50 free Fallout 4 trivia questions with answers — technology quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Fallout 4 trivia quiz covers Bethesda's 2015 game from the moment the bombs drop on October 23, 2077 to the endings for the Institute, the Brotherhood of Steel, the Railroad and the Minutemen. You will get questions on the story (Vault 111, Shaun, Kellogg, the synths), the Commonwealth's landmarks (Diamond City in Fenway Park, Goodneighbor, the Prydwen), the thirteen companions and who can be romanced, the mechanics (settlements, power armour fusion cores, V.A.T.S., Survival mode) and the six add-ons from Automatron to Nuka-World. It also covers how the game was made and received: the Creation Engine, id Software's help with gunplay, 111,000 lines of dialogue, the E3 2015 reveal, the launch that shipped 12 million units, the Game of the Year awards, the wearable Pip-Boy, the VR port and the Anniversary Edition. Difficulty runs from easy questions for anyone who finished the main quest to expert ones about release dates and development. Every answer was checked against a reference page before publishing, so the dates, names and numbers hold up.
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Q 01Fallout 4 was released worldwide on which date?
November 10, 2015
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions followed on April 25, 2024, and an Anniversary Edition arrived in October 2025.
Q 02From which numbered vault does the Sole Survivor emerge?
111
The vault froze its residents in cryogenic pods; the protagonist wakes exactly 210 years after the bombs, on October 23, 2287.
Q 03In which year is Fallout 4's main story set?
2287
That is 10 years after Fallout 3 and 210 years after the Great War that ended the Sino-American War.
Q 04Unlike earlier games, Fallout 4's story begins on the very day the bombs dropped. What is that date?
October 23, 2077
Bethesda announced the game had 'gone gold' on the same calendar date, October 23, in 2015.
Q 05The Commonwealth is Fallout's version of which real region?
Boston and Massachusetts
The Institute is a warped descendant of the Commonwealth Institute of Technology, the game's stand-in for MIT.
Q 06What is the name of the Sole Survivor's kidnapped son?
Shaun
He turns out to be the elderly director of the Institute, taken 60 years earlier for his uncorrupted pre-war DNA.
Q 07Which mercenary killed the Sole Survivor's spouse?
Conrad Kellogg
A cybernetic implant taken from his brain lets Dr Amari replay his memories, revealing that the Institute can only be reached by teleportation.
Q 08Diamond City, the Commonwealth's largest settlement, is built inside which real landmark?
Fenway Park
It is home to the synth detective Nick Valentine and reporter Piper Wright.
Q 09Which of these is NOT one of Fallout 4's four main factions?
The Enclave
The fourth is the Brotherhood of Steel, which arrives from the Capital Wasteland aboard the airship Prydwen under Elder Arthur Maxson.
Q 10The Institute's humanoid creations are known as what?
Synths
The Railroad works to free them, which puts it on a collision course with the Brotherhood of Steel.
Q 11Which is the only mandatory companion in Fallout 4?
Dogmeat
The German Shepherd's motion capture was done by a real dog named River, who won best video game dog of 2015.
Q 12Which companion is a Super Mutant sympathetic to humans?
Strong
Hancock is the ghoul mayor of Goodneighbor, Deacon a Railroad agent and MacCready a mercenary.
Q 13Which companion is an Institute Courser?
X6-88
Danse is a Brotherhood Paladin, Curie a robot scientist and Cait a cage fighter.
Q 14How many companions can be romanced once they idolize the Sole Survivor?
Q 21Which studio, maker of Doom, helped Bethesda with Fallout 4's gunplay?
id Software
Fallout 3 and New Vegas had used the Gamebryo engine; Fallout 4 moved to Skyrim's Creation Engine.
Q 22Fallout 4 runs on which technology, previously used for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?
Creation Engine
The modified engine let players sculpt faces freely instead of using sliders.
Q 23Roughly how many lines of dialogue does Fallout 4 contain?
111,000
The number echoes Vault 111, and the game also introduced a layered armour system and base-building.
Seven
Cait, Curie, Danse, Hancock, MacCready, Piper and Preston, regardless of the player's gender; Curie only once moved into a synth body.
Q 15A companion 'idolizes' the player when their affinity reaches how many points?
1,000
Companions react to actions with love, like, dislike or hate, and idolizing unlocks a unique perk.
Q 16Roughly how many perks are available to unlock in Fallout 4?
About 275
Perks can be upgraded in ranks, replacing the skill system of earlier games.
Q 17Power armour in Fallout 4 must be fed with what to run efficiently?
Fusion cores
The suits were redesigned to feel more like vehicles and can be fitted with a jet pack.
Q 18Which convenience is disabled when playing on Survival difficulty?
Fast travel
The revamped Survival mode arrived with the 1.5 patch.
Q 19What does V.A.T.S. stand for?
Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System
Using it drains Action Points, limiting how much the Sole Survivor can do in a stretch.
Q 20Fallout 4 was the first game in the series to feature what?
A fully voiced protagonist
Brian T. Delaney and Courtenay Taylor voiced the male and female Sole Survivor across 111,000 lines of dialogue.
Q 24Fallout 4 was officially revealed with a trailer on which date in 2015?
June 3
A countdown timer posted the day before expired at 14:00 UTC; full details came at Bethesda's E3 press conference on June 14.
Q 25How many units did Fallout 4 ship to retailers at launch, generating $750M in its first 24 hours?
12 million
On Steam alone it sold 1.2 million copies in its first day.
Q 26Whose Steam record for concurrent players in a non-Valve game did Fallout 4 break at launch?
Grand Theft Auto V
Almost 470,000 people were playing at once on launch day.
Q 27Fallout 4's collector's edition included a wearable replica of what?
The Pip-Boy
A companion app for phones and tablets let players use the Pip-Boy interface on a second screen.
Q 28Which two ceremonies named Fallout 4 their Game of the Year?
D.I.C.E. Awards and the British Academy Games Awards
It was also nominated for the top prize at The Game Awards, IGN, PC Gamer and The Daily Telegraph.
Q 29Which voice actor plays both Codsworth and Nick Valentine?
Stephen Russell
He earned a supporting-performance nomination for the double role.
Q 30Which was the first add-on released for Fallout 4, in March 2016?
Automatron
It lets players build custom robot companions and pits them against the Mechanist.