One Man's Trash - Recruitable Scavengers
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #49 of 81 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
One Man's Trash - Recruitable Scavengers places several unique Scavengers throughout the Commonwealth for you to find, recruit, and send to your settlements. There are 20 in total, and you can find them individually, in pairs, or in groups of three. They are not typical Scavengers encountered while exploring the wasteland, however, as follows:
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[]All of them are built with new base records to avoid conflicts with other Scavenger mods.
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]All of them have their own unique faces to distinguish them from vanilla Scavengers.[]All of them have their own names to distinguish them from other Scavengers and common settlers.
[]All of them have height scaling to remain consistent with many of my other mods.
[]All of them rise in level at a rate equal to the player character, thereby allowing them to grow stronger than regular Scavengers and settlers.
[]All of them provide a passive scavenging bonus to their settlements, as if assigned to a scavenging station, while remaining available for other assignments. If assigned to a scavenging station, this passive bonus effectively doubles their scavenging output.
- Once assigned to a settlement, they will function as any other settler; however, since they remain part of the Scavenger faction, they will use Scavenger voice lines from time to time, further distinguishing themselves from regular settlers.
Recruitable Scavengers Expanded
For those of you using my Grease Rat Scavengers mod, I've included an optional file that ties these recruitable Scavengers to the same leveled lists so that they will spawn with Grease Rat Garbs outfits. The outfits are randomized, of course, but I am considering an expansion that will give them dedicated, personalized outfits from both Grease Rat Garbs and other armor/outfit mods.
The Recruitable Factions Series
At A Minute's Notice - Recruitable Minutemen
Atom's Faithful - Recruitable Children of Atom
One Man's Trash - Recruitable Scavengers
Living Off The Land - Recruitable Wastelanders
Special Thanks
rlbaxter for his Recruit Framework.
Adds unique Scavengers across the Commonwealth that you can find, recruit, and assign to your settlements. A niche NPC mod with modest community support (117 endorsements), last updated in March 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Adds life to the wasteland with recruitable NPCs (117 endorsements)
- Simple concept—find, recruit, and assign—fits settlement gameplay
- Recent update (March 2025) shows active maintenance
⚠️ Cons
- Small mod with limited reach (117 endorsements) may lack polish
- No mention of compatibility with popular settlement mods—could conflict
- Scavengers might not have unique dialogue or quests, just basic recruitment
For Fallout 4 settlement builders who want more hands to assign to jobs. Also for explorers who enjoy discovering new NPCs in the Commonwealth. Skip if you want deep story content or voiced companions.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Scavengers are placed in the world—check common scavenger spots like junkyards and ruined buildings
- Use the recruitment feature to send them to settlements; they'll work as scavengers, so assign them to scavenging stations
- If you use mods that alter settlement NPCs, load this mod after them to avoid conflicts
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- rsm000rsm
- Version
- 3
- Downloads
- 7,014
- Endorsements
- 117
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 1/12/2024
- Updated
- 3/6/2025
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