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| − | In a general sense, '''''Fallout'' canon''' is the body of works considered to be an official part of the [[Fallout world|''Fallout'' universe]] by its current rights holder ([[Bethesda Softworks]] since 2007).<ref>[[Asset Purchase Agreement]]</ref> |
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| − | In the context of the ''Fallout'' Wiki, the term refers to the framework for authoring articles and resolving conflicts that may arise when covering topics spanning multiple games. The general idea is to provide a comprehensive overview of a subject drawing on all available sources, while clearly identifying their origin to allow users to identify what's binding for the current IP holder and what's not. |
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| − | :''Note that the topic is complicated, as much of the [[Fallout series|''Fallout'' series]] was created by completely different teams with limited overlap and developers of one game may differ on their approach to certain topics.''<ref>For example, [[Tim Cain]] and [[Chris Taylor]] had different views on the origins of [[ghoul]]s, with the issue eventually resolved by a completely different development team.</ref> |
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| + | Nukapedia strives to provide a comprehensive overview of all subject matter drawing on all available sources across the [[Fallout series|''Fallout'' series]], while clearly identifying the information's origins to be easily identifiable at a glance. |
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| + | The canon distinction is applied to the video games in the series from the franchise's owner [[Bethesda Softworks]]. Canon information includes content from the following six games. |
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| − | # '''[[#Core canon|Core canon]]''' or '''canon''' refers to all items in released games that aren't otherwise struck from it. These are the only binding sources. |
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| − | # '''[[#Dependent sources|Dependent sources]]''' refers to non-binding, non-game sources that can provide additional information on the subject, but cannot be reconciled with other sources or the involvement of game developers in their creation is unclear. |
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| − | # '''[[#Non-canon|Non-canon]]''' is a term used in a narrow sense, to refer to content explicitly removed from the continuity or those that have never been released. |
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| + | * ''[[Fallout 4]]'' and its [[Fallout 4 add-ons|add-ons]] |
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| + | Content that is derived from any other work or source is categorized as non-canon. The following [[#Formatting guide|formatting section]] outlines the guidelines for referencing information from all non-canon sources. |
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| − | ==Sources in detail== |
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| − | ===Core canon=== |
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| − | {{quote|For us, canon always starts with what is in the games.|[[Emil Pagliarulo]]}} |
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| − | Canon sources encompass released video games and are '''the only binding source''' for the current IP holder. |
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| − | These are the point of reference for every other source and take absolute precedence over other sources, if they have not been otherwise deemed non-canon. Unless facts are included in them, they can be changed, revised, or retconned at any time. For the purposes of the wiki, they are referred to as "core" canon.<ref name="Emil" /> |
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| − | {{quote|The primal source of lore is what you see in the games [...] if it's not in the games, we may use it, we may not.|[[Ferret Baudoin]], CHAD}} |
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| − | Supplementary content is any material that expands on what is included in the games and provides additional information. These sources encompass content outside video game sources, such as development documentation, developer commentary, presentations, online responses, and so on and so forth. These may be used as reference materials or inspiration by developers. |
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| − | The following is a non-exhaustive list of supplementary sources. All should be noted, at minimum, as <sup>[Non-game]</sup> to distinguish them from game sources. |
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| − | * [[Vault Dweller's Survival Guide]] (''Fallout'' manual) |
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| − | * [[Fallout 2 manual|''Fallout 2'' manual]], including ''[[Vault Dweller's memoirs]]'' |
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* [[Fallout 3 Manual|''Fallout 3'' manual]] |
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| + | * [[Fallout: New Vegas Manual|''Fallout: New Vegas'' manual]] |
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| − | * ''[[All Roads]]'' |
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| ⚫ | * ''[[Fallout 3 Official Game Guide]]''<ref name="Hodgson tweet">[[David S.J. Hodgson]] (via [https://web.archive.org/web/20210325203556/https://twitter.com/DavidSJHodgson/status/1374912418174758913 Twitter]): ''"If memory serves, [the "Wasteland Census" section in the Fallout 3 Game Guide] is supposedly canon as I worked with “certain documents” and the guide was fully approved by Bethesda. You’d have to confirm with @DCDeacon of course. However, if you come across a discrepancy between game and guide canon, game trumps guide."''</ref><ref name="Hogdson interview">[https://mashable.com/2017/03/17/strategy-guide-how-its-made/ Mashable.com interview] with [[David S.J. Hodgson]], author of the strategy guides for ''Fallout 3'', ''New Vegas'', ''Fallout 4'', and ''Fallout 76''</ref> |
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* ''[[Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide]]'' |
* ''[[Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide]]'' |
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| + | ! '''Games and expansions''' |
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| − | Some ''Fallout'' developers have decided to share various pieces of information with the public, through blogs, forums, editorials, and other means. This can provide useful information regarding various topics and expand on the information already included in the game. |
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| + | * ''[[Fallout Shelter]]'', designed, directed, and updated by Bethesda. |
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| + | * ''[[Fallout: The Board Game]]'' - Developed and published by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]. |
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| − | * [[Chris Taylor interview for Vault13.net]] (2001) |
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| − | * ''[[Fallout Bible]]'' (2002): Commonly mistaken for a definitive guide to ''Fallout'' canon, the ''Bible'' is mostly a collection of "background material and hijinks" released on Black Isle Studios' front page, compiled by [[Chris Avellone]] with commentary from various developers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031011054527/http://fallout.blackisle.com/bible.html ''The Fallout Bible'' on blackisle.com (archived)]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | * [[Joshua Sawyer]]'s Formspring responses (archived [https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/an-archive-of-josh-sawyers-formspring-from-april-2010-through-march-2013-over-1-mb-of-text.128571/ here]), Tumblr posts, and SomethingAwful.com forum replies |
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| − | * [[Ferret Baudoin]] interview on ''CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story Podcast'' (2020): A behind-the-scenes live stream interview and Q&A session with the lead writer for ''[[Fallout 76]]'': ''[[Wastelanders]]''.<ref name="CHAD12162020" /> |
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| ⚫ | * The [[Atomic Shop]] for ''Fallout 76''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk3N4sO3RY&feature=youtu.be Fallout 76: Is the Atomic Shop or Creation Club considered canon?]:<br />[[Emil Pagliarulo]]: ''"Atomic Shop is a lot...we found that Atomic Shop tends to not be canon so much, it's a lot looser. Just because it's, y'know, stuff that you purchase or use Atoms get into your game that is, like... there's a big fun factor there. There's a lot of stuff in Atomic Shop that we could take out because it's not strictly Fallout canon, and then players would be bummed. Because it's in a live multiplayer game, you... it's always a judgement call, it's tough. There's a lot of stuff that's... the canon rules are a lot lighter with the Atomic Shop stuff. Because we want people to have what they want and just have fun."''</ref><ref>[[Ferret Baudoin]] - 12/16/2020 Fallout for Hope - CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story Podcast Twitch stream: ''"I think if you're buying it in the store, you're choosing to go outside of the game in order to customize your experience. The same way that you would getting a mod that you particularly enjoy. So I tend not to sweat that stuff. If people can rationalize it, fantastic."''</ref> |
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| ⚫ | * [[Creation Club]] content for ''Fallout 4''.<ref name="AtomicEmil">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk3N4sO3RY Fallout 76: Is the Atomic Shop or Creation Club considered canon?]:<br />[[Emil Pagliarulo]]: ''"Okay, lemme answer this. So... um, Creation Club and Atomic Shop are two very different things, first of all. Creation Club is, let's start there, Creation Club is sort of as close to canon as we can get but also sort of the lines get blurred. So, for example, the team that does the Creation Club stuff always runs fiction by me and says 'would this work? Is this canon? How close is this?' And any time there's any writing or anything that goes into Creation Club, we wanna make sure that it's, y'know, everything fits. So for example, y'know, there was a cyberpunk apartment that went in that you access in Fallout 4 that you access via Goodneighbor. And there was some notes in it, it was like a synth's apartment. So all the fiction there had to be right. It could be canon, it could be... So it's sort of like parallel to canon, almost. It's... we don't wanna limit ourselves. We don't wanna not do something completely. It's tough. Because you don't wanna not do something that would be awesome, because it might get a little close to not being canon. So, it's always a judgement call. We weigh everything."''</ref> |
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| + | * Promotional publications such as ''[[All Roads]]'', ''[[One Man, and a Crate of Puppets]]'' and ''[[The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook]]''. |
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| + | * Design documents, concept art, and art books such as ''[[The Art of Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[The Art of Fallout 4]]''. |
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| − | Unless referenced in canon, works in this category should be considered as existing within their own continuities. For distinguishing these works, the term ''dependent'' is used, as they depend on their inclusion in the canon (i.e. games). When used as a reference in articles, information sourced from these titles is to be marked <sup>[Non-canon]</sup> as a rule of thumb. |
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| − | * ''[[Fallout Shelter]]'', designed, directed, and currently updated by Bethesda<ref>[[File:Bethesda_Softworks_LLC_v._Behaviour_Interactive,_Inc._et_al.pdf|Bethesda Softworks v Behaviour Interactive]] |
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| − | Page 6: ''“On January 22, 2014, Bethesda engaged Behaviour to assist developing the FALLOUT SHELTER game under the code name ‘Underground’… '''Bethesda provided the conception, design, and overall direction of the game’s mechanics and resulting look and feel''', and '''Behaviour provided the implementation'''”''<br /> |
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| − | Page 8: ''“'''Bethesda retained and exercised complete ‘creative, technical and promotion control''' over all phases of development and distribution’ including '''‘all text, graphics, artwork, voices, designs, gameplay, music, screens and characters.'''’”'' |
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| − | * ''[[Fallout Shelter Online]]'', while published by Bethesda, was developed and distributed by outside companies ([[Shengqu Games]] and Gaea Mobile, respectively), and is also considered a dependent source. It has only officially been released for Asian markets, though its [[wikipedia:Android application package|APK]] is available for download worldwide. |
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| − | * ''[[Fallout: The Board Game]]'' (2017) - Although they received assistance from Bethesda during development, the game's setting can take place across the country in the [[Capital Wasteland]], [[the Commonwealth]], [[The Pitt (city)|the Pitt]], [[Far Harbor (location)|Far Harbor]] and [[New California]] at the player's discretion. |
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| − | * ''[[Fallout Bible]]'' (2002): While a majority of the publication is devoted to providing background "hijinks" and other development material, Chris Avellone made several definitive statements on lore and corrections that he wished to be reflected in future ''Fallout'' games. Examples include the fate of the [[wanamingo]]s, as well as the meaning of the Vault door on the [[PMV Valdez|PMV ''Valdez'']]. As such, while the Bible serves as one of several sources of inspiration<ref>[[Welcome Back to Fallout]]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200520191138/http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15867&start=40 Emil Pagliarulo on DAC]: "''Don't worry, guys. I sleep with a copy of the Fallout Bible under my pillow.''"</ref> for Bethesda developers, they do not assume that everything in the ''Bible'' is canon and make judgement calls on what to include.<ref name="Emil" /><ref name="CHAD12162020" /> Numerous setting elements introduced in the ''Bible'' have been reintroduced in ''Fallout 3'', ''Fallout: New Vegas'', ''Fallout 4'', and ''Fallout 76''.<ref>For example, [[Vault 106]] in ''Fallout 3'', [[Vault 34]] in ''Fallout: New Vegas'', the [[T-51 power armor]] development timeline in ''Fallout 4'', and [[Vault 29]] was mentioned in ''Fallout 76''.</ref> |
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| − | * ''CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story Podcast'' (2020): A behind-the-scenes live stream interview and Q&A session with [[Ferret Baudoin]], the lead writer for ''[[Fallout 76]]'': ''[[Wastelanders]]''. When asked about the [[Brotherhood of Steel (Appalachia)|Brotherhood of Steel]]'s lesser known [[Swafford (Brotherhood)|Paladin Swafford]], Ferret, who wrote the Brotherhood story, explained that he could not recall more than one Paladin ([[Elizabeth Taggerdy]]).<ref>[[Ferret Baudoin]] - [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/845036545?collection=GinY5MqDExaILA&t=00h45m00s 12/16/2020 Fallout for Hope - CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story Podcast Twitch stream 00:45:00]: ''"Swafford...? Swafford? Wow... uhhh... that one's not leaping to mind, which is unusual. I'm usually really on top of that. I think uh... I don't recollect that. Cause Paladin Taggerdy, if it was a knight or something like that, I could see that being somebody, but you know... I think there's only one Paladin."''</ref> However, because Paladin Swafford is still mentioned in-game, Ferret's conflicting recollection is considered non-canonical. |
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| ⚫ | * ''[[Fallout Bible]]'': Commonly mistaken for a definitive guide to ''Fallout'' canon, the ''Bible'' is a collection of "background material and hijinks" released on Black Isle Studios' front page, compiled by [[Chris Avellone]] with commentary from various developers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031011054527/http://fallout.blackisle.com/bible.html ''The Fallout Bible'' on blackisle.com (archived)]</ref><ref name="Emil">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biqqobPm-h8 Fallout 76: Would the Fallout bible be considered canon or not?]:<br />[[Emil Pagliarulo]]: ''"So, there's actually different versions of the Bible, too. A lot of the stuff from the Bible is on- public on the Fallout Wiki, online, and you can look at that stuff. For us, it's always... for us, canon always starts with what is in the games. And so... it's what is in Fallout 1, Fallout 2... even some of like, Fallout Tactics is- there's some stuff from canon from Fallout Tactics as well. And our Fallout games. So, we always look at what's in the games first, and then we go to the Fallout Bible and look at the stuff. So, some of the stuff that is in Fallout 3 that is now canon came from the Fallout Bible, some of that fiction. And so... it ''depends''. We look at the Fallout Bible and some of the lore that really... was written, y'know, back in the day. It makes sense and we use that and put it in our games. We don't just assume that everything in the Bible is canon. We have to take it step-by-step inside. It's a judgement call."''</ref> |
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| − | * ...battling super mutants in the city (a retcon of ''Tactics'', where super mutants were fought in Missouri, starting with St. Louis)...<ref>The [[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"Care to share anything about the Super Mutants?"''<br />[[Elizabeth Jameson]]: ''"The Brotherhood has been battling Super Mutants for decades. First out West, then in Chicago. Now here. But this group of Super Mutants is different, somehow. Physically, yes, but mentally as well. If we knew where they came from, we'd know why."''<br />([[ScribeJameson.txt|Elizabeth Jameson's dialogue]])</ref> |
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Background
Nukapedia strives to provide a comprehensive overview of all subject matter drawing on all available sources across the Fallout series, while clearly identifying the information's origins to be easily identifiable at a glance.
Canon
The canon distinction is applied to the video games in the series from the franchise's owner Bethesda Softworks. Canon information includes content from the following six games.
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| Proposal vote | Vote: Fallout canon policy overhaul |
| Date and result | 20 October 2020 · 11-5-3 |
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