Pick up as many of those materials as you can because repair kits are really good.Īt repair level 90 you can get the jury rigging perk which lets you repair guns and armor with similar equipment and not just the same.
Anything that you find in good numbers (like pistols or varmint rifles) works well since you can keep your equipment topped off.ĭrop points into your repair skill until it's at least level 50, since this is when you unlock the ability to craft the weapon repair kit with duct tape, scrap metal, scrap electronics, wonderglue, and a wrench. In the early game you'll need to rely on some simple guns with different ammo so that you can rotate as needed.
In NV it takes a little while to open up your gun options.