Recruit Magnolia as Settler and Singer
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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- 👍 3.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #45 of 72 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
About this mod:
Lets you to recruit Magnolia as Settler and optionally, as singer. Once you recruit her, she becomes romance again. And if you'd like her to sing for you, you can assign her to "Magnolia's Microphone" (an assignable mic). While she's singing, settlers randomly go listening her: they sit down in a nearby chair and, when Magnolia finishes the song, the "settler audience" applauses.
Actually, this time, I merged the three features that my mods usually have: recruitable character, idling settlers and changeable variables (the ability to personalize the mod by changing its variables).
Recruitment quest: travel to The Third Rail and talk to Magnolia. Ask her to join you ("Work for me"). After that, just follow the quest objectives (don't worry, the quest has plenty of quest markers, objectives and Pip-Boy logs). I don't think it's necessary to write everything down here but practically you just need to build two settlement objects, "Magnolia's Microphone" and "Magnolia's Speaker" for her. She leaves Goodneighbor afterwards. (It's a bit similar to my "Recruit Sierra Petrovita" mod).
Magnolia, Settlements and Settlers:
First of all, I designed this mod with changeable variables (e.g., Magnolia's sing time, sleep time, max settler audience number, etc.). Of course I write the description with their vanilla values but don't forget that you can change most of them. See "Customization options" for details.
Magnolia's Microphone and Speaker: building one "Magnolia's Microphone" and "Magnolia's Speaker" (Mic and Speaker from now on) for Magnolia is necessary to complete the recruitment quest. (Workshop Mode >> Furniture >> Miscellaneous).
The Mic is an assignable workshop object that increases the settlement's happines. The Speaker is not assignable but building it is essential regardless. Once Magnolia arrives at the settlement where the Mic and the Speaker are built, she automatically gets assigned to the Mic.
If Magnolia is assigned to the Mic, she sings between 4pm and midnight. Between midnight and 8am, she sleeps. And between 8am and 4pm, she wanders around in the settlement (counts as assigned so the settlement's happines won't decrease). Of course if you assign her to anything else than to the Mic, she will no longer sing and will act like a "normal" settler.
While Magnolia's singing, settlers randomly walk near her and sit down in a nearby chair (if there's any) so that they can listen her. This settler AI may be familiar from my other settlement mods (e.g., Settlers Go Shopping, Fitness at Settlements, etc.). Some settlers even sit down and get up randomly to make it more immersive (i.e. not in a robotic "sit down / get up at the same time" manner). When Ma
Recruit Magnolia as Settler and Singer lets you recruit the singer Magnolia from The Third Rail as a settler and optionally as a performer. She becomes romanceable again, and you can assign her to a special microphone to sing for settlers who gather to listen and applaud. Includes a quest with markers and customizable variables.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 619 endorsements and nearly 16k downloads.
- Adds a unique gameplay twist by turning a minor NPC into a settlement performer.
- Quest design is thorough with plenty of markers and logs, so you won't get lost.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires building two specific objects, which might feel like a chore if you're not into settlement building.
- Potential compatibility issues with mods that alter Magnolia or The Third Rail area.
- Last updated in March 2023, so it might not be fully tested with the latest game patches.
For Fallout 4 players who enjoy settlement building and want to add a unique, interactive NPC with a singing mechanic. Also great for fans of LarannKiar's other recruitable NPC mods. Skip if you're not interested in settlement management or prefer combat-focused mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you've completed the quest 'The Silver Shroud' if you want to avoid conflicts with Magnolia's dialogue.
- Use the workshop mode to build the Mic and Speaker under Furniture > Miscellaneous, as described.
- If you want to tweak her singing frequency or audience size, look for the mod's configurable variables in the holotape or MCM if available.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- LarannKiar
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 15,985
- Endorsements
- 619
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 9/11/2022
- Updated
- 3/27/2023
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