There are a lot of traders for players to barter with in Fallout 4 around the Commonwealth. Sometimes, players will need a quick way to make a bunch of caps if they are running low on this wasteland currency. There are so many different things to buy using caps, such as rare and powerful weapons, armor, and ammo, and many other important items.

Luckily the following methods will show you how to make caps in Fallout 4 at a swift rate and buy all the goodies that the wasteland vendors have to offer. These methods are tried and true, and every Fallout 4 player should follow them if they're looking for easy and quick caps.

Updated May 26, 2021, by Michael Caruso: There are many different ways to collect caps in Fallout 4, and even with the original ten entries, there are yet even more ways that you can quickly add to your already growing cap collection. With so many different items to sell and perks to unlock within the game, it's easy to collect all of the money you need if you know how to. We've refreshed this list and added a few extra ways that you can obtain even more currency in Fallout 4.

12 Grow Vegetables And Sell Them To A Merchant

mutfruit plants in fallout 4

There are many different types of crops that can be grown inside of the settlements that are present in Fallout 4. Some of these vegetables include mutfruit, tatos, and carrots.

All of these ingredients are very profitable, and they are all relatively light in weight as well, which means that you can easily carry them to a vendor to sell. Overall, growing and selling vegetables is one of the best ways to make caps in Fallout 4 since you can grow a virtually endless supply of them.

11 Unlock The Scrounger Perk And Sell The Extra Ammo

different ammo boxes in fallout 4

The Scrounger perk makes it so that you find more ammo while adventuring in Fallout 4. This effect is most useful while looting containers and ammo boxes, since they tend to have the most ammo inside of them.

While you are looting ammo, you may realize that you don't need certain ammo types, and you can sell this extra ammo to merchants for a profit. Unlocking every tier of the Scrounger perk gives you a lot of ammo from each container, and ammo is quite an expensive item, especially heavy weapon ammo.

10 Loot Every Body And Container Around The World

dead body in fallout 4

This tip is for players that often rush throughout the world to get quests done in the most timely manner as possible. Although this is great for completing lots of adventures with ease, you will miss out on valuable containers and bodies that may have valuable items hidden within them or a pile of caps just waiting for the player to pick up.

Sometimes it's important to slow down, and for players that hope to obtain lots of caps quickly, looting everything in their vicinity while exploring is one of the best ways to do so.

9 Complete Faction Radiant Quests

preston garvey in concord, fallout 4

A lot of players are sick of the radiant quests in Fallout 4, and this is because they become repetitive quickly, and they rarely have any form of a story beyond a few basic lines of dialogue.

However, some of these quests are great for farming caps because they are quick to complete, and they award large sums of leveled caps upon completion. An example of this is the settlement quests that Preston Garvey will give to the player because the Sole Survivor can clear out a Super Mutant camp or other similar threat and quickly collect a large stack of caps. Completing a bunch of these radiant quests all at once will surely make you rich quickly.

8 Sell Unused Weapons And Armor

pip boy inventory in fallout 4

Many players hoard their items even after they stop using them because they feel that they may later decide to give one of these pieces of equipment to their companions, or they may use it themselves once they level up a special stat or unlock a new perk.

However, a lot of the time, these weapons and armor could be sold for a bunch of caps, and it is better to do so than hoarding them in a container somewhere or within your inventory to use later. Remember to be selling items that are no longer in use.

7 Take The Fortune Finder Perk

fortune finder perk in fallout 4

The Fortune Finder perk can be unlocked very early on because it only requires Luck 1 to obtain the first rank. There are four stages to this amazing perk in total, and players will have to get to level 40 to take the final level of the Fortune Finder perk.

The Fortune Finder perk allows you to find more bottle caps in containers and corpses, which is very useful and is especially helpful for players that are following the tip mentioned earlier.

6 Build Some Shops At A Settlement

settlement store in fallout 4

Building shops in a settlement will supply you with a cash flow of caps that will keep you supplied for quite a while. To build a shop, it will require an initial investment of a certain sum of caps; however, the few thousand caps are usually completely worth it for the eventual payoff.

Players can build a bunch of these items in multiple different settlements and then constantly collect a lot of caps to earn money over time. This settlement tip is, without a doubt, one of the best ways to earn lots of caps in Fallout 4.

5 Upgrade The Charisma SPECIAL Stat

special stats in fallout 4

The Charisma stat is especially important for players that are trying to earn caps quickly because it will be helpful when bartering with quest givers through dialogue.

You can invoke the Charisma stat during dialogue to get more money out of NPCs that give out quests, and sometimes this dialogue option will allow for you to gain almost a thousand more caps from a single quest.

4 Complete The "Diamond City Blues" Quest

diamond city blues quest, fallout 4

Completing the "Diamond City Blues" quest won't net the player many caps at first; however, what it will do is supply you with a bunch of materials that you can use to make chems which sell for a ton of caps each.

You can craft over 50 Jet with the materials that you will find upon completing the "Diamond City Blues" side quest, and it is one of the best ways to make money, especially early on in a playthrough. This method also helps get the player a lot of XP because crafting earns the player experience. This quest can be started by entering the Colonial Taphouse in Diamond City.

3 Become A Raider In Nuka-World

front of nuka world, fallout 4

The Nuka-World DLC added a bunch of fun new mechanics to Fallout 4, which made the gameplay much more diverse. One of these new mechanics was that you could become a raider and start your own raider camps, which earns you caps over time.

Heading to Nuka-World and completing the Raider questline will allow you to send out Raiders and set up camps at different settlements around the Commonwealth, and this will create a constant cash flow of caps that you will find within their workbench regularly.

2 Take The Cap Collector Perk

cap collector perk, fallout 4

The Cap Collector perk is similar to the other perk on this list; it will earn you many more caps. This perk, however, will be a bit different because instead of players finding more caps, they will save more while bartering with traders.

Upgrading the Charisma stat will also allow for cheaper purchases and more caps when selling items. As such, both of these things should be done for maximum efficiency when trading with NPCs.

1 Build A Bunch Of Water Purifiers

large water purifier, fallout 4

This method is renowned as one of the most efficient ways to make a lot of caps quickly within Fallout 4. Building water purifiers in a settlement will cause purified water to spawn in the player's workbench regularly, which sells for quite a bit, especially when players have the proper perks, such as the Cap Collector perk.

It is very beneficial to use this method properly and create a bunch of water purifiers in either Sanctuary Hills or Spectacle Island, as these locations have the most water out of any of the settlements in Fallout 4. You can then haul your purified water to Diamond City or another major settlement within the game to sell this H2O commodity in bulk for a bunch of caps.

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