What’s missing from this post-apocalyptic game are junk items. Well yes you can consider bad items like flashlight junk, but there could be actual ‘useless’ items that is only good for salvaging. Not only that, most destructible objects could be salvageable for resources.
This could make valuable items harder to get which also means that there’s no need to slide down the drop rate of rare items (Or basically the amount of loot in a location). It would also give a use to certain places like office buildings.
That pretty much covers what junk items could do. Below are just expanded ideas
First off, what can you get out of salvaging?
In 3.X, you can turn items into scrap, cloth and wooden sticks. It is very limited because alot of items are theoretically made out of things other than the resources listed before. Game could introduce more types of resources, ones which are especially exclusive from salvaging.
These ones could be added in:
- Electronic Scrap - Various bits of electronic components. Salvaged from electronics such as flashlight and GPS. Used as a main component of craftable electronics
- Plastic Scrap - Pieces of plastic. Salvaged from ‘Plastic’ items. Used to make many components and items like tyres.
- Wooden Scrap (OPTIONAL) - Replaces wooden sticks from salvageable wooden items (Exceptions like Rake). Only used to craft planks and sticks
In addition, you can get more than one type of item from salvaging. For example, you can 2 wooden scrap and 2 metal scrap out of a Mosin-Nagant.
Electronic and plastic scrap serves as advanced components for complex items, like a Generator. When logistics are a thing, they’ll be even more crucial items to have
Junk items and objects to salvage
Anything can be added to pose as filler loot. Certain places like firestations, police stations and military locations don’t have much junk but low-durability items could make up for that.
There could also be items that can be found anywhere, like metal scrap and food/drinks
Examples of what items certain places would have:
- Civilian - Toy (Plastic), chessboard (Wood), broken phone/calculator/camera (Plastic+electronic)
- Food - Spoon/fork/butter knife/pot/can (Metal), cutting board (Wood), blender (Metal+electronic), bowl (Plastic)
- Hardware store - Scrap (Metal/electronic/wood),
- Office - Paperweight (Metal), clipboard (Wood), pen (Metal/plastic)
- Police - Handcuffs (Metal), clipboard (Wood)
As for objects only small items like chairs, lamps, computers and TV can be salvaged. They’ll turn into scrap when salvaged, but some things like a small propane tank can be taken and placed.