Sim Settlements 2 Tweaks (Cheaper ASAMs)
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 40 Sim Settlements 2 mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Adjusts the crafting recipes for ASAMs to be cheaper, removing some of the rarer materials.
Old Recipe:
1x Aluminium
1x Circuitry
1x Fiber Optics
New Recipe:
1x Aluminium
1x Circuitry
The Box of ASAM Sensors recipe has also been adjusted to match the same number of total required components.
Sim Settlements 2 Tweaks (Cheaper ASAMs) is a small quality-of-life mod for Fallout 4 that reduces the crafting cost of ASAMs by removing rarer materials from their recipes. It's for players who find the default ASAM requirements too grindy and want to build settlements faster. With 361 endorsements and 8,902 downloads, it has a modest but active user base.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Saves you from hunting down rare junk just to plop down an ASAM – huge QoL win for settlement builders
- Community-tested with 361 endorsements and nearly 9k downloads, so it's got a solid track record
- Lightweight tweak that doesn't overhaul anything else, so it's low-risk to install
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects ASAM recipes – if you wanted deeper Sim Settlements 2 tweaks, this isn't it
- Last updated in 2020, so it might not be compatible with the latest Sim Settlements 2 updates
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter ASAM crafting recipes
For Fallout 4 settlement builders who find the default ASAM material costs too grindy and want a simpler path to expanding their settlements. Skip if you're looking for gameplay overhauls or if you're happy with the vanilla ASAM costs.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex, just download and install – it'll handle the file placement automatically.
- Make sure you have Sim Settlements 2 installed first, as this tweak modifies its recipes.
- Check the mod's posts section for any compatibility notes with the latest SS2 version before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Shackleberry
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Downloads
- 8,902
- Endorsements
- 361
- Category
- Sim Settlements 2
- Created
- 11/22/2020
- Updated
- 11/22/2020
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