SKK Craft weapons and Scrap ammo

Cut out the middle man for a no shopping experience to make weapons and convert your useless ammo into the hot combat lead you need. From a game perspective there are already settlement based ammo crafting options (Contraptions & AWCR) that use their own workbenches. For non settlement runs, those workbenches aren’t lying around the wilderness to use early game with no caps, when you really need the right stuff.

For lore and logic if the player can craft advanced weapon component mods with perks, they should be able to make the basic frames and ammo. Even I can manage to cast and hand load ammo IRL with a simple press. Finding relevant fertilizer and lead is painful grind, so ammo scrapping is enabled for sensible conversion.

Weapons frame crafting

All weapons crafting needs at least GunNut1 perk plus whatever is listed e.g. Laser Pistol needs GunNut1 + Science1

Pipegun Pistol          GunNut1  (1 Adhesive, 1 Rubber,4 Screws, 2 Springs, 2 Steel, 1 Wood)
Pipe Revolver           GunNut1  (1 Adhesive, 1 Gears, 1 Rubber, 4 Screws, 1 Springs, 2 Steel)
Pipe Bolt Action Pistol GunNut1  (2 Adhesive, 1 Rubber, 4 Screws, 1 Springs, 2 Steel)
10mm Pistol             GunNut1  (2 Adhesive, 1 Plastic, 4 Screws, 2 Springs, 2 Steel)
Double Barrel Shotgun   GunNut1  (2 Adhesive, 4 Screws, 2 Springs, 3 Steel, 2 Wood)
Hunting Rifle           GunNut1  (3 Adhesive, 1 Rubber, 5 Screws, 1 Springs, 3 Steel, 2 Wood)

44 Pistol               GunNut2  (3 Adhesive, 1 Gears, 1 Rubber, 5 Screws, 1 Springs, 3 Steel, 1 Wood)
Combat Rifle            GunNut2  (5 Adhesive, 2 Aluminium, 6 Screws, 2 Springs, 5 Steel, 2 Wood)
Combat Shotgun          GunNut2  (5 Adhesive, 6 Screws, 2 Springs, 5 Steel, 2 Wood)
Assault Rifle           GunNut2  (5 Adhesive, 5 Aluminium, 2 Gears, 6 Screws, 2 Springs, 5 Steel, 1 Wood)

Laser Pistol            Science1 (3 Adhesive, 2 Aluminium, 1 Circuits, 2 Copper 1 Crystal, 2 Plastic, 4 Screws)
Plasma Gun              Science2 (10 Adhesive, 5 Aluminium, 5 Circuits, 5 Nuclear, 5 Silver, 1 PowerRelayCoil)
Gauss Rifle             Science2 (10 Adhesive, 10 Aluminium, 10 Ceramic, 5 Circuits, 10 Screws, 1 HighPowerMagnet)
Gamma Gun               Nuclear2 (5 Adhesive, 5 Circuits, 3 Fibreglass, 3 Gold, 3 Lead, 5 Nuclear, 1 PowerRelayCoil)

Ammo crafting

All ammo crafting needs at least GunNut1 perk plus whatever is listed e.g. Fusion Cell needs GunNut1 + Science1

10mm   Ammo short *10   GunNut1  (1 Copper, 1 Fertilizer, 1 Lead)
.38    Ammo short *10   GunNut1  (1 Copper, 1 Fertilizer, 1 Lead)
.44    Ammo short *10   GunNut1  (1 Copper, 1 Fertilizer, 1 Lead)
.45    Ammo short *10   GunNut1  (1 Copper, 1 Fertilizer, 1 Lead)

Shotgun Shell     *10   GunNut1  (1 Plastic, 1 Fertilizer, 1 Lead)

.308   Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)
05mm   Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)
.50    Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)
5.56mm Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)

Fusion Cell       *10   Science1 (2 Ceramic, 2 Copper, 2 Glass)
Fusion Core       *1    Nuclear1 (10 Ceramic, 10 Copper, 10 Nuclear)
2mmEC             *10   Science2 (2 Copper, 2 Lead, 2 Oil)
Plasma Cartridge  *10   Science2 (2 Aluminium, 2 Nuclear, 2 Plastic)
Gamma Round       *10   Nuclear2 (2 Ceramic, 2 Lead, 2 Nuclear)

Ammo Scrapping

Any base game ammo can be scrapped at the Chemlab with the same perk(s) as crafting in batches of 20 for a 50% component conversion yield. The Ammo Scrap MISC items will convert into crafting components, or can be automatically crunched by the SKK Junk Scrapper or Global Stash and Scrapping solutions.

If you perfer to scrap and craft ammo without perks and crafting, consider leasing Ammo-O-Matic machines from SKK Vending Corp. for your workshops.

SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmoDLC.esp

Is an optional file in the archive which dependends on DLC03 Coast and DLC04 Nuka to craft & scrap dlc frames and ammo:

Lever Action rifle      GunNut2  (3 Adhesive, 1 Rubber, 5 Screws, 1 Springs, 3 Steel, 2 Wood)
Handmade rifle          GunNut2  (5 Adhesive, 5 Aluminium, 2 Gears, 6 Screws, 2 Springs, 5 Steel, 1 Wood)

7.62mm Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)
.45-70 Ammo long  *10   GunNut1  (2 Copper, 2 Fertilizer, 2 Lead)

Handgun receiver mods

The typical base game receiver progression for most weapons that this solution builds on (stats are changes from the base weapon damage, aim and speed):

MoreDamage1 Hardened Damage +25%
MoreDamage2 Powerful Damage +50%
MoreDamage3 Advanced Damage +75% Speed +33%

The new craftable weapon OMODs for Advanced and Ultimate levels are:
Pipegun   MoreDamage3 GunNut2     Advanced .38  Receiver   Damage +75%  Aim   +10%
Pipegun   MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate .38  Receiver   Damage +125% Aim   +10%
Pipegun   MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate .45  Conversion Damage +150% Aim   +10% Speed -10%

Pipegun   Automatic3  GunNut2     Advanced .38  Receiver   Damage +75%  Aim   +10%
Pipegun   Automatic4  GunNut3     Ultimate .38  Receiver   Damage +125% Aim   +10%
Pipegun   Automatic4  GunNut3     Ultimate .45  Conversion Damage +150% Aim   +10% Speed -10%

PipeBolt  MoreDamage3 GunNut2     Advanced .308 Receiver   Damage +75%  Aim   +10%
PipeBolt  MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate .308 Receiver   Damage +125% Aim   +10%
PipeBolt  MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate .50  Conversion Damage +150% Aim   +10% Speed -10%

10mm      MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate 10mm Receiver   Damage +125% Speed +33%
10mm      MoreDamage4 GunNut3     Ultimate .45  Conversion Damage +150% Speed +33% Aim -10%

Deliverer MoreDamage4 GunNut4     Ultimate 10mm Receiver   Damage +125% Speed +33%

.44       MoreDamage4 GunSlinger5 Ultimate .44  Receiver   Damage +125% Speed +33%

Improved Wasteland Armor & Gasmasks

If you prefer simple one piece armor to layering, Wasteland armor can be crafted or improved at the Chemlab. Improved armor can then be modded at the Armor workbench with lining mods, Ballistic Weave and Legendary effect attachments (pre v008 use with a Legendary manager like optional file SKKSwapLegendaryEffects):

Gas Mask with Goggles improved Armorer1 RadResist 20
Gas Mask improved              Armorer2 RadResist 40
Assault Gas Mask improved      Armorer3 RadResist 60

Drifter Outfit improved        Armorer1 END+1 PER+1   Weight 10 Armor 10 Energy 10 RadResist 10
Spike Armor improved           Armorer2 END+1 PER+1   Weight 15 Armor 20 Energy 20 RadResist 20
Helmeted Spike Armor improved  Armorer2 END+2         Weight 20 Armor 25 Energy 25 RadResist 50
Cage Armor improved            Armorer3 END+1 PER+1   Weight 25 Armor 40 Energy 40 RadResist 40
Helmeted Cage Armor improved   Armorer3 END +2        Weight 30 Armor 50 Energy 50 RadResist 100
Hazmat Suit improved           Armorer1 --            Weight 10 Armor 10 Energy 10 RadResist 1000

Improving an existing base game item needs one rank lower Armorer and half the components than crafting from scratch. So, improving an existing Drifter outfit (the Sanctuary bridge body) does not need the Armorer perk.

The improved armors are injected into selected level lists when the mod is installed.

Swap Legendary Effects

Remove base game legendary effects from weapons or armor by replacing with “none”. Keep the effects loose in inventory, then attach to any other weapon or armor all just like a normal mod.  Install the optional file SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmoDLC.esp to create the loose mods for DLC legendary effects, or they will be lost when removed.

Compatibility

The mod has no dependencies on extenders or DLCs and does not change any existing base game scripts. This mod does change base game objects: dn_CommonGun Instance Naming Rule, ap_Legendary keyword and mod_Legendary* Object Modifications to associate MISC inventory items to legendary OMODs so they are moveable.

WARNING do not install v008 (or later) if you use AWKCR or other legendary crafting mods as they will conflict. Switch back/down to v007 and do not install the legendary module

Files

SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo_008 which is NOT COMPTIBLE WITH AWKCR contains
(a) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo.esp the main file which inbcludes base game legnedary effects.
(b) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo – Main.BAT the main archive.
(c) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmoDLC.esp optional file for DLC weapons/ammo/legendary if NukaWorkd and Habah are installed.

SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo_007 which is compatible with AWKCR contains
(a) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo.esp the main file.
(b) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo – Main.BAT the main archive.
(c) SKKSwapLegandaryEffects.esp optional file to allow lengendary effects to be removed and applied.
(d) SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmoDLC.esp optional file for DLC weapons/ammo/legendary if NukaWorkd and Habah are installed.

Copy the KKCraftableWeaponsAmmo.esp, SKKCraftableWeaponsAmmo – Main.ba2 (and the optional *.esp files if needed) to your …\Fallout 4\Data directory, enable in the Bethesda mod menu, mod manger or whatever.  Do not remove this mod as level list injections add new items into inventories.