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Fallout 4

Beds and Happiness

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Nathan Garvin

Beds

How many beds are located within the settlement is indicated by the Bed rating. You will need to have at least one bed per resident and a shortage of beds will lower productivity.

There are a variety of beds to choose from in the Workshop menus but they all provide the same function and have no additional effect on the settlement other than cosmetic. You do not need to assign beds to anyone unless you wish to commandeer a particular bed as your own.

In order to keep settlers happy, make sure to place beds under a roof of some kind. Placing beds outside won’t affect the Bed rating but it will reduce the overall happiness of a settlement and will affect productivity as a result. After all, who wants to sleep outside in a nuclear wasteland?

Beds are a must for any settler’s happiness. If you need more materials, scrap things like sofas you find in defunct houses.

Happiness

Achieving 100% happiness is not an easy feat and requires a lot of tweaking and constant attention on a settlement. The Happiness rating is indicative of the residents’ overall happiness. A high rating improves food production and any salvage produced by idle workers.

The easiest way to keep settlers happy is to meet the basic requirements of food, water and beds for every resident as well as maintain a Defense rating proportionate to the settlement in question. Exceeding expectations will obviously result in a higher satisfaction across the board.

Having a hands on role by helping settlements in need will also affect Happiness. Listen in to Radio Freedom and keep an eye on your PipBoy for alerts relating to settlements under your control. Completing quests and protecting settlements from invasions will go a long way to increasing the happiness of settlers.

Stores improve happiness greatly but specialist ones require certain perks to build.

Finally, some of the items in the Workshop menu can increase Happiness. Clinics, clothing and trading stores as well as food and drink stores will all improve happiness. If you purchase a dog for a settlement, its presence will also have a similar effect.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Bethesda Softworks
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS4, XB One
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    16 December 2015
  • Last Updated
    11 May 2024
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin, Greg Wright

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It’s just another day. Having just been accepted into Vault 111, you spend the morning with your family going about your daily routine. That is until alarms blare out, signalling a nuclear attack. You and your family sprint towards the Vault along with everyone else in the neighborhood just as a bomb explodes nearby. After surviving the blast, you are lowered into the Vault and enter cryosleep. Two hundred years pass and you awake to a world ravaged by nuclear war. You are the Sole Survivor and what awaits you is a mystery as you set out to conquer the Wasteland.

Our guide will be a complete companion while you journey through the wilds of Fallout 4. You can find a plethora of information including the following:

  • A start to finish walkthrough with every area in between covered.
  • Combat details, SPECIAL explanation and general gameplay information.
  • VATS And You!: Getting to know your PIPBOY.
  • All faction quests explained including the consequences of favoring one over the others.
  • Information on Settlements and items for construction.
  • Bobblehead locations, collectibles and full Trophy/Achievement guide.
  • Settlement Guide complete with how to set up and manage settlements, what perks are beneficial etc.
  • Companion chapter detailing each companion character, where to acquire them and the pros/cons of each.
  • A detailed Character Creation guide fully examining the best builds and what each perk does.
  • Automatron and Wasteland Workshop DLC information provided, including a full walkthrough for Automatron.
  • A complete walkthrough of the “Far Harbor” DLC complete with information on every side quest.

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