Download Hints

Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Fallout 2, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial version of our UHS Reader software and a copy of these hints. You will get the same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a walkthrough that can spoil your game.

You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire game's worth of hints at once.

Ask the Author

If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered anywhere in these hints, you may contact the author.

Fallout 2 Hints

Traps

  • Traps will let you detect and disarm traps that have been set by other characters, or improves the chances that you will be able to set an explosive charge without its prematurely going off.

    I didn't find this skill very useful.  There aren't many traps in the game, all things considered, and many of these were easily avoidable.  (That is, one door into a building might be trapped, but another wasn't.)  Those that weren't usually just went off once and then were gone for good.

    As a result, I found it easy enough just to heal after getting hit by a trap, if I didn't notice it in time to avoid it.  And as far as dynamite going off early, although this did happen to me on occasion, I was able to get out of the way early enough not to get hurt.  I would generally say that these are skill points better allocated elsewhere.