#vault 79

[jacksothereye]

If you've known Muds for any length of time, you know he's a synth that's been kicking around the Commonwealth. But who was he BEFORE that?

I honestly hadn't thought much about it, until a couple weeks ago when a friend asked about the man Muds was programmed from. Then suddenly I was thinking about it a LOT. And then I came up with a very long winded answer that I'm not going to post here! But you get the general idea, right? The man sells chems for a living, is it so hard to believe he once sold vaults?

This style/coloring is heavily inspired by @possessedpasm 's incredible vintage art. I've been staring at it for weeks and wanted to try something like it and this felt like a good piece to lean outside my comfort zone with.

As for the socks? Those I just flat out stole from another character and if you know who it is, you get a prize.

[spockvarietyhour]

Vault 79

[nukalurk-queen]

*more Wastelanders spoilers below*

ALSO while I’m riled up can I just mention how totally stupid the conclusion of this main quest is? Even ignoring that the whole point of raiding Vault 79 was to restore capitalism to a world destroyed by capitalism- I understand, it’s only been 25 years, I can forgive a little misguided idealism. (Plus we all know bottle caps win out in the end.) I’ve got some issues. And also some stuff about the main quest doesn’t make sense.

First thing: They let me keep a bunch of the gold I found in the vault, offering to trade it for tech and plans. Terrible business sense, but whatever. BUT THEN he offers to trade me for any gold I find OUTSIDE in Appalachia. Ummm didn’t I just break into this vault because it has ALL THE GOLD? But now suddenly there’s more elsewhere? Yes, I know it’s another reward for events or whatever, but where exactly is the gold bullion on the outside coming from?  Are we opening the mines back up? Is the secret service leeching it back into civilization and then just sitting around waiting for me to bring it back like a well trained golden rad-triever?

Second thing: AC tells me not to try breaking into the ‘inner’ gold vault (?) because it has super high tech defenses and is impenetrable. He tells me this after I’ve broken into the impenetrable Vault 79 (and totally saved his ass.) Also, I’ve got a shotgun, how about you don’t tell me where I can and can’t go and what gold I can and can’t have?

Third thing: Because I’m a metalsmith (and also pendantic) WHY are the gold bars found in the counting room so weathered looking? Pure gold is inert and doesn’t corrode you dumb shits, that’s one of the reasons it’s so valuable. And gold bars in a treasury would have been handled with the utmost care. There’s no reason for it to be all dirty and dinged up. (Yes, this is the FO76 hill I want to die on.)

Fourth thing: Paige is mad about me giving Crater some of the gold because they’ll ‘squander’ it? Even if the economy you’re trying to build existed yet (which it doesn’t and also never will), them spending all the gold on chems would still count as contributing to it. Plus, we only got a tiny percentage of what we expected to find in the vault anyway. How about some gratitude?

Fifth thing: I’ve played Dead Money. Who’s to say I even want your stupid gold? I’ve LEARNED.

[deathclawforcuties]

Hey, guys! Guess what I found!

❤🧡💛💚💙

After much research, delving, and traipsing across Appalachia, I found it! I found Vault 79!

Located North of the Bailey Family Cabin, right where my character marker sits is the cave entrance to what is supposed to be a part of the long-awaited DLC for Wastelanders.

In order to access the vault, you'll need to go through a series of fetch quests that aren't officially a quest, but are still doable by finding packets with info strewn across the map.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm SUPER geeked for April 7th, especially if this is only a glimpse of what is to come!

Now, please excuse me while I go geek out! If any of you have questions pertaining to what you have to do, send me an ask, and I'll point you in the right direction.

Happy Vault Hunting! ❤🧡💛💚💙

[thesimpsonsguy]

Made this meme after thinking that Vault 79's "Treasure" could be a weapon in development by Vault-Tec.

[littlemissone-oh-one]

the journey to vault 79

(tried to make this not too spoilery.  it was a fun puzzle to solve and took a while)