Fallout 4 factions

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This page lists all factions in Fallout 4.

• The content is not described in full detail on this page. For details, please see the respective articles.
• For factions in other Fallout games, please see "Faction".
• For an overview of Fallout 4 content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout 4."

 

Major factions

The following are the four major factions which the player can become part of in Fallout 4. During the course of the game, there will be an option to side with one or more of them or to go independent.

Faction	Locations	IDs
Brotherhood of Steel	Cambridge Police Station, The Prydwen, Boston Airport	0005DE41
The Institute	The Institute	0005E558
Commonwealth Minutemen	Concord (temporarily), Sanctuary Hills, The Castle	00068043
The Railroad	The Commonwealth, Old North Church	000994F6

Minor factions

The following are minor factions that can either be neutral, friendly or hostile towards the player and each other.

Faction	Locations	IDs	Addons
Acadia	Far Harbor	xx??????	Far Harbor
Alien faction		001F6113, 0023B858
AJ's faction	Goodneighbor	00128CEF
Atom Cats	Atom Cats garage	00048641
Virgil's faction		000ADDF7
Bullet's Gunner faction	Quincy	00106CA3
Children of Atom	Crater of Atom, The Commonwealth, Far Harbor	00134270 (Crater of Atom), xx02FB84 (hostile faction)	Far Harbor
Covenant	Covenant	000F0C6A
Cabot family faction
Diamond City security	Diamond City	00002F65
Disciples	Fizztop Mountain	xx00F438	Nuka-World
Eddie Winter's Old crime faction	Andrew station	0014BF23, 0022BC1E, 0022BC1F
Forged	Saugus Ironworks	0013101D
Gunners	The Commonwealth	00058303
Hubologists	Hubologist's camp	xx??????	Nuka-World
Ironsides' robotic crew	USS Constitution	0008C9DB
Merchant business	The Commonwealth	001338E7
Nahant robot faction	Nahant	0007EE3F
Neighborhood Watch	Goodneighbor	000E1ACC
Operators	The Parlor	xx00F439	Nuka-World
The Pack	Bradberton Amphitheater	xx00F43A	Nuka-World
Pillars of the Community	Charles View Amphitheater	000BBF88
Raiders	The Commonwealth	0001CBED
Recon Bunker Theta Brotherhood faction	Recon Bunker Theta	000B3D7D
Rust Devils	Fort Hagen satellite array	xx004385	Automatron
Scientists faction		0022D9EE, 0022D9EF, 0024800B, 0024800B
Synths faction		00249966, 00249967
Triggermen	Goodneighbor	00083AD0
Vault 81 guard faction	Vault 81	0004F4A4
Zao's faction	Yangtze-31	0018E8C0

Creature factions

These are the factions for different types of creatures, most are hostile to everyone.

Faction	IDs
Bug faction	000267BF, 00028670
Creature faction	00022B31
Ghoul faction	00028FD6, 000361D2
Yao guai faction	000B3D82
Radroach faction	000EDCE1
Bloodbug faction	000EDCE2
Bloatfly faction	000EDCE3
Stingwing faction	000EDCE4
Eyebot faction	000EDCE5
Deathclaw faction	0001E722
Super mutant faction

Technical factions

These are factions which are used in the game for technical purposes and to enable complex functionality during quests encounters.

Faction	IDs
Player faction	0001C21C
Non-hostile faction	0001D289
Faction for Captives - Friends with everyone	0003E0C8
Ownership faction for Min03	0005238B
Actors in this faction are temporarily unavailable	0007D565
Raider faction to allow player to get closer to scenes	000F17C1, 000F5C3A
Holdup Faction	000F8F07, 000F8F08
Combat Zone Crime faction	0010699F
Missionaries (guards) faction	00123A16
Enemy of REPrisionerFreedCombatPrsionerFaction	00148903
Enemy of captor combat faction	00148904
Danse BoS Enemies faction	001B513D
MS07c Raider faction	002141A9, 002170E6
MS07c Nick faction	002141AA
Outside of the Institute Crime faction	0024903B
Danse doesn't consider people in this faction murder	0024903B
CIS_CompanionInSceneFaction	00249D44
Prevent Companion Faction	00075D56