Bethesda's Fallout 76 occupies an interesting place within the overall chronology of the series, so let's take a look at what year it's set in.

Another Fallout, another vault. Each iteration of the long-running franchise takes us to a different destination, starting in a differently marked vault. Fallout 76 begins in the titular vault, and its place in the timeline is a significant one.

While Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 send us far back in time, long after World War I, Fallout 76 takes a few steps back in time and looks back at history.

Fallout 76 begins in 2102, just 25 years after the events of The Great War.