Farm oil is a valuable resource in Fallout 4. It can be used to power your machines, heat your home, and even light your way. Here are some tips on how to farm oil in Fallout 4:

  1. Start by gathering as much oil as you can. You can find it scattered around the world, but it’s most likely to be found in areas with high oil production.
  2. Use your machines to extract the oil from the ground. This will require some effort, but it’s worth it for the benefits that you’ll receive.
  3. Heating your home with oil will also give you a few benefits. The heat will help you stay warm during winter, and the light will help you see in dark times.

The cheapest and easiest way to farm oil is to collect junk items that contain it, wait until those items respawn, and collect them again.

And the absolute best places to find a large amount of items that contain oil are the following spots:

Farming Oil From Junk Items

It’s easy to find a lot of oil in the Wasteland if you know what to look for.

These are the items that can be scrapped into oil:

You will find a lot of these items randomly placed around, in the Commonwealth, and also as loot from enemies.

But if you just want to focus on the best locations mentioned previously, then here’s their location on the map:

Tip: When farming any junk items, keep in mind that most items in Fallout 4 take around 7 days to respawn.

There’s a trick to knowing if the items you find contain the materials you are looking for:

Open the workshop from one of your settlements Try to craft something that requires a material you don’t have You will see a “TAG FOR SEARCH” option Activate it

With TAG FOR SEARCH activated on the materials you need, the junk items that contain those materials will display a small magnifying glass when you hover them.

Once you have the items you were looking for, you need to transform them into oil. To do this:

Store your junk items inside one of your workshops Craft something that requires oil The workshop will automatically convert that item into its raw materials

Buying Oil From NPCs

The greatest advantage of buying oil from an NPC is that you don’t need to carry any extra weight. Shipments of Oil are weightless and can be converted into 25 oil in a workshop.

Buying from an NPC is also fast and easy, but very expensive. If you are still starting out and don’t have a great amount of bottle caps, this might not be an option for you.

You can alternatively buy junk items that contain oil, and scrap them in your workshop.

This is a list of all the NPCs that sell Shipments of Oil, and where to find them:

*If you don’t have access to The Prydwen yet, continue following the main story quest to unlock it.

Here’s their locations on the map of the Commonwealth:

Alternative: Making Your Own Oil

You can make your own oil by crafting Cutting Fluid from the Chemistry Station and scrapping it. Each Cutting Fluid will yield 3 oil.

But to craft this item you will need four components:

Acid Bone Purified Water Steel

Here’s how to find the components you need: