How Vault Power Works - Fallout 4 Tips & Tricks

How Vault Power Works - Fallout 4 Tips & Tricks
A quick video to show you how power works in Vault 88, how to hook up reactors to your vault, and how to draw power to the different parts of your vault.
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Recorded on the PS4.
Song in the outro is The Main Theme from the Fallout 4 Official Soundtrack.

[@daytonsauke3291]

got done building a 5 story vault with furnishings and tunnels to find out my entrance wasn't properly snapped on, I just about murdered my whole family

[@benderrodriguez6343]

If you can get a mid wall to snap to the entry piece you can use a wire to go from a vault power hookup to one on the outside of your disconnected section in order to power it.

[@trublitz1007]

What a demonic LUCIFARIAN thing to say.. I'd bet your liberal trash..

[@capitcha]

@@trublitz1007 ?

[@AnnelizeTheRogue]

@@trublitz1007 Cringe

[@CopeAndSeeth]

@@trublitz1007 based

[@oblivexx]

i wasted so much steel using connecting wires. wy is there no ingame tutorial for vault 88?

[@megastoejoe]

Because Todd's highschool years were rough.

[@hsssbjejew764]

@@megastoejoe ah yes the chess club nighmares

[@hsssbjejew764]

@Rodney Hudson woahhh good bot work

[@the_smog581]

4 years and some of the only comments are bots

[@PunkRockZombie205]

It just works

[@josephleal7807]

wow three years later and this is still handy

[@hectorbadillo1434]

Wow four years later and this is still handy

[@georgehankinson8559]

@@hectorbadillo1434 wow three weeks after this guy and this is still handy

[@itshyp3r855]

@@georgehankinson8559 wow 5 years later and this is still handy 🤩

[@finleyjabari7407]

Instablaster.

[@turdlefrog]

@@itshyp3r855 wow 2 weeks after this guy this is so handy

[@kilvarough]

7 Years and the advice still helps us old dogs. Thanks for the tips 😅

[@BigBadx4]

And 8yrs later..... on my umteenth playthrough.

[@SynicalBeats]

Damn it. I've been building my vault for hours and trying to figure this out. Thank you for the tip

[@Aussie_Stitch]

Thank you. This has been a massive help. The whole design of the games build function is so confusing and the devs have made no effort to guide the player through it

[@DTAlunarius]

every time you said "the power will flow" all i could think was "the spice must flow"

[@JCRich001]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL! I just got back into Fallout 4 and found Vault 88. I had NO CLUE that this was how it worked. I have wires crisscrossing all over my vault. So glad to know that I can just throw up a few of those vault conduit things! Thank you so much!

[@joshuabowers]

In addition to conducting power, vault pieces also conduct terminal connections. So, you can hook a terminal up to a vault power conduit in one room and control some device elsewhere in the vault, so long as there is a continuous path of vault pieces and conduits between them.

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

A HUGE thank you! This is one of those things that makes me think "I wish I had known that all along". I probably saw that conduit at some point and assumed it was like any other conduit. I had no idea you could power a vault using the walls instead of power lines! This also saves some of your build budget by not putting up power pylons and conduits all through the place. FYI, any conduit will transmit power 2 squares in every direction, so you can spread them out with 4 squares in between each conduit.

[@EnycmaPie]

Thanks for the guide. 8 years later still useful and helpful to use.

[@Max-ui7yf]

I'm trying another playthrough and only doing Vault 88 for the 2nd time, and it's been so long since the first time that I forgot how all this power stuff works. Your video was a big help, so thank you.

[@dabgurtoparrtyman]

DEC 31 2019 my Fallout 4 Life changed forever, revisited this game and finally did vault 88, my entire vault looks like a spider web of wires and conduits, who knew it was this easy, I feel dumb. Thanks for the tip.

[@Kspice9000]

July 26th 2022.
Don't feel bad. I didn't even know vault 88 had unique generators and I thought the giant water facility was just decoration.
Todd Howard really needs to step aside and let others who give a crap handle advertising features

[@fiasco518]

I love you for this. I've spent 2 hours trying to wire everything in and only finished half of the outside of my vault. It was driving me crazy

[@Eric_Seay]

Thank you for this. I had no idea how to do this and the game sure as hell didn’t tell me.

[@stormy338]

I need a vault to crawl into please let me into a vault I'll dance for food and water

[@iamcyber]

I knows its been 3 years but I was your 69th like and I'm proud god damn it

[@stormy338]

Ratboy You’re a man with goals I’m proud of you, stay well friend

[@memoriblewerd]

I’m number 88

[@Acheron-IX]

please let me in i’m so sad and starving 🙏

[@SOFMeerkat]

You are a lifesaver! I just picked up the DLC and couldn't figure out how to light my vault properly. I was trying to use the conduits and I kept thinking there had to be a better way.
Thanks again!

[@Battusai1984]

Things to note, if you type /tcl in the console and go underneath the floor you can actually see how the generator is connected to that initial vault piece, it's a cute easteregg but it also shows that bethesda had to jerry rig their own game instead of just coding it to work properly in the first place ^^.
The power transmittion only works with the dlc vault pieces, if you use modded pieces they will break the link (provided they are the only piece connecting two things.

[@joshoewaah871]

thank you. all other videos talk on forever or explain it terribly but you did it in a short video and to the point. once again, thank you lol

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

Thank you! :)

[@Stambo59]

7 Years and this is still helping people.
Doing another playthrough in 2024 and I never knew about the vault power conduit and how it worked.
No more noisy generators in vault 88.
Than you.

[@WishStone]

OMG, I love you. I spend hours trying to understand how the hecc this was supposed to work.
A tutorial would have been SO useful, Bethesda …..

[@monicamarlowe4685]

Thank you so much, I have watched dozens of videos and struggled with setup off and on since the dlc dropped, I just let my residents live like mole rats until now.

[@domie6484]

7 years after the upload date and it’s still helping 🙏 thank you

[@awsomedude1able]

I heard about the vault pieces carrying power after I commented on another one of your videos, but I still didn't know that the pieces had to be connected to the main entrance piece in the atrium. Thank you, this was helpful.

[@leotheevinci]

you're the only person who figured it out here in RUclips... I'm currently playing this game again due to quarantine for covid 19

[@adamjonda6115]

And I wired everything like an idiot xD thank you for this video :)

[@joseeduardonovaes8702]

Adam Jonda ahahahahaha i'm glad that I see this video first, cause I almost did the same as you XD

[@tacokoer7821]

In this dlc the power system is soo different. But thanks to her i figured it all out. :D

[@carlosmagnomacieira8210]

Mid 2022 and this is still helpfull... Thanks a lot

[@devynmccall7284]

Seeing this explained made me feel like I'd suddenly unlocked the secrets of the universe because I just could not figure out how to cleanly wire power through the vault

[@kariethefaerie]

I am replaying Fallout 4 again and finally wanted to figure this out.
You video was perfectly clear and exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

Let the power hit the floor, let the power hit the floor, let the power hit the... FLOOOOOR! ;)

[@luisomem]

Jan Strzelecki LET THE POWER HIT THE FLOOR, LET THE POWER HIT THE FLOOR!! xD

[@urban_pixie2025]

Haha, perfect

[@EricYarger]

Thank you for this video...I had NO IDEA power could transfer like that. I haven't done much ele yet, but everything I have done is based off that entryway so now I can't wait to try it out! Gonna make it much easier, faster and will look cleaner with no wires!

[@unfortunatetoast7963]

oh my god thank you so much! i’ve been using traditional conduits and generators and i was so devastated cos it was draining all my resources DX thank u for the help!!!

[@JimmyChanga94]

It was just so nice of bethesda to just not tell you about this. 7 years later and this is still useful. Bless

[@champa959]

Girl thanks I'm finally doing this dlc 4 years later 💀💀

[@danielduarte3531]

Same lmfao

[@XUNDEADX23]

I Google this and your video popped up and it helped me out so much. Thank you so much, i can't believe I didn't have power when I first played this dlc but thanks to you I will always have light

[@roger_clay0381]

Liked this video before and got back into fallout again. Trying vanilla builds with no mods and for the life of me couldn’t remember how easy it was to light stuff up. Thanks

[@dapperdish3231]

Oh wow!!! I have spent countless hours trying to figure out this damn power! Thanks so very much for the video, and simple to understand. Thanks again

[@Blue-3001]

This video was really easy to understand thank you! All this time later and fallout is still loved and played

[@melvinvelez820]

Wow, just learned this now; I'm truly thankful!

[@montrealronin]

Thank youuuuuu. I didn't know I needed to add vault power conduits every few panels

[@vergil3.058]

Thanks a lot! I was totally crazy trying to power up the vault.

[@LevanTheGreat]

Woah thanks for the information about vault power conduit that's a huge help for my vault

[@jonkbox2009]

Thank you for saying exactly where the vault wall conduit is found in the workshop menu.

[@mikeeubank246]

I'm glad I saw this. I thought I'd have to pre-wire sub-assemblies before putting them in place or pull my hair out with conduits. Great video

[@jakedunn9245]

Can someone help, my vault is snapped properly and all but my power still isn't turning on. Thanks

[@christopherbull7856]

U are a star. They didn’t explain the vault tec workshop at all. I was setting up shop when I saw this. No more wire tripping hazards

[@thecoloursofthemage]

Wish i had of seen your vid before i started lol

[@electrix1776]

Honestly

[@KoTuK_MyPKoTuK]

I wish I saw this video before placing power conduits on ceiling and pulling cables through my vault. Thanks :)

[@helosouls9711]

5 years later and this helped me SO MUCH

[@MrHotshot1995]

I know you yourself will know but just in case others are wondering with the vault conduits you can place them on the outside wall if possible and they still work

[@69samson56]

Thank you one of the best presented "how to" videos,

[@relicnord0898]

Yeah I must be doing something wrong or my game is bugged. I have the atrium walls and floor pieces connected to the entrance and nothing is getting power still.

[@harryh4rp4n31]

Thanks my dude, had so many questions and got even more answers than required. Awesome vids!

[@DudeWhat31]

This is what the internet was made for. This video is JUST what I needed!!!!!!!😊😊😊

[@etherd]

Thanks for the video I was trying to see if there was a easy way to spread that power to the water machine.

[@The_TMAX]

You're an OG for sharing this!

[@gamebrain]

I can't get vault rooms to attach to atrium floors or the super reactor, I need power in the room

[@maxnewcomb7245]

Game Brain yes can we fix this somehow

[@desireeryan3433]

Love your tutorial videas on making things. I love replaying fallout 4 alot

[@Mikethat]

7 years later and this video is still helping people 😂

[@narcolepticaxolotl4970]

This lady's voice sounds like a woman from my church who's very anti-videogame, and it's really tripping me out.

[@sillygooseenergy]

😂

[@PROgamma57]

Thank you for this vid!!!! It really help clear up a lot of confusion about why I had no power.

[@losd2472]

Great job, thanks so much for your videos. Having way more fun now.

[@truth583]

Awesome, thank you! I just started my second playthrough a few weeks ago and got my vault for the first time

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

Still playing my fallout4, thank you for your video!

[@AudCand]

Thank you! I was so aggravated that I couldn't get power going, what a pain this DLC is

[@MickKizzy]

great video, well explained, unlike most crap video's on here A+++

[@cheeseant2574]

I love how, literally no other person told me about the conduit. “The walls transmit power, you’re just stupid” god this is such a relief

[@PureEnvelope35]

holy shit you are my hero, finally my vault isn't a mess of cables and random generators

[@davidgohre]

This had been frustrating me for so long...Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@williamarnold4715]

Thank you so much! This had me a little confused! You're awesome!

[@SimeonDenk]

Great tip, after I already laid all those conduits. Now how do I power up my door switches?

[@cowboycliparchive1985]

THANK YOU! You're seriously a saint. I doubt I would've found that out on my own

[@PassTheSnails]

And the Overseer of the year award goes to…!
Thank you so much for this

[@LynnR40]

This is my second play through and I didn’t know about this. Actually just now seen the generator thing in the reactor room. Missed that some how the first time. Thanks for showing this. It’s power WiFi lol

[@MrTickTickB00Mify]

Great tutorial and explanation! Really wish this was explained in the actual game. There is next to no explanation on how settlement building works let alone the vault building.

[@goldenfalcon4721]

thanks for this simple video on power for the vault.

[@eddiemartin1059]

Great video!!! Many thanks!!!

[@jackwhitetron]

Appreciate you 🙏🏽

[@flamealchemist546]

you are a life saver, i was getting ready to attach wires all over the vault

[@Borne2rule]

Oh my hell I've been placing the connectors and conduits everywhere for so long so thank you thank you!!!!!

[@SeranaDovah]

So the main power in the beginning of the fault stops working at that wall and you have to hike another reactor? Why can’t the first main reactor be able to put power through out the vault. And I can’t get it past my atrium.

[@noble_norse7786]

This was very helpful, thank you so much!

[@presidentduck.3716]

My power stops dead in its track on one half of my second level, ive tryed to find any kind of gap but i dont find any.

[@darianhall1614]

Did you ever figure the problem out?

[@biohazardfur9630]

plus 1 sub. For the life of me I couldn't get it to work I was running nasty wire threw my vault thank you keep up the great work

[@starlord7399]

It wont work. It says i have power but its red so something is wrong

[@Joey-gy5vj]

Ever figure it out?

[@MaturishGambino]

Yeah same here

[@Xomtheproto]

Same

[@waleedaltamimi8020]

Finally someone can explain it perfectly ... thanx

[@DarkmimicX]

wow I was thinking I had to make another generator and manually connect it to everything in my vault. Thank you so much!

[@GoodInMyHood.]

Great simple video 👍

[@prototypecitizen]

So I gotta build walls down the tunnel to connect the water pump in East sector?

[@stepheningram3448]

Your videos are the best companion to have in F4.god bless

[@suomynona7261]

I watched your video and it seems to only work for power from Atrium to domestic doorways to hall to doorway but won’t connect to overseers doorways! Help me please

[@fRroast]

Thank You for this tutorial. You save me from going crazy.

[@davidhawthorne652]

Thanks for this. The wires I was putting everywhere just looked ugly. This is SOOOO much better looking.

[@STX_Hyperion]

So simple. Thank you! Looks much better without wires everywhere lol

[@kayjay.]

not what i was looking for. i was searching for how to get electricity to for example the security room or do you have to make it all connect with wires.

[@_mylastname]

This helped me today. Thank you

[@levimay2912]

Thanks a lot. This video saved me a whole lot of unnecessary time and trouble.

[@Mike-nr9py]

Thanks for the info I was so confused on how to power vault 88 lol

[@JohnnyKnoxvil]

Thanks for making this awesome video! Really helped me out lol

[@erikclausen7216]

This video was really helpful.Thank you