In the Fallout series, the vaults were built to protect human life from atomic bombs, providing safe underground shelter for years until the surface world was once again safe to be inhabited. At least that's what the Vault-Tec Corporation told everyone. In truth, most vaults were built to perform sinister, cruel, and occasionally funny experiments on the unsuspecting inhabitants. There are a lot of vaults in the Fallout series.

This article lists all known Vault-Tec Corporation vaults. The vaults in the following list were created for games that were canceled or eliminated from the main continuity of the series. It also includes vaults that were released in official materials but were not confirmed to form a part thereof. This wiki. This wiki All wikis.

There are total named locations in Fallout: New Vegas and accompanying add-ons. In the base game there are named locations, including marked, unmarked, 2 Wild Wasteland , 68 mentioned only, and 25 cut locations. With the add-ons, an additional named locations are added, including marked locations and 40 mentioned only locations. For information about locations across all games, see here. The following is a list of all major factions with two or more marked locations in the Mojave Wasteland.