Summary
- Fallout 4's top mods, like Armorsmith Extended, enhance the clothing system and give players more style and customization options.
- Full Dialogue Interface improves the UI for dialogue in Fallout 4, displaying the entire spoken line and allowing number key selection.
- True Storms reworks the weather system, adding new storm systems, sound effects, and particle effects for a more immersive experience.
Bethesda games owe a lot of their success to mods, and Fallout 4 is no exception. The games on their own are great, but mods add a massive amount of replay value for players starting a new playthrough. Mods help older titles feel more modern and add vital improvements that a game needs.
The Best Fallout 4 Mods, Ranked
Fans of Fallout 4 have been making mods for the title ever since it was released. Here's a look at some of the absolute best of the best, ranked.
Fallout 4' s top mods give a perfect image of what the game most needs through player demand. The top mods each have millions of downloads and show the best mods that players will run. This list will ignore mods that work behind the scenes or allow other mods to function.
8 Armorsmith Extended
Downloads: 10,554,384
- Mod Author & Image Credit: Gambit77
- Mod Link: Armorsmith Extended
It's no miracle that the most downloaded mod for Fallout 4 is one that overhauls the clothing system. With the help of Armorsmith Extended, players can dress up their characters in more style and customization.
Outfits and armor can be equipped together, hats can be worn with bandannas and the ballistic weave can be added to everything. This mod improves the base game clothing system and performs a total of sixteen alterations to the game, all of which improve the armor system and give the player more freedom.
7 Full Dialogue Interface
Downloads: 6,258,626
- Mod Author & Image Credit: Cirosan
- Mod Link: Full Dialogue Interface
Fallout 4 has more dialogue than Skyrim and Fallout 3 combined. Yet all the good writing in Fallout 4 can be overshadowed at times by players guessing at what the dialogue options mean.
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Full Dialogue Interface will display the entire line spoken by the character instead of a rephrase. The mod also improves the UI for dialogue and the ability to use number keys to select the desired dialogue choice. The mod also has an option to maintain the sarcastic reply and not spoil the main character's witty humor.
6 True Storms
Downloads: 6,202,825
- Mod Author & Image Credit: fadingsignal
- Mod Link: True Storms
With a name like True Storms, little explanation is needed about what the mod does. Despite the state of the post-nuclear apocalypse, storms are tame and lack intensity. True Storms reworks the weather system in Fallout 4 and adds new storm systems, sound effects, radiation rain, and particle effects as well.
The overhauled sounds add a deeper intensity to the commonwealth and help immerse players in the radiated wastelands. Weather mods for Fallout 4 are essential for any playthrough as they all breathe life into the commonwealth, despite the irony.
5 Ponytail Hairstyles
Downloads: 5,199,015
- Mod Author & Image Credit: azarkiowa
- Mod Link: Ponytail Hairstyles
The base game options for hairstyles in Fallout 4 are outdated and leave a lot to be desired. Ponytail Hairstyles adds 32 unique hairstyles and all feature physics. Despite the name, the mod has hairstyles that are not ponytail variants.
Ponytail Hairstyles is not the only hair mod for Fallout 4, but the textures elevate the vanilla style and do not alter the hair too much. Other hair mods add hairstyles that may not match a post-apocalyptic world, which gives Ponytail Hairstyles a large advantage.
4 The Eyes Of Beauty
Downloads: 4,908,165
- Mod Author & Image Credit: LogRaam
- Mod Link: The Eyes Of Beauty
Immersive mods in Fallout 4 generally focus on HUD improvements, weather overhauls, or better lighting. The base game eyes in Fallout 4 are a little dark and soulless, but The Eyes Of Beauty fixes this issue.
The Eyes Of Beauty brightens up the eyes and doubles the base game eye resolution. This mod will replace some of the vanilla eyes and adds several new eye colors to the game. The new colors range from turquoise, purple, copper, dark brown, and hazel.
3 Place Everywhere
Downloads: 4,833,991
- Mod Author & Image Credit: TheLich
- Mod Link: Place Everywhere
The building mechanics for Fallout 4 give the ability to build a variety of things, but players may feel too restricted by where they can build. Players can have more creative freedom if they can Place Everywhere. This mod removes most building restrictions and even allows players to move workshop benches and power armors.
The mod allows players to undo their last 10 actions while building by using the backspace key and makes precise positioning of objects easier. Place Everywhere is essential for anyone seeking to invest in exploring the building mechanics of Fallout 4.
2 Homemaker
Downloads: 4,692,187
Nothing makes a house feel like a home more than good decoration. Homemaker adds a staggering 100 new craftable objects for decoration and allows many base game objects to be crafted. Fallout 4 is among the best RPGs with a housing system and Homemaker expands the decor system even more.
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The decorative objects work indoors and outdoors, with new items ranging from functioning streetlights, refrigerators, satellite dishes, dumpsters, new tables and chairs, couches, bookshelves, and more. Players will spend countless hours building settlements with their new arsenal of decor.
1 Improved Map With Visible Roads
Downloads: 4,632,213
- Mod Author & Image Credit: mm137
- Mod Link: Improved Map With VIsible Roads
With a straightforward name like Improved Map With VIsible Roads, players already know what the mod offers. The vanilla map is lackluster and is only helpful for vague directions and fast traveling. The Improved Map mod offers an extremely detailed map of Fallout 4 with clear roads, train tracks, accurate map marker placement, and numbered grid lines.
The mod provides three levels of brightness and has support for the Far Harbor DLC as well. The higher contrast of the new map spoils players with an easy-to-use design that is excellent for players who love to rely on a map to navigate.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 87 /100 Critics Rec: 89%
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- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
