They provide extra firepower, draw enemy attention away from you, provide conversational context, and best of all, can carry your extra junk, extending your range. So grab it all!ĭon’t Travel Alone (Most of the Time) - Wasteland WandererĬompanions are great. Every item you pick up can be stripped to provide resources for building and modifying structures.
If you have any intention of exploiting Fallout 4's extensive crafting and modification systems, you'll constantly be hungry for raw materials. The junk you find scattered around the various desk, shelves, and lockers of the Fallout 4 universe is really treasure. Once you discover a new site you want to explore (and the discovered alert triggers), fast travel back to your favorite base and drop off your extra items, then Fast Travel back and get to it. Otherwise, exploration becomes an exercise in frustration. It's incredible how quickly your inventory fills up with Junk, so play by this rule: never, ever enter a new major town or facility without cleaning out your pockets at a friendly Workbench.
