Fallout 4: Where to Get Oil

Fallout 4 introduced settlements to the franchise for the first time. You can sink many hours into building your own town and crafting weaponry. Now, all the junk found in the wasteland can be broken down into components. You then use these components to improve your weapons, armor, and settlements.

Oil is one of these crafting components that you can find in the Commonwealth. Oil is very important as it’s a necessary resource to build turrets, water purifiers, generators, and other machines in your settlements. You will also need oil to upgrade certain weapons and craft explosives. This guide will show you where you can get oil in Fallout 4.

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Junk Items

There are several junk items that contain oil. Storing them in your settlement workshop will add to the amount you have. You can also drop the items and scrap them to immediately extract the oil to add to your inventory. Oil can be found in items that make sense to contain it, such as lighters and gas canisters. Leveling up the Scrapper perk will net you more components from junk items. The following list contains all items that can be broken down for oil and the areas where you can find a decent amount.

Item	Locations
Aluminum Canister	Six are located in the Memory Den
Aluminun Oil Can	One at Vault 81
Blowtorch	Four in the Liberty Prime hangar at Boston Airport
Fumigus Blowtorch	One at the Boston Mayoral Shelter
Blue Paint	Three inside Hardware Town
Condensed Fog (Far Harbor)	Found in basins of Fog Condenser machines
Cooking Oil	Three can be found at Jamaica Plain
Cutting Fluid	Crafted at Chemistry Stations
Flip Lighter	Four in Fort Hagen
Gas Canister	Four at Park Street Station
Gold Plated Flip Lighter	Two in Med-Tek Research
Industrial Size Shortening	One can be found in Boston Mayoral Shelter
Lantern	Eight can be found at Dunwich Borers
Mr. Handy Fuel	Four near the Super Duper Mart entrance
Oil Can	One at Bunker Hill
Oil Canister	Many can be found in forts and factories
Paint Can	Four in the Federal Ration Stockpile
Red Paint (Nuka World)	14 in Nuka-Town Backstage
Soap	Search bathrooms in the wasteland
Used Oil Can	Three in Sanctuary Hills
Yellow Paint	Three at Federal Ration Stockpile