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Is Fallout Shelter down right now? Live status and outage tracker

No, Fallout Shelter is up.

No outage detected, and no user reports in the last hour.

Fallout Shelter's own status page: status.bethesda.net

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User reports, last 24 hours, 15 minutes a segment: 96 flowing 0 slow (elevated) 0 jammed (outage)

User reports, last 24 hours

No reports in this window

No problem reports came in for Fallout Shelter in the last hour, and at this time of day there are usually almost none. There has been no spike in reports since 26 October. These are user reports from the US, where most people report Fallout Shelter problems.

NormalClose to the usual level24 h · 0 reports
ElevatedMore than 1.5 times the usual levelNone in this chart
OutageMore than twice the usual level and far above the day's averageNone in this chart
Usual levelWhat a usual day sees at that timeAlmost none at this time of day

Reports, last hour

Quiet

Uptime, 24 h

100.00%

No outage windows

Last outage

None

In the last 24 hours

Busiest 15 minutes

No reports

Last 24 hours

Fallout Shelter outages and problems

No user reports came in for Fallout Shelter in the past 24 hours, and its uptime over that window is 100.00%.

No 15-minute window had any reports at all, so the chart above stays flat.

No problems detected in the last 24 hoursReports for Fallout Shelter stayed at their usual level the whole time.

Official status

What Fallout Shelter's status page says

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This month

Fallout Shelter in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 26 October): 1

Monthly report for October 2026

People who report a problem with Fallout Shelter to the outage-report feed behind this page can tag what is affected. These are the categories they can pick; the feed shows no counts per category:

Login
Purchases
Server Connection
Game Play
Game Launch
Lag / Latency

Last 30 days

Fallout Shelter problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 26 October, Fallout Shelter had no outage spikes or periods of elevated reports.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 26 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

Troubleshooting

How to fix Fallout Shelter not working

Fallout Shelter is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

Check the Fallout Shelter status page
Open Bethesda's official status page and look for an incident affecting the game. If Bethesda lists no outage, the fault sits on your device or network; start with the app itself.
Force quit and reopen
A stuck loading screen or a crash at the vault door often clears when you kill the process and start again. On iOS, swipe up from the bottom edge and flick the Fallout Shelter card away; on Android, open the recent apps screen and swipe the card off. Reopen it and wait through the first load before you tap anything.
Switch networks for cloud saves
The game contacts Bethesda's servers for cloud saves and store purchases, so a flaky Wi-Fi link can leave the sign-in or purchase screen spinning. Toggle Airplane Mode on for a few seconds and then off, then try mobile data instead of Wi-Fi. A captive portal on public Wi-Fi can block the connection too.
Link the vault before reinstalling
A full phone can stop the app from writing save data. Check free space under Settings > General > iPhone Storage on iOS or Settings > Storage on Android; if the app still opens, use its Settings menu and the Cloud section to check that your vault is linked to a Bethesda.net account. Delete the app and install it again from the App Store or Google Play, because a reinstall without that link can wipe the vault.

While Fallout Shelter is down: what to use instead

Fallout Shelter on another platform If the app will not open on your device, try the version for another platform you own, such as PC, Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch.
Fallout Shelter on another device If the game crashes or freezes on one device, try it on another supported device where you have installed it.
Fallout 4 If you want another single-player Fallout game while Shelter is unavailable, Fallout 4 is available on PC and consoles.

About

What happens when Fallout Shelter goes down

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play vault management game where you build rooms, assign dwellers, and send teams into the wasteland on iOS, Android, PC, and consoles. Players rely on it for quests and cloud saves, so an outage blocks sign-in, save syncing, store purchases, and online services.

Sign-in and cloud sync usually fail first, so you may load a vault from one device and find progress missing on another. Quests can hang at a loading screen, while the in-game store may reject a purchase or fail to restore what you already bought. Local vaults still work. Problems are often partial: one platform or region reports trouble while others play normally, and anything tied to your account stays offline until the connection returns.

Questions

Fallout Shelter FAQ

Is Fallout Shelter down right now?

The status at the top of this page shows whether user problem reports for Fallout Shelter sit above their usual level, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Bethesda runs an official status page at status.bethesda.net/en. Before you blame the servers, load another site on the same device and switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data; if everything else opens fine and the app still fails, the fault is on your side, in the network, the device, or the install.

Why does Fallout Shelter sit on the loading screen and then throw a connection error?

That screen means the app cannot reach Bethesda's servers, which it needs for cloud saves and purchase checks. Force-close it, reopen it, and retry on a different network. If the stall arrived with a recent update, confirm your phone or tablet runs a supported OS version, because updates raise the minimum.

I deleted the app and my vault is gone. Can I get it back?

Vaults live on the device, so uninstalling wipes them unless cloud saving was switched on and tied to your Bethesda.net account. Reinstall, sign in with that same account, and the vault should download. Without a cloud copy there is nothing left to restore.

I bought a lunchbox bundle and the items never arrived.

Payments run through Apple, Google or Bethesda depending on where you play, and a receipt exists even when delivery fails. Restart the app first so it can recheck what you own, then take the receipt to Bethesda support. Do not buy the same bundle a second time while you wait.

I moved my phone's clock forward and my vault went haywire.

Fallout Shelter drives production and incident timers off the device clock, so a jump forward fires every radroach attack and resource drain at once, while a jump back freezes progress. Set the clock to automatic, close the app, and reopen it. Odd behavior that survives that usually clears when you reload a cloud save.

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How we track Fallout Shelter

The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for Fallout Shelter, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for Fallout Shelter, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.

When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. This is separate from Fallout Shelter's official status page: user reports tend to show a problem early, while the official page confirms the cause. If the two disagree, check both.