Fallout’s timeline has always been a little complicated. Now that Season 2 is airing, the new installment adds another layer to an already sprawling chronology. The world of Fallout spans across centuries, involves a nuclear apocalypse.Season 2 ties directly into the game Fallout: New Vegas. Season 2 of the Prime Video series raises questions about how and where new episodes take place and if there is a significant time jump.The short answer is no: there is no major time jump between Season 1 and Season 2.The article contains major spoilers for Season 1 and 2Fallout Season 2 timeline untangledSeason 2 unfolds in 2296 in the same year as Season 1. This indicates that the Season continues from where Season 1 left off.From Season 1 to Season 2, there is no time jump. It also takes place later than every game, making it the latest developed story in the franchise’s overall timeline so far.According to SFX Magazine, Season 2's story unfolds not months or years but just days after Season 1's events. Producer James Altman also confirmed that the gap between the two instalments is minimal. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostWe also get a new insight into the status of characters. He explained that the characters are already back on the move, heading toward New Vegas on foot. This is why the huge leap in time is out of question. The narrative momentum remains intact, with Lucy and the Ghoul picking up their journey almost immediately.For the TV adaptation, consistency becomes pivotal. Viewers would have otherwise felt too scattered between major time jumps. Season 2 already unfolds in two temporal planes, in two timelines.The setting is from 2077, in the year the Great War reshaped the world. These flashbacks remain separate from the present-day story and do not signal a broader shift in the main timeline. The central storyline is set in 2296, and the show continues to cut back to Cooper Howard’s pre-war life.Even with minor changes, the new season fits right into the larger canon. In terms of timeline, 15 years after Fallout: New Vegas, which is set in 2281. This placement makes the season a fitting sequel to the iconic RPG.Viewers understand the setting and historical placement behind the new instalment. New Vegas exists in a future that has already been drawn in the game's events. But according to official sources, the show will not swear allegiance to any one of the game's endings.This careful distance is intentional while Season 2 ventures into New Vegas and prominently features Mr. House, the season is not designed to canonize a specific player choice from the game.Fallout Season 2 (Image via Youtube/@PrimeVideo)Todd Howard has acknowledged that talks have taken place on where Vegas factions might be years later. The series, however, is more interested in exploring “what comes next” rather than rewriting established outcomes.So, while Season 2 doesn’t introduce a time jump between seasons, but it propels the franchise forward in a way that connects viewers and players alike. It advances the timeline without closing doors, using New Vegas as a backdrop rather than a conclusion.The games like Fallout 3 and 4 precede the story of Season 2.In true Fallout fashion, the past looms large, but the future remains deliberately unsettled.