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Really, you didnt get Righteous Authority from Dance? I think its guaranteed. Check over your stuff or talk to him again. Not strictly essential but its good gun for beginners all the way to the end.

Oh yeah than the castle is no problem.

All of the workshop dlcs focus on settlement building adding cool new things but only if youre really into building the perfect settlement for hours. The Vault Tech one may be the most interesting of those adding a little story with it and an okay settlement.

All the DLC is pretty good. I like the story based ones and I have to recommend Far Harbor as the best, it adds a new cool mid-challenging area and has a good story to it. I really enjoyed it. Some good new weapons and bits also.

Nuka World also has a fair story and a very challenging level 30+ area but also a new faction. The Minutemen can coexist with any other faction but this one and its the only way to turn those guys against you. I was gonna day earlier if you want to focus on settlements you need the Local Leader Perks but not if you join this new faction which functions similar to the Minutemen in that it lets you gather settlements that operate slightly different. Only bad thing is you cant compete the game with them but they can coexist with any faction but the Minutemen. Mostly for evil bastards.

Automaton adds a bit of story but the big draw is that it lets you build robots that act like companions or settlements and you make can put guns or flaming swords on them (even Codsworth). Very fun. It also adds a new very tough type of raider and tough robots to the main map however.

So in order, first Far Harbor (best story, best location), then Automaton (fair story, robot fun) and Nuka World (fair story, the opportunity to be evil thats not really in the base game, alternate way to get settlements, great location, new minor faction) tied for second.