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Wasteland Workshop Notes
Fallout 4

Wasteland Workshop Notes

Learn how to build and use cages in fallout 4's Wasteland Workshop DLC, including how to tame creatures and earn trophies.

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Learn how to build and use cages in fallout 4's Wasteland Workshop DLC, including how to tame creatures and earn trophies.

  • The Wasteland Workshop DLC must be installed.
  • Some Steel, Copper, and specific bait items are required to build cages.
  • A power source (generator) is needed to operate cages.
  • The Beta Wave Emitter requires Power, and the Wasteland Whisperer and Animal Friend perks to tame creatures.
  • A Science! score (rank 4) is needed for the Generator - Fusion.
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Build cages for specific creatures using Steel, Copper, and bait items.
  2. 2
    Power the cages using a generator.
  3. 3
    Leave the settlement and wait a few in-game days for creatures to be captured.
  4. 4
    To free a creature, cut the power to its cage by disconnecting the wire, turning off the generator, or using an on/off switch.
  5. 5
    Be aware that cages can attract additional hostile creatures.
  6. 6
    To tame creatures, build a Beta Wave Emitter and power it. Tamed creatures will become docile and add to your settlement's Defense.
  7. 7
    If you lure Dogs and Cats, they can become less temperamental animal friends. Junkyard Dogs provide five Defense and improve settlement happiness.
  8. 8
    Gunners, Super Mutants, and Raiders cannot be pacified.
  9. 9
    You can create a wasteland arena by placing cages in an enclosed space and freeing creatures simultaneously to fight each other, or pit them against pacified beasts.
  10. 10
    To earn the “Docile” Trophy/Achievement, build five normally hostile creature cages, then build a Beta Wave Emitter. Once the creatures are freed, the trophy will unlock.
  11. 11
    To earn the “Instigator” Trophy/Achievement, build a “Quitting Time Siren” to draw settlers to a fight. Start a fight after settlers gather to pop the trophy.
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    Alternatively, use “Arena Contestant” platforms (blue or red) to pit settlers against robots you've created with the Robot Workshop. Assign combatants to colors and start the fight.
  13. 13
    New building materials include Concrete Structures, which can be used for walls and diagonal pieces.
  14. 14
    Powered Doors can be installed onto existing shack walls and opened by connecting them to a power source, or via a switch.
  15. 15
    The Generator - Fusion is available for settlement builders who want their structures to glow, requiring a Science! score (rank 4).
Tips
  • You can save/load before freeing a captured animal to “reroll” its type (e.g., hostile Mongrels vs. Junkyard Dogs).
  • Tamed creatures add to your settlement’s Defense as long as the Beta Wave Emitter remains undamaged and powered.
  • Building an arena can help concentrate fights for the “Instigator” Trophy/Achievement.
  • Using the “Quitting Time Siren” is a way to ensure settlers witness a fight.
  • Be warned that killing settlers for amusement will not be well-received.
  • Metal grating works well as arena floors.
  • New settlement building options including cages, concrete structures, and powered doors.
  • Ability to capture and tame creatures.
  • “Docile” Trophy/Achievement (Have 5 Tamed Creatures in a Settlement).
  • “Instigator” Trophy/Achievement (Start a Spectated Arena Fight in a Settlement).
  • Generator - Fusion.

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