Fallout 4 Workshops Crafting Guide: Weapons, Armor, Power Armor, Cooking and Chemistry Items

Fallout 4 features an extensive crafting mechanism which can be used for developing various assets that will aid your journey through the wasteland. Besides crafting Settlements, workshops can be used to craft Weapons, Armor, Power Armor, Cooking and Chemistry Items.

WEAPONS

Fallout 4 has a staggering breadth and depth of weapons. There’s a lot to find and use, and actually, at times, it can be hard to know if what you have is even good. This part of our guide takes a look at all of the weapons in the game, which you can craft as well, as well as their stats and properties, and whether or not these weapons can be further modded:

Pistols

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
.44 Pistol	48	5.2	Yes
10mm Pistol	21	3.5	Yes
Alien Blaster	50	2.5	Yes
Deliverer	25	4.4	Yes
Flare Gun	110	2	Yes
Gamma Gun	110	3	Yes
Institute Pistol	–	–	Yes
Lasor Pistol	–	–	Yes
Pipe Bolt-Action Pistol	34	3.8	Yes
Pipe Pistol	15	2.3	Yes
Pipe Revolver Pistol	28	4.2	Yes

Rifles

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Pipe Rifle	13	2.8	Yes
Pipe Bolt-Action Rifle	34	4.8	Yes
Pipe Revolver Rifle	24	5.4	Yes
Hunting Rifle	28	4.2	Yes
Combat Rifle	33	11.1	Yes
Sniper Rifle	–	–	Yes
Institute Rifle	15	4.8	Yes
Syringer Rifle	–	–	Yes
Assault Rifle	50	11.1	Yes
Gauss Rifle	110	15.8	Yes
Laser Rifle	24	4.5	Yes
Laser Musket	30	12.6	Yes
Plasma Rifle	100	14.4	Yes

Melee Weapons

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Board	22	3	Yes
Knuckles	16	0.5	Yes
Machete	22	2	Yes
Baseball Bat	25	3	Yes
Shock Baton	–	–	Yes

Explosives

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Frag Grenade			Yes
Molotov Cocktail			Yes
Frag Mine			No
Bottlecap Mine			No
Pulse Grenade			No

Heavy Weapons

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Broadsider	108	38.1	Yes
Cryolator	20	13.2	Yes
Fat Man	468	30.7	Yes
Flamer	12	16.1	Yes
Gatling Laser	14	19.3	Yes
Junk Jet	40	29.9	Yes
Minigun	8	27.4	Yes
Missile Launcher	150	21	Yes

Hand Gear

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Knuckles	16	0.5	Yes

Other

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Submachine Gun	10	12.7	Yes
Double-Barrel Shotgun	45	9	Yes
Combat Shotgun	50	11.1	Yes
Switchblade	12	1	Yes
Tire Iron	19	2	Yes

Unique Weapons

Name	Damage	Weight	Mods
Kellog’s Pistol

COOKING

Cooking can help you keep ahead of the dangers you are likely to stray into in the Wasteland. At the very least, it helps you recover some health, even if you do get inflicted by some radiation sickness in the process. In this part of the guide, we’ve listed the cooking recipes for all major meals in the game, as well as what each meal’s special property is, if any.

Beverage

Name	Ingredients
Dirty Wastelander	x1 Mutfruit, x1 Nuka Cola, x2 Whiskey
Purified Water	x3 Dirty Water

Roast

N/A

Name	Ingredients
Baked Bloatfly	x2 Bloatfly Meat
Increased Radiation Resistance.
Bloodbug Steak	x1 Bloodbug Meat
+15 Max Health for 1 hour.
Cooked Softshell Meat	x2 Softshell Mirelurk Meat
+15 AP for 1 hour.
Crispy Squirrel Bits	x1 Squirrel Bits
N/A
Deathclaw Egg Omelette	x1 Blood Pack, x1 Deathclaw Egg
Small Heath Regen for 2 hours.
Deathclaw Steak	x1 Deathclaw Meat
+1 Agility for 1 hour.
Grilled Radroach	x3 Radroach Meat
N/A
Grilled Radstag	x Radstag Meat
+25 Carry Weight for 1 hour.
Iguana On A Stick	x1 Iguana Bits, x1 Wood
N/A
Mirelurk Cake	x1 Mirelurk Egg, x1 Mirelurk Meat, x1 Oil,x1 Razorgrain
Breathe underwater for 30 minutes.
Mirelurk Egg Omelette	x1 Dirty Water, x1 Mirelurk Egg
Restores 50 AP.
Mirelurk Queen Steak	x1 Queen Mirelurk Meat
+2 Endurance for 1 hour.
Mole Rat Chunks	x2 Mole Rat Meat
+5 AP for 15 minutes.
Mutant Rat Chunks	x2 Mole Rat Meat
+5 AP for 15 minutes.
Mutant Hound Chops	x1 Mutant Hound Meat
Remove 50 points of Radiation.
Mutt Chops	x1 Mongrel Dog Meat
N/A
Radscorpion Egg Omelette	x1 Purified Water, x1 Radscorpion Egg
Cures addictions.
Radscorpion Steak	x1 Radscorpion Meat
+25 Energy Resist for 1 hour.
Roasted Mirelurk Meat	x2 Mirelurk Meat
+10 AP for 30 minutes.
Squirrel On A Stick	x1 Squirrel Bits, x1 Wood
N/A
Stingwing Filet	x1 Stingwing Meat
+1 Perception for 1 hour.
Yao Guai Ribs	x1 Yao Guai Meat
+15 Damage Resist for 1 hour.
Yao Guai Roast	x1 Carrot, x1 Tato, x1 Yao Guai Meat
+10 melee damage for 1 hour.

Soup

Name	Damage
Iguana Soup	x1 Carrot, x1 Dirty Water, x3 Iguana Bits
Noodle Cup	x1 Dirty Water,x1 Razograin
Radstag Stew	x1 Gourd, x1 Radstag Meat, x1 Whiskey,x1 Silt Bean
Squirrel Stew	x1 Bloodleaf, x1 Carrot, x2 Dirty Water,x1 Squirrel Bits,x1 Tato
Vegetable Soup	x1 Carrot, x1 Dirty Water, x1 Tato

Utility

Name	Damage
Vegetable Starch	x3 Carrot, x3 Mutfruit, x1 Purified Water,x3 Tato

CHEMISTRY

You can make a lot, and I mean a lot of stuff in Fallout 4- I’m talking medicines, first aid, general utilities that can help you maintain your gear, and yes, addictive drugs that you can either use yourself, or sell for some good money on the Wasteland. This section of the guide looks at the crafting system in the game, specifically in relation to Chemistry:

Drug

Name	Damage
Berry Mentats	x1 Anti Freeze Bottle, x1 Mentats, x2Tarberry
+5 Intelligence and highlights living targets for 8 minutes.
Buffjet	x1 Buffjet, x1 Jet
Slow Time, +3 Strength, +3 Endurance, +65 max Health, and +35 max AP for 15 seconds.
Bufftats	x1 Buffout, x1 Mentats
+Strength, +3 Endurance, +65 max Health and +3 Perception for 8 minutes.
Grape Mentats	x2 Hubflower, x1 Mentats, x1 Whiskey
+5 Charisma, barter 10% better for 8 minutes.
Jet	x2 Fertilizer, x1 Plastic
Slow Time for 10 seconds.
Mentats	x1 Abraxo Cleaner, x2 Brain Fungus, x1Lead
+2 Intelligence and +2 Perception for 5 minutes.
Orange Mentats	x1 Asbestos, x3 Carrot, x1 Mentats
+5 Perception and +10% VATS Accuracy for 8 minutes.
Psycho	x1 Acid, x1 Circuitry, x2 Hubflower, x1Stimpak
+25% Damage and 25 Damage Resist for 5 minutes.
Psycho Jet	x1 Jet, x1 Psycho
Slow Time, +25% Damage, +35 Damage Resist and +40 Max AP for 15 seconds.
Psychobuff	x1 Buffout, x1 Psycho
+25% Damage, +Strength, +3 Endurance and +65 max Health for 8 minutes.
Fury	x1 Berserk Syringe, x1 Buffout, RequiresChemist
+50% Melee Damage, +25 Damage Resist and -5 Perception for 8 minutes.
Jet Fuel	x5 Flamer Fuel, x1 Jet, Requires Chemist
+35 Max AP and increased AP regen for 8 minutes.
Overdrive	x2 Acid, x1 Nuka Cola, x1 Psycho, Requires Chemist
+25% Damage and +25% Critical Chance for 8 minutes.
Ultra Jet	x1 Bloodleaf, x1 Fertilizer, x1 Jet, x2Plastic, Requires Chemist
Slow Time and +100 max AP for 15 seconds.

Grenade

Name	Damage
Molotov Cocktail	x2 Adhesive, x1 Cloth, x2 Glass, x4 Oil
Baseball Grenade	x2 Adhesive, x1 Baseball Bat, x2Fertilizer, x1 Oil, x2 Steel
Cryogenic Grenade	x3 Acid, x3 Adhesive, x3 Aluminum, x2Nuclear Material, x1 Spring
Fragmentation Grenade	x3 Adhesive, x2 Aluminum, x2 Fertilizer, x3 Oil, x1 Spring
Pulse Grenade	x4 Adhesive, x3 Aluminum, x1 Circuitry, x2 Nuclear Material, x1 Spring
Plasma Grenade	x4 Adhesive, x4 Aluminum, x2 Circuitry, x3 Nuclear Material, x1 Spring

Healing

Name	Damage
Glowing Blood Pack	x1 Antiseptic, x1 Blood Pack, x1Irradiated Blood
+75 Rad Resist for 10 minutes.
RadAway	x2 Antiseptic, x3 Glowing Fungus, x1Plastic, x1 Purified Water
Removes 300 Rads.
Refreshing Beverage	x3 Antiseptic, x1 Blood Pack, x2 Purified Water, x2 RadAway, x1 Stimpak
Removes all Rads and cures additcations.
Skeeto Spit	x1 Blood Sac, x1 Bloodleaf, x1 Glass, x1Steel
+25 max Health for 20 minutes.
Stimpak	x2 Antiseptic, x1 Blood Pack, x1 Steel
Basic healing item

Mines

Name	Damage
Bottlecap Mine	x2 Adhesive, x2 Fertilizer, x2 Oil, x2 Steel, x1 Vault-Tec Lunchbox
Cryo Mine	x3 Acid, x3 Adhesive, x4 Aluminum, x2Circuitry, x2 Nuclear Material
Fragmentation Mine	x3 Adhesive, x3 Aluminum, x3 Fertilizer, x3 Oil, x2 Steel
Pulse Mine	x4 Adhesive, x4 Aluminum, x3 Circuitry, x2 Fiber Optics, x3 Nuclear Material
Plasma Mine	x4 Adhesive, x5 Aluminum, x3 Circuitry, x3 Fiber Optics, x3 Nuclear Material

Syringer Ammo

Name	Damage
Beserk Syringe	x1 Anti Freeze Bottle, x1 Bourbon, x1Dirty Water, x1 Steel
Chance to Frenzy target for 2 minutes.
Bleed Out Syringe	x1 Fiberglass, x1 Oil, x1 Steel
Does 30 points of damage over 10 seconds to target.
Bloatfly Larva	x1 Bloatfly Gland, x1 Glass, x1 Psycho
Chance on death for target to spawn a bloatfly.
Endangerol Syringe	x1 Acid, x1 Glass, x1 Med-X, x1 Pencil
Reduces target’s Damage Resistance by 25% for 2 minutes.
Lock Joint Syringe	x1 Dirty Water, x4 Lead, x1 Steel, x1Stingwing Barb, x2 Tarberry
Chance to Paralyze for 10 seconds.
Mind Cloud Syringe	x1 Abraxo Cleaner, x2 Asbestos, x1Glass, x1 Purified Water
Target believes the player has vanished and has a reduced chance to detect you for 30 seconds.
Pax Syringe	x2 Mutfruit, x1 Nuka Cola, x1 Steel
Chance to make the target non-violent for 30 seconds.
Radscorpion Venom Syringe	x1 Glass, x1 Radscorpion Stinger, x1Steel
Does 40 points of damage over 10 seconds to target.
Yellow Belly Syringe	x1 Anti Freeze Bottle, x1 Fertilizer, x1Glass, x2 Silver
Chance on hit to cause target to flee for 30 seconds.