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Carefully managing your Vault and procuring valuable resources is key to keeping your Dwellers happy inFallout Shelter. However, it’s easy to lose track of time as you’re sifting through your storage or dealing with your third outbreak of Radroaches. All it takes is a few moments of distraction before your Dwellers are starving, and the power starts going out.
Luckily, Mr. Handy can take care of Vault resources when you’re busy eavesdropping on your Dwellers. Living up to their name, Mr. Handy robots can handle a variety of tasks. Here’s how you can make the most out of your multipurpose bots in your Vault.
What Is A Mr. Handy?
Mr. Handy is a robot that willautomatically collect resources in your Vault.The bot onlycollects resources from the floor he’s on, so you’ll need multiple Mr. Handys to manage resources on separate floors.
Up to five Mr. Handys can be active in your Vault, but only one Mr. Handy can occupy a floor.
Mr. Handys can also besent out into the Wasteland to collect Caps.Five Mr. Handys can be sent to the Wasteland at once. However, Mr. Handys will only collect Caps,no junk or weapons will be collected.
Mr. Handy can’t be equipped with weapons, insteadrelying on his flamethrower and saw to deal with threats.These bots are alsoequipped with a fire extinguisherin case flames get out of hand. Radroaches are no problem for Mr. Handy, buta group of Raiders can easily take a chunk of his health.
When Raiders appear,assign your Mr. Handys to lower floors to protect the bots.You can always heal injured Dwellers, so have them deal with strong enemies instead.
How To Get And Repair Mr. Handy
You canpurchase a single Mr. Handy or a pack of fivedirectly from the shop. You can also obtain a single Mr. Handy with the Vault-Tec Starter Pack orpull one randomly from a Lunchbox.
Your Mr. Handys can take damage during enemy encounters butcan’t be healed like your Dwellers.Once a Mr. Handy’s health is depleted,he will be destroyed, but his scraps will remain in your Vault for repair.Repairing Mr. Handy costs the steep price of 2,000 Caps, so try to keep him out of harm’s way.
