5 Best Settlement Build Sites in Fallout 4

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Whether you're new to Fallout 4, and want to experience the workshop with minimal challenge, or you're looking to build the greatest settlement in the Commonwealth, it might not always be apparent which build site to select for your Magnum Opus. that's why we thought it would be fun to select five of our favorite settlement locations along with some of our rationale. let us know your thoughts in the comments below and as always a like and sub are more than welcome.
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sorry about the poor mic quality. I recently learned I was wearing it wrong and correcting the positioning made my filters go nuts so I sort of sound a bit lispy in this one, this should be fixed in future entries.

Theegreygaming
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I always love turning spectacle island into a massive city.

JoeR
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My favourite is probably Hangman's Alley. Although space is limited, those limits give a very good opportunity for creativity. The aesthetic of buildings stacked upon each other with a narrow street in the middle is one i really like

normalicious
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Finch Farm and Greygarden, once you realize that you can build on the highways. Build a fortress on the highway, with the peasants on the ground to farm your food.

corruptuser
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I made the entire town in Starlight Drivein 6 years ago... three-floor beautiful buildings, multilevelled streets, shops, workshops, conveyed plant, hotel, saloon, police station. hospital, caravan center, the market, trophies museum... I spent months planning and upgrading it, such nostalgia... I wish I could find that save...

LastZeel
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Small correction: Nuka Red Rocket does have standing water. You can fit 5 water purifiers if you're careful. You have to scrap some debris to uncover it, but it's close to the bottling plant.

thornescapes
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Surprised the castle isn't on here. Patching the wall using various tricks has always been my favorite.

JaCrispy
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I don’t know if the crappy mic is intentional but it sure adds to the vid it’s charm, especially if we’re talking about the fallout universe.
My absolute fav spot is the drive in, I always clear out the molerats and junk cars and build my hq there.

SqualidsargeStudios
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My favourite has to be gray garden, I use it as my main player base. I made it like a hanging personal quarters under the bridge, great view for sniping and feel very secluded, even put in a trap door so I can drop down into the wasteland in my power armour :)

wonkygustav
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I always loved sanctuary hills. Huge area, a bunch of scrapable houses for flat platforms, a ton of water space for pumps, a huge field for crops, and a choke point entryway with the bridge over the moat that’s easy to defend

jacksonpowers
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Kingsport lighthouse is my personal favorite. Decent sized area with buildings nearly in perfect shape, a stairwell down to a large marina, and its very, very easy to defend (one narrow winding road to get to it).

Kingsport might be a little hard to unlock due to the children of Atom and the captured Glowing one, but Its worth the hassle.

solidmoon
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Sanctuary Hills is just amazing. Best location imo

NCRRanger
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I always use both Red Rockets as player lodging. I fill them with robots to tend to crops and defenses, and build little shacks for all my fleshy companions to live in while I'm not traveling with them. I like building my personal quarters on the roof.

blackjohn
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I would have included Sanctuary Hills and Spectacle Island, but glad to see Starlite Drive-in. Was actually the first big settlement I ever built when I first played Fallout 4 years ago because basically for all the reasons you listed. It's just a purely fantastic location.

gorgeouszan
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I am always drawn to Croup Manor as my base location because it is by the sea. I scrap everything and build my own "Manor" and go from there. 😎

glensubtorq
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As someone that plays exclusively in survival mode the location of starlight is even better. You can use it as your base of operations for around half the map. The location next to Trudy's store and it being close to Carla's route means you can get by without having your own stores, as well.

canadian__ninja
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I always like to build a settlement on the water around the waterfront restaurant at Egret Tours. I love the build area. Lots of potential.

I always build out Dalton Farm as well. I hate how frequently rad storms hit the area (and I REALLY hate how frequently they hit Echo Lake Lumber Mill), but I still like to build out the Far Harbor settlements anyway, especially Dalton Farm and Longfellow's Cabin.

Abernathy Farm is great. I usually avoid building there until I have some established communities because settlements with already existing settlers become an easy target for raiders early on. Once I have a supply line and a lot of materials available, though, I love to wall out the settlement like you did in the video and then create the Abernathy Towers residential areas.

One settlement that I would place in my top 5 that doesn't get mentioned here is the Finch Farm. I love building up on the bridge towering above the settlement (I like Graygarden for the same reason, and I usually also build on top of the movie theater building at Starlight...I just like high vantage points, I guess).

I also really like The Slog. Building a whole structure around the swimming pool and then seeing the lighting effect when it becomes an "indoor" location is pretty spectacular.

geraldlamb
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I probably would have suggested Longfellow's Cabin. While the terrain is a bit rougher than Dalton Farm, most of the settlement is dirt and foundations can easily be built to level everything else. The other advantage is that all attacks come from one direction, which makes defending the settlement extremely easy, if not the easiest of all settlements (I would say Dalton Farm is the second easiest with a few strategic structural placements).

francis
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Sunshine Tidings would be up towards the top of the list for me. I also really like the the Boathouse as well (I use a mod to make it the Railroad's Safe House cuz it's in a nice strategic place on the river and near Bunker Hill). Hangman's Alley is a nice central location, but I rarely build it up very much. The Castle tends to end up being an absolute fortress, but I always end up siding with the Minutemen - what can I say, they appeal to the Commie in me (no matter how annoying Preston is).

There's also County Crossing. I love the location and it's got a decent amount of space that's easy to build on. The robot Greenhouse place is another one that's a great location as well - plus you can build under and on the highway bridge as well. I usually treat Red Rocket as a personal residence as opposed to an actual settlement. There's also the fact that the game tends to chug pretty bad when you've got Abernathy, Sanctuary, and Red Rocket all built up. But my PC is kinda old and needing upgrading as well.

But I also use a bunch of mods, including ones that increase what you can scrap. And Sim Settlements is basically mandatory for me at this point. I recently added a mod that lets me recruit Minutemen Squads to go take care of Preston's silly requests too, and it's working out pretty well overall. The General shouldn't have to do everything themselves, right?

SadisticSenpai
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larger settlements can have enemies spawn directly within your settlements walls. For settlements like this (such as Sanctuary) its best to strategically place turret towers instead. EG gazebos with turrets on each of the 4 corners of the roof.

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