This rare component is used for making weapon modifications and creating high-tier turrets.
This crafting component can be extracted by scrapping the following items. The colored materials have more yield and should be prioritized when collecting.
| Material | Yield |
| Applicator | x1 Fiber Optics, x1 Aluminum |
| Biometric Scanner | x1 Fiber Optics, x1 Asbestos, x2 Nuclear Material |
| Ear Examiner | x1 Fiber Optics, x1 Aluminum, x1 Glass |
| Fiber Optics | x1 Fiber Optics |
| Flight Data Recorder | x2 Fiber Optics, x1 Circuitry, x1 Copper |
| High-Powered Microscope | x1 Fiber Optics, x2 Crystal, x2 Gear, x2 Glass |
| Microscope | x1 Fiber Optics, x2 Crystal, x2 Glass, x2 Gear |
| Prototype Biometric Scanner | x1 Fiber Optics, x1 Asbestos, x2 Nuclear Material |
The following merchants sell this component in shipments:
You can gather as many fiber optics as you can in the Jamaica Plains Town Hall Basement by disarming the laser tripmines, reactivating them, and repeating the process again.
Alexis sells ballistic fiber not fiber optics you dingbat