I will start Fallout 3 for the first time tonight, give me hints.

[Mighty Matt]

Give me hints and suggestions for things I should do in the beginning of the game.

Anything you regretted doing/not doing?
Things you missed?

[Dexxter]

Dont just run through the main mission. Take your time to explore other places and do other missions.

Be careful about the decisions you make. Kill someone...they dont come back.

[stepintoliquid]

i regret buying that pos game.

[Mighty Matt]

Dont just run through the main mission. Take your time to explore other places and do other missions.

Be careful about the decisions you make. Kill someone...they dont come back.

Is this real life?

[klax410]

Be sure you equip a multi and use your lift hard perk.

[redwings13]

start with 9 intelligence, you will gain skill points like crazy when you level up. small guns, medicine, science for tag skills.

oh and explore. exploring the wasteland is way more fun than doing the main quest. you will come across all kinds of weird sh!t

[vietcong666]

dont kill any of the mobile merchants. they are useful later on.

[bbondaloose]

Get Ol' Painless as early as possible.

[Meatie]

yeah, just watch what you do.
I got upset during one of the missions and started to randomly kill all the people in the area (even some of the important people in the mission; mission starters, etc) epic lulz were had but i seriously didnt know what to do in the game after that.

[Dexxter]

Is this real life?

Yes. I wiped out a whole town once and none of the people ever re-generated.

When you attack somebody in town, the rest of the citizens will attack you also. I'm pretty sure they continue to attack you unless you leave the area for 24 hours or so.


Also do not waste your ammo.

[Mighty Matt]

Anything in the vault I might miss before leaving?
Any things located just outside the vault when I leave it?

[ARNOLD_Layne]

you're still in time to switch to Oblivion

[Mighty Matt]

you're still in time to switch to Oblivion

I'll get to it eventually.

[vietcong666]

Anything in the vault I might miss before leaving?
Any things located just outside the vault when I leave it?

i think theres a bobble head in the vault

[bbondaloose]

Try to get out of the Vault as soon as possible. Nothing in there worth looking at. Once you're in the Wasteland, you won't ever go back*

[redwings13]

Anything in the vault I might miss before leaving?
Any things located just outside the vault when I leave it?

bobblehead on one of the desks, i think it's in the medical area

[Mr.Sunshine]

Do the side missions definately, play over again for diff endings,
go here and look at some stuff http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Fallout_3
o ya and i highly suggest you invest in having a companion like jericho, makes **** alot easier. PM if you need any help, its my fav game

[rckrdude]

Very important tip-

Choose 3 main perks you like and add bonuses to those every time you level. Don't try to distribute them evenly because your character will be garbage.

Also, there is a ****load of side missions. A lot of them are actually more fun than the main missions. Get wolfe and charon early on and the game will become a LOT easier. Get good karma in tenpenny tower for the ghoul mask. Use it to find the Lincoln repeater.

[QB_Killa]

Anything in the vault I might miss before leaving?
Any things located just outside the vault when I leave it?

pick up EVERYTHING you can sell it when you get to megaton

concentrate on upgrading "small guns" first cos they are the most widely available when you start.

SPECIAL skills: Strength isn't that important, intelligence is the most important and make sure you put a few points towards luck.

upgrade either science or lockpick as fat as possible so you can open doors and sht.

I've just been playing the point lookout expansion like 10 mins ago. Fallout ftw. Can't wait for new vegas to come out.

[QB_Killa]

i think theres a bobble head in the vault

medicine bobblehead, it's on your dads desk before you go to take your exam

[Mr.Sunshine]

dont get caught lockpicking, bad lol. Id say lockpicking is the best skill to have, get free **** and what not

[HexC]

Strength dosent matter too much unless you like melee weapons and pick up alot of stuff.(Increases carry weight)

You main focus should be Intelligence, Endurance, and Luck

For skills, Small Guns, Medicine, and Lockpick

Don't slay whole towns and stuff, that's silly

Don't blow up Megaton

Sell usless junk for caps, only buy ammo when you need it.

Power Armor is overrated.

[Pinfinit350]

Anything in the vault I might miss before leaving?
Any things located just outside the vault when I leave it?

1. Get 9 intelligence, pretty much mandatory unless you know what you are doing, you will not regret it. Also, get the Educated perk at level 4, it won't seem like much at first, but that **** adds up fast.

2. Get the Bobblehead when you are 16 years old, the cutscene will start out with you getting examined by Dad on a table, the Medicine Bobblehead is on his desk in the same room.

3. Small guns are beast, trust me. These include Rifles (both bolt-action and automatic), Pistols, and shotguns.

4. I suggest getting Lockpick, Repair, and Small Guns as your Tag Skills (You will know what I mean when you get there).

5. I recommend getting lockpick to at least 50 as soon as possible, especially if you plan on exploring the wastes (I personally get it to 100 quickly, but it isn't mandatory).

6. Pistols are good in the beginning, but you will find that the hunting rifle is much better (in the Vanilla game, anyway).

7. In the first town, the first house on the right, you will find a nice surprise in there if you have the skill to lockpick it.

8. Dont kill innocent people for fun, on your first playthrough you won't know who might be related to a quest and who might not.

9. Don't blow up the first town.

10. Dont be afraid to steal, Karma isn't really important.

11. EXPLORE THE FREAKING WASTELAND, ON YOUR FIRST PLAYTHROUGH, RANDOM EXPLORING COULD ADD UP TO ~ 100 HOURS OF FUN



If you are playing it on the computer update it to 1.7 here!

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html


10,000 fun mods here if you are playing on the computer.


http://fallout3nexus.com/


Edit: Save your Scrap Metal and Pre-War books.

[Dexxter]

Try to get out of the Vault as soon as possible. Nothing in there worth looking at. Once you're in the Wasteland, you won't ever go back*

*



lol

[oleg1227]

-Destroy Megaton with the bomb
-???
-Profit?

[Ken-O]

Those other bunch of fallout games like New vegas and the one with the aliens, are those just expansions of fallout 3 or a different game?

[Jem777]

Pick up every weapon you can early on, so you can repair and make em better. Get all the colas you can get your hands on as well.

[demadio]

Is this real life?

don't make any grievous decisions

[_Ishy]

explore like crazy like people said, don't get sucked in by the main mission.

Also not everything is clear, even the main mission. Listen to everything.

[QB_Killa]

Those other bunch of fallout games like New vegas and the one with the aliens, are those just expansions of fallout 3 or a different game?

They're all expansions except new vegas. New Vegas is a completely new game comes out later this year I believe.