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DATES & TIMELINES

Fallout DATES & TIMELINES: Find the Water Chip in 150 days or destroy mutant threats within 500 days (or 400 with water caravan).

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Fallout DATES & TIMELINES: Find the Water Chip in 150 days or destroy mutant threats within 500 days (or 400 with water caravan).

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    You must find the Water Chip within 150 days (in-game time) before your vault runs out of water.
  2. 2
    Alternatively, if you destroy the mutant threats (the Vats and the Cathedral) within 150 days, you will not need to find the Water Chip.
  3. 3
    There is a 500-day time limit to destroy both mutant threats, starting from the beginning of the game.
  4. 4
    If you arrange for the water caravan to deliver water to your vault, this time limit to destroy the mutant threats is shortened by 100 days, making it 400 days.
  5. 5
    With version 1.1 (and potentially Fallout v.1.2, the European release), the time limit to find the Water Chip remains, but the 500-day and 400-day limits for destroying mutant threats are removed and replaced with a 13-year time limit.
Tips
  • Pay close attention to the in-game clock, as failing to meet these deadlines can result in failure.
  • The version of Fallout you are playing can significantly alter the available time limits.

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