Fallout 4: Settlement Map & How to Unlock All Settlements

Settlements are vital to any player’s journey in Fallout 4. These are essentially abandoned spaces that might occasionally be home to different creatures or monsters. Players can do specific tasks to get control over a settlement and make it their own, like any property. Fortunately, there are numerous settlements in the game scattered throughout the map; hence, several places to conquer.

We’ve listed every settlement and the procedure to unlock them, as well as a Fallout 4 settlement map marking every settlement location.

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Every settlement in Fallout 4, and how to unlock them

There are 37 settlements in the game, which are mentioned in the table below.

Settlement Location	How to conquer
Abernathy farm	Help out the Abernathy family by retrieving a specific locket or kill the Abernathy family
Boston Airport	Complete Shadow of Steel quest or eliminate Brotherhood of Steel
Bunker Hill	Interact with Kessler after finishing The Battle of Bunker Hill quest
The Castle	Eliminate the Mirelurk queen
Coastal cottage	Eliminate the only raider in the location
County crossing	Complete a Minutemen quest
Covenant	Side with Jacob Orden during the Human Error quest or eliminate everyone at Covenant
Croup Manor	Eliminate the ghouls in the area
Egret Tours Marina	Kill Phyllis or confront her about Samue using the personal logs
Finch farm	Complete the Out of the Fire quest or eliminate the members of the Finch family
Graygarden	Complete the Troubled Waters quest or eliminate the robots in the area
Greentop Nursery	Complete a Minutemen quest
Hangman’s Alley	Eliminate the raiders in the area
Home Plate	Purchase the key from Geneva at the Diamond City Mayor’s Office for 2,000 caps to acquire the area
Jamaica Plain	Eliminate the ghouls in the area
Kingsport Lighthouse	Eliminate the worshipers of Children of Atom in the area
Murkwater construction site	Eliminate the Mirelurks in the area
Nordhagen Beach	Complete a Minutemen quest
Oberland station	Complete a Minutemen quest
Outpost Zimonja	Eliminate the raiders in the area
Red Rocket truck stop	Available by default
Sanctuary Hills	Available by default
The Slog	Complete a Minutemen quest
Somerville Place	Complete a Minutemen quest
Spectacle Island	Restore power to the circuit breaker and eliminate the Mirelurks in the area
Starlight Drive In	eliminate the mole rats in the area
Sunshine Tidings co-op	Eliminate the ghouls in the area
Taffington boathouse	Eliminate the bloodbugs in the area
Tenpines Bluff	Complete a Minutemen quest
Warwick homestead	Complete Building a Better Crop or a Minutemen quest
The Mechanist’s lair	Complete Restoring Order quest
Longfellow’s cabin	Complete Walk in the Park quest
Dalton farm	Complete the second chapter of Cassie Dalton’s quest, Blood Tide
National Park visitor’s center	Accessible after speaking with Uncle Ken in The Hold Out
Echo Lake Lumber	Complete Turn Back the Fog quest and return to Small Bertha
Vault 88	Complete Better Living Underground quest
Nuka-World Red Rocket	Complete Power Play or Open Season quest and restore Power to the Nuka-World power plant

After you have captured a settlement, you can use the structures and resources inside to build it as desired. You can also put decorations, lights, and furniture to make it aesthetically pleasing. Finally, cultivate crops, establish electricity and water sources, and fulfill the general settlement requirements. This will increase the settlement’s size over time, unlocking different perks. If you are looking for the exact locations of these settlements, refer to the Fallout 4 settlement map below.

Fallout 4 Settlement Map

The Fallout 4 settlement map above marks all the locations you need except Home Plate. Each settlement comes with its own unique story, challenges, and benefits. Players can unlock these settlements by following the respective questlines, fulfilling the settlers’ needs, and embarking on a rewarding journey of restoration and prosperity.