Grolbu Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricp Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolbu Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Yes, the very next house I went through, one of the sinks had 2 wrenches. Tier 1 but they will do the job. I thought they were more common to so it was really weird that I wasn't finding any ! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blugold1 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Loot garbage piles and search cars too. You’ll eventually find a wrench. The best source of mechanical parts, IMO, is wrenching cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synvastian Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricp Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamida Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Also wrench shopping carts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boidster Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balls-ofyre Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 One of the real charms of 7DtD is just luck. On one game you might encounter a crucible early on, in another, a simple wrench is maddeningly hard. Normally, it's not terribly hard to encounter a wrench, and that leads to vital parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricp Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 There are brown stacking boxes in a lot of the POIs - they're not lootable, they just look like stacking boxes, obviously intended as clutter. If you break those, a lot of time we've found plastic and mechanical parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Man Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Also wrench shopping carts. Fire axe engines and wrench landmines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Fire axe engines and wrench landmines. *hands the scepter over to Lazman* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugginator Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Fire axe engines and wrench landmines. Nah nah nah, You gotta fire axe cars and you get more resources using a claw hammer or stone axe on landmines. Wrenching landmines just gives you the landmine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limdood Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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