Child

Children are the young inhabitants of the wastes.
==Background==
Children may be killed in Fallout and Fallout 2, which earns the player the Childkiller reputation. In later titles, the Lone Wanderer is the only child with possible on-screen death, during a virtual reality simulation at Tranquility Lane in Fallout 3.
Children in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4 are marked as essential, however, they are also coded so that they cannot be hurt by any kind of attack. They will react to the player character or another NPC assaulting them, always fleeing instead of retaliating against their assailant. In Fallout 76, children do not respond to combat in any way and cannot be damaged.
==Fallout==
Killing a child earns the player the Childkiller reputation. 
Children in Fallout	Children in Fallout	Children in Fallout
Billy 	Flower child 	Sandy
==Fallout 2==
Killing a child earns the player the Childkiller reputation. 
Children in Fallout 2	Children in Fallout 2	Children in Fallout 2
Carlson's kid 	Cody 	Curtis
Den orphan child 	Farmer's child 	Ghost Farm child
Jonny 	Klamath child 	Melchior Jr.
Shi squatter child 	Stable boy 	Wright child
==Fallout 3==
Children cannot be targeted in V.A.T.S. However, if they are accidentally injured, they can sustain crippled limbs. Since children cannot be harmed, they will generally not fight the player character, even if they are armed. Instead, if attacked, they will flee. The Mister Sandman perk cannot be used on children.
Children in Fallout 3	Children in Fallout 3	Children in Fallout 3
Arthur Maxson 	Biwwy 	Bryan Wilks
Bumble 	C.J. Young 	Eclair
Flower 	Harden Simms 	James Hargrave
Jenny Wilson 	Joseph 	Knick Knack
Knock Knock 	Lucy 	MacCready
Maggie 	Penny 	Princess
Rachael 	Ralph 	Sammy
Squirrel 	Timmy Neusbaum 	Zip
Kenny 	Sally 	
==Fallout: New Vegas==
Attacking children results in infamy with the faction they are associated with, even though they cannot be hurt. The Mister Sandman perk cannot be used on children.
Children in Fallout: New Vegas	Children in Fallout: New Vegas	Children in Fallout: New Vegas
Hector 	Lindsay 	Max
Melody 	Pete 	Stacey
The Forecaster 	Tommy 	
==Fallout 4==
Children cannot be killed or targeted in V.A.T.S. The Mister Sandman perk cannot be used on children.
Children in Fallout 4	Children in Fallout 4	Children in Fallout 4
Alice Thompson 	Austin Engill 	Billy Peabody
Charlie 	Donny Kowalski 	Erin Combes
Erin Reische 	Gavin Everitts 	Kat
Julia Thompson 	Meg 	Nat Wright
Nina Rodriguez 	Pete Pembroke 	Phil Wallace
Quentin Filmore 	Shaun 	Sheng Kawolski
Wally Warwick 	Small Bertha 	Tony
Lucy Grandchester 	 	
==Fallout 76==
Children are flagged as "ghosts" and are not part of the combat system.
Children in Fallout 76	Children in Fallout 76	Children in Fallout 76
Davie Taylor 	Hannah 	Maximo Leone
Maggie Stern 	Ra-Ra 	Child
Daphne 	 	
==Behind the scenes==
Bethesda Softworks also faced problems with child characters when making The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. They considered adding children to make the game more realistic, but this was a controversial choice: if the children could be killed, Bethesda likely would have been subject to serious controversy and legal problems that would arise from making it possible to murder juveniles in the game. Bethesda's response was to simply make the characters invincible. This once again raised issues, because the tactic would undermine the purpose of adding children in the first place, namely, realism. Eventually, Bethesda scrapped the idea for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion altogether, but in Fallout 3 they went the other way, allowing children for authenticity, but making them invincible. This is the same in Fallout: New Vegas. In Fallout 4, children remain invincible, but they, like in previous games, will react to being assaulted. They will always cower and flee instead of retaliating against their attacker.
==Gallery==
FoModel Child.png|Child in Fallout and Fallout 2
Vault81-Children-Fallout4.jpg|Two children in Vault 81 in Fallout 4
FO4 Prydwen squire.png|Brotherhood squire aboard the Prydwen in Fallout 4
Category:Characters
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