Uncovering the Real-Life Locations of Every Fallout Shelter: A True Fan’s Quest

Game news This diehard Fallout fan finds the location of every fallout shelter in real life

The shelter is falling to me!

When all-consuming passion combines with technology, the result is sometimes close to madness. In any case, this is what we have to remember from this funny story unearthed by GamesRadarOr a Fallout lover used an excerpt from the TV series to map all the known shelters as accurately as possible. All this to determine if, canonically, there is a shelter near American players if they lived in this post-apocalyptic alternative world. A fan of Fallout and with a master's degree in geography, the person who calls herself Tunnelsnakesfool then began an improbable mapping project that she shows on Twitter.

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After using ArcGIS Pro mapping software to georeference screenshots from the TV series, Tunnelsnakesfool integrated his work into Google Earth to add more details, like the names of major cities and states. Result ? She actually developed a very detailed map of the United States with small markers indicating the presence of the shelters in the series. What's the point ? Nothing at all, but it's still super cool.

Megalomania

On his X/Twitter account and in a YouTube video, Tunnelsnakesfool acknowledges that due to the source image used, some locations were more difficult to determine than others. Despite all the seriousness of this project, there are obviously some inaccuracies. Think about this if you ever manage to teleport into the world of Fallout and are looking for shelter. According to Tunnelsnakesfool's work, the state with the most shelters is California, which hides 11.

When it comes to the TV series and games, Fallout hit big in terms of its transmedia campaign. Bethesda and Amazon have spared no expense with a whole bunch of content dedicated to the series, offers to obtain Fallout games “free” thanks to the Prime subscription, or even various fun synergies. This is the case of Fallout Shelters which recently welcomed the main protagonists of the series into its universe. The consequence ? Its number of downloads exploded and the revenue generated jumped. Generally speaking, the Fallout TV series has boosted sales of older titles in the saga.