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Where do you get mechanical parts from when you're starting a new game ?


Grolbu

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You need a wrench to get mechanical parts from things you take apart. But you need mechanical parts to make a wrench. Are there any common hiding places for mechanical parts ?

 

I've checked every sink I've found but no sign of a wrench yet, and I can't find any mechanical parts. I've found a full set of working crafting tables in my travels and I have the skill so I could make one if I had mechanical parts, but ..... I have however accumulated almost a full chest of things worth selling so I'll head to the Trader when he opens and I'm not leaving until he finds me a wrench, but surely there is a better way ?

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It'll be more of a problem without a wrench. In A18 I rarely find mechanical parts in "common loot" and as far as I know nothing scraps to them.

 

My tip, and it's indirect, is to keep looting houses and you'll find a wrench. They seem in even more plentiful supply (albeit of low quality) than A17, imo.

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wrench those swiveling leather office chairs instead of picking them up and scrapping (place em back down and wrench em if you grab and go from a POI) Also the filing cabinets

 

Half the fun of a wrench is the "does this wrench or does this pickaxe" game.

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Half the fun of a wrench is the "does this wrench or does this pickaxe" game.

 

And A18 added a twist (at least I don't recall this being in A17) where if you're a bit too far away, the wrench attacks (and hits) on left-click. Get closer and it wrenches. So make sure you're close enough for the test before you break out the pick-axe!

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And A18 added a twist (at least I don't recall this being in A17) where if you're a bit too far away, the wrench attacks (and hits) on left-click. Get closer and it wrenches. So make sure you're close enough for the test before you break out the pick-axe!

 

Yeah, that happened in previous alphas too.

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to the original point of the thread, if someone else comes looking for the answer:

 

Easiest way to get mechanical parts is with a wrench, which are BEST found in sinks or working stiffs boxes.

 

It is possible to just find mechanical parts, but they're MUCH rarer...working stiffs boxes can have them.

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