Fallout 76 - Strategy For Maintaining Your Ammo Supply 

1:58 the Gatling gun is insane, I started using it with 2000 ammo and after a few days of using it exclusively I had 70,000 5mm in my stash. Absolutely prints ammo

Also if you plan on getting excavator. Do the fire breathers quest first , inside of belching Betty mine where the final exam takes place there is black titanium ore that will help with crafting the excavator

For copper, the Chinese ornamental vase, a lot of those at the palace and some in the whitespring train station. Cooking/stew pots. Anywhere you can find a kitchen/cafeteria. Some notable locations being the big cultist house at the northwest of the map (also a good location for Crystal) and whitespring golf club. Hot plates have copper and are often found in kitchen areas as well. Lamps, phones and light bulbs. Locations, valley galleria and the prison. Mine suit filter from mole miners. It's the rarest mole miner junk item, but if you're in a position to drop a nuke, hit the titan for all the mole miner spawns. Acetone canisters (not the crushed variant, for whatever reason). Blackwater mine and sons of dane compound. These are the ones i know off the top of my head. Highly HIGHLY recommend getting a camp (or even a couple in case your spot is taken) with a lead extractor. I set one up, hit lucky hole mine like twice and have never had to farm lead again, since like level 200 (1360 now). It will only fill up to 14, but as long as you keep collecting it, you should be self sustaining after a little bit. I have like 70k lead now and I'd say like 97% of that is from my camp extractor

For lead, I always pick up pencils whenever I see them. You always need wood and lead, and they weigh almost nothing. That agricultural center by flatwoods has a bunch. All over flatwoods actually.

Vault 51 also has weights. Be sure to put your survival tent nearby, as there aren't any workbenches for scrapping.

Looting dead enemies for ammo is not contextual to the weapon you’re holding. It’s contextual to the weapon you killed them with. Kill an enemy with a 10mm, then switch to a .45 weapon before you inspect the dead enemy. You’ll only see ammo for the weapon you used to kill it (10mm), if at all. Looting containers is contextual to the weapon you’re holding at the time you entered the proximity of the container. Walk up to a container holding a 10mm, then switch to a shotgun before opening the container. More than likely you’ll still get 10mm ammo, not shotgun ammo.

This is a good guide for new players, but I would definitely tell anyone in need of ammo to simply run daily ops. You don't need to complete it, killing enemies usually gives you 3x what you used to kill em, its amazing for keeping my cremator stocked

Using a railway rifle + bandolier perk to lower the weight is a good way to start playing. You only need steel to craft spikes.

I'm constantly running out of 308 ammo...I've bought from player vendors and made ammo then go do 2 events and I run out of ammo....so thank you for all the tips in the video

Definitely awesome video , also I'd say prepare for your build early game , I ran with a hunting rifle i modified at level 13 with a 50 cal receiver plan from an npc vendor by the time I hit level 25 ish I had 7k 50 cal. Rounds . When I do a commando I start with a pipe revolver and build up on .45 ammo. That combined with scrounger perk i Definitely didn't run out . I don't use the level 20 start I just really don't like the load outs but thats my personal opinion. Great job again sir

Cave crickets in Tanagra Town have a good amount of waste acid too.

Also, if you ever need to farm cloth, just go to the book house! It gives you a crap lot of cloth and you will be set for a while :)

I switched over to the prime ultracite rifle recently, and instead of crafting ammo, I've been running the first expedition in Atlantic city solo using a flamer, and switching to my ultracite before getting on the vertibird to get like 80 to 120 cells each time. Then converting the flamer fuel over to fusion cells for my other Laser guns. Plus, good way to farm 4 to 6 legendaries at a time

A good ammo box route and the 255 reset for me, add scrounger card to up the amount in ammo.

I like using the Fact Finder .44. And for copper, u gotta keep ur eyes open for them tiny little fuses

FO1st and loot everything, scrap it and scrap box. I rarely run out of any scrap. I have over 11000 lead scrap in my scrap box currently, I don’t think I’ve made any ammo in months still using up 30,000 .45, and .556 I made months ago. A lot of people think FO1st is a waste, but I think you get a lot of bang for your buck!!!

The most sensational game expedition is by far the best technique to get ammo, the reason being enemies drop usually 30-40 of the ammo you use each (core ammo types is an exception). To do it best I suggest you create your own expedition team so you can be the leader and dictate the pace, that'll allow you to loot everything you need without being moved to the next area by another player. I also suggest you to start every expedition with a light inventory, so you can "take all" quickly on clusters of dead enemies (R key (nearby corpses) - R key (take all)). Pay attention that these carry missiles often so don't forget to dump them afterwards or sell them into an ammo converter. With expeditions you get legendary modules, scrip, stamps, legendaries to scrip (or sometimes even keep), crazy amounts of stimpaks and fairly good xp. I may even try to farm xp next season with this instead of west tek. Now when I try a new weapon with ammo I don't have at all (prime usually) I always do a single run of the ammo boxes near vault 76 and then move on to an expedition or daily ops. All in all, crafiting ammo is dead and useless once you do these. The only exception is possibly crafting railway spikes (only steel needed) to feed the ammo converter with it, it's very good to get fuel when you run out. Usually my ammo converter sits at max points nearly all the time. But outside of fuel prime ammo is a must and will never be a problem as long as you do a few expeditions here and there.

If you don't wanna mine Lead ore the route I take is Vault 51, Eastern Regional Penitentiary, Green County Lodge, The Kill Box, and Firebreathers HQ all have free weights which yield the most lead.

To get my ammo I buy every steel bulks I can or I get my steel by scrapping every gun in Westek runs and I use that steel to craft railway spikes. Then i convert them to 40mm or fuel which are the only 2 ammo I currently use. Takes a little bit of time but if you're prepared it's worth it.

Alot of blood eagle camps have weights as well

Mr. Wiggle, another good strategy is to equip the weapon you want the ammo for and fast travel to RobCo. On the road all those dead robots will have your ammo and lots of other good scrap.

Gauss rifle with ultracite ammo, cheat code. Make so much ammo back

Level 400+, I STILL pick up everything if I am not encumbered. I farm scorched for ammo, weapons, and armor for dailies. One of my alts can't generate enough ammo as a sneaky commando so just gave in to the railway rifle life. Crafting ultracite ammo is crazy. Also I have started new ultracite weapons by just running around with the empty weapon and loot ammo boxes. Generally I will switch weapons before getting to close to the containers if I had to shoot something first. I make sure to loot or pick up a few things before I loot the containers. Better chance of the contextual ammo being what weapon I have in my hands vs what I spawned with in the area. Didn't know about the chimes not being on the item list count, interesting.

There is a copper deposit half a 'click' East of Suton train station, just before the 18 wheeler trailer.

The large cooking pots have copper or the stew pots i cant remember which one and the light house suvineirs have copper

In my experience, Bethesda increased the amount of ammo you can find on enemies and in containers. So all I do is using Scrounger Perk Card. Maybe it is not enough for Miniguns or other weapons that eat ammunition. But for Enclave Plasma Flamer or Fixer it is more than enough your amount of ammunition during general gameplay sessions.

Copper junk, try the lighthouse. Bottom of stairs entrance. Need crystal junk, try cultist location Clancy manor. 👍👏

I just came back to 76 after quitting after launch due to the horrifying bugs/glitches/drama etc, and I have to say, the game feels like a much much better experience now, and I might be hooked on it.

I always do the daily op with the plasma caster and I always leave with 5000+ cartridges, then I take them to the ammo converter 3000 carts for 7000 points

Having to "farm" for ammo to allow you to do PVE content otherwise you're stuck is so bad. Even if there is multiple way to make ammo. There is still a ~1h downtime where you need to fill back up your reserve. Running the gatling gun fixed that. The whole ammo situation came from the PVP system in the game where they wanted player to be mindful about that ressource and not raid everyone whenever they wanted. They needed to plan for it.

If my math is correct, I can convert 6,300 steel into 4,500 rr spikes, trade those for 15,000 ammo points, and use those to buy 1,200 rounds of .45 ammo. Using the rank 2 Ammosmith perk but not the Ammo Factory legendary perk.

Best copper for me was doing load bearing and just walking around and getting all the ore I need or want and saving the tokens too

Magnifying Glasses are abundant all over the map the only downside is 1 per. Also Light Bulbs and Fuses are plenty common

5:11 What’s that bar icon with x56 under your health bar?

Started the game with a Rifleman set up in mind. Had ammo coming out of my ears. Switched to a commando build. Bye bye ammo😘

Alternatively if you make a .50 cal sniper rifle you can collect so much ammo using 1 shot kill headshots

Two thing. Firstly there are two 255 lists in fallout 76. One for individual items and the other for containers. So picking up individual items will not necessarily clear the containers list. Secondly you missed an way to maintain you ammo supply, is to use a melee weapon at least some of the time. I would suggest either the auto axe or chainsaw.

Honestly I took a break from 76 after a disastrous queen hunt. I just spaffed all my 308, most of my flamer and cryo fuel and most of my plasma at it and jeez I don't know how it survived. I think it must have been bugged or something because there was most of the server there just absolutely streaming it with lead and plasma for the whole event. I think I went down for like 8000 assorted rounds to like 2500 between ammo my guns. It was just dreadful. So now I need to speedily recoup my ammo and I've just lost my drive to play because grind fatigue.

I had ammo issues until I finally rolled my bloody railway rifle 😂

Thats why I had no guns until i found out i like Plasma Getlinggs xD my main is 2handed

I carry a Holy Fire, Fixer, Cremator, Gatling Plasma and a Chainsaw. 😂

The only ammo I struggle with is the 2 mm for the Gauss minigun

You never need to craft ammo imo. Daily ops or expeditions. I get so much ammo that I throw it away because it starts getting heavy. Quck and easy to farm a lot.

fuel for the cremator is tricky

Join events. shoot enemies once and loot it all. ez free ammo. free xp, free loots ^^

Or do some trades for bulk Steel, Lead, Acid, & cloth. Then craft 1m or so and it'll last ya a whole season

Explosive build & grand finale in an expedition or daily op, then convert cannonballs to other ammo. Use 2-3 cannonballs to kill an enemy, get 10-12 back

Another tip: Be a Cowboy and use single shot weapons.

I always lose ammo in events even if in a team. Seems my teams never do events

Didn't know component view was a thing lol

Best way to conserve ammo is go Chainsaw lol

My ammo is always gone. And this is no problem anyway. Bq i am running away from all npc and players ore die.

Short answer melee

Ive gotten like 20000 fuel from 10ish boardwalks

Use melee..

The key to ammo efficiency is 1)high damage build/rolls, 2) aim better.

if an item never respawns on a server after you pick it up, and there are a finite number of servers, could you theoretically run out of things to pick up?

Its disgusting that they made it so you never have enough ammo. Greedy BS. Fyck this game. They literally made the game a chore to play. Imagine purposely making everything decay and bullets no matter and upgrades are BS you use the same amount of ammo to kill when leveling.