I like how I'm like 2 years late to all these things but still enjoying the heck outta your videos..

Lol this is the first time I have ever seen someone use scaffolding for its intended purpose in a game

I'll put another happy little turret right here...everybody needs a friend. When super mutants raid your camp they'll just beat the devil out of em.

I've recently been on a building binge and you have been a great resource! Thank you for this incredible series.

A comment on putting turrets higher up for greater range: in one of my playthroughs, I had built some fairly tall turret platforms in both Abernathy Farm and Red Rocket Truck Stop. I was jogging along the road and just passing Concorde when I saw a BOS vertibird open fire on RRTS. RRTS responded with MG, laser and missiles. The vertibird started to back away towards the water tower when suddenly, I saw lasers and missles coming in from Abernathy! That vertibird was stuck in a cross fire and disintegrated! Also, one other playthrough, I was at that school near Murkwater, the ghouls started to swarm me and just after the fight started, they were being hit by my turrets in Murkwater. Those turrets have a lot of range if you give them line of sight!

5:30 love the calming bob ross "happy little turrets" approach. Feels warm and cozy, makes me sleepy and feel safe.

5:33 😆 You totally are the Bob Ross of settlement building. When im in a rush to see the painting its annoying but if im chillin or trying to crash out its suddenly the most relaxing happy video.

Definitely Old-school Bob Ross! We love it!

I hope fallout 5 has the settlement building but on a much much bigger level! Much bigger.

The other advantage to having turrets at a higher level is that they are more immune to damage from suicide mutants with mini nukes who can easily wipe out several turrets at ground level and therefore have high walls like the shack foundation or the high metal per made pieces with standard wood floor on top to provide a bit of height for the turrets when building a wasteland base usually at the red rocket outside sanctuary which is a quiet place but still comes under attack once you enter diamond city

Just discovered your channel upon me re-playing Fallout 4 this month. Great work! Really helpful!

Codsworth needed an oil change.

You are so awesome I just want to let you know about that I think it's great how you always seem to find a way to include everybody whether they have a DLC or not you try to make everybody included and I think it's awesome please keep up the good work I'm going to pass word around to my friends see if they'll subscribe to you

Oh, damn that dude looks exactly right for the teacher.

I was getting some savage settlement attacks out at Warwick Homestead. It would be high level super mutants or gunners. They would be bullet sponges so it would take me a ton of rounds to kill them and of course by then the settlement would be all messed up. I finally built some towers like this with laser and missile turrets so now I just show up there and see the bodies flying through the air.

Just found this series and have already learned a lot about settlement building in Fallout 4. This video in particular has shown me something I've never considered and it's a lot more practical than how I normally build defenses. Definitely going to take a harder look at settlement building after this series.

Finally playing fallout 4 for the first time and you've been a great resource for my new found love for building. Thank you!!

I finally gave this game a try when I found it for sale at GameStop a year ago. And discovering videos like this helped me when it came to the countless hours lost in settlement build mode. ❤🎉

This turret defence looks awesome and love the way you walked is tho the process step by step

Love the vid, always looking for new way to build my gun towers. I usually just build them using the scaffolding and then put 2 heavy machine guns on either end, then layer them 3 platforms high . Never even considered the Vault tec DLC stuff. Makes me want to actually finish my Vault 88 Build to unlock this stuff so I can build it out in the world.

Your tutorials are still going strong. I've been building your gun towers and using the WIFI glitch to put heave lasers on them. Thanks for your help

Over a year has passed, still this is one of the niftiest tutorials around. Easy to do and surely functional. And the Bob Ross pun still gets me everytime. :)

I was finally able to buy the dlc's. After all these years I can finally use all of your tips and tricks 😍

I just started FO4 in Oct and your vids have been very helpful

Great idea, I didn't think of Vault items which I have access to. Using it outside didn't occur to me at all. Thanx😀

I should have known this was you!! Saw the thumbnail and clicked on it right away

I love your style man. The outro music and intro is awesome.

I love the turret tower idea, thanks for sharing :)

What a fantastic video. Came across this today and now about to watch more.

Bob Ross....thats awesome! Those were the good old days!

Your videos always make me feel bad about the crude surrealism of my settlements -- turrets floating in the air, beds in the middle of the cornfield, etc. When I get a new PC, I'm going to start a "high-quality settlement" playthrough.

I saw a video (maybe yours?!) that they had a small wood floor piece floating in air, then a fan on the bottom and a turret on top and the fan was spinning thanks to power hub on the ground. The whole thing was like 2-3 stories high and it made it look like the turrets were flying on the fan. Could do the same thing with large floor piece and 4 fans, 4 turrets for the quadcopter look.

I love it! I put a couple at Taffington. Because it seemed like every time I showed up there I would get jumped by bloodbugs. Now I don't even have to turn around!

Just started a new game so revisiting all of these videos. Best series ever. They've enhanced my enjoyment immeasurably.

Once we have enough settlements that have joined the Minute Men. We will have these everywhere. Great job General. I have another settlement that requires your help. I'll mark it on your map

I am apparently 5yrs late to the party. I jus moved from 360 to S and then stumbled into your feed. Love the tips and tricks. I almost have wireless down and just figured out how to do lighting. Thank you so much.

Awesome series so far! Here is a tip for you: you can actually jump while in in workshop mode!!! Instead of exiting build mode to jump from the scaffolding to the top of the tower, you can use the "Y" button (Xbox) to jump so that way you don't have to wait for the menu delay. This is actually really helpful when you have obstacles in your way and need to get past them while holding an object for example. Check it out and make sure to share with the community!

Man, these look bad ass! Can't wait to build some.

I've just recently decided to join your patreon, and I posted some variants/improvements on this design that I came up with (and even though I'm one of those feeelthy modders, my tower builds are still 100% vanilla).

If you ever attend gaming conventions in LA, specifically the Strategicon events, I'd love to buy you a drink. These videos have renewed my love of Fallout IV. :) And especially settlements.

Just wanted to give you a shout out! Love the videos and I love your channel. Like many new people I just stumbled upon it. Really enjoy the content and how helpful it all is. Like many have mentioned before me, you really do have a voice for this sort of thing. I look forward to future content, keep up the awesome videos!

I did a similar thing where I built an overhang on the "front" of the castle (facing Boston, not Spectacle Island) and used scaffolding to "support" the structure. What I ended up doing was stacking two of the 4 post scaffs and then put the boards down on the first one (the second snapping to the floors of the overhang) and placed turrets on there. Yours look very great for vault builds, but thought I'd toss an idea to keep with the "Fallout feel". Great idea though!

great video as always but i have to remind you that raiders (and only raiders) may attack from any side of settlements. they can even spawn inside buildings etc. man your videos make me wanna play it again :)

I have probably played through FO4 at least 10 now. It has become my fallback game when I am between other games however, due to your videos, I never realized all the things you can really do in-game. I never did the Vault 88 quest line because I got bored clearing out all the tunnel complex but now that I know you can use all the items from the Vault at Commonwealth settlements, I will be playing again and will especially use the hidden wire glitches. Thanks.

great vid and like you said it's a good tip for beginners

I have recently been pointed to your channel and this series. Great stuff, I consider myself a pretty good builder too, and so far I am familiar with all of the techniques but you have some very interesting ideas and such. I can't wait to finish the series and see what else you have in store.

This is going to clean up my settlements so much! I pretty much just got the game, so I am learning alot from these videos! Thank you! By the way, I have been a long time Fallout fan

You sir have just earned yourself another subscriber. I really enjoy your vids. You seem like a really down to earth person. Cheers!

6:35 😁✊ Thanks fam. I can break the scorn look on my face now haha.

Gonna have to use this technique. Graygarden attacks are what prompted me to make monster bots. Lost Supervisor White in a raider strike, then lost two more Mr. Handy's. Replaced them with souped-up sentry bots with assaultron legs, double mortar launchers, & double Gatling lasers & voltaic frames in every slot available. Use the same config for my robot caravans. What are they called? If they're stationed in Graygarden, they're Graygardener-01 for example. The ones which take to the roads are Graywanderers. Did you know the robots you make level with you? Most settlers & bots have a fixed level which is relatively low. The robot logistics train levels up each time you do. Can make them pretty terrifying. I've seen them solo deathclaws & handle super mutants & ghoul gang-bangs with ease. Thanks for all this info, Paul. You're a gentleman & a scholar.

Great vid and nice change in the outfit!

This is so helpful I'm going so share this for sure

I absolutely lots my shit when you showed the select button/bumper trick. This is going to make building roofs that don’t leak so much easier without having to pile scrap together in a huge mess haha

I was hurt on the job and had to have surgery so to pass time I got into FO4. Man I wish I wouldve been playing years ago. Great game and you earned a Sub for all your Fantastic content and tips 👏 so Thank You very Much!

God, I wish I had found this years ago. "Its over, Anakin".

If you use the doublestack support base and have it high enough you could place 4 more gun points on there too so if they close in on the settlement you have extra firepower finish them off

As always, another great job!!!🖒🖒

I like using scaffolding for these, looks great imho in the surroundings. I have a tower with 2 rocket launcher turrets at The Slog targeting the foundry because every time enemies spawn there, they start attacking The Slog and my provisioners passing through.

Rug glitch works on turrets, so you can even make this with 8 turrets. I made some concrete laser towers, using the round pièces, it looks like some light house, but with 12 Deadly heavy laser turrets on it watching any direction, when it shoots its hell on earth.

This will actually help me so much thanks man

As always another awesome tutorial vid! As our British or Aussie brothers say "Good on ya!"

Awesome tower. Personally I’d probably put turrets on the bottom of the column too just in case, but great design!

This is a really cool idea and vide! I would probably never find a way to make this by myself. 👍

Loving the intro music 🎶🎶

Codsworth in the dunny. That bit was enough for me to be glad i watched this.

I love your vids. I'm a mod builder but I still love these builds. My workshop takes an age to load (mods) so I'm always a lil jealous when you quickly jump in and out of workshop. Hope you're still doing fallout 4 vids

I did the same thing before, but I created a bridge going across with the double support. You could also use the big ramp one before you start its a scaffolding with the look of a vault.

Great videos Great presentation I love you man.

Hey skooled i have built at grayguarden and the enemies do spawn at the back just not as often just a note to let you know thanks love the vids

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but enemies also spawn from those two houses across and down the hill a bit from Grey Garden. I had a whole swarm of ghouls rush me from there. Your turrets are in the perfect location to take care of those too!

awesome design i haven’t got the vault structure i might next play through your series has inspired me. i love the un-modded base building part of the game - is that bumpers trick only on xbox 1? ill be trying it. happy holidaze !

These guard towers are really cool! Although I like to do a lot of my own fighting because it's fun haha :)

I am still digging your Skool Zone....

Without knowing about this video I would probably known too late I can build vault tech structures to other settlements, I will start vault 88 quest now

The missile turrets are fucking dangerous. One of my settlements always fast travels me directly into a sea of explosions and death whenever I show up for defense.

Could you make a video or Xtra credit for enemy spawn-points?

4:15 Thanks for the prefab tip. Much quicker then using stairs and it has built in railings.

That's a lot fancier than my Wooden Shack Bridge approach. It must work great with Missile Turrets, since a generator can be placed up there safely and you can attach some fences to block the missile turret's line of fire against the settlement proper.

Noice job!

Great video.

God I love that into tune

I always put the turrets on the roofs or catwalks. I start with the level 2 guns minimum, but upgrade later to heavy lasers, rocket launchers, and search lights when I get fusion generators built in each settlement. I never bought the contraptions, workshop, or vault.

To align the towers place a vault floor on the liwer tower. Place floors side by side over to your other location so yo can align them evenly height and placement.

ah man this is nice ill ave to redo my turrets now lol

I've had bad luck with turrets shooting at and hitting each other in a setup like this one. Which makes them go crazy and attack anything and everything, including settlers. If an enemy appears, they *will* shoot. They will make no attempt to avoid shooting another turret in the way. I prefer to set up turrets where they can only shoot outwards from a settlement, and where they can't shoot each other. Which means placing some barriers in directions that I don't want them to shoot. One can do this from raised platforms, too. If enemies get past the turrets and into the settlement, welp, it'll be up to the settlers to deal with it. And me, of course. :-)

Love those turret towers. If you're interested, I can get you a link showing all enemy spawn points for every settlement. Most of my first playthrough settlements have missile turrets. I haven't lost a settler yet, but there's always a chance. They are definitely a high risk, high reward option. Places like Murkwater (if the Mirelurk queen doesn't respawn) with only one spawn point is a good choice for missile turrets.

This is such a great idea! I've just been building extra floors to put my turrets on. But they're also the basic turrets and I'm in the early parts of the game still. Does this mean they can shoot down, not just on an even plane?

BONUS TIPS!! TIP 1) Turrets have a 360 degree arc. Yup, that's right! Just because they "patrol" in one small arc, doesn't limit them from shooting enemies behind them. It's important to note that if an enemy hasn't been spotted behind them yet, they will not see them. Having a setup like this helps you for a number of reasons. First, the detection arcs overlap. This let's the turrets overlap their patrol area to spot enemies sooner. Secondly. They have each other's backs. Meaning; while turrets can't detect enemies that are behind them (unless they get shot), the turrets on either side have an increased chance to spot the enemy, thus alerting the non facing turret, as well as any others nearby. TIPS 2) When placing the heavy machine gun turret, notice the model number (mkI, mkIII, mkV). This coincides with the leveled enemies map overlay (a map that shows the relative difficulty levels of enemies in that area). As a rule of thumb, Sanctuary is a low level area, and as you go farther south/south-east, the enemies get higher in levels. What does that have to do with this tip? Placing the heavy MG turret will place different leveled turrets based on location. For example, placing the heavy MG turret in Sanctuary will give you a mkI turret, while placing the same turret at Somerville Place will give you the mkv. Here's the real tip. You can change/toggle the level of the heavy MG turret in the build menu. To do this, select the turret and before you place it, rotate it to see which model it is. If it's mkI, use the arrow keys/d-pad to back out of the turret selection, and reselect it (down, then up on the D-pad for consoles). It will cycle through the different models that you've unlocked. I'm not sure how they unlock, but, my guess is your character level and/or how far into the higher leveled parts of the map you've visited. Most times you can place the mkV at any location if you cycle through them enough times. TIP 3) Knowledge is power! You don't need to line your settlement with turrets. And we should all know by now that totally enclosing your settlements with walls, does nothing. Since enemies have spawn points within several settlements' boundaries and enemies will teleport towards the center of a settlement based on the amount of time it takes you to arrive at the attack. Now, hear me out on this one. You can do two things here. One, you can guess where the spawn points are. OR, look up a video where someone has enabled a mod that puts waypoints in the settlements where the spawn points are. From experience, I can tell you, without mods, that Graygarden has several spawn points. One is up the hill along the rails (this one might just be a random wandering enemy encounter route). One is actually next to the farm house. And another is next to the car you can win (like, right next to it). I think there is another one to the east, but I've never been attacked from that direction. What does this mean? Group your defenses around those spots. I've totally enclosed the enemy spawn point at my Longfellows Cabin Settlement (only one spawn point there), turning it into a glass walled death trap for all to see! Things to take away from this video: The tower build is ideal for large area coverage, and it saves valuable building space. Being higher up also means that they can see farther as well. BONUS NON-RELATED TIDBIT Place turrets on top of the Finch Farm overpass along the broken roadway facing the junkyard (I forgot what it's called), and Saugus Ironworks. Now, sit back and watch the show! A few of the gunners that spawn on the other part of the overpass are within targeting range of your turrets and they will continually shoot that area. This will bait and switch them (or kite them, if you prefer). Once they figure out where they're being shot from, they will all start to make their way towards Finch Farm. Along the way, they will once again get within firing range and line of sight of those same turrets. They will never make it to the farm alive! ENJOY!!

Trust me, you won't die from falling while in build mode. I have a 4 story apartment settlement home... I fell off the top of the 4th floor, trying to install some turrets. I didn't die. Wearing only my vol-tech jumpsuit

I love building walls because I can keep THEM in rather than out so that they could escape. For that very reason, I build turrets facing both out and inward in my settlements.

А теперь тебе придётся чтобы их чинить, каждый раз строить кучу всего. Из далека турели с одной стороны легче атаковать и вывести из строя. Лучшее решение - всё огородить заборами, и сделать проход для торговцев такой, чтобы гостя сразу встречало 4-5 турелей и нельзя было из далека их увидеть и расстрелять.

2021 AND now I'm using your videos because i have a new PC, and now o can play the GAME xD

Wow I had no idea you could move pieces like that.... Daaamn

I watched another video for all the spawn points and just got done going to every settlement that I have and built my towers near them. I'm short on oil (and bone) so I can't fully arm them yet, but getting there. I love this design but I altered it slightly. I used the taller base that you used on the southern tower here, but instead of the two separate pieces for the column, I used a pre-fab'd shorter column with both a flat top and bottom. It's about two selections away from one of the columns you used. I place 4 of the same type of turrets in the same position on the top, but I also place 4 more on the slightly lower level but not in the corners, but staggered with the ones on the top level. So basically 8 turrets per tower, 4 on each level staggered. Nothing's going to bother my settlements, LOL. Any tips on finding/making oil or finding an abundance of bone? Great video, thanks!

You can easily fine tune the placement of the turrets without having to climb the tower if you place a floor tile on the ground and then place your turrets. Then you can move the floor tile to the top of the tower and it will snap it place from the ground without any problems.

Hi I have been watching alot of your videos and wondered watch tower with an elevator

I just discovered you. I think this is a great series. I like the "school" theme. I can appreciate that as I'm a teacher. I think maybe your Patreon donors could be called "alumni." Lol...just an idea. I'm assuming you played FO4 on PC but your vids inspire me to dust off my X1 and play FO4 again. Keep up the good work!

I prefer to build a wall around Settlement and then use high Scaffolding with wood platform on it to mount turrets along the wall. Works similarly in concept, just more...janky-looking~

hello Skooled zone. are there any other groovy ways you could build a turret tower if you don't have the 'vault' building DLC? thanks.

I noticed you exited the workshop in order to jump. Just so you know, you CAN jump while in workshop mode. I use LB for my regular jump, and I’ve noticed that my jump turns into “Y” while in workshop mode. So it’s just a matter of figuring out which button it changes to during workshop mode.