Fallout Shelter came as a pleasant surprise when Bethesda announced it alongside Fallout 4 at E3 2015. Although a simple resource management sim is a major departure for a studio best known for sprawling RPGs such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3, Bethesda has put its own spin on the genre, making what feels an equally sprawling management game. In the years since launch, the game has come to PC and Xbox One, and the team has added new enemies, rooms, and even a novel questing system.


Whether you’re new to the game, a veteran returning from the wasteland, or a longtime overseer looking to get the most out of your vault dwellers, we’ve put together a few pointers to help you get off to a good start and build a thriving vault that will be the envy of scavengers and super mutants around your post-apocalyptic neighborhood.