
In order to build a settlement, there are dozens of components that can be used to provide various resourcesworkshops, and even merchants. All of these factors can be viewed at the workshop, and any resource that dips below the expectations of the settlement's inhabitants will be displayed in red, alerting that it should be attended to.įurthermore, there is a Workshop tab on the Pip-Boy Mk IV that lists all settlements and can also alert the player if there are sub-optimal resources for a particular settlement. The state of settlements in determined by the states of several resources, including: peoplefood and waterbedspowerdefenseand overall happiness. The only settlements that survive in the wasteland are ones that are secure, but it is a bonus to have a comfortable settlement as well. While all crafting stations can be built by the player with the second rank of Local Leadersome settlements come with crafting stations by default. Still, this is only the beginning: other scrapped materials from all over the Commonwealth can be used to create structures and settlement infrastructures, like farms, water pumps, power lines, and defenses.



Most available locations contain at least some form of scrap materials that do not serve a practical purpose these can be taken, broken down and recycled at workshops to improve the site. Fallout 4 already has many opportunities to craftbut it goes one step further and allows the player to establish new settlements or take control and manage existing ones, effectively recolonizing and civilizing the Commonwealthone settlement at a time.
