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Makeshift Battery
Fallout 76 Junk

Makeshift Battery is a junk item in Fallout 76. It scraps into 2 Lead, 2 Wood and 2 Acid.

It turns up at 108 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Ash Cave, Blackwater Mine and Highway Town. It counts toward 2 daily and weekly challenges.

Weight
4
Value
12
Scrap
6
Scrap per weight
1.5

Find It on the Map

Open the Challenge Navigator with its 2 challenges added, then add the rest of today's challenges and plan one route for all of them.

Open the Challenge Navigator

Makeshift Battery Locations

Found at 108 locations across Appalachia, 168 in fixed spawns. The largest share is at Ash Cave (6).

Ash Cave
5 fixed
1 fixed nearby
Blackwater Mine
6 fixed
Highway Town
5 fixed
Pylon V-13
2 fixed
3 fixed nearby
Eastern Regional Penitentiary
4 fixed
RobCo Research Center
4 fixed
Arktos Pharma
3 fixed
Flatwoods
3 fixed
Harpers Ferry Tunnel
1 fixed
2 fixed nearby
Site Alpha
3 fixed
Site Bravo
3 fixed
Site Charlie
3 fixed
Transmission Station 1AT-U03
3 fixed
Treetops
3 fixed
Tycoon Lake
3 fixed
Abandoned Bog Town
2 fixed
Athens
2 fixed nearby
Becker Farm
2 fixed nearby
Big Al's Tattoo Parlor
2 fixed
Brim Quarry
2 fixed
Show all 108 locations

Scrap

Per weight is scrap for each unit of carry weight. The rank compares it with every other junk item that scraps into the same component.
Component
Scrap
Per weight
Among sources
Lead
2
0.5
#41 of 41
Wood
2
0.5
#58 of 62
Acid
2
0.5
#20 of 24

Challenges

Challenge
Daily / Weekly
Craft Bulk Wood
Daily ×1 · Weekly ×3
Scrap junk to produce Lead
Daily ×10 · Weekly ×30
Craft Bulk Wood
From your C.A.M.P.
Each cycle
An hour
Recipe ingredients
Lumberjack Collectron Station
≈ 6.3
Games Cupboard
≈ 5.9
Peppino Collectron Station
≈ 3.3
Red Rocket Collectron Station
Screwdriver23% in Auto Parts mode
≈ 2.9
Doctor's Orders Cigarette Machine
≈ 1
Scavenger Collectron Station
Paintbrush3% in Junk mode, Pencil3% in Junk mode, Screwdriver3% in Junk mode, Broom2% in Junk mode, Hack Saw2% in Junk mode, Mop2% in Junk mode, Plunger2% in Junk mode
≈ 1
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Scrap junk to produce Lead
From your C.A.M.P.
Each cycle
An hour
Free States Collectron Station
≈ 6.7
The Whirl Wizard
≈ 4.7
Lumberjack Collectron Station
≈ 4.7
Peppino Collectron Station
≈ 1.1
Red Rocket Collectron Station
Combination Wrench8% in Auto Parts mode
≈ 1
Shredder
≈ 0.9
Show all 8