How to Level Up Fast and Level Up Command

You can level up fast in Fallout 4 (FO4) by increasing the Intelligence Stat, obtaining the Gift of the Gab perk, as well as building up settlements. Check out all the methods to level up fast, what is the level up console command, and the enemy level range in the game!

How to Level Up Fast

Build Copper Statues in Settlements

The fastest way to level up in the game is by building statues such as the Minuteman Statue or the Baseball Statue.

Each statue costs 10 Copper to craft and gives a hefty amount of experience since they are considered rare or resource-intensive structures to make.

To craft these statues, you'll need to get Picket Fences #3 Essential Upgrades! perk magazine from Saugus Ironworks.

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Get the Gift of Gab Companion Perk

The Gift of Gab is a companion perk that you can obtain by maxing out Piper Wright's affinity, and grants a +100% XP bonus for successful charisma checks and discovering new locations,

This makes it one of the best perks to get early in the game and can quickly get you a couple of levels by just exploring The Commonwealth and passing charisma checks during conversations in quests.

Piper Likes and Affinity Guide

Lover's Embrace and Well-Rested Perks

The Lover's Embrace and Well-Rested perks offer temporary boosts in exp gain and stacks with other exp boosts.

Lover's Embrace requires sleeping in a bed with a romanced companion nearby, while the Well-Rested perk activates when you sleep in a bed in an owned settlement.

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Invest in the Intelligence Stat

The Sole Survivor's Intelligence stat determines how much experience they get from completing quests to placing new structures in settlements, with a higher Intelligence offering more experience.

Allocating at least 5 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points to your intelligence is a good baseline for getting the most experience as possible without sacrificing too much on your other S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats.

Get the Idiot Savant for Low-Intelligence Builds

Alternatively, low Intelligence builds can get the Idiot Savant Luck perk for a random chance to get multiplied XP bonuses when doing any action that rewards experience the lower the character's intelligence.

This perk is very useful when completing main and side quests and, while the perk triggers randomly, you can save before completing a quest and reload a save to ensure you get the Idiot Savant exp boost.

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Best Obtained Early to Maximize Usefulness

The Gift of Gab is best obtained near the start of the game since its effectiveness at granting bonus exp diminishes as you discover new locations and progress enough into the story.

The perk will eventually become useless if you have discovered every location in the game and finish all main quests.

Complete Radiant Faction Quests

Completing repeatable factions quests is another good way to level up your character while also potentially getting Caps.

The Minutemen is the first faction you'll have access to at the start of the game, with Preston Garvey providing repeatable settlement requests that can help you quickly level up in the early game.

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Setting Up and Building Settlements

Building settlements is another good way to level up fast, though this requires investment in materials to craft the structures.

Settlement Map and All Settlement Locations

Fallout 4 Level Up Command

Level Up Console Command

PC players can automatically set their level by opening up the console commands with the tilde (~) button and typing player.setlevel followed by the desired level number.

For example, if you want to set your character's level to 50, you should type the command as player.setlevel 50.

Note: Despite its name, the command can't lower your level meaning you can only increase your level.

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Enemy Level Range

Enemy Level by Zone

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