Guide by Warren Woodhouse
List I’ve compiled from various sources, tv series, documentaries, behind the scenes videos, gameplay videos, comics, novels, games, podcasts and more from around the world as well as official sources as well, in this large comprehensive compendium.
There are well over 140 Vaults, some are operated, controlled and constructed by Vault-Tec Corporation. while other Vaults are for either Personal Use or for Public Use. There are 17 control Vaults.
DLC denotes a Downloadable Content Pack.
CCDLC denotes a Creation Club Downloadable Content Pack and/or Game Mod, most are created by players, independent developers and AAA major title developers.
- Vault-Tec: Among the Stars: Vault-Tec: Among the Stars, Galactic Zone, Nuka-World Amusement Park, Bradberton, MA. (Game: Fallout 4: Nuka-World DLC)
- Vault-Tec’s Vault of Tomorrow: Museum of Technology, The Mall, Washington, D.C. (Game: Fallout 3)
- Secret Vault: add, Los Lobos, TX. (Game: Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel)
- Demonstration Vault: add, Los Angeles, CA. (Game: Fallout | Experiment: To demonstrate what life would be like living underground in a military grade nuclear fallout shelter. | Codename: Project Shelter)
- Nursery Vault: NPS Black Canyon National Park, Black Canyon, CO. (Game: Project FO3: Van Buren, cancelled game | Experiment: Intended to preserve fauna and flora in a non-radiated fully functional automated vault for the purpose of revitalising life that mankind destroyed. | Codename: Project Nursery)
- Secret Lab Vault: located inside and underneath Point Lookout Lighthouse, Point Lookout, MD. (Game: Fallout 3: Point Lookout DLC)
- Securitron Vault: located inside and underneath Weather Monitoring Station, The Fort, Fortification Hill, CO. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas)
- Mr. House’s Private Chamber: located inside and underneath Lucky 38 Hotel & Casino, The Strip, Las Vegas, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas)
- Vault 0: Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado Springs, CO. (Game: Fallout 2 | Experiment: To have all the geniuses brains cryogenically frozen for the remainder of the Vault's entire operation. | Codename: Project Genius)
- Vault 1: add, Los Angeles, CA. (Game: Fallout; Film: Fallout, cancelled film | Experiment: To remain in isolation for 70 years. | Codename: Project Safehouse)
- Vault 2: add (Game: Fallout Tactics)
- Vault 3: add, Los Angeles, CA. (Game: Fallout; Fallout: New Vegas, mentioned only | Experiment: No experiment was conducted. | Codename: UNKNOWN)
- Vault 4: add, Los Angeles, CA. (TV Series: Fallout - Season One)
- Vault 5: add
- Vault 6: add (Game: Fallout Extreme, cancelled game)
- Vault 7: add
- Vault 8: Western Nevada (Game: Fallout, mentioned only | Experiment: Cloning | Note: Found in “Vault City” | Codename: UNKNOWN)
- Vault 9: add
- Vault 10: add
- Vault 11: near Boulder City, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas | Experiment: Intended to tell the inhabitants told that they must sacrifice one of their fellow vault dwellers each year and that, should they refuse, all the vault dwellers will be killed. If the residents refused, an “Automated solution response” was supposed to be played. The message stated that by choosing not to select one of their own as a sacrifice, the vault dwellers are “a shining example to humanity” and that no one will be killed. | Codename: UNKNOWN)
- Vault 12: Bakersfield, CA. (Game: Fallout | Experiment: Intended to study the effects of radiation on the selected population by not closing the vault blast door.)
- Vault 13: Mt. Whitney, CA. (Game: Fallout | Experiment: To remain in isolation for 200 years. | Notes: Seen in the Opening Cinematic)
- Vault 14: add
- Vault 15: add (Game: Fallout 2 | Experiment: To remain in isolation for 50 years.)
- Vault 16: add
- Vault 17: add, CA. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas, mentioned only | Experiment: UNKNOWN | Notes: The vault was raided in the year 2154 and its inhabitants taken prisoner by The Master’s Army. They were subsequently turned into Super Mutants. It is unknown what this vault’s experiment was or if it was one of the seventeen control vaults.)
- Vault 18: add
- Vault 19: near Red Rock Canyon, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas | Experiment: Intended to involve the segregation of the dwellers into 2 different coloured sections with minimal contact.)
- Vault 20: add
- Vault 21: 3437 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Valley, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas | Experiment: Intended to preserve the local historical pastime of Gambling as a form of a society encouragement and to see if this is what caused humans downfall. | Note: Converted into a hotel. | Codename: Project Blackjack)
- Vault 22: near Las Vegas, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas | Experiment: Intended to keep the entire population of the vault alive with plants grown within its confines.)
- Vault 23: add
- Vault 24: add (Game: Fallout: New Vegas, cut content)
- Vault 25: add
- Vault 26: add
- Vault 27: add (Game: Fallout: Bible)
- Vault 28: add
- Vault 29: Salt Lake City, UT. (Game: Project FO3: Van Buren, cancelled game | Experiment: Intended to populate by young children with the original inhabitants being no more than 16 years old. | Notable Residents: Harold)
- Vault 30: add
- Vault 31: add, Los Angeles, CA. (TV Series: Fallout - Season One)
- Vault 32: add, Los Angeles, CA. (TV Series: Fallout - Season One)
- Vault 33: add, Los Angeles, CA. (TV Series: Fallout - Season One)
- Vault 34: add, Las Vegas, NV. (Game: Fallout: New Vegas)
- Vault 35: add
- Vault 36: add
- Vault 37: add
- Vault 38: add
- Vault 39: add
- Vault 40: add
- Vault 41: add
- Vault 42: add
- Vault 43: add, Colorado Springs, CO. (Comic Book: Fallout 3: One Man and a Crate of Puppies)
- Vault 44: add
- Vault 45: add
- Vault 46: add
- Vault 47: add
- Vault 48: add
- Vault 49: add
- Vault 50: add
- Vault 51: add, WV. (Game: Fallout 76: Wild Appalachia DLC; Fallout 76: Nuclear Winter DLC)
- Vault 52: add
- Vault 53: add
- Vault 54: add
- Vault 55: add, FL. (Game: Fallout 4: Miami CCDLC, officially recognised game mod by Fallout Miami Development Team)
- Vault 56: add
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- Vault 58: add
- Vault 59: add
- Vault 60: add
- Vault 61: add
- Vault 62: add
- Vault 63: Dark Hollow Manor, WV. (Game: Fallout 76: Skyline Valley DLC)
- Vault 64: add
- Vault 65: Slumber Mill Motel, WV. (Game: Fallout 76: Skyline Valley DLC)
- Vault 66: add
- Vault 67: add
- Vault 68: add, FL. (Game: Fallout 4: Miami CCDLC, officially recognised game mod by Fallout Miami Development Team)
- Vault 69: add, Denver, CO. (Comic Book: Fallout 3: One Man and a Crate of Puppies)
- Vault 70: add
- Vault 71: add, Boston, MA. (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 72: add
- Vault 73: add
- Vault 74: add
- Vault 75: add, Boston, MA. (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 76: add, Eagle Rock, VA. (Game: Fallout 76)
- Vault 77: add, CO. (Comic Book: Fallout 3: One Man and a Crate of Puppies)
- Vault 78: add
- Vault 79: add, WV. (Game: Fallout 76: Wastelanders DLC)
- Vault 80: add
- Vault 81: Chestnut Hillock Reservoir, Chestnut Hillock Nature Reserve, The Fens District, Boston, MA. (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 82: add
- Vault 83: add
- Vault 84: add
- Vault 85: add
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- Vault 87: located inside and underneath Little Lamplight Caverns, The Capital Wasteland. Note: access directly from the original surface entrance is inaccessible due to high levels of radiation, the safest approach is through Little Lamplight Caverns. (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 88: Quincy Quarries Reservation Site, Quincy, MA. (Game: Fallout 4: Vault-Tec Workshop DLC)
- Vault 89: add
- Vault 90: add
- Vault 91: add
- Vault 92: add, Olney, MD. (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 93: add
- Vault 94: add
- Vault 95: add, Boston, MA. (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 96: add
- Vault 97: add
- Vault 98: add
- Vault 99: add
- Vault 100: add
- Vault 101: near Springfield, VA. (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 102: add
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- Vault 104: add
- Vault 105: add
- Vault 106: near Arefu (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 107: add
- Vault 108: near Canterbury Commons (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 109: Vault-Tec: Vault of Tomorrow, Museum of Technology, The Mall, Washington D.C., The Capital Wasteland (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 110: add
- Vault 111: 38.9388941, -77.2967822 (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 112: located inside and underneath Smith Casey’s Garage (Game: Fallout 3)
- Vault 113: add
- Vault 114: MBTA Park Street Station, 1 Park Street, Boston Common, Financial District, Boston, MA. (Game: Fallout 4)
- Vault 115: add
- Vault 116: add
- Vault 117: add
- Vault 118: Eagle’s Cliff Hotel, Eagle’s Cliff, Desert Island, ME. (Game: Fallout 4: Far Harbor DLC)
- Vault 119: add
- Vault 120: add, FL. (Game: Fallout 4: Miami CCDLC, officially recognised game mod by Fallout Miami Development Team)
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- Vault 1080: near Hillside, Old North Road, MA. (Game: Fallout 4: Vault 1080 CCDLC, officially recognised game mod by Nvidia Corporation. | Experiment: unknown | Codename: Project 1080)
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