Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Fallout show on Prime Video.
The Fallout TV show features a Vault-Tec map showing the locations of the various survival shelters, prompting one fan to create an interactive overlay for Google Earth.
Fallout on Prime Video has given fans of the role-playing video game franchise a new glimpse at Bethesda's universe, including a better look at life in the vaults before and after the apocalypse. The final episode of the season even showed a map of the locked-up homesteads during an important meeting at Vault-Tec HQ.
It didn't take long for viewers to spot the map and put their cartography skills to good use, with one fan going by the name of @Tunnelsnakefool on X/Twitter plotting out all the U.S. vaults in the image from the show. They later shared a file on their Discord server that will add the Fallout map to Google Earth for others to explore.
YO I took a 10 min break from my thesis to plot all the Vaults, it's going into the GE file that's on my discord. Tweaked some, not gospel but close #fallout #falloutonprime New tag -> #falloutmappingproject pic.twitter.com/AoHfMEfnAT
— Tunnelsnakesfool 🌸🪻🌷 (@Tunnelsnakefool) April 14, 2024
Someone on Reddit flagged the meticulous map work, writing: "The map of Vaults in the Fallout show has been properly scaled. Giving us a semi-accurate look at where the Vaults are." The post included an image of the Vault-Tec map, offering a snapshot of the vault locations in proximity to the major cities across different states.
"I'm surprised by the amount in West Virginia," one person wrote in the comments section, to which someone replied with a possible explanation: "Fallout 76 takes place there, hence the large amount of vaults."
One person going by @Werthead on X/Twitter shared a link to their blog, where they provided an updated breakdown of planned vaults using the markers from the TV show, noting: "A surprisingly large number of vaults seem to have been planned for relatively isolated areas of the country rather than close to large cities."
The vaults are just one intriguing aspect of the Fallout TV show, up for discussion alongside a megaton of other Easter eggs and lore-accurate props. IGN has rounded up 111 details in the Fallout show that have been pulled straight from the games, leading to a season finale that sets up a new adventure in a beloved setting.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.
source https://www.ign.com/articles/fallout-tv-show-vault-map-fan-turned-into-google-earth-overlay