Fallout Shelter: Best Legendary Dwellers

Fallout Shelter was released in 2015, and while it follows Fallout canon, it is very different from other games in the Fallout franchise. This is a casual mobile and desktop game that focuses on colony development gameplay. It is a live-service game with a cash shop, but it is free-to-play.

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There are a number of legendary vault dwellers available to players of Fallout Shelter, and there are only two ways to get them. Firstly, they can be found as loot in lunchboxes. Secondly, they can be encountered and recruited during quests. All legendary vault dwellers are excellent, but some stand out as clearly better for various reasons.

7 Colonel Autumn

Charismatic Leader

Stats:

• Strength: 4
• Perception: 6
• Endurance: 5
• Charisma: 9
• Intelligence: 5
• Agility: 5
• Luck: 6

Equipment:

• Smuggler’s End
• Autumn’s Uniform

Augustus Autumn was the leader of the Capital Wasteland Enclave Contingent in Fallout 3. He comes to Fallout Shelter as a charismatic leader. His equipment is good, but despite his title of Colonel, he is not ideally suited to combat.

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Where he really shines is in manning the Radio Station. With his 9 Charisma points, he will decrease the duration between broadcasts considerably. He is also exceptionally well suited as a breeder, due to the same high Charisma bonus. As part of a quest team, he brings a decent level of Luck to the table as well. Switching out his outfit to something with more Strength would plug the only hole in his stats.

6 Ed The Ghoul

A Friendly Ghoul For A Change

Stats:

• Strength: 6
• Perception: 5
• Endurance: 7
• Charisma: 3
• Intelligence: 9
• Agility: 3
• Luck: 7

Equipment:

• Ed’s Custom Power Fist
• RobCo R&D Suit

Fallout Shelter players will undoubtedly start encountering ghouls out in the wasteland, or when undertaking quests. These are always enemies, generally in groups of 2 or 3, that the player will need to overcome as part of a quest combat encounter. Ed The Ghoul is different; he’s a friendly ghoul.

Ed is a great vault dweller for quests, as his stats are quite flat, with only Charisma being low, which is really not much of a loss at all. He will do well in combat, and also has pretty high Luck for looting. With a massive 9 Intelligence, he is going to level up very fast.

5 Eulogy Jones

Visiting From Fallout 3

Stats:

• Strength: 5
• Perception: 6
• Endurance: 5
• Charisma: 8
• Intelligence: 5
• Agility: 4
• Luck: 7

Equipment:

• Blackhawk
• Eulogy Jones Suit

Eulogy Jones is the head slaver of Paradise Falls in Fallout 3, and he makes a visit to Fallout Shelter as a legendary vault dweller. This is one of the more common legendary vault dwellers that players pull from the new player crates that can be purchased at the start of the game.

With nicely balanced stats and good equipment coming standard, he fits into many roles. However, his high Charisma bonus makes him excellent for breeding with female dwellers, as it takes only minutes for them to become attracted while in the Living Quarters.

4 Harkness

The Mechanical Man

Stats:

• Strength: 8
• Perception: 5
• Endurance: 8
• Charisma: 5
• Intelligence: 5
• Agility: 6
• Luck: 3

Equipment:

• Infiltrator
• Heavy Battle Armor

Harkness was an android NPC in Fallout 3. He was the security chief of Rivet City. Staying with his already established role in Fallout canon, he specializes in combat in Fallout Shelter. His default equipment is excellent for either wasteland exploration or combat quests, especially his weapon.

With high bonuses to Strength and Endurance, he hits hard and has plenty of health. His Agility is good too, helping mitigate radiation damage. The only downside with Harkness is his low Luck stat, but this can be trained up a little.

3 Jericho

Once A Raider, Now A Dweller

Stats:

• Strength: 8
• Perception: 6
• Endurance: 8
• Charisma: 2
• Intelligence: 3
• Agility: 7
• Luck: 6

Equipment:

• Infiltrator
• Heavy Leather Armor

In Fallout 3, Jericho resides in Megaton City, and was once an infamous Raider. Fallout Shelter does a great job of converting him into a vault dweller. He is a full-on combat dweller with extremely high combat-related stats, while his low Luck stat pays homage to his abrupt manner in Fallout 3.

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Jericho has pretty good Perception and Luck, so this makes him a very good choice for a questing team. Players might like to train his Intelligence a little before leveling him up too much, as it is very low and will make him slow to level otherwise.

2 Star Paladin Cross

A Hero In A Metal Suit

Stats:

• Strength: 7
• Perception: 8
• Endurance: 4
• Charisma: 8
• Intelligence: 4
• Agility: 6
• Luck: 3

Equipment:

• Smuggler’s End
• T-51f Power Armor

Cross was a member of the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout 3, and the Fallout Shelter iteration of Cross stays true to the original. This is a very versatile vault dweller, suitable for quests, combat, and wasteland exploration due to their excellent balance of stats.

The downside of Star Paladin Cross is their low Luck stat, and players might want to send this dweller to the Game Room to train their Luck up a bit before they start sending them out in the wasteland.

1 Butch

Leader Of The Tunnel Snakes

Stats:

• Strength: 5
• Perception: 7
• Endurance: 6
• Charisma: 9
• Intelligence: 5
• Agility: 6
• Luck: 2

Equipment:

• Lone Wanderer
• Tunnel Snakes’ Outfit

Butch DeLoria was originally a denizen of Vault 101, before going on to become the leader of the Tunnel Snakes gang. In Fallout Shelter, he is one of the most versatile legendary vault dwellers available. He works well for questing and general wasteland exploration. He has decent combat stats and other useful stats as well, such as high Charisma.

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The only negative about Butch is that he doesn’t have much Luck, literally. However, this can be fixed by sending him off to the Game Room for a couple of days to gain a few points of Luck, at which point he becomes one of the most versatile dwellers possible.

Fallout Shelter

Released

June 14, 2015

Genre(s)

Simulation