Vanilla Quest Modifications – Self explanatory.

Those that have world edits, will go with mods that add world edits.

New Factions – New factions that are NEW factions and enemy lists or need to overwrite the faction lists above.

Vanilla world edits go near the bottom due to Fallout 4’s Optimization System. This category is a hold-over from other games and is mostly deprecated as there less of handful of mod for Xbox One because file size is prohibitive.

These are large, DLC-sized NEW worlds and include new NPCs, new quests, etc.

New Landmasses – Ideally, these are already located in your masters.

See the example mods in the Survival Guide or ask at the Parent Thread.

Faction and AI Overhauls – Enemy level lists, faction level lists, AI packages – Choose only one.

This is a new addition for 2020.) Plugins/patches for masters that are not affected by the following categories also will go here, such as the DLC patches for NAC. ( Note: it is not currently a separate category on any of the templates. This category is reserved for those mods.

Fast Starts and Frameworks – SKK’s Fast Starts will need to be run as high as possible when using them.

If using the unofficial patch, it should be the first mod in your load order.

Master Files – These automatically jump to the top, sort them in the same order as everything else.

NOTE: If using a game overhaul, it will be the only mod in your load order unless it requires patches for any Creation Club Content you’ve downloaded or if there are additional mods (also called patches) that are mods of that overhaul.

Use the framework categories below to build your framework index for your load order. The Survival Guide is designed as a supplement and teaching tool to the Framework with compiled info and example mod placement in a convenient Google document for easy searching. Use the Framework Template and organize yourself. The categories have origins from previous Bethesda titles, but they are tailored to the Fallout 4 experience. The Load Order Survival Framework is designed for all platforms – Xbox, PS4, and PC – using specific categories of like mods set out in a specific, indexed order. The Survival Guide was developed to help mod users survive Load Order Disorder like a true Vault Dweller.

What is below will override what is above, and mods do not merge at runtime. Fallout 4 reads each plugin (mod) you download and keeps an index of it. To play with mods is to find mods that do not conflict and when conflicts happen, be able to manage those conflicts. Come connect with other Fallout 4 mod enthusiasts! How To Load Order Mods and Load Order Discussion has migrated to Discord.

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