Advanced settlement structures

Fallout 4 settlement objects project

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The advanced settlement structures are unlocked by meeting specific criteria:

After completing the first quest in Automatron, you unlock the Robot Workbench.
Picking up Fallout 4 magazines, such as Picket Fences and specific issues of the Wasteland Survival Guide.
The Cabot House quest line also unlocks a set of portrait paintings.
- located in : (Build → Decorations → Wall decorations → Paintings)
Being friendly to specific factions unlocks flags.
- located in : (Build → Decorations → Wall decorations → Flags)
At The Castle, during the quest Old Guns given by Preston Garvey or Ronnie Shaw, you will be asked to build and test fire an Artillery piece. Upon completion of this quest you will be able to build this cannon at other settlements.
- located in : (Build → Special)
At Bunker Hill, after completing Traffic Jam given by Deb, and Prep School given by Kessler, you will be able to build Caravan Trade Posts at settlements.
- located in : (Build → Resources → Misc)

Picket Fences magazine locations[]

Issue Number	Name	Location	Unlocks	Exact Position
1	The House of Tomorrow...Today!	Beantown Brewery	Picket fences	In the foreman’s concrete wall office, upper walkways of the main vat room, near the steamer trunk.
2	Modern Hearth!	Hardware Town	High tech Lights	In the upstairs office on the desk with the key, center of the building, near the steamer trunk.
3	Essential Upgrades!	Saugus Ironworks Blast Furnace	Statues	On the catwalk just below the steamer trunk and Bobblehead.
4	Modern Lawn Care!	Combat Zone	Potted plants	On the formica table, ground level near the bar, in front of the main stage.
5	Welcome Home!	Weston water treatment plant	Patio furniture	In the metal office overlooking the generator room, before descending to the main treatment chamber.

Issue #4 Wasteland Survival Guide offers a new decoration item, the lawn flamingo.