| Settlement Rank | Number Of Buildings | Upgrades accessible | Other Perks |
| Outpost/Hideout (1) | 1-3 | Shacks & Junk Walls | N/A |
| Emergent Settlement (2) | 4-7 | All | Rewarded with a safe box & Bounty Board, Text Naming your settlement, and your settlement is made official. |
| Established Settlement (3) | 8-12 | All | Rewarded with a 30kg Container |
| Town (4) | 12-15 | All | Rewarded with a Workbench. |
| Major Town (5) | 16+ | All | Rewarded with a Second 30kg Container and the ruling faction may be entitled to become an official Faction rather than a player based group. |
| Item | Cost |
Shacks | |
| Single Wooden Shack | 1000 Caps |
| Junk Metal Shacks (6 Poorly built metal Shacks) | 5500 Caps |
Junk Walls | |
| Long Junk Wall | 1000 Caps |
| Junk Wall Full Circle | 1500 Caps |
Furnishing (Indoor and outdoor) | |
| Furnishing (Tiny - Below 0.5M) | 25 Caps |
| Furnishing (Small - Around 1M) | 50 Caps |
| Furnishing (Average - Around 2M) | 100 Caps |
| Furnishing (Large - Over 4M) | 200+ Caps |
Items | |
| Auto-Doc MIB | 3000 Caps |
| Containers (8 ) | 2500 Caps |
| Containers (20) | 5000 Caps |
| Containers (30) | 8000 Caps |
| Containers (60) | 10000 Caps |
| Console (Broken) | 4000 Caps |
| Generator | 10000 Caps |
| Music Radio | 4000 Caps |
| Music Jukebox | 4000 Caps |
| Music Jukebox | 4000 Caps |
| Workbench: Ammo | 10000 Caps |
| Workbench: Crafting | 10000 Caps |
| Vending Machine: Nuka Cola | 7000 Caps |
Quote from: Das_Uberman on 01-05-2011
Is this only for established settlements, or is this to start settlements?
Quote from: R3BooT on 01-05-2011
Established I believe.