I have managed to acquire every trophy but one - Benevolent Leader (PS4). This trophy requires you to reach maximum happiness with a large settlement. I have been looking around online, putting many hours into what they recommend on top of the probably 100+ I've put into the game already, and I can't get past 90 happiness. As I look around, many others are having issues with this trophy and it seems to be more random or potentially bugged than anything. Especially for a Bronze trophy, it seems to be quite ridiculous.

Thank you!

if u really want it the easiest and quickest was i was able to do it is with the clinics. it took like 2 hours doing it from 84 happiness. if u just want the trophy then after u get it, scrap the save, also what i did. but anyway get clothes that boost charisma, build like 20 level 3 clinics, and keep sleeping for 24 hours. when u wake up go to editor to make sure happiness is rising. also i found it to raise higher if u ring the bell sometimes and talk to some of the settlers. it is a pain to get, but its possible to get in a few hours. i did this without any charisma boosting aid items but i assume those might also help you.

20 level 3 clincs is 36,000 bottlecaps. Even if I had that much money in my storage it would take me forever to pull it out within weight limit, sell it to some vendors with 500 caps apiece, rinse and repeat.

I'm not saying it's impossible, just extremely time consuming and annoying and way too much effort for a bronze trophy. Not to mention the spamming clinics thing sounds more like an exploit or glitch than a legitimate way to make your people happier.

i think thats the only way to get it atm. i think the happiness is bugged.

Yeah I've been all around the internet and that's what I came up with.

Some achievements are hard to get. Some require playing the game in an absurd, counter-intuitive, "gamey" way. It's possible that happiness is bugged, but it's more likely that the system is intentionally set up such that you're not really "supposed" to have 100 happiness everywhere, all the time. Game the game to get the trophy and then forget about it.

I managed to get this trophy.. but only due to a bug. When it popped up, I was surprised, so I go through my list of settlements, and Graygarden reads as having only having 1 person, 2 water, 25 food (I think), and some other seemingly random messed up stats.. and.. yep, 100 happiness, out of nowhere. This trophy is definitely borked.