Fallout 4 Contraptions Workshop DLC Review

Fallout 4 Contraptions DLC is the second upgrade to settlements. The content is heavily focused on displays, with added structures based on warehouses, manufacturing and some other miscellaneous, like fireworks!

Display racks are provided for weapons, armors and power armors! Posters and signs that light up to make your settlement even more shiny, and fireworks to light up the night! Conduits are a nice addition for those that dredge hanging cables and wires all around. But what takes the gold in this upgrade is the manufacturing machines and logic gates.

Simple manufacturing system.

Logic gates are these little contraptions that transmit power based on inputs, so now you can configure your own circuits for anything you can imagine. Do I hear anyone saying "lights show with background music and fireworks"?? We are still putting ours together... Unfortunately the manufacturing part of the DLC is lacking a bit: Component Sorter only sorts Junk, not weapons or apparel, the Item Sorter is incapable of differentiating a basic pistol from a fully modded pistol, and the Ammo Builder can not craft half of the ammunition types in the game. But thanks to how Bethesda support the modding community, you can find multiple mods that build on this DLC to provide a very robust manufacturing experience.

Again, this is a well worth addition to anyone that enjoys that settlement aspect of the game. If you would like to see every item in the expansion, check out this great showcase made by FluffyNinjaLlama:

And this Developer Walkthrough: