Bethesda's spinoff free-to-play mobile video game, Fallout Shelter, has successfully launched on Android and is now made available to all following its first release to iOS last June. In order to make the game more fun and exciting, here are some of the top tips and tricks that would jump-start players into this ongoing madness.
IB Times noted that the main objective of players in Fallout Shelter is to manage the operations in the Vault and take care of the dwellers, keep them happy as well as prevent attacks from enemies. Gamers must acquire resources and knowledge that will be used to make and widen their vaults.
Every dweller has its own special stat that is pretty much like that of Fallout game. The stats which are referred to as the dwellers' SPECIAL should be checked regularly by players who must also know when they will be attacked by raiders. These reported stats are the following:
- Strength (S) - Power specialist. Better to place them in power plant.
- Perception (P) - Production specialist. Better to place them in water treatment plants.
- Endurance (E) - Exploring specialist. Better to place them in exploration or Nuka Cola production.
- Charisma (C) - Breeding specialist. Better to place them in radio station.
- Intelligence (I) - Research specialist. Better to place them in medical bay or science laboratory.
- Agility (A) - Light on feet. Better to place them in diner.
- Luck (L) - High luck and makes them blessed. Delivery of items in the wasteland.
Also, radiation has effects on dwellers and can damage production, hence, gamers must make sure to get steady water production so as not to have radiation leaks. Another tip is to level up the dwellers in case of a radiation flow in order to heal them up.
So as to keep the dwellers happy, players must see to it that there is power produced more than enough to run all the rooms as well as food and water supply. When creating rooms, a good layout such as rooms buit in a similar structure next to each other would suit best where the two can be combine into one to enable bigger number of workers.
The approval ratings will incease based on the level of the dwellers' happiness and if ever their happiness level decreases, the dwellers can socialise in recreational areas. It is also an advantage when players complete all the three quests that will get them special rewards.
Meanwhile, another key objective in Fallout Shelter is to increase the population of dwellers and here are some useful tips to do so courtesy of Kotaku.
1. Have more baby dwellers - This becomes possible for players who act as matchmakers and keep both female and male dwellers in the living quarters until they mate.
Players must keep in mind not to pair up relatives and just allow few number of dwellers to get pregnant or else, there will be a baby boom and this means it can drain resources of the vault.
A dweller must be provided with extra space for the baby and there's a radiation leak, the mother must be transferred to the other quarter. The new baby will get average stat of both parents as its own.
2. Another tip to increase the population of dweller is to build a radio station that will send out a call for dwellers outside and with such luck, gamers could fetch a new character inside the vault.
3. Lunchboxes sometimes have dwellers and at times, not and the players will have to pay for it.
In utilizing the rooms in Fallout Shelter, players can try out around 19 different rooms in the game where three similar rooms can be made one and upgraded three times.
As for the Vault Door, players must ensure to designate dwellers with powerful strength to defend the vault and pit against raiders. It can be upgraded three times and is prohibited to be used for production. It is only allowed to hold a couple of people.
The Living Quarter is a breeding room and the tip is to place dwellers with higher Charisma (C) as they're able to breed faster.
Production Rooms
- Power Generator and Nuclear Reactor - main stat is Strength(S).
- Diner and Garden - main stat is Strength(S).
- Water Treatment and water Purification - main stat is Perception(P).
- Nuka-Cola Bottler - main stat is Endurance(E).
- Medbay - main stat is Intelligence(I). Produces Stimpaks.
- Science Lab - main stat is Intelligence(I). Produces Rad-X.
- Radio Studio - main stat is Charisma. Attracts new dwellers.
Overview of the Production Room Stat
- Strength: Power Generator, Nuclear Generator.
- Perception: Water Treatment, Water Purification.
- Endurance: Storage Room, Nuka-Cola Bottler.
- Charisma: Living Quarters, Radio Studio.
- Intelligence: Medbay, Science Lab.
- Agility: Diner, Garden.
- Luck: Increases chance of getting caps when collecting the produced item in each room.
For Training Rooms, this will hasten training and players must upgrade the rooms to boost the training.
Below is the overview of training room:
- Strength: Weight Room
- Perception: Armory
- Endurance: Fitness Room
- Charisma: Lounge
- Intelligence: Classroom
- Agility: Athletics Room
- Luck: Game Room
Bethesda has released Fallout Shelter as a free- to- play mobile game app to serve as worldwide promotional campaign to pre-empt the big launching of the long awaited and highly anticipated sequel to the Fallout franchise, Fallout 4, set this November.
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