Every step you take in Fallout Shelter will typically require many hands on deck to survive the enervating dystopian world. Fortunately, dwellers will always come knocking at your vault door initially, that is, until you push through the later stages. So, if no one has been showing up lately, we'll explain how to get more dwellers in Fallout Shelter.

How to get dwellers fast in Fallout Shelter

To get more dwellers in Fallout Shelter, try the following methods:

• Assign dwellers to the Living Quarters to get kids
• Use the Radio Studio
• Find dwellers while exploring
• Open Lunchboxes
• Participate in quests

You can gather more dwellers by doing it the old-fashioned way, aka baby-making. Assign a male and female character to the Living Quarters to get those sparks flying. It's best to utilize those with high charisma levels, as it works much faster this way. You'll know when the chemistry is right when the characters begin dancing, which is apparently a mating ritual in Fallout Shelter.

If you have 20 dwellers, you can set up a Radio Studio to possibly lure other dwellers to your vault. Characters with high charisma will once again come in clutch here. However, it may attract unw??anted guests to your doorstep, so ge??t those defenses ready just in case.

Another way to acquire more dwellers i?s through exploration. A character may bring back someone with them when they venture into the Wastelands. Nevertheless, this puts them at risk, so it's crucial to prepare them with suitable materials. More dwellers can also be earned as a reward from Lunchboxes and quests. I suggest focusing more on the Lunchboxes than the missions since t?hey have a higher rate of dwellers.

Complete various objecti?ves or spend in-game currency to obtain Lunchboxes. Through it, you'll acquire other valuables, including armor, weapons, pets, and RadAways.

After accumulating more dwellers in Fallout Shelter, ensure enough space i?s available. This also means having plenty of resources for everyone, as it will get more challenging with the abundant amount of people.

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If you ask people, “What’s your go-to nuclear post-apocalyptic story?�Most will probably say Fallout; the action role-playing franchise that has been around for more than ??tw?o decades and is now considered one of the most influential game series of all time.

Now, with the new live-action Fallout series by Amazon premiering to great acclaim and even reigniting interest in the game series, this might be the perfect opportunity to take a walk down memory lane and review some of the best things this franchise has had to offer. Here's our list for every Fallout game ranked from best to worst.

1. Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

If it’s a gripping story full of great characters and amazing twists you want, then Fallout: New Vegas is as good as it gets. After acquiring the franchise in 2007 and releasing Fallout 3 to critical acclaim, Bethesda contracted Obsidian to continue the franchise through a spinoff centering around the West Coast storyline. Obsidian Entertainment was founded by several former Interplay employees, so making the connection and the potential? wa??s easy enough.

Fallout: New Vegas received positive reviews upon release, but it would be some time until people came to truly appreciate the game’s brilliant narrative and improvements on Bethesda’s Fallout 3 design. New Vegas is now not only widely recognized as the best Fallout game, but also one of the greatest RPG games in history. The title has a cult following, and even now, whenever I feel like a bit of time spent shooting radioactive creatures in the United States nuclear wasteland might do me good, reinstalling New Vegas is my first choice.

2. Fallout 3 (2008)

The severe disconnect between Fallout 3 and the previous two main installments in the series came as a shock to its dedicated fanbase, but it’s not as if Bethesda didn’t know what it was doing and ended up dropping the ball. If you can bring yourself to appreciate the “new�Fallout for the things it has to offer, then Fallout 3 definitely has a place in the RPG Hall of Fame.

It’s easy to look at Bethesda games now and criticize all the outdated gameplay mechanics. Heaven knows that social media has had a field day doing the same to Starfield. But back when there were only a handful of capable developers carrying the Western RPG tradition on their shoulders, Bethesda was regarded as one of the maestros. Fallout 3 has enough gameplay variety to distract you for hundreds of hours of playtime. The threequel ended up bagging numerous Game of the Year awards and garnered the praise of original Fallout devs like Tim Cain.

3. Fallout 2 (1998)

It’s still strange to contemplate the true scope of the first two Fallout games given the technical limitations they had to work with back then. The original Fallout in 1997 may? have kickstarted this entire fictional world, but its sequel improved on almost every aspect, and a mere year later, at that.

There’s a sense of depressing bleakness to Fallout 2 that I find absolutely irresistible. Now, I’ve never been one of those people to reject Bethesda’s Fallout simpl?y because it opted to follow a different design philosophy, but I do believe that its take on the post-apocalypt??ic story could certainly do with a bit more of that nihilistic sense of dread coming from the sure knowledge that humanity is forever doomed. And I certainly miss the turn-based action sequences.

4. Fallout 4 (2015)

Bethesda did a wonderful job promoting Fallout 4, but it could’ve saved itself a lot of effort by simply saying: “If you loved Fallout 3, you’re probably going to enjoy Fallout 4 as well.�Perhaps that’s the single most disappointing thing about Fallout 4 for me. Don’t get me wrong; this is a great game. The world design is more ambitious, the visuals have been much improved over Fallout 3, and the variety of activities and mischief you can get up to in The Commonwealth is truly commendable. And don’t even get me started on the mods, because Bethesda certainly took its cue from Skyrim to make the game as mod-friendly as possible.

Yet something is holding Fallout 4 back. Maybe it’s the high expectations going in after experiencing so many great RPG games between Fallout 3 and the fourth entry. Maybe it’s the mediocre excuse of a story that never?? truly gets its moment in the sun. Maybe it’s all the innumerable bugs that Bethesda can’t seem to shake off. And maybe it’s all of these things. Still, none of these will necessarily prevent you from having a fun time playing the game.

5. Fallout (1997)

As discussed earlier, the first Fallout game set the tone for the franchise in more ways than one. Bethesda only expanded on the lore already developed by Interplay, so if this franchise has stood the test of time, it’s because of the talented group of people, including Tim Cain, Chris Jones, Mark O’Green, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson, who?? worked on the game for the better part of three years.

There was a time when the game was almost canceled after Interplay acquired the license to Dungeons & Dragons, and the release of Diablo a little while later gave the studio other ideas about how the project should proceed. Through it all, Tim Cain fought for his project, which he’d initially started as a game engine. And the result? A franchise that’s one of the biggest names in the industry. Even now, even today, you can play the original Fallout game and have a ton of fun with it, which is a testament to the sheer brilliance that Interplay designers employed to make their game timeless; a feat that only a handful of games in histor??y have managed to imitate.

6. Fallout Shelter (2015)

Fallout Shelter can be a fun experience for people with a love for Fallout and management games. It was originally released for iOS and Android after Fallout 4, but over the years, Shelter has made its way to other platforms as well. Not much can be said of Shelter, and sometimes I wonder if it ever would’ve seen the light of day had Fallout not been such a huge name in the first place.

7. Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001)

Not to be confused with 2004’s Brotherhood of Steel, this turn-based tactical spinoff had a great story and a decent combat system. Tactics is much smaller in scale, and focuses heavily on strategy during turn-based squad fights. It also introduces several elements to the Fallout lore, so?me of which have also be??en incorporated into Bethesda’s games.

8. Fallout 76 (2018)

One of the most controversial releases in history, Fallout 76 was the first game that made people genuinely question if Bethesda is still the right developer for this franchise. Even on a broader scale, some wondered if Bethesda has still "got it," a concern now exacerbated tenfold thanks to Starfield’s middling critical and commercial reception.

Fallout 76 was Bethesda Game Studios�first attempt at a multiplayer game, and it ended up being a disaster of epic proportions. We could go on and on about how Fallout 76 gets everything wrong about the franchise and perhaps the online gaming landscape, but let’s just say that most people would rather forget it even exists and le??ave it at that.

9. Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004)

I know what you’re thinking: A Fallout game worse than 76? That can’t be right. Well, this spinoff from 2004 is definitely up there among some of the worst games ever developed. Gameplay mechanics are almost non-existent, the plot doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and the hack-and-slash nature of combat doesn’t even work for Fallout. Say what you will about 76, but at least that game adhered to some basic game design standards an??d had some redeeming qualities going for it.

The history behind the Fallout games

Fallout is one of those massively successful and recognizable names that had very humble beginnings. It may not be as dramatic a tale as two broke programmers grinding in sweat and tears, day and night, to come up with an era-defining masterpiece, but that first game in 1997 is very?? different from the Bethesda shooter you know and adore today.

In many ways, Fallout was the brainchild of Tim Cain (Pillars of Eternity, The Outer Worlds), who worked on the initial concept for six months before getting the go-ahead from Interplay. By the time the game was being finalized, it had already cost a whopping $3 million to develop and a crew of game developers to finish. Interplay imagined Fallout as the spiritual successor to Wasteland, which was anothe??r commercially successful post-apocalyptic role-playing game released in 1988.

It ended up selling 600,000 copies around the world �not quite as impressive as other competitors like Baldur’s Gate or Diablo, but enough to warrant a sequel and a future in the gaming industry. When Fallout 4 came out in 2015, it sold 12 million copies to retailers in the first?? 24 hours, grossing $750 million and setting records.

Comparing the Fallout TV show and Fallout games

The new Fallout live-action series by Prime Video has garnered rave reviews across the board, turning it into one of the handful of video game adaptations to have left an impression on the general populace. Amazon's take on the Fallout universe is fun, faithful, and compelling, so much so that its release on the company's live-service platform made the sales for Fallout 4 skyrocket by a whopping 7500% in just one week. Trust me; you can't help but want to play one of the Fallout games after watching the series. And as for the show itself, we're already impatient to see what will happen to our new cast of characters in season 2, already confirmed to be in production at Amazon Studios.

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Even in the modern age of constant in??????????????????????????ternet connection, there are times when you simply can’t connect to the wifi. Whether you’re traveling, too far from civilization or you just want to disconnect, don’t worry, there’s still some games out there to keep you entertained ?even when there’s no signal. 

As someone who spends a lot of time 30,000 feet up in the air, I’ve become pretty good at finding offline games to occupy my time when flying and I’m not one for gatekeeping, so I’m going to share those ??I’ve found with you. 

1. Plague Inc

There’s no two ways about it: Plague Inc is the perfect game to play when you’re stressed out from traveling and would love to w??atch the world fall to pieces around you, even though you wouldn’t wish harm on anyone, realistically speaking. 

In case you’ve not played before, the aim of Plague Inc is to create a deadly illness and eradicate life on ?Earth through adding contagious symptoms and transmission methods. This game can admittedly be pretty dark, but if you’d rather be the hero and save the world from a bacterial or viral threat, you can play Cure mode and race the infection to, well, cure the afflicted.

2. Dumb Ways To Die

Dumb Ways To Die is a phenomenon which began as a clever advertising campaign, reminding people to stay safe around trains, for Metro in Melbourne way back in 2012. Now there are 11 Dumb games in total, but the ??first remains the most entertaining for long play sessions. 

The aim of Dumb Ways To Die is to, well, avoid dying a particularly dumb death. Whether you’re helping a bean avoid being eaten by a bear because they’re poking the beast with a stick, or helping a different bean avoid having their unmentionables bitten off because they decided to use them as piranha bait, there’s no denying that Dumb Ways To Die is still a hi??larious and bizarre way to pass the time between Wi-Fi connections.

3. Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is an amazing time killer regardless of which platform you choose to play on.?? You can spend hours ??clearing your farm, building friendships and exploring the world around you. One benefit of playing on mobile is that you can take it wherever you go, and you don’t need an internet connection to progress your story. 

One amazing thing about Stardew Valley is that if you’re logged into the Google Play Store or App Store on more than one device, you only need to pay for it once. Once you’ve purchased it, you can install it on as many devices a???s you like. Sadly, your save files won’t transfer onto other devices, but this does mean that you can do things in different ways, like going the Joja route. Heathen.

4. Fallout Shelter

If you love Fallout and have always wanted to be the Overseer of a Vault, then Fallout Shelter is the perfect game to kill some time while in waiting rooms or flying through the skies. Control your own Vault, build it however you like and even perform your own experiments if you want, there’s no limit to what you can do to your ??Vault dwellers. You can send them?? out on expeditions to explore the wastes, give them jobs within the Vault, and you even get to name their many, many children. 

There are a host of familiar faces within Fallout Shelter, with the most recent additions being characters from the TV series, including Lucy ??and The Ghoul. 

5. Papers, Please

Papers, Please, the border-control phenomenon by Lucas Pope, was released on PC back in 2013 and if you’ve ever wanted to take it with you, it’s available on both Android and iOS. I have to admit, it’s ironic to play Papers, Please while waiting in line at TSA, but it definitely helps to pass the time?. 

While the gameplay doesn’t feel quite as smooth as it does on PC because you have to keep switching between documents, the story, characters, and now-iconic sounds of Papers, Please are all very much present in th?e mobile version. 

6. Crossy Road

As someone who grew up in the '90s, I’m pretty familiar with Frogger. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that I’m pretty good at the traffic jumping game. However, Crossy Road seems to exist purely to prove me wrong and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve ended up spl??attered against the side of a lorry because I misjudged the timing of a jump.

You start the game with a chicken whose only aim is to cross the road, although you don’t get any answers as to why, sadly. Progressing through the game rewards coins which can be spent on other animals and maps to navigate. During my travels between the US and UK, my Crossy Road ski??ll has come on in leaps and boun?ds. (I’ll see myself out.) 

7. Two Dots

If you’re not up for the stress of avoiding traffic, don’t want to end the world, or simply want to relax, Two Dots is probably the best choice on this list. It’s a simple game of connecting the dots in straight lines (but not diagonally) to clear levels. You can spend hours trying to beat your own personal best score on any level, attempting to beat a level using as few moves as possible and, if you get bored of joining the dots, there are other things on offer in Two Dots as well, such as painting challenges. 

One of the huge plus sides to Two Dots is the colorblind mode, for those who struggle to tell the colors of the dots apart. The accessibili??ty option puts symbols onto each dot, allowing you to differentiate between them even if the colors are hard to tell apart.&nbs?p;

8. Best Fiends

In the same vein as Two Dots, Best Fiends is a matching game which goes one step further and allows you to connect items diagonally. Throu?gh clearing botanical themed items, you help the bugs take down the evil slugs, and each bug has their own corresponding color. Clearing items of this color allows the bugs to do more damage to the slugs. You can also upgrade your Fiends and unlock new ones, including some epic Fiends, along the way.

You only have limited moves per level and running out of moves means losing a life, but lives regenerate at a rate of one every twenty minut??es so even if you do lose one, you’ll get it back soon enough. There’s nothing more satisfying than creating a huge chain of items before quickly jumping to the end of a level to take down the big, bad slug boss.

9. Pocket City 2

If you like city building games, I cannot recommend Pocket City 2 enough. The possibilities are endless and you can build anything from a small town to a huge, sprawling metropolis. If you’re traveling through cities, you can take inspiration?? from the things you see to design your own dream location, become the all-?powerful ruler of your domain and build up the population. 

Not only do you get to build your city, but once you’ve placed down a few buildi??ngs, you can enter free-roaming mode and explore the city from the perspective of a resident. 

10. Once Upon a Tower

If you’ve got an image in your head of a defenseless princess, locked in a tower, waiting for a prince to rescue her from the terrible dragon holding her captive, then think again. Once Upon a Tower sees you playing as the princess herself,? who wields a sledgehammer and uses it to descend the tower through breakable floors. 

You’ll also use your sledgehammer to defeat enemies on the way down and collect fireflies, which accumulate over time and can be exchanged for rewards. It’s very easy to make mistakes in Once Upon a Tower, but y??ou can always start again and begin smashing your way throug??h the levels.

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There’s no arguing against it, the Fallout universe is huge. With a canonical timeline spanning over 1,000 years, there’s a lot of his?tory packed int??o relatively few games. Thankfully, the games don’t span the entire timeline, instead spanning a 195 year period between 2102 and 2287. 

Fallout 76 (Set in 2102)

Despite being the latest game to be released, Fallout 76 is actually set right at the very beginning of the timeline in terms of the Fallout games. Set just 25 years after the events of the Great War, the residents of Vault 76 are among the first people to resurface into the Wastes, leaving the safety of the Vault for Reclamation Day. ??; 

Fallout (Set in 2161)

The first released Fallout game was, until Fallout 76 hit the scene, also the earliest part of the timeline seen in game form. Set 59 years after the events of Fallout 76, Fallout sees the main character set out in search of a water chip before time runs out, and everyone in Vault 13 perishes. The main character goes through ??untold hardship, only to end up exiled for their troubles. 

Fallout Tactics (Set in 2197)

Despite being released three years after Fallout 2, the events of Fallout Tactics occur 36 years after the events of Fallout and 44 years before the events of Fallout 2. Gameplay is very different from both games, with the focus being more on tact?ical combat, ?as the name suggests.

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (Set in 2208)

Released three years after Fallout Tactics, the events of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel take place just 9 years later, although Todd Howard would confirm that neither Tactics nor Brotherhood were considered part of the canon when making Fallout 3, saying, "For our purposes, neither Fallout Tactics nor Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel happened."

Fallout 2 (Set in 2241)

Prior to the release of Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel, Fallout 2 would indeed have been a direct sequel to the original Fallout. The story of Fallout 2 sees you playing as a direct descendant of the exiled main character from Vaul?t 13, who must leave the safety of Arroya in sear??ch of a G.E.C.K. 

Fallout 3 (Set in 2277) 

The first Fallout game developed by Bethesda, Fallout 3 sees events occurring 36 years after the events of Fallout 2. This is likely the Fallout game which most people have the most vivid memories of; where you begin the game as a child in Vault 101, aging up and taking the G.O.A.T. before le??aving the Vault in search of your father. 

Fallout: New Vegas (Set in 2281)

With events set just four years after those of Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas sees you playing as a courier who, after???? being shot in the head, goes on a fairly violent quest across the state of Nevada to find who did this, why, and what happened to their final delivery.

Fallout Shelter (Set circa 2286)

Fallout Shelter takes place immediately before the events of Fallout 4, though the exact year has never been confirmed. As a mobile game, Fallout Shelter is markedly dif??ferent from all of the other games mentioned here, with gameplay focusing more on Vault management than combat or exploration. 

Fallout 4 (Set in 2287)

Fallout 4 was the furthest into the future of the Fallout universe that we actually saw until the addition of the new Fallout TV show. Events in Fallout 4 take place only one year after the events of Fallout Shelter, 195 years after the events of the original Fallout game and 210 years after the Great War. Where Fallout 3 saw you head out in search of your father, Fallout 4 sees yo??u head out in search for your son after he was stolen during your stint in Vault 88, held unde??r cryogenic stasis.

All Fallout games in release order

Here are all of the Fallout games ordered by release date:

• Fallout (1997)
• Fallout 2 (1998)
• Fallout Tactics (2001)
• Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004)
• Fallout 3 (2008)
• Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
• Fallout Shelter (2015)
• Fallout 4 (2015)
• Fallout 76 (2018)

What order should you play the Fallout games in?

The order you choose to play the Fallout games in is entirely up to you, and your preference for graphics and play style. While playing chronologically is the best way to learn everything there is to know about the lore and history of the Fallout universe, it's not a requirement to do so.

It is entirely possible to dive straight into Fallout 4, for exampl??e, without having too much knowledge of the lore and history. While the story is undoubtedly connected to other games and you'll miss out on a lot of easter eggs and lore tidbits, you can enjoy the experience of the game without having to worry too much.

Of course, if yo??u want to play by release order, you will be able to appreciate just how far these games have come in terms of development and graphics, while b?eing gradually introduced into the universe and the concepts therein.

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Over the years, there have been quite a few Fallout games. I'm sure you have your favorite. Also, the recent Amazon TV adaptation is quite something,? huh? Anyway, to celebra?te the show (seemingly), Bethesda recently put on a special Steam sale, and there's still time to grab something.

You only have a couple of days left, but over on Steam, there's a franchise ev??ent going on, with most (if not all) of the games being discounted, to the tune of 75% or 80% in some cases. Yes, the sale also includes the original isometric games. Long before Bethesda got its hands on the franchise. Be quick, though. As I say, it ends Apr??il 19.

There's also some DLC in there, including Fallout 3's Broken Steel, The Pitt, and Operation: Anchorage, as well as a huge price slash on the VR version of Fallout 4. Also, for some reason, both the standard and Game of The Year editions of F3 are in there. Go figure.

There's more

For those who enjoy Fallout 76, there's something a little extra for you. As noted in a recent post on Twitter, unt??il April 23, players can enjoy a "limited preview of Fallout 1st."

If you don't know what that is, it's basically a premium membership that is said to enhance the experience of the game. A quick look on the Bethesda website shows there are numerous benefits to being a member, such as receiving a certain amount of Atoms e??ach month or gainin??g access to unique cosmetics.

Also, Fallout 76 recently hit its peak concurrent player count, according to the latest data from SteamDB (41,193 at the time of writing).?? That may pale in comparison to some of the other games in the series, but it sort of suggests things are going in the ??right direction.

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It's not just the mainline games; even free-to-play spin-off Fallout Shelter is enjoying a boost in players and revenue thanks to the TV show, with Bethesda also adding fou??r of the show's characters to the game.

In case you missed the news, on April 11 (the day after the show debuted on Amazon Prime Video), Bethesda announced a new update for Fallout Shelter based on the TV show. Said update is now live and has added a new questline com?prised of eight quests as well as new locations and six unlockable vault dwellers, which includes the three leads: Lucy MacLean, Maximus, and The Ghoul.

While this update exists to attract fans of the Fallout show, Fallout Shelter was already benefiting from said show. Much like the Fallout games on Steam, fans flocked to Fallout Shelter shortly after the show's release. According to data from mobile analysis firm Sensor Tower (shared by GamesIndustry.biz), daily downloads for Fallout Shelter rose by 20% less than a day after the show aired, and more than tripled by April 13, rising from about 20,000 to 60,000. A lot of money has been spent on the in-game microtransactions in the same amount of time too, with Fallout Shelter's daily revenue jumping from $20,000 to a whopping $80,0?00.

Fallout Shelter had proved financially successful when it launched back in 2015, so this is hardly a major turning point for the game's lifecycle. However, it does demonstrate the power of cross-promotion and how a successful adaptation can breathe new life into older titles. How long Fallout Shelter will maintain this momentum is anyone's guess, but Fallout fans will have to make do with games like it and Fallout 76 for the time being, since Fallout 5 is still a very long way away from coming out.

As for the update itself, with TV show characters now in Fallout Shelter, fans can find out what each of their SPECIAL stats are. This can help if you want to recreate, say, Lucy in a game like Fallout 4 and ensure her in-game stats are accurate to how they are in the show. For example, according to Kotaku, Lucy's best stats are Perception and L?uck, with Strength being her worst, which sounds about right based on how things go for h?er in the show.

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The Fallout series st?ealth debuted on Amazon Prime on April 10, and it’s got people talking about the game franchise all over again. Memories are flooding back as we watch Ella Purnell and Michael Emerson live out the lives of our video game dreams... or nightmares. 

With that said, it got me thinking. Can you make all of the Fallout games in Infinite Craft? Is it possible? Well, as it turns out, yes it is, albeit in??? a really bizarre order.

How to make Fallout in Infinite Craft

Before you can make any of the other games (aside from Fallout Shelter, which is a bit of a bizarre entry on this list), you’ll need to be able to make Fallout. To do so, follow this recipe:

Now that you’ve got that, we can move on to the other titles in the Fallout franchise. Now, these aren’t in order of release. For some reason, you can’t make Fallout: New Vegas without making Fallout 4, and apparently you can’t make Fallout 2 without Monkey Island. Don’t ask, th?e answer doesn’t make any?? sense. 

How to make Fallout 4 in Infinite Craft

This one comes first because it’s by far the easiest game to make after making Fallout itself. All you need to do to get Fallout 4 is add River to Fallout. 

Voila, Fallout 4.

How to make Fallout 76 in Infinite Craft

Just like Fallout 4 before it, you can now make Fallout 76 by adding River to Fallout 4. I’m not sure why there are so many rivers involved here,?? but apparently, they’re the key.

How to make Fallout 3 in Infinite Craft

This is where the fun starts. To make Fallout 3, you need to have made Fallout 76, and you can’t make Fallout 76 without first making Fallout 4. So, once you’ve made both of them, you’re ready to make Fallout 3, by creating Bethesda.

Once you’ve created Bethesda, you can combine it with Fallout to make Fallout 3, which makes sense, because it was the first Fallout game developed by them way back in 2008. 

How to make Fallout: New Vegas in Infinite Craft

To make Fallout: New Vegas, you need to have made Fallout 4 first, despite Fallout: New Vegas coming out a whole five years before Fallout 4. But seeing as we’ve already done that??, you now only need to make New Vegas.

With New Vegas in hand, add it to Fallout 4 and you’ll get Fallout: New Vegas.

How to make Fallout 2 in Infinite Craft

This is where things start to get a little weird. I have no idea how Monkey Island comes into this, and I’m now incredibly worried for Murray, but you need to make Monkey Island before you can make Fallout 2.

Once you’ve made Monkey Island 2, you can then combine it with Fallout in order to get Fallout 2. And this isn’t even the weirdest combinatio?n on this? list. 

How to make Fallout Shelter in Infinite Craft

The recipe for Fallout Shelter, the mobile Fallout game that was initially released in 2015, doesn’t require the recipe for Fallout at all, but it does require you to make Bethesda. If you’re following this list, then you should have it already after making it to get Fallout 3. 

Then, you’ve got to make Pokemon Sword and Shield. Yeah, I’m not sure how? we got here either. 

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Over the years, there's been debate among fans about who fired the first nukes that kick-started the events of Fallout. Well, it looks as though this has been answered, as?? Tim Cain let the cat out of the vault, so to speak.

In a recent conversation with YouTube channel TKs-Mantis, Cain �who co-created the first two Fallout games �let it slip that China struck first. At around the 1:26:40 mark, he discusses the reason why America was nuked as part of the lore, related to how the US was creating an artificial virus known as FEV. It's th??en China is mentioned in the conversation, basically confirming the country was the first to strike when the states refused to cooperate.

Host Mantis then, with raised eyebrows, tells Cain that what he just said was "earth-shattering." At this point, Cain becomes a little coy, seemingly unaware that Fallout fans were not sure who "shot first," adding, "Oh, well then I don't know... Who knows? It was probably some ro??gue nation."

Let's hope there's no immediate fallout from this revelation

Leonard Boyarsky �the other co-creator of the early Fallout entries �has gone on record saying that it doesn't really matter wh??o launched the first attack. However, t??his recent slip up from Cain basically confirms what some may already have suspected.

In any case, it's a neat little bit o?f extra lore for those who are big into the post-apoc?alyptic franchise's universe. Who launched the first nuclear bombs is something that's been talked about for over two and a half decades. Now, it looks like we have closure.

On top of that, we've also recently learned that the Fallout TV show releases in April 2024. With the success of the Last of Us adaptation, others will no do????ubt be wanting to follow in those footsteps.

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Fans of 2015's Fallout Shelter have likely wondered what's next for the series. Well, it seems only natural that Bethesda would follow up with a new iteration. And it did, but this time for the studio's other prominent RPG franchise. Today Bethesda apparently shadow-dropped The Elder Scrolls: Castles, a follow-up to Fallout Shelter, out now on Android.

9/29/2023 Update: As of now, anyone attempting to get into this game have begun seeing a message stating "Early Access is full." It appe??ars new players may be locked out for the time being, which was not the case when this story was posted. We'll continue to post updates as we learn m??ore. The original story follows.

The game seems to ape its Atompunk relative but with castles and kings instead of radiation and more radiation. You manage a cartoon-style castle you can build from the very foundation, adding rooms to expand and decorate. Workstations can be placed and occupied by loyal subjects who work to "ensure your castle has the resou?rces to thrive for years to come."

The Elder Scrolls: Castles is now out apparently for Android only

Fans of Fallout Shelter should have plenty to like with The Elder Scrolls: Castles. You can create supply chains with neighboring kingdoms or settle issues among your people. The game description in the Google Play store suggests choice-based outcomes, good or ill. There are "epic quests" similar to the Exploring assignment in Fallout Shelter. Chosen heroes are sent into the wilds to fight "classic Elder Scrolls foes." And to the victor go the spoils, naturally. An in-game year passes for every day in the rea??l world, allowing you to experience multiple generations of subjects you need to train and keep content.

In an odd twist, though, TES: Castles seems to be available to Android only. At its reveal, Fallout Shelter was temporarily exclusive to iOS devices before ending up on Android and other platforms lat?er. We haven't heard if it's out on Apple?'s devices yet, but we'll provide an update if we do.

The Elder Scrolls: Castles is av??ailable now for free on the Goog??le Play store.

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Free, of course

While Fallout Shelter&n?bsp;is a good free-to-play game, it didn't hold my interest as long as other similar projects did. You can take the plunge?????????????????????????? and see for yourself on Steam today if you want, if you didn't already play it on iOS, Android, or Xbox One.

Pretty much every aspect is the same, including the microtransactions. But this time you have fancy Steam achievements to work toward, and all of the updates to date since it was released originall??y in 2015. It's a little late, but it's a welcome addition nonetheless!

It also made a ton of cash for Bethesda, and as the first project of this caliber that was made in-house it's an interesting development for the studio. Whereas other publishers contract out mobile games (inclu?ding Nintendo), this much first-party success could lead to a lot more mobile to PC? stuff in the future.

Fallout Shelter [Steam]

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Dwell well

Nearly two years later, Fallout Shelter is cracking open the mobile-and-PC-only vault it has been hiding in. There's a whole w??orld of possibility out ther?e; it's gonna go test the waters and hope they're not too radiation-polluted.

Bethesda has announced that Fallout Shelter is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 PC next week on February 7. It'll be part of Microsoft's much-ballyhooed Play Anywhere program -- the initiative that allows for cross-buy and cross-saves for certain games. It's usually restricted to Microsoft's first-party titles but there have been exceptions. Notably, Resident Evil 7 was a Play Anywhere game.

Originally released on iOS devices, Fallout Shelter came to Android just a few months later. Then, in July 2016, it released on PC but through Bethesda's PC game-launching service. ?Now it'll be available on all Windows 10 PCs without necessitating the use of Bethesda's dedicated launc??her.

Like its mobile counterpart, Fallout Shelter will be free on its new platforms. That doesn't mean it won't make money, though. Fallout Shelter made millions through microtransactions when it initially released. A lot of that was thanks to a very successful E3 press conference and because it served as a Fallout 4 hype machine. Still, there's certainly money to be made eve??n if ??it is almost two years later.

Bethesda and Microsoft also note a couple of enhancements/changes that accompany this version of Fallout Shelter. Maybe most obvious is that the game has been fully adapted to work with an Xbox One controller. Also, all featur??es that have been added over time will be included in this port.

Come next Tuesday, it's time for all those Overseers to get back to work. A two-??year break is long enough. Those vaults are going to be in awfully poor shape. I bet the r??adroach situation is just ridiculous.

Bethesda&rsquo??;s Fallout Shelter Coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 Next Week [Xbox Wire]

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Also new updates on the way

Fallout Shelter, the pretty decent resource management game that came out during last year's Bethesda E3 conference, is getting some new conte??nt. New quests, characters, items, and an overhauled combat system are coming in a major up??date in July.

Oh, and most importantly, a PC version will be coming next month as well. So if you haven't loaded it up on your Android or iOS device yet, you'll get the chance to play it on yet a?nother platform in the near future.

My advice? Give it a shot. It hits a point where it feels like you're wasting time and just watching things happen (much like Tiny Tower), but for a free game Bet?hesda doesn't sleaze you nearly as much as its competitors.

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Including crafting

Fallout Shelter has been out for almost nine month??s, but it's just now getting its largest update ever. That's probably a good thing for the people who are still playing virtual vault overseer. A little shake-up has to be widely welcomed by now.

The biggest addition to Fallout Shelter is a cr?afting system. Junk can be turned into items through the weapon and armor crafting rooms. Also, there's now a fifth card in lunchboxes (junk) that should make for more frequent item-making.

Other changes in version 1.4 are less substantial. There's a barbershop for hair stylin', some new cats and dogs becau?se they're cute, and a parrot for? squakin'. Here's the list of updates straight from Bethesda, but any good overseer would already know exactly what has changed in their vault.

Fallout Shelter Update 1.4 &ndas?h; Craft?ing, Barbershop, New Rooms and More [Bethesda]

• Turn worthless junk into useful items! Introducing… crafting!
• New Rooms! Build the new Weapon and Armor crafting rooms and use them to create your own items in game!
• Lunchboxes now contain a bonus 5th card: Junk! Trust us – it’s more useful than it sounds. Lucky wasteland explorers may also find junk on their adventures.
• Take the Overseer role to the next level. Build the new Barbershop and customize the look of any Dweller.
• Keep up with the latest fashions! Find new Outfits and Weapons straight from Fallout 4 in lunchboxes, or craft them yourself!
• Because four-legged companions bring overwhelming happiness, we’ve added new Dogs and Cats, and are introducing… Parrots! Plus, new Pet bonuses!
• Time of day is now properly reflected. Because authentic Vault simulation is our #1 goal!

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Fallout C.H.A.T.

Bethesda has released an official Fallout-themed keyboard for iOS and Android called Fallout C.H.A.T. (or, C??ommunications Hub and Transmitter). The app includes a custom keyboard that outp??uts text in old-timey black and white, as well as animated Vault Boy GIFs and over 60 emojis. 

Personally, I'm using the keyboard to harass tease friends that are super pumped about the upcoming release of Fallout 4, which? is just a few days away as I'm sure you all know. ;

I'm the best pic.twitter.com/g8AMqoVOYj

— Sensual Jed Whitaker (@Jed05) November 3, 2015

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And then play Fallout Shelter

After all this time stuck in adverts for Vault-Tec, Vault Boy needs a little love too. The Fallout mascot has turned to matchmaking app ?Tinder to look for companionship. It's so awkward when you come across the profile of someone you know, but maybe you want to swipe right anyway.

As discovered by a Kotaku reader, Bethesda is using Tinder to market its hit mobile title Fallout Shelter. Vault Boy is 25, likes t?o explore the Wasteland and collect bottlecaps, and wants to "build a better future together...underground!" Say what you will about it -- at least it's not t??he same trite profile everyone else has.

In case you have it in your mind that this is a gag of sorts, it's not. Bethesda has been promoting the campaign on the game's official Twitter with the hashtags #DateADweller and #SwipeRight. Also, clicking on Vault Boy's profile brings you to a link to download Fallout Shelter.

All in all, it's not a bad initiative for ?Bethesda to piggyback on a mobile app to promote another for free. It might not be exactly what Tinder users are geared ?up for when they get to swipin'. They're looking for a different kind of (lunch)box.

Bethesda Is Advertising Fallout On Tinder [Kotaku]

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1,000,000,000,000,000 points

Ah, Fallout Shelter has finally come to Android devices.?? Let's just see who has been excel?ling at the....oh.

Forget it, Jake?, it's the easily hacked Andr??oid leaderboards.

via [Reddit]

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For free, still

Fallout Shelter isn't as completely devoid of free-to-play tactics as Bethesda would have you believe, but even for a AAA mobile game, it's pretty good. While fans were pissed that it was only announced for iOS following their E3 conference, it is now out on Android, and everyone can snag it.

This release includes all of the previous updates and fixes from the iOS version, in case ?you were wondering.

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Can you survive until then?

It doesn't quite carry the weight of the "available now on iOS" announcement from E3, but Fallout Shelter will come to Android dev??ices in just under three weeks' time. Bethesda's revealed that it's set for an August 13 launch.

This adaption of Fallout Shelter is equipped wi??th some updates that didn't initially roll out with th??e iOS version. The big one is a robot named "Mr. Handy" who's useful for collecting resources in- and outside your Vault. Also, Deathclaws will be introduced, and those things are terrifying. Fortunately for all those Apple enthusiasts who are already playing, this update hits iOS on August 13, too.

Earlier this month, Pete Hines, Bethesda VP of marketing and PR estimated that Fallout Shelter would make its way to Android sometime in August. Turns out he was right. Although, it wasn't exactly an unpredictable move given how much money the game has made on iOS.

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Mobile!

Here's the part where I tell you that a Fallout game made millions of dollars -- except this? time, it's a mobile t??itle.

According to SuperData, a media tracking organization, Fallout Shelter has taken in more than $5.1 million in reven??????????????????????????ue since its launch just one month ago. Again, this is a free-to-play game, so people forked over that cash for in-app-purchases. Mobile, folks -- it's here to say?.

In other Bethesda-related news, the console version of Elder Scrolls Online sold 138,000 digital copies. The publisher is already moving into the mobile realm with that franchise too, so get ready for the inevitable DOOM mobile companion.

US digital games market: June 2015 [SuperData]

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Gotta repopulate the Earth I guess

I still go back to Fallout Shelter every so often in a casual capacity (it's mobile, am I right, yuck yuck), and one of the things I've noticed is that it takes a long time to make a baby, which can severely impact the pacing of the game. It turns?? out that it's a glitch that caused many mothers to just never give birth -- that's weird on so many levels.

Bethesda has addressed this with the first major patch for Shelter, along with a photo mode, and crash fixes.?? The Android version is still in development.

Vault-Te?c delivers first update to Fallout Shelter [Bethesda]

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Preston Garvey

In an interesting turn of events, Bethesda seemingly thought it would use Fallout Shelter to promote the upcoming Fallout 4, but the former has already done very well for itself. Either way though you're getting a hefty amount of cross-promotion, as Preston Garvey of the Commonwealth Minutemen, an upcoming Fallout 4 character, is making his way into Shelter.

As of today you'll be able to find him in lunchboxes, which can either be purchased for real money or earned in-game. It's a small little thing but I ?like the idea.

Fallout?? S??helter: A Legendary Dweller from the Commonwealth [Bethesda Blog]

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Mobile gaming is King

Holy heck, people love Fallout. Bethesda released Fallout Shelter for iOS right after announcing it on Sunday -- Chris says it's pretty good -- and it's already knocked Candy Crush Saga off its consi?stent third place perch on the app store.

King's candy has been making $2.55 million a day in 2015, so Fallout Shelter had likely made above or around that. It may not the consistent reign, maybe Candy Crush Saga will be back in thir??d next week, ?but it's still an impressive showing for Bethesda.

"We're very pleased. Fallout Shelter is doing amazingly well, with no real buildup," Bethesda's Pete Hines told GamesBeat. "To take such a light approach to mon?etization compared to other free-to-play games -- we felt like we wanted to err on the si??de of caution and make it very unobtrusive, make sure it was fun first and foremost. So far so good."

Fallout Shelter app passes Candy Crush Saga on the top-grossing mobile&nbs??p;games [GamesBeat]

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Free-to-tunnel-snake

Last night at Bethesda's press conference, we got our first surprise of E3 2015: a brand new mobile game set in the Fallout universe called Fallout Shelter. It looked innocent enough, hearkening back to classics like XCOM as well as a relatively unknown project called Progress Quest.

It puts you in t??he shoes of a Vault Overseer, allowing it to take place within the confines of the universe without putting anything canon-related in jeopardy. That middle-of-th??e-road approach permeates throughout the game.

Fallout Shelter (Android, iOS [reviewed])
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
MSRP: Free-to-play
Release Date: June 14, 2015 (iOS) / TBA (Android)

The gist is that you'll basically need to build your first vault from scratch, with a power source, a water treatment plant, and a cafeteria to serve food as a baseline. As you play the game, more citizens will line up outside of your vault, ready to suit up and get placed into a new room. As time passes, said NPCs will work and earn you resources, which can be gained by tapping on the location -- simple stuff that I'm sure you've seen before. Other than a few nuances like the ability to place male and female NPCs in a living space and potentially create children or ship off inhabitants to scour the wasteland off-screen, that's it. It's a lot like SimTower, or its mobile successor, Tiny Tower. Tapping is the name of the game.

Unlike many games though, Fallout Shelter actually forces you to keep up with your resources. If you don't power your vault enough, rooms will shut down. If you don't keep your NPCs fed, they will lose health and productivity. A low water resource will cause your citizens to become irradiated, and so on. Your personal hamster-wheel involves completing objectives and upgrading rooms to earn caps, which in turn allow you to build more rooms to take in more inhabitants, which unlocks more advanced buildings. It's all pretty straightforward, but sometimes objectives are a bit broken, as you'll nee??d to re-do things you may have already completed (specifically in the case of equipping an NPC with a c??ertain item in my game).

The entire process is enhanced by the fact that visually, Fallout Shelter is far more impressive than most resource-management games on the market. I love how whe?n you double-tap on a particular room it does this 3D-like zoom, which looks great when juxtaposed to the cartoony art style of the vault inhabitants.  It's very easy to click on everything, and although the scrolling sensitivity co??uld use some tweaking, the game as a whole is responsive.

During its E3 conference last night, Bethesda noted that it didn't have any underhanded sales tactics with Fallout Shelter, as it was playable offline "without energy meters." Now, that's technically true (it works in airplane mode), but you will have to wait to earn more caps from rooms to actually do anything substantial with your vault other than look at it. What's actually cool about Shelter is that you?? can "hurry up" activities by taking a chance rather than spending premium currency (like e?very other game on the market) -- the catch is that room might explode or cause an "incident," which may kill off citizens or spread to other rooms.

These can involve things like fires, or even radroach infestations. In the latter case, I had just equipped my mess hall officer with a handgun, which she used to fight off said roaches. It's a nice risk-reward feature that you don't see often. For a game like this the pacing is decent, as most early-game resources take one to three minutes to earn. It's slow though for sure in terms of earning caps and building new rooms in the long-term, as Fallout Shelter is an experience that's meant ??to be played over time -- so much so that ma?ny of you may give up on it after all the waiting involved.

There are optional microtransactions however in the form of "lunchboxes," which range from $0.99 per box to $19.99 for 40 of them. You'll earn "Shelter Cards" for your trouble, one of which is guaranteed to grant you a rare item "or better." For the purposes of science (and this review) I purchased one, which granted me a stimpack, a 10mm pistol, 100 caps, and a sturdy piece of battle armor. All of these items aren't particularly game-breaking, and you can earn? a few lunchboxes yourself by completing objectives. Faster world progress hinges on earning lots of 500 cap boxes on a whim, so I see the obvious slot machine draw here that Bethesda is going for.

Fallout Shelter is a pretty inoffensive mobile resource management game. While it could have exploited fans at every turn like EA tried to do with Dungeon Keeper, it's actually a nice little way to spend an afternoon while you wait for Fallout 4 to come out in November. Just don't expect anything particularly exciting, as it is slightl??y skewed towards enticing you to spend money on it -- lest you wait to enjoy it in short spurts.

_{[This review is based on a retail build of the free-to-play game. $0.99 of in-app-purchases were made by the reviewer.]}

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