Degrade and Salvage - A Crafting Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #182 of 187 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Have you ever look at the scope on your 10mm Pistol, and thought to yourself, "Why can't I just take the scope from there, and put it on my rifle?" Do you think repairing PA should require perks? Do you want your weapons to degrade? If so, then this mod may be for you...
This mod breaks weapons down into two Categories
Pre-War Weapons
- Scopes, Muzzles, and Magazines use universal component MiscMods, which can be removed and attached on other weapons.
- Barrels and Grip/Stocks can be crafted, but have increased requirements.
- Recievers can be crafted, or repaired, with weapon scrap salvaged from similar guns.
Post-War Weapons (Pipe guns, Handmade rifles, etc)
- Scopes, Muzzles, and Magazines can be removed and attached on other weapons.
- Barrels and Grips/Stocks are crafted using roughly the vanilla recipes
- Recievers can be crafted, or repaired, with weapon scrap salvaged from similar guns.
Reciever Degredation and Progression
- All recievers other than Automatic, and Hardened/Powerful/Advanced are disabled (configurable, but not recommended to turn off, ammo swaps in particular don't make sense with the degredation system)
- When fired, a reciever has a chance to degrade to the one below (e.g.advanced degrades to powerful)
- The chance of degredation is determined by the players proficiency perks (gunnut, rifleman, commando), and the reciever level. Higher level recievers degrade faster, especially if you don't have any perks for the weapon. Automatic weapons degrade more slowly.
- Degraded recievers have an additional repair recipe, that allows players to repair them back to their original state without needing perks
- Magazine recipes require a caliber specific universal component MiscMod. E.g. a 10mm gun requires a 10mm Magazine.
- Quick magazines are only allowed on small mags (configurable)
- Pistol scopes are restricted to short scopes (configurable)
- Shotguns do not have scopes
- Semi/Auto weapons are restricted to short/medium scopes (this is to give manual action weapons more of a niche as sniper tools)
- Melee crafting is disabled (configurable, but it's a shallow, pointless system that you've never used anyway)
- Armor Material crafting is disabled (configurable)
- Paints are disabled (configurable)
Power Armor
- Armor Material Crafting is disabled (configurable)
- PA Crafting now requires Blacksmith instead of Armorer
- Power Armor Repair now requires Blacksmith/Science (LBPAC users will be familiar with this feature)
- Paints crafting is disabled (configurable)
Other tweaks the mod makes
A crafting and weapon degradation overhaul for Fallout 4, by WhiskyTangoFox. It has 111 endorsements and 142,981 downloads, last updated in August 2024. The mod is for players who want a more survival-focused crafting experience, though details are sparse.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (142k) shows it's a popular pick for survival fans.
- Adds a fresh layer of challenge to crafting and weapon upkeep.
- Last updated August 2024, so it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 111 endorsements compared to downloads—some players may have issues or not feel compelled to endorse.
- No detailed description provided, so you're going in blind on exact mechanics.
- Potential compatibility concerns with other crafting mods, but no info given.
For Fallout 4 players who want a grittier survival experience with weapon wear and tear. If you're into mods like Frost or Survival Options, this could be your jam. Skip if you prefer streamlined crafting without maintenance chores.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a crafting overhaul, test it on a new save to avoid conflicts with existing items.
- Check if it requires a mod manager for proper load order—manual install might work but use NMM or Vortex for safety.
- Look for patches if you use other popular crafting mods like Armorsmith Extended.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- WhiskyTangoFox
- Version
- 2.4
- Downloads
- 142,981
- Endorsements
- 111
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 5/11/2023
- Updated
- 8/27/2024
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