Chemistry station (Fallout 4)

The chemistry station is a constructible settlement object and crafting table in Fallout 4.

Characteristics

The chemistry station can be used to create items containing chemical compounds, including chems, grenades, mines, stimpaks and syringer ammo.

When a chemistry station is in an owned settlement, its contents are shared with the location's workshop and crafting stations.

Crafting

There are two variants of the chemistry station; however, they both function identically. Constructing one yields 28XP.

L-shape variant

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Glass (6) Rubber (3) Screw (4) Steel (6) Wood (8)		Workshop Local Leader (rank 2)		Chemistry station (1)

Boiler variant

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Copper (4) Glass (4) Rubber (3) Screw (3) Steel (6) Wood (3)		Workshop Local Leader (rank 2)		Chemistry station (1)

Crafting recipes

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All XP amounts are shown for character with 1 Intelligence.

Acid Soaker Ammo

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Acid concentrate	11 XP		Acid x20 Adhesive x2 Glass x8

Drugs

Although these recipes are found under the drugs subcategory in the chemistry station, these items are more commonly known as chems in the Commonwealth.

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Berry Mentats	10 XP		Anti freeze bottle Mentats Tarberry x2
Buffjet	10 XP		Buffout Jet
Bufftats	10 XP		Buffout Mentats
Fury	10 XP	Chemist: 1	Berserk syringe Buffout
Grape Mentats	10 XP		Hubflower x2 Mentats Whiskey
Jet	2 XP		Fertilizer x2 Plastic
Jet Fuel	9 XP	Chemist: 1	Flamer fuel x5 Jet
Mentats	4 XP		Abraxo cleaner Brain fungus x2 Lead
Orange Mentats	10 XP		Asbestos Carrot x3 Mentats
Overdrive	10 XP	Chemist: 1	Acid x2 Nuka-Cola Psycho
Psycho	10 XP		Acid Circuitry Hubflower x2 Stimpak
Psycho jet	10 XP		Jet Psycho
Psychobuff	10 XP		Buffout Psycho
Smooth Operator	9 XP		Fever blossom Mentats Whiskey
Ultrajet	10 XP	Chemist: 1	Bloodleaf Fertilizer Jet Plastic x2

Fireworks

Name	XP Gain	Items Needed
Emergency flare shell	8 XP	Adhesive Cloth Fertilizer
Firework shell (variants)	8 XP	Adhesive Cloth Fertilizer
Weather change shell - Clear	10 XP	Adhesive Cloth Fertilizer Gold
Weather change shell - Radstorm	10 XP	Adhesive Cloth Fertilizer Nuclear material
Weather change shell - Rain	10 XP	Adhesive Cloth Fertilizer \|Silver

Grenades

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Baseball grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 1	Adhesive x2 Baseball Fertilizer x2 Oil Steel x2
Cryogenic grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 2 Science!: 1	Acid x3 Adhesive x3 Aluminum x3 Nuclear material x2 Spring
Fragmentation grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 2	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Fertilizer x2 Oil x3 Spring
Fury grenade	10 XP		Adhesive x2 Aluminum x2 Anti freeze bottle Dirty water Fever blossom x3 Spring
HalluciGen gas grenade¹	10 XP		Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 HalluciGen gas canister Spring
Molotov cocktail	10 XP		Adhesive x2 Cloth Glass x2 Oil x4
Nuka Quantum grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 4 Science!: 4	Acid Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Nuka-Cola Quantum Spring
Persuasion grenade	10 XP		Adhesive x4 Aluminum x2 Fever blossom x4 Spring
Plasma grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 4 Science!: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Nuclear material x3 Spring
Predator grenade	10 XP		Adhesive x2 Aluminum Cave cricket gland Cloth x4 Fever blossom Rad-rat meat x2 Spring
Pulse grenade	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 3 Science!: 2	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x3 Circuitry Nuclear material x2 Spring

¹ This crafting recipe will only appear if you have a HalluciGen gas canister in your inventory.

Healing

Although listed under healing in the chemistry station, these items are listed under aid in the Pip-Boy and containers.

Name	XP Gain	Items Needed
Glowing blood pack	10 XP	Antiseptic Blood pack Irradiated blood
RadAway	10 XP	Antiseptic x2 Glowing fungus x3 Plastic Purified water
Refreshing beverage	10 XP	Antiseptic x3 Blood pack Purified water x2 RadAway x2 Stimpak
Robot repair kit	10 XP	Circuitry x2 Fusion cell x4 Spring x2 Steel
Skeeto Spit	4 XP	Blood sac Bloodleaf Glass Steel
Stimpak	7 XP	Antiseptic x2 Blood pack Steel

Mines

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Bottlecap mine	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 1	Adhesive x2 Fertilizer x2 Oil x2 Steel x2 Vault-Tec lunchbox
Cryo mine	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 2 Science!: 1	Acid x3 Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Nuclear material x2
Fragmentation mine	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 2	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x3 Fertilizer x3 Oil x3 Steel x2
Plasma mine	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 4 Science!: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x3 Fiber optics x3 Nuclear material x3
Pulse mine	10 XP	Demolition Expert: 3 Science!: 2	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x3 Fiber optics x2 Nuclear material x3

Nuka-nuke

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Nuka-nuke	10 XP		Mini nuke Nuka-Cola Quantum

Syringer ammo

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Berserk syringe	3 XP	-	Anti freeze bottle Bourbon Dirty water Steel
Bleed out syringe	8 XP	-	Fiberglass Oil Steel
Bloatfly larva		-	Bloatfly gland Glass Psycho
Endangerol syringe	10 XP	-	Acid Glass Med-X Pencil
Lock Joint syringe	9 XP	-	Dirty water Lead x4 Steel Stingwing barb Tarberry x2
Mind Cloud syringe	10 XP	-	Abraxo Cleaner Asbestos x2 Glass Purified water
Pax syringe	6 XP	-	Mutfruit x2 Nuka-Cola Steel
Radscorpion venom syringe	7 XP	-	Glass Radscorpion stinger Steel
Yellow Belly syringe	10 XP	-	Anti freeze bottle Fertilizer Glass Silver x2

Thirst Zapper Ammo

Name	XP Gain	Items Needed
Weaponized Nuka-Cherry ammo	10 XP	Acid x2 Crystal x3 Nuclear material x3 Nuka-Cherry Silver x4
Weaponized Nuka-Cola ammo	10 XP	Acid x2 Copper x4 Crystal x3 Nuclear material x2 Nuka-Cola
Weaponized Nuka-Cola Quantum ammo	10 XP	Acid x2 Crystal x3 Gold x4 Nuclear material x4 Nuka-Cola Quantum

Traps

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Caltrops	3 XP		Steel x5
Bear trap	10 XP	Blacksmith: 1	Gears x2 Spring x2 Steel x4
Poisoned caltrops	3 XP	Chemist: 1	Steel x5
Bleeding bear trap	10 XP	Blacksmith: 2	Gears x2 Spring x2 Steel x4

Utility

Name	XP Gain	Perk Requirement	Items Needed
Cutting fluid	10 XP	-	Acid x2 Bone x8 Purified water x2 Steel x3
Modified bowling ball¹		-	Acid x1 Bowling ball x1 Oil x1

¹ This crafting recipe will only appear after one has acquired The Striker.

Locations

Within settlements

Although they can be constructed at any settlement the player character is allied with, the following locations come with a pre-existing chemistry station:

Abernathy farm on the east side of the main building.
In the Castle, within the corridor behind the workshop.
Greentop Nursery to the front of the main building.
Nordhagen Beach, in front of the brick building.
At the Red Rocket truck stop to the south of the main building.
In Sanctuary Hills behind the second house on the west side of the road from the bridge to the Red Rocket truck stop.
Sunshine Tidings co-op inside the main central shed.

With the second level of the Local Leader perk, the Sole Survivor can craft chemistry stations in other settlements.

Other locations

Two can be found in Diamond City market:
- Mega surgery center, on the right of the entrance.
- Inside the Science! Center near the Dugout Inn.
Behind the Ranger Cabin
Lexington Fat Man elevated catwalk.
Inside ArcJet Systems.
Andrew station ground floor.
Inside Combat Zone.
Near Red's room in the federal ration stockpile.
In Gorski cabin.
Inside the basement of the Hotel Rexford.
Near the basement entrance to Fort Hagen next to a deceased settler.
In a raider sniper shack northeast of Walden Pond.
Inside the Wicked Shipping Fleet Lockup location in the shed (along with a power armor station).
One in Nuka-Town market.
One at Fizztop Grille.
One in the building across from the BADTFL regional office.
D.B. Technical High School, in a science room on the second floor.

Gallery

Crafting in Fallout 4

Crafting components	Aid	Angler meat · Ant meat · Ash blossom · Aster · Black bloodleaf · Blight · Bloatfly meat · Blood pack · Bloodbug meat · Bloodleaf · Bloodworm meat · Bourbon · Brahmin meat · Brain fungus · Bubblegum · Buffout · Carrot · Carrot flower · Cave cricket gland · Cave cricket meat · Chicken thigh · Corn · Dandy Boy Apples · Deathclaw egg · Deathclaw meat · Dirty water · Fever blossom · Gatorclaw meat · Gazelle meat · Glowing fungus · Gourd · Gourd blossom · Gulper innards · Hermit crab meat · Hubflower · Iguana bits · Irradiated blood · Jet · Lure weed · Med-X · Melon blossom · Mentats · Mirelurk egg · Mirelurk meat · Mole rat meat · Mongrel dog meat · Mutant hound meat · Mutfruit · Nuka-Cherry · Nuka-Cola · Nuka-Cola Quantum · Nukalurk meat · Pristine deathclaw egg · Psycho · Purified water · Queen mirelurk meat · Queen Nukalurk meat · Rabbit leg · Radaway · Rad-rat meat · Rad-X · Radroach meat · Radscorpion egg · Radscorpion meat · Radstag meat · Raw fog crawler meat · Raw sap · Razorgrain · Silt bean · Softshell mirelurk meat · Squirrel bits · Stimpak · Stingwing meat · Tarberry · Tato · Thistle · Vim · Vodka · Whiskey · Wild razorgrain · Wolf meat · Yao guai meat

	Ammo	Berserk syringe · Flamer fuel · Fusion cell · Mini nuke

	Junk components	Acid · Adhesive · Aluminum · Antiseptic · Asbestos · Ballistic fiber · Bone · Ceramic · Circuitry · Cloth · Concrete · Copper · Cork · Crystal · Fertilizer · Fiber optics · Fiberglass · Gears · Glass · Gold · Lead · Leather · Nuclear material · Oil · Plastic · Rubber · Screw · Silver · Spring · Steel · Wood

	Junk	Abraxo cleaner · Anti freeze bottle · Baseball · Bloatfly gland · Blood sac · Bowling ball · Coffee tin · Condensed fog · Pencil · Radscorpion stinger · Stingwing barb

	Misc	Vault-Tec lunchbox

Crafting tables	Fallout 4	Armor workbench · Chemistry station · Cooking station · Power armor station · Weapons workbench · Workshop

	Automatron	Robot workbench

	Contraptions Workshop	Ammunition plant · Armor forge · Auto-loom · Builder · Energy weapon forge · Explosives mill · Food processor · Heavy weapon forge · Pyrotechnics mill · Weapon forge

	Nuka-World	Nuka-mixer station