paint (Nuka World)

14 in Nuka-Town Backstage

Soap

Search bathrooms in the wasteland

Used Oil Can

Three in Sanctuary Hills

Yellow Paint

Three at Federal Ration Stockpile

Shipments

You can also buy shipments of components. Visit certain vendors to buy junk in bulk. Here is where you can find oil shipments in the Commonwealth.

• Trashcan Carla: Sanctuary Hills or Drumlin Diner
• KL-E-0: Goodneighnor
• Proctor Teagen: The Prydwen
• The Mechanist: Mechanist's Lair

Fallout 4

Franchise FalloutPlatform(s) Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox OneReleased November 10, 2015Developer(s) BethesdaESRB M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS