


Preston Garvey will ask you to clear this location of Raiders to establish the area as a settlement. This settlement is gained during the course of the Minutemen questline. Upon completion the settlement will be yours. When you visit this area you will be asked to restore a water pump in a quest labeled Troubled Waters. Many settlers and other NPCs will note that this location is ran “entirely” by robots. Your reward is the allegiance of the settlement ot the Minutemen and access to their Workshop bench. Either will result in access to the Workshop bench and open the settlement for your use.ĭuring the Minutemen questline, Preston Garvey will ask you to rescue Jake Finch from Saugus Ironworks. Either kill her, or draw her out in conversation with successful speech checks. Due to a family tragedy, she believes she is a Synth and will engage you in a hostile confrontation. When you visit this location, you will find Phyllis Daily in one of the buildings. Kill all the Feral Ghouls in this location to unlock the settlement. Like The Castle, this location has many buildings already established, making it less expensive to for new settlers to move in. If you spare them, speak with Jacob Orden instead. If you decide to kill the residents, access the Workshop station afterwards to unlock the settlement. During the Human Error mission, you can either side with Jacob Orden and the town, or you can kill everyone in Covenant. You can earn access to this settlement one of two ways. This settlement is obtained by clearing the enemies at the behest of Preston Garvey during the Minutemen missions. When you visit this location, kill all the nearby Mirelurks and the settlement will be yours. This settlement is earned during the Minutemen questline, specifically the Taking Independence quest. This location is noteworthy for the number of small buildings and shacks it has, making it easy to set up shop with beds for extra settlers. You cannot grow food at this settlement, making its growth extremely limited.Īfter the Battle of Bunker Hill, a showdown between the Institute and the Railroad with optional participation from the Brotherhood of Steel, you can talk to Kessler, a resident of the merchant hub, and she will allow you access to their Workshop station. This location is used in a Brotherhood of Steel mission and is obtained during the course of their questline. Visit the farm and speak to Blake Abernathy. This is one of the earliest settlements you get in the game, and you earn it by helping out the Abernathy family by retrieving a locket from a nearby satellite location. Stumped on how many there are and if you’ve earned them all? Check out this full list, with instructions on how to get the ones you missed.

Settlements: love ’em or hate ’em, you probably feel compelled to obtain and deck out each and every one.
