When does "The wasteland dwellers can't carry anymore" occur?

I read about a problem and that it got fixed with the Valentine's day update.

But I'm actually interested in when this event is supposed to happen. My intention to ask this is because It's still occurring in pretty inconsistent manners even after the past Valentine's-patch (so it's presumably not caused by a bug).

Just today one started to return after 2 days and 22hours. While it's true that the amount of items out of the wastelands exceeds my storage rooms, There is anyway another dweller out for more than 6 days with even more items counted and still going on...

I prepared for like 6 months a set of SPECIAL maxed dwellers with damage resistance pets and weapons in dmg ranges between 19 and 22. Now I finally reached the point and started raiding the wastelands, all my top dwellers return randomly with no obvisious reasons by complaining about an full inventory...

I see no pattern in this. What are the reasons for a dweller to decide that he has too much stuff and return? And how can I prevent this?

fallout-shelter

Best Answer

After much testing and counting out how many items my dwellers come back with, the limit for how much they can hold before they turn back is 100.

Pictures about "When does "The wasteland dwellers can't carry anymore" occur?"

When does "The wasteland dwellers can't carry anymore" occur? - Side view of crop anonymous female buyer in white t shirt sitting on bench with many shopping bags in daylight

When does "The wasteland dwellers can't carry anymore" occur? - Side view from entrance of cheerful young ethnic bearded man with ponytail and woman with curly hair leaning on large cardboard package while arranging stuff in cozy attic bedroom

When does "The wasteland dwellers can't carry anymore" occur? - Two Boys Walking Beside the Grass

How long should you leave dweller in the Wasteland Fallout Shelter?

My longest runs so far are around 36 hours of exploration and 18 hours return trip. The low level luck people I used to send out would still bring back rusty whatever guns and BB guns even towards the end of their trips. They did some times come back with a nice rifle or the like but that was rare.

What is the rarest pet in Fallout Shelter?

Fallout Shelter pets are domestic animals added to Fallout Shelter with the 1.4 update. Pets are domesticated small animals, specifically cats, dogs and parrots, that confer a bonus effect on the dweller to which they are assigned....Dogs.BreedBoxerBonusXPCommon Bonus+6-15%Rare Bonus+21-30%Legendary Bonus+36-45%21 more columns

How many items can a dweller carry in the Wasteland in Fallout Shelter?

Dwellers will find items every hour in the wastes, plus some time fixed events such as: Broadcast Tower, National Guard, etc. However, their inventory do have a limit of 100 items. After picking 100 items, they won't pickup anymore, although they show up in the log that they have found something.

Fallout Shelter - Top Exploration Tips and Tricks without spending any money

Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Images: Dazzle Jam, Angela Roma, Ketut Subiyanto, Dazzle Jam