ShelteredBeds - Always Sheltered Beds for Happy Settlers
⚪ Last updated 2016⚠️ 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
- 👍 8.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 125 Player Settlement mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Greetings! This is a small plugin I thought up to deal with the constant issue of beds being sheltered. I did this to go with my other mod, SnapBeds, but it can be used standalone and should work with any other bed mods too.
Whenever you place a bed, or place a roof or floor above a bed, the game decides whether the bed is sheltered or not. This can get a bit wonky, as it's unclear how the game decides, how high a roof must be above the bed, etc. Once it decides, it updates the total number of sheltered beds for the workshop you are currently using. This is what influences your settlement happiness. Each settler with a sheltered bed gets a +10 happiness bonus, but each settler without one gets capped at 60 happiness total.
This mod gets around that by setting the number of "sheltered beds" equal to the number of "available beds". It does this whenever you do something in the workshop that would cause the game to recalculate the number of sheltered beds (I.e. place a bed, move a bed, place a roof). For good measure, it sets it again when you close the workshop. This is done on an individual workshop basis and there's no timers. The plugin only does work when you do work.
When the plugin loads, it will do a one time check on all of your owned settlements and adjust them. Once adjusted, it will take up to 24 hours for the settlement to update the target happiness and begin to go up.
ShelteredBeds is a small Fallout 4 plugin that adjusts settlement bed counts so sheltered beds match total beds, ensuring happiness bonuses. With 1,807 endorsements and 22,670 downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life fix for settlement builders. Last updated in 2016, it remains a simple, effective solution.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix with 1,807 endorsements and 22k downloads
- Tiny plugin that does one job without bloat
- Solves the annoying sheltered bed mismatch that tanks happiness
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2016 — may not be compatible with current game patches or DLC
- Only affects bed counts; doesn't add new items or visual changes
For Fallout 4 settlement builders who obsess over happiness ratings and want a quick fix for the sheltered bed bug. Skip if you're looking for new building items or gameplay overhauls — this is purely a utility mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place the plugin in your Data folder and enable it in your mod manager or launcher.
- Load order rarely matters for this mod, but keep it near other settlement tweaks.
- Test in an existing save after installing to confirm bed counts update correctly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- ferret
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 22,670
- Endorsements
- 1,807
- Category
- Player Settlement
- Created
- 12/27/2016
- Updated
- 12/28/2016
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