should reserve some AP for emergency, just incase need to run away from danger

Cooke gets to live after sleeping with another guy’s wife. I’m pretty sure Paul was about to kill him. The drugs were supposed to pay Paul off. It only works if you pass a speech check though.

I love these little Fallout channels. Thanks twonky, super helpful vid.

do you generally play with mods? or vanilla all the way

If you have mines you could set up a trap for Walter and Whiplash. It a good way to beat higher level enemies . I set up mines at my 6 when I'm about to start an event

Don't waste your 10 mm ammo on the flys . Your Security baton is fine for taking them out .

My *_TOP TIPS_* (especially _Survival Mode_ )---> --> _Codsworth_ is available as a companion without first needing to free *Preston.* Simply enter _Concord_ far enough that Preston and the Raiders start fighting, return to Sanctuary, and he can be hired. Taking him along to free *Preston* can give some _affinity boosts._ _Codsworth_ will give you a Purified Water on a continual basis just by talking with him, making him a solid companion for _Survival Players._ --> *_Need Caps?_* Stop at nearby *Abernathy Farm,* under the Power Pylon. Grab the 9 Melons, then speak with the daughter _Lucy._ Keep picking the top dialogue choice about caps as currency. This will trigger an Easy speech check, and she will offer to buy Melons for 5 caps instead of 3. She can buy every Melon you have, _on an ongoing basis,_ which can be lucrative if you turn Sanctuary into a Melon farm. However, if you make the Farm a settlement, she *stops* buying them. --> *_Survival Players,_* besides planting *Tato,* *Mutfruit* and *Corn* for _Adhesive,_ plant *Razorgrain.* Cook *1 Razorgrain /1 Dirty Water* to make rad-free _Noodle Cups._ They lower thirst one level, hunger half a level, _yet weighs the same as Water!_ Check wandering vendor _Trashcan Carla_ and _Trudy at Drumlin Diner,_ South of Concord. Or find randomly as loot. --> *_Weapon and Armor modifications_* can be _stripped and swapped_ onto your better gear. You can _remove armor mods_ for free, but you will have to _build a new gun mod_ from components. Even without Gun Nut, you can build the base level gun mod, which will put the previously attached modification into your inventory, and put onto your new hotness. --> _Survival Players_ should build *15 more water supply than they have settlers,* minimum. This will _accumulate_ extra water from the Workshop *every day,* so take it out store it separately in another container. New Purified Water will be added every day *_if_* there’s little to no water already in the workshop. If you build a large enough water purification operation, a huge amount can get added daily. Use this for your travels, or stockpile, and sell the surplus. --> _Survival Mode_ features *Diseases,* acquired numerous ways. You can take *Antibiotics,* visit a *Doctor,* or *Wait* until they go away eventually. Each disease has _different durations,_ lasting from *2-7 days.* The most debilitating are _Weakness_ (receive +20% damage), and _Infection_ (take damage over time, though it won’t kill you, will leave you with a sliver of health). These two diseases take *2.5 days* to go away. Find something safe to do, like decorating Sanctuary, or sleep it off. Sleeping causes a _disease check,_ so you might get sick again, but anything is better than Weakness or Infection. *Early game,* when resources are tight, you might be better off saving Antibiotics just in case for the debilitating diseases, and living with the others until they go away. -->Want to play _Survival Mode,_ but aren’t sure what starting SPECIAL to use? I’ve found it’s worth going for strong combat skills first, and then flesh out your build. *Melee Builds,* get _Rooted_ (STR9) and _Blitz_ (AGI9) immediately. *9,1,4,3,1,9,1* _(Book END)._ *VATS Guns,* get _Penetrator_ (PER9) and _Concentrated Fire_ (PER10). *1,9,3,3,3,7,2* _(Book AGI)._ You’ll get the *Perception Bobblehead* when you free Preston, so have a point saved, and put into Concentrated Fire mid-rescue. --> _Survival Mode_ players should seriously consider _not_ using Power Armor. _Swimming_ is Survival’s Fast Travel. You’ll get around much faster and safer. *_Aquaboy/girl perk_* will save you a ton of time! Without spoiling, the game gives you a quick means of crossing the map as you do the main story, if you dabble with the *Brotherhood of Steel.* --> _New Players:_ *Idiot Savant* isn’t a good choice for first timers. Enemies scale with you. You need to have good gear to survive, and easy and fast XP can leave you without enough time to explore and find good gear before the bad guys start hitting even harder. *You’ll get plenty of levels, faster than you think, even at 1 INT.* Growing powerful isn’t only a matter of levels. *You’ll be stronger if you have great gear when you pop your next level.* Take it easy, don’t rush, go slow, and you’ll be better for it. --> _Pass every speech check_ with *11 CHR,* 100%! Low CHR builds, don’t fret: assemble a 3-piece _CHR set of clothes._ *Hat/glasses/suit,* for _+4._ Most *Alcohol* adds _+1._ Find *Daytripper* _+3._ Better yet, craft *Grape Mentats* at a Chemistry Station _+5._ There’s other ways, but with these, that’s a +13 buff already. *Bonus!* Your companion will come to your side and stay there if you crouch. And if *Dogmeat* only carries _25_ units, put a *bandana,* *welding goggles* or *dog armor,* and it’ll bump it up to _150!_

a little tip turn down your sensitivity so you dont throw the caltropes

One thing I would add is that it's very difficult to tell were EXACTLY you went when trying to follow this guide 1-1. Like, I'm not nearly as familiar with the game and the map as you are, but sometimes you just say something vague along the lines of 'and then we're kinda just moving along here' and you cut the video in a position where I simply can't figure out how you got there... (e.g. vegetable stand, like... where the hell did you go? is it close to Oberland Station? I got extremely confused there...) A good solution might be to just show your location on the map every once in a while, so it's easier to follow along your path ;) Otherwise, great guide, thanks!

I just pick cap collector, science, gun nut, robotics, local leader, armor the rest seem like a meme to me

You didn't mention it, but there's a hidden bonus to Robotics Expert: At Rank 2, you get +40% damage against robots and synths, which makes the perk an incredible addition to nearly any build. (That damage goes away if you take rank 3, so never do that)

Is VATS not available in survival?

Dudes Rushing he didn't even record hlm getting to this area

Miss you

Seems you missed the duffle bag on the roof of the home with the tree laying on it.

do you use any mods oin this run

awesome guide all the way, very informative and I really enjoyed the gameplay!

I am new in Fallout 4 I got the GOTY edition like one month ago and have barely 20h in the game can u respec the points if u want to or?

Love you content and love the game! I just think that a better and maybe less subjective way to make a Perk Tier List is to put on the S tier those really strong/necessary perks that could go on any build. For example, Lone Wanderer is insanely strong but if you use a companion than is completely useless. On the other hand, Idiot Savant is amazing no matter your build. Than you could put on A and B tier those awesome and really good perks but kind of specific. For C and D tier you could mix with some not so good and some others like the Dog perk (I forgot the name) which is good but just the level 4. The first three levels are kinda meh but the last one gives 10% damage resistance which is pretty good. For the F tier you gotta, just the 🐕 💩perks and that's it.

1 luck? You don’t take idiot savant? That is the # 1 must for me. At 7 intellect, you still get way more exp and level up much faster.

Grape Mentats: -Hubflower around V111/Sanctuary area -Whiskey from Carla/Trudy south of Concord or Wellingham/Vadim in DC -Diamond City Blues quest gives a ton of Mentats & other drugs, just bring molotovs and your best gun -Guaranteed mentats in a Sanctuary house Diamond City: -Those mutants attacking DC guards can be a good source of pipe weapon mods if you're sticking with that weapon class -For the love of god, gun bash Piper to skip her damn dialogue. You will thank me -Take a bloatfly gland to DC Science! Center, pass some speech checks for easy caps. -Find Abbott, he needs paint. Any color will do but getting green will net a 50 cap bonus. Enter the back of the store he marks and sneak. Paint mixer is to the right on the other side of the wall. Avoid being seen and you can get out without a fight. -Moe Cronin & Solomon will send you west to the river. Do Moe's quest first then cross to the opposite bank and head north to Forest Grove. You can find a mutated fern before even getting to the location. Cross back and return the items. Moe's is apparently infinitely repeatable, always the same location and items in same places -Sheng is near Abbott, he needs to clean up the water supply. Pass the speech checks and clear out a handful of junk from the pond, easy caps. Acts as a minor merchant, mostly purified water. Miscellaneous: -Follow the power towers from Abernathy back NW past that trailer, there will be some radstags at the first one and the 2nd one has raiders. you can kill them for more ammo, armor and supplies. -Then with your back to Abernathy turn left and go over that rocky hill to find another dead raider and get his armor and such. By then you should have a mostly/complete set of armor -Overseer's Armguards are guaranteed to spawn as heavy combat arms, great boost to your resistances early on to help make up for the rest of your gear being lower quality pieces -If you're not rushing legendary armor, DC guard armor is decent for the early game. Concord: -Spam leveling to lvl 7, then grabbing R2 of Locksmith (Expert locks) will let you pick every lock in Sanctuary and Concord. -Concord Speakeasy (main road leading to Museum, left side) has plenty of bottles plus a couple rare drugs an End of Dungeon (EOD) trunk upstairs behind an Advanced lock door -Face Museum & turn left, last building on the right. Guaranteed bolt-action pipe sniper on the 2nd floor. By the suppressed bolt action pistol from Trudy @ Drumlin then swap the suppressor to your rifle

You know you could get dogmeat to pick up the caltrops even if it's encumber him. He'll pick up the bunch, the drop one mext to you and that's it, dont need to manually carry it. Then if you craft more caltrops, take them back, them drop the whole bunch and have him pick them up again

I love it man

Can we copy your build?

Great guide thankyou sir

The final rank is op in ghoulish it heals u when u heal.... u become immortal in far harbor

You can get a really good 1 int and 1 cha combat helmet at Covenant. Running back and forth between the drive in and hangman's alley allows you to do some great farming along regular spawn points. Don't forget the weightless cash at the bank every time you head to the drive in. This was a really good walk through I'd never make it on sudden death. Impressive !

At 35:20 you can loot the bank very regularly gaining a ton of weightless prewar money by approaching from the back and getting right next to the broken wall and jumping. Stay in sneak mode to avoid nearby ghouls. To automatically reach the loot inside the bank you'll need the loot detection mod. It also greatly helps you find corpses and special items. Highly recommended. The money at the bank spawns very regularly and it goes a long long way to buying everything you need. If you don't use the loot detection mod you can still grab a lot of cash laying on the ground and in that duffle bag.

Against blowflies at short range fast melee is best or use a shotgun while walking backwards to keep it in front of you. Walking backwards is usually a good idea if you are charged by any enemy. Of course VATS is very useful if you decide to use it, melee vats is best as you will almost always hit it. If no vats just keep swinging a fast melee weapon and those nasty flying beasts will fall. Back up to keep from getting flanked and go forward to close range as necessary. Use a combat knife because it does the best damage for a fast weapon. Pickman's combat knife is really good. I prefer to one shot them at range, then wait to recover hidden status. They can be very dangerous when they gang up on you.

If you don't clear out the mole rat cave at red rocket the loot outside the entrance will respawn quickly allowing you to gain quite a lot of useful junk every time you return to red rocket. You can always clear out that cave later when you don't plan on returning frequently to red rocket.

Don't grab the bobbleheads until after you have maxed out your specials. That way you can use the bobbleheads to exceed 10.

Personally I love playing on survival. Not so much for challenge, which you can get plenty of early on in the levels, but because with the help of cooked meat you can create the most powerful character in Fallout history without using mods. Its kind of fun to go from wet noodle coming out of Vault 111 to a literal god walking the earth, even though challenge drops off relatively quickly.

Black ops chest piece dense mod saved my butt so many times

just started my first survival run last night and got one tapped by the deathclaw in concord. over an hour of progress and gear lost. brutal

Wow you have some interesting ideas of playstyle, I do like the videos, pointing out why I refer to as infesting ideas, carrying caltrops halfway across the map just so you don't have weight concerns although you could have eaten Ragstag, and drank booze to raise weight capacity and giving some stuff to dogmeat to carry, you could have easily carried the caltrops in your inventory without fear of losing them every time you needed to do something. The other was commenting that you were considering walking half the map from vault 81 to Sanctuary to use the weapons bench when you are only a few blocks from Diamond city... lol I'm sure your play style has changed in 5 years ,but its just fun to point out the interesting choices.

Why not use VATS on those bloatflys?

Great guide! Have done already one successful permadeath run and now am trying to do another one with heavy guns/explosives. Probably died already 15-20 times and I have a question. Was trying to apply dense on a metal leg but there is no more such an option. Is there any change to the game or maybe some mods that I have installed changed that? Before it was very confortable with padded and dense and now only with dense died already 3 times from mutant suiciders.

Pain Train is goated. Not only does it cause funny ragdoll but gives you plenty of time to render an enemy helpless for a few seconds. I love to go around with an upgraded super sledge and power armour, bashing into people and then landing charged hits with my weapon. It’s just too good

You ever get to 287?

Nicely done! It's insane how there is so much content about f4 and then you randomly get a channel with low subscribers count and it gives literally the best tips for survival gameplay. Good job man.

One of the biggest problems i have with fallout 4, is that builds feel really straight forward, and kinda boring at times. Though, I suppose its a personal bias because I come from the remnant franchize, a series that came to incentivize utility over flat damage buffs to diversify its builds and make everything feel unique. Just a personal gripe more than anything. Though, with the addition of a legendary overhaul mod that lets me modularly slot 5 different legendary modifiers onto a weapon, weapon forging becomes super complex and interesting.

Twonky, how about a 'No VATS' build? Lets see what that does to your tier list?

I'm probably wrong but I thought you dont need the robotics expert perk to craft robots?

armorsmith perk is S beause "Ballistic wave", "ultralight", "biocomess" and power armor modifications ,no? Chemist perk is op for food because it affect irradiated food too so you can get extra hp from some consumables like plants, crops , irradiated prewar packets and no cooked meats or foods. Chems like jet get a insane buff of time so the game become easier. Blitz and lone wanderer easilly are simply op. Savant idiot is random and help but isnot that big deal once you get 10 inteligent. ripper perk is ok but depend of other perks too like critical banker and maybe four leaf clover perk to get massive amount of critical hits in vats. If it was Ripper perk and displicent perk then it is op in vats.

Life Giver and Aquaboy/girl are easily tied for my favourite. Both are just too useful early game, especially on Survival. Nab the double swim speed book early and you can just use the rivers and ocean as a makeshift fast travel system that's safe from enemies. Life Giver is a must pick just due to the heavy damage you take from everything early on and since stims have weight in Survival, not having to carry as many is a small but decent benefit at rank 3. Sure crafting and damage perks are what really get a build rolling, but being able to access ballistic weave and a ton of useful gear for minimal effort early is just too helpful. Lead Belly can get bent though, I've never once needed it and even when I took it, it's just a good way to get diseases. There's a double meat book readily available early on so most of the run is usually me eating cooked dog or radstag.

When making a guide you need to turn up the gamma for your viewers. This is a good guide but a lot of it shows a dark screen.

Basher Shredder is hilarious

bruh the constant skips between where u were and where ur heading next makes this a confusing video

im doing a canon playthrough on survival and i had already killed the deathclaw and made it back to sancuarty before i was tired you havent even talked to codsworth yet and saying u get tired pretty quickly lol