Hit 'Em Where It Hurts (Locational Damage)
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #24 of 61 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
>>>REUPLOAD<<<
Got a new PC and never saved my old login info / used a throwaway email rip~ So I no longer have access to the mod page on my old account. Need to reupload so I can continue to make changes as I come across things I may have broken as well as give myself room to change things that may be released in the future. To remedy some of the problems I had with how the game handled damage, and the fact that limbs are of varying importance when being hit, I made a few simple changes that made where you hit hurt (or not).
Changes were made based on race, as I wanted my changes to enhance gameplay, not make it a grunt birthday party (ie no steel plated radroaches and no Pinata Deatchlaws)
Races Affected>>> Humans, Ghouls, Deathclaws, Animals (ie Dogs, Mrats, Stags), Synths, Insects, Radscorpions, Yao Guai, Mirelurks, Mirelurk Kings, Mirelurk Hunters, Super Mutants, FEV Hounds, and Behemoths.
Most enemies added via mods and the dlc use vanilla bpd
Precepts: All limb health percents were lowered to reflect their corresponding damage changes. This way enemies dont have invincible limbs.
Headshots: If it took more than one shot... you were playing vanilla.
Chests: Knock the wind out of em, a little more damage than vanilla to make up for the overall losses.
Arms and Legs: Wave em like you just dont care, damaging these will cripple but they wont kill.
Hands and Feet: Look ma no hands, if youre hitting these you arent aiming, and wont be rewarded for it either.
Shells: Better than Mythril, these Radiation Hardened Layers will keep your insides inside, and the outsides outside.
Wings: Clipping these will bring your enemies down to Earth, but it wont be fatal.
Belly: Give it a rub, these soft spots take extra damage, raw hides will compensate.
Tails: went with the classic rpg approach to these, nice ways to rack up early damage and fall off after a relatively low threshold.
>>>I AM AWARE THAT THE WAY IVE LISTED THEM IS AN EYESORE<<<
The only remedy is that I make a spreadsheet, which is too much work. Basically all you need to know is that all changes were approved by immersion scientists and theres nothing too wonky going on. Keep in mind these are made around the concept of a harder playthrough (ie balanced around modded weapons, enhanced armors, and base game damage multipliers added in. ie where calibers influence damage and ar removes flat damage, not a %, so on an unarmored target expect 2 pistol rounds to the head / 4 to the chest to kill. Not sure how my changes influence vanilla)
For those curious about what specific details were changed, look below. Unnecessary but its there. As a reference the vanilla defaults were roughly along the lines of 2x for headshots, 1x for body, and . 75 for all appendages, meaning you could easily (and probably have) kill an
Hit 'Em Where It Hurts is a script-free locational damage mod for Fallout 4 that makes all damage variable based on which body part you hit. It affects all races except robots, making crippling easier and giving each race unique damage multipliers. With 341 endorsements and 19,169 downloads, it's a compact immersion mod last updated in June 2020.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Script-free design means it's lightweight and won't bloat your save or cause script lag
- Community-tested with 341 endorsements and nearly 20k downloads, so it's proven to work
- Adds real tactical depth—aiming for specific body parts actually matters now
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in June 2020, so it may not be compatible with the latest Fallout 4 patches or DLC
- No detailed documentation or install instructions provided by the author
- Robots are unaffected, so you'll need other mods to deal with them strategically
For Fallout 4 players who want more realistic and tactical combat without heavy script load. If you're tired of bullet sponges and want to cripple enemies by shooting their legs, this is for you. Skip if you prefer simple damage models or play heavily with robots.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's script-free, you can install it mid-playthrough without worrying about save corruption, but always keep a backup just in case.
- Pair it with a mod that shows hit locations (like a crosshair or damage numbers) to see the effect in action.
- Check the mod's video (linked in description) to see the multipliers in action before you install.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Choice Specs Mawile
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 19,169
- Endorsements
- 341
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 11/4/2019
- Updated
- 6/14/2020
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