Fallout 4: Best Mods in 2020 (& How They Work)

Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is an expansive open-world game filled with hundreds of hours of content in the base game alone all set in a beautiful but desolate wasteland. While Fallout 4 offers players hours upon hours of fun in both the vanilla game and DLC, a unique feature of Bethesda games is how readily mod-able they make their games to be. After launch, Bethesda will make their assets available for players to obtain to make the game easier to mod, and the modding communities of Fallout games are some of the most creative individuals who can add many more stories, weapons, and NPCs into Bethesda games while also breathing new life into games years after release.

It has been five years since Fallout 4‘s initial release, and without a proper installment in the Fallout franchise since (sorry Fallout 76) players are still finding new ways to have fun inside the wasteland of Fallout 4, and a lot of these new ways are through mods. Mods are still being developed for Fallout 4 ranging from enhanced graphics, unofficial bug fixes, all the way to additional storylines, and new fully voiced companions. Navigating through the backlog of mods that have piled up over the past five years can be a daunting task, so here is a list of some of the best mods for Fallout 4 in the year 2020.

Best Fallout 4 Mods that Fix Fallout

It’s no surprise that while Fallout games are huge highly anticipated AAA releases that in and of themselves are incredibly fun… they tend to release fairly broken and glitchy and are followed by several patches that sometimes don’t fix the problems at hand. However, the Fallout 4 modding community has your back. Here is a list of mods that players should most definitely download and install that will make the game much more enjoyable to play without changing much.

• Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch by Arthmoor

• No Build Limit by StormLord

• See Through Scopes by Henkspamadres

• Companion Infinite Ammo by Olofstrom

• Improved Map with Visible Roads by Mm137

These are mods that won’t drastically affect the game itself but will improve the quality of life for the player. The Unofficial patch mod fixes everything that the official patches didn’t. If you haven’t played the game for several hours before this mod you may not see a huge difference, but for those who have are surely happy that it exists.

No build limit, companion infinite ammo, and improved map are exactly what they sound like. And if the companion infinite ammo sounds overpowered, try playing the game with a companion who doesn’t help during an intense battle because they are out of ammo…again.

And lastly, see-through scopes is a must-have mod that makes it so you can see around the sides of a scope. This allows players to feel more comfortable during gunfights and gives them a sense of awareness they didn’t have prior. The game by default blacks out the screen around the scopes making it so players can only see what is in their scope, however, this mod takes away the black area and allows the player to see around them while using their scopes.

Best Fallout 4 Mods that Make Fallout Better Looking

While the world Fallout 4 is set in is a beautiful one in its own right, it can always look better. For those who do not want to completely change the makeup of the wasteland but still want some updated graphics, there are some mods in here for you. Here is a list of mods to download to make Fallout 4 looks better.

• Enhanced Blood Textures by DDefinder

• Better Graphics and Weather by TeMkA169

• Water Redux by Iamanise

• Overgrowth by MisterOverseer

• Simple Green by ANDREWCX

Some of these mods are self-explanatory. Enhanced blood makes blood look more realistic. Better graphics and weather enhances the graphical quality of the overall game and weather patterns. Water Redux makes the games water textures look more like real water. These are mods that you can add to the game that keeps the wasteland looking desolate while also enhancing its features.

However, mods like Overgrowth and Simple Green give the wasteland new life and fill the dead portions of the map with beautiful foliage. However, the Owegrowth adds much more foliage to the world of Fallout 4 than the Simple Green mod. If players just want a touch of green they should go with Simple Green. But if players want their wasteland to be overgrown with large plants, they should go with Overgrowth.

Best Fallout 4 Mods that Add Content

Fallout 4 is a huge game in and of itself. However, modders have found a way to add even more content to the game that add a variety of weapons and storyline to the game. While there are a lot more of these mods than any other type, here are just a few mods that add just enough to the game without it seeming unfair, or add questlines that add even more hours onto a players Fallout 4 experience.

• Modern Firearms by Idlesheep

• NCR Veteran Ranger by Unoctium

• NVIDIA’s Vault 1080 by Ex0dus13

• Atomic Radio and Tales From the Commonwealth by NexusMods 

Modern Firearms adds a wealth of real-world tactical weapons to Fallout 4, but they aren’t outright handed to the player. Players will need to purchase these weapons from traders for large amounts of bottle caps, or will need to scavenge them from enemies or enemy territory. These weapons are very powerful and add an extra layer to the game’s gunfights.

The NCR Veteran Ranger armor adds the classic Fallout New Vegas cover armor to Fallout 4, but makes the player work to get it. This armor is great for the early game, and it looks incredible. No more goofy leather armor pieces over top of your bright blue jumpsuit. This armor can be found a couple of hours into the game at Diamond City and makes playing the early game a bit more enjoyable.

And lastly, NVIDIA’s Vault and Atomic Radio are questline mods that add hours of gameplay to Fallout 4. They are both unique series of side quests that add not only an immersive storyline but unique items, fully voiced companions, and completely new areas to explore. While there are plenty of great mods that add massive storylines, these are some of the best ones to start with.

And there are some of the best mods for Fallout 4 in 2020. There are plenty of mods out there for Fallout 4 that aren’t on this list, and experimenting with mods is part of the fun. So get out there and get to modding Fallout 4.

Fallout 4 is available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

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