

The green ones always lead to different maps within the same area. The red ones always lead to the World Map. You'll know you're at an exit when you find a micro-dotted grid, either red or green at the edge of a map. I'll be using north, east, south and west during this walkthrough and they correspond to Up for North, Right for East, Down for South, and Left for West.


To find the cave exit, head straight south (down) from the initial corpse until the dead end, and then head west (left). Plus, to be allowed back in, you'd have to leave the area and wait a day anyway. There are some quests to be had back inside Vault 13 but to complete them all, some of your stats will likely need to be increased (namely speech), which is why I recommend you stop by at a later time. If possible, use this to your advantage here, and it can help you walk away with approximately half the experience needed for level two when you make it to the exit. Remember, if you have a fairly high agility, one of the best tactics to use versus melee enemies with only one attack is to first attack yourself and then use your remaining action points to run away from the creature. There are approximately 20 rats in this cave, so consider fighting them using your knife rather than wasting the ammo in your pistol, unless you're running low on hit points. Now that you've entered the world of Fallout, what is there to do? Start out by searching the nearby corpse for some advantageous early equipment, and equip it into your active slots.
