A Hidden Secret Revealed in Fallout 3
Fallout 3, released in 2008, still manages to offer new surprises to players despite the long time that has passed. Reddit user u/devo752 witnessed an unexpected event while playing the game: He came across a scene where purified water kills mirelurks living in the poisoned rivers of Washington. This random event, exclusive to the Broken Steel DLC, gave the player a whole new perspective on the end of the game.
Fallout 3 Still Holds New Secrets
In the aforementioned event, a rookie character affiliated with the Brotherhood of Steel comes to a group of dead mirelurks and burns the corpses. He tells the player that these creatures died because of the purified water. This scene adds another small but impressive detail to the Fallout universe. It also shows that the purification of water at the end of the game has effects not only on humans but also on nature.
According to community comments, the reason for the mirelurks’ deaths is not the clean water itself, but the sudden change in the polluted and radioactive environment they live in. Some users remind us that their real-world ancestors, the horseshoe crab, are also sensitive to similar environmental changes. It is known that sudden changes in water chemistry can affect the shell structure of these species.
This incident has also led players to come up with new theories about the end of the game. In particular, interesting speculations have been made about what the Brotherhood of Steel does with the dead mirelurks. Some players think that these creatures will perhaps be eaten after being burned. Of course, this is just speculation, but the fact that players argue over such small details proves how long Fallout 3 has retained its impact.
Such discoveries, almost 20 years later, reveal why classic RPGs like Fallout 3 are still played with such passion. The detailed world and random encounters offered by the game show that there is still much to discover for careful players.
