How Vault Power Works - Fallout 4 Tips & Tricks

How Vault Power Works - Fallout 4 Tips & Tricks
A quick video to show you how power works in Vault 88, how to hook up reactors to your vault, and how to draw power to the different parts of your vault.
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Recorded on the PS4.
Song in the outro is The Main Theme from the Fallout 4 Official Soundtrack.

[@oblivexx]

i wasted so much steel using connecting wires. wy is there no ingame tutorial for vault 88?

[@megastoejoe]

Because Todd's highschool years were rough.

[@hsssbjejew764]

@@megastoejoe ah yes the chess club nighmares

[@hsssbjejew764]

@Rodney Hudson woahhh good bot work

[@the_smog581]

4 years and some of the only comments are bots

[@PunkRockZombie205]

It just works

[@daytonsauke3291]

got done building a 5 story vault with furnishings and tunnels to find out my entrance wasn't properly snapped on, I just about murdered my whole family

[@benderrodriguez6343]

If you can get a mid wall to snap to the entry piece you can use a wire to go from a vault power hookup to one on the outside of your disconnected section in order to power it.

[@trublitz1007]

What a demonic LUCIFARIAN thing to say.. I'd bet your liberal trash..

[@capitcha]

@@trublitz1007 ?

[@AnnelizeTheRogue]

@@trublitz1007 Cringe

[@CopeAndSeeth]

@@trublitz1007 based

[@josephleal7807]

wow three years later and this is still handy

[@hectorbadillo1434]

Wow four years later and this is still handy

[@georgehankinson8559]

@@hectorbadillo1434 wow three weeks after this guy and this is still handy

[@itshyp3r855]

@@georgehankinson8559 wow 5 years later and this is still handy 🤩

[@finleyjabari7407]

Instablaster.

[@turdlefrog]

@@itshyp3r855 wow 2 weeks after this guy this is so handy

[@kilvarough]

7 Years and the advice still helps us old dogs. Thanks for the tips 😅

[@chrish3126]

Thank you. This has been a massive help. The whole design of the games build function is so confusing and the devs have made no effort to guide the player through it

[@SynicalBeats]

Damn it. I've been building my vault for hours and trying to figure this out. Thank you for the tip

[@joshuabowers]

In addition to conducting power, vault pieces also conduct terminal connections. So, you can hook a terminal up to a vault power conduit in one room and control some device elsewhere in the vault, so long as there is a continuous path of vault pieces and conduits between them.

[@DTAlunarius]

every time you said "the power will flow" all i could think was "the spice must flow"

[@JCRich001]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL! I just got back into Fallout 4 and found Vault 88. I had NO CLUE that this was how it worked. I have wires crisscrossing all over my vault. So glad to know that I can just throw up a few of those vault conduit things! Thank you so much!

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

A HUGE thank you! This is one of those things that makes me think "I wish I had known that all along". I probably saw that conduit at some point and assumed it was like any other conduit. I had no idea you could power a vault using the walls instead of power lines! This also saves some of your build budget by not putting up power pylons and conduits all through the place. FYI, any conduit will transmit power 2 squares in every direction, so you can spread them out with 4 squares in between each conduit.

[@stormy338]

I need a vault to crawl into please let me into a vault I'll dance for food and water

[@iamcyber]

I knows its been 3 years but I was your 69th like and I'm proud god damn it

[@stormy338]

Ratboy You’re a man with goals I’m proud of you, stay well friend

[@memoriblewerd]

I’m number 88

[@dabgurtoparrtyman]

DEC 31 2019 my Fallout 4 Life changed forever, revisited this game and finally did vault 88, my entire vault looks like a spider web of wires and conduits, who knew it was this easy, I feel dumb. Thanks for the tip.

[@Kspice9000]

July 26th 2022. Don't feel bad. I didn't even know vault 88 had unique generators and I thought the giant water facility was just decoration. Todd Howard really needs to step aside and let others who give a crap handle advertising features

[@Max-ui7yf]

I'm trying another playthrough and only doing Vault 88 for the 2nd time, and it's been so long since the first time that I forgot how all this power stuff works. Your video was a big help, so thank you.

[@fiasco518]

I love you for this. I've spent 2 hours trying to wire everything in and only finished half of the outside of my vault. It was driving me crazy

[@SOFMeerkat]

You are a lifesaver! I just picked up the DLC and couldn't figure out how to light my vault properly. I was trying to use the conduits and I kept thinking there had to be a better way. Thanks again!

[@adamjonda6115]

And I wired everything like an idiot xD thank you for this video :)

[@joseeduardonovaes8702]

Adam Jonda ahahahahaha i'm glad that I see this video first, cause I almost did the same as you XD

[@tacokoer7821]

In this dlc the power system is soo different. But thanks to her i figured it all out. :D

[@joshoewaah871]

thank you. all other videos talk on forever or explain it terribly but you did it in a short video and to the point. once again, thank you lol

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

Thank you! :)

[@awsomedude1able]

I heard about the vault pieces carrying power after I commented on another one of your videos, but I still didn't know that the pieces had to be connected to the main entrance piece in the atrium. Thank you, this was helpful.

[@harryh4rp4n31]

Thanks my dude, had so many questions and got even more answers than required. Awesome vids!

[@kariethefaerie]

I am replaying Fallout 4 again and finally wanted to figure this out. You video was perfectly clear and exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[@dapperdish3231]

Oh wow!!! I have spent countless hours trying to figure out this damn power! Thanks so very much for the video, and simple to understand. Thanks again

[@Battusai1984]

Things to note, if you type /tcl in the console and go underneath the floor you can actually see how the generator is connected to that initial vault piece, it's a cute easteregg but it also shows that bethesda had to jerry rig their own game instead of just coding it to work properly in the first place ^^. The power transmittion only works with the dlc vault pieces, if you use modded pieces they will break the link (provided they are the only piece connecting two things.

[@monicamarlowe4685]

Thank you so much, I have watched dozens of videos and struggled with setup off and on since the dlc dropped, I just let my residents live like mole rats until now.

[@EricYarger]

Thank you for this video...I had NO IDEA power could transfer like that. I haven't done much ele yet, but everything I have done is based off that entryway so now I can't wait to try it out! Gonna make it much easier, faster and will look cleaner with no wires!

[@domie6484]

7 years after the upload date and it’s still helping 🙏 thank you

[@Blue-3001]

This video was really easy to understand thank you! All this time later and fallout is still loved and played

[@thecoloursofthemage]

Wish i had of seen your vid before i started lol

[@electrix1929]

Honestly

[@Stambo59]

7 Years and this is still helping people. Doing another playthrough in 2024 and I never knew about the vault power conduit and how it worked. No more noisy generators in vault 88. Than you.

[@truth583]

Awesome, thank you! I just started my second playthrough a few weeks ago and got my vault for the first time

[@PROgamma57]

Thank you for this vid!!!! It really help clear up a lot of confusion about why I had no power.

[@mikeeubank246]

I'm glad I saw this. I thought I'd have to pre-wire sub-assemblies before putting them in place or pull my hair out with conduits. Great video

[@montrealronin]

Thank youuuuuu. I didn't know I needed to add vault power conduits every few panels

[@XUNDEADX23]

I Google this and your video popped up and it helped me out so much. Thank you so much, i can't believe I didn't have power when I first played this dlc but thanks to you I will always have light

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

Let the power hit the floor, let the power hit the floor, let the power hit the... FLOOOOOR! ;)

[@luisomem]

Jan Strzelecki LET THE POWER HIT THE FLOOR, LET THE POWER HIT THE FLOOR!! xD

[@urban_pixie2025]

Haha, perfect

[@devynmccall7284]

Seeing this explained made me feel like I'd suddenly unlocked the secrets of the universe because I just could not figure out how to cleanly wire power through the vault

[@champa959]

Girl thanks I'm finally doing this dlc 4 years later 💀💀

[@danielduarte3531]

Same lmfao

[@roger_clay0381]

Liked this video before and got back into fallout again. Trying vanilla builds with no mods and for the life of me couldn’t remember how easy it was to light stuff up. Thanks

[@desireeryan3433]

Love your tutorial videas on making things. I love replaying fallout 4 alot

[@losd2472]

Great job, thanks so much for your videos. Having way more fun now.

[@LevanTheGreat]

Woah thanks for the information about vault power conduit that's a huge help for my vault

[@cowboycliparchive1985]

THANK YOU! You're seriously a saint. I doubt I would've found that out on my own

[@JimmyChanga94]

It was just so nice of bethesda to just not tell you about this. 7 years later and this is still useful. Bless

[@etherd]

Thanks for the video I was trying to see if there was a easy way to spread that power to the water machine.

[@JohnnyKnoxvil]

Thanks for making this awesome video! Really helped me out lol

[@Eric_Seay]

Thank you for this. I had no idea how to do this and the game sure as hell didn’t tell me.

[@69samson56]

Thank you one of the best presented "how to" videos,

[@jonkbox2009]

Thank you for saying exactly where the vault wall conduit is found in the workshop menu.

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

Still playing my fallout4, thank you for your video!

[@williamarnold4715]

Thank you so much! This had me a little confused! You're awesome!

[@_iamvit0504]

Thank you very much for this video!!! It was really helpful :)

[@kenibrown7246]

Thank you for this video. It helped a lot.

[@unfortunatetoast7963]

oh my god thank you so much! i’ve been using traditional conduits and generators and i was so devastated cos it was draining all my resources DX thank u for the help!!!

[@erikclausen7216]

This video was really helpful.Thank you

[@NathanExplosion25]

This was really helpful. Thanks.

[@noble_norse7786]

This was very helpful, thank you so much!

[@JBM_95]

Thanks for the tips !! That's will help me a lot !

[@matthewschreck6419]

You video was really helpful and i enjoyed it. Thank you for the help

[@KoTuK_MyPKoTuK]

I wish I saw this video before placing power conduits on ceiling and pulling cables through my vault. Thanks :)

[@christopherbull7856]

U are a star. They didn’t explain the vault tec workshop at all. I was setting up shop when I saw this. No more wire tripping hazards

[@DarkmimicX]

wow I was thinking I had to make another generator and manually connect it to everything in my vault. Thank you so much!

[@urban_pixie2025]

Wow, this was insanely helpful. Thanks

[@The_TMAX]

You're an OG for sharing this!

[@goldenfalcon4721]

thanks for this simple video on power for the vault.

[@LynnR40]

This is my second play through and I didn’t know about this. Actually just now seen the generator thing in the reactor room. Missed that some how the first time. Thanks for showing this. It’s power WiFi lol

[@GoodInMyHood.]

Great simple video 👍

[@flamealchemist546]

you are a life saver, i was getting ready to attach wires all over the vault

[@mr.t-rex3113]

Thank you for this helpful info 😊

[@eddiemartin1059]

Great video!!! Many thanks!!!

[@MrHotshot1995]

I know you yourself will know but just in case others are wondering with the vault conduits you can place them on the outside wall if possible and they still work

[@mikezerker6925]

Thank you! That was awesome!

[@_mylastname]

This helped me today. Thank you

[@Borne2rule]

Oh my hell I've been placing the connectors and conduits everywhere for so long so thank you thank you!!!!!

[@Mikethat]

7 years later and this video is still helping people 😂

[@robertolivernilan763]

Very well explained. thanks.

[@fRroast]

Thank You for this tutorial. You save me from going crazy.

[@darrenmummery7441]

Very informative and straight to the point /ThumbsUp

[@lizzard93]

Beautiful! Thank you so much!!!!

[@helosouls9711]

5 years later and this helped me SO MUCH

[@brickstack2476]

Thank you so much, this is real going to help

[@Racerxvor]

Great video, thank you!!

[@leotheevinci]

you're the only person who figured it out here in KZbin... I'm currently playing this game again due to quarantine for covid 19

[@Mike-nr9py]

Thanks for the info I was so confused on how to power vault 88 lol

[@carlosmagnomacieira8210]

Mid 2022 and this is still helpfull... Thanks a lot

[@joshstenstrom1060]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@TheQuirkyCoupleChannel]

Great video! Thanks

[@STX_Hyperion]

So simple. Thank you! Looks much better without wires everywhere lol

[@starlord7399]

It wont work. It says i have power but its red so something is wrong

[@Joey-gy5vj]

Ever figure it out?

[@MaturishGambino]

Yeah same here

[@tamasvegvari4627]

OMG thank you so much! I subscribed!

[@AudCand]

Thank you! I was so aggravated that I couldn't get power going, what a pain this DLC is

[@biohazardfur9630]

plus 1 sub. For the life of me I couldn't get it to work I was running nasty wire threw my vault thank you keep up the great work

[@zc3449]

Thank you so much haha I was making generators on the outside of my vault lol and lost interest because I was expecting it to be complicated and costly but it's easier than I thought 😊😊😊

[@narcolepticaxolotl4970]

This lady's voice sounds like a woman from my church who's very anti-videogame, and it's really tripping me out.

[@sillygooseenergy]

😂

[@noahmercado581]

This help me a lot I did not know why the power did not travel

[@waleedaltamimi8020]

Finally someone can explain it perfectly ... thanx

[@stepheningram3448]

Your videos are the best companion to have in F4.god bless

[@Jacknzone]

Cheers WD I have spend hours trying to work is out Thanks

[@lorencebuzon1414]

This really helped me, iloveyou!!

[@skimodel6618]

Sooooo helpful thank you!!!!

[@davidgohre]

This had been frustrating me for so long...Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@MrTickTickB00Mify]

Great tutorial and explanation! Really wish this was explained in the actual game. There is next to no explanation on how settlement building works let alone the vault building.