Junk

Junk is the cheapest scavenging material in Probably Stolen: a base value of 3 credits, not contraband. It has two real uses: it patches the Makeshift Micro Nuclear Reactor (+30 integrity, at the price of 5 maximum integrity), and with the Furnace Module (Junk Processing) the Furnace turns 6 Junk into 4 Scrap Metal.

What is Junk used for?

• Reactor repair. Drag Junk onto a damaged reactor: it restores 30 integrity but permanently lowers the reactor’s maximum integrity by 5. Scrap Metal restores 60 with no penalty, so Junk is the emergency option. See Makeshift Micro Nuclear Reactor.
• Furnace. Junk is accepted by the Furnace only when a Furnace Module (Junk Processing) is installed. The module converts 6 Junk into 4 Scrap Metal, which the Furnace can then smelt. See Furnace.
• Selling. At 3 credits it is rarely worth a customer’s attention.

Where do I get Junk?

• Scavenging at the Dumping Ground. The Dumping Ground loot group (dumpingGroundTG) rolls the junk table (junkTable) 65% of the time, and 85% of that table is Junk, so roughly 55% of Dumping Ground finds are Junk. The rest of the junk table is Glass Shard, Ruined Module, Lead Pipe, Empty Beer Bottle and Scratcher Ticket, 3% each.
• Ruined Modules. Taking a Ruined Module apart with a Screwdriver gives Electronic Parts (Common), 3D Printing Filament and Junk.
• Events. Some events change the junk chance while scavenging.

The Junker specialization, built around scavenging, is marked “coming soon” in the 0.46D files and cannot be selected yet.

FAQ

Is Junk worth selling? Not really. Base value is 3 credits, before any markup.

Can Junk be smelted directly? Not by a plain Furnace. It needs the Junk Processing module first, and that step produces Scrap Metal.

Does Junk fix the reactor as well as Scrap Metal? No. Junk restores half as much (30 vs 60) and permanently lowers the maximum integrity by 5.

See also

• Makeshift Micro Nuclear Reactor
• Furnace
• Scratcher Ticket
• Loot tables
• All items