Fallout: Vault 13 Will Keep Us All Busy Until Fallout 5
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The series might be in a pretty good and popular place right now, with the release of the second season of the Prime Video adaptation, but the sad fact remains that we aren't getting a new game any time soon.
Todd Howard and his cohorts at Bethesda are almost entirely focused on right now, and Fallout 5 is very much further behind on the agenda. Though the next game in the series is a bit of a pipe dream, the immense modding community surrounding the earlier games continues to pump out new experiences, and their work should be more than enough to get us through while the main developer does their work.
As first by DSO Gaming, modder ‘Security95’ has just released the Vault 13 New Horizons Mod for Fallout 4. That mod serves as a follow-up to the original mod, with this one adding new locations, quests, characters, and weapons.
If you aren't familiar with the , it set out to deliver a total conversion that brings the first ever game in the series into the Fallout 4 engine. Unfortunately, development ceased on the project with it in a totally unfinished state, with the currently available download a mere snapshot of what they were trying to achieve.
[SITEURL] | VT Vault-Tec Corp. G.O.A.T. Exam ScreenRant/ Vault-Tec/ Fallout/ Assessment Vault-Tec · Dweller Knowledge Assessment War Never Changes “Prepare for the future — with Vault-Tec!” ☢️LoreThe bombs fell 🛡FactionsAd Victoriam 🎮GameplayV.A.T.S. online 👤CharactersGood boy, Dogmeat 🏆LegacySince 1997 EXIT THE VAULT → QUESTION 1 / 8CORE LORE 01 In the Fallout universe, the Great War — the nuclear exchange that devastated civilization — took place on October 23rd of which year? A2047 B2077 C2097 D2177 ✓ Correct! The bombs fell on October 23, 2077. In just two hours, nuclear fire reshaped the world. The date is one of the most important pieces of lore across every Fallout game. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is 2077. The Great War lasted only two hours on October 23, 2077, but its effects defined every Fallout story that followed. NEXT → QUESTION 2 / 8GAME SYSTEMS 02 The S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system defines your character’s core attributes. What does the “L” in S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stand for? ALeadership BLethality CLuck DLogic ✓ Correct! S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stands for Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck. High Luck affects critical hits and random event outcomes across the series. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is Luck. The full acronym is Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck — the foundation of every Fallout character build since 1997. NEXT → QUESTION 3 / 8WASTELAND CULTURE 03 Nuka-Cola Quantum is the rarest variant of the Wasteland’s signature beverage. What gives it its distinctive bright blue glow? AConcentrated Mentats extract BIrradiated sugar cane CA fusion cell byproduct DA mildly radioactive strontium isotope ✓ Correct! Nuka-Cola Quantum contains Strontium-90, a radioactive isotope that gives it the signature blue glow. Eighteen of the original taste testers reportedly lost their teeth, but focus groups loved the color. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is a mildly radioactive strontium isotope. Strontium-90 was added by the Nuka-Cola Corporation to create Quantum’s famous blue luminescence — safety concerns were deemed “acceptable.” NEXT → QUESTION 4 / 8FACTIONS 04 The Brotherhood of Steel is one of the most recognizable factions in Fallout. What is their primary mission across most games in the series? ACollecting and safeguarding advanced technology BRebuilding the U.S. federal government CEradicating all radiation from the Wasteland DUniting all Wasteland settlements under one banner ✓ Correct! The Brotherhood of Steel is a techno-religious military order obsessed with recovering and hoarding pre-war technology. They believe advanced tech in the wrong hands caused the Great War. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is collecting and safeguarding advanced technology. Founded by Roger Maxson after the Great War, the Brotherhood believes controlling dangerous technology is the key to preventing another apocalypse. NEXT → QUESTION 5 / 8GAME MECHANICS 05 V.A.T.S. is the iconic targeting system that lets players aim at specific body parts. What does V.A.T.S. stand for? AVisual Augmented Tracking Software BVault-Tec Assisted Targeting System CVariable Auto-Targeting Scanner DVentral Aim Triangulation System ✓ Correct! V.A.T.S. stands for Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System. Introduced in Fallout 3, it bridged the gap between the original games’ turn-based combat and the new real-time shooting mechanics. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System. V.A.T.S. was Bethesda’s solution for bringing targeted, strategic combat into a real-time 3D world while honoring Fallout’s RPG roots. NEXT → QUESTION 6 / 8DEVELOPMENT 06 Fallout: New Vegas is beloved for its deep role-playing and branching storylines. Which studio developed it? ABethesda Game Studios BInterplay Entertainment CBlack Isle Studios DObsidian Entertainment ✓ Correct! Obsidian Entertainment developed New Vegas using Bethesda’s Gamebryo engine. Many Obsidian staff were veterans of Black Isle Studios, who made the original Fallout games — bringing the series full circle. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is Obsidian Entertainment. While Bethesda published it, Obsidian — staffed by former Black Isle developers who created the original Fallout — handled development, delivering it in just 18 months. NEXT → QUESTION 7 / 8COMPANIONS 07 Dogmeat is the franchise’s most iconic companion. In which Fallout game did a dog named Dogmeat first appear? AFallout 2 (1998) BFallout 3 (2008) CFallout (1997) DFallout 4 (2015) ✓ Correct! Dogmeat first appeared in the original Fallout (1997), found in the scrapyard town of Junktown. His name is a reference to the movie “A Boy and His Dog,” a major inspiration for the series. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is the original Fallout (1997). The very first Dogmeat could be found in Junktown, and a version of him has appeared in nearly every mainline Fallout game since. NEXT → QUESTION 8 / 8VAULT EXPERIMENTS 08 In Fallout 4, the player character emerges from Vault 111 after being kept in cryogenic suspension. What happens during that frozen sleep that sets the main story in motion? AThe vault is invaded by super mutants BYour spouse is murdered and your infant son is kidnapped CA radioactive leak contaminates all other pods DThe Vault Overseer seals you in permanently and escapes ✓ Correct! While the Sole Survivor is frozen, Kellogg and Institute operatives forcibly open the cryo pods, murder your spouse, and kidnap your son Shaun. This sets you on a quest across the Commonwealth to find him. ✗ Critical miss! The answer is your spouse is murdered and your infant son is kidnapped. The mercenary Kellogg, working for the Institute, takes Shaun from the cryo pod — and the Sole Survivor’s desperate search drives Fallout 4’s entire story. REVEAL MY SCORE → Assessment Complete Your Vault-Tec Aptitude Score ☢️ / 8 Vault-Tec thanks you for your cooperation, dweller. ↻ RETAKE ASSESSMENT
New Horizons picks up where that one left off, with the developer working on the project aiming to recreate the entire game given enough time. That said, they have also actively made the decision to remove the open world elements in favor of enclosed zones that will speed up the project significantly and aid them in transferring the first game across.
The mod also includes fun elements like random encounters when leaving areas like Junktown, and all the big locales like the tragic Shady Sands are set to feature. Even more impressively than that, almost all of the main cast of characters are now voiced, so there won't be any awakward silences while you work through the quest.
The mod is available to download for free via , though you should be aware that you'll need the original Vault 13 mod to get it to work. There isn't really a timeline right now about when everything will be finalized and complete, but even in its current state, there's still plenty of fun to be had, especially if you're a longtime fan of the earlier Fallout games.
Bethesda's action RPG Fallout 4 puts players into the vault suit of the Lone Survivor, a pre-war soldier from an alternate future cryogenically frozen inside Vault 111. After their infant son is kidnapped, they venture out into the irradiated wasteland of the Commonwealth to scour the ruins of Boston for any sign of him. In doing so, they encounter various factions and companions and use an array of skills and abilities to navigate the apocalyptic remnants of society.
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