The best Fallout 4 settlement mods (so far)

Fallout 4 is a game about building. Let's face it.

Now that Fallout 4 is a few months old and everyone's finished questing, dungeon diving and wacky build runs, the real work can begin: building chains of settlements while we wait for DLC.

They say the most creative work occurs when you work within restrictions, but if you're on PC, the modding scene has delivered a ton of new materials, solutions to common problems, new features and much, much more. Our picks for the best of the bunch are below.

What you won't find listed are purely decorative elements, or anything egregiously cheesy (nuclear turrets that don't require power and provide hundreds of points of defence, for example). This list is all about helping you build the settlement of your dreams while staying within the lore as much as possible - although the "build anywhere" one is definitely open to abuse.

As ever, be wary when using mods; they don't always play nice with each other, and there's no guarantee they won't bork your install and save games. Back up your stuff before you start messing around. With that caveat behind us, enjoy!

Expanding and modifying your usable space:

• Buildable Farmland by Lapdragon
• Working Food Planters by Dominik Rungelrath
• Build Anywhere - NO GODMODE by Evil0z - Resinate
• Move that Workbench by Necrocytosis
• Scrap dead things by PixelMurder
• Scrap Everything by shadowslasher410
• Builders Budget by Simjedi

Functional alternatives to existing items:

• Sandbags Defence Wall by Eferas
• Water Towers by KnarD
• Craftable Animated Water Wells by DDProductions83
• Craftable Solar Panels and Fusion Reactors by DDProductions83
• Better Settlement Beds by Eferas
• Additional Shop and Guard position variants by Evul
• Locked Settlement Doors by Symbiant

Buildings and components:

• Stackable Floor Small by modlurker
• Snap'n Build by ad3d0 (industrial bridges, greenhouse, capsule, bunker)
• Snap'n Build - Metal Windows by ad3d0
• Snap'n Build - Wooden Windows by ad3d0
• Auto Doors by Wenderer
• Snappable Covenant Walls by NovaCoru
• Craftable Interior Shack Doorway Wall by DDProductions83
• Craftable Tall Walls and Spacers by DDProductions83
• Craftable Pillars and Support braces by DDProductions83
• Craftable Elevators by DDProductions83
• Craftable Animated Bridges by DDProductions83
• Craftable Ramps and Rails by DDProductions83
• Craftable Glass Stuffs by DDProductions83
• 1x1 Craftable Foundation Pieces by DDProductions83
• Stackable Wood Foundations by DDProductions83
• Stackable Concrete Foundations by DDProductions83
• Stackable Brick Wall Foundations by mm137
• Fallout Pool Party by Mr J
• Expanded Settlement Buildings by FloorBelow
• Simple Intersection by Draco856
• Ploppable Houses by J