
Sometimes you just can't get back to the game in time to tell them to return from a Wasteland expedition, and sometimes fires just kill dwellers because you can't click fast enough on them, particularly if a bunch of level 1 dwellers all take damage at the same time, possibly in different rooms. The most common causes of death are explorers running out of Stimpacks in the Wasteland and runaway fires in the late game. You've probably spent only a few minutes actually doing anything with them, even if they've spent a lot of real-world time in training rooms or exploring the Wasteland. Don’t get frustrated if a dweller with hundreds of hours of experience dies. Handys in this guide, I mean items you’ve picked up by fulfilling goals and finding items on quests.īe aware that your Dwellers are going to die, often in unreasonable ways. "Red: Your dweller is sad, cheer them up.This is a guide reaching 100+ dwellers in Survival Mode without spending any money on Lunchboxes or other premium items."Yellow: Your dweller is doing okay, but could be happier."."Green: Your dweller is happy, way to go!".Happiness icons are color coded, for easy reference: Assign them to the training rooms for some book worm or physical training. If they are sick, a little RadAway and/or stimpaks will increase their happiness.If they are in any other room, their happiness will raise to at least 75%. It will lift their spirits and make them happy. Give them some time with the opposite sex in the living rooms.Since the radio studio boosts Happiness in the Vault, placing high Charisma dwellers inside the radio room will increase everyone's happiness greatly.

A successful rush raises happiness for everyone assigned to that room by 10%, but failing one does the exact opposite.Dwellers are happier in rooms which correspond to their highest SPECIAL stat. A lack of food, water, or power will bring down their mood. There are several ways of keeping vault dwellers happy:
