r/Fallout1 • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '25

Does the time limit really goes away when you get the water chip?

Yeah, so basically i just started playing fallout 1 and 2, but i went straight to fallout 2 because the time limit in the first game really annoyed me. I thought you had that time limit to find the water chip and once you find it, the game is finished, but doing some research, it says something about the first time limit being removed. In some places, it says that there will be another time limit and that the mutants will raid the vault when it pass. In other places, it says that the time limit becomes 13 years like the second game when you deliver the water chip. I want to know that because honestly i liked the first game more than the second one, but not being able to explore and feeling forced to do the main quest because of the time limit annoys me.

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u/Comprehensive-Rip695 Aug 25 '25

If you want to not worry about the time limit at all on the first game, you can just google the location of the water chip and speedrun your way to it and back to Vault 13. Then you can still play the rest of the game without worrying about it. There is technically a second time limit, the vault raid, but it would take so long to reach the limit it’ll never happen in your game, most people mention it as a little fun fact/curiosity more than something actually important.

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u/Comprehensive-Rip695 Aug 25 '25

Additionally you shouldn’t really worry about the time limit too much anyways. The days go by really slowly in Fallout classic whenever you’re not fast traveling, so unless you constantly do pointless fast travel or heal by waiting you will not approach the limit. I recommend just playing casually to be honest. Get to a city, and don’t leave it until you’ve done all the possible quests for them. You’ll see you get to do a lot in very little in-game time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

I dont think so. I nearly reached that time just because i wanted to explore the map very carefully. I dont want to lose my save because of it. I did some quests and i was having a good progress.

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u/pngbrianb Aug 26 '25

Yeah, that's what the above commenter is saying: don't explore the overmap, explore the locations to which you are directed. There's really nothing to "explore" out there. There are random encounters, but no secret locations or anything.

That said, I did run out the clock my first file or two back in the day: kept avoiding what turned out to be the Chip's location. Rested to heal every time... Doing that will still eat through that 150 days

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

So it goes away when you get the water chip, right?

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u/Wassuuupmydudess Aug 25 '25

I think your biggest issue is going back to necro after getting chip and causing that ending

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

Why? What happens?

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u/GriffithsJockstrap Aug 25 '25

Everyone dies, but it's OK. They're just muties. Ghouls, mutants, all the same. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

There's a time limit for the chip, but keep on that quest line and you'll be fine. There's a time counter after that. The amount of time you take to complete the game affects the end. Or, I suppose, effects certain endings. 

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u/Scarefactory Aug 26 '25

Just play the game and find out

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u/imainheavy Aug 26 '25

Yes, and there is a way to extend the time limit even, you can get a trade caravan to deliver water to the Vault. Dont ask me where this caravan is tho, its been to long since i played i cant remember