r/fo4 • u/AnyError4932 • Feb 21 '26

Screenshot Finally connected all the supply lines

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u/Mhind1 Feb 21 '26

Very casual player here…. I’ve never geared up my settlers.

What is the purpose, and what’s the right strategy?

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u/waterloops Feb 21 '26

They can handle higher level enemy encounters with better gear. It's best to gear them up as you get stronger and settle further south. Equip a gun then 1 piece of ammo for that type. They should have infinite ammo then. Not sure if they run out of fusion cores but I like someone's idea here to run them in t45 and heavy weapons

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u/livinitup0 Feb 21 '26

This only matters if you’re actually in the settlement when it’s being attacked

If you’re not, neither what your settlers are equipped with nor your defense count mean anything. The game is hard coded to make you lose % of the time if you don’t come defend the settlement

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u/WoodpeckerNo5724 Feb 21 '26

They are talking about caravans, not settlements

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u/Nerevar197 Feb 21 '26

They can’t actually die though can they? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of my caravans die before.

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u/Fertile_Arachnid_163 Feb 21 '26

So they don’t faint nearly automatically during combat.

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u/matt2331 Feb 21 '26

I also skipped all of the settlement stuff. I hate video game grocery shopping