sentinels attacking my settlement, CONSTANTLY

[Jeruzalem]

every time i move to my settlement, sentinels are attacking it. is there a way to minimize this?

[Dirak2012]

No, i don't think so.

[blackphoenixx]

You can get settlement upgrades that slow it down by doing the quests for the settlement.
If it has a negative quality that increases sentinel attacks you can also get rid of that the same way.

Alternatively build a Minotaur bay right in the middle of it, set a hotkey for the pilot AI and make sure it's your active exocraft when you teleport in.
Then if a sentinel attack happens just press your hotkey to activate it and watch the fireworks.

[Comradovich]

Plop down a base computer as close to the settlement as possible. Once claimed, name it something like "settlement industrial annex", so you don't feel the urge to teleport to this base later. Now, move your computer into the settlement proper. I like right next to my office.

You now have a buildable area that encompasses your entire settlement. Which means you could wall off the sentinel spawn area near the monument. Maybe toss in a minotaur spawn pad there as well. Sentinels arrive? X menu, select "Activate Minotaur AI". And now we wait...

[Krash Megiddo]

Did you start the "Trace of Metal" mission?

[SpannerMonkey]

What kind of sentinels? Corrupted or normal orange type? The first settlement I was offered was on a planet with aggressive sentinels, so that you couldn't defend against the corrupted type, without bringing down the rest of the horde.
Turning off the sentinel pillar could give some respite, but a settlement in a war zone is not my idea of fun, I simply found another settlement, using one of the maps, and adopted that instead.

Every settlement is under attack by sentinels when you first become overseer, you need to kill them all, but only the corrupted type ( shooting normal sentinels will bring in further waves)
From then on sentinel attacks seem to be on a timer, you can see the current alert level in the settlement management tab. So they will return even after you kill the first batch, but it takes a while.

[Wile E Coyote, Super Genius]

Sounds like you got a nanite farm going.

https://youtu.be/kdOPBP9vuZA

[Tona4]

if you go to a planet with no sentinals, a paradise planet if you want... and use a settlement chart while on the planet it will locate a settlement on that planet (if it doesnt work then reload your save from when you exited your ship)

[Comradovich]

Originally posted by Wile E Coyote, Super Genius:

Sounds like you got a nanite farm going.

https://youtu.be/kdOPBP9vuZA

See, this is why I built that Observation Post right near your base. I don't know what you're doing, but I'm pretty sure I should have popcorn and binoculars handy for when you do.

[ihleslie]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Did you start the "Trace of Metal" mission?

If you haven't done Trace of Metals then you'll be attacked frequently. With ToM complete then attacks come every three days or so (IRL days).

[Jeruzalem]

yea, i just completed the minotaur questline, and i got it. it doesnt seem very active, tho. every time i attack something, all it does is walk around me

[Krash Megiddo]

He needs da weps
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2756741949

[wedgie]

I have forgotten all about my settlement. I have not visited in ages and no alerts are coming in. Make sure to remove the Settlement from your active daily log thing, or something like that and you wont get reminders to visit.

[Comradovich]

Once you start down the "A trace of metal" questline, you both build your own sentinel drone companion, and start stealing sentinel upgrades for your minotaur. You can upgrade him to a point without doing this, but he's quite a bit better with the stolen tech.

[NZ.Zero]

Just don't go to your settlement, the settlement mechanic isn't that fun anyway.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by NZ.Zer0:

Just don't go to your settlement, the settlement mechanic isn't that fun anyway.

I see you are a man of intelligence as well.