Can I Beat Fallout 4 with Brutal Difficulty Mods in an Overgrown Wasteland?

Not the usual sort of upload from me, but maybe you'll like it.
I can't get links to every mod I used but here's the full list from MO2. It might be missing a few F4SE mods I installed manually:
High FPS Physics Fix
Address Library for F4SE
Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch
Buffout 4
Sprint Stuttering Fix
Select Revolver
Mod Configuration Menu 1.39
Magnum Autoloader - Munitions
FO4 Hotkeys - Option 2 - Lite
Bullet Counted Reload - v.2.00
BCR- Far Harbor Lever Action Rifle
Assault Rifle Reanimation
No Tactical Reload patch for Assault Rifle Reanimation
BF1 Animation Pack - Double Barrel Shotgun and Sawed-off Shotgun
BF1 Animation Pack - Hunting Rifle
Laser Reanimation
Laser Reanimation Update 1.2
Munitions - An Ammo Expansion
No Grabs or Kill Moves
Pipe gun Reanimation
Bastion - A Power Armor Overhaul
MCM Settings Manager
Survival Mode Console Enabler Public Release
Condition Boy and Girl
Game Configuration Menu
GCM DLC Automatron
GCM DLC Far Harbor
FallUI
Fallout 4 Wheel Menu
FallUI - HUD
FallUI - Workbench
Wheel Menu - FallUIified
No Physics Damage - ESL
Energy Weapon Calculation Fix
Sleep Or Save
Sleep or Save Fixes
No Bloom
Caravan Shotgun
Mutant Menagerie
Mutant Menagerie Performance Textures
Immersive Animation Framework
VATS Freeze Fix
Quad-Barrel Shotgun - Fallout Miami Standalone
Leveled Item Framework (LIF)
Another Deliverer Reanimation
Spell Perk Item Distributor
Scaling Flag Remover
RobCo Patcher
DirectHit
Thing's lore friendly MP5
.22 Pistol Pack - Munitions Version
Reaper's Robco Munitions Patches
.45 Pistol
Police Riot Shotgun
Sten And Friends Munitions
SCOURGE - MM Life Finds a Way
MCM Booster
MAIM 2
No Automatic Recoil Adjustment RobCo Patch
Adrenaline Redone
50 Shades of Rust
Commonwealth Reclamation Project [discord only]
The Boring Perk Overhaul
No more cash register sound
No Idiot Savant Noise
FGEP Definitive Edition
FGEP Textures 2k
SKK Dynamic Loot Reduction v4
Dark Commonwealth v11
America Rising 2 - Legacy of the Enclave
Random Encounter Framework
Improved Hostile Factions
Police Riot Shotgun BCR Patch
Attachment Pack
Attachment Pack Implementation Patch
Vintage Pistol Munitions
Service Pistol Munitions
Lever Action Shotgun (Munitions)
Caravan Shotgun - Unofficial Update
Vintage Shotgun
SWIFT Teleporter - DLC Edition
lore friendly MP5 Updated - Munitions Patch
F4NV Laser Pistol
Uneducated Shooter
Fallsouls - Unpaused Game Menus
Infiltrator SMG (Munitions - 9mm)
Thing's lore friendly M4A1
AnotherOne BAR M1918A2
AnotherOne BAR M1918A2 - Animation update
12.7mm Pistol
12.7mm Pistol - Unofficial Update
PBW - The Police Pistol
CALIBER Damage Overhaul
Pack Attack NPC [discord only]
Select Marksman Rifle
Manurhin MR73
Lewis Gun 1.0.1 - ESL
Munitions - Official Patch Repository
Quick Draw 2.0 - Vanilla
IAF-Mutant Menagerie Pach
Pip-Boy Flashlight
FallUI - Icon Library
FIS - The NEW FallUI Item Sorter
Wheel Menu - FallUI (FIS)
Disk Cache Enabler
NPC Accuracy Revised [probably doesn't do much with Pack Attack loaded]
SCOURGE - Main
Baka ScrapHeap
BakaFramework
FO4 Particle Patch v1-2 Main
Gloomy Glass
Classic Holstered Weapons - 1.04c
No door anims
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:04 Sanctuary Hills and Vault 111
4:08 Early game pain
10:15 Getting stronger
13:17 Working for the big E and the main quest
18:12 Distractions lead me to Kellogg
20:50 Jawdropping setpieces and some more missions
24:45 Victory lap
Music tracks used, in order (all from Fallout 4's OST): Predator and Prey, Imagine Utopia, Deeper and Darker, Only One Survives, Combat Ready, War in the Wastes, Time to Die, Lone Wandering, Standoff, Explore and Discover, Enough is Enough, Covert Action, Of the People for the People
my pay-treon: / pancuronium

[@officerweeb]

0:48 "It only took about five or six hours to get the mod list together" Seems about right for the average F4 modder

[@masterprocrastinator6264]

It's been a week of modding and tweaking, at least 3 hours a day ... 💀.

[@beacondude5000]

Get a mod manager lol

[@donkeysunited]

It took me a week of research and tweaking to get my current mod list stable and that's only 200 mods. I had horrible problems with NACX and PRP on my last build so I avoided them this time. Now mostly getting 4K120 with excellent draw distances and very happy. Also: no grass mods. It's nice being able to see the beautiful ground textures and anything that gets dropped.

[@masterprocrastinator6264]

@@beacondude5000 oh very clever ... 🤡

[@gino5220]

its bin almost a decade, I never noticed Kellog's revolver made the sound of a shell falling until now. And now I cant unhear it, so thanks for that.

[@serimus]

Bethesda sucks at guns.

[@granknutterbutter3472]

i think the blurry texture "bug" you saw was actually just the reason why BGS decided not to have dense foliage in the game to begin with. Too many draw calls. Remember, the game was made to run on a ps4.

[@mrazbyte3150]

That, plus BGS cant optimize their shit

[@voxsq]

Just the garbage engine they use, guarantee if they switched engines their games would be so much better.

[@loran101]

​@@voxsqyeah but also kill modding. The amount of shit this engine can take without crashing is actually unreal.

[@thatfierytas2699]

​@@mrazbyte3150 What is BSG?

[@generic_tough_guy.4830]

​@@thatfierytas2699 Bethesda game studio

[@crylec6534]

I find your monotone expression in the face of the weird things that happened to be enjoyable.

[@undefinedusername2359]

agreed

[@RED_Onion362]

I"m pretty sure it's youtubes AI voice over thing they rolled out a while ago. Noticeable when it says charisma at 1:56

[@hank7872]

I legitimately thought it was TTS

[@Risk401]

very mitten-squad imo, I love it

[@anzack2551]

Looks like Pancuronium's finally doing what every modder aspires to do, actually play the game instead of modding it. Jokes aside, I'd be down to watch more playthroughs, hope this gets a decent amount of success

[@prod.royalsg1630]

"Finally the nukes started to fall" is crazy under any other context 😂😂😂

[@Calpez381]

I’m surprised you can still get fallout 4 working after all of the mods loaded into it over the last 1 year.

[@NM-wd7kx]

I installed literally 1 mod, bricked my install so completely I had to manually search out & delete every file with 'fallout' in its name. Left it a little while after that

[@krischurch3763]

​@@NM-wd7kxhow? Not looking for a full detail but how did 1 mod fuck it up so bad?

[@NM-wd7kx]

@@krischurch3763 I have literally no idea I used vortex & a lightweight FOV mod, this is basically the first time I've ever really modded anything & I may have done something wrong, not sure what though

[@lartonki]

@@krischurch3763 Yeah sounds weird that one mod would fuck up game that badly. On past month i have load something like 500 mods and having almost 400 active ones yet my game works really well.

[@fuqis]

use mo2 not vortex@@NM-wd7kx

[@HyperPotato0888]

27 minutes of greatness and I cant get enough, Im so happy I found your channel.

[@undefinedusername2359]

i like how sardonic you are with these reviews and videos, and i think that's one of the main reasons i subscribed. all the meat, none of the extras (for the most part). keep it up - not that you need to be told, cause you're already nailing it

[@painfultruth1846]

I would love a part 2. I would watch an entire series of this uncut!

[@anxietyworks4709]

I was surprised to see you do a challenge video. Entertaining watch, would love a part 2

[@TitoSilvey]

Big fan of this and would definitely watch more! It's especially nice because I know if I see any mods I'd like to try I already know they'll play well since you don't tolerate bullshit

[@centitat6367]

I'm really enjoying your channel, a part 2 would be awesome! I'd love to see more challenge runs!

[@St1nk3yFing3r]

This man is a legend. Thank you for your content!

[@spookas8007]

Wow, this is great content. You're a bit of a hidden gem. Hope to see more like this!

[@billberg529]

Thoroughly enjoyable video! As always the matter of fact narration makes for a brand of dry wit that can`t really be copied. I normally don`t find playthrough videos enjoyable, but I think you swatted this one nicely outta Fenway Park. Really hope you will make another/more! Also, thank you for sharing the mod list.

[@Too_Damn_Trill]

Awesome.. been waiting on a challenge run from you for a while 🔥.. zombie apocalypse challenge run? Great video as always !!

[@qqqq-dp4rv]

Love this kind of content. Please do more.

[@ZEUS-2099]

MORE OF THESE!

[@glitchedgiant750]

Are you planning on making a Faction Overhaul soon? I would love to watch that video and also thank you for pointing out the long loading times bug. I've been trying to find a solution for that problem for 3 days now, and you're the one who helped me fix the issue.

[@erendiranigarcia8326]

I really liked this :)

[@SAdams8782]

Thanks for letting me know which mod was causing those texture issues. I had the same problems and couldn't figure it out for the life of me! Thank you!

[@tomigun5180]

3:07 That's a scary ladybug.

[@davidkhan1626]

Great video

[@LostInkwell]

Hey, you're one of the few mod reviewers I trust for their opinion on balance and compatibility of mods. I was hoping at some point to see you cover Chemfleunce and it's dependency Npc's Use. Your excuse to playthrough America Rising 2 was justified; I wanted to play it as well but had a multiple crashes on the oil rig. Would love to see more modded challenge content as well. Thanks for your time.

[@PancuroniumB]

I more or less covered Chemfluence in my description for the AI mods video, although updates to Chemfluence may have made that writeup outdated. Regardless, Pack Attack should still be a better choice. For your crashes on the oil rig, make sure to get FGEP's latest Definitive Edition update as of February 4th, if you're using it. The oil rig is full of feral ghouls and FGEP was known to cause crashes before its update. Also, if you're using Classic Holstered Weapons, downgrade to version 1.04c. I haven't had any random crashes in areas with many NPCs since I downgraded a few weeks ago, and there seems to be no loss in functionality. Hope that helps.

[@LostInkwell]

@@PancuroniumB Woah, thanks for the quick response! I didn't realize that you had already covered it. Also thanks for the advice to fix the crashing because both of the mods you mention are in my load order and most likely the issues. Again thanks for the great content! Hope to see you do more modded challenge runs or modded let's plays in the future!

[@LostInkwell]

Further update: Thanks to you pointing out that FGEP had issues, I looked at my FGEP mods and disabled all of the and no more crashes. Then I reenabled the FGEP, FGEP scourge patch, and Scourge/FGEP 1.7x patch and tried again and it worked. So I came to the conclusion that Very Zen FGEP 4k textures was causing the issue and downgraded to the 2k version instead and have no crashes. Tbh, I really wasn't expecting a reply at all let alone answering or leading me on the right track to all my questions, especially the mod crashing one. Thanks a ton, you've saved 18 hour survival run. Now that my America Rising 2 is fixed, I am really looking forward to the potential part 2. 10/10 KZbinr

[@AdamNRG316]

I've been watching this for an entire 30 seconds and I've been personally attacked already lol.

[@thehairyguydownthehall7068]

This was like having cake for breakfast.

[@dennisknie4844]

I like the idea of new content like challenges.

[@Risk401]

babe wake up I found a new good fallout youtuber to watch every night

[@sovietrook7425]

I love the minute mark de-stabilising of child safety! I thought it’d be a soulless shill, imma watch more of your stuff for sure

[@Siegfriedclassical]

Least modded Fo4 playthrough.

[@carolineartley2703]

I'd be interested in a part 2.

[@framebot]

This was really fun to watch

[@wolfdwarf]

Is this where the real (brutally difficult) game begins?

[@jaya2367]

You should definitely do a population mod battle between mods that add in more npcs

[@MarieGoldBrand]

The irony being that you can convince the Enclave to spare the ghouls (For a little while until the Senator shows up) It even gains you some points with mommy Whitehill

[@mylifeistrash9591]

My fav fallout 4 creator❣

[@shatteredrubyheart9082]

I Swear Kellogg should've made a band called "Kellogg and the Cornpop's" instead of being a hired gun

[@-werksmith2078]

Give me more of of this, encore, encore! Or is that "Enclave, Enclave !" LOL

[@ErosXCaos]

“Nature takes over”. I’m all for it. But not when I’m the only one hindered. Same with fog. Visually stunning, but I’m the only one in the soup. I feel your pain about finding the bodies. It’s hard enough in Vanilla.

[@ghostboi7454]

You should totally get someone to make this into a mod-pack for easy download because i would 100% do it.

[@machinablade7587]

That mod turns the game into a completely different game

[@wikwayer]

15:48 fair enough but does the mod affect settlers 🤔

[@Oblivion.1850]

Please continue till the end of the game ! It's nice to see you do something a bit different and having fun doing it so please enjoy the game, after all it's why you make videos about it But if i'd have to make one complaint, maybe get more detailed about America Rising 2 Story's ? I didn't tried it yet cause i'm angry at fallout 4 being a bugy mess and i need a long break from it and if i have to be spoiled about AR2 plots i'd prefer to be "properly spoiled" ? Like hearing dialogs and maybe seing a bit more ? Any way it's just my opinion, do what you want it's your videos, it'll be great no matter what

[@shadowmoses0022]

ENB's Memory Patch was a go to solution for Blurry Game textures in Fallout 4. It's a long time engine bug with Fallout 4 that until now has not been fixed. It's because if this engine bug, Fallout 4 really can't ultilize your entire PCs memory and vram no matter how much or big amount of memory you have. Thus the textures are halts its full resolution load leading it to blurry muddy mip maps. ENBs memory patch resolves this issue.

[@christopherreyes2825]

I know this is late but the long loading times fix blurry texture glitch can be fixed by going into the mods ini and changing quickload from false to true

[@brockschannel3927]

If you do another challenge, I'd love to see you do one that's new vegas,fallout 1,2,and 3 themed (not all in one)

[@dexthomas7936]

Nice

[@DamienHawkeGaming]

Gonna try this for a run. I'll do it because the heat of the Mojave wastes has turned me insane.

[@miguelelias1021]

most the mods i see on the list are the ones i been trying for 2 years. I like my fallout 4 Vanilla Enhanced and Fixed. I suggest Infinite Survival Mod for Saves or console commands just in case your Save gets corrupted

[@CM-NightDK]

Good mod list, not too hard but not too easy either, damm apocalipse would have made this insanely harder lol, but it is fine, i too like to have a vast ammount of loot, i even use simply more ammunition to keep myself from running out of ammo too often. Getting a supressed pistol or rifle and going full on sneak is a must for MAIM, i would also reccomend a lot True damage. With the scourge player module you would be looking at about 100 health anyways so it is best to count as if every shot is lethal, use scourge to halve the enemy health and boom, perfect tactical shooter/stealth game. Also, Turret override is a very good thing to have early on when assaulting raider camps, override their turrets and snipe them while they deal with them, delicious.

[@blasiankxng]

recommend you check out scrapper zapper, literally the best settlement scraping mod on the nexus. also this video was very enjoyable, keep it up!

[@_BurtCokain]

I miss Fallsouls. listening to a holotape bricked my entire game folder though.

[@krischurch3763]

a maim/directhit run! I use PANPC too. This is a good mod list! Edit: just listened to your thoughts about MAIM lol. Its definitely hard.

[@thatguyfromnz3340]

Wait a have a name suggestion could you do yourak hunt

[@captainkeyes1523]

I’d like a part 2 myself!

[@jaymurray6051]

Great video thanks for showing many of your viewers how much of a ball ache some 0f the mods are and which need to be removed permanently. I guess it’s no fun to die constantly it takes the fun outta playing for some. I do love games where you have to fill bottles and eat to survive but your right we spend more time creating mods than playing the game I don’t remember what it’s like to play anymore. Importantly on the discord subject if you open up a discord you’ll never be the lone wanderer again. But I guess when there’s a town full of drama you can hire soldiers

[@lartonki]

Sure someone likes but i dont get it how something like maim mod makes game fun when you have blurry vision while your monitor is so red that you cant see nothing.

[@jaymurray6051]

@@lartonki Agree it depends on how real you want your experience to be. If you follow Pancuronium’s track record he’s usually against things that are annoying. Which is why I tell people NAC and NAC X ain’t worth the moths in ya wallets. But hey that’s just me and I don’t play anymore, too busy making mods. It’s all you players out there who’s opinions and feed back really go a long way. If we have time to listen. What’s good about these creators is they give you a glimpse in things they try out and in this case genuine personal opinion and at least you get a try it before you buy freebie

[@krischurch3763]

Idk, I really like maim. I run with an order a little, little bit like this

[@lartonki]

@@jaymurray6051 Yeah but if we actually are looking for realism mods like maim are far from that. But it still seems many peoples try to covert fallout either being hardcore survival game or try to make it real fps game. And im on same boat that im usually against things that are annoying, best example for this was on my last playthrough where i was building settlement on far harbor when i got so annoyed constant raining, fog and storming that i installed mod that makes fallout all sunshine, is that realistic? Hell no but if have made playing so mutch more enjoyable.

[@jaymurray6051]

@@lartonki yup I used to stick to vanilla or console cmd weather. Combat mods don’t change the way the game works just tweaks the effects it’s only when you inject scripts then it becomes messy it’s scripted mods that change the game. So in reality combat mods don’t really change the game, they just change the path of the journey which ends up in the same place as it did before.

[@olafur2463]

Why did you not have the full dialogue interface mod?

[@johnconnor2572]

Had a DnD buddy who named his character Jack MeHoff and a successive character Peter Dragin

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

Another early game masochist mod is Creatures of the Commonwealth. Because it spawns dlc enemies anywhere in the commonwealth at their normal levels, ie, level30 or above.

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

Btw, you can still be level1 with level30+ enemies with that mod. That’s what makes it hard.

[@thomashealy5990]

I’ll watch part two if you make it

[@ghosthunterfallout]

is that a little CRP going on? i like and impressive modding..

[@loran101]

How did you manage to get maim and mutant menagery to work together? Did you have propper headshot kills?

[@PancuroniumB]

Probably not, now that I think about it.

[@loran101]

Welp there goes my hope hahaha could find out how for the life of me

[@Oppetsismiimsitsitc]

Review some backpack mods?

[@athenajackson130]

ooga booga y did you use the worD neadethal that is so afensev

[@Hikikomori_Gaming]

What trees, grass, plants mods did you use? Thanks!

[@PancuroniumB]

Only Commonwealth Reclamation Project. Some plants are from Mutant Menagerie.

[@erdood3235]

I want a part 2 please

[@Greg-ud3iu]

maim is always the right choice. you just have to adapt to tarkov playstyle to make it. go with polluted climate on the next run. youl enjoy it alot better than vivid

[@jordanenriquez4153]

A fallout game on the souls ai level

[@mattr9852]

True Storms is superior to Vivid Weathers not just because of visibility improvements it also helps your stealth in dark and foggy weather.

[@ProperPaladin]

What green/tree mod are used for this play through?

[@PancuroniumB]

Commonwealth Reclamation Project

[@DinosaurThug]

What mod do you use to lean at 12:45?

[@PancuroniumB]

Uneducated Shooter - QE Leaning and Gun Inertia.

[@vitoscaleta439]

👍🏼

[@DerKropa]

>people who spend so much time ... trying to craft the perfect load order that they never get a chance to play the game We all know how much pure pain these words describe, I guess. I remembered the time I tried to mod FNV, but at some point the game became just broken and needed a fresh reinstall, which was extremely time consuming with my old laptop, resulting in giving up and not playing the game at all.

[@itsme-un6bs]

kek... more please....

[@kingsimp1072]

Oh hell yeah god bless america and the enclave

[@IONLYKNOWMOVESTHATKILLPEOPLE]

More a fan of the mods. I like watching you play but Id rather watch me play after watching you show me what mods to download

[@Littlecabinetman]

Hello! I havent seen a lot of your content yet, but if it is as good as this, than consider me subscribed!! 😊

[@indertat3104]

Your monotone voice and your jokes kinda remind me of mittensquad. May he rest in peace.

[@evelynbrocious]

The mispronunciation of massacre at 13:10 to "monagerae had me laughing. Pronounced Mass-acre, definition, slaughtering a lot of things

[@WesternWaster-2299]

He was saying that the perk was from the mod Mutant Menagerie, not that massacre was pronounced like “monagerae”

[@yuiyui9575]

7:07 do u still have vivid weather here ? I like this specific weather I hated other everything about vivid and other weathets and end mods except true storms cuz is just feels generic somehow and not wow By the way forgive about this but if u continue with this mods set u r a huge masochist

[@PancuroniumB]

Yeah I was still using Vivid Weather then, with the Autumn preset.

[@ActLikeADog]

more

[@topchefgordy]

part 2

[@25koky26]

This is why i hate mods that make big grass.😁😁When i have to i usually go only with bigger tree.😀

[@blakethatcher4399]

I would join a pancronium discord

[@static134]

Just make a part 2

[@dudethatsonyoutube5514]

Idk why’re you asking me

[@Bluecat-mi8]

:)

[@antonlouis612]

Wabbajack?

[@PancuroniumB]

I've never used Wabbajack, and I don't think my modlist is worth copying exactly.

[@agnetisbored]

modist?

[@vilgotkling]

I prefer the mods reviews

[@iroquoiskaram8639]

The added vegetation looks really bad

[@solenegro]

I use maim 2 and it is cancer but the issue is the game is boring with out it downloaded.

[@dannymillerdejesus7562]

Whispering hills gorgia god zilla some far harbor creatures boss fights gater claws npc travel max skk ferals children of ugaloth and tyrants my mods chicken and rabbits too but for survival food

[@dannymillerdejesus7562]

My monsters are ruthless in survival mode

[@dannymillerdejesus7562]

I have ameria rising 2 also bos my enemies

[@dannymillerdejesus7562]

I have random encounters too my hard experience ever

[@JohnDoe-hj9fh]

Fallout 4 is the only game I've ever played where the female version of the protagonist has worse voice acting

[@DizmalHK]

This is an ai voice?

[@mymombeetsme9966]

Spoiler alert is supposed to be before the spoiler

[@porkflaps4717]

He clearly wasn't concerned about spoiling the reveal of the mayor being a synth for the one person left on earth who had no idea

[@guh-1]

is this an ai voice?

[@vamplos1589]

No

[@shredkaczynski8414]

AI is devil

[@25koky26]

Maim is such a stupid mod i did like Agony much more especially because it only adds new items and animations.