Vault 13

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Vault 13 is a famous underground fallout shelter in the Fallout video game series, known as the starting location of the original game and a key site in the franchise’s lore.

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Vault 111 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Vault
fictional location
underground fallout shelter
appearsIn Fallout NERFINISHED
Fallout 2 NERFINISHED
Fallout 2 intro and storyline
Fallout franchise NERFINISHED
associatedWithItem Vault 13 canteen
Vault 13 jumpsuit
associatedWithOrganization Brotherhood of Steel (indirectly through quests) NERFINISHED
designedBy Vault-Tec Corporation NERFINISHED
fandom Fallout fan community
firstAppearance Fallout (1997 video game) NERFINISHED
gameplayRole tutorial and early quest hub in Fallout
genre post-apocalyptic science fiction
hasAreaType player home base (early game)
hasControlSystem Overseer-controlled computer systems
hasCulturalImpact iconic symbol of the Fallout series
hasDoorType massive gear-shaped vault door
hasExitTo Wasteland around Shady Sands region
hasExperimentStatus long-term isolation experiment (in lore)
hasFeature life-support systems
underground complex
water purification chip
hasFunction long-term shelter for vault dwellers
hasInhabitants Deathclaws (in later timeline) NERFINISHED
Overseer of Vault 13 NERFINISHED
Vault 13 dwellers
Vault Dweller NERFINISHED
hasNumber 13
hasSecuritySystem automated defenses
hasTechnologyLevel pre-war advanced technology
influences events leading to formation of New California Republic (indirectly)
knownFor being the starting vault in Fallout
housing the original Vault Dweller
its malfunctioning water chip plotline
locatedInFictionalUniverse post-nuclear United States
medium video game
operatedBy Vault-Tec Corporation NERFINISHED
partOf Fallout universe NERFINISHED
Vault network NERFINISHED
plotSignificance central location in early Fallout lore
origin of the Vault Dweller quest to find a water chip
representedIn concept art and promotional materials for Fallout
roleInWork starting location of Fallout
successorSettlement Arroyo (founded by Vault 13 survivors) NERFINISHED
timelinePlacement set after the Great War of 2077

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Fallout 2 hasNotableLocation Vault 13
Vault-Tec notableProduct Vault 13
Vault-Tec notableProduct Vault 13
this entity surface form: Vault 111