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Fallout Hints

Where is the Water Chip?

  • 1 of 8: Have you been to the lower levels of the vault yet?
  • 2 of 8: There is an elevator to get to the lower levels.
  • 3 of 8: Or rather, there WAS an elevator to get to the lower levels at one time.
  • 4 of 8: Pay attention to your Message Screen as you walk around.
  • 5 of 8: If you've walked around in your Vault (Vault 13) you'll notice a lot of similarities.
  • 6 of 8: Except there's one area in Vault 13 that you can't get to in Vault 15.
  • 7 of 8: It's on Level 3.
  • 8 of 8: The passage leading to the water computer and the chip has been blocked off.