Are you ready to awaken from cryogenic sleep and leave Vault 111? The wasteland of Fallout 4 awaits you with lots of adventure but also numerous dangers. Since the world is open to you right from the start, it may be difficult to get your bearings and you don't know what to do first. In our beginner's guide with numerous tips, we explain to you how to optimally prepare yourself for the first hours of the post-apocalypse role-playing game.
At first you can 21 points on the seven attributes Strength, Perception, Stamina, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck distribute. In our overview of all SPECIAL videos, the attributes are explained to you in an easy-to-understand manner using funny films. If you are dissatisfied with your decision afterwards, you can redistribute your points again shortly before leaving the vault. This is your last chance! You can then add individual attributes as well as perks and their Increase ranks with your skill pointsfrom which you gets one per level up.
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Tip 3: Getting started and quests
At the start you have nothing more than your vault suit and a pistol with some ammunition. So you shouldn't necessarily run blindly into the desert, otherwise you'll quickly become prey to the next Yao Guai. Follow the main quest, which takes you to Sanctuary and Codsworth. You then leave the settlement to the south over a small bridge. There you will find a dead raider with better armor, resources and ammunition. A little further south you finally come to Red Rocket rest stop, where your first companion Dogmeat is already waiting for you. This supports you in battle and also tracks down useful objects in the area.
The path takes you further south into the larger settlement Concord, where you meet Preston Garvey and the Minutemen and fight your first major fights. You then have two larger options.
You can go Diamond City go to look for your son Shaun close. You can also get countless other missions there. Alternatively, you can first go back to Sanctuary go to help Preston Garvey and the Minutemen rebuild the settlement.
With the latter option you have the option Workshop system to get to know. More on this below.
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Tip 4: Workshop and building settlements
Building entire settlements using the workshop is a new big feature Fallout 4. To familiarize yourself with this, return to Sanctuary, where Preston Garvey will meet you after a conversation Sturges which gives you many small quests to rebuild Sanctuary. You can call up the workshop menu within the boundaries of a settlement by pressing the corresponding button Structures, energy resources, furniture and decorations build up. The aim of this is to increase the morale of your population and attract new settlers. You have to satisfy the following factors:
EatWaterenergyProtectionbeds
In order to build new items, you need materials that you can get through Recycling of scrap wins. You can already find this in large numbers throughout the settlement and can break it down into useful individual components at the simple push of a button. However, for the rare materials you have to look outside of settlements. In our big guide to recycling scrap, we'll tell you how best to collect scrap and find the rarest ingredients.
Settlements are sometimes also by Raiders ambushed. Therefore, to protect yourself, gradually set up better defenses such as Protective walls and automated guns on. You will also be notified of an attack and can rush to help. All further Information about settlement construction and a map with the Locations of all 30 workshop settlements can be found in our comprehensive guide:
Tip 5: Dialogues and decisions
You can do a lot in Fallout 4 through conversations. Depending on your attitude, conflicts can be resolved completely diplomatically and without the use of weapons. Of course, you can also offend everyone and provoke fights. You always choose four dialogue optionseach of which expresses the following intentions.
the top option is always inquiring and investigative. This way you get the most information on a topic left option is more like direct and sometimes you can here too sarcastic comments from you give.the right option is rude and aggressive and creates conflict or simply serves as a rejection of a question bottom option is benevolent designed towards the interlocutor and usually supports one optimistic mindset.
Yours also comes during conversations Charisma value in the game. Depending on the situation, you can do this with a correspondingly high value Additional Information get, on orders negotiate higher crown cap amounts or with your counterpart to flirt. You can recognize such a conversation option by its coloring, which also reflects the difficulty of the attempt at persuasion.
Yellow – SimpleOrange – MediumRed – Hard
If your attempt at persuasion doesn't work, you can create a save file beforehand and reload it if necessary.
Tip 6: Companions and Companions
In Fallout 4, more and more companions will gradually join you. Whole 13 Companions you can recruit in the wasteland. In the following companion guides you will find information about the locations of the individual companions and also find out how you can increase your relationship with them.
Preston Garvey GuidePiper GuidePaladin Danse GuideDogmeat GuideCodsworth GuideStrong GuideNick Valentine GuideCait GuideMacCready GuideCurie GuideX6-88 GuideDeacon GuideHancock Guide
Tip 7: Collectibles
The craze for collecting is worth it in Fallout 4. You can find magazines and the Vault-Tec bobbleheads everywhere, which not only make beautiful decorations, but also yours Permanently improve skills and perks. We'll show you in the guide to all the bobbleheads Locations of the bobbleheads in the video.
We will also guide you to all Hot Rodder magazines that will unlock paint finishes for your Power Armor.
15 more quick tips
In Vault 111 Shortly before the exit you will find a locked closet with it Cryolator. This weapon can freeze enemies and blast them into ice cubes. However, you have to pick a master lock to do this. You can only learn the corresponding rank of the perk at level 18 at the earliest. However, it doesn't hurt to remember the location and come back later. You can also find it in Vault 111 your first at the cafeteria terminal Holotape game with the name Red Menacea Fallout version of the classic Donkey Kong.Collects rare scrap metal! Junk is very important in Fallout 4 because you can dismantle everything and reuse it to make all sorts of items. We'll show you how you can increase the load capacity in Fallout 4. Are you experiencing a shortage of certain materials? Then activate it in the inventory for searching. For scrap in the game world that contains a desired material, a Magnifying glass icon displayed next to it.Lift up Technical documents and Appropriate blood samples on. You can get these from the scholars and doctors Brotherhood of Steel for each 25 bottle caps exchange.Use the quick selection! You can save up to 12 weapons and tools as favorites on the control pad and quickly select them in hectic situations. You cannot use power armor endlessly. They consume Fusion Cores, which have to be found in the game world. You will always find them as components in large machines. Not just yourself, but Your companions can also use the power armor. Simply give him the command to get into an empty power armor by aiming at it. This means they are optimally protected in combat. Make use of them as quickly as possible Weapon mods! The normal shooting irons you find don't really do much damage in their base form. So use upgrades that you can install on weapon workbenches in different settlements. You don't always have to dismantle scrap if you want to use its materials. If you are at a crafting station, for example for weapons or armor, your scrap will automatically be dismantled and recycled during construction. If you always want to dismantle your scrap carefully and immediately, this is only possible in workshop settlements within the green marked boundaries or in your house Diamond City. Simply throw the scrap on the ground in front of you and dismantle it. The materials are immediately transferred to the respective workbench. Materials and scrap are always tied to the respective workshop settlement. If you want to use them in other settlements, you either have to carry them there yourself or you can learn how to do so first rank of the Local Leader perk in the Charisma talent tree, which allows you to set up supply routes between settlements. Get regular sleep. This grants you the perk after getting up Well rested. This guarantees you +10% experience for a limited time.Want to make settings for Fallout 4? We'll show you how to change the language and remove the frame rate limit to increase the FPS.Choose your companions based on the quests you want to tackle. Do you do missions for them? Minutementake Preston with, you are for them Brotherhood of Steel on the way, recruited Paladin Danse etc. In this way you can increase your relationships with the companions, as you are traveling in their interest and completing quests for the respective faction.