Somewhat annoyed by my latest crafting bottleneck. I need a forge and chisel to make a lot of things. I need a forge to make a chisel. I need a wrench to make a forge. I need a forge to make a wrench. I need a wrench to make a forge. Electronic crafting is similarly stymied: I need a soldering iron to make a lot of things. I need a power converter to make a soldering iron. I need a soldering iron to make a power converter. I need a power converter to make a soldering iron. The town is mostly completely plundered and cleared of enemies, so that's mostly out as a source of resources. There MIGHT be a power converter SOMEWHERE amidst all the stuff I haven't smashed because I didn't have a Halligan bar to break them open easily then, but that would STILL leave me wrenchless. I can't realistically travel to another town because I don't have a tent or shelter kit[Due to lacking more then a few pieces of leather I got from killing a long worm. Fur doesn't work.] to protect me from acid rain. I could use a vehicle of some kind instead, but you need a wrench to get them functional and I have no gasoline in any case. So far my options are to investigate the Lab or the Anthill[Which I might not be able to clear, given my lack of good equipment from lacking a forge], scour the town clean in the hopes I missed something[Doubtful to yield anything much, seeing as its a small town], embark on a potentially dangerous trek through the sewers[A problem since I haven't found a good way to preserve meat yet, smash a potentially useful bionic I have lying around in hopes of getting a power converter that way or give in and conjure one from the debug menu. Or maybe just sacrifice that school full of child corpses to the Random Number God and pray for mercy.
EDIT: If there is some painfully obvious way to get a wrench/power converter/soldering iron, please point it our for me. It FEELS like there SHOULD be, but I really can't fathom what it might be.