Hey Guys I have a few questions regarding settlements that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere.

1. What's the system for earning caps from the vendors? Do I automatically get the caps in my inventory?

2. What exactly does the scavenging station do? Beyond the "extra scavenging production," that is.

3. What's the range on the artillery pieces?

4. What is the cooldown time for companions liking your actions? While not specific to settlements, I am wondering in regards to Codsworth's affinity to crafting items.

5. Does the flare gun depend upon who I sided with in the main story, or the amount of settlements I have in the area?

If anyone could help answer these, that would be greatly appreciated!

1. I'm not sure about this but I think they deposit caps into the workbench rather than your inventory.

2. The scavenging station generates some random junk once per day that gets added to your workshop automatically.

3. You need to be within 5 grid squares of a settlement that has an artillery piece.

4. Dunno, but it's definitely less than an in-game day, if I had to guess it'd probably be an in-game hour.

5. The flare gun is for summoning Minutemen allies. You need to be within 3-4 grid squares of the nearest settlement and, for best results, aim the flare gun at the nearest settlement at a 45 degree angle. The Institute will give you synth relay grenades that'll summon several Gen 1 Synths, while the Brotherhood will give you a vertibird signal grenade that summons a vertibird for you to use but you can only use it for transport (such as to Spectacle Island if you don't want to swim) and it has a side-mounted gatling gun you can use.

Awesome, thanks!

They're deposited into the MISC category in your workshop inventory. Amount is based on the level of the shop.