Fallout – Defenses have disappeared in a settlement

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I have disappearing turrets. This is when I am actually at the settlement looking at the spot where turrets used to be–this is not the issue with the pip-boy displaying incorrect stats.

For instance there is a settlement where I had 10 missile turrets strung together. The turrets are gone but the wires are there, connected to, well, nothing, and the defense rating is down to 5.

I thought it might be just one buggy settlement, but I've found another settlement with a missing turret.

Anyone else experiencing this or have any suggestions on how to fix, aside from rebuilding all the defenses?

Best Answer

It appears that this is just a random bug that has no definitive cause or fix aside from reloading a previous save. I was able to find this Reddit post and this thread that described issues similar to yours.

Unfortunately, it looks like at this time, the only way to fix this is to reload a previous save when it happens while you wait for a patch, as I haven't found any evidence that one has been released to fix this yet.