Rare Dwellers can also appear randomly at your Vault Door, Rare Dwellers usually do not carry weapons when you reveal their card, but if you buy the Vault Starter pack in Fallout Shelter on iOS or Google play store the two Rare Dwellers you get will have weapons. They will increase happiness, and provide a few caps or Nuka-Cola Quantum when clicked on. Bottle and Cappy may appear after being rescued from Raiders. The Mysterious Stranger only appears in the vault for a few seconds and will disappear after this time has passed or the player selects him to collect caps. 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 29 SPECIAL points, with the exception of 3 preset dwellers. Legendary dwellers are found randomly through opening lunchboxes. Legendary dwellers are named after characters from Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. 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. Characters within the game range from enemies such as raiders to vault inhabitants known as Dwellers.

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