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

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The following are the four major factions that the Sole Survivor 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 act independently.

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

Minor factions

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

Icon	Faction	Locations	IDs
	Acadia	Acadia
	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)
	Covenant	Covenant	000F0C6A
	Cabot family faction	Cabot House, Parsons State Insane Asylum
	Diamond City security	Diamond City	00002F65
	Disciples	Fizztop Mountain	xx00F438
	Eddie Winter's old crime faction	Andrew station	0014BF23, 0022BC1E, 0022BC1F
	Forged	Saugus Ironworks	0013101D
	Gunners	The Commonwealth	00058303
	Hubologists	Hubologist's camp
	Ironsides' robotic crew	USS Constitution	0008C9DB
	Merchant business	The Commonwealth	001338E7
	Nahant robot faction	Nahant	0007EE3F
	Neighborhood Watch	Goodneighbor	000E1ACC
	Operators	The Parlor	xx00F439
	The Pack	Bradberton Amphitheater	xx00F43A
	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
	Scientists faction		0022D9EE, 0022D9EF, 0024800B, 0024800B
	Synths faction		00249966, 00249967
	Triggermen	Goodneighbor, Vault 114, Park Street station	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	000B3DB2
Radroach faction	000EDCE1
Bloodbug faction	000EDCE2
Bloatfly faction	000EDCE3
Stingwing faction	000EDCE4
Eyebot faction	000EDCE5
Deathclaw faction	0001E722
Super mutant faction	00058305

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