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{{Challenge Path Description
|image= mushroomcloud.gif
|name=Nuclear Autumn
|season=Autumn 2016
|date=August 15, 2016
|desc=The rest of the planet was very recently destroyed by nuclear war, and the Kingdom is experiencing the very early stages of the apocalypse..}}

==Restrictions==
*You may only consume size 1 foods, booze and spleen items. Trying to consume any larger items results in this message: 
:Your mutated throat is too narrow for a meal that big.
:Your mutated throat is too narrow to swallow that much booze. Try something smaller.
:That item is too intense for your mutated endocrine system to handle.
::Consumables larger than your total capacity (e.g. eating a size 4 or larger food) will give their standard "too full / too drunk / spleen toxins" messages.
*Stomach and Spleen are limited to 3 each, and Liver is limited to 2 (you become overdrunk at 3).
**Due to only being able to consume size 1 items, you cannot consume a [[steel margarita]] to increase your liver capacity.
*[[Your Fallout Shelter]] replaces [[The Campground]]. As a result, you are unable to access your [[Garden]], [[Your Workshed|Workshed]], [[A Telescope|Telescope]], etc.
**However, your [[Source Terminal]] will appear in your shelter, if you have one.
**You can still access [[Your Colossal Closet]] via the chat command: /go closet
**Although you are kitchenless, you may still install a [[Dramatic™ range]] (acquired as a softcore pull) for [[:Category:Fancy Cooking Ingredients|fancy cooking]] the [[unstable fulminate]] or [[Knob cake]].
*[[The Meatsmith]], [[The Armory and Leggery]], [[The General Store]], [[Doc Galaktik's Medicine Show]], [[The Hermitage]], [[The Bugbear Bakery]], [[The Black Market]], and the three [[Guild Hall]]s are all unavailable.
**Although you cannot buy [[sweet rims]] from [[The General Store]], you can make a [[bitchin' meatcar]] if you pull the rims and get the other pieces from [[The Degrassi Knoll Bakery and Hardware Store]].
**Although you cannot buy [[dingy planks]] from [[The General Store]], you can still use the [[dinghy plans]] to construct a [[dingy dinghy]] if you can pull the planks.
*You cannot consume [[spice melange|quantities of spice melange]], [[Ultra Mega Sour Ball|Ultra Mega Sour Balls]], [[alien animal milk|bottles of alien animal milk]], or [[alien plant pod|alien plant pods]].
:Your mutant metabolism wouldn't be able to process that stuff.
* The [[Feast of Boris]] does not grant additional fullness:
*:<center>'''Today is the Feast of Boris.'''</center>
*:<center>But you're not in the mood to celebrate during nuclear autumn</center>
===Skills===
* Permanent skills are not available.
* Attempting to use an [[Skills Obtained From Items|item that teaches a skill]] gives the message: "You can't read this because the radiation burned off all of the ink."

==Divergences==
*On ascending into Nuclear Autumn, the player encounters [[War Apparently Changed]].
*You cannot drop the Nuclear Autumn path before day 3 of the run (as of February 1, 2023).
*The Council gives you a [[Desert Bus pass]] at level 11.
*[[The Black Market]] is unavailable: you find the forged documents when you find the market.
:You approach the door of the market and find that it's boarded up. You sigh in frustration as you kick a rock, but then you whoop with excitement as you realize that there were some forged documents hidden under the rock you just kicked!{{acquire|item=forged identification documents}} 
* Some opponents have the adjective "mutant" added to them. These monsters have +20% attack, defense, and HP, and their image is replaced by one of the following:
[[File:mutie1.gif]] [[File:mutie2.gif]] [[File:mutie3.gif]] [[File:mutie4.gif]] [[File:mutie5.gif]] [[File:mutie6.gif]] [[File:mutie7.gif]] [[File:mutie8.gif]] [[File:mutie9.gif]] [[File:mutie10.gif]] [[File:mutie11.gif]] [[File:mutie12.gif]] [[File:mutie13.gif]]

===Fallout Shelter===
The [[Campground]] is replaced with [[Your Fallout Shelter]] which has up to 8 floors.  Each Normal run unlocks one more floor, and each Hardcore run unlocks two.
* Floor 1 - Source Terminal, Cryo-Med Chamber
** If you own a [[Source Terminal]], it appears here. It seems to work just the same as always.
** The Cryo-Med Chamber cures Radiation Sickness and fully heals HP and MP, but does not allow [[Resting#Free Rests|free resting]].
* Floor 2 - Medical Supply
** Purchase items to deal with radiation sickness: [[lead umbrella]] (gain no [[rad]]s or radiation sickness), [[Rad-B-Gone (1 lb.)]] (cures all radiation sickness), [[Rad-Pro (1 oz.)]] (20 Adventures of [[Rad-Pro Tected]] -- gain no radiation sickness)
* Floor 3 - Spa Simulation Chamber
** Once per day, grants [[Spa Day!]] (+100% to all stats) for 100 turns
* Floor 4 - Electronics Supply
** Sells [[Wrist-Boy]] (allows use of holo-records), [[Power-Guy 2000 holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Power, Man]] -- +100% Mus/Mys/Mox), [[Shrieking Weasel holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Shrieking Weasel]] -- +30 ML), and [[Superdrifter holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Superdrifting]] -- +20% Mus/Mus/Mox exp)
** Owning a [[Wrist-Boy]] is sufficient to use holo-records; Despite being an accessory, it does not need to be equipped. Holo-records are mutually exclusive. Attempting to use a new one while an old one is still in effect will fail with the message: "There's already a record playing on your Wrist-Boy."
* Floor 5 - Chronodynamics Laboratory
** Once per run: Permanently increases radiation level by 3, speeding up accumulation of both Radiation Sickness and Rads. 
* Floor 6 - Gene-Sequencing Laboratory
** Sells additional rad skills.
* Floor 7 - Underground Record Store
** Sells additional holo-records: [[Drunk Uncles holo-record]] (10 adventures of [[Drunk and Avuncular]] -- +100% Adventures from booze), [[EMD holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Ministrations in the Dark]] -- 10% noncombat), [[Lucky Strikes holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Lucky Struck]] -- +20% item), and [[The Pigs holo-record]] (10 Adventures of [[Record Hunger]] -- +100% Adventures from Food)
* Floor 8 - Main Reactor 
**Once per run: Gain 300 [[rad|rads]].

===Skills===
Players begin the path with two skills, dependent on class:

{| border="1px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
! align="center"| Class
! align="center"|Passive Skill
! align="center"|Combat Skill (5 MP)
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class1.gif|link=Seal Clubber]]<br />'''Seal Clubber'''
|{{InlineItem|Extra-Thick Skin}}<br />Reduces physical damage against you by 20%
|{{InlineItem|Comically Oversized Fist}}<br />Deals physical damage; first use staggers foes
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class2.gif|link=Turtle Tamer]]<br />'''Turtle Tamer'''
|{{InlineItem|Overactive Pheromones}}<br />+10 to Familiar Weight
|{{InlineItem|Dislocatable Jaw}}<br />Deals physical damage
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class3.gif|link=Pastamancer]]<br />'''Pastamancer'''
|{{InlineItem|Aluminum Nerves}}<br />Regenerate 8-10 MP per Adventure
|{{InlineItem|Noodly Arms}}<br />Deals physical damage
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class4.gif|link=Sauceror]]<br />'''Sauceror'''
|{{InlineItem|Self-Lubricating Feet}}<br />+20% Combat Initiative
|{{InlineItem|Hollow Canines}}<br />Deal physical damage and heal you
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class5.gif|link=Disco Bandit]]<br />'''Disco Bandit'''
|{{InlineItem|Two Right Feet}}<br />+10% Item Drops from Monsters
|{{InlineItem|Finger Knives}}<br />Deal physical damage and weaken your enemy
|-
| align="center"| [[File:Class6.gif|link=Accordion Thief]]<br />'''Accordion Thief'''
|{{InlineItem|Double-Eidetic Memory}}<br />+10% to all Muscle Gains<br />+10% to all Mysticality Gains<br />+10% to all Moxie Gains
|{{InlineItem|Ultrasonic Ululations}}<br />Deals physical damage
|}

Additional skills may be acquired by mutating [[rad]]s that drop from combat.

===Rad Sickness===
Unfortunately, the nuclear annihilation world is only the start of your problems, as you're left to deal with the fallout - figuratively and literally. As you fight monsters, you'll gradually accumulate Rad Sickness, which reduces your stats.
* Winning a fight against a monster will increase your level of Rad Sickness.
* The amount of Rad Sickness you accrue per fight is based on the number of turns you've spent this given ascension. Fights start giving 0 Rad Sickness, and the number increases by 1 for every 50 adventures thus far spent. For example, if you've played 210 adventures in this particular run, you'll be gaining 4 Rad Sickness per fight.
* The maximum amount of Rad Sickness after combat is 9 at turn 450
* Each point of Rad Sickness reduces your buffed Muscle, Mysticality and Moxie by 1 point.
* Rad Sickness can be cured by resting in your Cryo-Sleep Chamber, located in your [[Your Fallout Shelter|Fallout Shelter]], using the [[A Relaxing Hot Tub|Clan VIP hot tub]] or by consuming a bottle of [[Rad-B-Gone (1 lb.)|Rad-B-Gone]].
* You can block Rad Sickness gain entirely through use of [[Rad-Pro (1 oz.)|Rad-Pro]] or a [[lead umbrella]].

===Rads===
On the bright side, not all of the radiation is strictly bad. Winning combat against monsters also grants you [[rad|rads]], which can be used to purchase various skills. 
* You'll acquire (1+X) rad from every fight where X is floor((total fights this run)/50).
* Rads from combat are capped at 10  at turn 450.
* The [[Protonic accelerator pack]] will occasionally drop additional rads after combat (~25%).

{| class="sortable" border="1px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
!Name
!Type
!Price
!Effect
|-
|{{InlineItem|Boiling Tear Ducts}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 30
| Hot damage
|-
|{{InlineItem|Projectile Salivary Glands}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 30
| Sleaze damage
|-
|{{InlineItem|Translucent Skin}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 30
| Spooky damage
|-
|{{InlineItem|Skunk Glands}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 30
| Stench damage
|-
|{{InlineItem|Throat Refrigerant}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 30
| Cold damage
|-
|{{InlineItem|Steroid Bladder}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 60
| +50% Muscle
|-
|{{InlineItem|Extra Muscles}}
| Passive
| 90
| +50% Muscle
|-
|{{InlineItem|Magic Sweat}}
| Buff<br>30MP
| 60
| Damage Absorption +100<br>Damage Reduction: 10
|-
|{{InlineItem|Flappy Ears}}
| Buff<br>30MP
| 60
| +2 resistance to all elements
|-
|{{InlineItem|Adipose Polymers}}
| Passive
| 90
| Damage Absorption +100<br>Damage Reduction: 10
|-
|{{InlineItem|Metallic Skin}}
| Passive
| 90
| +2 resistance to all elements
|-
|{{InlineItem|Hypno-Eyes}}
| Passive
| 90
| +50% Moxie
|-
|{{InlineItem|Self-Combing Hair}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 60
| +50% Moxie
|-
|{{InlineItem|Intracranial Eye}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 60
| +50% Mysticality
|-
|{{InlineItem|Mind Bullets}}
| Combat<br>10 MP
| 60
| Stuns opponent for 3 rounds
|-
|{{InlineItem|Extra Brain}}
| Passive
| 90
| +50% Mysticality
|-
|{{InlineItem|Internal Soda Machine}}
| Noncombat
| 30
| Spend 20 meat to recover 10 MP
|-
|{{InlineItem|Extra Kidney}}
| Passive
| 60
| +100% Adventures from booze
|-
|{{InlineItem|Extra Gall Bladder}}
| Passive
| 60
| +100% adventures from food
|-
|}

The [[Gene-Sequencing Laboratory]] on level 6 of [[Your Fallout Shelter]] allows you to get additional skills:
{| class="sortable" border="1px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
!Name
!Type
!Price
!Effect
|-
|{{InlineItem|Magnetic Ears}}
| Buff<br>10 MP
| 90
| +15% Items from Monsters
|-
|{{InlineItem|Sucker Fingers}}
| Passive
| 120
| +15% Items from Monsters
|-
|{{InlineItem|Extremely Punchable Face}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 90
| +30 ML
|-
|{{InlineItem|Firefly Abdomen}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 90
| +10% combat rate
|-
|{{InlineItem|Bone Springs}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 90
| +20% Combat Initative
|-
|{{InlineItem|Squid Glands}}
| Buff<br>30 MP
| 90
| -10% combat rate
|-
|{{InlineItem|Backwards Knees}}
| Passive
| 120
| +20% Combat Initative
|}

==Strategy==
* [[Nuclear Autumn/Hardcore Strategy]]

==Rewards==
*Finishing a Nuclear Autumn run that began while it was still the current [[special challenge path]] -- that is, between August 15th, 2016, and November 14th, 2016 -- gives players 100 (in Hardcore) or 50 (in Normal) extra [[karma]] points the next time they visit [[Beyond the Pale|Valhalla]].
*Players will receive a [[Thwaitgold cockroach statuette]] upon defeating the [[Naughty Sorceress (3)]]. Players in Hardcore get the appropriate [[Unblemished Uniform|stainless steel equipment]] for their class.
*Players that defeated the Naughty Sorceress while the path was current got an [[Adventurer bobblehead]].

==References==
*The name of this path is a play on [[Wikipedia:Nuclear winter|nuclear winter]].
*The intro adventure, path reward, and new campground are all references to the [[Wikipedia:Fallout_(series)|Fallout]] videogame series.

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