Brahmins, what is the actual point of these things?

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Aside from being load carriers for traders and on trade routes, what actual purpose do Brahmins serve in the grander context of the game? Other than being a damn nuisance that is.

They just sloth around the settlement, getting in the way all the time, appearing on roofs, inside rooms, or inside or on top of anything you care to build or place at your settlement. You cannot contain them behind fences, I catch them in traps and corral them in a fenced camp, load into the game again and they are inside your buildings, blocking doorways, standing on beds. It's not that their meat has any special value, there are many other critters and monsters around that provide as good, or better benefit than Brahmin steaks. I have also not being able to contain them around a feeding trough, or bothered to find out if they provide fertiliser in any useful quantity. Killing them is also a bad idea, as everyone in the settlement immediately turns hostile. TF?

I hate them.

[Råb!d]

Eat them.

[Cor.]

Fertilizer for Ammunition. It appears in your workbench, 1 per day per Brahmin

Ribeye steaks heal 110

You dont really have to contain them around a trough, but you do need one for each one you have. I hear 3 max is what you should do.

[Necron Monolith ₿]

I present... The Abattoir https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/33340

[Colmaniac]

in the food construction tab stick a bath tub down and they will hang around them instead of getting in the way :P, also pets, got to the decorations and stick down a cat bowl and dog kennel.

[Bored Peon]

Brahmin are for making Jet.
JET WILL MAKE YOU JITTERY!

Ok, seriously...
Brahmin give a food production bonus in terms of bonus food items, based on what you are growing.
If you have them in a settlement with no food production you get completely random aid items.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1306866534
You only need 1 brahmin per settlement for the food production, because the bonus is a yes/no thing.

After the first the only thing that changes is fertilizer production.

A brahmin trough should keep non-caravan brahmin somewhat tethered to a spot. Be warned if you try to put more than 3-4 brahmin on a trough they start landing on each other during spawning and getting throw into the air and falling to their death.

[NecroMaster]

The fertilizer brahmin provide can actually be a source of income.

You can scrap institute weapons for plastic by killing synths then craft jet at a chemistry station for loads of caps.

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Originally posted by Cadaver Synod:

I present... The Abattoir https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/33340

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by NecroMaster:

The fertilizer brahmin provide can actually be a source of income.

You can scrap institute weapons for plastic by killing synths then craft jet at a chemistry station for loads of caps.

If you buy flamer fuel from Percy, Mr Green, the Museum Gift Shop near Bunker Hill, and the General Atomics Galleria vendors can make Jet Fuel.

[Cor.]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by NecroMaster:

The fertilizer brahmin provide can actually be a source of income.

You can scrap institute weapons for plastic by killing synths then craft jet at a chemistry station for loads of caps.

If you buy flamer fuel from Percy, Mr Green, the Museum Gift Shop near Bunker Hill, and the General Atomics Galleria vendors can make Jet Fuel.

Why buy it. I just raid Forged guys and get all I could ever use.

[Shadow]

I mean, you're literally asking what the purpose of a cow is here. It's a cow. They eat and poop and make noises, and they're good to have around when you're farming because poop makes food grow better.

[Cor.]

Originally posted by Shadow:

I mean, you're literally asking what the purpose of a cow is here. It's a cow. They eat and poop and make noises, and they're good to have around when you're farming because poop makes food grow better.

And never stand behind one thats about to cough.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Cor.:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

If you buy flamer fuel from Percy, Mr Green, the Museum Gift Shop near Bunker Hill, and the General Atomics Galleria vendors can make Jet Fuel.

Why buy it. I just raid Forged guys and get all I could ever use.

Maybe if you were a small time street corner dealer.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=679275246
(BTW that is how I found out they start killing each other with pjysics and falling.)