Questions tagged [fallout-shelter]
Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play game released by Bethesda Softworks, in 2015 for iOS and Android, in 2016 for PC. The player takes the role of a Vault Overseer, tasked with expanding the vault and managing its dwellers.
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What does each SPECIAL stat in Fallout Shelter do?
Besides its workplace uses, like Charisma in Living Quarters, Strength in Power Generators, Agility in Diners.
Do we know if Endurance increases HP in the Dwellers, or that strength helps in melee ...
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How do I deliver a baby?
I'm playing Fallout Shelter, and my newest bonus objective is to "Deliver 1 Baby Dweller."
I've already figured out that I can put a male vault dweller and a female vault dweller together in some ...
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How can I repair Mr. Handy?
My Mr. Handy has been busy trying to solo deathclaws, mole rats, and such. Now he is a bit worse for wear. How can I repair him?
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Should I assign dwellers to the storage room?
I've played Fallout Shelter for a while now and normally use dwellers with appropriate SPECIAL stats for each room (Strength in the reactor, Perception in the water supply, etc).
However, I have a ...
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What happens if I ignore my Fallout Shelter game for two weeks?
I just started playing Fallout Shelter yesterday. I'm going to be working away from civilization for two weeks and will not have the time nor power nor inclination to play a phone game. I would like ...
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Room Layout Strategy?
Essentially I want people's thoughts on layout strategy.
It struck me that room upgrade prices seemed cheaper (on a per dweller slot basis) when upgrading a combined 2 or 3 room room. Said ...
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How can I increase my Vault Dweller's Happiness?
All my vault dwellers look really unhappy and bummed out and aside from making babies I'm not sure how to make them happier.
Am I missing something really obvious?
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Is your vault saved locally or in the cloud?
I have the android version of fallout shelter and am logged in through google play. Is my save game data on my device or is it saved in the cloud associated with my logged in account?
The reason I ...
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Increase population with Radio Station / Advantage over pregnancy?
How do these Radio Stations work exactly? I built one and assigned a Dweller with 10 Charisma to it. There was a timer of 2 hours or so and I expected after this time a new Dweller to appear in front ...
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What happens when a vault dweller levels?
Does leveling up a vault dweller ever cause his stats to increase, or is leveling purely for getting caps? It seems like I only ever get caps and nothing else good. Can someone explain what all ...
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How do you get a Mr Handy?
The new Fallout Shelter update comes with a new feature, the Mr Handy robot. How do you acquire them, and do they count as population?
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Which stats / gear can get the best our of wasteland exploration?
Trying to get the best out of wasteland exploration here! I get it that you'd obviously need a big gun for survival out there, but apart from that, I'm wondering which stats / gear can get the best ...
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When do Deathclaws start attacking your vault?
I've been playing the Android version for a few days now, and have 33 Dwellers (slow growth FTW?) and I've noticed that I've never been attacked by the Deathclaws that I've heard about.
Do the ...
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Is it worth it to upgrade training rooms?
Is it generally better to have a small number of fully upgraded rooms? Or have a larger number of not-so-upgraded ones? (Provided of course, that we have Power to spare.)
Wondering if the massive ...
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When should I recall explorers?
How long should I leave my poor soul out there to wander the wastelands? I see that his SPECIAL S & E skills have a blue increase bar - but the status time just keeps going up instead of counting ...