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Fallout 4 made settlement building a large part of the franchise. All that junk in the wasteland can be used to make a fortified base or a town bustling with trade. You can also use junk components to upgrade your armor, weapons, and power armor.
Crystal is one of the crafting components you can scavenge from junk. It's useful for many settlement objects, including the Recruitment Radio Beacon that you can build to attract more settlers. Crystal can also be used in energy weapon modifications. Here is where you can find crystal while exploring the wasteland in Fallout 4.
Junk Items
Junk items found in the wasteland can be broken down into their base components. The scrapper perk will give you double the number of components if you get it to Level 3. Crystals can be found in cameras and other items that contain lenses. The Institute has many microscopes and cameras in its laboratories.
One of the best sources of crystals will be laser tripwires. Make sure to carefully disarm any that you see. These are all the items that contain crystals and some locations where you can find them.
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Camera |
Five can be found in Greenetech Genetics |
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Crystal Liquor Decanter |
Two can be found in the Cabot House Two in the Vault-Tec Regional HQ |
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Laser Tripwire |
Crouch and get close to laser tripwires to disarm them for crystal parts Jamaica Plain has many traps you can disarm |
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Magnifying Glass |
Two can be found in Greenetech Genetics |
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Microscope |
Nine in the Medford Memorial Hospital Nine in Vault 81 Six inside Cambridge Polymer Labs |
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Prosnap Camera |
One in Vault 75 One in Fort Strong One in Back Street Apparel One in Pickman Gallery |
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Undamaged Camera |
Four can be found in Vault 81 You can trade 36 Book Return Tokens to the Book Return Terminals in Natick Police Department and Shaw High School to get undamaged cameras. |
Shipments
You can also purchase shipments of junk components from vendors all over the Commonwealth. This is a way to buy components in bulk. Prices can be steep, but it's very convenient if you don't want to dig through pre-war junk.
Once you buy the shipment, a note will be in your inventory. Bring this note and store it in your workshop to redeem it. Here are the vendors where you can purchase crystal shipments.
- Trashcan Carla — Roaming merchant usually found at Sanctuary Hills or Drumlin Diner
- Deb — Bunker Hill
- Daisy — Goodneighbor
Franchise Fallout Platform(s) PC , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S Released November 10, 2015 Developer(s) Bethesda ESRB M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS
