How To Get Maximum Settlement Happiness In Fallout 4 2020

Ah, the dreaded achievement for maximum settlement happiness in Fallout 4. This rage inducing piece of digital bling – Benevolent Leader, despite how hard it is to achieve, is only a Bronze Trophy on PlayStation… Ridiculous!

To kick things off, if you want to get maximum settlement happiness in Fallout 4, Do Not Use Sanctuary! There’s an unfixed bug that will keep you at 98 – 99. Also, make sure you Do Not Have a Follower, because their happiness will be included when you’re at the settlement.

Step 1

There’s a common misconception when trying to get the maximum settlement happiness in Fallout 4. The description states that it needs to be a large settlement, which is completely wrong. Choosing a smaller Fallout 4 settlement and getting it to maximum happiness will still net you the trophy! The highest success rate is at Coastal Cottage.

Step 2

Make sure your settlement only has a maximum of 2 settlers

Step 3

Build a First Aid Station and a Bar, and assign them to your settlers

Step 4

Put beds in an area with walls and a roof

Step 5

Add power to the bedroom area (aim for 25 power)

Step 6

Aim for 25 water and 25 food (keeping the work bench stocked with food is all you need to do)

Step 7

Put a tall fence around the perimeter and put turrets up outside the fence (aim for 25 defence.) You can get unlimited resources for turrets using this unlimited resources glitch

Step 8

Settlers eat from the food put in the work bench, so make sure you keep it well stocked with plenty of different crops. Be sure to top it up every few days!

Step 9

Put a bed down in the cave for yourself and keeping sleeping there for 24 hours (leave the settlement in for a while and come back every few days, your settlement happiness should jump up quite considerably)

Step 10

Every 72 hours make you’ve stocked the work bench up with food again

Step 11

If you haven’t hit 100 settlement happiness after weeks of sleeping and fast travelling, it’s time for the secret weapon to give it the final boost. The Junkyard Dog! Firstly pop down a dog house and bowl in a sheltered area.

Now there are three ways you can get a Junkyard Dog to stay in your settlement. The most time consuming, would be to find a character roaming the wasteland, named Gene. He’s selling a dog for 250 caps, and you can send this dog straight to your settlement. It will boost happiness to 100 and will also add 5 defence.

The quicker ways would be to either purchase the Far Harbour DLC for Fallout 4, which allows you to buy dogs from vendors. Or you could purchase the Wasteland Workshop DLC, which allows you to build a cage in your settlement and catch a dog. Both of these ways will offer the same type of dog, giving a huge boost to settlement happiness and +5 to defence!

Step 12

Once you have the dog, sleep for a few more days, keeping the food stocked up, and you’ll finally have maximum settlement happiness in Fallout 4!

Want to know some of the most easy to do glitches that still work in 2020 for Fallout 4? Check out our list of them here!