I saw a post on Reddit, but I can't find it now.

I stated that there is a Cap on what the Resources the Scavengers Station can generate if you have more that some amount. I think the Formula was 100 = (2 * Population)

So, lets saw I have a Population of 2. The Cap is 104.

In the Workbench I have:

Wood (150)

Tin Cans (4)

Bear Bottle (2)

Does the Cap mean:

Do I get nothing from the Scavenger Station because the total items I have is over 104. ie: 156.

Do I get everything but Wood because it is over 104.

Do I get everything, including Wood, because there is only 3 types of Items in the Workbench (Wood, Tin Cans, Beer Bottles)

Thanks for the help.

IMO the scav. stations dont produce enough to be worth it, id rather assign a settler to a store or producing more food

Personally, I like the NorthlandDiggers Crafting/Jobs mods. A lot more control over what the worker produces. Though there isn't a station for every Resource you might want.

I'm not sure.

I did empty a workbench one day to test the limit but I forgot all about it.

I was reminded a couple of days ago when i returned to that settlement and looked in the bench.

It had been quite a few days and there were a couple of hundred items accumulated.

It's probably random what they "virtually collect".

Any item from A to Z.

teddy bears, units of wood, concrete, cork, leather, cotton, bottles , silver lockets and so on.

Perhaps you could do a test of your own.

From my point of view I have settlements with quite large populations so the settlers have to do something to keep them occupied.

The main reason i have higher populations is because I like to have the settlers do most of the settlement defence.

If you are building up settlements en-mass the scrapper benches are never going to be able to supply enough resources.

They are, however, useful for maintaining improvements.

I recently went around the settlements and reduced turret numbers, replacing them with guard posts and assigned settlers.

The scrapping of turrets gave me some resources to play with.

I also built lots of nicer beds and added lots of rugs.

Consequently I ran out of cotton, so made it a point to pick up as many shipments of cotton and items containing cotton during my travels.

I put the building on hold and went foraging again.