When does the Fallout TV show take place on the series timeline?
Apr. 11, 2024From a nuclear 21st Century to Fallout on Prime Video, here’s the quick-and-easy series timeline
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What year doesFallouttake place? Given its canon status alongside the game universe, understanding where the Fallout TV show fits on the series timeline is crucial to understanding not only what’s happened in the centuries since nuclear armageddon, but also what could come down the line in the Wasteland.
Below, we’ll take you through the Fallout timeline by each main title – including what year the Fallout TV show takes place and how it fits next to each mainline RPG title. Be warned, somemild spoilers follow.
What year does the Fallout TV show take place?
The Fallout TV show takes placein the year 2296, making it the latest entry (to date) in the main Fallout series.
Fallout 3takes place 19 years before the events of the Fallout TV show in 2277. Not long after, the Courier rocks up out West inFallout: New Vegas(2281).Fallout 4is set in 2287. The Fallout timeline at a glance is available below:
The Great War of 2077 is another important marker to consider: it’s the year of the flashbacks featuring Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins), Vault-Tec, and the bomb going off in California. It also marks the end of the Battle of Anchorage, a war that Cooper fought in within the previous decade (Fallout-heads will know it began in 2066). And that’s it! You’re all caught up on the Fallout timeline.
Fallout, starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan, is now streaming on Prime Video. For more, check out some of thebest shows on Prime Videoand the rest of our coverage:
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