[2021] Overloaded With... Stuff

Learn what you should and shouldn't scrap. Most iron objects for example can be scrapped into plain Iron in the early days- Keep however many short iron pipes are needed for the Forge recipe so you can make it when you unlock it; But scrap basically everything else into plain iron. EG: Nails, practically useless to lug around, so just scrap it. Once you have the bare minimum of iron pipes, scrap the rest. Scrap iron arrows (You dont find enough to warrant keeping an inventory slot for them, imo.), and so on.
(Edit to add more examples: Tin cans, candy tins, hub caps, extra cooking pots)

Do the same for Brass items- Scrap them all into one inventory slot.

Ignore all lead items- By the time you need lead, you're going to need far more lead than you looted between the start of the game and when you need it. You may as well just ignore the couple hundred you'd loot to save inventory space and just plan to mine for an extra minute or two later in the game.

Scrap anything that is quality 1- Just not worth carrying around to sell. Scrap most things that are quality 2 for the same reason- If it's not quality 3 or better, and you aren't going to be using it yourself, just scrap it, or line it up in your inventory to be scrapped first when you need space.

Grass fiber is mostly useless, and easy to acquire 99% of the time, so if you have some, toss it when you need space.

The answer to, “Is this good for anything?” is pretty much always yes, but it may or may not be something you need. Use the recipes button when examining an item to see what you can make with it.

Originally posted by RasaNova:

Originally posted by Shurenai: Learn what you should and shouldn't scrap. Most iron objects for example can be scrapped into plain Iron in the early days- Keep however many short iron pipes are needed for the Forge recipe so you can make it when you unlock it; But scrap basically everything else into plain iron. EG: Nails, practically useless to lug around, so just scrap it. Once you have the bare minimum of iron pipes, scrap the rest. Scrap iron arrows (You dont find enough to warrant keeping an inventory slot for them, imo.), and so on.
(Edit to add more examples: Tin cans, candy tins, hub caps, extra cooking pots)

Do the same for Brass items- Scrap them all into one inventory slot.

Ignore all lead items- By the time you need lead, you're going to need far more lead than you looted between the start of the game and when you need it. You may as well just ignore the couple hundred you'd loot to save inventory space and just plan to mine for an extra minute or two later in the game.

Scrap anything that is quality 1- Just not worth carrying around to sell. Scrap most things that are quality 2 for the same reason- If it's not quality 3 or better, and you aren't going to be using it yourself, just scrap it, or line it up in your inventory to be scrapped first when you need space.

Grass fiber is mostly useless, and easy to acquire 99% of the time, so if you have some, toss it when you need space.

All good advice, except for scrapping iron arrows - that hurt a bit to read! I'd say ONLY scrap those if you don't use a bow, or have already advanced to steel. They are significantly better than stone, and I find them to be plentiful enough. But then, we each have our own preferences.

I feel you- Iron arrows are great. However, I never find them in a quantity that I consider sufficient. And I really, REALLY do not want to run out of ammunition in the middle of a fight, dry fire an arrow I thought I had, and die.

I'd rather take the loss on damage and use stone arrows until I can craft my own iron arrows with the forge, at which point new iron arrows join the existing stack of iron arrows and no longer get scrapped.