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Paint 'n Elbow Grease achievement in Fallout Shelter

Paint 'n Elbow Grease

Collect all Fragments of a Theme Recipe

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How to unlock the Paint 'n Elbow Grease achievement

  • JumboWarioJumboWario
    09 Feb 2017 09 Feb 2017 15 Feb 2017
    EDIT: A couple people in the comments say that you can find these fragments before you build the room, I just did not come across any before that.

    You will first need to unlock the Theme Workshop. I believe you need between 40-50 dwellers to unlock it (I don't remember exactly) and it costs 3,200 Caps. Once you build the room, you unlock the ability to find theme recipes on quests and in the Wasteland.

    You can find these fragments on quests and in the Wasteland at any time. Once you find all nine recipe fragments, you will unlock this achievement. They are harder to find than junk, outfits, and weapons, but they are not super rare or anything. You can find them on the bodies of enemies or in the glowing areas of the vaults you are searching.

    You can also instantly purchase all nine fragments using ~27 Nuka-Cola Quantum. You can find Nuka-Cola on quests or you can purchase some from the shop for real money.
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    ScuzzyBunnyJust FYI, if you spend Nuka Cola to unlock a theme, you will still find those fragments on quests, and when you return you get Caps for "duplicates"
    Posted by ScuzzyBunny on 13 Feb 17 at 01:29
    Mike731You dont need to build the room in order to find fragments. Found a BoS fragment today and didnt even have the ability to build the room.
    Posted by Mike731 on 13 Feb 17 at 06:32
    RyanMike731 is correct. You find pieces in the wasteland and on quests without ever having built the Theme Workshop.
    Posted by Ryan#84387 on 15 Feb 17 at 11:29
    JumboWarioThanks guys. I've updated the solution.
    Posted by JumboWario on 15 Feb 17 at 15:58
    DURDENS WRATHI didn't pop this achievement after crafting a theme and unlocking the pieces with Nuka Cola
    Posted by DURDENS WRATH on 02 Mar 17 at 16:02
    xXOdessaXxI found all fragments on all themes prior to opening a theme shop. I created all the themes but it still has not popped. Not sure if having them prior to having the shop is an issue or not. Hopefully it will sort itself out.
    Posted by xXOdessaXx on 13 Mar 17 at 19:47
    SpectreSubZeroIt should be noted that as you find fragments of a particular recipe, the price to complete that recipe (nuka-cola), goes down.
    Posted by SpectreSubZero on 29 Mar 17 at 17:48
    ScraptorI think you start to find theme fragments as soon as you fully upgrade your first room. I'm new to this game and I started getting fragments once I'd unlocked the option to change the theme for the first room I fully upgraded. I currently have 35 dwellers and about 10 theme fragments.
    Posted by Scraptor on 22 Oct 17 at 09:46
    Runner7922I have the same observation as ambersjohn. I collected lots of theme recipe fragments before I had enough dwellers to build the theme workshop. Eventully I had all 9 fragments for one theme recipe and the achievement popped. In fact, I noticed that it popped even before the screen came up where the new fragement gets added to complete the theme with the other other fragments I already had.
    Posted by Runner7922 on 27 Aug 18 at 00:10
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