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Blast From The Past

Blast From The Past

Collect 20 Legendary Dwellers

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How to unlock the Blast From The Past achievement in Fallout Shelter - Definitive Guide

For a quick and free way to gain lunchboxes that are needed to unlock legendary characters, you can do the following. NOTE this will only work on Windows 10, not Xbox (because you can't adjust the date, only time zones on Xbox One).

1) Create a new vault
2) Build the minimum power, water and food resources
3) Have however many dwellers you wish inside the vault.
4) Minimise Fallout Shelter window
5) Open the "Adjust Date/Time" Setting in Windows 10
6) Turn off "Set time automatically" and click the change date and time button, adding exactly 7 days to the current date.
7) Alt tab back to the game, it should reload in about 1 second and display a completed daily report.
8) Click to collect all daily rewards including the lunchbox. Click off the report so it closes.
9) Alt tab back to the date time window and enable "Set time automatically"
10) Alt tab back to the game so the in-game time re-adjusts.
11) Alt Tab back to the date time window and repeat from step 6

This should allow you to get infinite lunchboxes, one every 10-20 seconds.

NOTE: Make sure to go back to the automatic date time, if you continue to advance 7 days each time the game seems to crash. Reverting back to the present each time stops this happening.


Update: It has taken me a grand total of 631 lunchboxes to get 20 legendary characters. Imagine how much that would have cost if you'd purchased them...

Edit: One final precaution, only open the lunchboxes when you have the present time set. Do not open them in the past or future. I found when I did this my achievement progress would stop updating. Maybe a coincidence, but I wouldn't risk it.

Welcome to the grind. toast
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231 Comments
Has this been patched? I’m not getting any boxes on pc?
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By HungryNic42 on 18 Oct 2021 02:58
Actually you can set the time on Xbox One. You just have to go offline first. Can the game be played offline?
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By Dexter XBA on 13 Feb 2017 10:11
Good question... I haven't tried playing on Xbox one, just PC. If you find out any more I can update the solution. Thanks
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By British Legends on 13 Feb 2017 10:45
Going to try this on my PC later, good advice. As far as offline in Xbox, I think this game has to be played online.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 13 Feb 2017 14:05
This definitely works. Got 5 legendary dwellers in an hour.
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By TheSpinalClerk on 13 Feb 2017 17:39
Does this crap any Gathering or anything else that's going on in the game
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By DURDENS WRATH on 13 Feb 2017 18:27
This works amazingly, sadly my luck with lunch boxes is not lol. I am 50 boxes in and no dwellers... However this solution is great.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 13 Feb 2017 18:52
Glad it's helping. Not sure why the negative votes. Douchebags being douchebags I guess.
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By British Legends on 13 Feb 2017 19:28
They are the result of people who consider this cheating is all I can think. Personally, I am 100 lunchboxes in, and have two dwellers, one is Lyon lol. So I am good.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 13 Feb 2017 20:36
I'm starting to think pets are rarer than legendary dwellers. From 156 lunchboxes I've gotten 7 legendary dwellers and 2 pets.
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By TheSpinalClerk on 14 Feb 2017 03:08
The calendar trick no longer advances the daily reports. Anyone else seeing this?
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By KooshMoose on 22 Feb 2017 20:50
Works very well.

I recomend that you do it when you have a Mr Handy (collector robot), then build a level with water, meal and electro producing - so the happienes of the dwellers stay on high level.
Also you can train them while doing this (collect training when at actual time) clap
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By DeaconFrost2k on 16 Feb 2017 17:55
@TheSpinalClerk that's because pets come from different boxes :P
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By Ereaser NL on 14 Feb 2017 11:09
I was able to use my current vault by skipping enough days to get my reward, in my case 6, then when resetting time, went ahead 7 at a time.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 14 Feb 2017 15:21
So just to make sure you only time travel one week into the future each time?

Would it work if you stated a fresh vault with a date of five years ago and did the same?
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By DURDENS WRATH on 14 Feb 2017 16:17
Yes + 7 days. As to the five years in the past, I guess it would work... I haven't tried it. There are a number of issues that can occur from messing about with the time. I just kept it as simple as I could. If you find something that worked for you, please comment and I can update the solution.
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By British Legends on 14 Feb 2017 16:20
I can confirm they do not have to be unique.
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By British Legends on 14 Feb 2017 17:06
I guess there's something to opening the lunchboxes in present time then. I might be in a tough place if that's the case.
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By TheSpinalClerk on 14 Feb 2017 17:08
On Xbox what does your achievement percentage say? You'll be able to work out how many the tracker thinks you have from that number.
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By British Legends on 14 Feb 2017 17:10
It's telling me 35%. I hope that's not true cry
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By TheSpinalClerk on 14 Feb 2017 17:15
I had might stuck, not counting a few of mine. Keep trying to get legendary characters, but make sure to open the boxes at the present time. Hopefully it will force it to sync properly...
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By British Legends on 14 Feb 2017 17:22
470 lunchboxes to get it. Happy grind everyone! What a joke.
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By OlivierL57 on 15 Feb 2017 02:37
So do you just keep adding +7 days until lets say 100 lunchboxes. Then i go to the actual real date to open them up and just repeat the process?
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By a Ma N ii aC x on 15 Feb 2017 05:24
Don't know why people down vote this. It may be manipulating the game a bit, but to be honest the game is broken if thy expect you to get 20 of these legendary dwellers at their current drop rate. I have gotten 1 in nearly 100 packs. Without this I would never get this achievement without paying. If they patch this, they better fix the drop rate or lower the requirements!
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By Davis 888 on 15 Feb 2017 08:49
The achievement tracker is also glitched for me, i have 18 unique dwellers and 4 duplicates but my tracker shows 20% progress cry I also have opened all of my lunchboxes on present time
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By MLP Thomaz on 15 Feb 2017 11:39
Yeah I'm afraid I'm unsure what causes it to bug out. I did start this on a fresh vault as my other vault was having issues with tracking the 500 kill during quests. It's definitely buggy.
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By British Legends on 15 Feb 2017 12:57
My "get off my lawn" achievement was also stuck, but apparently it fixed itself, I'm hoping this one does the same thing
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By MLP Thomaz on 15 Feb 2017 13:01
Normally I'd consider this cheating at worst and kind of a cheap get out at best, but in this particular case I will be abusing the hell out of this glitch. I wouldn't even care if it was possible to get legendary dwellers by playing for 100+ hours and putting the effort in, but to lock them completely behind a paywall AND then make the chance of actually getting one pathetically low even if you do pay AND then adding an achievement for getting 20 is frankly just disgusting.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 15 Feb 2017 20:17
Completely agree.
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By British Legends on 15 Feb 2017 20:19
Preach brother! I'm against workarounds for skill-based achievements but this is a blatant cash grab. Not gonna spend more time or money on a mobile app than all the other Fallouts combined laugh
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By Stans on 15 Feb 2017 21:01
My rewards stopped, I can't accept them anymore and don't refresh.
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By Vanek on 16 Feb 2017 03:57
I don't know what I'm doing to mess this up but every time I switch the date the game tries to sync with the cloud and fails. If I play offline or close out the sync page (probably the same as offline play) it plays for a minute or two and then crashes. It also takes my wifi down for a minute.
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By Braiiins on 16 Feb 2017 05:38
My achievement unlocked as I opened the game today, no idea why though laugh
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By MLP Thomaz on 16 Feb 2017 11:41
having the same issue as Braiins, Did they patch it?
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By Davis 888 on 16 Feb 2017 14:37
As long as it's a fresh vault or not your main vault you should be fine. You use your existing vault(s) at your own risk...
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By British Legends on 16 Feb 2017 20:36
I don't have a PC, does anyone know if going offline on the xbox then changing the time does the same thing? I know it was asked earlier but no one really seemed to answer.
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By Owen Poff on 16 Feb 2017 23:09
I'm not sure Owen, I've tried played offline and can confirm you can sometimes play the game for a minute or two before being kicked off. I didn't enter the correct amount of days though for this guide.
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By VivaFavom on 17 Feb 2017 09:28
I gotten at least 6 legendary dwellers like this but my tracker isn't working. Does it take some time to update sometimes?
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By EvieLeaf on 17 Feb 2017 14:30
I'm in the same situation as xpd pielord. Is there anyway to fix that, or force a data sync or something you know of??
P.S. Phenomenal guide!
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By Lavern1usTucker on 17 Feb 2017 17:51
I am curious, does the number of dwellers you have already matter. I have 105 - half of them are level 50 with maxed stats, and i manage to stay at 90-100% happiness but out of the 150 lunch boxes I have opened, i haven't found a legendary dweller. Perhaps less dwellers is better?
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By Kanchanaburi on 18 Feb 2017 01:45
@Lavern1usTucker I'm afraid I don't know how you can force it to sync, some people have reported it just catching up after a few hours/days.

@Kanchanaburi I do not think the number of dwellers influences the characters in my experience. I think it's just purely random.
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By British Legends on 18 Feb 2017 09:17
This make a lot of bugs but it work perfectly.
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By BlackxRyan on 18 Feb 2017 16:41
Is this considered cheating to the point where you could have you XBL profile banned and/or gamerscore reset?
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By Mr Chang 3000 on 18 Feb 2017 18:45
Took me 450 lunch boxes to get it. Good luck.
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By Simm on 18 Feb 2017 21:49
The issue I'm having is that the daily report is stuck on 7 days and won't refresh after the "time until next evaluation". It only works when I change the date to where it last worked. For example, I'd have to go to April 28 for it to continue working for me. Any fix?
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By SwearySean on 19 Feb 2017 11:28
Your vault has aged 1 day in realtime. The first report needs to reflect that by adding 6 days the first time around. This should complete the report, allowing you to start a fresh report and adding 7 days again.
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By British Legends on 19 Feb 2017 12:59
Took me 703 lunchboxes witch took me 3 hours to grind out and about 1.5 hours to open
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By ssippiee on 19 Feb 2017 17:27
Thanks, British Legends. Worked for me.
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By SwearySean on 19 Feb 2017 18:25
I find that TinyTask is super helpful for this.
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By Legendgenesis on 19 Feb 2017 19:46
+1 for an excellent solution. I played through on a vault earning all other achievements but this, and had only 3 out of the required 20, and two came from finishing quests. It took me around 600 boxes to pop this.
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By TriRock on 20 Feb 2017 09:45
Not working for me, can click the caps and they seem to save fine but when I click the lunchbox, nothing gets added to inventory.
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By Roose91 on 20 Feb 2017 12:57
Does anyone know if you can get banned for this?
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By XCaptainMexico on 20 Feb 2017 13:32
^ The guy who completed this first literally gamesaved and hasn't been banned, people share edited minecraft saves all the time and never get banned etc.
I don't see how changing the system date could be worse than that
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By Stans on 20 Feb 2017 13:54
What about xbox one? Is there a way to transfer your file to pc? Are you saying that xboxa one players a basically fucked?
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By DeadGreg84 on 20 Feb 2017 15:35
@Stans Thanks I didn't think I would get banned but my girlfriend was like what happens if they ban you for this. Just thought I'd ask.
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By XCaptainMexico on 20 Feb 2017 15:38
DeadGreg84 it's a play anywhere title, your save will sync to the cloud and be downloaded on the PC and vice versa. I'm saying this solution is targeted at Windows 10 due to the flexibility in manipulating the system date/time.
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By British Legends on 20 Feb 2017 15:41
You have to right click before you open the command prompt, then Run as administrator
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By Stans on 21 Feb 2017 15:47
@DeaconFrost2k, wow thanks you so much, this makes it so much better headspin
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By JACK LAYT0N on 22 Feb 2017 03:13
After opening 147 lunchboxes on my Xbox with 0 as result I gave up on that path. Got all achievements but this one.

Thumbs up for this solution on PC! Took me 545 lunchboxes to unlock.

But, on my Xbox it only said 25 % progress. My solution was to restart the PC, then restart my Xbox. This solved the sync problem.
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By Charlie Lima on 08 Mar 2017 15:40
Great solution, thanks! I did all of the other achievements without time traveling and got a grand total of 1 legendary dweller in 200+ hours of game time and almost a month of calendar time. So you can do the math on how long this achievement would take to do legit without spending buku bucks.
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By Larvi1 on 09 Mar 2017 06:05
Worked perfectly, not sure why this has so many downvotes. Doing it legit is just ridiculous, when the drop rate is around 1 in 30.
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By Lethelia on 10 Mar 2017 16:29
not sure why this isnt working for me. set the time ahead 7 days, switch back and get the happiness screen. click the lunch box but it doesnt get added. click on the coins and some get added other dont.
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By confusedgeek on 11 Mar 2017 16:29
So when playing on PC do achievements not pop up like they do on xbox? Because while I was doing this little trick I managed to finish crafting a theme but I did not get the "More than Handy" achievement for crafting a theme, weapon, and outfit and I've def done all 3 by now.
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By drownedLTspeirs on 23 Feb 2017 02:31
There could be a delay, I unlocked achievements fine on both platform.
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By JACK LAYT0N on 23 Feb 2017 03:38
the only achievements that glitch are the level achievements.
for theme achievements open xbox app on win 10 an klick on the achievement to see the progress, than it should unlock when progress is 100% - but without popup
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By DeaconFrost2k on 23 Feb 2017 07:32
Think this is glitching my achievement count . Got 3 on laptop and never changed on xbox then got another 1 on my reg vault on xbox and still is not moving
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By a banned flask on 24 Feb 2017 19:34
Did everything said in the guide but when changing the date and switching to the game, got the reward board, clicked on the rewards but only the first 3 days counted, not the others and so not the lunchbox. Any idea why?
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By Chalam360 on 24 Feb 2017 20:27
Read through the comments...
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By British Legends on 24 Feb 2017 22:13
As Segendary Ty mentioned, worth to use macro-recording application like Tiny Task. In 3 hours you can generate about 400-450 lunchboxes what is enough to unlock all legendary dwellers (including duplicates).
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By FayMoon on 24 Feb 2017 23:30
This method works really well for getting lunchboxes. Got my last dweller earlier today. Really glad that grind is over.
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By GriZzly GRiP on 25 Feb 2017 07:04
I actually tried to automate the process with Tiny Task but it didnt work out for me, so ended up doing this whole process manually - thanks for @DeaconFrost2k for the cmd prompt info, that helped heaps.

Finally got this today after 528 lunchboxes.
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By GHOST INS1DE on 25 Feb 2017 12:47
Wow, this is genius! Many thanks, I'll definitely try this out.
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By blackdragon#3733 on 25 Feb 2017 20:29
Can you do this offline on the xbox one? I will never be able to get a computer with 64 bit. I've tried everything to make my crappy windows 10 Acer one work ..nothing is working.
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By A Batwoman on 25 Feb 2017 21:27
"Read through the comments..." What an ass answer... I've read them before posting, mind you? But it didn't worked.
I've solved it by adding one day (instead of 7) each time till I get the lunchbox. From then on, back to normal.
Tracker also only counts for one single vault apparently.
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By Chalam360 on 27 Feb 2017 09:15
Well done. At least you sorted it.
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By British Legends on 27 Feb 2017 10:20
This seems to be accumulative across vaults. I got the Legendary weapon and Outfit Achievements and I only have 9 of each in my main vault, and unlocked a lot in my glitched vault.
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By Werey on 27 Feb 2017 19:14
I dont know what I do wrong. I cant collect the daily rewards or the lunchbox. I can see and click them but I dont get anything.
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By a Leppo UwU on 27 Feb 2017 21:42
Wow! I can't even play this on my PC! I'm lackng X64 whatever the heck that is??
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By purplecamel on 27 Feb 2017 22:25
^ I think that means you have a 32-bit version of Win10 installed, and FOS only runs on 64 bit. You can either hope they patch it or reinstall Win10 with 64-bit. Requires a complete system reset though.
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By Stans on 27 Feb 2017 22:39
Anyone with the achievement tracker not counting or stuck, try resetting your computer and loading up the game again, my counter was stuck on 45% for a few days. i had to reset my computer for some reason and next i started up the Xbox the achievement popped.
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By GRUNT708 on 28 Feb 2017 01:02
Does this effect a vault that you aren't currently playing? I really don't want it to mess up my main vault.
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By Zorlac0666 on 28 Feb 2017 10:35
Forget my comment there was a solution for that in the comments. Thanks
@British Legends
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By a Leppo UwU on 28 Feb 2017 10:36
I opened 635 lunch boxes to get 19 legendary dwellers. I got one through quests. Repeats do count. NOTE: I opened another 109 lunch boxes between my 19th and 20th.
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By Kanchanaburi on 01 Mar 2017 03:31
For me the lunchbox trick is not working anymore, Ive tried restarting the game and my laptop. When I change the daily rewards does not pop up at all.

Any tips on how to get it working again?
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By on 01 Mar 2017 16:31
Took me 415 lauchboxes, very well.
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By amazing bluecat on 08 Mar 2017 12:49
not sure why this isnt working for me. set the time ahead 7 days, switch back and get the happiness screen. click the lunch box but it doesnt get added. click on the coins and some get added other dont.
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By confusedgeek on 12 Mar 2017 00:43
@Confusedgeek You need to set it up to the first day of the Happiness screen first before going forward 7 days, make sure the day you go to is actually the Box in the happiness screen.
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By Giftied xI on 16 Mar 2017 15:10
800+ boxes 22 dwellers still no achievement it's block at 80%.
Should I stop and wait to it to unlock or should I continue the grind?

Update: Nevermind I got it. It didnt pop up but I got it
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By NeekFu on 18 Mar 2017 19:36
Idk if someone said this but you can get them from quests..I've gotten sarah lyons and moira brown from quest lines and i know you can get more..
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By on 20 Mar 2017 18:28
Would have been unachievable for me without this solution, and it just takes a few hours with the command line method.
Couple of things to add - it crashed a LOT on my pc, so keep your vault small if you're having issues. I had 8 dwellers, 4 in a power room, 2 each in food & water.
And watch out for daylight savings time. Mine was glitching every 20 boxes or so, turned out it was adding an hour in-game each time. Switched to different dates, problem solved.
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By Al McB on 21 Mar 2017 09:47
I like how the only solution posted here requires cheating. What a scab.
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By SpinalSynopsis on 24 Mar 2017 15:37
SpinalSynopsis the only legitimate solution is to play the game for 100s of hours and earn lunch boxes or pay for them with cash. There's a reason 400 people out 40 thousand have this achievement...
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By DANgerous Mavu on 25 Mar 2017 11:24
Good grief this is a terrible achievement. Great guide tho, thank you! 581 lunchboxes later, here I am.
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By thefrozeneskimo on 25 Mar 2017 23:28
Took me 337 boxes...guess i got lucky. Not sure if it matters but i opened them all on the xbox
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By OneAngelOfDeath on 26 Mar 2017 03:08
If I do this method on a second vault will it mess up my other vault at all? Or will it be fine if I never open the other vault?
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By SkormsGhost on 27 Mar 2017 02:04
I think this was patched. I can gain my rewards up to the third day but when I go to days 4-7, I click the rewards yet I'm not given any of them.
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By ImmaSuperVidel on 29 Mar 2017 15:02
works fine i skip one week and klik the bonus from day one to day 7 (you cant just pick only the lunchbox)
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By Sambaweb on 30 Mar 2017 16:14
Wanted to update saying that it seems to have fixed itself. However, I now need to skip ahead 10 days to get the lunchbox.

Just to confirm in case anyone else has my issue:
I would change the time ahead a whole week and collect the rewards for days 1-7. Once I went to collect the rewards for days 4-7, they would "collect" and unhighlight themselves but they would not actually add onto the caps I had nor did I acquire the lunchbox.
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By ImmaSuperVidel on 30 Mar 2017 18:58
^ I created a new vault today and I keep going ahead 7 days and it works for me. I've opened 20ish so far.

Also my waiting list for dwellers is full, how do I get rid of them? It won't let me open lunchboxes because of this.
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By MutesVPN on 02 Apr 2017 22:55
The first Fallout game that I dislike. Well, it was free.
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By togethawiistand on 08 Apr 2017 05:47
Has anyone complained to the company about the extreme lack of legendary dwellers? Ive opened nearly 200 on just one vault (more on anothee) and not one legendary dweller. Thats ridiculous
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By Card Dreamer on 09 Apr 2017 21:42
This a good example of "catch" they put in a "free" game. For completionists, they'll make them play thousands of hours to get a chance to earn that 1 last achievement. Very unfair and speaks tons about the way the company treats its customers. Even if you decide to buy the lunchboxes, the drop rate is still ridiculous, so you would end up paying more on this "free game" than if you buy a AAA retail.
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By togethawiistand on 10 Apr 2017 20:44
All my remaining achievements (5 total) have now frozen on their respective percentages after using this technique.

I have met the requirements for 2 of them (20 legendary dwellers and all 8 themes) and they still wont unlock

I've tried loading the game on a different laptop and the Xbox one and still nothing.

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?
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By nmanimations on 14 Apr 2017 08:16
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but I thought I would give it a go. When you follow this method, I suggest creating a new vault, but not putting anyone in the vault. Don't build any rooms. Just let the dwellers line up. That way it save time and saves any possible incidents, or maintenance. The dwellers lining up will stay healthy and relatively happy.
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By Dragonata on 15 Apr 2017 02:09
i use the cmd methode on a new vault, works like a charm to collect lunchboxes.
I play on PC and to open them, i install an auto-clicker.
By group of 50, i use 400 lunchboxes, the drop rate seems to be higher.
This type of achievements are awful :(
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By ZyGouNeTte on 17 Apr 2017 13:31
This isn't going to work for me... I played the game since it came out on the Xbox and had 2 legendary dwellers and this was the only achievement to get... so I tried this method, collected 100 boxes and got 0 from them... Has anyone else had such a poor turnaround and gone on to get it?
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By Beatmosh on 19 Apr 2017 01:09
still works, you still need to finish out your week before going a full 7 days ahead.
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By AtomicKing74 on 14 Oct 2021 01:45
Yep. I gave up. It's a big load of BS.
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By togethawiistand on 21 Apr 2017 19:04
@british legends
My achievement is locked... I have more than 10 legendary dwellers and the achievement count locked on 15% =/
Any idea how to make it count again?
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By DKMDrey on 22 Apr 2017 13:35
Thanks! I'll try... that's a stupid achievement.... I played normally until there was no quests to play anymore... so I tried your method lol
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By DKMDrey on 23 Apr 2017 12:19
Tiny Task doesn't seem to work with a Windows 10 for keyboard inputs :(
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By metallicafan459 on 01 May 2017 10:44
I started this method and got two legendary dwellers. I took a break and just tried to do it again, but the lunchbox you get from the weekly reward isn't being saved to my vault. IOW, when I click back to reset the time, the lunchbox disappears from my collection.

Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is it just my vault/game?
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By Fuzzy Bear Hugs on 03 May 2017 01:02
Took 501 lunchboxes but I finally got it. Thanks for the solution. Would not have gotten it otherwise.
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By Viperman84 on 06 May 2017 05:18
It tooks me 5 hours to complete this from the moment I started to the moment the achievement unlocked. I must have gone through about 130 at one point with no legendary dweller. Fucking pisstake this achievement.
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By XiRe x Harvey on 17 May 2017 12:41
I'm so happy. Got it yesterday by following much of the advice posted here.

I can totally recommend picking up an Autoclicker to do this; I was letting the Clicker do the work on my PC while I was playing something else on my Xbox. It may take you a bit to set this up (30 minutes for me) but then you save a lot of time afterwards.
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By LLboxed on 23 May 2017 15:07
this is not trueachievement guide and not grinding, this is a guide for pitifully CHEATING. .l.
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By PUTLERINA on 28 May 2017 17:04
Then don't follow it. Simple.
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By British Legends on 28 May 2017 17:14
I gathered up to 100 and used this auto clicker called The Windows Intel Fastest Mouse Clicker (Google it) for opening the suitcases. Just take a minute to read the help screen. I configured the trigger key to the space bar (32) and trigger key mode as press. The position the mouse over the Unlock here and trigger it. No harm for repetitive movement nor waste you mouse. Just wait untile the Too many dwellers in the waiting line message.
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By CarlosMaestre85 on 30 May 2017 19:06
Did mine with the quest loop someone mentioned (always skipping equip & sell quests). I played for 80+ hours, all the other achievements were in the first 50 or so. only in that time I only managed 6 Legendaries, 2 from quests. first 2 on day one, I wasn't going to do another 360 hours at that rate (1p/20h), so, took me about 367 lunchboxes using this method, even managed to open 50 crates in one sitting for nothing.
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By Mazrael on 18 Jun 2017 00:29
This works perfectly to gain lunchboxes. The problem is, that I've got more than 30 legendaries from now on and also the same amount on a new save, but the achievement tracker is not going up. It stucks at 15%. Same problem with the 10 boss kills. I've done over 100 quests and it stucked at 7 kills -_- Any way to reset the whole tracker???
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By Axwell D on 19 Jun 2017 17:25
Not sure why this solution has so many negative votes, as it worked perfectly for me. I was able to get it in a little over 400 boxes.

Thanks a lot British Legends!
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By DRxROCKSO on 24 Jun 2017 17:36
Finally achieved!
I used @LeiChat's powershell command and autohotkey to automate as much of this as I could. It took 756 lunchboxes.
The other thing is I couldn't get adding 7 days at a time to show up the eval screen so I had to do one day at a time but it just meant leaving my laptop to let the autohotkey do its thing.
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By jamsjordn93 on 08 Jul 2017 08:01
Yeah, I think they recently patched it so that you have to log in every day. When the game came out, I often logged in after 7+ days to find a lunchbox waiting for me, but now I only progress one day at a time.
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By keung on 18 Jul 2017 13:45
I am doing this method at this very moment. My game is fully updated. This HAS NOT been patched.
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By thanatos8285 on 26 Jul 2017 15:15
I stand corrected, then. Maybe the game rolls past the lunchbox if you don't pick it up on the 7th day.
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By keung on 26 Jul 2017 20:14
I set my system clock back to January of 2000, using the PowerShell script and AutoHotKey to automate collecting lunchboxes as much as possible. In the end, I had over 800 lunchboxes. Opened them all. According to the journal, I've unlocked 13 distinct legendary dwellers. I did get some duplicates. According to Xbox Live, my achievement progress is at 90% (18 out of 20).

I could've been playing this game legitimately for nearly 17 YEARS and not get this achievement. There's something wrong if I could theoretically go from being childless to a grandfather before earning this achievement. So to you haters that think this is "cheating", I say: Lighten up, Grandpa.
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By CyberKnight on 02 Aug 2017 14:50
Thanks. Took 394 lunchboxes to get all 20 (another 3 to get 21). +1
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By MaseJ on 13 Aug 2017 12:46
Alright so I started doing this today, it worked for the first 20 or so but then nothing.. I change the date and the rewards don't even move.. what gives?
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By TheBlackDogGR on 19 Aug 2017 13:31
After I while of changing the date back & forth, whenever I started up I would have to go more than 7 days into the future for the daily bonus to register. In the end, it was exactly 14 days to get a lunchbox on restart, then roll it back and continue with weekly advancements.

Also I found doing quests would mess with the daily bonus too, so I wouldn't do quests while grinding boxes. Hope this helps
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By MaseJ on 19 Aug 2017 23:49
Thanks for this guide! Started a new vault, kept it as small as possible and only used the date change to get lunchboxes, no quests or daily challenges etc. Took 470 lunchboxes to get 20 legendary dwellers.
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By CHR0N0WRA1TH on 21 Aug 2017 23:53
Thanks for this. 1752 lunchboxes later and I finally got it. As a side note the achievement didn't give me a notification when i unlocked. I'd advise checking to see if it popped or not after you let your 20th dweller inside the vault.
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By on 04 Oct 2017 22:23
1752?! No one has reported this many. Average seems to be between 400-600. Wonder if you made a typo.
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By togethawiistand on 05 Oct 2017 02:23
This method worked great. Had a little hiccups here and there, but it definitely saved me overall time and money. Took about 400 lunchboxes, but I believed I got over 20 legendary dwellers. I guess it just took awhile for them to register. Thanks.
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By on 29 Oct 2017 21:00
you can use tinitask.
i get one box every 10sec makes this grind fast and easy (2hrs for 720 boxes) and after i finished this i make a task for open the 700 boxes automatic. feel free to add this to your guide if you need further information feel free to ask.

round 600 boxes later achievement poped thx guys :)
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By Sambaweb on 02 Nov 2017 19:37
Sam, can you explain the process of using Tinitask? I think this is the only way I'll ever actually get this.
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By KiRRAYNE on 03 Nov 2017 15:11
Hey here is quick video for the setup with tinytask it is NOT free to share but everybody can use this and if you like you can add this to your solution wave

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wWSj-4CGhPLmBx06UvdGuf86-d...
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By Sambaweb on 09 Nov 2017 20:37
It has been some time that I got this one, but let me shed some light on some issues:
Some people reported that the trick stops working. I had this too. My take on it was to go back to the former date before glitching and pass day by day. Or pass day by day (revisiting the game, of course, at each change) from where you stand or your save file was created. I think it has more to do with 'day of the week' then the exact date.
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By CarlosMaestre85 on 18 Dec 2017 20:43
You should be a legendary dweller. Things up!
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By C64 Mat on 04 Jan 2018 08:11
Thank you to who mentioned tinytask, I got 1200 lunchboxes while I was sleeping (4 each minute) and I should be able to get all the legendary achievements by opening them all.
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By Evc on 06 Feb 2018 14:56
Tiny Task isn't working for me in Win10.
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By ImmaSuperVidel on 07 Feb 2018 20:05
This method was working good for me until the daily quit working. I've given it a week and it still doesn't work.
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By Heretic555666 on 08 Feb 2018 02:05
Just got it. Took me 610 lunchboxes. tinny task didn't worked here to time change but I used for opening the boxes and was already a good help, thanks!
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By Denik Fortes BR on 18 Feb 2018 19:36
Just passed 700 boxes and still shy 4 dwellers.......this sucks......great solution though.
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By Heretic555666 on 18 Feb 2018 23:53
783 boxes
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By Heretic555666 on 22 Feb 2018 01:42
Anyone know if this can be done on multiple Vaults?
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By Law Violation on 22 Feb 2018 12:16
I don't think so Law, my memory is a little patchy on this now but I think it must be completed on a single vault.
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By British Legends on 22 Feb 2018 12:17
Law you just have to add the number of days to your current date/time to fill up the rest of the week. So if you're day 3 of 7, advance 4 days each time. You are only trying to fill the 7 days. If you're at the start of the week then you advance the full 7 days.
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By British Legends on 27 Feb 2018 17:03
558 lunchboxes. F this achievement. Thanks British Legends, you saved me over $300.
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By Moscow Timmy on 07 Apr 2018 16:14
This isn't working for me, the first day gets the cap rewards but clicking days 2-7 doesn't add caps or the lunchbox to my inventory total. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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By KingyOwl on 04 May 2018 19:31
Same here, sort of. For me clicking days 1 and 2 yields caps, but clicking days 3-7 does nothing. I'm afraid they might have patched this method.

However, my theory is that the method may still work if you've received a lunchbox upon logging in.
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By TheSuperstino on 08 May 2018 13:32
Got it using this method yesterday after 370 boxes. Glad I found this and didn’t spend any money.
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By COSMIC SAMURAI on 26 May 2018 05:33
To the guys having issues not getting all their daily rewards using the time skip windows method. You need to advance far enough past the furthest you’ve skipped ahead to previously. For me I would skip from May-July before going back to the present day. When it glitched for me I would have to skip ahead to about September/October before I would get my lunch boxes again. It happened multiple times so I advise nobody skip too far ahead considering Windows likes to crash when skipping multiple months at a time.
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By DadliestGamer on 08 Jun 2018 14:33
If someone could quickly explain Tiny Task to me I'd greatly appreciate..Still haven't figured it out. I set it up like it is in the video but when it runs, it doesn't click anything. Just does mouse movements.
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By ImmaSuperVidel on 10 Jun 2018 22:34
I'm having the same issue as everyone else - only day one and sometimes day two giving me caps, but the other days do nothing.
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By firehazardcs on 24 Jun 2018 17:44
Has anyone recently gotten this glitch to work? I've tried skipping tons. Moving ahead a month. Once I got close and was able to click the caps for 6 days but I can never get the vault box one to go through.
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By SnipedByAGir1 on 27 Aug 2018 03:25
Got this one tonight, having a few nights spend harvesting lunchboxes and opening them. Took me 653 boxes for those 20 dwellers. I did run into a small problem not being able to change my date through the calender but kept changing dates by going in administrative mode in the command prompt and switching date.
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By Lijnloos on 18 Sep 2018 21:06
Does this method still work? The last comments in this thread do say that it's glitched and rewards couldn't be claimed
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By Giincee on 19 Sep 2018 13:15
Kek it would cost you $300 to get this if done legit

Great guide, you've saved us all a lot of money and time my man. Like others are saying, achievements like this are begging to be broken by any means necessary.
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By Xboxoholic on 14 Oct 2018 17:53
Thanks Xboxohilic, weirdly 83 people would disagree though facepalm
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By British Legends on 14 Oct 2018 17:57
This method isn't working for me, after a while the game glitches and i can't receive lunchboxes i will click on it and it will not give me anything. I uninstalled game restarted this method 2 or 3 times each time this glitch occurs.
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By LedDroppings on 01 Dec 2018 12:44
You have to play around with the dates a little bit. Sometimes I had to go 6 or 8 days further rather than 7. Just try it
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By Giincee on 01 Dec 2018 15:00
This worked for me for about 200 lunchboxes, then something has happened and whenever I skip forward a week I can’t click on the rewards :-(

If anyone has encountered similar and got a fix let me know
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By FeedtotheLions on 16 Jan 2019 18:48
Still works, if you already started your week you can skip however many days ahead. Get the lunchbox and then skip 7 days as usual.
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By BxW Nebula on 14 Oct 2021 02:27
If anyone need help with this or want a good start in the game with 999 lunchboxes, you can write me. I have a Windows 10 Computer an have a good methode to grind them legal, with the time change method.
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By coasterflo on 22 Apr 2019 09:50
Superb guide! Only took me 350 lunchboxes! ++++1
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By o0EviIToaster0o on 09 Jul 2019 03:22
How are you guys going back in time to do this? I went back to 1/1/2010 and it wouldn't work for the first few jumps I made. I did a bunch of future jumps but once I hit 4/1/2021 it says it won't connect to Xbox Live. I still need 13 dwellers :(
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By Mike Pitch on 20 Mar 2020 19:18
Just got the achievement using this method. I saw a legendary dweller about 1 in every 25 lunchboxes. Occasionally, the dates would get mixed up where the game wouldn't be on the first day of a week. At those times, I would have to push the computer's clock up less than 7 days to get things back in sync.
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By Kumekerion on 28 Mar 2020 19:31
Glad it still works for you
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By British Legends on 28 Mar 2020 19:45
Jesus. While this is a great trick, I don't know if I want to invest like 4 hours for 1 achievement... even if it is the only achievement left for me. lol
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By Y2Kasper10 on 24 Jun 2020 23:49
still works. had to open 653 lunchboxes roll
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By herbal1st on 14 Jul 2020 08:05
So is there no method for Xbox? I’m only seeing Windows solutions
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By SantanaSteve on 20 Aug 2020 14:01
Not to my knowledge.
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By British Legends on 20 Aug 2020 14:14
It's a "Play Anywhere" game, so your save and achievements would carry over to PC or vice versa. That being said, to get this particular achievement, it's best to play it on PC to make the grind easier.
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By on 20 Aug 2020 22:38
Finally set out for this. I'm starting to wonder if they patched legendary dwellers out of weekly lunch boxes because my luck is just awful lmao. I've opened 150 with not a single one..
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By FultOnion on 16 Oct 2020 14:19
Can confirm this method still works. About 280 lunch boxes opened and 9 more dwellers to go so far
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By FFX Brotherhood on 10 Nov 2020 01:17
what if you dont have a pc?
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By The Camo Scout7 on 05 Feb 2021 04:34
As stated in the solution, this only works on PC as you’re unable to adjust the date on console. So if you don’t have a PC then you can’t use this method.
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By British Legends on 05 Feb 2021 06:49
I think I got lucky with my roles on these. Used this method and only opened 364. Relatively low compared to others I've seen
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By JoeySJ95 on 08 Feb 2021 21:25
I have at least (AT LEAST) 26 currently in my vault and no achievement. I think its luck of the draw whether it bugs out for you or not.
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By Mr Yin 90210 on 06 Apr 2021 17:15
Thanks!! took me 681 lunchboxes to get this x,x
would have cost £284 to buy all those lunchboxes from the store.
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By HyoJung on 05 May 2021 18:49
Still not for Xbox/Console
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By SUR63 on 04 Oct 2021 13:05
Has this been patched? I’m not getting any boxes on pc?
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By HungryNic42 on 13 Oct 2021 03:43
@IX CaptHowdy XI, please share that as I would greatly appreciate it
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By NativeB1ood on 08 Dec 2021 20:35
Nearly 4 years down, 38 legendary dwellers and still no achievement. Broken.
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By Mr Yin 90210 on 09 Dec 2021 15:14
method still works. 411 boxes opened. Just a note, the achievement popped without actually adding the last 2, to the vault. they were waiting in line outside. Duplicates definitely counted for me, I had at least 4.
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By Cuda Chris 72 on 16 Mar 2022 19:07
This guide is a time and money saver. Took me 516 lunchboxes to get 19 legendary dwellers, and got one from a mission. Spent 12 hours grinding lunchboxes while also completing 60 missions for other achievements.
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By Player428058650 on 21 Mar 2022 22:07
Got 2 dwellers from missions, 18 from 434 lunchboxes, took me 7:09 hrs of grinding. Fun fun fun laugh

Thank you for the guide!
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By BagronkeN on 03 May 2022 23:48
Answered my own question (mostly) I am seeing progress on the achievement again. I think there is a possibility it has to all be in one vault (not sure) so if you do what I did and start an entirely new vault to do this and aren't noticing your tracker moving from whatever it was before (mine was at 45% it's FINALLY starting to move again) that could be the cause. Thanks for the guide, hopefully I am in the home stretch
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By LolliZombi on 19 May 2022 04:50
I tried the time skipping method today and couldn't get it to work. Previously I've had success using this method but its seems that they have either fixed this or it's not possible to do this with a windows 11 machine.
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By Haskog on 23 May 2022 20:34
You've gotta love how PS don't have this pain of an achievement/ trophy to do. Bethesda should fix it so it's not so much of a pain or change it to the same as what PS got!
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By darkrealmslord on 07 Aug 2022 23:11
This games version on the Xbox one should have been a little more giving with those damn lunchboxes. Like God this is impossible. Plus I don't have money to just throw away like this. It's quite aggravating.
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By Shortygaming100 on 07 Nov 2022 23:28
Flipping hell, I paid for the 40 lunchboxes as it was on sale, Not a single Legendary Dweller!
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By ElDylto1612 on 13 Mar 2023 03:00
Took me 380 boxes to unlock.
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By Josh Hardman on 05 Jun 2023 15:21
what a crap chievo.... 200 boxes today.... and just 6 legendaries in there.
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By PergamentHades on 15 Aug 2023 20:39
437 total lunchboxes to complete this. I can't imagine doing it legitimately...
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By SeeWaffleRun on 19 Aug 2023 20:00
Can’t you get legendaries from quests and radio?
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By isangtibo on 06 Oct 2023 05:03
Confirmed by devs that Legendary Dwellers are from Lunchboxes only except for the 1 or 2 that are quest rewards
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By UrGrlCame4Me on 10 Oct 2023 09:33
it just works creating a new vault?
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By n0osei on 02 Nov 2023 21:07
Yes. That's literally step #1 smile
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By British Legends on 03 Nov 2023 16:09
Is this only for Windows 10, not 11? I've tried this but the lunchboxes (and daily caps from days 1-6) don't seem to be collecting.
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By XiumPrimordium on 24 Nov 2023 07:35
409 to get the 19 required, got one from a questline.
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By WulfTek on 03 Dec 2023 17:30
I recently saved up 20 boxes and opened all at once.
O legendary.
So frustrating.
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By AshamanND on 01 Feb 2024 02:01
I was getting one legendary dweller around every 20 to 25 boxes I think. As pointed out elsewhere, I can also confirm that duplicates DO seem to count.
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By IntoTheDark7 on 08 Feb 2024 10:20
This took 453 lunchboxes to get the 17 legendary dwellers I needed after getting the 3 from quests. Thank God for the pc version making it easier.
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By Skuller 1O1 on 26 May 2024 18:15
I had that too - try rolling the date back 1 day more than you think, or 1 day less. Or try 14 days instead of 7. I found it finicky to get the bug started, but then once I got one lunchbox I could go back to 7 days and it worked as expected.
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By IntoTheDark7 on 06 Jun 2024 18:36
This doesn't work. When clicking on the daily rewards it doesn't give you them.
Someone help please.

Edit: Does starting a new vault really matter?
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By Taro Korya San on 14 Feb 2017 07:23
Yes because if it's a current vault you've had for more than a day, skipping 7 days probably won't work, you need to skip however may days needed to reach the end of the weekly report.

Example: 3 day old vault, skip 4 days (not 7) this may only be necessary the first time you do it. Just play about with it.
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By British Legends on 14 Feb 2017 08:31
During my time doing this, I noted several occasions in which the little sync window would popup and attempt to synchronise with the cloud. However, I just waited for this to complete (which only would take a few seconds) then I'd carry on.

I would suggest to always play online. When it is messing you up, make sure you're using the current date/time and close the fallout shelter. Leave your PC for 5-10 minutes, hopefully this will force it sync your save with the cloud in the background. Re-open and try the lunchbox grinding again. If it pops up don't click to cancel or close it, simply let it complete. If it fails then try what I said above. Other than that, i'm afraid that's all I can suggest.
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By British Legends on 16 Feb 2017 14:44
If I did this one the Windows 10 version, will this mess with any hidden trackers on my Xbox save (main vault save)? Last thing I want is to reset all my progress because of attempting this. I have half the weapons and outfits right now.
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By Werey on 16 Feb 2017 20:14
I have the same issue as vanek, yesterday worked perfectly but today everytime i go forward a week it brings up the report and can click to get the rewards but it wont actually reward me, i put it a year ahead and it worked once the whole 7 days, wondering if anyones had same issue and how they fixed it?
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By TheWelshHunt on 19 Feb 2017 12:33
Optimized version :D
Make game window smaller, open cmd as admin
then use commands:
date "actual day" [enter]
date "actual day + 7" [enter]

click game window collect all (and let this collect window open)
switch to cmd an use commands again
- now you can use arrow down [enter] arrow down [enter]
and collect (maybe you have to double click or close "collect window"
https://abload.de/img/sheltersxyd7.png
today i used (german date format)
date 20-02-17 [enter]
date 27-02-17 [enter]
"collect"
[down arrow] [enter]
[down arrow] [enter]
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By DeaconFrost2k on 20 Feb 2017 19:57
@KooshMoose, try selecting differents days instead of 7 days ahead. I had the same problem and fixed it by adding 6 days then going back 6 and then 7.

Also all of this is way easier/faster with the command prompt like mentioned above.

Good luck
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By JACK LAYT0N on 23 Feb 2017 00:57
I started doing this method with less than one week to spare in the current month, which made choosing exactly 7 days in the future a bit of a pain since it required choosing options on both the Month and Day dropdowns, plus some scrolling. Eventually I discovered that you can kick things off by choosing exactly 7 days one time, then just change the Month dropdown from then on. In a practical sense that turns out to be even faster than changing the date 7 days, since its one dropdown and no scrolling. (Close other programs if you notice any lag time.)

You'll notice that the evaluation timer jumps around a little bit, since not all months have the same number of days, number of hours, number of minutes. I think that has something to do with ancient Mayan star charts or whatever. You'll notice the timer climbing each time you see the eval screen to collect the lunchboxes. Once it zeroes out, about every 25 or so lunchboxes, you'll notice that when you click on the lunchbox it doesn't collect it. Simply set time automatically then switch off as you've been doing, but advance the time by just one day. You can collect that lunchbox and go back to switching by month.
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By WizardSleeve08 on 23 Feb 2017 15:04
So, I figured out why people's achievement trackers are borked. They won't "catch up" till you actually reach the date you're moving forward to.

And this solution worked. Fucking 80 boxes for the last guy.
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By DURDENS WRATH on 12 Mar 2017 00:35
For you guys having problems with the tracker: Play with the xbox app open, and just to be careful, open the game trough the xbox app. After doing that, i stopped having problems with the tracking, and all achievements unlocked when they should.
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By Maverick Hiro on 20 Mar 2017 00:35
Random is random, I had a dry patch of like 80 then 4 in ~10 packs. Just keep going, it's not like it takes very long to get another 100 anyway! gl
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By Stans on 19 Apr 2017 10:53
I'm afraid not. I had a similar issue (as have most people), which for me solved itself after a period of time. Try loading the game up on the Xbox One, doing some stuff and save and close. Go back to the PC which should force the game save to be downloaded and sync'd. This may or may not trigger the achievements to sync also.

If you haven't already, have a read through some of the other suggestions people have mentioned above. It may provide alternative.
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By British Legends on 22 Apr 2017 13:38
I'm having the same problem as a couple other people in this thread; I change date and get the eval but it doesn't actually let me collect the lunchbox. Is there something I'm doing wrong here? It only lets me collect the coins up to the 3rd day, nothing else actually goes into my inventory.

Edit: I started over again and what seems to screw it up is if you change the date while the eval screen is still up. So 1. Fix date. 2. Add 7 days 3. collect 4. close 5. back to step 1.

Edit 2: took me about 4 hours work. Farmed 500 lunchboxes, got it in about 475. Saved after I got each legendary dweller and it popped immediately as I opened the last lunchbox. Your mileage may vary of course, but saving manually after each legendary ensured my achievement tracker was correct.

Also, you will learn to hate legendary junk.
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By Chucklestyle on 04 Jun 2017 01:01
DRxROCKSO you're welcome! smile
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By British Legends on 24 Jun 2017 17:40
For anyone on PC looking to automate changing the date... if you are comfy using Powershell (running as administrator) this command will add seven days to the current time:

Set-Date -Date (Get-Date).AddDays(7)

You could create a powershell script, save it on your desktop and double click it, or keep the PowerShell window open and use the up arrow key + enter to keep repeating between minimising and maximising the Fallout Shelter window.
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By LeiChat on 03 Jul 2017 21:00
Hi, yesterday I collected 3 Legendary Dwellers but it only counted one. I should be 95% but I'm 85%. What should I do?? thank
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By ox BlackJack xo on 02 Jan 2018 10:10
Not sure I if have the patience to grind this in one go! The only other way I can do this is to wait until the week has reset back to day 1. I did test this mid week but doesn't work.

I may try and see what happens with a new Vault. See if the progress tracker increases.

Will let you know.
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By Law Violation on 27 Feb 2018 16:19
I just got this today with the cmd prompt solution. Worked perfectly.

If you have issues with getting the lunchbox, go ahead 7 days -> click the caps/box -> go back to the current date -> check how many days are left for 7 days and the lunchbox -> add that number of days to the date -> lunchbox should now be available- > go back to current date -> all caps and lunchbox should be ticked -> add 7 days and all should be available time and time again

It is a bit of a fiddle to get it to start, but then it works like a charm.
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By Grousta on 23 Jan 2019 14:43
@HungryNic42, I can confirm this still works. I set up a scrip on my pc that will automate this process for me while I am AFK. By tweaking my script I was able to get like 150+ in about 30-46 minutes. The script is about 15-20 seconds in length. A wise man said work smarter, not harder! If you would like I can post a video to show this still works
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By on 08 Dec 2021 14:30
I have just unlocked this today, but I had some problems with windows 11, MS Store stopped working and had to go back to W10. Anyway it only took me 290 lunchboxes so I feel really lucky. When I finished all the other achievements with my first refuge I only had 4 legendaries, and I thougth it had glitched because I was doing the 7 days accumulative, and started a new refuge, later I realized that it uses to glitch and I had to first advance one day, go back to the present, and then start with the seven days back and forth, but it always recovers at some point.
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By Raddor on 29 May 2022 09:22
The Fallout wiki lists legendary dwellers only appearing on the fifth card and at a rate of 3.8%. I have used a chance calculator (correctly I believe) and it appears there is a 90% chance to get 20 legendary dwellers from 700 lunchboxes. Below are more odds.

Chance to get 20 LD from X lunchboxes without manipulating the boxes by rerolling them:
001.16% from 296
010.09% from 385
025.00% from 444
050.27% from 518
075.18% from 599
085.84% from 650
092.49% from 700
099.99% from 1050

Please remember that odds like this are never guaranteed and there is no such thing as removing the luck (see shiny Pokémon hunting, winning the lottery, etc.). However, constant rolls will eventually remove luck from the equation due to the incredible amount of rolls. Basically, you should be hitting 20 LD with 700 lunchboxes unless you're one of the unlucky 7.5% of players and half of players should be hitting 20 LD at around 500 lunchboxes.

To get the USD cost of the lunchboxes, divide the number of lunchboxes by 2 and add a dollar sign. Please do not spend $525 on 1050 lunchboxes.
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By IronInvoker47 on 31 Aug 2023 04:53
The time changing bug is very inconsistent on my end. Probably my PCs fault since it's old, but maybe every 8/10 times I do it, the lunchbox can't be redeemed on my end. It's gotten me a couple, but most of the time, it shows the lunchbox there and won't let me redeem. If I back out of the daily report thing and open it up again it disappears.
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By REV X SHADOWS on 06 Jun 2024 18:31
Was able to get this achievements just now. Here are some stats for nerds:
Time Played: 124h 54m (7d 11h 20m ish)
Lunchboxes Opened: 790
Average Lunchboxes Opened to Get a Legendary Dweller: 39.5

I played this game for a long time before finishing all other achievements and then grinding this cringe-worthy, cash grab of a dinger. Here are some tips for those running into issues:
1. If you are having syncing issues where the game itself is all like "no we can't sync. Sorry, but just play offline" just close the game and run it on console for a bit. Then save and swap back.
2. If you're having syncing issues where there is a discrepancy between the achievement tracker and the game just wait a few days and it will correct itself.
3. One cause of the issue above is not opening the lunchboxes with the time set automatically. After making sure I was always opening the boxes up after setting the time automatically I had no issues here.
4. Leaving the Daily Report up while switching the time around won't do anything bad.
5. This achievement is stupid.
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By Jazernocsuh on 08 Jun 2021 02:57
I played through one vault for all the achievements that didn't glitch. Then played a second vault just to pop the two that glitched. That just left this cheevo. I don't see playing the game every week for the next 10 years or spending hundreds of dollars on lunchboxes so to those that say this "solution" is cheating - fine, sneer away and enjoy collecting lunch boxes weekly until the mid to late 2020s so you can earn it legitimately and feel good about your ethical stance. Personally, given that I don't believe anybody will be playing this game in 10+ years the only realistic way anyone will get this achievement is by "cheating" or buying it for $200-$300 which even among free-to-play/pay-to-win games is steep.

It took me about 550 lunchboxes to get all 20. Rather than move the clock forward and back alot, I launched the game, set the time back 11 years, created a new vault and didn't even invite the initial dwellers in or build anything. I just minimized, advanced the date, collected rewards, closed reward screen, repeat... Took an hour to get 600+ lunch boxes and enough caps to set up a vault that is pretty close to my end game layout (modulo not having unlocked nuke reactors or nuka cola plants - but everything was in the right place to allow easy upgrades later). Then I set the date to current and started the worse grind of opening them. I automated both steps but it was still a grind since you can only open a few dozen at a time before getting too many dwellers waiting in line. So, I'd open 20-30, collect food & power and evaluate the new dwellers. Once I got to 100 and unlocked nuka cola I stopped keeping the new rare dwellers (just invite them into the vault room then evict them) only keeping legendaries. I'd also periodically sell off everything green and most blues in storage to make room but you can exceed storage limits and not lose stuff so I didn't do it often.

Given how close I got to using all 600 if I were doing it again I would have set my clock back 15-20 years and gotten more like 750-1000 lunchboxes just to make sure I wouldn't have to touch the clock again once I'd opened any boxes / invited any dwellers into the vault.
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By Reron on 04 Jun 2017 15:53
Do you guys wonder why they did that? I mean, besides to try to make people spend real money on it? I mean, we can't be the only ones who did the math. They must've known what they were releasing when they set the achievements. Even when compared to other grindy ones from other games, this is clearly disrespectful. They should've advertised upfront "This game contains 1 achievement that can only be obtained 3 ways, one of which involves changing time and using a script, the other taking many years of grinding and the third... well, you can just pay up.Do you guys wonder why they did that? I mean, besides to try to make people spend real money on it? I mean, we can't be the only ones who did the math. They must've known what they were releasing when they set the achievements. Even when compared to other grindy ones, this is clearly disrespectful. They should advertise upfront "This game contains 1 achievement that can only be obtained 3 ways, one of which involves changing time and using a script, the other taking many years of grinding and the third... well, you can just pay up."
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By togethawiistand on 05 Aug 2017 02:26
This tactic has a tendency to glitch, like in my attempt.

The glitch is. On a certain day (Out of 7) you'll stop receiving your daily reward, it will show you have one available but once clicked it will get activated and you will get no reward.

You could start a new vault but that would be a hassle especially if you've gotten very close to your goal. I discovered a fix so you won't have to go through that.

On one of those 7 days you'll stop receiving your reward .(Ex: I received my reward on day 2 and stopped earning on day 3.) Set you date to present then instead of advancing 7 days, advance only the amount to get to the 7th. (Ex: I advanced 5 days from the present day since I stopped receiving rewards on day 2.)

Once you tab back to the game the rewards window should pop up and hopefully you'll start receiving your rewards like usual as this happened to me. I had to do this twice, when I advanced the 5 days I got my rewards up to day 5 but not 6 and 7, don't fret just use the same tactic but instead just advance 2 days from the present.

Your issue should be fixed and your daily reward collecting should be back to normal, I hope this helps.

Edit: Totally did not see that this was already mentioned up above the comments, I was just adding my experience. This is just a recent assisting comment so new people don't need to scroll through the comments as far.
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By TaurineThunder on 25 Mar 2021 09:24
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This achievement is completely luck based and as such will either come relatively quickly or be one of the last you unlock.
There are 23 legendary dwellers in the game, all of which are characters from the fallout series. While this may make the achievement seem worse, I have James twice and can confirm duplicates do add to your percentage towards this achievement!
As far as getting the legendary dwellers, it is entirely possible to have them show up at your vault door. The chances are incredibly slim, and hard numbers on chance are difficult to come by, but 3 merged radio rooms fully upgraded and staffed with high charisma dwellers will increase the odds. [EDIT] While this was possible in the early days of the mobile version, it is now confirmed that in all current versions of the game the only way to get legendary dwellers is lunchboxes.

The only way of getting legendary dwellers is through lunchboxes. I bought 40 as a test and ended up with 8 legendary dwellers. You may get more and you may get less, but either way youre looking at a fair amount of money if you intend to get this solely through purchasing lunchboxes.
(Note: it seems I got incredibly lucky with my first set of boxes, Ive since opened about 40 more and got no dwellers. While high numbers of legendary boxes are possible, the consensus from comments seems to be around 1 dweller per 20 boxes)
Luckily boxes can also be earned through quests and objectives, so keep hammering at those and hope to get lucky!

As a side note; almost all legendary dwellers come with legendary outfits, weapons or both. The weapons and outfits they carry will add to your percentage for their respective achievements.

EDIT: Sasha has mentioned in the comments that there are at least a few quests where legendary dwellers can join your vault upon completion. With this being the case and the fact you can earn lunchboxes for quests, it would seem if youre willling to spend money on the game then buying nuka cola quantum (for instant travel time) would be more beneficial than buying boxes!

As with many of the other achievements, all 20 dwellers must be in a single vault.
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By Pilotfish35 on 16 Feb 2017 11:38
My bad, forgot they added piper and preston after fallout 4.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 09 Feb 2017 11:12
Max stats level 50 dewllers have a chance of producing a legendary child (6.6%). Just not one of the named legendaries. Would be good to know if they count. If they do this achievement is simple.
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By Arkzein on 09 Feb 2017 13:24
I havent added that to the solution yet because Im not sure whether they count. I have 2 dwellers out in the wasteland levelling at an insane rate so Ill update if I get a legendary kid to spawn and it adds to the total.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 09 Feb 2017 15:27
Also... do doubles count? When someone figures that out, that;ll be good to add.
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By Sashamorning on 09 Feb 2017 18:38
I just got Sarah Lyons as the final bonus during a quest line. Another one had me backing up Star Paladin Cross, but I had no stims and had to abort. So quests are important here, and not just for lunchboxes.
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By Sashamorning on 10 Feb 2017 00:01
Which quests were those?
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 10 Feb 2017 07:07
Anyone know if this can add up across multiple vaults, or if you need all 20 in the same vault?
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By Apple2Forever on 10 Feb 2017 12:02
Good question Apple
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By DeadGreg84 on 10 Feb 2017 16:10
I only have one vault right now so I'm not too sure. If anyone can weigh in it would definitely be good to know.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 10 Feb 2017 17:32
I can confirm you rescue Sara Lyons during a quest called "In Shining Armor" (4/4 in the quest line). This mission is brotherhood related. Once rescued, shes returns to your vault.
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By British Legends on 10 Feb 2017 19:13
It seems like they don't need to be all in the same vault,cus the progress dont go backwards, I am building another vauld and will tru on the quests to see if it go chargung up, if I got lucky as the first time I wont whait so long to get my first legendary Dweller, see ya!
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By GauchoNoiado on 10 Feb 2017 19:16
Preston Garvey is the reward fot the quest "A Settler needs your help", so with Sarah Lyons that makes two legendaries obtained through quests so far. Hopefully there are more of them in later quests, it will take ages to get 20 otherwise...
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By OlivierL57 on 10 Feb 2017 21:43
I am afraid that they must be all in the same vault, I have created another one and the quests and objectives chain does not increased through progress in that vault, even the 4 power armor that I get in the launchboxes does not counted in this vault, but I didnt whait until get another Legendary to know for sure, almos 30h of gameplay and still only 3 legendary, this is gonna be painful!
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By GauchoNoiado on 10 Feb 2017 21:50
I really hope that we don't need 20 unique characters. I have 3 Prestons right now...
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By Sashamorning on 10 Feb 2017 22:42
You shouldn't. My percentage increased after I got James for the second time.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 10 Feb 2017 23:25
If going the Lunchboxes way and wanting to be thifty it might be worth holding off until there is a sale as well. I recall the mobile version regularly had 50% of sales.
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By Arkzein on 11 Feb 2017 15:18
Can confirm you cannot get legendaries born as babies from two max special stat dwellers to count towards this. Also from my experience and from scalping the internet you cannot get legendary dwellers from the radio station. They are only obtainable via lunchboxes and the 1/2 quests
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By Seitzz on 11 Feb 2017 20:18
This achievement is unreal, I opened a set of 40 lunchboxes to try my luck and got not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4,5,6,7,8,9 legendary dwellers.... but 0!!! Ridiculous how they're the only way to get this achievement
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By Seitzz on 11 Feb 2017 23:25
104 lunchboxes opened, still haven't seen a legendary dweller.
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By andhe78 on 12 Feb 2017 01:23
I bought the 40 lunchbox package and got 1 legendary... Not liking this one bit!
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By Ostrowidzki1989 on 12 Feb 2017 07:41
Wow, seems like I got seriously lucky with mine then. May have to edit the solution a bit. Dont want people wasting money thinking they'll get loads if I was just lucky.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 12 Feb 2017 12:09
Check that, 8 fully upgraded radio stations.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 17:28
Im kind of embarrassed about how much money Ive spent in Neverwinter so I see where youre coming from with that. As far as showing up at the vault, it definitley is possible. Problem is, even with maxxed out radio stations and charisma 10 dwellers staffing them it's still EXTREMELY unlikely.
The amount of dwellers you have supposedly affects which legendaries you can get, but that shouldnt matter because Ive definitely had a percentage increase from duplicates. You dont need 20 unique legendaries.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 12 Feb 2017 18:30
Legendary Dwellers do not arrive at your door, they're lunchbox exclusives and just a couple of them available through quests. The only way to complete the achievement is by sinking money through lunchboxes.
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By DMDias on 12 Feb 2017 19:27
Yep. Have 9 stations running, nothing. Tried lunchboxes again, 20:1 ratio.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 19:29
...and check that again. I've had a 20:1 ratio of lunchboxes/legendaries.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 19:36
20:1 is probably close to the truth. I got one in the very first lunchbox I opened and haven't seen another one since, and I'm pretty much done with the game. I guess spending actual money is just necessary at one point or another.
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By OlivierL57 on 12 Feb 2017 19:38
Okay, found a possibility...

If you go offline (on PC), you can open packs. If you don't get anything, uninstall/reinstall the game. You have to be online to play, but your packs will be back in your inventory after the cloud sync.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 19:40
You have to be signed in to play the game though and connected I believe
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By Seitzz on 12 Feb 2017 19:51
No, I can open cards and play as if normal.

However, I've opened 17 lunchboxes 6 times in a row with no legendaries. I had just opened Star Paladin Cross before I did this.

In addition, I've seen many of the same cards. I'm not sure if it's even random.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 20:10
Is there a way to get 2 prestons by quests?
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By GauchoNoiado on 12 Feb 2017 20:19
NO!!! I FIGURED OUT A WAY!!!

Let me test it some more.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 20:34
Please elaborate when you find out, also are you playing on W10 or One? Because if you're talking about Xbone then maybe that's the offline. As far as I remember I tried on W10 playing offline and it wouldn't allow me to play without being signed in
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By Seitzz on 12 Feb 2017 21:49
Damn this is crazy.
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By on 13 Feb 2017 00:12
You can get free lunch boxes by changing your time 7 days forward, you'll get a false progress screen come up (if you've still got the game open) which you close and then reopen it and you'll be able to get free boxes. My clocks are set at Jan 27 2018 already....I've had about 20 or so boxes openned (I miss counted the dates so I lost a few). But there's got to be a better way, I got no lengendaries dwellers out of it...
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By Lycan Nox on 13 Feb 2017 00:12
The 7 days forward method is definitely very efficient, even if it makes the game crash now and then. It is still a grind obviously, but it should do the trick.
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By OlivierL57 on 13 Feb 2017 03:25
Ugh. So far I've had one Legendary Dweller from 40 lunchboxes. I may just have to write this achivement off. Feeling pretty ripped off that they've created such a blatant cash grab within the achievements list of the game. :-(
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By BusyRich on 13 Feb 2017 18:44
Anyone spoken to the people who've got this. Asked them what they did
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By Kahless Clone on 14 Feb 2017 12:48
I currently have three legendary dwellers and my achievement progression only says that I have one. Only me..
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By ikilledbecka on 14 Feb 2017 23:35
@ikilledbecka Same thing is happening to me too.
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By Taro Korya San on 15 Feb 2017 04:06
The Fallout Shelter wiki says that max-stat, max-level dwellers can mate and create legendary children. Not sure what the probabilities are, but seems that's probably the best way once you get all the other achievements.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_dwellers_(Fallout_Shelte...)
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By UnsungGhost on 15 Feb 2017 07:27
Arkzein stated in the first comments that the probability is 6,6%, and it has been confirmed later by Seitzz that these babies do not count.
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By OlivierL57 on 15 Feb 2017 16:23
I have unboxed 108 lunch boxes and I have 0 - that's right ZERO legendary dwellers. I get lots of legendary JUNK, 8 outfits and 6 weapons but no dwellers. I will have to try the having babies thing.
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By Kanchanaburi on 16 Feb 2017 03:33
Let's just hope that having a Legendary dweller baby actually counts towards the achievement.
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By Edweirdd on 16 Feb 2017 09:33
@ Steve Redman: 3 hours for 10 lunchbox?
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By tartarus3 on 17 Feb 2017 12:42
Got this achievement today. It took me 450 lunch boxes to get 20 legendary dwellers.
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By Simm on 18 Feb 2017 21:47
I'm at 15% 3 out 20 dwellers I've played this games for 81hours I have every achievement but this one it will literally take 100 of hours to grind for lunch boxes to get a lucky and pull 17 more and I'm not paying for a achievement or to gamble my odds on getting a legendary dweller so sadly I'm gonna have to quit the game and give up with 1 achievement left..
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By Chaosfed on 21 Feb 2017 11:46
I'm at 15% 3 out 20 dwellers I've played this games for 81hours I have every achievement but this one it will literally take 100 of hours to grind for lunch boxes to get a lucky and pull 17 more and I'm not paying for a achievement or to gamble my odds on getting a legendary dweller so sadly I'm gonna have to quit the game and give up with 1 achievement left..
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By Chaosfed on 21 Feb 2017 11:48
Normally I wouldnt advise this, but this is a bullshit cash grab of an achievement so if you have a windows 10 pc just install the game on there and mess about with your calendar to get the weekly lunchboxes.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 21 Feb 2017 13:26
103 for 2 now. Spent as much as a full game release so after 100 quests I am done here.
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By Pilotfish35 on 21 Feb 2017 20:54
I'm so annoyed. I have a win 10 laptop for work...but they block the app store so I can't d/l the game. I've tried some work arounds and even downloaded the bethesda launcher but there's no way to tell it that it's me unless it gets downloaded through the MS app store :-(
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By My Name Is Fuz on 23 Feb 2017 18:12
I will never get this Achievement, fuck this game
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By Arador on 01 Mar 2017 05:32
I get today a Legendary dweller from a quest so i can confirm this!
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By Sambaweb on 12 Mar 2017 11:34
@Steve Redman: That trick only seems to work to advance dweller movement/room production. It doesn't advance time for the weekly lunchbox. I did it multiple times and that counter never budged. Seems the x1 ways of getting lunch boxes is to either buy them, wait a week, or the rare one from quests. We really get screwed on this.
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By Rhyolitic on 13 Mar 2017 04:52
People must be getting lucky to get a luncboxes to legendary dweller ratio of 20:1. I'm lucky if I average 40:1.
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By hunterIV on 13 Mar 2017 14:02
Ya, just for a lark I bought a pack of 40. Got Star Paladin Cross after opening 37 of them and that was it.
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By Rhyolitic on 14 Mar 2017 07:32
I am also seeing around a rate of 40 packs to 1 dweller...
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By Davis 888 on 15 Mar 2017 18:09
Got Allistair Tenpenny from the very 1st lunchbox I opened then Eulogy Jones not too long after but that's it after 58 lunchboxes so far. I bought a started pack when I 1st started playing but nothing else - the boxes come fairly regularly through quests & objectives though it will still take a long, long time to earn 450+ honestly if the ratio others have seen holds true... And sadly I have to start a new vault and hope that a couple of the earlier achievements that got stuck will unlock on that one. :(
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By Reron on 18 Mar 2017 05:15
I hope they bring out quests to unlock the other Dwellers, not holding my breath though
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By Arador on 19 Mar 2017 07:17
You can get legendary dwellers show up at the door as of 01/03/2017. I have a single radio room with 2 dwellers with full charisma and a legendary dweller showed up. It may be incredibly rare though but i have opened over 200 lunchboxes and the only legendary dweller i have is the one that showed up at my door.
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By The Cipriani on 20 Mar 2017 10:14
Ive heard of more and more quests rewarding legendary dwellers, but without exact names for the quests I don't want to add them to the guide.

I can unfortunately confirm that this achievement (and seemingly nearly all others) is only tracked on progress in one single vault. You need 20 in the same vault.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 22 Mar 2017 21:57
@Marekvit if you go into stats it think its will tell you how many legendary's you have. or you can go into your achievements list and it will give you a percent
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By WotWaPoinMinat on 23 Mar 2017 16:35
Sherlocked4evr that's a really smart way to approach it I might as well start a new Vault and try my luck clap
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By o Mr OutLaw o on 29 Mar 2017 04:28
By the time I finish the other achievements, I'll have to see how I'm doing on Legendary dwellers, but I may just start a new vault and farm lunchboxes to get the dwellers. That may be the most efficient way - basically just look at it as an achievement that needs a separate playthrough.
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By thanatos8285 on 09 Apr 2017 15:16
There is a sale at the moment... Everything in the store is 50% off... I'm not sure how long it will last nor what the reason for that sale is but now you know... wave
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By staR eXistenZ on 10 Apr 2017 04:37
Thought I'd try a set of 40 boxes to see how lucky I'd get with legendary dwellers.
Well out of the 40 lunch boxes I got 1 legendary dweller... Never again!
I hate luck based achievements!
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By mkdfan on 11 Apr 2017 20:19
I bought 2 more packs of 40 lunchboxes during the sale and got 2 Legendaries (Elder Lyons and Jericho). It definitely looks like a 40:1 ratio for the dwellers. I've blown $45 on this game so far and I'm done spending on it. Gonna finish the objectives & theme crafting achievements and I'm calling it quits.
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By Rhyolitic on 14 Apr 2017 08:48
Maybe you should edit the part we're you got 8 legendaries out of 40 lunchboxes, by any chance that is near impossible. I think you mixed up rare (blue) and legendary (yellow/gold) vaultdwellers. And even if you really got 8 legends out of 40 lunchboxes, you got very lucky, and not many gamers like boasting.
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By b0seiju on 16 Apr 2017 07:31
im on 10 percent and ive opened like 50 boxes. fk this achievement
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By AKfoy0face on 19 Apr 2017 20:27
OK, i played this game now for 5 Days and 21 Hours....
Completed all of the other achievements and i have 4 Legendary Dwellers... 20% and i unlocked 45-50 Vault-TEC lunch boxes..cry
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By stuffmixer on 20 Apr 2017 17:36
I've got 3 from quests and 8 from Lunchboxes, bought 80 and only got 5... This achievement is rather annoying
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By NaturallyWacky on 30 Apr 2017 15:47
a note about the children from 2 legendary maxed out dwellers - I did this and produced a child with 47+ stat counts, (after about five attempts) but was just a dweller named after dad (christopher tenpenny). So I am sceptical whether this is possible.
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By yossariano on 02 May 2017 22:19
Looks like duplicates don't count after the last update .. I have 2 Sarah Lyons and Elder Lyons .. only registering 2 of the 20 needed
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By Moody Cogsworth on 04 May 2017 09:46
duplicates dont count now that cant be right
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By bloodlands 666 on 05 May 2017 09:16
I'm not so sure of it. I got today my second Jericho and my achievement progress tracker was on, so I see as He count toward the achievement.

Anyway. I have 9 legendary dweller now and I can confirm, this achievement is suuuuuuuck! I done almost all of the quests, open countles boxes, and I have only 9 of them. It seems I have to spend a smale fortune in real money is I want this achievement done. Or I could play this game in the rest of my life, hoping, that I will find the other 11 legendery dwellers in boxes, waht I can find in quest...
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By Guy The Ace on 05 May 2017 09:47
The fast forward date exploit isn't viable now because they fixed it. (on Win 10 at least).

You can only jump ahead one day at a time no matter how you mod the date.

So this achievement really needs updating with the shopping basket flag. It;s a whopping big basket too. I estimate it would be at least £150 spending on lunchboxes to complete the set after tasks.
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By yossariano on 06 May 2017 08:08
100 hours in and I have 3 out of 20.
Random luck cheevos can gtfo
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By odiedodie on 06 May 2017 09:43
It's worse than random, you pay hard cash to spin the wheel. It sucks balls.
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By yossariano on 06 May 2017 19:52
Close to 100 hours played, 40 boxes opened so far, and the only legendary dweller I've got came from a quest.

This sucks.

I've yet to see hard info about other sources for legendary dwellers that can be considered up to date; everything I can find is old forum posts regarding the mobile versions. I would love to see some official word about how to get these that pertains to the X1/W10 version.
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By Chucklestyle on 08 May 2017 05:32
I honestly think it is better to forget about this for a few months and then check back in once there are more quests and some reliable ways to get Legendaries more easily. I am hoping that one day you can just grind out missions and get this legitimately. I refuse to spend all this time / money for one silly achievement.
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By WithTheDawn on 08 May 2017 12:08
Ok got this achievement this morning after using the 9999 lunchbox hack solution recently posted.

It took 572 lunchboxes for the 20 (3 duplicates counted). That's around 1 dweller out of every 30 boxes for a round figure.

To legitimately unlock, assuming you get 2 from Quests would require circa 540 boxes. You can decide for yourself if that's achievable without spending £230 roll
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By yossariano on 10 May 2017 13:02
The author of this "solution" didn't even unlock it himself, why bother writing this up? The British Legends' solution is the ONLY one real solution for this achievement.
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By XvalgurX on 27 May 2017 15:36
I can confirm that breeding legendary dwellers don't work...
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By I Donpachio I on 31 May 2017 16:01
Just got Three Dog from "Horsemen of the Apocalypse: pt 3 - Run Three Dog, Run!" quest. Lots of quests to do to get to this point though.
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By Chucklestyle on 04 Jun 2017 17:47
Using the 9999 lunchbox save, I spent 542 lunchbox to get 20 (including repeated).
I think this is the worst designed achievement...
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By Xson on 05 Jun 2017 15:10
47 hours in and I have 3. Changing the time on the X1 in the settings definitely help speed up the quests to get the boxes. Regardless, this achievement is awful.
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By Grrrrandall on 08 Jun 2017 20:31
This achievement wouldn't be so bad if you only needed 10. This is a cash grab ploy.
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By SpaceChief17 on 25 Jun 2017 07:16
EDIT: Sasha has mentioned in the comments that there are at least a few quests where legendary dwellers can join your vault upon completion. With this being the case and the fact you can earn lunchboxes for quests, it would seem if youre willling to spend money on the game then buying nuka cola quantum (for instant travel time) would be more beneficial than buying boxes!

This isn't true. Since there's only 4-5 legendaries available through quests you'll still have to get a lot of lunchboxes before reaching the 20th legendary
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By b0seiju on 27 Jun 2017 08:27
So, time swap method doesn't work for me at this moment, any idea how to beat this one without donate?
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By NLA ChaosZxro on 03 Jul 2017 13:23
Has this been patched now or something?
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By Hexa Fox on 13 Jul 2017 07:33
Hope for the best from lunchboxes you find, buy loot boxes or hope more legendary quests are introduced. If the clock exploit has been patched then this is now either a very long or very expensive achievement. Some people get luckier than others. Personally I got my last 5 out of 25ish boxes while they were on sale. On the other hand I've seen people open 80 and get nothing. Realistically if you can't afford to drop money on this game all you can do is keep running quests and hope to find lunchboxes.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 13 Jul 2017 14:20
I am doing this method at this very moment. My game is fully updated. This HAS NOT been patched.
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By thanatos8285 on 26 Jul 2017 15:16
I'm sick of this game crashing, it happens every time I play it. It crashed as I was opening a lunchbox and when starting the game again... surprise surprise the lunchbox is gone. I caved in and bought 40 on sale, received 2 legendaries, only for the tracker to only count one! Patience wearing very thin now angry
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By MagicBullet1985 on 05 Aug 2017 08:54
I see that the drop rate for legendary dwellers is getting worse with lunchboxes. 1 dweller in 80 boxes. Got plenty of outfits and weapons, but I already have those achievements.
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By hunterIV on 05 Aug 2017 13:54
just bought a 40LB and did not get any legendary dwellers, FTG!!!
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By SpaceWrek on 02 Sep 2017 15:13
80 LB, 3 legendary dwellers.
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By Lavindathar on 30 Sep 2017 16:43
I figured out a way to advance the time in your vault and progress a bit towards the weekly lunch box on Xbox one.

Enter in to your vault in the International date line time zone (UTC-12). While in the vault change to Kiritimati Island time zone (UTC+14) Wait about a minute for the game to register the time difference. It will count and give you an extra day toward your weekly progression. Return the main menu and switch back to International date line before entering the vault again. Rinse and repeat. It takes about 5 min per date register but it definitely beats buying these stupid lunchboxes.
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By StoneAgeMachine on 15 Nov 2017 03:50
I have opened 3 Legendary characters out of 97 boxes.... I give up.
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By senor scientist on 15 Nov 2017 23:05
So after putting god knows how much money on those fuking lunch boxes angry and only needing one more legendary dweller my game though it was a good idea on the achievement tracker to stop working I've got 21 legendary dwellers now and the achievement didn't pop can anyone recommend anything to get it fixed before I dicide to pump through the fuking window.
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By BULKI J4CK M I on 18 Nov 2017 12:13
BULKI J4CK M I, just forget it - the only way you'll get it is to start a new Vault and begin anew, that's what I had to do with 2-3 other achievements.
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By Robster80 on 22 Nov 2017 15:45
Does the legendary rate have anything to do with the number of dwellers waiting to get into the vault, extra room in the vault and/or the size of the vault?

I got two legendary dwellers early on and I have been leveling my dwellers stats at 49 dwellers and haven't received any in a long time.
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By Albino Bob 325 on 01 Dec 2017 18:06
389 lunchboxes opened, 11 legendary dwellers. That is an awful ratio. Thankfully the week skip and challenge looping work. So far I've skipped like 3.5 years or something...

Edit: finally got it after 601 lunchboxes opened. Gametime counter says it's been 3h 57mins and that's just for this one achievement...
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By Sipuli91 on 27 Jan 2018 13:08
Probably averaged 1 legendary dweller every 40 lunchboxes. Awful.
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By hunterIV on 04 Feb 2018 04:20
40 lunchboxes, I got 1 legen. dwel., then another 40 but this time I got 3 and finally last 40 I got 4 legen. dwel. so in the end 8 legen. dwel within 120 lnchbx. I always opened 20 then 20 while smashing A through process. Pretty sure it won't help pure RNG but brought me some luck with 2 Tenpenny, 2 Abraham, 2 Amata, Harkness and Jericho. GL!dance
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By Fleshwrither on 09 Mar 2018 09:59
This really is a stupid, money grabbing, time wasting achievement.
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By wizzardSS on 03 Apr 2018 16:26
I recently obtained 2 more legendary dwellers but the game DID NOT register them, My percentage is now stuck. any suggestions.
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By oHIGHxINxAxBOXo on 07 May 2018 03:04
This game is just about to come out on PS4(appeared on trophy sites) and they've taken this trophy out, how lucky are we? Its the only 1 I don't have here. Be easy plat on PS if can be bothered to do it again. Thats some evil tho isn't it, they must have realized it evil but not doing anything about it for Xbox users.
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By Zanarkand99 on 09 Jun 2018 04:58
Just finished the achievement. Took over 500 hours and 402 lunch boxes.
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By Oki Gator on 09 Jun 2018 09:14
Finished all quests, I got 15+ max stat dwellers roaming the wasteland turning up an occasional lunchbox but mostly useless caps, junk, weapons or outfits. This achievement sucks donkey balls in hell ...
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By MastaGus on 03 Jul 2018 09:00
It might be worth a mention to keep a eye on the Fallout Twitter account. On American Holidays. They make lunchboxes 50% off or more. So I may have had to drop £32 today but I got 160 lunchboxes and 8 Dwellers out of them. So now I wait until the Halloween event or Christmas to splurge again.
I think last Christmas, they did something ridiculous like 80% off lunchboxes
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By A Big Radroach on 05 Jul 2018 11:45
I did the time-change method and got 4 out of quests... used 455 lunchboxes to get to achievement... SO happy finally the fallout completion ( no wait untill 76 comes out )
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By Lassiedelikker on 19 Jul 2018 22:27
I bought 40 lunchboxes on sale at Halloween, and got 5 dwellers from them, bringing me up to 9 total. But I was impressed with the number comparative to what I've seen with others. And usually, my RNG is awful.

Shame buying boxes is the way to (hopefully) shorten this instead of grinding boxes otherwise.
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By MrNoLuckFox on 31 Oct 2018 19:36
just wanted to stop in to report on my experience. i opened a total of 397 lunchboxes, completed all of the questions that give you a legendary dweller as a reward, and i bought that one-time $5 special purchase that guarantees a legendary. time to walk away from this game forever. just in time for 76.
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By evanarmagast on 09 Nov 2018 21:35
Either my luck has changed or there has been some updates to the drop rates of legendary dwellers.

273 lunchboxes and I got the 20 dwellers.

The thing is. I probably got 12-15 of them in the past 3 months or so from roughly 150 boxes as I started picking this game back up again.

Either way. Still a pain. Good luck. God speed. Time to move on for myself.
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By MrNoLuckFox on 15 Nov 2018 18:14
Just bought 40 lunchboxes on sale for $10. Wanna guess how many legendary dwellers I got? 1. Uno. Thats it. I feel dirty and used. Hate this acheievement 🤬🤢💩
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By Sixftunder on 21 Nov 2018 21:51
It took me 519 lunchboxes to get 17 legendary dwellers. The other 3 I got from quests.

This places the rate at 1 dweller per 30 lunchboxes for me.

If I bought them all, this would have cost £200ish.

My advice: don't give them a penny, and don't even bother trying to do this legit. Lunchboxes are too few and far between to be able to do this in any reasonable time frame.
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By Xboxoholic on 01 Jan 2019 02:01
I tried this achievement with the hacked save.I couldn't stand doing the glitch with the time.The problem is that the achievement is stuck at 70%. although i have 24 legendary dewelrs inside my vault.Can anyone help me?
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By PorkrustisGR on 15 Jan 2019 19:12
Just got it yesterday,playing from day 1,daily,weekly quest each day,and 6 dwellers roaming the wasteland all the time,330 hours,291 lunchboxes opened,most legendary drops from weekly quest,good luckwave
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By Mosquito hr on 09 Apr 2019 12:58
If anyone need help with this or want a good start in the game with 999 lunchboxes, you can write me. I have a Windows 10 Computer an have a good methode to grind them legal, with the time change method.
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By coasterflo on 22 Apr 2019 09:49
I just go a Legendary baby :)
so i guess this will speed up the process

EDIT: I just passed 20 legendary dwellers. But no achievement.
Legendary babies dont count :(
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By Moelhede42 on 19 Aug 2019 09:13
I absolutely loath this achievement. The drop rate is abysmal.
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By James12183 on 30 Oct 2019 22:02
opened over 300 lunchboxes only have 8
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By TendedFatback on 29 Mar 2020 22:39
A bunch of fails on the glitches and 682 lunchboxes later popped right before I got to the card!headspin
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By IRL Games X on 04 May 2020 18:08
Today I got with long ways, and this achievement is cumulative.
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By mamaani on 06 Jun 2020 07:56
I'm just here to say: "You bought 40 lunchboxes??? That's $200 isn't it" ??
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By Y2Kasper10 on 11 Jun 2020 21:53
I finally popped the achievement today, not sure if the odds have changed but I got 10 legendaries opening about 180 boxes, making sure to save the game each time. Used mostly Microsoft Rewards points to get credit to buy the majority of boxes so didn't feel like I'd spent a fortune
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By MagicBullet1985 on 14 Jun 2020 08:39
@MagicBullet1985: You can use Microsoft Reward points to buy Lunchboxes? Okay, I should do that.

On my iPhone I have 75 freemium-earned boxes and at least 4 Legendary dwellers.. too bad I can't sync that up to Xbox somehow. headspin
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By ALoneWolf42 on 17 Jun 2020 17:42
Yes, I used my reward points to buy Microsoft gift cards, which were on offer too, bonus!
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By MagicBullet1985 on 23 Jun 2020 17:27
@MagicBullet1985: How often do Microsoft gift cards go on sale?

Today it's 4,800 points for $5 card (not on sale). And in Fallout Shelter it's $13 or 40 lunchboxes (it's on sale).
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By ALoneWolf42 on 17 Aug 2020 02:01
I think MS gift cards go on sale every couple of months, doesn't seem to happen that often. Good luck!
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By MagicBullet1985 on 23 Aug 2020 21:24
I must be so unlucky. I've opened 501 and have gotten a whopping 11 Legendary dwellers. God, the thought of spending another 4 hours to get another 500 is not enjoyable. I super low probability random grinds like this.
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By ALollz on 20 May 2021 14:24
I'll just throw this out there... I bought two packs of lunchboxes and was seeing very little return. Buying some may help get you partway there, but continuing to buy them won't help, and there are better ways to make money, ie the clock trick in leveling up dwellers so they can venture out.

Bottom line, don't expect lunchboxes to get anyone to 20.
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By Sashamorning on 09 Feb 2017 18:38
Okay, Im going to post this in the comments because Im out right now and Im hoping someone in the community will be able to test this sooner than I can.

I just remembered a lunchbox exploit that worked on mobile but Im unsure if it still works. The idea is as follows:
- Start a new vault
- Play normally until you get the challenges "equip an outfit on a dweller" and "sell an outfit"
- NEVER COMPLETE THESE CHALLENGES.

On mobile the game would then get stuck in an infite cycle of giving you the same 3 very easy challenges in the final spare objective slot, all of which can be completed very fast and one of which awards a lunchbox, effectively allowing you to farm them forever. If someone could test whether this still works on the xbox one version Id be very grateful.
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By Pra1s3Th3Sun on 11 Feb 2017 22:14
I'm going to just throw this out, because I'm a sucker.

I'm averaging 10:1 lunchboxes/legendaries. I'm embarrassed to say how much I've spent.

I've got 6 radio stations each with 6 characters with full stats. Drawing in dwellers, but not legendaries. My vault has 180+ people, because there's a theory that more legendaries only show up with more dwellers.

I have 15 so far, including the 2 from missions. I think that the only way is lunchboxes. Ridiculous.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Feb 2017 17:20
I'm pretty sure this is not right -->

As far as getting the legendary dwellers, it is entirely possible to have them show up at your vault door. The chances are incredibly slim, and hard numbers on chance are difficult to come by, but 3 merged radio rooms fully upgraded and staffed with high charisma dwellers will increase the odds.

Legendaries are Lunchbox only, rare dwellers will come at your vault every once in a while. I've got an Android vault which is running neatly (a 100 person optimal vault, used for optimized questing and scavenging the wasteland), and equipped with 4 single and 4 double room radioshacks, never had a single legendary.
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By b0seiju on 13 Feb 2017 13:52
I have 3 so far:

Piper - can't recall how but got her really early
Sarah Lyons - found her in one of the shacks you randomly get to enter while a dweller is out exploring. Instead of bad guys there she was and after a short conversation joined me
Harkness - this guy was in a lunchbox
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By tibor b on 16 Feb 2017 16:01
Sherlocked4evr that's a really smart way to approach it I might as well start a new Vault and try my luck clap
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By o Mr OutLaw o on 29 Mar 2017 04:15
Achievement not yet won :\ but the guy who got it with a very valid method gets all the downvotes for an exploit? Distasteful
Anyway (constructive) you should strikethrough the part about lunchboxes being the only method even though you edited later on saying that quests can give Legendary chars. Sarah Lyons is one that you may get through a quest.
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By Netechma on 14 Apr 2017 15:53
There was a recent update that added a couple quest lines and the 40 packs discounted to $10. Thought I'd try my luck with a 40 pack hoping maybe the drop rate would be better too... got 8 rare settlers but not a single legendary. Anger.
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By PHATFree86 on 26 May 2017 19:25
"In Shining Armour" (for Sarah Lyons) is the final quest of the "Climbing the Ranks" quest line. Your dweller(s) need to be level 35+ and weapons level 12+.

The first quest (for Preston) in the "A Settler Needs Your Help" quest line is called "Following His First Steps"
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By LeiChat on 07 Jun 2017 17:53
I appear to have been luckier than most. I bought 40 lunchboxes during the sale (about £5) and managed to get 3 legendary dwellers. I'm up to 8 now, 7 unique.

EDIT: I've just completed the quest "Run, Three Dog, Run!" which is quest 3/6 of "Horseman of the Post-Apocalypse Part 3". I already had Three Dog from a lunch box. When he returned to the vault my progress went up by one.

EDIT: Just received Amata in a weekly lunchbox on a second vault and my progress in the Xbox app has not increased. She arrived in a vault suit with a Lone Wanderer pistol.
EDIT: Just received another Amata in a weekly lunchbox, this time on my main vault and the progress has increased in the Xbox app this time.
EDIT: Completed the Sarah Lyons quest on second vault and no progress in achievement tracker.
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By LeiChat on 30 Jun 2017 07:49
Final tally:

I got Sarah Lyons and Preston Garvey and Three Dog in quests, I got Elder Lyons in the Starter Set, and the rest were in lunchboxes I earned on Quests/Objectives or paid money during a sale (Eulogy Jones, Piper, Old Longfellow, Star Paladin Cross, Jericho, Abraham Washington, Lucas Simms, Doctor Li, Colonel Autumn, Harkness, two of Scribe Rothchild, and two more of Sarah Lyons and Preston Garvey each). That's my 20...

Really, REALLY hate this achievement!
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By Robster80 on 22 Nov 2017 15:52
This achievement is the worst. Every other achievement in this game can be gained by grinding. This one would be semi-reasonable if legendary children counted, or if maxing out all of a Dweller's stats made them count, or if there were chances to encounter all necessary legendary characters on quests, or even if you could buy lunchboxes with caps--either way it would take a while but it would be possible with time and patience. Instead there's this garbage. I've put 240 hours on Steam into this game (many of which while I was multitasking, but still), and I'm only halfway to finishing this achievement.
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By TheVampireWaltz on 18 Feb 2019 08:46
Edit: Vault is perfect.

Legendries can be duplicated.I have 5 Piper's lol

The legendary rate is higher than last time I played. Just keep at it. Will take awhile. Got one to two legendary(s) from 10 - 20 - 40 box ratio.

Most of the time it was one every 20 boxes. I think you get around 20-40 boxes every hour. Time spent watching movies and going on youtube to keep you from boredom while going for this. Don't focus on vault just keep doing the dates. But if you are like me and want a perfect vault than try both but will take way too long to do.
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By A Batwoman on 26 Feb 2019 10:20
Finally got this one done. Just for those interested in some stats:

Total Opened: 555
Quantum Drops: 291
Legendary Crafting Items Dropped: 227
Legendary Outfits Dropped: 67
Legendary Weapons Dropped: 46
Legendary Characters Dropped: 20

After doing the math it seems that I was getting roughly a 4% drop rate for legendary characters, although at the beginning it was more like 3% (So 3 per ONE-HUNDRED boxes). Definitely the worst achievement in the Fallout seriesangry
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By The S bot 9000 on 25 Jul 2020 01:54
Ok so I finally got the achievement I did discover when you start your vault if you do not sell a weapon, send a settler out, equip a weapon, or sell or equip weapon missions and instead delete them the quest will recycle and you can get additional lunchboxes it will just have you level a player, get 50 water for lunchboxes and occasionally you get 50 food for 25 bottle caps but you will have to skip the clothes and weapons missions and if you accidentally fill the mission just use the quantum to skip it I used this strategy with the time skip to help make it faster. ^_^ Also if you get through the day and want to do the cheat time thing all you have to do is set the date one day in advance then go back to set time automatically and do this until you get through the week remember just the next day so for me it would be 3/27 then I would go to to 3/28 then 3/27 then 3/28 again and again until the lunch box appears then you can do the old strategy of going a week again ^_^ good luck out there getting the achievement
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By Sherlocked4evr on 28 Mar 2017 02:13
In case anyone is looking for a good way to get lunch boxes you can use this exploit

1) from the main menu select settings then system from the left hand side then time. Click on time zone and place it on (UTC - 12:00) International Date Line West

2) Load your game and when your vault appears press your home button

3) go back into the time zone (see above) and scroll down to UTC +14:00)Kiritimati Island your screen will go black in a minute or two and this will advance your game 24 hours or so. This is useful to get dwellers to their location(s), speed up training and just advance days towards the 7 day streak lunchbox.

*Note after I do this exploit I just quit out of my game and change the time back to the first one and rinse and repeat *
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By Steve Redman on 17 Feb 2017 03:26
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This guide is to compile scattered information into a more descriptive guide.
I sincerely recommend reading through the 'common questions/answers' section pronto!
This guide will be in two sections:
1) How to obtain Legendary Dwellers
- 1.1 The 'Freebie' Dweller
- 1.2 Quests: Which?
- 1.3 Lunchbox Method (Credit to British Legends)

- Update: Picture of all Legendary Dwellers + Names -

2) Common Questions/Answers
- 2.1 Do duplicates count?
- 2.2 My Lunchbox Method isn't working?
- 2.3 Have I glitched my achievement?
- 2.4 Can you get Legendary Dwellers from the Radio Station?
- 2.5 What about the Piper-Quest?


1) How to get Legendary Dwellers

1.1 - The Freebie Dweller
To begin with - http://imgur.com/a/daeix - , when you begin you may buy a 'starter pack'. It does cost real money but does include a legendary dweller for a relatively low price. It's not required, I didn't, you don't have to, but this is your time/money graph not mine.

1.2 - Quests
There are three legendary dwellers to be gotten from quests:
1) Three Dog - Horseman of the Post-Apocalypse Part 3 - Quest 3/6
Has been reported that some people have had the opportunity a bit later in the
quest-line than this, but he *will* be in this quest-line unless you turn him down.

2) Preston Garvey - A Settler Needs your Help! - Quest 5/5
Just remember to *accept* him into the vault at the end.
3) Sarah Lyons - Climbing the Ranks - Quest 4/4
Same as above.

1.3 - The Lunchbox Method (Windows 10 only)
This method is the method of the previous guide from 'British Legends', I give him full credit and recommend you read his guide for this part, but if not here's a brief summary.

Firstly, if you weren't aware you get a free Lunchbox once a week from your objectives interface (the thing that pops up when you enter the game each day).

While you're in-game: go into your time & language settings (sub-part of your general computer settings), then date & time, then turn your 'set time automatically' setting off, change the date to 7 days ahead, collect lunchbox and open the lunchbox before you change the settings back. Then, turn on the auto-update feature, turn off again and repeat. Here's a picture! http://imgur.com/a/JX0Yw

It does take a while, yet this is by far the quickest method.
It took me 492 Lunchboxes after getting the 3-quest dwellers: http://imgur.com/a/VAMbQ

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Update: Here's a pic of all the Legendary Dwellers:
http://imgur.com/a/kSQTd

And their names, in alphabetical order:
Abraham Washington, Allistair Tenpenny, Amata, Bittercup, Butch, Colonel Autumn, Confessor Cromwell, Dr. Li, Elder Lyons, Eulogy Jones, Harkness, James, Jericho, Lucas Simms, Moira Brown, Mr. Burke, Preston Garvey, Sarah Lyons, Scribe Rothchild, Star-Paladin Cross & Three-Dog.
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2) Common Questions/Answers

2.1 - Do Duplicate Dwellers count?
Yes. Here's a screenshot of my duplicates after getting my achievement:
http://imgur.com/a/vsrnw
Moira is highlighted to prove it's her as she got pregnant before I snapped the pic'.

2.2 - My Lunchbox method isn't working... why?
The most common problem is that you are part of the way into your week and have set it 7 days in the future, which does not equal a lunchbox.
Turn your auto-set time back on to the correct time, then go into your objectives and check your current progress into the week; then set the time ahead however many days you need to get to the lunchbox.
THEN after that FIRST 'fix', set it 7 days ahead until your done your lunchbox boosting.

2.3 - Is my achievement glitched?
If you've been opening lunchboxes on a different day than you acquired them, possibly yes.
By this I mean, opening doing the time/date trick, obtaining the lunchbox but then switching back to the correct time before you open it.
This doesn't glitch it for certain, but it has been reported to.

2.4 - Can I get Legendary Dwellers from my Radio Station?

No. This has been confirmed by developers, it was possible for a short time but not now.

2.5 - I heard about a Legendary-Quest for Piper?
Yes, you did. However, this is an exclusive for the Apple version.
I know, upsetting. But we have the time/date method and they don't.

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I hope this guide has been helpful! If you have any negative critique or ways I can update this to be more helpful, feel free to inbox me!
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Hi. Your solution so far is the most elaborate but none so far includes the name of these Legendary Dwellers. So here's a link with their names and what gear comes with them.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/fallout-shelter/Legendary_Dwellers

Please include their names and gear as well in your solution. Good job!
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By Dacius Decium on 19 Aug 2017 04:33
Piper and Old Longfellow are now in the PC version as well. Wikia has the updated list: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Shelter_characters.
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By Tyger on 27 Aug 2017 14:12
This finally popped for me today. I had a bad molerat outbreak and I didn't revive many dwellers right away, not realizing that they permanently die after a time. I lost 3 legendary dwellers. However, the achievement popped even though I didn't have 20 total legendary in my vault at the same time. I had also altered Bittercup's name, but that apparently didn't affect the cheevo, either. So it looks as though you need to have had 20 legendary dwellers in the vault, but they don't have to all be there at the end.
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By Tyger on 27 Aug 2017 19:36
Hey, I'm wondering about the time change part for lunchboxes. You suggest opening them right when you get them after changing it 7 days ahead before changing it back with the auto time set.

The original guide for this says:
"Edit: One final precaution, only open the lunchboxes when you have the present time set. Do not open them in the past or future. I found when I did this my achievement progress would stop updating. May be a coincidence, but I wouldn't risk it."

So, which one is it? I know there's been issues with the tracker not updating so I just wanted to clarify. Thanks!
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By ProjectSix on 09 Sep 2017 22:50
Your 2.2 paragraph fixed my problem. Thanks for clarifying that. Now I just need to do it another 400 times.
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By Moscow Timmy on 15 Oct 2017 20:13
Unlocked this 13th Feb 2018, took 591 lunchboxes to get 18 legendary dwellers (I got Sarah Lyons and Preston Garvey from quests, but for some reason I didn't get Three Dog in the quest line mentioned. I opened all lunchboxes with the present time set, and got five duplicates, neither of which caused any issue with the progress tracker.
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By CitrineWorm138 on 13 Feb 2018 04:00
Hey guys! I'm glad to see the guide is helping so many people and so many achievements are unlocking smile!!

Just an update comment to let you all know that I still regularly check this guide and if there are any questions or suggestions for improvement; please feel free to message me!
Good luck on those lunchboxes smile
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By Achieve all day on 21 Apr 2018 00:42
Three Dog is available in Horseman of the Post-Apocalypse Part 3.
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By Tupper29 on 20 May 2018 09:34
Thanks @Tupper29, updated :D!
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By Achieve all day on 21 May 2018 01:47
6 Days and 2 hours of gameplay and still I only manage to collect 4 Legendary Dwellers; this is insane.
Is only missing 2 last achievements, after getting the other I will use the " Lunchbox Method from British Legends"
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By Elcio the racer on 23 Aug 2018 14:25
@Elcio the racer
I sympathise, I watched 5-6 movies whilst doing this. Sadly, it is the fastest method by far.
Good luck! Let me know if you have any confusion.
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By Achieve all day on 23 Aug 2018 21:09
I finally got it. stuck at 19/20 legends for over 120 boxes. So glad to be done with this and my system clock will stop being abused.
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By TonySki on 03 Jan 2019 17:28
This isn't popping for me unfortunately :/ I have 23 legendary dwellers alive and in the vault. first 14 were gained "legit". Used the lunchbox method above for the rest. Any ideas on why it might not be unlocking?
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By NONEsoJIVE on 08 Jan 2019 19:09
After some time in the game i kept track of my statistic and this is the summary:
I currently have 21 Legendary dwellers obtained this way

- 1 from the welcome vault tec box
- 1 gained through quest (Sarah Lyons - Quest: Climbing ranks)
- 19 gained through lunchboxes (here i show you which "numbers" of lunchbox gifted me a legendary dweller... i think it is important because it let everyone understand how often you can get one!)

Lunchboxes: 302-325-352-382-406-407-413 (These were my last 7 boxes that gifted me a legendary dwellers, i haven't kept track of the previous ones...)

Moreover another important point is that if you want Preston Garvey's quest to unlock you must first complete the "Vaultopolis" quest and "A Wasteland tail" quest (the Bigsby dog quest just to be clear, i say this because it has a very different translation in my language)
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By x DiS7uRbeD on 16 Apr 2020 08:41
@MagicBullet1985: Oh wow, 5200 points for a $5 gift card..

Normally I wouldn't complain about grinding, but I've done some of the daily tasks and it didn't track them: Daily Poll, Browser Bonus Quiz, Microsoft Quiz, Rewards Challenge. Also it didn't track Add Bing as mobile search engine, or add Browser extension either.

I earned 720 points today but only got 90. Cummon Microsoft! I tried each broken one a few times, it still won't work.

EDIT: Figured it out at about 1am. You need to sign in to Google Bing as well as be signed in on the Microsoft Rewards site. facepalm I feel silly, but there's not really any instructions saying to do that either.
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By ALoneWolf42 on 17 Jul 2020 23:39
For future commenters, I reply to all comments in Private-Message to keep possibility of commenting back and forth down. I reply to every comment, I'd appreciate not down-voting for not seeing a reply to questions in the comments in the comments.

Thank you, feel free to PM me any questions!
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By Achieve all day on 30 Oct 2017 08:06
Hey, I'm wondering about the time change part for lunchboxes. You suggest opening them right when you get them after changing it 7 days ahead before changing it back with the auto time set.

The original guide for this says:
"Edit: One final precaution, only open the lunchboxes when you have the present time set. Do not open them in the past or future. I found when I did this my achievement progress would stop updating. May be a coincidence, but I wouldn't risk it."

So, which one is it? I know there's been issues with the tracker not updating so I just wanted to clarify. Thanks!

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I’d like to know the same thing. Can the solution poster please respond to this question. Many thanks

EDIT: the op responded to me via pm, and what he has said is to open them when you receive them, before you reset the date to automatic
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By Skinstakovic on 30 Oct 2017 13:35
@CobraCommand3r1
There is a myriad of glitches that are frequently reported about this game, the odds of this being glitched for you for any of a hundred potential things you may have done are high.

However, I will tell you what I can about human error. If you have mistimed some of your box openings as described in the guide when performing the lunchbox method it is highly probable that some of your dwellers haven't 'counted'. If this is the case, there are a few possible outcomes.
1) Fully restarting the game may cause your game to acknowledge your achievement completion at your game's next weekly reset.
2) Unlocking another legendary character (either legitimately or the lunchbox method) may force a character recount.
3) The game is honestly just awful at unlocking achievements, it is possible that this issue will rectify itself with time; many of my achievements (that were even unlocked pre-lunchbox method) took anywhere from a few hours to several days to pop).
4) It is sadly possible your game is in a permanently broken state regarding this achievement, it has happened and that will be up to you to determine when you begin to consider this possibility as the most likely one and will likely have to start a new game.

Again, this game has far, far to many glitches and it is highly probable you have encountered one. If I can help in any other way, please let me know.
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By Achieve all day on 11 Jan 2019 01:21
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You probably wont get this achievement without spending any money or cheating unless you are a very very dedicated person, I have opened over 150 lunchboxes now and only have 9 legendary dwellers getting 1 from the quest lines. Remember that duplicates do count towards the achievement. There is a way to forward time on your pc , it wont work on phones or consoles. Here is a video showing how to get unlimited lunchboxes.
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07 Mar 2018 19:36

As a small addition to all the other solutions already mentioned, I would like to share my experience with you.

First of all, you should know that I used the method where you adjust the date on the computer. If you don't know how this works in detail, take a look at the solution of British Legends.

This is what I found:
  • I farmed around 200 lunchboxes at once.
  • Legendary dwellers I got from it: 4
  • Then I started to "cheat" only ten lunchboxes at once and the drop rate was significantly higher. Unfortunately, I can't say exactly how high, but I got a legendary dweller all 20 boxes. Sometimes 2.


Unfortunately, I don't know if it was a coincidence that I got the achievement with only about 350 lunchboxes opened. I also think it's worth mentioning that it's true that you have all 20 in a single vault, you don't need to own 20 at once.
As I said before... I don't know if I was lucky, but if my solution doesn't help you please write me or show me an excessively bad rating and I delete the solution again cry

I just thought it wouldn't be wrong to share this information with you.


If you have any questions, suggestions, or critic, the best way to tell me is the comment-section :)
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cn_B This solution in German:
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03 Nov 2020 20:00

ATTENTION warning
This is a copy of my solution on TA. I put it also here because I really think that this method also works on the PC.

cn_Y In English:

As a small addition to all the other solutions already mentioned, I would like to share my experience with you.

First of all, you should know that I used the method where you adjust the date on the computer. If you don't know how this works in detail, take a look at the solution of British Legends.

This is what I found:
I farmed around 200 lunchboxes at once.
Legendary dwellers I got from it: 4

Then I started to "cheat" only ten lunchboxes at once and the drop rate was significantly higher. Unfortunately, I can't say exactly how high, but I got a legendary dweller all 20 boxes. Sometimes 2.

Unfortunately, I don't know if it was a coincidence that I got the achievement with only about 350 lunchboxes opened. I also think it's worth mentioning that while it's true that you have all 20 in a single vault, you don't need to own 20 at once.
As I said before... I don't know if I was lucky, but if my solution doesn't help you please write me or show me an excessively bad rating and I delete the solution again cry

I just thought it wouldn't be wrong to share this information with you.


If you have any questions, suggestions, or critic, the best way to tell me is the comment-section :)
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cn_Y In German:

Als kleiner Zusatz zu allen anderen bereits genannten Solutions möchte ich euch meine Erfahren mitteilen.

Zuerst einmal solltet ihr wissen, dass ich die Methode benutzt habe, bei der man die Zeit am Computer vorstellt. Wer nicht weiß wie das im Detail funktioniert sollte sich mal die Solution von British Legends anschauen.

Nun zu dem was ich festgestellt habe:
Ich habe mir einmal die Zeit genommen rund 200 Lunchboxen auf einmal zu farmen.
Legendäre Bewohner die ich daraus bekam: 4

Dann habe ich angefangen mir immer nur Zehn Lunchboxen zu "cheaten" und dort war die Drop-Rate deutlich höher. Ich kann leider nicht genau sagen wie hoch, aber ich habe höchstens alle 20 Boxen einen legendären Bewohner bekommen. Manchmal sogar 2.

Ich weiß leider nicht, ob es Zufall war das ich den Erfolg somit mit nur ca. 350 Lunchboxen bekommen habe.
Außerdem gilt es glaube ich zu erwähnen, dass es zwar richtig ist das man alle 20 in einer Vault gefunden haben muss, der Besitz von 20 auf einmal allerdings nicht notwendig ist.
Wie bereits gesagt… ich weiß leider nicht ob das Glück war, falls mein Ansatz euch aber nicht weiterhilft schreibt mir bitte oder zeigt es mir in übermäßig schlechter Bewertung und ich lösche die Solution wieder cry

Ich dachte nur es wäre nicht verkehrt euch diese Information mitzuteilen...


Bei Fragen, Anregungen oder Kritik am besten einfach kommentieren :)
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03 Nov 2020 00:00

de verdade esta conquista é uma piada de mal gosto 3 anos jogando completei tudo base perfeita sem nenhum desafio no jogo e não vem a conquista.

então resolvi trapacear nesta conquista, eu encontrei este vídeo
que basicamente ensina a mudar o save do jogo como queira. Eu recomendo tentarem de forma normal primeiro pq quem sabe você pode ser um dos sortudos que consegue completar de forma normal, mas se não for o caso ta ai o vídeo.

Sorry for the translator's English:

really this achievement is a bad joke 3 years playing I completed everything perfect base without any challenge in the game and the achievement does not come.

so I decided to cheat on this achievement, I found this video
that basically teaches how to change the game save as you wish. I recommend trying it normally first because who knows, you might be one of the lucky ones who manage to complete it normally, but if that's not the case, here's the video.
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26 Jan 2023 00:00

For the most part, follow British Legend's guide. That's what I did. However, who wants to sit around for hours and sit while clicking back and forth on the time. I used macro recorder to record my clicks and keystrokes.

However, macro recorder has a demo version. Make sure the script repeats 9 times, not 10, or else you will get notifications about needing to purchase the full version. Bring the playback speed from 100 to 1000. This will speed up your clicks.

Now, download another regular auto clicker, and set it up to "play" the macro recorder every time it stops the script. I recorded the time and added a 2 second gap just to make sure it didn't mess up the script by clicking before it was finished.

I got 600 lunches boxes, and used 376, meaning I got an average rate of 18.8 legendary dwellers per lunch box opening. To be safe, I did 600 due to some other comments, but you're probably safe around 500~400. You can also use the auto clicker to open up your lunchboxes, however I would advise making sure rare vault dwellers don't clog up your waiting list outside the vault (If that can even happen).

You can also get the
Fallout ShelterArmed and DangerousThe Armed and Dangerous achievement in Fallout Shelter worth 146 pointsCollect 20 Legendary Weapons

&
Fallout ShelterFashion StatementThe Fashion Statement achievement in Fallout Shelter worth 146 pointsCollect 20 Legendary Outfits

while looking for this achievement if you didn't already get it through natural progression.
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27 Mar 2024 06:20

This is probably one of the more annoying achievements in the game since the only ways to obtain Legendary Dwellers is either by doing a couple quests for 2 specific dwellers, or by opening lunchboxes and hoping you get lucky enough to receive a legendary dweller rather than a bunch of other junk. You can get more than one of the same dweller so when you have recruited 20 of them to your vault, your achievement will unlock.

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