Beyond the Show: Fallout Season 2

Discover how Fallout Season 2 opens the door to the wider wasteland. From diverse locations and people to the fearsome wasteland wildlife, see where the games can take you next.

Season 2 of Fallout on Amazon Prime may have wrapped (and with one hell of a hint at what’s to come), but your journey through the wasteland is just getting started. Long before Lucy, The Ghoul and Vault-Tec’s innumerable shady secrets hit TV, the Fallout series was building massive, rich worlds for players to shape themselves.

If Season 2 left you wanting more, this guide will point you toward the best places in the Fallout universe to keep the adventure going. (Some Season 2 spoilers below.)

Explore Different Wastelands

With the ruins of Los Angeles behind them, Season 2 sees Lucy and The Ghoul pushing into the Mojave Wasteland. The setting of Fallout: New Vegas, the Mojave is just one of the many distinct corners of post-apocalyptic America the series invites you to explore, each with its own history, threats and mysteries.

Mojave Heat

The Mojave is where the thrill of neon lights meets life’s greatest question: Why is everything trying to stab me? Fallout: New Vegas lets you explore every sandy nook and cranny, from dusty highway towns like Goodsprings and Primm to the glittering Strip (pre-Deathclaw infestation) and its riskier neighboring areas. This is your chance to experience the Mojave Wasteland 15 years before the events of the show.

Commonwealth Justice

Head to the historic heart of America in Fallout 4 with the Commonwealth, blending urban ruins, underground secrets and faction intrigue that will test your sense of right and wrong. While you’re there, try your hand at bringing new life to the area, establishing and protecting your own settlements throughout the wasteland. Just a heads up: Building settlements is as addictive as Buffout (but way less likely to transform you from the wasteland’s sweetheart into a murder hobo).

Appalachian Wilds

Step out of Vault 76 and into the rolling hills and mutated wilderness of West Virginia on Reclamation Day, 25 years after the bombs fell. In Fallout 76, you’re not just surviving the wasteland, you’re rebuilding it. Work alongside other players to restore civilization, face emerging threats that shape Appalachia’s future, and dive into evolving content that keeps the world growing.

And with the massive Burning Springs map expansion that launched in December, you can bring a little taste of the Mojave Wasteland to Appalachia. You can even run into The Ghoul in the newly accessible wastes of Ohio.

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Get to Know More Factions

Power shifts quickly in the wasteland. Some groups want to rebuild. Others just want control. While series stalwarts like the Brotherhood of Steel appear across the country, many factions are fiercely regional and are defined by the wasteland around them.

The Future of Boston

Brotherhood of Steel drama looms large in Season 2. If you’re itching to meet the Commonwealth chapter up close (R.I.Pieces, Paladin Harkness), take a trip to Fallout 4’s Boston where four major players are shaping the region’s destiny. The neighborly Minutemen, always ready to lend a hand to a settlement in need. The clandestine Railroad, ferrying synths to safety and fighting for their rights. The futuristic Institute, convinced that a brighter future can only be possible through questionable science. And of course, the Commonwealth’s rules-obsessed eyes in the sky, the Brotherhood of Steel.

Reclaiming Appalachia

25 years after the bombs dropped, Appalachia was, well, a wasteland. Thanks to the work of early Dwellers from Vault 76, people have begun returning to the wilds of West Virginia. Of course, where there are people, there are factions with their own goals and ideals, and there are a lot to choose from in Fallout 76.

You can start simple and decide whether you’re a Settler hoping to restart civilization or a Raider dead set on grabbing power. Take your decision a bit further and uncover the secrets and motives behind the Brotherhood of Steel faction moving into Appalachia, the Responders, the Enclave, and the Cult of the Mothman, among others.

Old Wounds in the Mojave

Fallout Season 2’s Mojave showed you a glimpse at the conflict between Caesar’s Legion and the New California Republic… or what was left of them anyway. Want to see how they got there? Take a step back in time about 15 years to the events of Fallout: New Vegas and the NCR-Legion War.

And if you’d prefer to just stay out of their way, head to the Strip and put your faith in Mr. House’s despotic vision of order, maintained by his Securitron army… or hand things over to Yes Man and embrace his chaotic freedom. In New Vegas, each faction swears they’re the best option, usually right before proving otherwise.

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Face Off Against Wild & Weird New Enemies

Lucy has her fair share of showdowns in the wasteland, from tangling with Radscorpions and Deathclaws to going toe-to-toe with feral ghouls (sorry, Kings) and raiders. Fallout has always been known for its vicious enemies, and the games let you take the fight into your own hands. Strap on your Pip-Boy, gear up and see what the different wastelands have in store.

The Mojave’s Monsters

The Mojave Wasteland is more than sand and secrets. It’s a living ecosystem out to absolutely ruin your day. Keep an eye on the sky for Cazadores keen on divebombing you with poison-tipped stingers and watch out for cave-dwelling Nightstalkers (half-coyote, half-snake, all terrible). Then of course there are the burrows full of Radscorpions and the quarries where the Deathclaws like to hang out and the mounds dotting the desert aswarm with Fire Ants and… you get the picture. Everything in the Mojave wants to kill you.

West Virginia’s Villains

Chasing even bigger game? Fallout 76’s Gleaming Depths raid ratchets the difficulty way up with a multi-phase quest that rewards coordination and smart choices. Recommended for high-level teams, the final showdown with the Ultracite Terror is as spectacular as it is punishing. High risk, high reward. And if you’re a newer player, there are still massive monsters like the Scorchbeast Queen and Storm Goliaths for you to tackle.

Boston’s Beasties

Did you look at the Deathclaw in Season 2 and think “If not friend, why friend shaped?” Fallout 4’s Wasteland Workshop expansion (included in the Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition) lets you capture and tame the Commonwealth’s most terrifying citizens. From Deathclaws and Yao Guai to Radscorpions and Mirelurks, you can bring all these new friends back to your settlement and live out your dreams of running a foster home for monsters. Just… don’t let anything happen to your Beta Wave Emitter.

Of course, if loving them isn’t your goal, you can always set up a little gladiatorial combat and pit your newfound friends against each other in terrible deathmatches. Who’s the real monster in the Commonwealth?