Fallout1 Official Survival Guide

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Editor-in-Chief11 H. Leigh Davis

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Mark eting Man ager Janet Cado ff

Acquisitions Debra McBride

Deve lopm ent Editor David Cassady

Project Editor David Bartley

Screenshot Editor Michael Owen

Book/Cover Designer Tanja Pohl

Production Designer Dan Caparo

Artists Leonard Boyarsky Jason Ande rson Tramell Ray Isaac Scott Rodenhizer SpeCial thank s to Chris

Chap ter 2a Getti ng Arou nd

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Chap ter 3a Place s to Go •.••. ..••. •••• •••• •. 67

Chap ter 4a Peop le and Thing s to Meet

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Chap ter 5a Stuff to Get

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Chap ter 61 Uh, What 'll I Do Now? ••.•• .•••• • 133

Chap ter 7a Explo ring the Waste s on Only 200 Bottle Caps a Day • • • • • • • • • • . 163

Chap ter Sa Dang er! Radio active ! •••• •••• •... 201

Chap ter 9a One Wom an's Path Throu gh the Dese rt • • . . . • . • • • • • . . . • . • • • • 221

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RATS: A Light dose only. Almost no contamination at all.

Introduction Fallout is Interplay's new PC CD-ROM role-playing game that puts you in the role of an explorer venturing out from your underground shelter on a quest. Decades ago, a brief, savage nuclear holocaust devastated the surface world; for a long time, the vaults held their tiny human enclaves safe from the radiation and mutations outside. You are a member of one of these self-contained communities, a citizen of Vault 13. For over eighty years, no one in your vault has set foot outside.

Now, though, a critical component of your vault's water purification system has failed. In four months, your community will be destroyed ... unless you can find a replacement part and bring it back to Vault Thirteen. The Overseer, the community's leader, suggests that you begin your search at a neighboring vault, somewhere to the east. But exactly where you go, what you do, and where you search, is entirely up to you ...

About This Book The Official Survivor's Guide to Fallout is divided into nine chapters. Some provide only very basic information that doesn't spoil the ending; others may give away secrets that will spoil some of the excitement of the game. The authors of this guide have developed the patented Radiation Trefoil System (RATS) to warn you that a chapter might give away more information than you want to know. Here's how the system works: A light dose only. Almost no contamination at all. A moderate contamination hazard. You could learn things looking here that you'd really rather not know. A definite hazard. Definite contamination of game excitement and suspense. You're glowing. Extreme contamination of game suspense. With that in mind, these are the guide's chapters:

Prologue: This section introduces Slim, your guide to the outside world, ~~~ and tells you how to use this book. RATS: '

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Chapter 1: Who Are You7 This chapter covers everything you need to know about creating, modifying, and selecting your game character. Those players who are unfamiliar with role-playing games might want to check out this section's descriptions of character stats and traits, and see how they work. RATS: ·~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 2: Getting Around, gives you the basics of maneuvering and fighting in the Fallout game world. It discusses the various game screens, talks about movement and information cursors, tells you how combat works, and fills you in on such need-to-know items as your character's inventory and action points. RATS: ·~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 3: Places to Go. This chapter lists the various locations where the adventure unfolds. There are no major spoilers, but players who prefer to do their own exploring might want to do it without learning what they're going to find in a given town. RATS: ·~· ~Ne weigAI IAan ftlUT uny WeigAl WAen rAe weigAI tlf fAe ge_ar exc-eed,; y&w &any WeigAI, y&u're ~intt r& Aave r& u-;e rAe PI?CJP func-li&n I& (eave -;&MeiAintt /?eAind j,;

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