In 2005, the Fallout wiki was set up by Ausir and DarkUnderlord, and was originally hosted by Duck and Cover, a Fallout fansite at the address wiki.duckandcover.cx, then vault.duckandcover.cx under the name 'The Vault'. Later, it was moved to a different server, but was still hosted by Taluntain, the host of Duck and Cover, at falloutvault.com. In 2007, because the original host could no longer take the wiki constantly being targeted for various exploits by spammers as well as other attackers, the Fallout Wiki moved to Wikia, operated independently from any other Fallout website. With the release of Fallout 3 in 2008, The Vault became one of the most popular gaming wikis in the Wikia network, and for a period held the number 1 spot.