How to Turn Minecraft into a Fallout Game! | Post-Apocalyptic RPG

The Fallout franchise makes up some of my  favorite games, especially once I’ve added   tons of mods to them. After spending hundreds of  hours in Fallout 4, I wanted to put myself to the   test and see if it’s possible to turn Minecraft  into something that resembles a Fallout game.

I’m basing this video around  Forge, for Minecraft 1.16.5.   And if you want to play with this pack, make sure  to check out the links in the description below. I started with Vault Pack, which is a Resource  Pack that introduces lots of new 3D Models,  

Like these Bookshelves and Crafting Tables,  which have a few different variants.   Chests have also been changed, so  that they look like Steamer Trunks,   and the Furnace has all the clutter  that you’d normally expect to find.   Jukeboxes have been turned into Radios,  Torches look like Lamps and Campfires have been  

Transformed into Flaming Barrels. Even the Brewing  Stand has been turned into Nuka Cola Machines,   and Cauldrons into Bathtubs, so right away you’re  going to start noticing changes everywhere. For further decoration, the pack allows you to  place down some other Fallout related items.  

Tripwires will become Terminals, a Smoker becomes  a damaged Oven and a Barrel now looks like a Safe.   The Camps from Fallout 76 are introduced, and  they can be seen whenever you place down a Beacon,   and have some cool emissive textures.  If you use an invisible Item Frame pack,  

Then you can place down Mini Nukes,  Notebooks, Fusion Cores and Bottle Caps. One of my favorite additions is the introduction  of the Workshops, which look awesome.   The Anvil, Chipped Anvil and Damaged Anvil have  been turned into a Workshop, Armor Workbench and  

Weapons Workbench instead. And the Grindstone  has been turned into the Tinkers Workbench. Some more interesting changes come to Plants.  Tulips have been turned into different Skeletons   instead, so that you can place them down or  come across them naturally. Other Ferns and  

Bushes have been turned into Power Armor and  Power Armor Frames. But stumbling across these   in your naturally generated world might look  odd, so you might want to remove these instead. The appearance of Armor has changed completely so  that it fits some Fallout factions. After Leather,  

There’s Chainmail, which is designed to look  like Synth equipment. Iron still exists as a   normal tier, but Gold has been turned into  NCR armor instead. The final 2 tiers, which   are Diamond and Netherite are now Combat Armor and  Marine Armor instead, which feels lore friendly.

When it comes to Weapons, you can fire  the Bow, which now looks and sounds   like a Laser Rifle. And some other weapons  included are the Gauss Rifle, Super Sledge,   Power Fist and Deathclaw Gauntlet. The Totem of  Undying is going to look like a 3D Psycho too.

Illager themed mobs, like Pillagers,  Evokers, Vindicators and Ravagers   have all been given a Raider overhaul. Skeletons  make pretty convincing Synths with new sounds,   especially because they fire Rifles now.  The best change of all comes to Wolves,   who should definitely be tamed because  they look exactly like Dogmeat.  

I think that covers most when it comes to this  pack, but there’s a few other minor details. For the main Minecraft textures, we’re going  to go with the Fallout Paradise Resource Pack,   which is also available on PlanetMinecraft.  But you can go with any pack that gives  

A post-apocalyptic vibe, it’s just that  this one was updated relatively recently,   and it is themed around Fallout  already, so it’s a win-win. You’re going to want to load this before Vault  Pack, as we don’t want to lose all those new 3D  

Models. But that’s not to say this pack  doesn’t offer some new models either,   as I’ve found quite a few. Rails for example,  are changed a lot to look more apocalyptic.   Different colored Carpets are  changed into some styles of Rubble,  

Which can be good for world decoration, and a few  Walls are turned into these cool looking rails. I think another few noteworthy changes are  doors, which fit the theme much better,   and have some 3D effects, as well as Dyes  which look like different ammunition boxes.  

The pack features connected textures  in lots of places, with some of the   best changes coming when you place Planks  together, which can make them look weathered. There are a few incompatibilities with  these two texture packs. Occasionally,  

Blocks might overwrite each other, but it doesn’t  take away from the theme we’re going for at all. The final texture pack that I’m going to install  is Player Villager Models. It will change the   appearance of your Villagers, so they look more  human-like, and so they resemble Settlers instead.  

They’ll have arms too, as well as player-like  breathing animations and random textures. There’s a few ways we can play with this  pack. The first is by using a custom made map,   which will be Wasted in this case. It’s  a large post-apocalyptic themed map,  

Which is still in development and  is available for Minecraft 1.16.5. The map is huge, and will take a  long time to actually explore it.   It’s going to be split up into 3 different  regions, which are the Lowlands, Midlands and  

Badlands. In each of these regions are plenty  of discoverable locations, such as the Prison,   Bridge, City, Pier, Airport and so much more. It’s easy to get lost in the map, and  so far, the builds are looking really   great and professional. Because  the map is still in development,  

You probably shouldn’t expect to get a full  experience out of it right now, as a lot   of areas, especially buildings are waiting to  receive content, as many interiors are blank. But still, this is definitely worth looking into,   and keeping up to date on any progress  that’s made by the developers.

Alternatively, you might want to  stick to a Vanilla Minecraft World,   so that you can still play like normal  with a goal of reaching the End.   In that case, there’s quite  a few mods I’d recommend. The first mod to help with world building is  the Lost Cities. It’s completely customizable,  

So you can choose how rare you want cities  to be, and how destroyed they should look.   It really helps with building the  post-apocalyptic theme we’re going for. A lot of the buildings are empty in design,   but you can still search them for loot, and come  across lots of enemies you’ll have to defeat.  

It also features large highways and  subway systems, like in Fallout.   When you create a new world, you’re going  to need to enable the Lost Cities manually,   and choose a preset you like. I personally like to  go for rarer cities, which are mostly destroyed.

Newer versions of Lost Cities actually allow  you to use other biome mods alongside it now.   And the first one that goes with  Fallouts lore is Desolation.   In Fallout, most of the world has  collapsed, especially by bombs. Desolation introduces the Charred Forest biome,  

Which has a few different variants. You’ll  need to craft some protective equipment to   navigate through the biome without receiving  debuffs, which are the Goggles and Mask. Structure wise, it’s best starting with  Yung’s Bridges. Whenever you come across  

A river in your world, there’s now a chance  for a bridge to spawn, creating a crossing.   These mods are going to help create a  sense of human activity in your world,   and quite a lot of bridge styles in  the mod are broken too, which fits.

Our first Fallout themed mod is  Fallout Inspired Power Armor.   It brings in 5 sets of Power Armor,  which are the T45, T51, X01, X02 and X03.   To get started with the mod, you’ll  need to find abandoned Power Armor  

Which is buried in the ground, and you’ll have  better luck finding it by crafting a Tracker.   When you dig it up, it will need to be repaired  using Steel before it’s usable. Power Armor can   only be used when you’re wearing an Armor Frame,  and they’ll require a Fusion Core to power them.

The mod also includes a dungeon, which feels like  a Vault, as it was used for human experiments.   You can find an entrance on the surface,  and when you head down, you’ll find a lab   that’s been overrun with Raiders. Work your way  through the facility, defeat the hostile mobs  

And collect any loot that you come across. You  can even find a set of Power Armor down here. The final thing worth mentioning is  that there’s a companion system too.   If you come across the Companion, you can befriend  them with items like Meat. If they join you,  

Then you can equip them with weapons and  armor so they can travel alongside you. There’s also Fallout Wasteland. It’s main content  is a new dimension, which you’ll be asked if you   want to teleport to when the game starts. For  now, I’d say no, simply because structures and  

Biomes from other mods don’t spawn here,  and the mod is still a work in progress. But it’s still worth mentioning because the mod  includes a lot of other noteworthy items from the   series. It’s also the mod that will cause you to  start out the game with a Vault Suit and Pip-Boy.

One downside to this mod is that  it does bring in custom creatures,   like Ghouls, Super Mutants,  Bloatflies and even Robo-Brain,   but most don’t spawn naturally in the  vanilla world. Only in the dimension   included by this mod. You can have a Robo-Brain  by creating the package block and breaking it.

You can use Foods of the Mojave to introduce some  more Fallout themed items. There’s some different   foods, like Cram, Sugar Bombs, Instamash, Dandy  Boy Apples and more, and you can receive some   different effects when you consume them. There’s  some medicine styled items too, like Buffout  

And Jet, which might give more extreme effects  instead. All of these items have crafting recipes. Better Weather will introduce seasons into  Minecraft, which adds a new element of survival.   During the seasons, mechanics like crop growth   rate and whether animals are  able to breed will be changed.

But the feature we want most is the new  weather events. One of them is Acid Rain,   which probably makes sense in our  post-apocalyptic radiation filled world.   It’s a random event, and when it does  happen, it can injure the player,  

Mobs and even destroy crops. But other weather  events include Blizzards, Clouds and Light Rain. Some mods that bring more life to Villagers are  Villager Names, which assigns a random name from   a list of thousands to each Villager. Giving them  a name makes Villagers feel more like Settlers.  

I also like Guard Villagers, who will be  equipped with Fallout themed armor and weapons   thanks to resource packs, and  they’ll keep the Ghouls away.   But their textures aren’t changed by the  Player Villager Models resource pack. The Stables mod adds the Large Barn structure to  your world, which you might find in the Plains  

Biome. I like to think of it as a random encounter  in the sense of Fallout. If you head inside,   you’ll find lots of Horses, one of which you  could tame. But there’s also a Stable Master here,   who’ll trade some different items, with some being  Horse related for your hard earned Bottle Caps.

Valhelsia Structures is another mod which adds  some RPG-like structures. It’s a good addition   to this pack, because it adds some different  ruins, most notably the Castle and Tower   ruins. If you come across the Forge, then you’ll  feel like you’ve stumbled into a Settlers home,  

Who you can trade with or loot their stuff.  Or you can look for the Player House instead,   which makes a great location to call  home as it’s already set up with lots   of supplies and blocks you might need,  including a Perfectly Preserved Pie.

Dogmeat is pretty smart, so we can replicate  that using Doggy Talents. You’ll need to feed a   Dog a Training Treat to get started, which you can  craft. When you interact with a Dog while holding   a Stick, you’ll see this window, where you can  train your dog to do lots of different abilities,  

Like warning you when Creepers are nearby,  being able to catch fish or even increase   the inventory size. In this screen, you  can also change the texture index, which   essentially allows you to change the dog’s breed.  There’s also food bowls, beds, trackers and more.

Don’t forget about RPG-Z. When a creature  dies, its body will be left behind,   which you’ll then have to search to  collect the loot, just like in Fallout. Regrowth adds a few mechanics, with the first  being that animals will eat plants, and fertilize  

Areas to encourage regrowth. But the main feature  that we want is the changes that come to Villages,   which will feel like Settlements. Now,  the Settlers will work on improving their   Settlement. Over time, they’ll fix the roads  to remove obstructions, place down torches  

To prevent mobs spawning and start building  protective walls to keep out any intruders. Weapons wise, I’ve chosen to install the  Guns, Rockets and Atomic Explosions mod.   These aren’t very lore friendly, but it’s better  than nothing. It includes different Snipers,   Rifles, Submachine Guns, Rocket Launchers,  Pistols and Grenades. There is Atomic Bombs  

At least if you’re wanting to create the next  Magaton, and it creates an awesome mushroom   cloud. The guns require ammunition,  and some have scopes, which is useful. I’ve also installed Bountiful. When you go  to a Village, you might find a Bounty Board.  

If you interact with it, then you can see  different tasks, which are similar to Quests.   You’ll be asked to collect certain items,  or kill different mobs to receive rewards,   which could even be Bottle Caps. I think that covers everything.  

I want to showcase a little bit more of  the pack now, to show some of the places   you might discover, or things you might  do. But I hope you enjoyed the video.