


If you have dwellers with lower-than-average stats, use an outfit to boost the relevant skill for their assigned room. And since you don't control the stats of dwellers who show up to your vault and training rooms only open up after 30 or more dwellers, outfits are a great way to boost their skills. In your vault's early stages, most of your dwellers won't have impressive skill sets. Use Outfits to Optimize Dweller Productivity Skills Click on the dweller's icon and your game will center on them so that you can assign them to a room.ĥ. If you see dwellers on a coffee break, this means they are not assigned to a room. More importantly, it also makes it easier to check that your dwellers are remaining productive.

This makes it easy to check the level, health, and skills of your dwellers. However, your dweller list, which appears as a cog in the top-left of your screen, includes an overview of all your vault's inhabitants. Use the Dweller List to Manage Dwellers EasilyĪs your vault grows, it becomes more difficult to track your dwellers. You should also make sure to keep some backup higher-damage weapons handy to equip any new dwellers.Ĥ. Only salvage or sell low-damage weapons when you've equipped all of your dwellers. These weapons can help prepare your dwellers for vault incidents and attacks. You may be tempted to scrap and sell weapons that your explorers aren't using, but you'll find better use out of them by equipping your vault dwellers. Use Spare Weapons to Equip All of Your Dwellers You should also make sure that you have enough dwellers to utilize these extra rooms, otherwise they're a waste.ģ. Rather focus on expanding when you have enough electricity capacity. To keep everything aligned, leave room for future expansions and build downwards instead of sideways if you need to add a new type of room.Įach new room in your vault consumes extra electricity, so you don't want to needlessly add rooms that you're unable to use just because you've unlocked them. The exact layout is up to you, but most people opt to either have their elevator shafts down the sides of their vault or elevator shafts on either side of a three-block room in the middle. This makes sure your dwellers can get around easily. You should make sure all your elevators form a straight line downwards-like a traditional elevator shaft. Each row in your vault has space for two elevators, two three-block rooms, and one two-block room. It's best to know what layout you want to use as soon as you start building. However, traveling between rooms can become slow if you create a maze of disjointed areas. Most rooms in Fallout Shelter can be expanded and merged, while elevators provide your dwellers access to different floors.
