Is Fallout London canon? Timeline and more explained

The Fallout London mod is certainly a breath of fresh air in Bethesda's apocalyptic wasteland franchise and will take you to the dystopian ruins of the UK. The devastated world from a nuclear fallout has been one of Bethesda's best creations, but many people wanted to venture beyond the states, and this is where Fallout London comes in, offering a look at how the rest of the world was affected.

As for whether Fallout London is canon, it isn't. This mod project for Fallout 4 is yet to be officially endorsed by Bethesda. But the game does have a place in the timeline, and if the RPG giant does decide to embrace this mod, it may be very well a canon story told in the Fallout universe.

Let's delve deeper into the story and timeline of the mod to see how it can fit into the overarching lore.

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Exploring the timeline and settings for Fallout London

This Fallout 4 mod by Team FOLON finally takes the wasteland explorers to a new loacation, the decimated ruins of London. The game takes place in the year 2237, right between the events of the first two Fallout titles, and 50 years before the Sole Survivor sets his steps in The Commonwealth, kicking off the events of Fallout 4.

Bethesda's Fallout canon doesn't have much information outside of what happened in the US; understandably so as we experience each story through the eyes of American Vault Dwellers. Communication is impossible, so no records of what happened in other nations exist. But Team FOLON took the challenge and told its own story on what happened in London after the nukes were dropped.

Besides providing a journey through the destroyed capital of the UK, the London mod for Fallout 4 has a unique storyline, factions, weapons and armor, etc that delivers a new take on the post-apocalyptic franchise. You will learn how the events unfolded in the UK after the nukes dropped during the Great War, and how civilization prospered in the British Isles.

It is a known fact that the Bethesda modding community is quite massive, but Team FOLON dropped one of the biggest mods for a BGS game that's almost as massive as a DLC. The London mod is definitely one of the most ambitious projects from the community and can pave the way for other modders to finally attempt a large-scale project.