Fallout Unused Content

This article documents the many cut aspects of the original Fallout. As so much was cut there is a separate Fallout cut characters article. This article is based on the research of Per, The Gravedigger and Dude101.

Items marked with (*) were restored to Fallout 1 with the Fallout 1 Restoration Project mod.

Cut character interaction

 * Abel According to his dialogue file, the Vault Dweller was able to taunt him into lowering the force feild in Mariposa Military Bases living quarters.
 * Viola "Most cathedral NPCs give you only a small part of their dialog. A good example is Viola, who has many lines that cannot be accessed." - svatopluk.com

Fallout cut factions

 * Jackals
 * (*) Thinker nightkin
 * Vipers

Fallout cut quests

 * Become a Blade
 * Become an honorary Viper
 * Deliver Locket for Romero
 * Deliver package from the Gun Runners
 * Rescue Jason Zimmerman
 * Stop the Gangs from attacking Adytum
 * The Search for the Glow
 * The Trade Line
 * To Catch a Wisp
 * The Wood Cutter's Wife
 * Report Iguana Bob to the Hub police
 * A Brotherhood miniquest to deliver Pulse Grenades from Michael to Sophia. Also more extended dialogue with Michael, and being able to con a Laser Pistol out of him.
 * A Brotherhood spy quest.
 * The Followers spy quest (it seems the name of the spy was Heather).
 * A quest to deliver (perhaps unwittingly) a bomb to a Follower named Jake (you can ask Nicole about him).
 * Being able to report Iguana Bob to the Hub police (really).
 * A miniquest involving Billy and Dan in the Hub, which has been fully scripted but seemingly does not work.

Cut location

 * A Vipers raider camp.
 * Burrows
 * (*) Finding the remains of an ambushed caravan along with the corpse of a Vault 13 scout named Sean, who turned super mutant.

Cut location content
Boneyard
 * A gang war in the Boneyard, with the Blades as a regular gang instead of a bunch of wimps and Tangler as a big bad boss of the Rippers (you can hear about them in some tell-me-abouts). Related quests to join the Blades, stop the gangs from attacking Adytum, and rescue Zimmerman's son (Jason, not Josh) from the Rippers.

Glow

The body has this description "This body might be some kind of genetic experiment."

Other
 * GLOWCAGE.MSG - "It appears as though this cage contained lab animals for for testing. Somehow, the bars have been torn off."
 * GLWBOX.MSG - "This looks to be the footlocker of some guards."
 * GLOWDESK.MSG - a lock desk of papers
 * GLOWTABL.MSG - a table in a mess

Vailt 15


 * Finding a Key in Vault 15 meant for... who knows what.

Cut Perks

 * (*) Alcohol addiction

Fallout cut items

 * Brotherhood honor code holdisc
 * Field Switch
 * Gold locket
 * Tangler's Hand
 * Old knife

Other

 * Happy endings for the Followers (with a pic showing an unbroken wall) and the Hub (with a pic showing Iguana Bob), and mutant invasion endings for Junktown (with a pic showing Harry the super mutant) and the Brotherhood.
 * (*) In-game effects of mutant invasions of the Followers, Hub, Brotherhood, Junktown and Shady Sands.
 * A clue index, mostly serving as reminders of known information, and a function to store video clips in your Pipboy.
 * An unused "fire dance" death animation for children and midgets (it's used in Fallout 2).