Make sure to always grab superglue, since adhesive is necessary for every weapon and armor mod. Scrapping those items will leave you with a fresh set of components to work with. The important thing to remember before you begin modifying and crafting is that you should collect as many items and loot as you can carry, and bring it back to your settlement once you’re ready to start. Armor is modded separately at its own workbench. To craft weapons, a weapons workbench is necessary. Our scrapping guide, linked above, tracks which crafting components can scrapped from which junk items. To turn weapons and junk into crafting sources, you’ll need to scrap them. You can craft weapon mods from both weapon parts and random wasteland junk. You can also go directly to: Weapons || Armor The Basics If you want to know how to modify your weapons and armor, keep reading. If you want more info on effectively scrapping materials, click here. If you want to know how to successfully build your own settlement, click here.

This allows you to do anything from constructing housing and defense structures for your own settlements, to modifying and repairing your own weapons and armor. One of the big changes in Fallout 4 is its deep and extensive crafting/modification system.

Fallout 4 melee weapons mods