How Supply Lines Work - Fallout 4 Provisioners & Settlements

[@fufucarlos]

man.... I would hate to be the provisioner for spectacle island... that's a long swim.

[@lesandersonjr3861]

fufucarlos I use a truster robot for that one...lol

[@arsenicflask]

what about Nuka World or Far Harbor?

[@kinamiya1]

Flaming Curse well you reach to the station and use the train And for far harbor a boat i guess

[@bosknight7437]

fufucarlos on the island there a row boat they use

[@crypticsynergy3705]

Les Anderson jr I would use a protection

[@travisrolfe702]

A year later and still the most helpful fallout 4 channel out there

[@zanemath]

Captain ThunderBong another year later and still had the most useful fallout videos

[@romanbautista9855]

Captain ThunderBong ikr

[@beedykh2235]

2 years later and still helpful to me.

[@caniget1ksubfornothing300]

Still relevant in 2019 lol

[@ismoyont]

how about 4 year later, 2020???

[@IanPeon]

I love the random +XP bonuses that pop up from my provisioners kicking butt.

[@starsabergaming]

How dose that work is it with supply lines

[@feuerhundtot549]

Its free real XP

[@doiknowmyenemy]

OH that's what that is 😂😂

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

I stock up my provisioners as my own private army slowly bringing the commonwealth under my influence as I command the land from sanctuary

[@therealsulaco]

A quick and simple trick I use when I want to set up supply lines between two settlements when neither one has any settlers. Go to a settlement with a surplus population, use the MOVE command to reassign a settler to one of the two empty settlements you want to connect then immediately use the SUPPLY LINE command on them before they head out. Saves having to go to the settlement and assign them from there.

[@jordang9477]

Dave Brohman you sir are a scholar and a hero

[@lelyog856]

Dave Brohman nah shit

[@disciple1381]

Better to use automatrons

[@dak4465]

I give my provisioners the same uniform, the same ru556, and 1000 rounds of ammo and turn them all into provisioners so that all of my minutemen into a sort of roaming police force. The only settlers that arent roaming man the artillery

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

@@dak4465 you only need a few bits of ammo as settlers have Unlimited ammo afterwards. Unless that is an explosive heavy gun

[@cjones3681]

Man……I WISH… I would have found this video sooner. Just got back into fallout and have been traveling back to sanctuary to do most of what I needed. And I spent so much time at other settlements trying to increase the workbench items. Thank you friend!

[@DiogenesDworkinson]

Welcome back... Escape was never really an option.

[@sebas8225]

This really puts into perspective the priorities in gameplay always do preston's settlement quests after getting piper's affinity perk for more exp eventually you max out preston get his perk and get all the settlements needed to establish a supply line.

[@tobywalpole3237]

I'm about 140 hours into my first play through of Fallout 4 and I had no idea about this! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Seems odd that the game doesn't explain things like this.

[@Zombiebozz5372]

My third Play through and I just found this out

[@GtaFivetosix]

It dose

[@mightylink65]

A neat trick I found if you want to remove or change a supply line just ring the bell in that settlement and wait 1 hour, the supplier will show up at the border walking away, quickly run up to them to assign them to something else.

[@nonayurbusiness6544]

A small thing you forgot to mention, is that once the supply line is setup, you can use any junk, food, or chems to craft with at a settlement on the line. For instance if you have jet in sanctuary, and psycho in hangman's alley, connected with a supply line, you can craft psycho jet in any settlement also attached to the supply line.

[@oxhorn]

That's true--all objects that can be manipulated in workbenches are shared at all connected settlements.

[@IncriminatedAntelope]

He 100% said that in the video

[@SmackDadyy13]

That was like the first thing he mentioned 😂😂😂

[@kanadetachibana4130]

You have the best Fallout 4 related channel on KZbin.

[@ValiLoco187]

somebody knows if their is a mod for reskinning and naming settlers?

[@oxhorn]

Yes, you can rename settlers with the mod "Don't Call Me Settler" (Google it)

[@d3al3rplays68]

Actually this mod has a )big) list of name of which it names your settlers. As far as i know (have it installed) you can not name them yourselve. www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11306/?

[@ValiLoco187]

***** do you use an other mod that gives more variety to the settlers?because in your graygarden revisited i saw a female with like a blond mohawk haircut,the settlers i get mostly look all the same(3different hairs in 3different colours) but thanks for the other tip,im on ps4 so i hope it will come there too, just wanted to know if it was able to do a mod which makes this :)

[@kanadetachibana4130]

ValiLoco187 There is a synth factory mod that lets you have settlers that look like any NPC in the game, oxhorn did a video on the mod.

[@dyland6286]

6 years later, 800+ hours, 20+ play throughs and I’m just now learning how to properly use settlements in fallout 4😂 gosh I would’ve enjoyed so much more bsck then had I known about all this

[@goblinwisdom]

Honestly there should have been a mission to explain this... and weapons too.on my first play through and getting frustrated by it.

[@JamesMercer-vi7fv]

I know the feeling bro

[@blax140]

awww man i was planning on turning sanctuary into a water farm and setting up a supply line to hang mans alley to sell at diamond city for my survival play through

[@MolnarG007]

Caravan, however manually is possible: just fill up your idle companions with stuff to sell then dismiss them to Hangman's Alley.

[@oncebluemoon]

"So let's take our map and I've blown it up.." Too soon..

[@carrieadcock1250]

I'm dead lol

[@soapy12331]

Thank you so much for clarifying that each settlement needs its own food and water. I built 8 industrial water purifiers on Spectacle Island and removed all water sources on my other settlements. I was really confused when all my settlements' happiness kept going down.

[@Mickeymouse7727]

When did he say that?

[@ghostfox1211]

You don't know how many nerves and time would be spared, if I knew this before. Thank you so much Oxhorn😅

[@TheBHAitken]

You missed a very important feature of the supply lines. When you send a provisioner from point A to point B, the game plots out a route that the provisioner takes to get there. This settler then walks that route with whatever equipment you gave him. Now this is mostly inconsequential if the provisioner is outside of your cell at the time, but the game does keep track of the movement and when the provisioner is within a cell that is active, namely the one that you are in, he/she will react accordingly to whatever occurs. Now I encountered this during a settlement quest where the settler who was assigned the quest was actually one of the provisioners. I had to track the provisioner across the map and talk to them for a kidnapping, and then find them again once the quest was concluded. That is when I found out that these settlers do actually travel across the map. Now the fun part about this is that you can actually use this to your advantage. By armorizing and weaponizing your provisioners and placing supply lines through high conflict areas, you actually increase your odds of having at least one armed trooper going through the same area as you. While the provisioner won't exactly defend you per se, because the provisioner shares the same alliances as you they will defend themselves from the same people, providing another front against your enemies as you fight. Now for most players this will not be apparent unless you are in survival mode because, quite frankly we're all lazy and like fast travel. But if you are curious, place some supply routes down and then follow the provisioners to see what routes they take. Keep in mind that while the map shows a direct line from point A to point B, the provisioner will take the most accessible route in order to get there. For example, with one of my supply lines from being from Oberland Station north to Greygarden, because the bridge north was blocked by a train car my provisioner traveled south towards Vault 81, then crossed west across the river, then traveled north alongside Weston Water Treatment (encountering supermutants) before eventually ending at Greygarden. Try it and see! Use this to your advantage. The possibilities are quite interesting. I personally have use this against the area of Andrew Station west of The Castle. As you know that area is a constant gauntlet when going through on foot, but by sending a few armored & armed assultrons (I use lasers instead of claws on them) through there, I keep that area thinned out considerably. Try it and see. Let me know what you find. Drinking Apple Crown Royal here in Canada, I say don't hate Windows 10, It's not Windows fault it was designed by Microsoft.

[@TheBHAitken]

And, as a bonus, any provisioner and or settler that makes a kill earns you experience points, so it pays to equip your provisioners properly.

[@TheLadWithAHat]

This, unfortunately, is useless when using human provisioners. I don't see why they don't adjust to your level. Having lvl 1 guards everywhere is so pointless:/

[@TheBHAitken]

Well, their gun mechanics would stay the same as anyone else, you can armor them to whatever level (sturdy & heavy armor) and they don't actually die. Give them a reasonably advanced weapon instead of a pipe pistol and you have a terror on the roads. A settler with a minigun is still a highly dangerous foe. Besides, a leveled up character includes a number of variables, their HP being only one aspect.

[@TheLadWithAHat]

Bruce Aitken Right, but a settler with a minigun and full combat armor still goes down in a few hits, especially in higher difficulties. I would just like to see them get a significant increase in survivability when they're given top class gear. HP being only one aspect may be right, but as of now it is the most important one for provisioners. It doesn't matter how much damage they can do if they can't survive to deal it.

[@TheBHAitken]

No more than any other character in the commonwealth out there, what did you expect? You are supposed to be the hero in the story, not the settlers or even your companions. Even with automatrons against multiple foes the odds quickly add up. The point is they will add another source of firepower to the situations you encounter out in the wasteland and where and how they add to the situation is reflected in their routes and equipment. Instead of using a pompous Trump-like management attitude of declaring that anyone/anything but yourself is useless, I'm offering additional strategies that you could use to your advantage.

[@jlot9118]

I’m playing fallout 4 on ps5 right now and I get so mad that I’ve been hauling all objects to each settlement spending so much time, this is a ray of sunshine I’ve been walking blind this whole time but now I see. I think I’m rich I collect all! Thank you dude this video helps 100%

[@NothingHere0451]

Bro de verdad estuvo sufriendo quien sabe cuánto 💀💀💀

[@Thatguy96103]

Here in 2024

[@MatterBaby68]

same

[@MatterBaby68]

re watch it every once in a while when I forget

[@LOUDSOL]

Me 2

[@Bkgtrillflame]

ye

[@thetrav1348]

Back again 🎉

[@joshuapalmer8780]

Careful Settlers will steal food if they're connected and in need of it. Was almost impossible to get an adhesive farm going before I gave all the connected settlements their own food.. Hungry hippos.. Thanks for the great guide though Oxhorn, I've realized it's a great way for people interested in modding (like me) to learn about mechanics of the game, imagine what we'd like to change etc. Keep it up

[@jakekennedy2760]

WAT! IVE BEEN MOVING EVERYTHING!

[@jaysims2879]

your not alone

[@abyss3741]

Yeah, you're not alone lmao!

[@thundersmoke88]

Jake Kennedy lol I did that for my first 20 levels because I didn't know how to set up supply lines until I googled it. I thought supply lines was bugged

[@retro454]

I was so close to this mistake

[@squidlytv]

I had to do this for a few minor projects. But it was because of a low charisma character

[@obama4169]

5 years later and I still watch the guides. Thank you. 🥺

[@shhfiftyfive]

my sanctuary supply line looked like yours the 1st time (central hub/web to all). but it made 2 huge problems. 1. it meant i had a ton of brahmin running in/out of sanctuary at all times. 2. it meant that my sanctuary had very few settlers left to be assigned to other taskes such as ood. the best way to do supply lines is to make a linear route (sanctuary can be the middle so fork off 2 ways). when you get to a new settlement you can either build a radio and wait for a settler to command them to connect to the previous settlement, or you can go to the previous settlement and command one from there to the new settlement. this means each settlement is only losing 1 population to this task. then, to make them easy to distinguish in the wasteland as one of mine from the rest of the rabble out there, i gave them an outfit and a mining helmet with a nice flash light. :)

[@blauermedic8527]

Or you build many robots, send them to the mechanist's lair, and then assign them to the supply lines

[@tigerswood-1]

Blauer Medic does that not count against the settler limit?

[@wjmackenzie955]

@@tigerswood-1 There's a nexus mod that can make robots not count towards settler limit (as well as adjust their happiness from the default 50 flat happiness)

[@__program]

Dang, I was hoping to move food from one workbench to another. As for the video, it was clear, precise, and didn't waste time. I found it immensely helpful. Thank you!

[@CigarMick]

I create and use robots for my supply lines. That way I do not lose settlers in any given settlement to create supply lines.

[@adrianmorales4966]

5 years later and I still use these videos

[@NorthernChev]

ATTENTION VIEWERS: You MUST have at least one point in the Local Leader perk BEFORE ANY OF THIS IS POSSIBLE --> You're Welcome!

[@Spydog_222]

I have both points in Local Leader but it won’t show up on my map

[@NorthernChev]

@@Spydog_222 What won't show up on your map? Describe for me what "it" is that you're talking about?

[@Spydog_222]

@@NorthernChev the supplie Line button won’t show up on the screen

[@Spydog_222]

@@NorthernChev im playing on PlayStation so its L1 instead of C

[@NorthernChev]

@@Spydog_222 So, you're saying the option to see "Supply Lines" is not showing up, right? Have you assigned a Supply Line to a Settler yet? 1) Go into Workshop Mode 2) Point at a Settler to see if their assignment is RED 3) If so, look at the options at the bottom and see if there is one to assign Supply Line 4) Let me know if that worked. Then we can go from there.

[@Padre_416]

Using wires and conduits was quite literally the best explanation you could have given. Made me completely understand the basics in the first minute of the video!

[@LordRunolfrUlfsson]

I think you also have access to the Aid and Food items in connected settlements for crafting (using a Cooking Station or Chemistry Station). You do NOT have access to Weapons or Armor stored in connected settlements. EDIT: And you clarified most of that later in the video.

[@LoneWolf8003]

This was absolutely helpful because I had no idea what the supply lines actually did, at all. I had zero expectation. I just saw that I could draw lines and so I started making lines.

[@joshuacook5377]

I'll have to look back, but I don't think you need any more than 1 supply line going out of each settlement. Connect them all by the shortest route possible, and you should be able to build with supplies that follow the grid. Like your analogy of electricity, you only need 1 wire, not 50 of them.

[@gregdenson7544]

Your provisioners do get ambushed so I always arm them with high level weapons, ammo and armor. I'm also reasonably sure that when a provisioner takes out an ambusher, you get XP. The reason I think this, is I came across a provisioner that was being ambushed by raiders and I started getting XP before I got there and the XP chime came up as the provisioner took out one of the raiders.

[@Steampunkifyable]

Why do you have multiple connects? I daisy chain them. Basically one road from point a to b then one road from b to c.

[@KevinAlibert]

that's what I do to and set them up in a spiral (going south then east then north then west) so I can say it's done by one man (even if it doesn't obviously)

[@justanotherrandomontheyout4791]

I tend to make a spider web with mine that way it looks like a competent caravan company created them Oh and that way all my settlements are evenly supplied with materials for me to build and secure

[@niklasw.1297]

I usually sent all supply routes to red rocket and from there to Sanctuary. helps against all these brahmin on roofs...

[@dochojo9009]

I really needed this explained, thank you. I had water purifiers all over the place and couldn't figure out why I had to visit each individual workshop to collect them. Thank you so much!

[@kanadetachibana4130]

MASS conFUSION LOL GET IT

[@TheBominer]

That joke was kanda.... Diamond SHITTY!.. Haha get it?

[@MeatTown]

Stop.

[@fascilime]

kill me

[@kevray]

No. Fuck off weeb

[@Alldaboss]

reported for sick jokes

[@carrieadcock1250]

I can't believe that over years of playing Fallout 4... replaying it in every possible way with every possible outcomes... That I am just now realizing that this is an option. I really wish I had realized this before now and found your gentle sooner you have really helped me out here. This is my favorite game and I've replayed so many times and I probably will for years especially now that I know how to do this. However, it does make me want to die a little bit inside haha

[@keithreid6794]

@Oxhorn Oxhorn, I have a questions, here's a scenario. Say I have a supply line between Sanctuary and The Castle. If I connect Greentop Nursery to Sanctuary, will Greentop Nursery be able to receive the junk from the Castle? Pls reply, thanks!

[@oxhorn]

Yep!

[@activepython172]

Oxhorn how to i assign provisoners

[@ChaosBud]

ActivePython 17 you need the first rank of the perk LOCAL LEADER, then while in the build menu put crosshairs on a settler and hit assigned button on bottom of screen to pick where u want them to go.

[@activepython172]

John Hollifield i know thanks

[@GHATS]

6 years later and still helpful thank you , got back into my fallout 4 and learning new things lol

[@arcturus9366]

Oxhorn chooses Marcy to supply Sunshine Tidings with workshop items. Marcy leaves Sanctuary Hills: Finally she’s gone, let’s throw a party! Sunshine Tidings: Aww man send her somewhere else.

[@KwadDamyj]

Mod the game to have a Glowing Sea settlement and send her there

[@arcturus9366]

@@KwadDamyj I agree, Marcy may be mad about her childrens death but she turns her grief into anger and acts like a bitch for the rest of her life.

[@arcturus9366]

@@KwadDamyj Also it's after a nuclear apocalypse I'm suprised people act like that when their children die, life expectancy should be really low

[@Dreamerboy83]

This is the first video regarding Fallout Four supply lines that actually made sense to me. Hell of a job at explaining it bro. Thanks a lot. ;)

[@kickassv8]

Thank you so much for the easy explanation. You made it so easy to understand.

[@myredeemerlives0923]

i have watched a couple of your fallout videos now. i dont understand why people hate on your channel so much. you clearly you know the mechanics of the game. and give solid information and content . stay true to yourself bro, fuck the haters. sincerely ,a fellow Brandon.

[@mikkaanderson5939]

3:08 Ox sounded like that Obama meme “if, if, if” 😂

[@mndwrp311]

Extremely helpful…replaying this game, and never caught on to supply lines on the first go. Much helpful

[@lexabuzz]

I thought it was country crossing this entire time 😳

[@sapnu2772]

Just now finding out what this is after playing the game for like 8 years

[@noahjohnson8560]

Was that a pun there "Mass Confusion"

[@adopted9457]

5 years later still helping

[@Oddball_E8]

How did you get coloured icons for your pip-boy map? I didn't find anything in your list of mods.

[@kennyl4962]

Oddball_E8 it is in options

[@taylorulch9871]

I don't see it on xbox1?

[@lifeworker9550]

@@taylorulch9871 In case you still haven't figured it out, go to settings, then display and at the bottom you should see pip-boy along with sliders with Red, Blue, and Green, slide the colors however far to get the color you want. For example sliding Red and Blue to the right will get you Purple.

[@A_Lesser_Man]

@@kennyl4962 vanilla fo4 does not offer coloured icons! lol

[@A_Lesser_Man]

goto nexusmods website

[@cahdou1326]

Im somewhat of a beginner withh 90hrs of playtime and had no idea how this worked. I just put my perk points on the local leader twice and still never knew how it worked till i watched this video. The video is old but still as helpful as ever. Thank you!

[@void_hunter94]

So, you're telling me that if I connect supply lines to all of them, but only dump my extra weapons in 1, say sanctuary hills, none of the other settlements will arm themselves with those extra guns?

[@robe.2424]

I love these videos, they're a huge huge help. Thanks a lot man! So much stuff about this game I haven't figured out yet. Reminds me of Fallout 2, played it for years and figured out something new every once in a while. This is why I love Fallout so much.

[@jakegreen6341]

I just have one question left. I know im way late to the party but, in terms of population count,does a provisioner feeling to both settlements or only to the settlement from which they originated? Furthermore, using the vault tec population management terminal, is it possible to manipulate a provisioner at the destination settlement and not just the originating settlement?

[@MolnarG007]

Provisioner sleeps, eats, counts toward population where you send him/her from to set up supply line. The originating settlement only, not at the destination. Also can be summoned only at originating settlement by ringing bell and sleep/wait for 1 hour. Population management is for only the settlement you are in, including provisioners originating from it.

[@hypnosis4207]

5 years later and the most helpful fallout 4 channel out

[@PolarIre]

After realizing the mess supply lines make i had to restart.. Vegetable Starch x3 Corn, x3 Mutfruit, x1 Purified Water, x3 Tato +5 Adhesive when scrapped

[@brynking2527]

8 year old video was just what i needed, how very appropriate for fallout 4

[@SimonThorntonVideo]

I really dislike the 'star' supply lines that all go out from one settlement. I prefer linking each settlement in a logical way. Have you changed your technique since you went from making 'efficiency hell holes' to 'lived-in' settlements? ;-)

[@RawkL0bster]

shut your face

[@Josh350]

Simon Thornton - Short Documentaries I used to think that way. Ever tried unassigning them from supply lines? It is a pain on the ass. Been 2 years and I still can't find 1 provisioner.

[@cezerelecrucio9717]

Josh350 Vault tec computer???? Also, just wait for them? Or better yet, walk the line they walk and they'll spawn somewhere on it and then just follow them

[@Josh350]

Cezere Lecrucio Vault-tec computer is not available unless you get the DLC. Which is asinine. Actually, I just got the DLC for 5 bucks and realized the game is so buggy that I have a supply line between two settlements and no provisioner. I spent hours looking for that privisioner... That Vault-Tec computer needed to be part of the game since the beginning. I did all that but to find the proper path on some settlements is difficult.

[@cezerelecrucio9717]

Josh350 Sure. It needed to be. But it wasn't... It's not asinine at all for a game developer to add something essential in a paid expansion at a later date. It's a pretty common practice in the industry at this point. It's very possible the vault tec computer was planned for the main game but it was too buggy to release with.

[@adamschannel8685]

4 years later and still the most helpful fallout 4 channel out there

[@ReyBlanco216]

I wish they would allow for a weapon and armor caravan for those who want to play survival and still build. I'm constantly just dumping legendary guns or selling them.

[@kirk.kang27]

3 years later and this is still super relevant

[@afiqalbawah4039]

wow 28 level up not spend on perks...

[@ilhandaanish2381]

Laa Mawjuud no he has the local leader perk or else he can’t make supply lines

[@tvd-theremedy2515]

Shifty 14 I think they were referring to him having 28 “level ups” available that he hasn’t used.

[@Zanenoth]

Two birds one stone. Literally explains power and supply lines in one analogy. Subbing.

[@BokHog]

OMG I've wasted so many settlers on needless supply lines.

[@Animallssj]

4 years and it's still helpful XD

[@TomJones0065]

How do you get the different colors on your Pip Boy??

[@lesandersonjr3861]

Tom Jones mods

[@lesandersonjr3861]

InterNaut You can not give locations/settlements different colors in the pipboy unless you have a mod. They weren't asking about the B&W.

[@ironhopes1]

I know the video is a couple years old, but I now finally have an answer on how it works. Thanks so much!!!!

[@Nomul16]

So if I have settlements ABC and I set it up so there are lines AB and BC (A--B--C), would I be able to use junk from A while in C?

[@lesandersonjr3861]

Noah Mulder Yes, as long as b is connected to c and b is also connected to a

[@wolfweyr4990]

5 years later, still relevant.

[@lilbud899]

Ikr

[@jamesbuck599]

Hey Ox love your vid as always what mod changes your icons on the map, love it must have it

[@kittfistem3939]

5 years later and still the most intuitive guide to fallout 4 out there🤣😂(i love this shit)

[@emapino6388]

How can i delete a supply line? Because all my provisoners are from the castle and now i have only a few settlers there

[@mizoreboy]

Just wait for them to get back and then assign them to a crop so that it'll cancel the provisioner task

[@slippingsnake]

build a bell (ressourcrs, miscelinios) to gather your settlers, maybe you need to wait some hours but finaly your provisioners will join the meeting :)

[@oxhorn]

There is no in-game mechanic to do this. But there is a mod (available on consoles) called Settlement Management Software that allows you to unassign provisioners. www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/12032/

[@emapino6388]

+Oxhorn i'm on ps4 so i guess i'm screwed

[@oxhorn]

Your only option is to re-assign them manually the next time you see them.

[@CounterNerd]

Awesome. Didn't get a comment reply so you make a full video about it! What a guy! I bet you answered a lot of questions for a lot of people, including myself! This is a delicious video B)

[@samledington9547]

Anybody getting young tom hanks vibes from his voice 😅

[@JakeSmith-st6vp]

Castaway 😄

[@GrievousReborn]

Thank you for this video because some people made it seem if you connected Jamaica Plains to Sanctuary all the settlements in between Jamaica Plains in sanctuary would have materials being shared

[@brazilianniceguy]

How do you got 74 settlers? Are you a cheater?

[@Bedelguese]

brazilianniceguy Automatron quests.

[@ninjaaaaaa1]

Great video explaining supply lines - I’m now fully set up in the game thanks!!!

[@jollycooperator2876]

7 minutes to talk about supply lines. Lol I love your videos! No stone unturned, and no minute fact untold!

[@blaze3495]

This is still relevant in 2022. Thank you so much for the excellent video!

[@MolnarG007]

Need Charisma 6,learn Local leader perk Now any settler can be commanded to become a provisioner from there to target settlement. He she will maintain that supply line. No item is transported. But the resource is shared. So the other connected settlement's inventory wont magically have items, but when you build a bed, cook, mod a weapon, plant a mutrfuit, etc. then the resource materials are available. If you got 100 steel in 10 settlement connected if you build a steel house/wall you have access to 1000 steel. But if you want to sell the steel only 100 is there in the inventory. The other 900 is elsewhere, available only as resource here. 2nd example : weapon modding. No weapon will magically appear elsewhere, if you got a shotgun at Sanctuary its only there. But if you use a weapon workbench to mod a weapon in your hands then adhesive, screw, steel, all resources are available from the whole network. The finished modded weapon will be still in your hands. The raw ingredients, resources shared for use. If you are hungry you can't magically pull out food that is not stored there. But you can cook, then cooking resources are available, you can cook some radroach meat (raw resource elsewhere), the cooked food now is in your hand. Food and water production excess is distributed in the network. Again no inventory fruits and bottles flying. How to cancel : same as any other job: farming, guarding, junk searching, shopkeeping. Ring bell, wait 1h, then assign the provisioner to do sg else, for example put down a guard post and tell him thats his new job. Or a carrot and tell him to attend it. Hope this helps. And yes, they are immortal but if you give 1 molotov 1 decent weapon 1 ammo and some armor these lonely patrols can give you xp clearing the roads. Its ok if they only kill 2 of 5 raiders then sit thinking about the life for a minute or two. Also never forget they travel: if you recognise your provisioner you can drop off loot to them if met on road. For example blue mining helmet means his origin settlement is Graygarden, then you can drop off your inventory to him. Later at Graygarden ring bell, sleep 1h, take loot back.

[@alexanderwelker4464]

I'm not sure if I have a mod that accidentally changes this or if it was done in a future update, but there were two things incorrect here. 1: Food and water is shared to where settlers don't complain and it does prevent happiness drop. 2: All items are shared, not just junk, however those items are only accessible through crafting, not just through the settlement builder, but also through weapons workbench, armor bench, cooking stove, chemistry bench etc.

[@FrancescaLD]

The best supply line explanation I’ve seen so far. Thank you!

[@wyatt40259]

7 years later and i found the awnser i was looking for here ^_^ sub and like thank you

[@e-05]

Here 4 years later and still helpful Thanks!

[@oblivexx]

Also with the vault tec add-on the terminal that's fancy looking, you can cancel settlement jobs which will also cancel supply line routes for settlers.

[@andrewoliver7605]

Who knew that I would still need this about four years after

[@Methodcomplex]

I was thinking it wasn't working because I didn't see them in the work bench thank you for clearing it up 🙏

[@galacticempire0765]

Helpful and straightforward thank you 👍

[@EnoEnasni]

Thank you so much for clearing up that shared but not visible items in the bench. I thought my game was glitched or something.

[@subiquitious3263]

5 years later and still helpful

[@bokitoboss1993]

Watching you during the corona crisis. Love the tricks and lore you give us. Thank you!

[@radmanmustafa2027]

This just made my life a whole lot easier

[@-MrDontCare-]

Played this for a few years now, and just noticed the supply line thing in this video. 😂 Thanks.

[@krixpop]

Ok, (hm.. just a thought about provisioners) ) according to Bethesda : if 4 settlers from the population of one settlement are assigned to be provisioners then NO extra water will be produced by that specific settlement. The same with 3 provisioners and 1un assigned settler , 2 provisioners and 2 un assigned , 1 provisioner and 3 un assigned , or 4 ( or more ) un assigned settlers. Ideally and more than enough is max 2 provisioners / settlement. Also if in the workbench are stored more than 5 different drinks (Nuka Cola , Dirty Water , etc) then that Settlement will NOT produce extra water , disregarding the amount of Water pumps that Settlement has. The same mechanics are (it seams) in effect for all other food production.

[@hmm8809]

I play on survival, what i do is Ally to brotherhood for the vertibird Take the castle as home base Add 9 water 2 bars plenty of mutfruit tato and corn for adhesive Brahmin trap for fert 20 people 85% happiness. Every other settlement that has major water access (spectical island), only has robots for farming and provisions. Less people less problems. One base for all resources

[@zakapholiac9377]

I’m late to this game. This was SO helpful thank you so much

[@auronia5919]

Me too

[@Jellah33]

Never too late :)

[@caswms12]

Thank you thank you….I was so confused. I’m just starting supply lines (I have 10 settlements) and now I know better on how to connect them

[@randybrasher7859]

Had this game for 6 years and i have never used the supply line befor I've been using my companions to take all the stuff from other work bench and taking it to where I need hopefully this is much easier

[@kenny_b_01]

This cleared up so much confusion for me. Thank you very much for being smarter than me… or having more common sense. Idk but this helps so much.

[@erwinzyx]

The same thing also applies to weapon and armor mods. While they may not be present at a particular settlement, a Supply Line allows settlements to "share" those mods, just like junk and food/water.

[@oxhorn]

That's very true!

[@wolfkilljoy]

it took me so long to realize that. i had all my mods in a toolbox and had to go through every damn time

[@GeorgeCowsert]

Another big thing about supply lines, is that you can still use the resources in other settlements to craft items. The junk items that are used to create materials -might- also send the unused scrap into the workshop that said scrap came from. -I don't know fully- Supply lines are also crucial to allow for certain settlements to be dedicated to one primary resource with a few others to keep people from complaining. Doing so will allow you to utilize how the game decides how often you get attacked -less settlers the better- so that you can keep any major resources safe from attacks.

[@rickylafleur9601]

This man just explained it with perfect sense in one minute

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

ok so this just answered my question. So i can send supply lines from one settlement to the other instead of choosing a main one and sending a provisioner to each settlement. This is good, because now i can take a settlement close to mechanist lair and make it my main then send robot provisioners from the mechanist lair to each settlement. Also i am using a certain mod that allows me to put beacons and have scavangers come pick up my loot anywhere in the world, this way i can make a scavanger outpost that will send my items to the mechanist lair from where my robots will share them with each other settlement :D