

You often have to scrap these items into their salvageable parts - by highlighting them in workshop mode - to make them useful, repurposing them into new items for a settlement or even a new weapon. Scrapping gives new life to old junkīrooms, toasters and refrigerators had their usefulness before The Great War, and these objects can still serve a purpose even in the wasteland.

You can also forget about them if the items are common enough to possibly find in future quests. Once you've unloaded your current haul, you can come back for the things you couldn't carry. When are over capacity, you can use the Pip-Boy's sorting options to prioritize items by value or weight, and drop the least important goods. Expect to drop off items on a regular basis given that you can only carry so many items at a time.

Sanctuary Hills is a safe area to drop off your stuff in one place it's not as if you have to worry about leaving your belongings unattended. To take a page from the Skyrim playbook, don't be afraid to be a hoarder. The value of some goods isn't apparent at initial glance. Investigate every drawer and open every fridge you'll never know what you might find. From a fallen Raider's wardrobe to a dilapidated manager's office in a supermarket, items are everywhere. Pick up everythingįallout 4 is as much about resource gathering as it is about killing enemies and completing quests. It offers enemies a very slim chance at hitting you while you're in VATS mode. Whereas the previous games let you freeze time, VATS in Fallout 4 only slows it down. You'll see a vastly different set of numbers when you use VATS against an enemy who is partially hidden in cover versus an enemy who is standing at point-blank range. The higher the percentage, the more likely you'll score a hit. VATS is doubly helpful in giving you hit percentage readouts of each arm, leg and the head. Provided you're good at managing your Action Points (AP), VATS allows you to pick body parts on your enemies for selective targeting.

Inspired by the body targeting feature in the original Fallout, the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System offers an immense advantage in battle. The Pip-Boy doesn't classify or sort quests based on main missions and optional ones, but the Stats section does keep track of the different quest categories as you complete them. You can reorganize items by weight if you'd like to lighten your load efficiently, and you can sort weapons and armor by their damage ratings. This iteration of the Pip-Boy is fairly simple and intuitive, though be sure to take advantage of its less obvious features, like the sorting option in the Inventory section. The Map not only lets you set a custom waypoint, it's also the section that grants you fast travel. It functions as an interactive in-game menu, addressing an array of practical needs such as equipping weapons and apparel. The ubiquitous Fallout personal assistant is as helpful as ever. Our tips will help you make the most of your first dozen hours in the Commonwealth. And whether you've played every game in the franchise or this is your first Fallout game (let alone your first Bethesda RPG), the Settlements feature will be new to everyone. Everyone else wants you dead.Īs a quest-driven role-playing game, Fallout 4 is mostly familiar and straightforward, but that doesn't mean you can't use some help in starting off on the right foot. Some survivors eke out a living and welcome your talents. Fallout 4's Commonwealth isn't the most miserable, unwelcoming setting for a video game, but it's still darn unpleasant and hostile.
