Where to find/farm Oil in Fallout 76

Oil Locations
If you’re looking for oil in Fallout 76 then you’ll want to consider these items and locations around the wasteland. Each oil based item contains different amounts of oil depending upon the scrap junk item. My favorite is to find a place with a ton of Paint cans… the Foundry in The Pitt is an excellent source of paint cans and oil items.

  • Aluminum canister
  • Aluminum oil can
  • Arthur Wood’s lighter
  • Blowtorch
  • Blue paint
  • Bulk oil
  • Cooking oil
  • Cutting fluid
  • Floater flamer pus sac
  • Flip lighter
  • Fuel tank
  • Fumigus blowtorch
  • Gas canister
  • Gold plated flip lighter
  • Industrial oil canister
  • Industrial size shortening
  • Lantern
  • Mr. Handy fuel
  • Neurotoxic dust
  • Oil can
  • Oil canister
  • Paint can
  • Plastic gas canister
  • Portable fuel tank
  • Red paint
  • Soap
  • Sticky tar
  • Unused flip lighter
  • Used oil can
  • Waste oil
  • Yellow paint

Here are some locations to consider when searching for oil in Fallout 76. You’ll find a bunch of the junk items mentioned above to scrap to get the oil components:

  • Bulk oil sold by many vendors
  • Cooking oil is usually found within kitchens
  • Soap is usually found within bathrooms
  • Sticky tar & some waste oil are obtained from Grafton Monster
  • Silva homestead has a variety of oil junk items
  • Blackwater Mine
  • West Tek Research Center
  • Sutton Station
  • Extractors at Wade Airport workshop
  • Extractors at Beckley Mine workshop
  • Extractor when your CAMP is placed at an oil seep resource
  • Gauley Mine
  • Ohio River Adventures
  • Bloody Frank’s
  • Abbie’s Bunker
  • Charleston landfill – oil seep
  • Converted munitions factory – oil seep

Here are some videos to consider when looking for locations for oil:

  • Fallout 76 – Best Place To Find Oil – Video
  • Fallout 76 – The Best Oil Farm 2022 (NEW) – Video
  • Fallout 76 – Oil C.A.M.P. Farming Locations! – Video
  • How to get Oil in Fallout 76 | Oil Junk Farming Guide – Video
  • Fallout 76 Oil Seep Deposit Locations – Video
  • Fallout 76 – 5 Locations To Find Oil – Video
  • Quick Fallout 76 Oil farm guide – Video

When it comes to making 40mm grenade explosive round in Fallout 76 you’ll need a great deal of oil if you want to create a bunch of them. It takes 3 oils for 5 rounds to make a 40mm grenade ammo.