Fallout series place in the Fallout timeline, confirmed

While Amazon’s Fallout TV show is its own thing and not a direct adaptation of any of the games, long-time fans will want to know where it’s set within the series’ timeline.

All the Fallout games take place in a distant post-apocalyptic future ravaged by nuclear fallout, and the show is no different. It centers around a young woman called Lucy, who decides to leave the Vault she’s lived in all her life to search for her missing father. With the show confirmed to be canon to the series timeline, Fallout veterans may gain a deeper appreciation for it if they know precisely when it takes place.

When does the Fallout TV show take place?

The Fallout show is confirmed to take place 219 years after The Great War, which was responsible for turning the world into the nuclear wasteland seen in the games. Since The Great War happened in the year 2077, this means the show is set in 2296. This makes it the most recent entry chronologically in the Fallout series since the last game, Fallout 4, took place in 2287. So, the Fallout timeline looks like this:

• Fallout 76—2102
• Fallout—2161
• Fallout 2—2241
• Fallout 3—2277
• Fallout: New Vegas—2281
• Fallout 4—2287
• Fallout TV show—2296

It must be stressed that you don’t need to play any of the games to understand the plot of the TV show since it’s a standalone story. If you have played the games, though, you’ll get a kick out of any moments that directly reference them. Without spoiling anything, there is plenty of fan service throughout. If you’ve yet to check it out for yourself, all eight episodes of the Fallout show are available on Amazon Prime Video.