Best of the Settlement Mods
This is my short list with the best of the settlement mods available in my personal opinion. There are a LOT of really great settlement mods out there and I've got a guide that lists most of them if you're looking for hidden gems or have different taste (or building needs) than I do. I personally trend towards clean or at least shabby chic but for this list I'll include postwar for you destroyed look lovers out there.
See the full guide for authors and more information on the following mods. See the console users full guide for mods specific to console.
Automation/Utility
- Auto Doors
- Brighter Settlement Lights
- Clean My Settlement REDUX pair with Raze My Settlement
- Place Everywhere
- Quieter Settlements
- Settlement Menu Manager (SMM)
- Shaikujin's Better warning for settlements being attacked
- Workshop Framework
- Workshop Plus
- Whisper's Workshop Utilities (Some Place Everywhere features for non-F4SE users)
Color Series
(same objects in multiple colors/prints):
Decor & Furniture
Everything & Kitchen Sink
Functionally Important
Gorgeous Beyond Compare
- Nuka Mix Lantern Workshop (Also included in The Bleachers and FSD quest mods)
- Unicorn Farts and Godrays Stained Glass Workshop Mod
- Wasteland Gardening - planters are vanilla objects but flowers are new textures & types.
Power
- Fusebox Generator Plus
- NISTRON Electrical And Electronics Engineering Volume 1 - everything you could ever want related to settlement power in one mod
- Wireless Workshop Items
Saving/Transferring Your Builds
- Clipboard Resurrection (partial builds)
- Transfer Settlements (full settlement)
- WSFW Blueprints (partial or full settlement)
Structural
- Clean Buildings
- Ethreon's Mods
- Modern Modulars
- Snappy HouseKit - DLC are a separate mod file
Textures
Theme: Classic Fallout
Theme: Faction
Theme: Institute
Theme: Vault
I'm totally biased on these (mods by the Creative team)
- Apocalypse Supplies by Damanding/Crayonkit
- CatDeco Floors and More by Sarinia
- Creative Clutter by Creative Team - has both pre and postwar content.
- Creative Gardens by frogprincessQ4 via discord (requires SMM)
- CREAtive Teddy Bears by frogprincess_Q4 - also available via discord (requires SMM)
- Do It Yourshelf Updated by Dinozaurz and Damanding/Crayonkit
- Fusebox Generator Plus by Damanding/Crayonkit
- Modular Kitchen Updated by Evanpox and Damanding/Crayonkit - has both pre and postwar content.
- Neon Flats Workshop by Damanding/Crayonkit, Robboten, Terrybeer, et. al.
- Noir Penthouse Workshop by Damanding/Crayonkit, Robboten, Terrybeer, et. al.
- Prewar Power Armor Displays - OR - Postwar by Terrybeer and Damanding/Crayonkit
- Rainbow Of Child BEDS by Frogprincess_Q4 - also available via discord (requires SMM)
- RedRocketTV Workshop by Damanding/Crayonkit
- School Desks by Frogprincess_Q4 - also available via discord (requires SMM)
- V's Community Art by Vronykah via discord
- V's Scavver Art by Vronykah via discord - has both clean and cleanish content.
- V's Stylish Decor by Vronykah via discord - has both clean and cleanish content.
- VR Desert Island Extended by Damanding/Crayonkit