Top 10 Best Settlement Locations in Fallout 4 To Build On/At (No Mods or DLC Required)

[@azraelle6232]

You can send Preston to other settlements. After taking the Castle, I usually station him there, because it makes sense to have him in the Minutemen HQ.

[@spookydog9163]

Azraelle You’re much nicer than me. I usually send him to some Far Harbor settlement that is desolate with no food, water, shelter, beds, well nothing and just let him sit in solitary.

[@DanielFernandes-nn8fn]

At least it's not raining.

[@xavierpravednikov8012]

I’d send him to wherever the furthest settlement is from the commonwealth

[@diegom6612]

@@spookydog9163 best commentary

[@georgewashington9161]

So he will leave you the hell alone

[@notayoutuber7658]

prewar: it took lots of people to build a building after the bombs dropped: took one man, workbench, and some scrap to build a turret, a elevator, and a town in one day.

[@Blackadder75]

one man? one woman!

[@odeball22]

Nope he said it right the first time lol

[@bignibbajyggalag3671]

@@Blackadder75 one wo man

[@MCB741]

Notayoutuber You said that on his other settlement video already...

[@max.cr33p]

@@Blackadder75 hey Tumblr girl, he isn't saying that only men can do that, dipshit.

[@scubaguy007]

I’ve got an entire settlement in tuxedos and red dresses, and armed with 44 snubbys. Very classy and deadly.

[@DJ-rf9yq]

yeah I made something similar mixing the furry gang masks from nuka world and tuxedos, with a mk2 leather armor, and they are all equiped with fully automatic assult rifles that I myself upgrade and produce, and I also like having like 1 elite soldier on all my settlements, he is always equiped with power armor and a minigun, basically my settlements are impenetrable.

[@jrjr648]

The mafia has survived into the 23rd century

[@Lunaaaaaaa2938]

This man is the class

[@mr.bubaluba1065]

@@DJ-rf9yq how do you put a settler in power armor

[@DJ-rf9yq]

@@mr.bubaluba1065 I dont remember well but im pretty sure you like assign them to it

[@uberthescouts4748]

10:39 bruh that flex went from 0 to 100 in 2 seconds

[@sb685]

Exactly, i didnt even know that you can have that many power armor suits

[@HelheimMudkip]

I wasnt expecting it and you can buy frames from Arturo and pieces from atom cats

[@CaboHitman]

You can pickpocket the fusion core from power armored enemies, and then the power armor is usable. Or use a low dmg, high cripple/limb damage to VATS the fusion core, without killing the user, then he abandons the armor. I have about 100 power armors distributed among about 8 settlements.

[@LifesGuardian]

@@CaboHitman Yeah, you can pickpocket the cores, but unless you're modding the game conciders using them to be stealing. Because... reasons.

[@CaboHitman]

@@LifesGuardian yeah, but it's mostly irrelevant. Most of the power armor present in the game belong to raiders or the BoS. Unless you're siding with the BoS, which eliminates that option, you can still take the cores from raiders with almost no penalty. Some followers might not like it, but none will hate it so much that become hostile, unless you're already on that verge.

[@dulltony1]

"If you're trying to avoid Preston Garvey and other Sanctuary NPC's" *wheeze*

[@JoeMama-qb8nh]

Dafuq

[@AdrianBludfang]

Preston is still waiting on me in concord, like I'll ever go rescue him lol

[@jacrispy3275]

@@AdrianBludfang - same.

[@jacobrose4523]

Another settlement needs our help. I’ll mark it on your map.

[@mrbladesletplays]

@@jacobrose4523 every time he says that I just think in my head that he must grab your arm bend your arm and direction so he can see the map easier and mark it on your map

[@Pallysilverstar]

I never understood people's fascination with build height, maybe it's my disdain for stairs in real life coming through but a nice big flat area is always my preferred

[@SobeCrunkMonster]

i think you do understand that people with working legs and healthy weight dont mind stairs and build height lol

[@Pallysilverstar]

@@SobeCrunkMonster my legs work just fine and I use stairs all the time, doesn't mean I enjoy them. I don't know anyone who enjoys using stairs no matter their weight. You're also very presumptuous that I have an unhealthy weight (which is not true btw) so I would like to say you have my sympathy for whatever has gone so wrong in your life that to feel better you must try and insult random people on the internet.

[@tomm1109]

Yeah, my settlements are pretty simple. I just plop down a few small and large shacks and fill them with beds and I'm done.

[@Pallysilverstar]

@@tomm1109 mine are more than the pre-built shacks but I still try and maintain some semblance of in-universe logic.

[@georgegaming5094]

I hate stairs too. At most I make 2 floors and roof access for turrets

[@marvincorre4783]

1. Abernathy Farm 2. Spectacle Island 3. The Castle 4. Sanctuary Hills 5. Finch Farm 6. Graygarden 7. Starlight Drive-In 8. Egret Tours Marina 9. Red Rocket Truck Stop 10. Hangman’s Alley Hope this helps for the people in the comments

[@josevladimiraustria2736]

Am I the only one who like the Norhagen beach? I really like the beach vibe with the spectacular view of the prdwyn.

[@generalmolotovv]

@@josevladimiraustria2736 same but it can be a bit awkward to build on

[@josevladimiraustria2736]

@@generalmolotovv why is that?

[@curtharakaly4620]

@@josevladimiraustria2736 Kingsport Lighthouse is pretty rad too. Don't hear many people talking about it. It just has a cool vibe to it with the boathouse, the lighthouse and right on the oceanfront.

[@neosildrake]

I actually also like Tenpines Bluff, County Crossing, Sunshine Tidings and Nordhagen Beach. The latter I made to be some Tropical Beach that also has Palm Trees and a Bamboo Bar Shack. 😅

[@BadgerOff32]

One weird problem with Spectacle Island is the supply lines. Because of how the provisioners work, and the fact that its an island, your provisioners will actually walk along the sea bed to reach the mainland. Oddly, they won't drown from doing this, but they can (and often will) die from the radiation they'll take while under the water, meaning you have to assign a ghoul or robot to do run the supply lines

[@jayive34]

Assign a robot.

[@alec6583]

Settler: Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself. Is there anything I can do to help out? Me: Here, let me show you. Me: *puts them in a suit of power armor* Me: *points to the open fucking ocean* Me: We've got a settlement that needs more wood for me to spam shelves. Here, I'll mark it on your map.

[@takkarsasori8961]

i like to use a robot with a mr handy thrusters so he just floats across.

[@StarSonata10]

@@takkarsasori8961 oh what, i never knew they can just float over the water

[@robknight666]

Just fast travel away and do some other shit come back a week later and the provisioner vanished but the supply line still stands.

[@yeetthebeatout6906]

Favorite thing about Hangman’s alley? Attackers need to funnel into small areas that can be loaded with turrets/proximity traps to turn them into kill zones.

[@FuriousMaximum]

I definitely like it from an RP standpoint. My version has it staffed by ex-Raiders, ex-Gunners, ex-Diamond City guards, and a few civilians like Matthew kept around as a doctor, or a few others to tend crops (Kaylee and Layla I think) but, it took me a few tries, and I don't like Hangman's Alley because: - Has constant Mutant vs DCity Guards 2 blocks south. - Enemies that spawn and get stuck in the tunnel 1 block south. - For me, when the settlement is attacked the enemies spawn perfectly IN the central plaza! - Rust Devils everyday 2 blocks east. - Frequently crashes when I walk up from Vault 81 or whatever - Frequently crashes during loading when I fast travel there. - Frequently crashes just milling about there. - Oh, and if you save at or near Hangman's Alley, kiss that file goodbye because it will refuse to even load from the main menu.

[@ethanfullerton1620]

Hangmans alley is just too small for my taste

[@SebbyPlaysMusic]

I kind of just like Hangman's Alley because I managed to actually make an intricate layout in that really limited space and I feel like a boss for it. Got gardening on scaffolds, crisscrossing ladders, balconies over the entrances... I specifically like the fire escapes and having an easy way to get on the roofs. You honestly don't need that much room to have high resources; It's beds and shops that take up space more than anything. Least favorite thing is the height limit. Oh, and I leave the doors locked.

[@thesssradio5008]

I literally got hangmen ally by mistake I was running through and shot everything I saw

[@kasonrubin2784]

😂😂😂

[@isexuallyidentifyasukraini5407]

I called in artillery to bomb the place to bits. Built the place up for Strong, seeing as it's covered in pieces of raider.

[@qkomodo9098]

Dog, Literally me

[@frog3182]

samw

[@thebot7040]

me too

[@pukalo]

I sued Preston Garvey for harassment... He offered me a settlement

[@Ajfkoeic]

pukalo [CDN] underrated comment

[@user-zu9yp4xx8g]

pukalo [CDN] that was a good one

[@subdiee]

pukalo [CDN] I like to believe I won that case

[@AnakinSkywalker-mn1qs]

pukalo [CDN] I dont remeber that

[@ronburrelljr7077]

Rofl

[@MrBastelkleberHD]

It's funny that avoiding Preston Garvey is an advantage😂😆

[@fredhurst2528]

I'll mark it on your map.

[@johnfulkrod9596]

I only do it for the caps. Let Danse do all the work and get an easy 100. Eventually it could turn into quite a big amount.

[@lolololbanana1829]

Too many side quests

[@SportsterGuy88]

Cannot stand Preston!!! He appoints you General but then bosses you around

[@demomanchaos]

Easily the best place to setup shop is the Starlight Drive-In. You have a small puddle you can use for water and a big open flat spot to build, plus you have a merchant a short walk away and you can get there within 10 minutes or so after leaving the Vault.

[@-DeScruff]

Agreed. Its also not too far away from Abernathy Farm, which I use as my main Corn + Tato + Mutfruit farm. A quick sprint back and forth and you'll be able to make plenty of Adhesive.

[@smoovejl]

DeScruff or you can set up your farm on the backside of the dinner. Or just use mods like everyone else to get everything you need.

[@-DeScruff]

Well yeah I do have a farm at Starlight, just saying its a quick run to Abernathy is you need even more. - I also have Sim Settlements, so I usually run to Abernathy Farm to make even more booze then I already can at Starlight.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Starlight makes for a great village Settlement. You can get 40-80 water from the 'puddle' via Water Purifiers and the nice flat areas allow you to slap down shops and shacks as you see fit. I'll usually place some Barn presets together too for a sort of sleeping hall. Materials are easy to get for the reason you mentioned, as Trudy and [sometimes] Carla are at the Diner across the way. If you're lucky Gene or the Brahmin lady will spawn at the campfire north the Settlement, allowing you to get extra resources that way.

[@Blackadder75]

I scrapped the water, because I thought that was the only way to get rid of radiation :( (before I scrapped all the drums with nuclear waste) So now I am stuck with an empty hole of concrete in a sea of concrete

[@dilly1725]

This game crippled me with my OCD obsessions

[@goodusermaadinternet6774]

Dylan417 same LMAO

[@t_a_k_a_9977]

All I have to say is Sanctuary Castle ...

[@orestisgeorgatos6725]

RR

[@thefullcouncil1080]

Thank you

[@django8875]

Sanctuary kinda sucks imo

[@cass1832]

T_a_k_a_ 99 Starlight Drive In is one of my favorites because of all the open space

[@thefullcouncil1080]

@@cass1832 it's one of my favorites too

[@mulliganlounge6912]

Welcome to fallout 4 where you will spend 95% of the time building a settlement

[@piraetje675]

and downloading mods

[@dragossava4124]

@@clonathan6030 by adding new weapons, outfits that are not op, and could have been in the game all along its not cheating, mods enhance your gaming experience🙃

[@dragossava4124]

@@clonathan6030 i understand that, I just wanted to say my Point of view, even tho i use mods i still get my ass kicked sometimes, take care in the wasteland👌

[@EvacTouch]

90% settlements, 9% fighting, .9% helping settlements, .1% finding ur son

[@crazymanwithdanukes2376]

I just look for battles because I like a good fight for good XP and possibly some ammo or caps

[@edrew9975]

Love hangman’s alley. I always make a mall out of it. With the top floor being a cafe. I caved and got the slocums joe pack from creation club.

[@JG-py9iz]

Eli Drew I’m not even allowed there as I shot someone and I didn’t want to kill them as am a good person I just banished my self

[@edrew9975]

James 123456 lol that happened to me at sunshine tidings.

[@Alexandrosps12]

the aggro resets after 24 in game hours i think so you will be able to go back.

[@mechellemiller3399]

I made hangmans alley into a base for the mafia

[@salamander405]

That isn't a half bad idea...

[@Fheara_Nyakki]

I wished university point could have been a settlement to unlock.

[@schlachtfilms7179]

Starlight drive in is the best it has a giant supply of steel while I really need to make my sanctuary city

[@gordonschnick12]

Sean's Here I Turned my Starlight drive-in into "Starlight City"® it is like Diamond city, Lore and Role play wise, settlers can check in and live there and I act as mayor, we even have our own Basket ball court the "Starlight stealers"® this is all trademarked by me.

[@cocojambooverheaven1623]

Gordon Schnick Ok

[@decimalcross3325]

sanctuary starlight favorite

[@patrickh5003]

I once made a mad city on starlight it was sickkkk

[@EvacTouch]

One time I made a whole FACTORY at Starlight Drive in. And the name is pretty cool.

[@TheKessi1000]

Sanctuary Hills is still my number 1 spot. It is the best looking settlement location in the game. It has the best scenery of anywhere else in the game. It has the best looking river, surrounded by great looking and close proximity mountains that have fog build up on them. The small creek in the back is also an excellent feature. It overlooks a small town and has a second settlement location in very close proximity (Red Rocket). The streets and sidewalks really help to create a well organized environment that looks lived in. The flat foundations are perfect for designing any type of structure that you want. The access bridge to enter the town is extremely cool as well. I have the entire place walled off (it looks really realistic) without ruining the natural look or surrounding environment. After you literally spend well over a hundred hours just designing it, you feel like its an actual living, breathing place, especially with all of the unique inhabitants that you can put in it. There isn't any other settlement location in the game that has all of that going for it. My second choice is either Spectacle island (I have my airship settlement there, no I don't use mods, I literally built it myself from scratch) or The Castle (it has a lot going for it as well). Abernathy Farm can build up really high, but its a really dingy looking place and only has large power poles to look at. It's terrible in the sense that you are really exposed for attacks, with no natural barriers and a considerable amount of brush surrounding it.

[@ds3ol706]

I hate sanctuary who would live on the same street they lived on when they saw nukes hit their city aha hangman’s alley all the way! Taffington boathouse has good scenery too and outpost zimonja some settlements r just perfect with 5-8 setttlers or companions and not 15 crammed into one

[@albertslab3073]

@@ds3ol706 kid

[@ethanfullerton1620]

@@ds3ol706 hangmans alley is not as good as you might think

[@Klimmek]

Hangman's Alley has always been my favourite although I'm not much interested in building, I just enjoy the feel of it, sort of sinister.

[@ThatImmo]

Same here, apart from building. Mine is turned into a multi-level complex village and still is my go-to resupply/switch companions/store loot base after 300+ hrs of gameplay.

[@CataclysmicBeefstick]

@@ThatImmo same

[@weurto2897]

Spelling and English class would be your favorite

[@justzombieann2013]

Expect I love history.

[@christopherconard2831]

I use it as a recruitment center. 2-3 permanent settlers and everyone else gets equipment sent somewhere else.

[@bcnightingale3610]

Taffington Boathouse is my personal favorite settlement, because you can set up a bunch of water purifiers up in rows, and create a water purification plant, and a player home for myself. I think it's great because if you access the settlement workshop, you can take the purified water from the purification plant and either sell it for tons of caps, or use it as a reliable source of healing.

[@MonsterbirdNation]

Most of we Survivalists use Hangman's Alley from as early on in the game as possible. It's close to Diamond City, as close to downtown as possible, and it is VERY close to CIT/Institute so you can use the Relay to fast travel and not waste as much time using Vertibirds to travel elsewhere. You can easily build vertically in the Alley using the roof of the premade building in the corner you can place a floor tile and build a second floor then either use an elevator or staircase to go up a floor. You can go a few feet from the top of the buildings surrounding the Alley so there is ALOT more space than most realize. It is the single most important settlement in Survival. If you use this Settlement DO NOT unchain the door atop The stairs or Unlock the red door. This will keep enemies from being able to enter forcing them to come in through the main entrance. My Alley: First floor- Premade unscrappable shacks, crafting benches, small farm. Second Floor- Beds, Living quarters, recreation area. Third Floor- Happiness room (Weight room, TV room, Scavanging station), marketplace. Fourth Floor- Happiness. Lots and lots of happiness. Weight benches, Slot machine, Trilby horse, barber, surgery center from Vault Tec and lots of Lv4 bars from base game.

[@LivingDeadbeat]

I always unchain the door because enemies literally never attack

[@MonsterbirdNation]

Armsauce They spawned near the back for me mostly at first but now they ONLY spawn at the front gate. I was always afraid they would loop around from the back and hit me from the side but I later found out there appearantly isn't a spawn point there anyway and they very rarely Pathfind their way to the side.

[@phoenixprivate2977]

Sevier County Skeptic I hate hangman because there is so little space for farming soil.

[@LivingDeadbeat]

Phoenix Private you know about the extra land outside the door right? It took me a while to notice but there's plenty of room for crops there.

[@Mungadungalis]

Monsterbird Nation thanks for this info. I never thought about building up in the alley. Gonna start a new playthru now bc of this. Really.

[@superjesse645]

The mod Clean and Simple really helps make these settlements even more useful, since they clear out a lot of the crap and make the building areas bigger, plus it lets you scrap ALL of Sanctuary's houses.

[@adriuspengramic9630]

One of my favorites, plus it gets rid of all or most of the shrubbery.

[@201hastings]

@@adriuspengramic9630 I like the shrubberies as long as they’re nice and not too expensive

[@keflas3842]

I always keep away from mods that break precombines deatroys performance

[@TheRomanticsWB]

@@201hastings Excuse me but were you saying 'Ni' to that old woman?

[@dan7564]

Why would you want to get rid of your own house you monster.

[@five5105]

Something you didn't mention about Graygarden is that you can build on a segment of both levels of the overpass. It's a very defensible position for human settlers and even has dirt for crops and water pumps. Plus, it's a settlement that can be built on a freakin' overpass, man!

[@Blackjax137]

My favourite is Hangman's Alley for sure. Capping out the Settlers and sending them all (except necessary ones) to various other settlements creates way more activity in the Boston area, almost like an upgraded Bunker Hill half-way settlement for traders and travellers alike. Only problem is that building can be finnicky given the really low vertical building limit and small building area.

[@kieranjones9506]

I like the castle but hate fixing the walls because its hard

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

+Kieran Jones There's a mod that gives you wall replacements.

[@baz5042]

Kieran Jones I would love to just have the option to repair them, instead of carefully and neatly stacking cement blocks.

[@kieranjones9506]

Mr. Whiskers true

[@kieranjones9506]

Colton Eisenhart same

[@kieranjones9506]

Ernie Velveeta really, if its free I'll have to check it out

[@9StickNate]

I really like Nordhagen Beach. You can add tons of Water Purifiers; there’s plenty of Farmland and enemies attack from a limited area.

[@the25thprime]

It’s definitely my most chill and beautiful settlement, I always line the shore with campfires and have a aesthetically similar look to a beach legate camp. Since it’s in an important proximity of the prydwn it seems like a good battle vantage point esp when they didn’t even bother to capture fort strong

[@patricoassassin9417]

10:44 Dear God....

[@joshuavillagomez8369]

Your right.... It's not enough!

[@Dreadfeather522]

Dogmeat found something

[@lordrampage1349]

Hectic935 I

[@jamesmcnamara2373]

I have a huge power armor parking station at spectacle island. It's 8 stories high and has about 90 sets of armor

[@cheesegoose7083]

James McNamara lol

[@davidreynolds9189]

I only use red rocket as a player home 😂

[@Noah-gk7rn]

Red Rocket is such a beautiful settlement if done right to

[@spejic1]

Yes - you can build massive structures on top of the Red Rocket itself and it looks fantastic.

[@ultramondash2898]

I use it as a player home or just put all my companions there.

[@zirconis5411]

Player "home" is something unfamiliar to survival players.

[@MorningBear-x3x]

I used the castle for my command base

[@cristinaz157]

This and the “Worst Settlements” made me super nostalgic for Fallout 4. I’m definitely going to start playing this again! Thank you!

[@erintheangry]

you don't need to send a human to reside in greygarden to set up a supply line. Just assign a supply line from any other settlement TO greygarden and it'll be supplied without having to move a human into it.

[@JD-lj4gt]

Robots can be provisioners

[@FuriousMaximum]

Correct on both counts. If a human provisioner is living a different settlement, their accomadations will be at the different settlement. Automatrons can be assigned as provisioners, in my case, Supervisor McStuffCarry. Automatrons don't take jobs very well, except as guards. So my robot who's guardin' Graygarden is Supervisor McDeathMurder.

[@erintheangry]

@@FuriousMaximum I made this comment before automaton came out. Now I have robotic murdercakes running stuff all around my settlements. :D. Not happy with sending the graygarden robots out. I had to make ridiculously powerful assaultrons and sentrybots to do it. Assaultrons are better but sentrybots are cooler looking. :)

[@bookcadenb4584]

Pro-tip on Grey Garden, you can build up on the Highway overpass. It's a PITA to get up there (I use a 4 story Elevator sitting on Foundations) and it glitches a bunch when building up there but it's a cool little extra place that I doubt any NPC's are capable of attacking.

[@robertgagne8892]

Grey Garden is most always my "home base", and I usually use the bus on the lower level of the overpass as my private "domain". I also make it the central "hub" for all of my supply lines (or as many as the game will allow!), and I use Automatron bots as the "caravaneers" for these supply lines... A small problem with using those bots is that, on occasion, due to a known bug, those highly specialized "tank bots" I build for that purpose are reset back to stupid "protectron"- type bots with all default settings, which then need to be revamped back to the desired state once this has happened. I think it's a small price to pay for the greater convenience and power of bot caravaneers, that are much more capable than ANY human version would be!!! Autolasers on both right and left arms, and the strongest possible armor are especially powerful for this purpose, and these bots put up a great fight against practically ANY enemies. As an aside, I would also mention that (I think) some don't realize the full "scope" of the Hangman's Alley settlement, which includes the TUNNEL and CANAL, as well as a portion of the "walkway" along the Charles river! I, for the longest time, didn't realize that these were in fact "buildable" areas in the settlement, extending the area quite a bit, and I was at first only utilizing the area between the front and back access doorways for building! One day I realized my error, and since then I place turrets in the canal area, as well as in the area along the Charles river "walkway", as well!!! This makes defending the settlement much easier...

[@toadstars]

Another advantage of Hangman's Alley is that it is close to the CIT. In Survival mode (where fast travel is disabled), you can teleport into the Institute, then teleport out to the CIT. Then Hangman's Alley will be a short walk away.

[@nicolasmarek6424]

"Has problems with simple mods that allow you to scrap more things" "Is absolutely ok with putting a giant water purifier in small puddle that has been exposed to mass radiation 5 seconds ago" my brain is confused..

[@azraelle6232]

That's why it's called a purifier.

[@brotherdactyl5436]

It's in the game not a mod

[@phoenixprivate2977]

Actually I do that too, I have two industrial and two normal purifiers inside the lake in starlight

[@poopymcfartass1640]

haha phoenix me too. great minds think alike.

[@phoenixprivate2977]

Poopy McFartass ye boi. Also, it looks pretty cool. Looks like some sort of massive reactor is in the middle of my settlement.

[@Purify94]

During my playthrough i discovered Sunshine Tidings co-op and i decided to make it a settlement. It's wide,full of beds and i think it was ideal for place for living. Only downside is that it only yas a Chemistry Station and a Cooking Station. The rest had to build myself but undil then it was a real drag traveling back and forward to mod my gear

[@Landwalker4]

Playing on Survival Mode has given me a new appreciation for Oberland Station, and it was a shame not to see it get mentioned. It's easy to reach early in the game from Sanctuary without having to go through a lot of hostile areas, and it also has a mostly-unobstructed route east to reach Diamond City, making it a fantastic "waypoint" for traveling between Sanctuary and Diamond City without having to go through Lexington or College Square. On top of that, one of its two potential "unlock quests" is probably the best settlement unlock quest in the game for ease and reward, since it only requires you to clear Sunshine Tidings Co-Op of a handful of feral ghouls, and as a reward you get access to Oberland Farms *and* Sunshine Tidings *and* you get two automatic settlers at Sunshine Tidings. While its build area is obnoxiously sloped and tiny in the vanilla game, and you probably aren't building a lot of high-population, aesthetically-pleasing cities here, for sheer Survival utility I've come to love and respect Oberland Station.

[@Necropheliac]

I sent Preston Garvey, Marcy Long, and all the settlers whom I don’t like, to my Far Harbor settlements. It’s like a penal colony for annoying NPCs.

[@knottheory79220]

7:26 You can fit two of those big industrial purifiers right at the edge of the water behind the overpass support column behind the main house. It's a pain but it will fit.

[@longingsphere21]

“You don’t have to deal with Preston Garvey” Me: GImMe tHat setTtLEmeNt

[@jrjr648]

All hail Emperor Preston, marker of maps, king of kings

[@deviouscat4571]

@@jrjr648Do you happen to be Preston Garvey by any chance?

[@michaelbarron8495]

For me, the biggest issue with Sanctuary Hills is that for some reason you can only scrap SOME of the ruined houses. The rest are virtually unalterable junk you pretty much have to use as unlikely foundations for more useful structures.

[@shnappster7613]

Mods are the answer to all those problems

[@zirconis5411]

All of them??? (Me starts thinking about every problem I have in fallout 4) Well shit! It does fix all of them. PS. I get the implication of those.

[@Astraeus..]

I always found building in this game to be a little weird. I love it, I spend probably 10x longer building settlements than actually playing the game, but it's weird all the same. Being able to magically build a self-supporting staircase going up up up (some areas have massive build-ceilings) and then build whatever you want at the top? That's crazy. Even crazier if you put a fast travel target on your sky fortress and then scrap all the stairs. You now have a floating area that you can only reach by fast travel....it's nutso.

[@taylorrathbone5638]

How could you not mention Sunshine Tidings?!

[@archiiebarrett]

That's my spot too. I just ran power across all the bulldings and turned the side shed into a bar. Then I set mysef up in the middle. It's easy to defend and didn't require me to build it up a lot

[@somerandomdudewithachannel325]

Templine bluff is god tier for a settlement

[@ThatImmo]

I surrounded the most of Sunshine Tidings with a wall, and connected all buildings with a power grid, too. The huge side barn/shed is where I lured those goddamn nose-panting, irritating Brahmins.

[@ThatImmo]

@Sean Clark isn't post-apocalypse about searching for opportunities and using you luck, though?

[@William.Shakespeare]

same . I ended up making a huge tower , better than diamond city in there.

[@slayitwithfire5698]

Yeah Abernathy Farm is a great place to build a mini city. I plan to make Hangman's ally a totally new building. I have a load of mods that can help me do this.

[@44WarmocK77]

You know that you can build on the overpass in Graygarden? ;)

[@zaggrukk8644]

Nodoga. On the contrary. Settlers will spawn up there. If you've ever had the population count say that there are more settlers than you can find. . .they will be up there. They walk from the East and find, I think it's a chair, and just sit up there. So, if you put stairs leading up there, they can at least walk down whenever they feel like it. Also, with how settlers spawn upon your arrival, they can randomly spawn up there.

[@16701chaos]

Nodoga dude I build my entire settlement up there including apartments and businesses and leave the farming to the bots its a pretty sizable area

[@the-art-of-whoopinyobehind6666]

You can build stairs or use the elevators from the dlc.

[@anthonymedeiros2478]

Lol isn't there already a lift there? I don't think it's part of any of my kids look near some of the rocks by the edge I had a yellow lift

[@jerrymason7887]

I always include the overpass in my settlement, though I typically just put my workbenches etc on the overpasses and build the main building with the beds, bars, etc adjacent so that the roof of the building leads right onto the lower overpass.

[@digemgames5130]

I love that moment when you are scrapping things inside Abernathy Farm and see how far the zone extends

[@StarSonata10]

I just realized this last night after im done putting a walls around the farm until the greenzone were nowhere to be seen near me.

[@metalbag8874]

They need your help, and you've marked it on our maps. Thank you

[@huolong-li2515]

My Lord.. I'm afraid I couldn't find the missing Jedi..

[@janetschneier1427]

YEAH, every five minutes.....lol Preston: "There's someone over there doing something. Go there!! Ooops, sorry, now they're over there. Nope, now they're there. Heck, I'm not sure where they're at, but don't tell ME where to go!! YOU done with that mission yet?? THEY need you over here, NOW!! They've been trying to reach you!! Is your radio off??

[@steriopticon2687]

"Finch Farm: easy, all you have to do is defeat a zillion Forged. Starlite Drive-in: arrrgh, the door is boobytrapped."

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

1:14 - Dude, Hangman's Alley is shit without the mod, "Hangman's Alley Interior Apartment's."

[@xavierpravednikov8012]

Ernie Velveeta yeah but it’s mainly good for survival and is the main reason it made the list

[@justingeorge7090]

Tell me about it!

[@The-Southern-Dandy]

8:00 I always, ALWAYS, make Starlight Drive-In my home (biggest) base. All my shops, major farms, and robot creation is done here, and I don't know why. I just love it. So much build space, enough for my liking of about 16 people. Water in the middle for a major purifier, flat land, and a good amount of trees and cars to start building.

[@ouroboro7188]

Fallout 4 is really DOPE!!

[@ouroboro7188]

I subscribed

[@ouroboro7188]

:D

[@donlim2010]

New Vegas IS better.

[@modvind]

Angel Maestas still the worst of the main Fallout games. I even hate calling it ‘Fallout’

[@tomstapleton6180]

Ok

[@rautamiekka]

Abernathy farm is defensively rather tactical: you can place lots of turrets to circle the roof, giving it an extreme self-defence firepower.

[@paulbalcombe3973]

Very helpful , many thanks . I had no idea both of the farms had such build heights .

[@zaggrukk8644]

Look into the crop bug. Sometimes the crops at Abernathy Farm will be bugged, and that is a huge pain to correct! And Finch Farm is fun to put a few rocket turrets at the very edge of the overpass closest to the junkyard. You have a clear line of sight to a few gunners that spawn there. They are within range and will get agroed if they get slash damage! I had a series of turrets up there and loved to watch them make their way over to the farm. They never made it past the tractor!

[@sashasoltys5805]

I must say i love Hangman's Alley. Love the small yet cozy feel to it. If i fancy a short quick playthrough i always pick Hangman's Alley

[@Broodwar-yb6rv]

You can build an awkward walkway from spectical Island to the mainland using the build anywhere mod. I believe it gives you up to 5 workbenches to use. Definitely takes a while to build

[@davidmclaren9027]

I must be the only person who really likes that little house in diamond city, i stole the keys in my first playthrough and was relieved to find my own personal space where i didnt have to cater to my communities every need, actually made me want to fix it up nice unlike most of the other settlements i discovered accidentally while i was just exploring 😂

[@unboxing_legend7708]

i personally have 3 locations i absolutely love and my opinion of it is more driven to what u can scrap there and the pre made structures and things in the area that can prove useful. 1st of all i would say the red rocket for the reason that like stated in the video, dealing with the npc's there constantly hitting the walls and the annoyance of the characters as well tends, its one of the only places that has some form of fully automated systems without any mods to help out. what i mean by this is the button to the garage door which is useful and a neat touch as well as the doors you can also get at the red rocket which are unique. the downfall isnt that bad in terms of water as u can just make water pumps but i can see how it gets really tedious. also to me its basically the perfect square and has pre made exits and entrances which is gr8 for roleplay saves and also advanced builders. 2nd i would put the starlight drive in. i personally think starlight drive in is probally one of the best locations to build at. its moreless flat land, its water source is useful, pre made buildings could prove useful to more advanced builders yet again using the surroundings, not that difficult to obtain and alot more. it has alot of scrap which is useful for basic buildings and building those wooden shacks, theres always a random encounter nearby in fact around 3 from what i remember which can keep you around for something to do and my personal favourite are when the game gives you a pre made entrance or a gate you can take advantage of in the build. 3rd and last i would say the raider workshop past the train track and near the top of the map east of sanctuary. although at very low levels its an extremely tough fight, its possible to easily pick off each raider while also using the broken motorway to your advantage like i used to. once you killed the raiders which is best done silently, it is possible to get free power armour to obtain there as well as a fatman. (going directly east from sanctuary also has a fatman not far away anyway so if you get it you get 2 of them with at least 2 shots) the raider workshop is quite small but offers alot of high tier gear and even a magazine on the workshop its self. it comes with a free sitting area and a small elevated sleeping quarters while also being boxed in like a cage feeling like a small community. outside it has a defense post which can be used for npc's to guard and easy access to shooting downhill at other raiders there. lastly if you manage to set it up right, it is quite a useful place where spotlights actually become rather useful, turrets have good vantage and defending points and you also have just enough room to build something small or use it as a sustained farm.

[@fraknrak9111]

I love using Red Rocket as a main base, make a compound around the outside and have the garage door as your only entrance and you have a totally impenetrable base

[@jimboringo9958]

If we’re talking about DLCs, vault 88 takes all the cake

[@scotth3276]

Yeah but the NPCs only use like 5% of it, with no mods. Unless that's your point and you want to be left alone, then, yeah sure.

[@capitcha]

@@scotth3276 It’s a shame. I built a whole ass vault taking all the space you can possibly use but the only place my settlers go to is the vault door/entrance.

[@marka.200]

Great list, I totally agree with you on your points. And, I had no idea Abernathy had such a huge ceiling. Very cool.

[@fatebreakerproductions]

Starlight is my favourite settlement this far. I built onto one of the wings on the diner and im building my way up that tower. I love settlements where you can build onto pre-existing buildings and you don't really have to scrap everything and start fresh

[@SobeCrunkMonster]

thus far

[@whatthewarp5012]

I genuinly don't know if people still consistenly play the game or if anyone will see this, but Sunshine Tidings Co-op is also really nice.

[@plarbl2]

I made the starlight drive in a giant barn. As the main trading station for the game. Its directly in the middle between The Castle and Sanctuary Hills. The other bonus with it is that its right near diamond city. I thought of it as the best one for that purpose.

[@LOKEE414]

3:41 all of my fallout 4 playthrough I've never seen or heard of that settlement imma check that out

[@Kuzify]

I love how everyone builds these huge bases with "no mods". Building is absolutely the best part of the game for me but really y'all, the build limit is so low in all settlements. You're not building these huge buildings without mods. Nowhere can you support 20+ settlers and your huge buildings without going over the build limit. I do use mods and have trouble with game crashing because Microsoft took so many shortcuts on Xbox but let's just see a fully operational matured settlement with your 80 power armor frames and no mods. Your build limit in sanctuary was almost maxed with your one building there. Hope if FO5 ever happens they manage to keep workshop mode AND make realistic build limits.

[@syn_soldierz5480]

Blakely Kuzela u can have tons of folders and drop them then take them

[@MrHouseV]

There’s a glitch to get the build limit down like the other guy said drop stuff and then take them back I don’t remember how it works exactly but it works

[@Kuzify]

Yes you can scrap weapons to raise your limit but that comes at a cost. Lowered performance and increases crashes.

[@MrHouseV]

@@Kuzify yes of course, but I mention the glitch because big settlements can be done with this glitch and no mods. Is up to the player if they wanna risk creating a mega castle for example but have shit frames and crashes all the time. I personally never like huge creations because they become unplayable.

[@awesomechainsaw]

As someone who used to be on xbox as well. I found that the xbox one settlements can handle about 4 times what their actual build limit is. I haven’t tried to push it on my PC usually remaining within that limit as well. Though it also probably depends on your pc build. Finally Red rocket and sanctuary should be considered as a single building area given that both are loaded at the same time. Honestly given how close they are, and bethesda didn’t have to worry about consoles. Then they should have just made both one really massive settlement. How cool would that be?

[@ironreed2654]

On Pc, you can open the Console, select the bodies at Hangmans Alley and type "Disable" to get rid of them. Works on the yellow truck and first fence also.

[@chancedavis6216]

Outpost Zumanja is really good too. It's small and really good for a three man operations.

[@nakedsnake8962]

Daddy Vladdy a good railroad settlement for Mercer safehouse

[@prophetmaster4997]

@@nakedsnake8962 I turned Kingsport Lighthouse into a Railroad settlement. Excellent place to defend and you can turn thr back area into a killer bar as well as a great place for purified water.

[@FuriousMaximum]

In my RP, it's Brotherhood. Paladin Brandy has a 7 man squad (and 5 civilians) stationed there guarding the radio tower, and northern border.

[@tokyoe100]

Agreed, i have selected the same settlements with Spectacle Island as my main one. Sanctuary Hills is amongst my least favorite i guess, simply because there is a lot of stuff in the way. I never thought i would get into building when i started playing this game and it ended up being my favorite thing to do, while adding a little bit of a tower defense game. The only other place i loved to built at not being mentioned was the lighthouse, simply because of the romantic view it naturally has. Keep it up and have fun!

[@donovanalexzandr9981]

Wow, you building a starecase to Heaven? "Yesterday I saw a kid stack his books from the floor to the ceiling. He said something about trying to get to Heaven. He was only eleven. But he climbed up to the top and stretched out his arms!" - Toby Mac.

[@CamperCarl00]

I personally separate the settlements into supply line depots, farms, and home locations. This helps keep the population numbers in major settlements doing things inside the area and utilizes settlements with bad building capacities or terrain. *Supply Line Depots* : Some examples include Red Rocket Truckstop, Hangman's Alley, and Mechanist's Lair. By having a supply line start in these areas, it frees up the population in other settlements like farms and homes. *Farms* : They are exactly what you think they are. Examples include Greygarden, Greentop Nursery, and Sunshine Tidings Co-op. These settlements are there to generate sellable produce and feed the commonwealth. Additionally, attacks on the settlement should have some natural walls preventing damage to the crops supplemented by player made walls to box them in. *Homes* : Some examples include Sanctuary, Outpost Zimonja, Starlight Drive-in, and The Slog. These places have large build limits or interesting structures. The slog is an example of a settlement that is constantly under attack, and would benefit from being properly built.

[@Neobenji]

Dude thank you so much there were three settlements. I didn’t know, I could make into settlements.

[@logicalITS]

I built a nice settlement in Finch Farm on the highway. I liked the build and thought it was so unique being up on the highway. My biggest problem was that my settlers would fall through the bridge for no reason all the time. lol I even went as far as covering the holes but they still fell. It was a few years ago so maybe it's fixed. Who knows. Love the video!

[@Tiberium10332]

How about an video about what's wrong with the settlement system, what should have been fixed or changed and what shouldadditionally be in the next game.

[@seannewboy8612]

Tiberium10332 amen

[@ohhimark6945]

That video would be like 4 hours long

[@ericbecerra5893]

Tiberium10332 that would be the dumbest most boring video. To watch. Hey here’s how we can improve a game we have no control over. It’s not like he makes the game himself.

[@ethanbrown6726]

Tiberium10332 I wish it worked that way😪

[@mischievousjr.9299]

@@ericbecerra5893 Not even there s actual points to be made about how fun the settlement system is, also how irritating it can be. Would be neat instead ofmoving to reddit to read some ideas. Why not have it ok n KZbin Too? However your point would make sense since he doesn't directly have access to change it lool.

[@Chuxgold]

Hangmans alley alows for some cool construction if your good at cheeting into place the starter pieces. You can make it look like everything you built belongs there and is built onto the alley. Hiding the rough edges and making what you build completely unique to anything you might build in any other building location. Pluss if done right there can be room for a compleat settlement. A good place to store NPCs. As they have no place to hide there when you want them.

[@Jessie_Helms]

Hangman’s Alley is probably very convenient for Survival. I barely bother with it in normal difficulties though.

[@slamongo]

In survival, I leave the doors at Hangman Alley locked, when clearing it and then seal off all entry to the area with high fences. I like the idea of entering/leaving the settlement via the roofs of near by buildings. I use this place mainly as an out post to drop off loot and sleep.

[@onefreeway75]

How do you enter then?

[@eddieash6189]

4 years ago, you got a build video of your number 1 that you say is your least favorite 🤯

[@qwertyuiop1234567180]

I think that Vault88 is the best settlement when it comes to protection. Having one tiny hole be the entrance is incredible. You can put security stations and a bunch of turrets just on the inside and you can easily stop 10 legendary desthclaws

[@HittingBandy]

Kingsport lighthouse maybe isolated, but it's located on an escalated plot of land that is shielded by unclimable stone. The very convienient house and back house is also very spaceous. Although, a children of atom endgame location that is hostile is lookated at basically point-blank range, while there is a few scrap able recourses, but still a really good settlement spot. Dammit you could even build at the top of the lighthouse which makes good storage space and give you (if you had a sniper playthrough) a really good bird's eye view of the area.

[@CrowInAHat]

Download the “Scrap that Settlement” mod

[@garryabbott3474]

Hangman's Alley is my favourite place to build, and if you build a lockable structure in the corner spawn point you never have to worry about rushing to defend it, even on Survival, as most of the enemies remain locked up until you get back.

[@sniperduells]

Lol, red rocket is a prefered place because of Preston Garvey. What a popular character.

[@bakaky0]

It's fun because you can move Preston anywhere lol. Can't say the same of fucking Marcy and Jun though

[@kabusby]

i put marcy on supply lines

[@AnakinSkywalker-mn1qs]

sniperduells thanks

[@AnakinSkywalker-mn1qs]

JMS yeah I hate her to

[@Mungadungalis]

JMS LMFAO

[@CaptainBipto]

For my characters I tend to build based on their theme and personality. I tend to go for practical building of a settlement. Why waste precious resources attempting to build in a pre-war style. I create one base camp initially, and only start building more once I get into a key part of the storyline. Using Conquest mod to build at certain locations, that are not normally available. My BoS gunzerker uses hesco barriers, sandbags, barbed wire, shipping containers, wire and chain link fencing. I use the fencing as an anti-grenade defense, similar to anti-rpg netting. Need to test a build for protection against missiles. And figure out an anti-fat man defense. Cannot have my guards and turrets taken out in one hit. My BoS Mechromancer only heavily builds once Automatron DLC is completed. And she can build robots to aid in construction of a settlement. Building in areas that are of interest to a tech themed character. Lots of manufacturing, construction themed settlements. When I start my Railroad characters, I will be more discrete about where they build. The settlements will look deserted and uninviting. Or use underground locations, got to frustrate the BoS and their vertibirds. Lots of traps, confusing layouts, hidden guard posts and killzones. Marking the right path through using railroad signs. No point having a secret safehouse if every trader turns up on your doorstep. For my Minutemen characters, I am thinking more of a ragtag look to the settlements. Very scrappy, thrown together junk style of building. And depending on what they can scavenge from nearby locations. Using MIST Workshop, so I can build salvaged military vehicles as artillery and turrets.

[@daaichommie708]

You sound like one of Jim Carrey's characters from A Series of Unfortunate Events. Stephano the snake 'expert'.

[@Prime-yashin]

I love outpost zimonja I love the strategic position also a Fatman spawns there, you can make it a VERY nice minuteman fort

[@crispychaosproductions7262]

The thing with preston is that you dont have to have the minutemen there. if you just skip concord you dont have to deal with them

[@PVTShadow8492]

Two things One I love working Egret Tours Marina, when I build it, I usually build that area for farming Gunners. Put three gunner traps in-front and usually create a killing zone in the parking making it so they only way to get into it is to brave the turrets Two: Everytime I get the castle, I kick Preston to it...heck I need someone to keep tabs on the minute men at the castle :P

[@takkiol7661]

I just stuck with Sanctuary in my 3rd playthrough, because of the huge space, also I work with Abernathy because of the height

[@tufwear44]

My favorite settlement is Spectacle island because a part of the island is a perfect spot for a player home because it had a nice ocean view and a flat enough area

[@lorddeath6300]

Thx I never knew you could build 20 stories at albernathy farm this info will be useful in my next play through

[@untamedhart2535]

I just wanted to add I love Graygarden because you can build on both levels of the overpass. The second level even has cool boxes to put some patio furniture on, and pretty nice surroundings for view.

[@zenthirio3573]

I made the area a restaurant n the boxes on top are like a vip section

[@danksalt5935]

The only problem i have with Starlight is the hill that looks down on the settlement. It's outside the building border. Several times in my playthrough, the super mutants just stand on the hill and fire missiles down.

[@AliG-fr9oj]

I love hangman's alley but I am supprised you have it in the list at all!

[@Sebastianfnc]

Sanctuary is my capital settlement i used the clean & smooth mod to remove every thing and i use beside the uso mod the pre war sanctuary build mod by doing so i have created an truely pre war settelement in my own vision btw only compromise is an large wall with turrets to defend the perimeter & inside

[@Fire_McKing]

this is one of the most useful fallout 4 vids ive seen

[@kargandarr]

There are mods to increase the building area size and that allows you to recycle everything in a build area including the prewar buildings.

[@schalkengelbrecht7859]

- You don't HAVE to make a robot provisioner for Graygarden, just make 2 provisioners at another settlement and send one there. - At Egret Tours Marina, without mods, enemies will spawn where you're building in this video if it gets attacked. If you can find the mod Attackers Get Off My Build Zone or something similar it's a godsend. - Go into build mode then misc and you'll see a mat that acts as a marker for your spawn location when you fast travel to that settlement. It's actually quite easy to avoid Preston and the rest if you just build your own house on the outer edges of Sanctuary. Plus you can send Preston to any other settlement once he becomes a follower. - There are mods to expand the build area at Hangman's Alley. My favourite is Hangman's Alley Open Interiors. It's so close to Diamond City that getting Home Plate is simply a better option since your stuff can't be stolen there. It's really not that hard to make 2k in caps. PC users can also use a console command or two to unlock all the workshop items for it, Boston Airport and Mechanist's Lair, of which the latter two also never get attacked thus making them safe to store stuff in. - 03:00 Come again? Inability to build water purifiers? You can either just build 3 of the basic purifiers that provide 10 water to cover a full population or place one of those in a garden plot, put a purifier on top of it, then remove the garden plot if you don't have any patches of dirt for them. Garden plots (resources -> misc) come from the Wasteland Workshop DLC. - At any settlement, you can drop weapons on the ground then scrap or store them and this will allow you to bypass the build limit. - Unless you're playing survival the location of the settlement doesn't matter.

[@cyprian626]

I'll go to every settlement just to scrap everything and get materials.

[@Mikey-xz4vn]

I always send Preston Garvey to The Castle - it's both fitting given it's Minuteman HQ and allows me to build in Sanctuary without having to deal with constant pestering..