Summary

  • Want to reduce the amount of radiation you take in Fallout: London? Use a condom.
  • Well, a "Jimmy Hat", but we all know what that is.
  • Jimmy Hats 20 rad resistance - not bad.

Fallout: London, a fan game built using Fallout 4, has added a rather unique method of keeping your rad count down. As some players have discovered, the "Jimmy Hat" item actually increases your resistance to radiation, somehow.

And yes, Jimmy Hats are exactly what you think they are - hats for your Jimmy. Otherwise known as johnnies, raincoats, rubbers, or, you know, just condoms. Somehow, popping one of these on decreases the amount of radiation your character builds up. Incredible stuff.

Fallout: London Adds A Unique Way Of Increasing Radiation Resistance

Shout out to Reddit user CWalkthroughs for spotting this neat little feature. I guess it's keeping... part of you safe from being exposed to nuclear fallout, so that could explain why it's so effective against radiation.

As highlighted by Reddit user RelativeWeekend453, these were also an item in Fallout 2, so it's not just thrown in there because it sounds like something a Brit would call a condom. However, in Fallout 2, they behaved like actual condoms and were there to stop you from getting another character pregnant if you slept with them. Don't worry - future Fallout games didn't make you worry about that.

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This is far from the only reference that Fallout: London players have found. As we covered earlier today, there's a whole side quest that revolves around Doctor Who, tasking you with tracking down 15 TARDIS' - or as the game calls them, "Unusual Call Boxes". Much like the Jimmy Hats, this could also be a throwback to classic Fallout, as you could stumble across a TARDIS in the first game too - where it was also called an "Unusual Call Box".

If you want to try Fallout: London yourself, it's free on GOG. You'll need to downgrade your version of Fallout 4 to the pre-next-gen update build to get it to work.

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RPG Action Systems 9.3/10 OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Avg: 87/100 Critics Rec: 89% Released November 10, 2015 ESRB M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS Developer(s) Bethesda Publisher(s) Bethesda Engine Creation
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