r/falloutlore • u/Mac-Tyson • 3d ago
The Weapons and Armor Stockpiled in Vault Armories
Background: I compiled a list of Weapons and equipment stored in Armories and/or used by authorized personnel. As well as weapons used by the Vault inhabitants in general. I think this is interesting since while there’s a lot of standard issue equipment across all vaults. Some of the equipment outside of that can vary drastically between vaults. A lot of these vaults have failed, been ransacked, armories are likely in innacessible areas of the game. So I will sometimes go off of what Vault Dwellers (especially Vault Security) are equipped with in game.
Standard Issue “Service Weapons”: either N99 10mm Pistol or Colt 6520 10mm Pistol, Police Baton, and standard issue Vault Security Armor.
Standard “Weapons” often accessible to the average vault dweller but not usually stocked in the armory: Baseball Bats, (Kitchen) Knives, Rolling Pins, Lead Pipes, Pool Cues, etc
Following will be the non standard issue weapons additionally found in their respective vault:
Vault 3: Many people think that the fiends got their Energy Weapons like Laser RCW, Plasma Rifles, and Laser Rifles from Vault 3 but to my knowledge has never been confirmed.
Vault 13: Winchester Widowmaker Shotgun and knives
Vault 8: Combat Armor, Combat Shotguns, AK-112 Assault Rifles, and Desert Eagles
Vault 33 (and likely 32): Sterling SMGs and at least 1 Syringer Pistol
Vault 34: Assault Carbines, Marksman Carbines, Missile Launchers, 10mm Sub Machine Guns, Sniper Rifles, Miniguns, 1 Pulse Gun, Combat Armor, Grenade Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Fatmans, and a Grenade Machine Gun.
Vault 51: Scout Armor, Marine Armor, Combat Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Combat Knives, Fire Axe (unknown if it was stored in the armory), Hunting Rifles, a Bowie Knife, Leather Armor (likely acquired post war by ZAX), at least 1 Gatling Laser, and 1 set of Prototype Hellfire Power Armor.
Vault 76: Combat Rifles, Western Revolvers, and Pump Action Shotguns
Vault 81: Potentially Combat Armor and Combat Rifles since Alexis Combes sells unique variants of it. In Modern times each dweller can have a pipe pistol but no indication that any of these are or would be kept in an Armory.
Vault 88: Whatever the Sole Survivor stocks in the armory (if one is even built).
Vault 101: At least 1 R91 Assault Rifle (only the Overseer and Wasteland Scouts are authorized to carry them). Unauthorized weapons found in the vault includes a switchblade and a BB Gun.
Vault 108: Scoped .44 Magnum Revolvers
Vault 111: 1 Cryolator
Please let me know if I missed any weapons.
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u/Laser_3 3d ago edited 3d ago
You missed two important vaults for this purpose - vault 51 (which had marine and scout armor, alongside a variety of weapons; a suit of hellfire prototype power armor was conned out of the Enclave post-war, but I doubt you’d want to count that; wood armor was included as well, though I’m not sure if the ZAX had that already in the vault or how that one made it in) and vault 63 (Hugo Stolz’s vault; this one had its own armor built off of vault suits, custom power armor, at least one gauss minigun and several custom melee weapons and other weapons; also built the storm Goliaths and had a concerning amount of robobrains).
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u/Empires_Fall 3d ago
For 76, a dialogue line where you ask for a weapon may interpret how lorewise vault 76 dwellers weren't assigned weapons
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u/SableMalamute 1d ago
From a [terminal entry in Vault 76](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Vault_76_terminal_entries#Final_entry), this is confirmed.
25 years of service, no KIAs, and one hell of a send off. I made one last plea to arm the Ressies before we open, denied.
The vault 76 dwellers weren't provided weaponry. The weapons that they are given is merely a gameplay feature and shouldn't be taken as lore.
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u/SableMalamute 1d ago
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Vault_76_terminal_entries#Final_entry
25 years of service, no KIAs, and one hell of a send off. I made one last plea to arm the Ressies before we open, denied.
The vault 76 dwellers weren't provided weaponry. The weapons that they are given is merely a gameplay feature and shouldn't be taken as lore.
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u/GlitteringAardvark27 1d ago
Weren't the security guards of Vault 111 armed? They just inexplicably had their weapons disappeared before Nate unfrozen so he could only get a 10mm and the cryolater, nothing else.
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u/Mac-Tyson 1d ago
They were the list of specific vaults weapons and gear was basically unique items in addition to the standard issue equipment. Like the 10MM Pistol for example.
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u/RelChan2_0 3d ago
For 76, did you get that info before or after Fallout Day 2023? I remember leaving vault 76 with a 10mm but there was a patch after Fallout Day 2023 that allows you to choose from level 1 or level 20, I think this is where you have leather armour too.