As you develop your Vault inFallout Shelter, you’ll find that there are more ways to enhance your experience. Aside from gear and weapons, pets offer unique advantages when assigned to Dwellers. Finding friendly animals in the wasteland is harder than you’d think, but thankfully, we’ve made a few furry friends.

Pets make a great addition to your Vault, and each Dweller has an opportunity to have their own. Here’s everything you need to know about the pets you can find in Fallout Shelter, what their unique abilities are, and how they can help you improve the success of your Vault.

Fallout Shelter Free Pet Carrier

What Do Pets Do?

In Fallout Shelter,pets can be equipped to Dwellerslike outfits and weapons. The offer unique bonuses, similar to how outfits provideSPECIAL stat increases.

Pet abilities are set, but thespecific increase depends on the rarityof the pet. All pets have thechance to be Common, Rare, or Legendary,allowing you to collect many variants to obtain their bonuses.

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It’s a good idea tomove pets around regularlyto get the most of their abilities!

While every Dweller has the option to equip a pet, there is alimit to how many pets can be activein a room at once. Asingle room can accommodate one pet,while threefully merged rooms can hold up to threepets.

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Pets alsodo a small amount of damagein combat andcannot be killed. If a Dweller dies on a quest with a pet, thepet will remain alive and return aloneif you do not revive them.

Send pets with Dwellerson Survival modeto make sure you can keep the gear if the Dweller dies!

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What Is The Best Way To Get Pets?

The best way to get pets is toopen Pet Carriers, which guarantee one pet. You canbuy these from the shop, find them on quests, orearn them as rewardsby completing objectives.

You’ll getone free Pet Carrierwhen your Vault reaches 15 Dwellers!

Completing objectives is a great way to get pet carriers, thoughnot every objective offers themas a reward. You may need tocomplete several objectives or skip a fewto find one with the reward you want.

All Pets In Fallout Shelter

There aredozens of pets to collectin Fallout Shelter! Below is a list of all the pets you can find:

Wasteland Weapons and Outfits

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Crafting Time and Cost

Alien Drone

Damage

The exact percentage or amount of the bonus varies depending on the rarity of the pet!

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