Fallout 4: The Story Behind Vault 114

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Vault 114 is often the second vault players will encounter in Fallout 4, as clearing the level is required to progress the main quest. Like all vaults in the Fallout series, this one has some background to it. Vault-Tec’s questionable experiments for Vault 114 are social in nature, and the entire vault serves as a pressure test for a specific demographic.

Vault 114 is accessible through Park Street station and is the main venue for the “Unlikely Valentine” quest. In Fallout 4, the place is overrun with Triggermen, but pre-war terminal entries are still accessible via the consoles. These, as well as the vault’s layout, paint a clear picture of how Vault-Tec was deceiving its potential vault dwellers.

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Vault 114 was advertised as a luxurious place to live. As such, it would be home to the upper-class citizens of Boston. This includes political figures, businesspeople, and other such influential individuals, plus their families. These potential vault dwellers knew that their co-inhabitants would be of similar social standing, and thus were likely expecting a lavish post-war shelter.

However, Vault-Tec never intended to fulfill these promises. In a terminal entry, the management writes that the supposed luxury of the vault had been greatly exaggerated. In reality, they intended to put together a group of privileged individuals in a communal living space to see how they would fare. Exploring the vault’s interior shows that the rooms and amenities are the furthest from luxury.

All the bedrooms are communal, with bunk beds lined up against the walls. Additionally, there are only a few chests or drawers to be found in each of the bedrooms, so Vault-Tec also provided what looks to be a storage area