History DummiedOut / Fallout

** The DLC ''Old World Blues'' was supposed to have an ending in which the Courier (or, more likely, [[spoiler:the Courier's brain]]) joins the Think Tank, eventually leading to their escape from Big MT and the use of the entire Mojave Wasteland as a test site for even more weird scientific experiments. As seen [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Old_World_Blues_endings#Cut_ending here]], the slide image is still on the game files and the text for the intended narration was released by Chris Avellone.

** "How Little We Know" has an option to turn over Clanden's stuff tapes to Captain Pappas and have the NCR military police arrest him. It's completely functional, but the necessary trigger appears to have been intentionally disabled, possibly because Ambassador Crocker says that the NCR's treaty with Mr. House gives law enforcement authority on the Strip to his Securitrons, even for NCR citizens.

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', in addition to a couple cut weapons and locations, cut dialogue can be found in the game's files relating to a quest that would involve the player helping Paladin Danse overthrow Elder Maxson and become the new Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel.

** All three of the named Fiends the NCR tasks you to kill (Violet, Cook-Cook and Driver Nephi) have a full set of conversation options indicating that they could be spoken to on friendly terms. This was simplified to have them act always evil, and (with the exception of Motor-Runner during the quest to give him drugs in "Abu Dhabi Honeymoon"), they can't be reasoned with or spoken to in deep dialogue.

** A number of computer terminals give the option of "Lucky 38 Executive Override", but performing the operation does nothing and no other part of the game ever references it. According to the WordOfGod, this was originally part of the quest, "The Moon Comes Over the Tower", but was cut. A mod later restored functionality to the quest, via making the player travel to H&H Tools, New Vegas Steel and Camp Golf in order to activate the additional terminals. Additionally, Emily Ortal had unimplemented dialogue making it much clearer that she slept with Benny after he requested her help to reconfigure Yes Man.

** Cottonwood Cove originally had an extra bunker underneath it, which (if the G.E.C.K. is anything to go by) had a unique Radiated Radroach enemy inside it. Unfortunately, its true purpose is unknown and the only remnant are script notes and the aforementioned enemy.

** The sub-basement of the Tops Casino is not normally accessible by the player, but if you have Benny accompany you to the Presidential Suite and kill him before he escapes, a glitch causes the elevator to remain unlocked, allowing you to access it and a sealed-off area of Vault 21. Ambient dialogue from Yes Man, Jessup and enterprising modders suggest that the Vault was used as a "hidden passage" for Benny to enter and exit the Strip at his leisure without being hassled by the Securitrons.

** The corpse surrounded by the Deathclaws in Quarry Junction was originally an actual NPC named Hawkins, who had a questline associated with him and could be allowed to tag along as a temporary companion. However, his lines were never completed and the only elements that exist are written script notes.

* Textures for a Brotherhood of Steel Robobrain and a Brotherhood Outcast Eyebot and Mister Gutsy exist in the files.

** A functional Eyebot was intended to be put in the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters, who would greet the player before summoning robots to attack. Its model, functions and lines were completed, but it was pulled on the basis that the Enclave would never give an expensive piece of technology like that to a soft drink company (that, and the factory has been trashed when the player arrives, making it highly unlikely that such a prized piece of technology would still be lying around without being stolen by scavengers or enterprising parties).

** The sub-basement of the Tops Casino is not normally accessible by the player, but if you have Benny accompany you to the Presidential Suite and kill him before he escapes, a glitch causes the elevator to remain unlocked, allowing you to access it and a sealed-off area of Vault 21. Something may have been planned for this area.

** If the player released Benny from Caesar's camp and let him go free, he would seek you out and attack you again somewhere in the gameworld, while [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished calling you out for letting him go]]. Ambient dialogue from Yes-Man, Jessup and enterprising modders suggest that the Vault was used as a "hidden passage" for Benny to enter and exit the Strip at his leisure without being hassled by the Securitrons.

** A number of computer terminals give the option of "Lucky 38 Executive Override", but performing the operation does nothing and no other part of the game ever references it. According to the WordOfGod, this was originally part of the quest, "The Moon Comes Over The Tower", but was cut. A mod later restored functionality to the quest, via making the player travel to H&H Tools, New Vegas Steel and Camp Golf in order to activate the additional terminals. Additionally, Emily Ortal had unimplemented dialogue making it much clearer that she slept with Benny after he requested her help to reconfigure Yes-Man.

** If the player released Benny from Caesar's camp and let him go free, he would seek you out and attack you again somewhere in the gameworld, while [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished calling you out for letting him go]].

** A number of computer terminals give the option of "Lucky 38 Executive Override", but performing the operation does nothing and no other part of the game ever references it. According to the WordOfGod, this was originally part of the quest, "The Moon Comes Over The Tower", but was cut. A mod later restored functionality to the quest, via making the player travel to H&H Tools and Michael-Angelo's Workshop in order to activate the additional terminals. Additionally, Emily Ortal had unimplemented dialogue making it much clearer that she slept with Benny after he requested her to help him reconfigure Yes-Man.

** The [[FriendToAllChildren Child at Heart]] perk from ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' is in the game, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsPlSp4AqY voiced dialogue options from children for it,]] but was left unused, despite having about as many potential uses as Cherchez la Femme (another Perk with limited utility).

''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' had a ''ton'' of unused [=NPCs=], areas, quests, weapons and armor, as well as a huge amount of [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Fallout:_New_Vegas_legacy_content legacy content from Fallout 3]]. Most of it can be accessed by using console commands, and some content has been restored via Nexus Mods user [=moburma80's=] [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/users/3010984/?tab=user+files "New Vegas Uncut"]] series of {{Game Mod}}s.

** "How Little We Know" has an option to turn over Clanden's stuff tapes to Captain Pappas and have the NCR military police arrest him. It's completely functional but the necessary trigger appears to have been intentionally disabled, possibly because Ambassador Crocker says that the NCR's treaty with Mr. House gives law enforcement authority on the Strip to his Securitrons, even for NCR citizens.

** "The House Always Wins V" has an unused optional quest stage to [[spoiler:"Inform Mr. House that you've negotiated a peaceful solution with the Brotherhood,"]] which is impossible in game. Mods restore this feature, although there is no dialogue for it in-game.

** The game was originally intended to continue past the ending, and you would be able to venture to various parts of the map and hear people's reactions to your choices. All of this dialogue will still play correctly if you use any mod that allows you to play past the endgame.
*** Some bugs in the final quest will also allow you to hear post-game dialogue. For instance, if you follow the NCR questline and talk to Colonel Moore during the final battle, she'll mention that she's been promoted to Brigadier General and that they're pursuing the Legion back to Arizona.

* A number of computer terminals give the option of "Lucky 38 Executive Override", but performing the operation does nothing and no other part of the game ever references it. According to the WordOfGod, this was originally part of the quest, "The Moon Comes Over The Tower", but was cut.

** A large number of areas and "fluff" [=NPCs=] were cut from the game pre-release (and even through subsequent patches) due to console limitations. Among these, The Strip was intended to be a seamless world space (along with Freeside, mentioned above), with many more bystanders, refugees and ambient events, while Camp [=McCarran=] had bits of level scenery and at least three characters (the Drill Sergeant and two Recruits) removed at various points in the game's official support.

''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' had a ''ton'' of unused [=NPCs=], areas, quests, weapons and armor, as well as a huge amount of [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Fallout:_New_Vegas_legacy_content legacy content from Fallout 3]]. Most of it can be accessed by using console commands, and some content has been restored via Nexus Mods user Moburma 80's [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/users/3010984/?tab=user+files "New Vegas Uncut"]] series of {{Game Mod}}s.

* The female protagonist was originally supposed to be a soldier just like her husband, and the game even contains dialog that references her former military career. This was eventually cut when her backstory was reworked into a lawyer-turned-housewife.

** There's also a house in Cottonwood Cove, a third floor of Gomorrah hotel rooms, and two unused sections of the New Vegas sewers (northwest and southwest), which were presumably made inaccessible for not containing anything of interest, and because [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130331232105/http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/388846404879018822 Gomorrah is "large and difficult to navigate" even without another floor.]]

** [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gojira]], a massive Fire Gecko who was originally made by Obsidian for a joke to playtest NPC reactions at Camp [=McCarran=]. It was never intended to be put into the game proper, but the mod [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46158/ "A Wilder Wasteland"]] summons it once all the other legendary creatures in the game have been killed.

** All of the companions have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjkM53wWZg screaming sounds coded in the event that they're lit on fire]]. In the final product, fire has no apparent effect on them, and the screaming itself can come across as jarring. In particular, Veronica continues screaming and crying, even after the fire subsides.

* At first, joining the Brotherhood of Steel and Railroad would've given the player unique perks depending on their rank in each organization. For example, being an Initiate in the [=BoS=] would've given the player the "Initiate" perk, which would've let the player take 10% less damage from Feral Ghouls, Super Mutants, and Synths. They were eventually cut since Bethesda viewed the perk benefits as {{Game Breaker}}s. The Railroad "Heavy" perk was folded into the "Institute Killer Weave" effect for Ballistic Weave, though.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' contains lots of items and references towards things that were cut from the game due to time restraints. Some of this has been restored in the [[http://www.nma-fallout.com/resources/fallout-2-restoration-project-unofficial-expansion-windows-installer.10/ Fallout 2 Restoration Project]].

* Using the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' G.E.C.K. Editor, you can find an abundance of strange items and [=NPCs=] with no unique models. There was going to be a better Tesla Armor that involved something called "Robo-Thor". Who was O'Grady, and why does he have his Peacemaker? Was Three Dog supposed to wield Law Dog? And was whatever the "Spinebreaker" thing that was explicitly used to scare the player in Vault 87 related to that Failed FEV Subject, and where does it "spawn the Super Mutant and start him running"?

** It was going to be possible to construct a freezing weapon called the Cryolator from a coolant component, a liquid nitrogen canister, and a crutch (only the latter is obtainable). This has a model and textures, but isn't programmed. The Cryolator would later appear in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''VideoGame/Fallout76''.
** The Japanese version has the evil resolution of the Megaton bomb quest removed (since it involves detonating a nuclear bomb and destroying a town -- Japan is [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII a little sensitive about that kind of stuff]]) by removing the NPC that would trigger that part of the quest. The only thing you can do is disarm the bomb (the good resolution). As a result, the Tenpenny Tower suite and destroyed Megaton are inaccessible in the Japanese version of the game.
** The Loading Yard at Mama Dolce's has a gate that "Requires a Key", but can't be unlocked and leads nowhere. Possibly intended for DLC that was never made, or [[EmptyRoomPsych just to psych the player]].
** The atrium for Vault 87 is dummied out with a "Requires Key" door that can only be opened via console command. The characteristic inner vault door leads into a blank void, rather than an entry tunnel (which would be collapsed anyways).
*** This door does have a purpose, however, since it is the point where the Enclave enter during the cutscene when they capture you.
** Another room that is present but inaccessible without console hacking or glitching is located in Vault 92 Sound Testing, blocked by a jammed door. Beyond this is a door leading to the Overseer's emergency tunnel, which can't be accessed from the Office side but may have been intended to be.
** Megaton also has the Abandoned House, an untextured prototype version of the house you get for disarming the bomb.
** The Winterized T-51b Power Armor from ''Operation: Anchorage'' was originally meant to be degradable like the standard T-51b from the core game, which would mean it couldn't be fully repaired, reducing its usefulness. The developers apparently realized this and scrapped this version in favor of the indestructible simulation version. The destructible version still remains in the code.
** In-game text prompts indicate that the armor in Fort Constantine was originally going to be the Medic Power Armor (which is found in the Old Olney Sewers in the final game) rather than the T-51b.
** A pink texture for the T-45d power armor and helmet with a heart on the chest exists in the game's files. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/c/cf/Pink_Power_Armor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20101016092519 This is what it looks like applied to the model.]] Whether it was actually meant for inclusion or is just a developer joke is unknown.
** In ''Broken Steel'', a "beta" version of the Tesla Cannon can be found hidden in the Rockland Satellite Relay Station cell.
** One of the burned-out houses in Springvale has a key-locked cellar door. In the base game it is inaccessible, but in the ''Broken Steel'' DLC, it is the location of the Holy Light Monastery. Ditto the Hank's Electrical Supply building. Similarly, in ''New Vegas'', there are four locations in the vanilla game's Wasteland with inaccessible passageways or inactive objects, but which become the entry points to the DLC areas once those are installed.

''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' had a ''ton'' of unused [=NPCs=], areas, quests, weapons and armor, as well as a huge amount of [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Fallout:_New_Vegas_legacy_content legacy content from Fallout 3]]. Most of it can be accessed by using console commands, and some content has been restored via Nexus Mods user Moburma 80's "[[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/users/3010984/?tab=user+files New Vegas Uncut]]" series of mods.

** There was originally a plan to include a brahmin companion named Betsy, who would sit outside the north gate of Freeside and could be used as a pack animal. She couldn't attack enemies and would run away when combat initiated, but she had a carry weight of 600 pounds and had a companion perk that allowed the player to gain better sale prices at merchants. She exists complete on the disc, save for voice acting for the original recruitment and companion quest. The "[[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46574/ If It Wasn't for Betsy]]" mod restores her original concept.

** [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gojira]], a massive Fire Gecko who was originally made by Obsidian for a joke to playtest NPC reactions at Camp [=McCarran=]. It was never intended to be put into the game proper, but the "[[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46158/ Wilder Wasteland]]" summons it once all the other legendary creatures in the game have been killed.

** A Super-Mutant NCR Ranger named Chauncey was originally intended to show up at Ranger Station Foxtrot, sporting a red scarf and a comically-small hat. It's unknown why he was pulled, but his model is still on the disc.
** Two fully-voiced robots (A Sentry Bot named Koch and a Protectron named Bohr) were intended to be discovered in Vault 22, where they could be repaired and have dialogue related to the player's mission there. It's unknown why they were deleted, though [[spoiler:Doctor Keely]] doesn't acknowledge them in any dialogue, suggesting they were removed earlier in development. However, they can both be restored with the "[[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/45886/ Koch and Bohr Story]]" mod.

** There are more crucified men in the game files than those who actually appear ingame. The mentioned-only Mayor Steyn of Nipton also exists as an unused NPC, using the model of the Tops chairman, and his corpse was probably meant to appear.

** Freeside had a ''huge'' amount of content cut - [=NPCs=] like beggars and pickpockets, an unused quest involving Rotface (who would either attack the player, join the Followers or disappear forever based on how often you bought tips from him), additional cutscenes and dialogue options when attempting to negotiate between the Kings and NCR, and a more open area that didn't require going through several gates. Most of it was restored in the "[[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46355/ Freeside Open]]" mod.

** "The House Always Wins V" has an unused optional quest stage to [[spoiler:"Inform Mr. House that you've negotiated a peaceful solution with the Brotherhood,"]] which is impossible in game. Mods restore this feature.

** There was supposed to be an unmarked quest ("The Thorn Mayhem") where you could release the creatures locked in the Thorn's cages and let them loose on the unsuspecting Red Lucy and residents in Westside, causing all manner of panic. It was removed due to time constraints, but was restored by modders.

** The game originally started with an in-engine sequence where Benny spoke to the player and shot them in real-time, but was changed to an FMV for the final game. According to [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Forum:Fallout:_New_Vegas_Cut_Content research from an enterprising modder]], the original intro was changed because of a combination of bugs (the way the character was oriented in the sequence caused problems with character creation), odd tonal shifts (the DLC PreOrderBonus packs activate at multiple points throughout Benny's dialogue) and the dialogue itself was changed multiple times during development.

** The Child at Heart perk from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' is in the game, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsPlSp4AqY voiced dialogue options from children for it]], but was left unused, despite having about as many potential uses as Cherchez la Femme (another Perk with limited utility).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', in addition to a couple cut weapons and locations, cut dialogue can be found in the game's files relating to a quest that would involve the player helping Paladin Danse overthrow Elder Maxson and become the new Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel.

* Much like ''Fallout 3'' and ''New Vegas'', players would have been able to have Dogmeat accompany them along with a standard companion, rather than Dogmeat occupying the "companion" slot. It's not fully clear why this option was cut, but it appears to have been done late in development -- all followers have dialogue where they comment on Dogmeat being injured in combat, [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] that refer to your companions will comment on you having both Dogmeat and another companion with you, and in both instances their dialogue was recorded and remains in the game.

* An underwater combat system was originally designed for the cut quest "20 Leagues Under the Sea", which would've involved investigating an underwater Vault while using a harpoon gun. The harpoon gun (albeit heavily redesigned) reappears in the ''Far Harbor'' [=DLC=].

** There's also a house in Cottonwood Cove, a third floor of Gomorrah hotel rooms, and two unused sections of the New Vegas sewers (northwest and southwest), which were presumably made inaccessible for not containing anything of interest, and because [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130331232105/http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/388846404879018822 Gomorrah is "large and difficult to navigate" even without another floor]].

-->'''Victor:''' You low-down snake! I wish I'da left you in the ground to rot!

** It was meant to be possible to use the Infected Brahmin Meat in the Ultra-Luxe kitchen to poison the Legion's Legion's stew and dog bowls.

** The Deathclaw gauntlet from ''3'' was originally intended to be reused in ''Vegas'', but was cut for unknown reasons, even though it exists in the game files and is perfectly playable. However, a unique version of the gauntlet (the "Fist of Rawr", alternately "[[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Fist of the North Rawr]]" with the Wild Wasteland perk) could be obtained by killing a unique Deathclaw and crafting it during the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC.

** A pink texture for the T-45d power armor and helmet with a heart on the chest exists in the game's files. [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/File:Pink_Power_Armor.jpg This is what it looks like applied to the model.]] Whether it was actually meant for inclusion or is just a developer joke is unknown.

** The model and texture of the Chinese Pistol are present in the game files, but the weapon doesn't exist as an usable item. There are mods which make it functional.

** A functional Eyebot was intended to be put in the Sunset Sarsaparilla building, who would greet the player before summoning robots to attack. Its model, functions and lines were completed, but it was pulled on the basis that the Enclave would never give an expensive piece of technology like that to a soft drink company (that, and the factory has been trashed when the player arrives, making it highly unlikely that such a prized piece of technology would still be lying around without being stolen by scavengers or enterprising parties).

** A Sentry Bot Model was originally intended to be found in the gameworld, and would act as a third companion. It was a miniature robot that would follow the player around and run away during combat. It was eventually restored for the "Wilder Wasteland" mod.

** A large number of areas and "fluff" [=NPCs=] were cut from the game pre-release (and even through subsequent patches) due to console limitations. Among these, The Strip was intended to be a seamless world space (along with Freeside, mentioned above)), with many more bystanders, refugees and ambient events, while Camp [=McCarran=] had bits of level scenery and at least three characters (the Drill Sergeant and two Recruits) removed at various points in the game's official support.

** All three of the named Fiends the NCR tasks you to kill (Motor-Runner, Cook-Cook and Driver Nephi) have a full set of conversation options indicating that they could be spoken to on friendly terms. This was simplified to have them act always evil, and (with the exception of Motor-Runner during the quest to give him drugs in "Abu Dhabi Honeymoon"), they can't be reasoned with or spoken to in deep dialogue.

** Freeside had a ''huge'' amount of content cut - scores of bystanders, an unused quest involving Rotface (who would either attack the player, join the Followers or disappear forever based on how often you bought tips from him), additional cutscenes and dialogue options when attempting to negotiate between the Kings and NCR, and a more open area that didn't require going through several gates. Most of it was restored in the "[[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46355/ Freeside Open]]" mod.

** ''Old World Blues'' would have had a frag mine that looks like a piece of meat, meant to be used to kill Gabe, and two reskins of the grenade rifle that would have fired miniature blue roboscorpions and Chinese spider drones from ''Operation: Anchorage''. The textures for the latter two were used in ''Lonesome Road'' as the Great Bear and Red Victory grenade rifles.

** The Deathclaw gauntlet from ''3'' was originally intended to be reused in ''Vegas'', but was cut for unknown reasons, even though it exists in the game files and is perfectly playable. However, a unique version of the gauntlet (the "Fist of Rawr", alternately [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Fist of the North Rawr]]" with the Wild Wasteland perk) could be obtained by killing a unique Deathclaw and crafting it during the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC.

** Strangely, [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Cell_for_Dead_%22Void_Creatures%22 one test cell]] includes a human Lily Bowen and her grandchildren Jimmy and Becky.

** During "The House Always Wins", it was originally possible to be thrown out of the Lucky 38 by Mr. House for a whole day if you attacked any Securitrons, and you had to wait before you could progress to the next mission.

* Perks:
** The Child at Heart perk from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' is in the game, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsPlSp4AqY voiced dialogue options from children for it]], but was left unused presumably because there are so few children in the game that it would have been worthless.