Settlement FAQs

how to get a settlement to 100 happiness

by Deondre Raynor DDS Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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How do you get 100% settlement happiness in Fallout 4?

To increase happiness, everyone in your settlement needs food, water, a bed, a job, and defense to ward off raiders. Plant plenty of food. Grab plants you find in the wasteland and plant them together in your settlement. Build a water purifier and hook it up to a general as soon as you can.

Can you get 100% happiness sanctuary?

1:5710:22Fallout 4 - How to Get 100 Happiness in a Large Settlement - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipNow the happiness unfortunately to get it to 100 is going to cost a lot of caps. It's going to costMoreNow the happiness unfortunately to get it to 100 is going to cost a lot of caps. It's going to cost a lot of time. It's not going to be very easy might even be your last trophy you get so let's go

Why won't my settlement happiness go up?

The trick is to move them all to a central hub location (Mechanist lair if you've got it, Starlight Drivein if you don't) and have them connect from there to each settlement. Build cat and dog traps, they both raise happiness (dogs raise defense, too).

How do you increase settlement happiness in NMS?

As you construct new buildings and increase productivity, you'll find that happiness levels gradually increase. However, the happiness of your settlers is more directly tied to the decisions that you make with regard to Citizen Requests, Citizen Disputes, New Arrivals, Policy Decisions and Construction Opportunities.

What's the biggest settlement in Fallout 4?

Since vault 88 would require mods to utilize it's larger space, Spectacle Island takes the cake for Largest Settlement in Fallout 4. Spectacle island is another extremely dangerous settlement and only higher level players should attempt to settle here.

Do robots count as settlers Fallout 4?

They count as population, they can be assigned as farmers and providers, and they need a bed, although they don't use it.

What is the best way to build a settlement in Fallout 4?

Without further ado, here are the eight best settlement building tips for Fallout 4.1.) Scrap Everything.2.) Start Simple.3.) Bolster Defenses.4.) Plant Food and Dig Wells.5.) Recruit Settlers.6.) Develop Supply Lines.7.) Enhance, Enhance, Enhance!8.) Decorate!

What do scavenging stations do?

Scavenging stations are a cheap method for reducing unemployment in any settlement, which is necessary for the recruitment radio beacon to continue to function. No new settlers will join a settlement in which more than four settlers are unemployed.

How many settlers can you have in Fallout 4?

Settlement locations is one of the most requested Fallout 4 topics we see, so here, at this very late stage, is a list of all 36 of them across the base game and DLC add-ons.

How do I get my S class settlement?

0:5510:18NMS - Guide to getting an S Class Settlement - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAnd you can see once you're out of debt the settlement will start to produce things so my settlementMoreAnd you can see once you're out of debt the settlement will start to produce things so my settlement is producing kelp and metal cogs which you can then sell.

How do I get rid of settlement debt in no man's sky?

Subtract maintenance cost from production cost. The divide total debt by the remaining production. The result will be the number of days (24 hrs each) it will take to pay off the debt.

Does citizenship happiness matter NMS?

From the game code, population and happiness have a contributing factor to production. Although a small factor, so you may not notice too much change as population and happiness tend to move slowly. I have I observer happiness slightly improve the production of resources.

How many settlers can you have in Fallout 4?

Each settlement has a default max population of 10 settlers plus each point of Charisma the character has, which has a base max of 22 (10 from leveling and +1 from bobblehead and You're SPECIAL! magazine respectively ) before factoring in extra charisma from armor and consumables.

Why is my settlement unhappy Fallout 4?

sometimes pathing glitches things, usually to beds but sometimes elsewhere. so never ever leave a settlement after ordering a settler to a task, until you've SEEN them path there. if you don't check all is fine and dandy, the zero food/water/beds bug has higher tendency to occur.

How do you get the benevolent leader Trophy?

0:074:03Easy Way to get Fallout 4 Benevolent Leader Achievement - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipThen you have to build a beds it doesn't matter which kind as long as they're on their roof. BuildMoreThen you have to build a beds it doesn't matter which kind as long as they're on their roof. Build two if you can one for you and one for your settler.

How do you increase the size of your settlements in Fallout 4?

Just load up 20 guns, drop them in a room, go into "build mode" and click each gun on the floor and store them. Do this twice, which takes about 5 minutes, and you'll have limitless space.

What do you need to increase happiness in a settlement?

To increase happiness, everyone in your settlement needs food, water, a bed, a job, and defense to ward off raiders.

How to put every settler to work?

Put every Settler to work. While in the Workshop menu, walk over to Settlers and select them, then select food to put them to work.

How to improve happiness in Traders?

Traders improve happiness. Get the Local Leader perk to rank 2 to unlock stores. Build 15-20 Level 3 Shops; Traders, Clinics, Restaurants and Clothing stores improve happiness. Make sure to assign settlers to run the stores.

Can you get happiness without following every suggestion?

These are general tips. You can get 100% happiness without following every suggestion, and you may discover other ways to improve your settlements.

Is Sanctuary 80% happiness?

If you’ve dug into this new system, you might see a percentage in the top-right corner of the building menu. That stat that never seems to rise over 80%? That’s your settlement’s overall happiness. Getting it to 100% isn’t easy, but we’ve scrounged up a few handy tricks to make things easier.

What should be green in a settlement?

Are you prepared? Before moving on, make sure your settlement needs are all green — food, water, defense, and beds should all be green.

How many settler to work at the soda fountain?

Assign one settler to work at the Soda Fountain, and one settler to work at the Phoropter.

Does happiness increase while sleeping?

Happiness will not increase while you are resting or sleeping. It only occurs in REAL-TIME — go out into the wasteland and explore, or just leave the game running for awhile.

Does the size of your settlement matter?

Remember; the size of your settlement doesn’t matter . This can be earned at any settlement. Also, the size bar of your settlement does not factor into happiness calculations. Decorations also don’t matter. All that matters is that needs are fulfilled, citizens have a roof to sleep under, and they have lots of extra sources of happiness.

Does the Power Cycle 1000 increase happiness?

The Power Cycle 1000 experiment will not increase happiness, but the other experiments in the same range can cause death. The Environment Enhancement absolutely will not cause death, or lower happiness.

Do you need to complete the vault 88?

Before getting started, you’ll need to complete the Vault 88 Overseer quests and unlock a particular set of Vault resources. You won’t need all of the prototypes, but having them all will make your task easier.

How many happiness points can a human settler get?

Each human settler can provide up to 80 happiness points by meeting their basic needs, which are: A bed in which to sleep, which counts for 10 points. For their bed to be covered from rainfall, which counts for 10 points. One unit of food production per settler, which counts for 20 points.

What is the capped happiness of a settlers?

Settler happiness can be capped, ensuring that happiness loss caused by failing to meet basic settler needs can't be countered with bonus happiness. If a settlement has a lower defense rating than its population, all its settlers' happiness is capped at 60.

What is happiness in Fallout 4?

Happiness is a metric of how content settlers are with a settlement in Fallout 4. Reaching 100% happiness in any settlement will reward the Benevolent Leader achievement/trophy.

How does happiness relate to the needs of the settlers?

Happiness primarily correlates with providing for the needs of the settlers. Keeping settlers happy is as simple as keeping all the other settlement resources ( food and water, beds, and defense) at sufficient levels.

How much happiness does the recruitment beacon give?

The game leaves it up to the player to decide how important happiness is, although there is an achievement for getting a settlement up to 100 Happiness. Happiness primarily correlates with providing for the needs of the settlers.

What is the temporary modifier for happiness?

Happiness is also affected by a temporary modifier at each settlement, that ranges from -50 to +20. Each 24 hour "update," this temporary modifier is multiplied by 0.8, with fractions dropped. Most commonly this is a -20 adjustment, caused by a settler's death.

How does the settlement system work?

Each settlement object provides some certain happiness bonus. The system sums all bonuses and divides the sum by the number of settlers in one's settlement. The result is added to the base 80% happiness.

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Pick A Small Settlement

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The main rule here is not to use Sanctuary Hills. There are too many bad settlers here that will screw it up. This is best achieved in a small settlement that has no settlers at it. The Red Rocket Gas station just outside Sanctuary Hills is perfect for this as you can quickly run back to Sanctuary hills if you need to get any settlers o…
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Power

  • There is no requirement for power in order to obtain 100 happiness in a settlement. Use generators if you need them, but they are not required.
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Defense

  • The total here is a bit sketchy. No one really knows what the requirement is. The general rule is that defense needs to be settlers+food+water. This means for us the total must be 6+6+9 = 21. I had a massive amount of supplies horded up so I built enough basic turrets to generate 60 defense. The reason for this is you settlement will get attacked and you don’t want anyone to di…
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Stores

  • Stores are the final requirement to get 100 happiness in a settlement and are unfortunately the most expensive. You will need to have some perks for this and around 12000 caps which make it a serious pain to sort out if you do not have the supplies. You will need to get the following 2 perks “Local Leader Rank 2” and “Medic Rank 1”. These 2 perks will enable you to construct a lev…
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Waiting For 100 Happiness

  • This is the most boring part of getting this trophy/achievement. Once you have everything set up you are going to have to wait around for the happiness to go up. Sometimes this goes quickly and sometimes it goes a bit slower. Through a lot of trial and error, I was able to find the best way to get 100 happiness in a settlement. This method will use the 7th bed that you created earlier. Ha…
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The Result – How to Get 100 Happiness in A Settlement Quickly

  • 37 -> 50= 3min 41 seconds 50 -> 60= 4min 50 seconds 60 -> 68= 4min 10 seconds 68 -> 75= 4 min 48 seconds 75 -> 80= 2 minutes 56 seconds 80 -> 84= 4 minutes 38 seconds 84 -> 88= 5 minutes 23 seconds ( I got sick of timing after this, but you get the idea) There you have it, this is a really short amount of time when compared to all of the other guides I have come across. I did not nee…
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