After building wooden floors all over the water at Taffington boathouse, it is impossible to build the bar store in the water area on the floors!?

And at the 5 other major (emperium) stores only the medical seller responds, the others just say yes yes. Is it something about the major stores that svck?

In Sanctuary all stores had assigned settlers, but one never shows up. Perhaps it is supposed to be part of the story, because later a synth dressed quite like the disappeared settler showed up, but was somehow recognized by another settler or the spotlight or other turret or perhaps he just started killing. Anyway a new settler was assigned to the store and then he went missing like forever ... ?

Is it visible somehow when the store is open, because the sellers often stand there without really selling?

As long as there is a settler assigned and the store is "open" for the day, you can purchase from the shop keep where ever they may be.

Though as for store placement itself, I've noticed it's a bit wonky too. I stick some stores in some places, but other stores won't fit in those same places. Frustrating to say the least.

I had to replace my doctor at Starlight Drive In because the original never showed up for work. ??


I've never had the problem where the "barter" option wasn't available but I have read other posts about that so you're not alone. I suggest sending them to labour in the fields and pick a new shopkeeper. It's a pretty sweet gig afterall.


I have seen some of my shopkeepers wandering around the settlement during business hours instead of staying at the shop, but they would still barter.

It needs a final patch!

The signs on top of the stores are pretty tall - they stick up above the next floor, and that really limits where they fit.

Just tried a new game and there's definitely also a bug with the smallest weapon shop in Sanctuary, when assigning a settler to the smallest armor shop, perhaps before or after also building the smallest weapon shop, then sooner or later the weapon shop also displays as occupied though no one ever does.