Add-ons or expansions (also called expansion packs) are content created for games that are released separately from the main game release. Downloadable content (DLC) is a specific form of add-on distributed through the internet.
Fallout 3[]
The first game in the Fallout series to feature downloadable content was Fallout 3, with a total of five add-on packs released.
- Operation: Anchorage (January 2009 for PC/Xbox, October for PS3)
- The Pitt (March 2009 for PC/Xbox, October for PS3)
- Broken Steel (May 2009 for PC/Xbox, September for PS3)
- Point Lookout (June 2009 for PC/Xbox, October for PS3)
- Mothership Zeta (August 2009 for PC/Xbox, October for PS3)
Fallout: New Vegas[]
Fallout: New Vegas has a total of four pre-order bonuses and six add-on packs. The pre-order bonuses were later condensed into the Courier's Stash add-on.
- Dead Money (December 2010 for Xbox, February 2011 for PC/PS3)
- Honest Hearts (May 2011 for PC/Xbox, June for PS3)
- Old World Blues (July 2011)
- Lonesome Road (September 2011)
- Gun Runners' Arsenal (September 2011)
- Courier's Stash (September 2011)
Fallout 4[]
Fallout 4 also features add-ons, with a total of seven add-on packs, of which two only include new settlement objects, and one is a graphical upgrade.
- Automatron (March 2016)
- Wasteland Workshop (April 2016)
- Far Harbor (May 2016)
- Contraptions Workshop (June 2016)
- Vault-Tec Workshop (July 2016)
- Nuka-World (August 2016)
- High Resolution Texture Pack (February 2017, PC only)
Fallout 76[]
Fallout 76 does not use add-ons and instead all updates are included with the game.