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How to Assign Settlers in Fallout 4
- Published July 4, 2021
- Updated September 8, 2021
Congratulations! You’ve planted your first carrot. But wait, why isn’t the food meter going up? Well it’s because you haven’t assigned anyone to harvest it!
From crops, to shops, to guard posts, there are many important jobs you can give to your settlers to ensure your settlement is defended and its people are fed. In this guide we will discuss how you can see what positions are available, how to assign people to them, and how to check what settlers are already working on something.
(We suggest you check our Fallout 4 Settlements Guide when you are done, since there are many aspects of your settlement that you can take advantage of, if you know what to look for.)
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How to Use Power
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Which Resources Require Worker Assignments?
Besides food, there are several other objects in your settlement that will not function properly without someone operating it such as guard posts and vendor stalls. In workshop mode, you can tell if a resource has an assigned settler by aiming your crosshair at it . Beneath the description you’ll see a vault boy icon. If he is red, this means there is no one assigned to it. If he is the color of your HUD, it is occupied.
Aiming at the objects inside your settlement is a great way to see what resources require a worker assignment to begin with. As a bonus, you will see how many workers it requires, whether it requires power, as well as the amount and type of resources it produces.
Little tip : if you hover over a settler that was assigned to a job, their associated place of work will get highlighted along with the settler (their assigned bed will light up as well).
How to Assign a Settler to a Task?
To assign a settler to a resource, simply aim your crosshair at a settler and then “Command” them with the interact button (you will see the options on the bottom). Then hover your crosshair over the object you want to assign them to and hit the interact button again to “Assign”.
There should be a prompt telling you that the resource is now assigned. If you had someone else assigned to the position before, they will be automatically unassigned.
Be mindful that you cannot assign settlers to multiple jobs. For example, you can’t have a single settler occupy a guard post and harvesting carrots at the same time.
Did you know that if you have 5 or more unassigned settlers you aren’t going to get new recruits ? Of course, you can only have as many as your Charisma score + 10. Remember that the happier your settlers are , the higher the chance that you will get a new recruit!
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Fallout 4: How to Assign Workers - Base Building Tips
Learn how to assign workers to different posts at your settlements, and learn more about base building.
Base building is a new mechanic that Bethesda has introduced into Fallout 4, and players will need to prepare themselves for the long arduous task of keeping their settlements happy. We’ve created this guide to help you build a better base, and make sure you understand all the basics surrounding base building in Bethesda’s latest open-world RPG.
Maintaining a Settlement
You already know that to start a settlement you’ll need to find the Workshop, or Workbench, that is located within the area. Once you’ve found the Workshop, and interacted with it, you’ll then be able to freely enter the building phase from any point in the settlement.
Beds allow your settlers to sleep and regain their strength. This is an important aspect when trying to keep your settlement growing. Make sure you have enough beds in the settlement for all your settlers, otherwise you’ll end up with some unhappy members.
Radio Beacon
The Radio Beacon is one of the most important parts of a settlement, and should be one of the first things you created when you start a new base. This item, when powered, allows a signal to be sent out to the surrounding wasteland. This will attract new settlers, which will allow you to grow your settlement.
The amount of settlers you can have depends on two very important things; the amount of Workbenches you have in the area, as well as your Charisma. You are allowed ten settlers for every Workbench you have. This means that you can automatically have 11 settlers, 12 including yourself, in your first settlement, if you haven’t changed your Charisma from the 1 point that you were freely given upon character creation.
Assign Workers
Another important aspect of base building is making sure you have workers assigned to everything. This is extremely important because, your guard posts, and plants won’t take care of themselves. To assign a worker you’ll need to open up your building menu, and then locate the person you want to Assign. Once you locate them, choose the COMMAND option, then walk to the thing you want to assign them to and click the ASSIGN button. Now that worker will focus more on that particular thing than anything else. Remember to assign workers to your defenses, food, water, and other items to keep your settlement running smoothly.
Defenses are an important part of keeping your settlements safe. There are several different types of defenses like Traps, Guard Posts, and Turrets. We suggest setting up a few guard posts around each MAIN entrance of your settlement. For example, we placed a guard post near the bridge leading into Sanctuary Hills. This is a vital route, and you’ll want to make sure it is blocked from any negative traffic. You’ll also want to set up some traps along the perimeter of the settlement, as well as plop down a few turrets into the high attack probability areas.
Those are the basics for base building. Just remember to keep an eye on your settlement’s happiness, and to check often to make sure your settlements aren’t under attack from any raider groups.
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Originally posted by Sir Cobalt : For whatever reason, whenever I assign a settler to farming they only assign themselves to the crop I selected and not the others I placed. Now I can't build major settlements, which is problematic. I can't just assign them to each individual crop either because then they just go and tend to the other one I selected and abandon the last one. Some help with this predicament would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Originally posted by oldrotorhead1 : Ignore the animations - look at your total food being produced.
Originally posted by Sir Cobalt : It's not a problem with the animations. When I enter workshop mode, I can see that only one out of six mutfruit plants I have placed are assigned. If I'm not mistaken, I thought settlers assigned to food automatically assign themselves to up to six placed crops. For some reason, this isn't working.
Originally posted by Sir Cobalt : I am running this particular mod actually... it's a mod that increases food production of crops.
Originally posted by deepweb1122 : I think the default is 6 plants per settler. There's an entry line in one of the ini files where you can tweak those settings...can remember where it is, though.
Originally posted by oldrotorhead1 : Originally posted by Sir Cobalt : I am running this particular mod actually... it's a mod that increases food production of crops.
Originally posted by Sir Cobalt : False alarm everyone. I just looked at the description for the mod, apparently it's a known issue and it can't be fixed.
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Assigning settlers to trade routes seems to work just fine still. #4 Zombified Feb 24, 2016 @ 5:32am I personally have found that every time I have a settler that refuses to work when I assign it ... I need to umm "interogate them". Just go to another settlement, wait for 24 hours, head back so its mid day, check if they are working
pra Posted 28 August 2016 - 01:53 pm Resident poster Premium Member 3,089 posts This bug seems to be well-known, but I failed to find any real thread on this forum, so I decided to make one. The most obvious symptom of the bug is that you can't assign settlers anymore. If you use DCMS, you also can no longer use any of the settlement commands.
Can't assign settlers bug : r/fo4 • by Demartus Can't assign settlers bug So is my game just borked, or will the issue resolve itself eventually? I can't assign settlers to tasks, either in workshop mode, or using the Vault-Tec population management terminal.
To assign a settler to a resource, simply aim your crosshair at a settler and then "Command" them with the interact button (you will see the options on the bottom). Then hover your crosshair over the object you want to assign them to and hit the interact button again to "Assign".
Trying to assign them only makes the settler to walk over there, and then moving back to where they first were, and no confirmation of assignment comes up anymore. (applies to all settlers, in all villages, for any typ of assignment)
Board Fallout 4 (Xbox One) Why won't settlers go to assigned resources? This seems to be the case in all my settlements now. No matter what sort of resource it is - store, food, guard post,...
The 'assign' command just did nothing. It acted like I never even hit the button. No matter how long I waited or how many times I pressed it. It wouldn't allow me to assign anyone to anything at any settlement. It's almost as if the system was treating the assign command as if it were a 'greyed out' command button in windows.
Accepted Answer. Here's a solution, find the latest save where you still were able to assign people/ get income/ harvest crop (settlement seems to be one of fallout system), Then I deleted all mods to make sure it wouldt unexpectedly happen again, Now, 80h in & NO problem.
For Fallout 4 on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Settlement Shops, assigning settlers not working?".
This is extremely important because, your guard posts, and plants won't take care of themselves. To assign a worker you'll need to open up your building menu, and then locate the person you ...
Your save is probably set. You can try a hard reset or a cache purge and see what happens, but it's likely that the corruption is baked into the save. Xbox GT: Aiglos78. Currently playing: Smite, Witcher 3: EE, Far Cry 5. Turbo8 7 years ago #5. My game has been like this for a while and I don't have that mod.
Settlers only assign themselves to one crop For whatever reason, whenever I assign a settler to farming they only assign themselves to the crop I selected and not the others I placed. Now I can't build major settlements, which is problematic.
#1 I have been working and haven't played much so today decided to play, and noticed I had some unassigned settlers that I could manually assign to some plots, so I went into workshop mode and tried to assign them.
Premium Member. 4,583 posts. Welcome to Goodneighbor mod has a known issue of breaking the early Sanctuary quest, breaking sending companions to a settlement, assigning settlers, etc. If you used that mod on your current save game that might be your issue.
About this mod. Make the working days of your settlers more realistic and immersive. Assign up to 20 tasks to a single settler and choose from well over 150 activities. This mod will make your settlement life as realistic as never before. Including lot of settlement stuff!
For that reason, all companions were put to work in the garden. They seem to stick to that one better while unnamed settlers worked better on shops, bars and clinics. Hope that helps. The nonhuman followers will sometimes not be registered as assigned even though they are, or they will reassign themselves.