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Another settlement besides Sanctuary?

sevenwoods

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The book that is left for you on the workbench in sanctuary. I can build the beacon in any settlement then? Like I go and save preston and his crew. set them up with the basics in sanctuary then basically I could read the book and set up a beacon in another settlement of my choosing? Was neber a big fan of sanctuary to start. actually liked the crossing settlement.
 
My understanding is that the quest will start wherever you build the beacon. Sanctuary is just a smart place to build because you’ll end up going to concord a lot anyway for quests reasons.

Piece of advice, pick a settlement with some space. You’ll need some to build all the quests will want you to.
 
Yes, you can start the first settlement anywhere, the quest is launched when you create the first beacon so...

For me the ideal location is Starligth because it will easealy support all the NPCs coming from the SS2 quests and is easy to unlock.
 
Im actually a big fan of Abernathy Farm for some reason, but acquiring it "properly" takes more than a minute - and Jake's quest takes you to Olivia (where that locket is) after you already started elsewhere.
 
Started another playthrough, this time starting at Starlight Drive In. No issues starting the quest other than I was wondering why I didn't see The Stranger turn up. Turns out he responds to the vanilla beacon and not the modded beacon I like to use.
 
My understanding is that the quest will start wherever you build the beacon. Sanctuary is just a smart place to build because you’ll end up going to concord a lot anyway for quests reasons.

Piece of advice, pick a settlement with some space. You’ll need some to build all the quests will want you to.
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My first full play through of the mod I did Red Rocket and I ran out of space REAL quick. Deffo pick a settlement with plenty of space. I would up with red rocket being very vertical because of choosing it. It was fun though.
 
Sanctuary is probably the best place to build. As someone else mentioned, you'll be hoofing it back and forth to Concord. That said, Starlight is not terrible given the caveats, and unless you're playing on Survival, you can fast travel. The benefit of Starlight is the close proximity to Drumlin Diner. That is, if you sided with Trudy over Wolfgang, that gets you a vendor who will give you a discount. Of course, so will Trashcan Carla if you respond to her introduction with "Just lookin' for love, sweetheart." (This works with either Nate or Nora.) And Carla doesn't travel to Starlight, until you unlock the caravan outposts from Bunker Hill.

Sanctuary is tricky because it's not flat. The trick is, of course, to use the plot types with foundations. Except for interior plots, all plots have foundation options, as far as I've seen. I tear down all the Sanctuary houses you can't use. The ones just north and south of the workshop house, I use for residential. I can get four 2x2 plots right on the foundation. The trick is to bury the foundation of the plot under the existing foundation, but only just, so everything else appears to be mounted on the house foundation. Why use foundation plots in the first place, then? Because they don't fit perfectly. Two will hang off a bit. So, you get a bit of a 'boardwalk.' I place industrial plots on the northernmost house. Keep in mind north of this is a raider spawn point. (The other being the bridge to 111. Tall scaffolding, 1x1 scaffolding floor, turret. Problem solved. Well, mostly. Upgrade it to a heavy laser turret when you get Gun Nut up high enough. Then it's problem solved.) The ruined house southeast of this, I use for municipal plots, and residential plots go on the southeasternmost plot. As for agricultural plots, I put them in the backyards of the Sanctuary houses. Use the foundations there, too, so your dirt piles don't float. Instead, you get a bigger dirt pile that looks like crap at first, but somehow over time it blends in and looks like it was always meant to be there.

With Starlight it's easier. Just build wherever. :)
 
Sanctuary's biggest advantage is it's size. Place is huge with a large build limit. Red Rocket can work if you turn off it's build limit. You need to build on top of the building to make it work. Starlight is big but also has a surprisingly small build limit. Abernathy is an interesting place as it has a very large build area with a very tall upper limit so going high is an option.
 
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