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Settlement Building Mods Guide

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Settlement Building and Decorating for Dummies
Settlement building and decorating for dummies

The purpose of this guide is to help you find settlement building goodies you may not know already existed. This covers retextures, themes (like prewar, postwar and Institute building), structural elements, decorative elements (clutter!) and whatever else I think is important enough to add. This guide will not offer full compatibility information but I'll add tips when I know it. I've NOT checked and tested every mod on here so check them yourself.

Mod authors, feel free to Discord PM Damanding to get your mods included but note that I'm not going to add everything, particularly if your mod adds very little or I think another mod does it better. If I added every single mod out there it would take too long, so I'm just going for the best.  Also emphasizing less popular themes such as pre-war or Institute. Sorry, this guide is definitely going to be biased.

Console Users

You now have your own guide!

Using This Guide:

  • Click on the mod author's name for complete list of their work for Fallout 4.
  • Check multiple sections to find mods: rather than duplicate listing mods in every relevant section I pick the Themes or Everything section over other sections such as Structural or Decor/Furniture if applicable.

General rules of thumb for inclusion:

  • Structural building kits
  • Clutter objects/décor
  • Furniture
  • Re-textures that affect the above
  • A few useful tools

Not being included:

  • Mods I consider too buggy or lacking support (if needed)
  • Wall décor such as flags, posters, artwork. There's just too many and I don't feel like policing adult vs non-adult content. There are a couple of exceptions listed however.
  • Mods that only add/change a few items only
  • Insufficient popularity (unless the items are highly unique).

Base Object Swapper Furniture

These mods swap base game furniture or containers with new versions from various mods and will NOT break your precombines. You can use multiple object swapping mods at once for a wide variety of decor around the wasteland!

Décor/Furniture - Vanilla Style

Also check the Themed/Everything sections for more

Décor/Furniture - Custom Content Style

Also check the Themed/Everything sections for more. This section with custom created meshes or textures for a non-vanilla look.

Everything and the Kitchen Sink - Vanilla Style

These mods contain large numbers of buildable items in multiple categories such as: structural, furniture, décor, and more.

Everything and the Kitchen Sink - Custom Content Style

These mods contain large numbers of buildable items in multiple categories such as: structural, furniture, décor, and more with custom created meshes or textures for a non-vanilla look.

Institute Theme

Prewar Theme

Vault-Tec Theme

Retextures

Signs, Posters, Flags, Art, and Graffiti

Structural - Vanilla Style

Also check Everything and the Kitchen Sink section for more

Structural - Custom Content Style

Also check Everything and the Kitchen Sink section for more. This section contains custom created meshes or textures for a non-vanilla look.

Settlement Tools

Tools to make settlement building and scrapping easier.

Other Settlement Mods

These alter the settlements themselves to clean, rebuild, or expand in some way.

New Settlements Quality Guide

Known GOOD settlement mod authors:

  • 1000101
  • Bionicyardiff
  • fftfan
  • Glitchfinder
  • LarannKiar
  • Neeher
  • Pra
  • Tenhats
  • Yagichan

Known BAD settlement mod authors:

Mods by these authors may have been setup incorrectly, contain deleted references, or other known problems. Best to be avoided.

  • Greekrage (yes I know his stuff is gorgeous. His older stuff is terribly broken, I haven't checked more recent stuff)
  • KazoveinFang
  • m0ds1984
  • Okie182
  • Ragoda