Caps

Caps is the main currency that is used globally in the wasteland. You can use caps to buy items from traders or to bribe bandits during battles. Unlike Items, you start each game with zero caps.

They can be obtained by selling items, winning bandit and mutant bug fights, finding them in secret stashes, throwing a bottle of any form, finding them while walking from one location to another or In-App Purchases.

They can be lost by buying items, bribing bandits, calling for help and having bad Karma or being stolen from you while you sleep.

Because caps don’t count as an item, they are both weightless and don’t take up any backpack space. This mean you can carry as many as you want without worrying about running out of storage.

Trivia

 * The idea of “caps” being the main currency is most likely a reference to the popular game franchise Fallout where caps are used as currency also. Both games are set in a post-apocalyptic setting.