Hardened Fat Man

For an overview of this weapon in the Fallout series of games, see Fat Man.

Fallout Shelter weapon
Hardened Fat Man
Damage	22-25
Miscellaneous
Value	500
Rarity	Legendary

 

The following is based on information from Fallout Shelter or Fallout Shelter Online.

“Higher-yield shells for bigger booms... and a bigger body count.”— In-game description

The hardened Fat Man is a weapon that appears in Fallout Shelter.

Characteristics

The hardened Fat Man is a nuclear launcher featured in Fallout Shelter. Dealing 22 minimum damage per attack, it has the third highest damage output for a heavy weapon in the game.

Variants

• Rusty Fat Man
• Fat Man
• Enhanced Fat Man
• Guided Fat Man
• MIRV

Comparison

Rusty Fat Man	22	500	Legendary
Fat Man	22-23	500	Legendary
Enhanced Fat Man	22-24	500	legendary
Hardened Fat Man	22-25	500	Legendary
Guided Fat Man	22-26	500	Legendary
MIRV	22-27	500	Legendary

Locations

• Found by dwellers exploring the wasteland
• Found during quests
• Found in lunchboxes
• Craftable in a weapon workshop

Crafting

A high Strength statistic is needed to effectively create the hardened Fat Man.

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Shovel (5) Military duct tape (3) Chemistry flask (2)		Weapon plant recipe Caps x21,500		Hardened Fat Man (1)

Notes

Contrary to what one might expect from a nuclear catapult, all variants of the Fat Man in Fallout Shelter are poor choices for combat against multiple opponents. Refer to the weapons page for details.

Sounds

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Gallery

Hardened Fat Man card

Mini nuke

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Weapons in Fallout Shelter Melee weapons Baseball bat · Butcher knife · Fire hydrant bat · Kitchen knife · Pickaxe · Pool cue · Relentless raider sword Conventional firearms Pistols .32 pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Wild Bill's Sidearm) · 10mm pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lone Wanderer) · Pipe pistol (hair trigger, heavy, scoped, auto, Little Brother) · Scoped .44 (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Blackhawk) Rifles Assault rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Infiltrator) · BB gun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Red Rocket) · Henrietta · Hunting rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Ol' Painless) · Lever-action rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lincoln's repeater) · Pipe rifle (calibrated, long, night-vision, bayoneted, Big Sister) · Railway rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, accelerated, Railmaster)  · Sniper rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Victory rifle) Shotguns Combat shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Charon's shotgun) · Sawed-off shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Kneecapper) · Shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Farmer's Daughter) Directed energy weapons Pistols Alien blaster (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Destabilizer) · Institute pistol (incendiary, improved, scoped, scattered, Apotheosis) · Laser pistol (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Smuggler's End) · Plasma pistol (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, MPXL Novasurge) Rifles Gauss rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, accelerated, Magnetron 4000) · Institute rifle (excited, long, night-vision, targeting, Virgil's rifle) · Laser musket · Laser rifle (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Wazer Wifle) · Plasma rifle (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Mean Green Monster) · Plasma thrower (agitated, tactical, boosted, overcharged, Dragon's Maw) Heavy support weapons Fat Man (rusty, enhanced, hardened, guided, MIRV) · Flamer (rusty, enhanced, hardened, pressurized, Burnmaster) · Gatling laser (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Vengeance) · Junk Jet (recoil compensated, tactical, electrified, flaming, Technician's Revenge) · Minigun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lead Belcher) · Missile launcher (rusty, enhanced, hardened, guided, Miss Launcher) 1.15 update Alien disintegrator (enhanced) · Assaultron head (rusty, enhanced, hardened) · Grognak's axe · Gauss pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, focused) · Mountain Mama · Power fist · Ed's custom power fist · Pulse rifle (rusty, hardened) · Ripper (rusty, enhanced, hardened) 1.16 update Ghoul revolver · Mare's Leg · T60 pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened) · Tranq gun (rusty, enhanced, hardened) Parentheses () denote weapon variants.