
Some legendary dwellers, such as Sarah Lyons, Three Dog and Preston Garvey, can be obtained by completing their respective quests from the Overseer's office. All rare and legendary dweller cards are equally likely to be found in a lunchbox, regardless of whether any rare and legendary dwellers are already in the vault. A vault can have multiple rare and legendary dwellers of the same name. Rare and legendary dwellers are not unique. Legendary dwellers have a total sum of 40 SPECIAL points. Rare dwellers have a total sum of 28 SPECIAL points, with the exception of 3 preset dwellers. Legendary dwellers are named after characters from Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. There are 23 legendary dwellers to collect.

Rare and Legendary dwellers keep their outfit when entering the vault, rather than immediately switching to a vault suit. Legendary dwellers arrive wearing a legendary outfit and a rare weapon. Rare and legendary dwellers are found in lunchboxes. Vault citizens are known as dwellers and players have taken to calling enemies invaders.


The following is based on information from Fallout Shelter or Fallout Shelter Online.
