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Requirements

This section tells you what you need for this guide.

Accounts

  • A Nexusmods account
  • Optional: A Discord account
    • You need Discord if you want to download PANPC, the best AI mod for Fallout 4
    • All mods from Discord will be optional in this guide

Software

  • An English copy of Fallout 4 from Steam or GOG
    • Only the English version of the game is supported for maximum compatibility; translations can conflict with mods and cause
    • The Bethesda.net and Xbox Game Pass versions of the game are unsupported, as they do not work with F4SE which is essential for many mods.
  • All DLCs for Fallout 4 (except the High Resolution Texture Pack DLC)
  • Windows 10 or higher (64-bit)
  • An archiving tool (I recommend 7-Zip)

  • The latest VC++ Redistributables:

  • A text editor (I recommend Notepad++, but the default Windows notepad will work)

  • The latest GPU drivers (either NVIDIA or AMD)

Here are the (minimal) recommended specs for being able to run the game at 60FPS in 1080p with the High preset:

  • Storage: SSD with 55 GB of free drive space
  • CPU: Matching or surpassing the single-thread performance of a Ryzen 5 1600.
  • RAM: 16 GB of RAM
  • GPU: Matching or surpassing the performance of a GTX 960 or R9 290. 4GB or more of VRAM.

Information about the Next-Gen Update of Fallout 4

Fallout 4 got a "Next Gen" update in April 2024.

  • Many mods do not support this "Next Gen" version, because it broke a lot of mods and has several severe bugs/issue
  • The stance of the modding community is to downgrade Fallout 4 for maximum mod compatibility
  • This guide will tell you how to downgrade Fallout 4 (it is very easy to do that)