Fallout 4: The Best Mods to Enhance Gameplay

Bethesda’s critically-acclaimed entry into the RPG franchise, Fallout 4, is a compelling expanse in itself.

Exploring the wasteland and the Commonwealth will provide you with endless entertainment, but there is an abundance of mods out there to make that experience the best that it can be.

This guide will cover all of the best mods for Fallout 4, including graphics mods and settlement mods.

Fallout 4: The Best Mods to Enhance Gameplay

Fallout 4 Graphics Mods

Enhanced Wasteland

Enhances the colors of the wasteland
Adds vibrancy to the Commonwealth
It brings a heightened atmosphere to exploration

Lowered Weapons

Allows players to move with their gun in a lowered position
Adds more realism to exploring
Declutters the screen when traveling

Enhanced Blood Textures

Adds realistic texture and quality to blood spatter
Another detailed mod to enhance the overall gameplay

Water Enhancement Textures

Enhances every pool of water in-game by adding shine and depth of field
It brings clarity to Charles River

Decay

Adds a decay filter to gameplay
Enhances the post-apocalyptic experience
Reduces color and vibrancy for a more suitable aesthetic

Vivid Fallout

Specializes in terrain texture
Noticeably enhances landscapes
Adds to the overall experience

Texture Optimization Project

A significant upgrade to Fallout 4 texture
Adds a greater sense of realism to exploration

Fallout 4 Settlement Mods

Manufacturing Extended

Adds further manufacturing options to enhance the Contraptions DLC
New machines take junk from your inventory to make new items, generate power armor and supply endless Nuka Cola.

Homemaker – Expanded Settlements

Lifts limitations on settlement building
Allows over 100 new objects to be crafted
Adds new working planters and build sets

Sim Settlements

Allows settlers to be more independent
Settlers build objects and improve the standard of living themselves
Less frustrating and time-consuming for players

Better Settlers

Offers NPC variation
Adds over 230 new settlers
Improves the AI of NPCs

Infinite Settlers

Adds NPCs to any settlement you build
Populate hotels and houses
It adds to the hustle and bustle of gameplay if the wasteland is getting too lonely.

Better Generators

It eliminates the need to build an army of generators to power your settlements.
Ensures each generator is producing optimum power

Clean Settlement Greenhouse

Protects plants and produce in the greenhouse
Customize greenhouse
Guarantees healthy crops and population survival

Create a Settlement Anywhere

Allows players to build a settlement anywhere
Removes game’s building restriction
Build your perfect hillside settlement

Unlimited Settlement Objects

Removes object limits
Allows infinite crafting
Design your interior with as many objects as you like

Fallout 4 Gameplay Mods

Another Life

Allows players to become a Replicant Synth instead of staying human
Provides the option ‘Awaken’ in the game’s introduction
Choose one of 36 occupations, including Arsonist and a stay-at-home partner
It opens up new starting gear, weapons, perks, and locations
Changes the starting quests you are first given

Vault Girl Mod

Changes Pip-Boy into Pip-Girl
Three hairstyles to choose from

Beast Master

Allows players to tame creatures in the wild, including Deathclaws
Make wild creatures your companion.
Rename, accessorize and delegate scavenger missions to your new beast companion
You can mutate your beast companion with serums

Minecraft FO4

It brings the visual style of Minecraft to Fallout 4
Adds a new location with voxel grass, dirt, wood, and more
Raiders become creepers from the sandbox game
Settlement areas allow crafting

Be The Dog

Play the entirety of Fallout 4 as Dogmeat
Ability to choose another type of dog other than a German shepherd
Adds new bite attacks and dog-friendly gear
Recruit Dogmeat as a companion for the ultimate dog-lover’s experience in the wasteland.

Wasteland Camping

Allows you to camp wherever you want, instead of seeking shelter in abandoned places
Adds the ability to start a fire, set up tents, cook meals over the fire, and use sleeping bags to get a good night’s rest.

Wearable Backpacks

Adds backpacks to your character
Provides a visual and logical place to store your inventory
Enhances the game’s realism

Realistic Death Physics

Recalibrates gravity and other force elements on dead bodies
Stops enemies flying a great distance after punching them
Retains heavy blowbacks for more powerful weapons

Atom Bomb Babies

Replaces Fat Man Mini-Nuke ammunition with babies, including your baby.
Inspired by the 1957 song Atom Bomb Baby by The Five Stars

Take Cover

The camera pulls back into a third-person perspective when crouching or leaning against barriers.
Allows players to vault over objects in this position
Inspired by the Deus-Ex cover style

Looks Mirror

Allows the installation of character customization mirrors in any settlement
Access character creation screen at any point

Robot Home Defence

Build on the Automatron Fallout 4 DLC
Create an AI companion after ranking in Robotic Expert and Fusion Core
Protectrons, Assaultrons, and Mister Gutsies can be built
Add as many robots as you like

Clean Snap’n Build

Adds a snapping element to construction
It makes building settlements much easier

Functional Weapon Racks

Adds a functional weapons rack
Display weapons

Everyone’s Best Friend

Allows players to have a dog companion as well as a human companion
Inspired by the initial code found by Valdacil that supports the theory that this option was once possible.
Gamezo has compiled a comprehensive companion guide, which highlights all of the companion perks in Fallout 4 and helps you choose your perfect partner for the wasteland.

Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch