In Fallout 76, Fiber Optics is a rare crafting material found only by scrapping specific junk items in Appalachia. You will use it to craft things like laser weapons and mods for them. In addition, you will occasionally see daily or weekly timed challenges that require you to scrap junk to produce Fiber Optics, five and ten items, respectively. However, the junk items that produce Fiber Optics are hard to come by as there are only a limited number of locations where you can find them. Here is how to farm Fiber Optics in Fallout 76 for all your crafting needs and to complete timed challenges to earn season tickets.
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How to Scrap Junk to Produce Fiber Optics in Fallout 76
Below is an alphabetical list of junk items you can scrap to produce Fiber Optics. However, Microscopes stand out as the most abundant and, therefore, the most accessible junk item to farm. Each Microscope will provide one Fiber Optic, making them a valuable resource in your quest to complete timed challenges or gain crafting material.
- Biometric Scanner: When scrapped, this junk item will produce one Fiber Optics.
- Fiber Optics Bundle: When you scrap this bulk item, you will receive 20 Fiber Optics.
- Flight data Recorder: This item will produce two Fiber Optics when scrapped.
- High-powered Microscope: This variant of the Microscope will produce one Fiber Optics when scrapped.
- Microscope: The basic version of this item produces one Fiber Optics when scrapped.
Where to Find Fiber Optics in Fallout 76
The two best places to farm for Fiber Optics in Fallout 76 are the AVR Medical Center and Ella Ames' Bunker. Both locations have many Microscopes that will produce one Fiber Optic when scrapped.
Here are four other locations where you can farm junk items to scrap for Fiber Optics:
- National Isolated Radio Array: You will find a ton of Microscopes at this location.
- The Whitespring Clinic: You can find four Microscopes on desks and shelves in this area.
- The Whitespring Bunker: You can buy one High-Powered Microscope from the MODUS Science Terminal at this location.
- The Crater: Head to a hill southeast of this location to find a Microscope and Flight Data Recorder.
However, if you can't find Fiber Optics by farming specific junk items from these locations, then you can kill Fog Crawlers, as they have a chance to drop them when you kill them.
Here is where to find Fog Crawlers in Fallout 76:
- Glassed Cavern: Five lootable Fog Crawler corpses are inside, all with about four Fiber Optics.
- Carleton Mine: You'll always find one at this location. However, you will find two before and after completing the Cheating Death quest.
- Creekside Sundew Grive: Three Fog Crawlers are wandering around this area.
- Thunder Mountain: Many Fog Crawlers will spawn in and around this area.
- Pylon V-13: Two Fog Crawlers may wander around the base of the Pylon, not inside it.
Now that you know which junk items produce Fiber Optics in Fallout 76 when scrapped and the best places to locate them, you can complete timed challenges quickly while completing other content in the game.
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