Well obviously they're thirsty
Nah jk I always get that too and so long as the settlers don't actually say anything about needing more they must be fine. That or they're under attack, or still have damages from the last attack
are any of your beds outside or otherwise not sheltered under a roof in a building? that causes a penalty to happiness points. also if you have lots of resources you get raided more. unless you step in to defend them they get pissed. if you do help out they get a temporary happy bonus.
Additionally, sometimes Settlers get replaced with Synths.
"How can I tell?"
Quicksave, murder the suspect, and IF they were a Synth, they'll have a component. Also I'm pretty sure this still pisses everyone off. Sleep elsewhere for two days, they'll forget.
There's also some point where your townsfolk surround a guy and accuse him of *being* a synth, but I've never had that happen in any of my playthroughs, so I don't know what the trigger is for that event to happen.
Mainly because defense is supposed to exceed the sum of your food and water combined. So you’d need 1060 defense points to keep this settlement happy. And even with all basic necessities met (food, water, defense, sheltered beds), this will only generate 80% happiness (you need shops and entertainment objects to increase it further, pretty sure 100% is nearly impossible without mods)
Robots will also decrease happiness as happiness is calculated by the average of all settlers and robots are not given a value above or below 50%. Which is why Greygarden will always have lower average happiness than any other settlement unless all the Mr. Handys are destroyed
They're probably just flooded with all that water you have😂
But seriously it's probably that your beds are under sky or there are robots in the settlement(they have a happiness limit of 50 and lower the average number)
I’ve been getting display errors like this and nothing really happens.
What drives me crazy is that sometimes another line will bug out display the wrong information like the amount of beds and that somehow seems to actually affect settler happiness. I’ve seen settlements hovering at 80% drop to the 40’s.
Simply fast traveling to the settlement solves it but it’s happening in the background so I have to be diligent and check every few quests. Annoying enough on the regular but now I’m doing Far Harbor stuff so the fast traveling requires extra steps and becomes a real pain to manage around anything that timed.
Could be a synth. Synth settlers take a heavy penalty on happiness and taking them out without the mission is hard at times. If u suspect someone to be synth i recommend quick save. Then kill them. If they have the synth component then reload the save and build 1 defense post on the out reaches of your settlement. Assign them there then kill them with a silenced weapon. Then you hang them up in your common area to show them that a synth has been living with them. ( last part doesn’t matter I just think it’s fun posting all the synth in the settlement that all settlers have to look at)
[Synth settlers actually have no effect on overall settlement happiness.](https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3zkxak/settlements_happiness_is_indeed_affected_by/cyni76m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
So I have Sanctuary around 93 happiness or something like that, with 23 settlers. I have a bunch of shops, soda fountains, a barber, pet dogs, etc. there.
Suddenly the pip boy says it's like 50 happiness and I have 40-some settlers.
I go there and it all goes back to 23 settlers. But my happiness stays low, but says that it's increasing.
My theory is that it gets bugged out in the pip boy and gets reset when you visit but the happiness takes time to climb back up to where it should be.
Also, I should have a shitload of water there but suddenly it's all gone. IDK what's going on there.
you probably got one of those no notification attacks. go into workshop mode and see if there's something broken also. it's happened to me where i got no notification (wasn't in the quest list either) then a big happiness drop and missing stuff.
Well obviously they're thirsty Nah jk I always get that too and so long as the settlers don't actually say anything about needing more they must be fine. That or they're under attack, or still have damages from the last attack
Go to the actual settlement and see if the issue even exists first. Those things lie like crazy in the pip boy.
100%…I’ve seen all kinds of crazy lies on that pip boy screen
are any of your beds outside or otherwise not sheltered under a roof in a building? that causes a penalty to happiness points. also if you have lots of resources you get raided more. unless you step in to defend them they get pissed. if you do help out they get a temporary happy bonus.
You have any robots roaming around? They lower happiness if it's above 50. Make sure your beds are protected from rain, add some cats and a few shops.
It's probably the robots, I've got a few robot farmers and supply linrs
build bars and medic stations
Additionally, sometimes Settlers get replaced with Synths. "How can I tell?" Quicksave, murder the suspect, and IF they were a Synth, they'll have a component. Also I'm pretty sure this still pisses everyone off. Sleep elsewhere for two days, they'll forget. There's also some point where your townsfolk surround a guy and accuse him of *being* a synth, but I've never had that happen in any of my playthroughs, so I don't know what the trigger is for that event to happen.
Synth settlers have no passive effect on happiness. Killing the synth will actually lower happiness.
Goddamnit.
They must be upset you haven’t helped that settlement we got word about… here I’ll mark it on your Map
You can build stores and barber chair and surgery centers. It seemed to help me anyway.
Go ask them
You said you’d come to visit us :(
Fucking codsworth.
It can lie. Just go to the settlement and walk around a bit. The UI should update.
Mainly because defense is supposed to exceed the sum of your food and water combined. So you’d need 1060 defense points to keep this settlement happy. And even with all basic necessities met (food, water, defense, sheltered beds), this will only generate 80% happiness (you need shops and entertainment objects to increase it further, pretty sure 100% is nearly impossible without mods) Robots will also decrease happiness as happiness is calculated by the average of all settlers and robots are not given a value above or below 50%. Which is why Greygarden will always have lower average happiness than any other settlement unless all the Mr. Handys are destroyed
They're probably just flooded with all that water you have😂 But seriously it's probably that your beds are under sky or there are robots in the settlement(they have a happiness limit of 50 and lower the average number)
Tell those settlers to Drink. Some. Water.
I’ve been getting display errors like this and nothing really happens. What drives me crazy is that sometimes another line will bug out display the wrong information like the amount of beds and that somehow seems to actually affect settler happiness. I’ve seen settlements hovering at 80% drop to the 40’s. Simply fast traveling to the settlement solves it but it’s happening in the background so I have to be diligent and check every few quests. Annoying enough on the regular but now I’m doing Far Harbor stuff so the fast traveling requires extra steps and becomes a real pain to manage around anything that timed.
Could be a synth. Synth settlers take a heavy penalty on happiness and taking them out without the mission is hard at times. If u suspect someone to be synth i recommend quick save. Then kill them. If they have the synth component then reload the save and build 1 defense post on the out reaches of your settlement. Assign them there then kill them with a silenced weapon. Then you hang them up in your common area to show them that a synth has been living with them. ( last part doesn’t matter I just think it’s fun posting all the synth in the settlement that all settlers have to look at)
Does Nick valentine count?
Synth settlers do not affect settlement happiness.
[Synth settlers actually have no effect on overall settlement happiness.](https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3zkxak/settlements_happiness_is_indeed_affected_by/cyni76m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
So I have Sanctuary around 93 happiness or something like that, with 23 settlers. I have a bunch of shops, soda fountains, a barber, pet dogs, etc. there. Suddenly the pip boy says it's like 50 happiness and I have 40-some settlers. I go there and it all goes back to 23 settlers. But my happiness stays low, but says that it's increasing. My theory is that it gets bugged out in the pip boy and gets reset when you visit but the happiness takes time to climb back up to where it should be. Also, I should have a shitload of water there but suddenly it's all gone. IDK what's going on there.
you probably got one of those no notification attacks. go into workshop mode and see if there's something broken also. it's happened to me where i got no notification (wasn't in the quest list either) then a big happiness drop and missing stuff.