So, I'm thoroughly confused about the whole settlers gathering supplies things.
By rights each unassigned settler should gather 1 junk item per day (2 for each on a scav station) and deposit it in the workbench, up to a capped amount of items (100+(5*# of settlers)).
Now, to seperate their items from my own and check they are still gathering I took every item out from the workbench, dropped it on the floor, and deconstructed it into its components, then put it back in the workbench.
However, none of the settlements I've done this in (3), which all have some unassigned and some scavs, have produced any junk items.
Nor have they produced components.
And it makes no difference if I leave other components in the workbench or take them out.
Yet they all produce excess food/water every day.
So, I have to ask, can anyone actually confirm that they have had settlers place junk in the workbench? Especially any Xbox players.