The Fallout ✱universe is, by now, one which has been thoroughly fleshed out. Bethe𒀰sda has committed a ton of resources towards recreating areas which feel and look real. Their most recent iteration, in Fallout 4, pushes this commitment to mimicry to a whole new level.
You walk into a building and are confronted by all the clutter of a post-war🧸 world, with all the sad stories it leaves behind. In many ways, Bethesda uses this clutter to heighten the sense of drama and nostalgia within the Fallout series. At least, that's one way to l🍌ook at it.
But let's be real before Fallout 4's base-building mechanics there were some items in the Fallout universe which were juไst plain USELESS. You probably collected gnomes in Fallout 3 without even knowing why, as if ordained by an unseen gnomish force (or it may have been Mothership Zeta). Join me as I try and go back through the series to find the B🧜EST and most USELESS items of the Fallout universe.
29 ♚ BEST: Make Money From Money (Fallout 3 and 4) ♍
Who could have guessed, money is worthwhile.
It may seem self-evident, but one of the most useful items in the Fallout universe remains this old-world staple. It isn't heavy (depending on mods and difficulty) and can be lugged around until you've had enough and want to make a profit! All merchants are happy to🥂 take it off your hands, so there really isn't a downside to collecting the item. It's also found pretty much everywhere, with an emphasis on old world locations which are now abandoned.
28 🔥 USဣELESS: The Star-Cap Myth (Fallout: NV)
Let me tell you a tale, wise reader.♋ It's a sad one, but one you need to hear.
It's the story of a New Vegas player who comes across a Suꦓnset Sarsaparilla bottle cap on which is painted a blue star. The player wonders, whatever could this cap mean? Can I use it? They're told by🗹 everyone in the wasteland that it will lead to a secret treasure, heck, they may meet the strange fellow who confirms it. But the truth dear reader, the truth is that they'll likely never collect them all. Unless you're very committed to knowing what the treasure is (like me), these items will always stay an unfulfilled dream in your pocket.
27 🅘 BES𝓰T: The Best Type Of Ammo (Fallout 4)
By now, most people who play Fallout have collected ammo and know how valuable 🍒iꦿt is.
Not only will ammo get you out of a tight spot its value is also monetary. Because most players focus on a particular type♔ of weapon and forget the rest, you've got a steady stream of ammo you won't be using any time soon!
What better thing to do than sell it for a൩ quick b💟uck.
While I could have singled out a variety of ammo types for this entry, I chose .38 because ꧂the revolver is one o♛f my least used weapon types. Substitute it for .50 or Shells as need be!
26 USELESS: Rocket Parts With No End (Fallout꧙ 3) 🍌
Another ♔controversial weapon pick, because I know of people love this one.
The Rock-It-Launcher in Fallout 3 served many purposes. It's primary one being that it provided a use for many of the useless items I've included in this list. Toss anything in the weapon and toss it at your foes! While that is funny in practice, my gripe is against the weapon's many components. These 4 items appear everywhere in the world and their only real use is to be used in the junk launcher. Unless you have the schematic and you're committing t🍌o it, you're often left with too few of the n🐼eeded components. It's a hassle to put together and its components clog up the wasteland, so it's on the list.
25 BEST: Making It With Military Boards (Fall🧔out 4)
🧔Here we go, now it's time to talk aboꦯut Fallout 4 Junk!
While there is a lot of junk to discuss in the game, the truth is that most of them are quite useful! Because of the new settlement mechanic, most players found a use (if only decorative) for every small part of the commonwealth. However, I'll draw your attention to the military circuit board as one of the best💙. Why? Because it provides you with 5 circuitry components in a wasteland that demands them! It also helps out with the main storyline quest, so it's best to keep a few spare handy.
24 USELESS: Healing Powder For Yoಌur Wounds (Fallout: NV)
There has been some good healing powder in the Fallout uni🌄verse.
Fallout Tactics and Fallout 2 featured just such great poultices. You knew they would be useful in a pinch, especially if you had no Stimpacks ready. But one of these healing powders is not like🍰 the rest.
I'm 🌜talking about the one you craft in Goodsprings asℱ part of the introductory quest line.
Not only will the New Vegas healing powder deduct 2 perception points from the player, it only heals them for 2 hit points every second for 18 seconds. We're not talking big numbers. While the healing scales wit🌌h medicine, it remains a lackluster item best left to the Legion.
23 B🌠EST: Magnets And Their Price (Fal𝓰lout 4)
How do they work? No one will ever kn༒ow, ma♑gnets are magic. They also power Diamond city's noodle shop!
What we do know is that their inclusion in Fallout 4 turned out to provide some of the best utility for players. Just like the military circuit board, the high-powered magnet is essential to base-building and weapon upgrades. It provides the player with nuclear material, copper, and ceramic (that ain't no joke in Fallout 4). Also, it has a pretty big role to play in the Brotherhood of Steel quest line (which is the🎃 best). Magnets are pretty dope, it tu🍬rns out.
22 USELESS: Broc Flowers (Fallout: NV) 🦄
Take this entry with a grain of salt, becauseও I ♊never liked the Survival mechanics in Fallout New Vegas.
This isn't really about Broc flowers being useless. In fact, if you invest the time and precious skill points into it, you can turn these little flowers and other components into Stimpacks, Hea💞ling Powder, and Turbo. While that sounds like a good deal, I'm at a loss as to why you'd ever invested points into survival! The mechanic was so badly implemented in New Vegas that it made little sense, especially when the points can be allocated to more useful purposes like barter! Buy your Stimpacks from vendors! It's nothing personal Broc Flower, it's about what you represent.
21 🅠 BEST: Keep The Bottles (Fallout💫 4)
Sur𝓀vival requires water, and water requires a place to store it! Ba♔sic, but important in the wasteland!
That'👍s why our next item on the list is just such a basic component.
Empty bottles were p🍨articularly important in Fall⭕out 4.
The addition of a survival mode which players could play only aggravated the need for some cool and clean water. Once you'd fi🅺nished downing a good bottle of Nuka cola, you could keep it to refill at a pump or lake!🌠 Make the most of your inventory and recycle your bottles.
20 USELESS: Di-NO Toysౠ (Fallout: NV)
Bad pun aside, the Dino toys which are found in Novac 🦩reall꧙y are useless.
You may c🔯onfuse them with their slightly more glamorous cousin "Dinky the T-Rex Souvenir". Both are found around Novac, the city which hosts Dinky the T-Rex in all its glory. While T-Rex souvenirs are worth a WHOLE cap, the Dino toys aren't worth anything! It also doesn't weigh anything, so if you wanted to collect an infinite amount of them you'd be able to. Did I mention no merchant will buy a Dino toy from you? Useless is the only word that comes to mind.