How Settlement Attacks Work - Fallout 4

yep that's why when you drink chems then go fast travel that chem wears off

I just build turrets everywhere. Usually does just fine.

Are you saying that no matter what defenses you put up... turrets, traps, land mines, robots, none of that is considered by the game, and your win/lose is totally dependent upon a random "dice roll" factor??

So my settlement with a defense of 450 has no more chance of defeating an attack alone, than a settlement with zero defense!?!?

If I'm understanding you correctly and that's the case, why did Bethesda even bother putting those defense options in the game?

If this is the case it's all a waste of time and an utterly pointless part if the game.

Since walls are pointless unless you are there, aren't spawn point kill zones likewise pointless unless you are there?

The settlement defense not mattering if you arent there is such a pain in the ass in this game. Makes settlements more of a burden than they should be.

I found out about this since the first day on fallout 4 just me making powerful tower instead of walls only the generator.

I used to try to build walls. Realized it was futile. I just built bigger guns 😅

i feel like the reason the enemies are in the middle is because of how loading buildables works

So .... put walls around my spawn ?

Can you update this video

I just put up over a 100 defense number and let the cookies crumble when a settlement gets attacked. I rarely go to aid my settlement when I know I have over 100 defense. Win or lose, I'm not concerned.

All this "settlement" BS is exactly why I entirely ditched playing this.

Will missile turrets not hurt friendlies?

For me the walls keep out deathclaws

Question. You said the min is 2% chance

So having 80 happiness at my home base is pretty safe? I keep all my power armors and legendary stuff at starlight in an elevated barn.

Every single time I fast travel there I get attacked for about 3 seconds and my missile defenses annihilates them.

Also I’m having trouble getting above 81 happiness I have 95 defense. Couple TVs. Electricity. Beds under roofs and 3 merchants and everyone has a job.

I feel like the high defense should be taken into account when producing the potential chance of winning or losing said defense raid

Just call it natural shrinkage from crime.

Yep - First time I ever played I spent an UNGodly amount of time fixing up alll the white picket fences that surround Sanctuary - Ensured that there was NO Possible way for attacking Raiders to pass the green wall Settler Area Limit without Jumping - Which I've Never witnessed an NPC perform. - Raiders indide the Base
- Every.
- Single.
- Time.
I Never Left the base Any signifigant distance to Ever need to "Fast Travel" Anywhere.

Thank you. Thank you. I was about to build a wall and I was like wait where would they spawn in at

I let them burn. If Preston wants to help, he can.

I can't find the settlement management software in mods

i build triple layers walls around each spot, seconded by traps, maze with gorillas, laser and explosive turrets so that even if enemies invaders do walk far away from there starting point they would have to pass all of those defense layers and waste time. But after a few attempt where i find it effective. They got inside my red rocket ... Which have concrete walls in front of every opening and i only get into by teleporting inside using the door mate and teleporting outside by fast travel. So no , it do not work, your character DO teleport even if the time is moved foward otherwise i could not get past the walls, and enemies do that too , so now i have a bunch of dead bodies and robots everywhere inside over time. And now i remember why i do stop playing that game since settlement was my point buying it ( i love rpg games with crafting/building ) and it was a mess because of small things like that. That and the fact that as soon as you get 10 settlements or so, your entirely game experience is to defend them 99% of the time making it impossible to do any dungeons without an alerte at come point.

On rare occasions, sanctuary hills would get an attack from a deathclaw, at least on my playthrough

stupid your def doesnt matter

Me who plays mainlt on survival mode :0

I've being well aware thar the walls don't do anything I just like the look of it and put them up there for roleplaying purposes

I used walls and ignore everything now xd

This is why I like fall out and it’s settlement system…some settlements you don’t need walls because the enemies are predictable and you can set up like Ox here and there are settlement places where you can build walls and they work just fine and some you can build walls and have defense towers up lol

I thought if you had 150 defense then you couldn’t lose an attack.

Can raiders destroy turrets? I’m 90% percent sure that one destroyed a turret of mine. Not just damaged, but it is completely gone.

Ay dont show the map or anything

Ironically enough, I threw a wall around the settlement. *Greygarden is under attack! Fast-traveled, but the only warrior hindered by the wall was me.

Oh You don’t play survival….thumbs down.

how do i get one to happen because im bored and have finished the game

I build mazes so the ai have a fun time getting to each other

Arm settler with only pipe pistols, to make the game more fun.😂

Seems a lot like cheating . . .

3000 Defense = Heavy Laser Turrets every 5 feet in Sanctuary.

aww too bad this is 6 yrs ago...i was wondering what mod you had to have so many "females" in your settlement. pls reply when you see this. thanks

I know this was 6 years ago and you'll never see this, but I agree with fast travel taking real in game time, unless you side with the institute. If you can teleport with the institute it should be instantaneous

A minor inaccuracy
According to the research I have done and seen this is how settlement attacks occur
((Population + defense)+RNG) Cap Pop + Def caps at 100 VS ((Food + Water)+RNG) Food and Water Cap 100
Because each pop needs one food and one water these values tend to be pretty close Your defense starts tipping the scale until it gets to max at which point it comes down to RNG
Their is a mod that Unbinds it so that all your defense food etc is calculated which does change things onto your side late game

i use you method with a slight addition i also make a central building that is protected on every side with ledge mounted turrets (multiple incase of sanctuary) to take out any that make through.

I don't have settlement management software mod for ps4, so this video is bs IMHO 😒

I've always played the game on an off for fun, but have never really gave it a serious try to complete the story. Have been really curious about this. Are settlement attacks able to happen in any difficulties? I usually play on very hard to increase my legendary drop and have literally NEVER been attacked in sanctuary and am so confused why it has never triggered???

But how do you set up a raid

You don't want to fast travel to the settlement, fast travel is NOT fast. You should stress Walking, and it's a SLOW walk. It's faster if you just jog to the settlement. Just like Skyrim, even the shortest distance will take you longer if you use Fast Travel than to just walk there. Fast travel to Sanctuary as the starting point, even if you are in Sanctuary, Place something on the ground where you land as a marker for visual aid. Check your clock at the landing point in Sanctuary, fast travel to Red Rocket, check the clock, then toggle walk, and walk back to Sanctuary all the way to the fast travel point, and check the clock again.I find just walking is faster than fast travel. And when you walk into a settlement, you have a better chance of keeping the enemies that spawn in, outside or on the edges of your settlement, waiting for your arrival before moving into your settlement.

True. I put concrete walls all the way around Tenpines Bluff. It didn't matter. Gunners still got in and smashed up the place.

Them spawn points are bang on mate , mine come all time interesting if I,ve a cage animal I get that animal say death claw spawn at a settlement

God Damn! How the fuck do some of your settlers have low cut jeans or a skirt!?!? I want some skanky outlanders guarding my sanctuary! All i have is ghouls and wasteland trash that are fully clothed. ( I play original with no DLC or mods, so maybe that's why ).

"Hello ladies and gentlemen this is your friendly neighborhood Oxhorn" lets check his nexus history