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Characters within the game range from enemies to your own citizens. Vault citizens are known as dwellers and players have taken to calling enemies invaders.

Rare and legendary dwellers are found in lunchboxes. Legendary dwellers arrive wearing a legendary outfit and a rare weapon. Rare and legendary dwellers keep their outfit when entering the vault, rather than immediately switching to a vault suit.

There are 23 legendary dwellers to collect. Legendary dwellers are named after characters from Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. Rare dwellers have a total sum of 28 SPECIAL points, with the exception of 3 preset dwellers. Legendary dwellers have a total sum of 40 SPECIAL points.

Rare and legendary dwellers are not unique. A vault can have multiple rare and legendary dwellers of the same name. All rare and legendary dweller cards are equally likely to be found in a lunchbox, regardless of whether any rare and legendary dwellers are already in the vault.

Some legendary dwellers, such as Sarah Lyons, Three Dog and Preston Garvey, can be obtained by completing their respective quests from the overseer's office.

Rare dwellers can also appear randomly at your Vault door though the chances of this happening are very low, rare dwellers usually do not carry weapons when you reveal their card, but if you buy the Vault-Tec Starter Pack, the two rare dwellers you get will have weapons.

Rare dwellers also have randomized skins, hair and names. There are also 20 preset rare dwellers in the game files that cannot be found in lunchboxes or quests.

Rare dwellers[]

Image Name Outfit S P E C I A L
Akira Katana Ninja outfit 4 3 4 3 4 8 3
Alexander Miller Ninja outfit 3 4 2 6 3 7 3
Ameritus Jones Professor outfit 3 4 3 4 8 3 4
Amy Chandler Battle armor 4 3 6 3 3 2 7
Andre Grande Wrestler outfit 4 3 4 3 4 8 3
Brandy Valentino Movie fan outfit 3 4 3 4 3 4 8
Benjamin Price Survivor armor 5 2 2 7 6 3 3
Brian Drake Sci-fi fan outfit 7 3 3 6 2 3 4
Bruce White Clergy outfit 4 7 5 4 1 4 3
Carlos the Great Medieval ruler outfit 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Christopher Ford Professor outfit 7 3 1 3 6 6 2
Danielle Hart Surgeon outfit 4 3 4 3 8 4 3
Dylan Adams Medieval ruler outfit 2 7 4 5 4 3 3
Frank Blitzer Sports fan outfit 3 4 3 4 3 4 8
Gabriel Davis Lab coat 2 4 5 1 6 7 3
Gabriel Hill Nobility outfit 3 7 3 6 3 2 4
Galahad Swingsalot Knight armor 8 3 4 3 4 3 4
Heywood Yalaff Comedian outfit 3 4 3 8 4 3 4
Jack Confessor Cromwell's rags 4 4 6 7 1 4 2
Jesse Warner Greaser outfit 6 6 7 2 4 1 2
Joan Frosts Engineer outfit 1 7 6 3 1 5 6
Johnny Bishop Clergy outfit 4 1 4 4 7 6 2
Jonathan Naughy Nightwear 2 2 6 4 5 7 2
Kathleen Jackson Polka dot sundress 7 4 4 5 2 4 2
Kathryn King Leather armor 1 5 7 4 4 4 3
Laurel Divinitus Republic robes 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Martha Dewey Librarian outfit 3 8 4 3 4 3 4
Max Throttle Greaser outfit 3 8 4 3 4 3 4
Oscar Blood Horror fan outfit 4 8 4 3 4 3 4
Patrick Davis Wrestler outfit 4 5 4 2 4 2 7
Prospero Leonard Sci-fi fan outfit 3 4 8 3 4 3 4
Rex Chessman Clergy outfit 3 4 3 8 4 3 4
Richard Grant Ninja outfit 2 7 2 4 4 4 5
Rock Hardscrabble Survivor armor 3 4 8 3 4 3 4
Shamus Rumple Mayor outfit 4 3 4 8 3 4 3
Stuart Monaghan Sturdy vault suit 2 7 2 5 4 6 2
Sean Armstrong Horror fan outfit 3 5 2 4 5 2 7
Tenderloin Fauntleroy Nobility outfit 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Theresa Davidson Librarian outfit 2 2 4 4 7 5 4
Thong Yin Clergy outfit 3 5 5 3 9 8 7
Tina Wrenchley Engineer outfit 4 3 4 3 8 4 3
Vera Majors Soldier uniform 8 4 3 4 3 4 3
Wes Englund Horror fan outfit 2 4 7 1 6 6 2
William Warner Nobility outfit 3 2 4 3 3 7 6

Legendary dwellers[]

Image Name Weapon Outfit S P E C I A L
FoS Abraham Washington Abraham Washington
(Fallout 3 Abraham Washington)
Lincoln's repeater Abraham's relaxedwear 2 8 6 6 8 4 6
FoS Allistair Tenpenny Allistair Tenpenny
(Fallout 3 Allistair Tenpenny)
Victory rifle Tenpenny's suit 2 9 2 9 7 2 9
FoS Amata Amata
(Fallout 3 Amata Almodovar)
Lone Wanderer - 4 6 5 8 4 7 6
FoS Bittercup Bittercup
(Fallout 3 Bittercup)
- Bittercup's outfit 5 4 7 9 5 5 5
FoS Butch DeLoria Butch
(Fallout 3 Butch DeLoria)
Lone Wanderer Tunnel Snakes' outfit 5 7 6 9 5 6 2
FoS Colonel Autumn Colonel Autumn
(Fallout 3 Colonel Autumn)
Smuggler's End Autumn's uniform 4 6 5 9 5 5 6
FoS Confessor Cromwell Confessor Cromwell
(Fallout 3Confessor Cromwell)
- Confessor Cromwell's rags 7 4 7 8 6 3 5
FoS Madison Li Dr. Li
(Fallout 3Fallout 4 Madison Li)
- Expert lab coat 4 6 6 7 9 4 4
FoS Ed the Ghoul Ed the Ghoul Ed's custom power fist RobCo R&D suit 6 5 7 3 9 3 7
FoS Elder Lyons Elder Lyons
(Fallout 3 Owyn Lyons)
Smuggler's End Elder robe 4 3 3 9 9 3 9
FoS Eulogy Jones Eulogy Jones
(Fallout 3 Eulogy Jones)
Blackhawk Eulogy Jones' suit 5 6 5 8 5 4 7
FoS Harkness Harkness
(Fallout 3 Harkness)
Infiltrator Heavy battle armor 8 5 8 5 5 6 3
FoS James James
(Fallout 3 James)
Wild Bill's Sidearm Expert lab coat 5 8 4 7 9 4 3
FoS Jericho Jericho
(Fallout 3 Jericho)
Infiltrator Heavy leather armor 8 6 8 2 3 7 6
Luc the Human Incognito leisurewear
FoS Lucas Simms Lucas Simms
(Fallout 3 Lucas Simms)
Infiltrator Sheriff's duster 5 9 8 5 5 6 2
FoS Moira Brown Moira Brown
(Fallout 3 Moira Brown)
- Expert jumpsuit 4 8 3 8 7 5 5
FoS Mister Burke Mr. Burke
(Fallout 3 Mister Burke)
Wild Bill's Sidearm Lucky formal wear 4 7 4 6 9 2 8
FoS Old Longfellow Old Longfellow
(Far Harbor (add-on) Old Longfellow)
Henrietta Tattered longcoat 5 7 8 4 6 3 7
FoS Piper profile Piper
(Fallout 4 Piper Wright)
- Piper's outfit 4 4 9 6 7 4 4
FoS Preston Garvey Preston Garvey
(Fallout 4 Preston Garvey)
Laser musket Minuteman uniform 3 9 8 6 5 6 3
FoS Sarah Lyons Sarah Lyons
(Fallout 3 Sarah Lyons)
Wazer Wifle T-51f power armor 8 6 8 6 5 5 2
FoS Scribe Rothchild Scribe Rothchild
(Fallout 3 Reginald Rothchild)
Lone Wanderer Scribe Rothchild's robe 6 5 6 9 4 5 5
Scribe Valdez
(Fallout 76 Odessa Valdez)
Scribe robe 5 7 5 5 8 6 4
FoS Star Paladin Cross Star Paladin Cross
(Fallout 3 Star Paladin Cross)
Smuggler's End T-51f power armor 7 8 4 8 4 6 3
FoS Three Dog Three Dog
(Fallout 3 Three Dog)
- Three Dog's outfit 4 4 6 9 5 5 7
FoS 76 Overseer 76 Overseer
(Fallout 76 Vault 76 overseer)
- Sturdy vault suit 4 5 7 8 6 5 5

Quest characters[]

Image Character Quest Role Location
Alvarado Springtime for Atom Confessor
Alvarez Journey to the Center of Vaultopolis Overseer Vault 813
Artie Moore A Thirst for Adventure Explorer, scavenger
Big Wes The Final Hunt Hunter, enemy
Bigsby The Tail Continues Detective
Bigsby Brown The Bigsby Brown Case Detective
Christmas at the Raider Camp Boss McScrooge Christmas at the Raider Camp Raider Raider camp
The Sixth Sun Brother Will The Sixth Sun Church initiate Raider camp
Butcher Bounty: Butcher Enemy deathclaw
Chang All Work and No Play Overseer Vault 700
Coach Worst. Coach. Ever. Enemy raider
Cruddy Bonez Aqua-schema Gang leader
Drusilla Set 'em Up: Famine Ghoul
Eli Calvert Out of the Vault, Into the Shadows Raider
Emma The Tail Continues Overseer
Frank the Tank Frank the Tank Tankbusting Raider Vault 333
Henrietta Time for a Grand Slam? Ex-Girlfriend Vault 232
Herb Vest Go West Lost character Old candy factory
Howard Phillips Halloween (Non)Fiction Library caretaker Ruined library
Khan Killian KHAAANNNNN!!!! Great Khan Random mine
Mandy Macintosh Paula's in a Pickle! Explorer, scavenger
Marcus Hammer Wedding Crashers Raider, Groom
Mastiff Muldoon Kidnapping at Vault 778 Enemy Vault 778
Nicholas Santa's Helpers Overseer
FoS Otto von Hurfburg Otto von Hurfburg Wonders of Technology
Wonders of Science
Wonders of Nature
Scientist
Patel Journey to the Center of Vaultopolis Overseer Vault 909
Paula Plumbkin Paula Plumbkin Journey to the Center of Vaultopolis Raider, former vault dweller Vault 525
Queen of the Deathclaws Queen of the Deathclaws! Deathclaw raiser, raider boss
Radroach Rodney Reign of Radroach Rodney! Enemy radroach
Red Rachel Den of Thieves Raider boss
Regina Rage Return to Vault 333 Enemy raider Vault 333
Road Rash Raider Troubles at Corvega Enemy raider
Rubarb Mitchell Rubarb's Reckoning Rogue vault dweller Vault 711
Sally Switchblade Wedding Crashers Raider, Bride
FOS Take Me Out to the Ball Game Slugger Take Me out to the Ball Game Raider
Snips Bounty: Snips Enemy radscorpion
Steve "Shadow Wolf" The Great Tato Famine Tracker
Willard Glover With Friends Like These Raider Corvega Factory
Yak Bounty: Yak Mole rat brood mother

Generic characters[]

Image Character Quest Role Location
Raider Enemy Wasteland, Vaults
FoS Child of Atom Child of Atom

Notes[]

  • Abraham Washington initially has an outfit that has no name and provides no bonuses. Despite the fact that the in-game Washington is wearing a blue shirt with a green pullover, the outfit's icon is the same white, long-sleeve, button-down shirt icon that a new dweller has before he is brought into the vault. This icon only appears in Abraham Washington's infobox; the outfit selection pane shows no icon, name, or bonus.[1] If this outfit is replaced, it does not enter your inventory, and thus cannot be given to any dweller; Washington cannot return to this outfit once changed.[2]
    • This changed with the 1.5 release. Abraham Washington now comes equipped with Abraham's relaxedwear. If you previously changed his outfit, the relaxedwear appears in your inventory.
  • Characters' SPECIAL stats differentiate from their counterparts in other Fallout games. Characters may also be using referenced weapons that they normally wouldn't be using in their other respective appearances.
  • The original twenty legendary dwellers available in Fallout Shelter version 1.0 are based on characters from Fallout 3. Dwellers added through updates are based on Fallout 4. Mr. Handy and Preston Garvey were added in version 1.1, and the Mysterious Stranger and Piper were added in version 1.2. Old Longfellow was added in version 1.5, for a limited time you could obtain him in a special event that started on May 12, plus 5 lunchboxes, but only in a single vault that you opened first when this event was launched.
  • The Mysterious Stranger only appears in the vault for a few seconds and will disappear after this time has passed or the player selects him to collect caps.
  • Bottle and Cappy will occasionally visit the player's vault after completing the Nabbed from Nuka-World questline. They will increase happiness, and provide a few caps or Nuka-Cola Quantum when clicked on.
  • The only legendary dweller to not appear in a main Fallout game is Ed the ghoul.

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Characters in Fallout Shelter
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