Scavenging

Scavenging is the game's gathering hub. It contains repeatable jobs for finding resources while training the skill connected to each job. The available jobs depend on your current location, owned access items and active game events.

The Scavenge page

Jobs are grouped into five gathering skills:

• Scavenging – searching locations for general supplies and salvage.
• Mining – extracting stone, ore and other mineral resources.
• Woodcutting – gathering logs and related resources.
• Hunting – gathering from non-combat hunting jobs.
• Fishing – catching fish and other water-based loot.

Select a skill heading to expand or collapse its jobs, then select a job to see its full action card. The game remembers which skill groups you leave open.

Reading a job

The location row shows the job's name, difficulty and its required resources or equipment. A job with a minimum skill requirement remains locked until the linked skill reaches that level.

After opening a job, the page shows:

• your total attempts, successes and failures for that job;
• the possible loot discovered for the job;
• progress in the job's linked skill;
• the resources and items required for another attempt; and
• loot found during the current visit to the page.

Always use the in-game card for the exact cost and rewards. These values can differ between jobs and may change as the game is balanced.

Costs and success chance

A scavenging job can require Rad Immunity and may also require a tool or another item. Requirements marked as a cost are consumed when the attempt is made. Every attempt also reduces Morale.

Success is based mainly on your level in the job's linked skill compared with the job's skill level. A higher relevant skill improves your chance, and current Morale provides an additional bonus. The skull rating on the location row is a quick difficulty guide; it is not itself your displayed success percentage.

An attempt can succeed and award one or more rolls from the job's loot, or fail without finding an item. Either result counts toward the job's statistics. Scavenging attempts award player experience and experience in the linked gathering skill, so unsuccessful searches still contribute to progression. Some attempts can also trigger a random event.

Useful habits

• Keep enough Rad Immunity for the job you want to repeat.
• Maintain Morale before a long scavenging session because it helps your success chance.
• Train the skill named on the job instead of assuming every location uses Scavenging.
• Check that required tools are present and that consumable requirements can cover every planned attempt.
• When away from the City, watch your vehicle capacity: an overweight vehicle restricts travel.

Current City jobs

The table below comes from the current game definitions. Seasonal jobs and jobs available only at other locations may not appear here.

Woodcutting

Job	Cost per attempt	Required equipment	Possible loot
Forest	2 × Rad Immunity	1 × Hatchet	Logs × 5-10 (100%); Dirty Water × 1 (1.25%); Scrap × 2-13 (4.94%); Nails × 1-2 (1.25%); Barley Seeds × 1 (1.25%); Fuel × 1 (1.25%); Arrows × 1-2 (4.94%); Lumberjack Gloves × 1 (0.01%)

Mining

Job	Cost per attempt	Required equipment	Possible loot
Coal Mine	1 × Rad Immunity	1 × Pickaxe	Rock × 1 (100%); Coal × 1-3 (100%); Miners Lamp × 1 (0.01%)
Iron Mine	2 × Rad Immunity	1 × Pickaxe	Rock × 1 (50%); Iron Ore × 3-6 (100%); Hip Flask × 1 (0.01%)

Hunting

Job	Cost per attempt	Required equipment	Possible loot
Marshlands	1 × Rad Immunity; 1 × Arrows	1 × Bow	Hide × 1-3 (100%)

Fishing

Job	Cost per attempt	Required equipment	Possible loot
Lake	1 × Rad Immunity	1 × Wooden Fishing Rod	Bass × 1 (50%); Carp × 1 (50%); Lighter × 1 (1%)

Scavenging

Job	Cost per attempt	Possible loot
Abandoned Cabin	1 × Rad Immunity	Logs × 2-4 (100%); Dirty Water × 1 (1.25%); Scrap × 2-13 (4.94%); Nails × 1-2 (1.25%); Barley Seeds × 1 (1.25%); Fuel × 1 (1.25%); Arrows × 1-2 (4.94%); Preserved Coffee × 1 (0.04%)
Scrapyard	1 × Rad Immunity	Nails × 1-3 (50.63%); Scrap × 1-21 (100%); Dirty Water × 1 (1.25%); Barley Seeds × 1 (1.25%); Fuel × 1-2 (11.13%); Arrows × 1-2 (4.94%); Silver Spoon × 1 (0.02%)
Hunters Shack	2 × Rad Immunity; 1 × Lockpick	Cloth × 1 (100%); Dirty Water × 1 (1.25%); Scrap × 1-14 (16.82%); Nails × 1-3 (13.59%); Barley Seeds × 1 (1.25%); Fuel × 1 (1.25%); Arrows × 1-2 (4.94%); Beer × 1 (1%); Flux × 1 (12.5%); Gears × 1 (12.5%); Mixed Vegetables × 1 (2%); Broken Remote × 1 (10%); Pocket Watch × 1 (0.01%)
Gas Station	3 × Rad Immunity; 1 × Lockpick	Fuel × 1 (75%); Scrap × 10 (100%); Mixed Vegetables × 1 (5%); Broken Remote × 1 (25%); Handy Pliers × 1 (0.01%)
Car Factory	3 × Rad Immunity; 1 × Mechanics Wrench	Fuel × 5 (100%); Car Parts × 25-75 (100%); Flux × 2-5 (7.84%); Nails × 50 (2%); Gears × 1 (2%); Plastic × 1 (2%); M249 × 1 (1%); Revolver × 1 (1%); LR-300 × 1 (1%); Broken Remote × 1 (10%); Turbo × 1 (10%); High Capacity Turbo × 1 (0.5%)

See also Skills, Inventory, Explore and Outposts.