To get ammos in Fallout 76, you have to gather resources, craft them at a Tinker’s Workbench, or buy them from vendors and other players. It’s not easy – in fact it can feel like a part-time job – but wasteland survival often means scavenging and crafting. Here’s a rundown of how players get ammo in FO76 using in-game methods:
- Crafting at a Workbench – The simplest way is to craft ammo yourself at a Tinker’s Workbench. You’ll need raw materials: lead, steel, plastic, gunpowder, and sometimes special components (e.g. acid to make gunpowder). By unlocking bullets recipes (most are available by default), you can turn these materials into bullets and shells.
- Farming and Looting Enemies – Appalachia is full of enemies and most of them carry some bullets. One clever FO76 feature is that enemies drop it corresponding to the weapon you use to kill them. So, if you use a shotgun to take down a bunch of Feral Ghouls, you’ll likely loot some shotgun shells. Players take advantage of this by using the type they want to farm while doing events or daily quests.
- Public Workshops – Certain public workshops can produce ammo for you. Notably the Converted Munitions Factory in the Savage Divide is a location you can claim and power up. Once you have it running, you can use the terminal to fabricate various types over time – essentially turning raw materials (and some electricity) into free crates.
- Ammo Converter – Converter is a device introduced in a past season that lets you exchange bullets you don’t want for ammo you do. It’s essentially a vending machine where you deposit, say, excess .38 rounds or arrows to earn points, then spend those points to get, say, 5mm or shotgun shells. It’s a useful way to use up all that unwanted bullets cluttering your stash.
- Trading and Buying – Sometimes the easiest way is to let your Caps do the talking. NPC vendors (like those at train stations or faction bases) sell small quantities of common types. You can buy, for example, a couple hundred 5.56 rounds or some energy cells if you have the caps and the vendor hasn’t run out of stock (vendor inventories reset daily).
As you can see, Fallout 76 offers many ways to scavenge, craft or otherwise get ammo. A dedicated player can stock up by doing a bit of everything above – craft some, loot some, trade for some. Buying FO76 Ammo Boost with ChaosBoost players will get every available in-game bullet to defeat their enemies.