Fallout 4: Contraptions Workshop

Contraptions Workshop is an expansion for Fallout 4 that adds machines and technical building parts to settlement building. Players can build conveyor routes, move items and design production processes. The pack requires Fallout 4 and does not include its own story campaign.

Contraptions Workshop was released on June 20, 2016 on Steam and on the German PlayStation Store. Bethesda gives June 21, 2016 for Xbox One. The PS5 and Xbox Series versions have been available since April 25, 2024.

Contraptions Workshop is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The expansion is launched through the main Fallout 4 game on each platform. On PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, it is based on the native versions of Fallout 4.

Players connect technical workshop objects into larger setups. Conveyor belts move items while other machines process or sort them. What matters is how the components are arranged and combined within a settlement.

The expansion includes conveyor belts, logic gates, elevators, scaffolding, tracks, armor stands, fireworks and other buildable parts, among other things. As a settlement building pack, it is part of the Fallout 4 Season Pass.

Contraptions Workshop requires Fallout 4 and cannot be played on its own. For the PC version, the technical requirements of the installed Fallout 4 version apply. The expansion itself is not a standalone campaign with its own hardware requirements.

Conveyor belts let you move objects within a settlement along set routes. They form the basis for setups where several building components work together. This creates far more complex workshop builds than the original decorative objects allowed.

Logic gates expand the ways you can link workshop objects together. This allows machine processes and electrical builds to be controlled more precisely. Their value lies in technical experiments and automated settlement setups.

Contraptions Workshop lets you build your own production and sorting lines. Several machines can be combined into one continuous process, so resources and items do not have to be managed by hand alone.

Alongside the machines, the pack adds elevators, scaffolding and track parts, plus elements for greenhouses and warehouses. They suit multi-storey buildings, workshops and elaborate settlement setups.

Armor stands offer extra ways to display equipment. Fireworks expand the choice of decorative and gameplay effects in the settlement. Both are workshop objects, not a separate mission.

Contraptions Workshop adds to the existing single-player mode of Fallout 4. The technical setups are built in settlements from the main game. The expansion has no separate game mode.

Contraptions Workshop is available separately and is also part of the Fallout 4 Season Pass. Anyone who owns the Game of the Year Edition gets the six major downloadable content packs, including Contraptions Workshop.

On PlayStation, features of Fallout 4 include fully customisable control options, game speed settings and manual saving. These options apply to the base role-playing game, in whose settlements Contraptions Workshop is used.

In a developer video from June 24, 2016, Bethesda Softworks demonstrates the new settlement machines. The demo shows how the technical workshop objects are used within Fallout 4.