Talk:Night stalker

Rattledogs
These things are not typical feral dogs... They have snakelike heads, forked tongues, and rattlesnake tails. Just sayin'. We might not know what they're actually called until later, though. 04:13, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

The tail resembles a bobcat or other wild cat, sorta.Edit: No wait, its a rattle on its tail? CANPoo 16:50, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Wait...
Really? Are these really called Snogs? Why'd we take the redirect off? Now there are two articles. Pah. 04:33, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nvm, there aren't two articles, but still... Snog is a bit... Funny... To just be a speculative name, eh? 04:37, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Well, it was called Reptile Dog, but there is now a big debate if it's a mammal or reptile, so we'll just call it this for now. Tezzla Cannon 10:06, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * The name "Reptile Dog" encompasses both sides of the debate, yes? I think that's a better name. I don't think it's a big debate, it's obviously a mix of both reptile and dog-- I wouldn't bend to the wishes of some dumb/confused people eh? I'm not really partial to a made up name like 'snog'... 03:29, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, we'll call it a reptile dog, Tezzla. Snogs are too much STALKER. Nitty Tok. 03:30, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh, I'm glad my name for it stuck. But it will surely be called something else in-game thoug. And why do some people wanna call it Snogs? That name sounds like a cuddly bear on a children's show. 90.224.93.138 19:56, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

grammar
Reptile dogs are creatures/ Reptile dog is a creature
 * What? Nitty Tok. 03:44, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think he's talking about singular and plural. 90.224.93.138 20:04, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

Nightstalker
Wait... What? When was this confirmed? 90.224.93.138 00:58, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * A tag would be nice. I hope this is the correct name, so that there's no more debate on the subject; and the name isn't half bad in its own right. -- Kris mailbox 01:00, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

This is the real name. It was moved by Pushasha, a FNV QA tester. Tezzla Cannon 10:57, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Good enough for me :) -- Kris mailbox 12:54, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * I wonder why a "night" stalker is out during the day in the trailer. 90.224.93.138 12:01, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

It would be awesome to be a FNV Tester

Observer Eyebot (98.247.10.62 01:37, September 1, 2010 (UTC))

NOEZ!!1eleven! AN EYBOTZ!!1 *shoots eyebot in face, does a barrel roll, and sacrifices Nightstalker to Cthulu* TJbrena 16:51, October 14, 2010 (UTC)

FEV mutants?
couldn't these things be FEV mutants, cause it doesn't look like something made from radiation.


 * I think it's pretty self-evident that these creatures were a man-made creation. I can't see how radiation could have possibly spliced genes like this, and there's also the fact that the game considers them "Abominations" and not "Mutated Animals" when killing towards achievements and perks. Orra 21:11, November 7, 2010 (UTC)

Nightstalker
When I thought of this, I thought of Kenji Kawai's Nightstalker. Nukey (talk) 22:16, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Locations
I'm on my second playthrough and i haven't seen a single one. Are there a specific set of locations or are is it because i haven't travelled at night enough?90.220.86.168 14:57, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

Between Nipton and the Mojave Outpost there is small cave entrance, the cave itself is full of these, and I was attacked by about 11 of them outside. 70.170.20.131 23:49, October 30, 2010 (UTC)

How?!?!
was it a dog hoo @$#&€% af snake

Origin
Who or what caused the genetic mutation? They need to at least give some sort of note or terminal entry saying it was a government experiment (like Mole Rats). AreYouGoingToEatThatNuke? 23:37, January 28, 2011 (UTC)

one could guess that it's the "brilliant" minds at Vault-tec, sounds like some stupid crap they'd do!--Apocalyptic Paco 02:48, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

Big MT shenanigans.

they don't attack?
I was doing the bitter springs quest and ended up in the cave with nightstalkers, they constantly ran within inches of me but never attacked, I have an unpached version and no animal friend perk.

those were all young night stalkers, they don't attack unless an adult is present.

I had the same thing they just ran away they are the ones just running around Big MT. 65.31.197.108 21:03, August 29, 2011 (UTC)

Old World Blues
These things have become incredibly dangerous since playing the Old World Blues DLC. Upwards of ~500 health each as seen by my level 43 courier. Sneak attack criticals with a Ranger Sequoia loaded with SWC .45-70 (with The Professional and Cowboy perks even) aren't enough to down these suckers anymore. Their bites are also about as potent as a slap from a Deathclaw.


 * I guess this would be a hint to take the Animal Friend perk when your character reaches level 44!76.101.59.106 18:25, July 22, 2011 (UTC)DarthOrc


 * I think nightstalker informations should be updated with a separate sections for OWB, though they share the same name with MW ones OWB nightstalkers have very different stats, up to 675 hp (in this Shadis is not unique), and I believe higher alerteness. I wonder if it'better add a note or creating whole different entries.

Mk65 08:55, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

I agree, Animal friend is a must in OWB, I'm level 46 and died three or four times exiting X-13 facility...

Incredibly hard to hit in VATS
Is it me or are Nightstalkers really difficult to land a shot on in VATS? Even when it claims I have a 95% chance of hitting the targeted body part, I seem to miss at least half the time.--Darth Oblivion 18:27, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Coming straight at you they don't seem that hard to hit, VATS seems to be a bit off if they're running to the side or perpendicular to you. UserGreatMara.png pistol.png 18:29, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank god it's not just me. I have noticed the same as the posters above, you can only really use VATS if they're facing directly at you. Something must be off about their hit boxes. :( I've fired dozens of rounds in VATS when the head shows 95% likely to hit and not hit them once unless they were facing directly toward me. ElvisDumbledore - eschew obfuscation 03:16, September 10, 2011 (UTC)

Pickpocketing
The article states that although you can pickpocket them they hold no items. That's not true. I have the Animal Friend perk. When I tried it on one of the cloaked 'stalkers in X-13, not only was it carrying blood and 2 tails, I was able to successfully steal the blood with the standard karma loss.Servonut 12:33, August 29, 2011 (UTC)

pagename
The reference for the page name does not include a space, separating the word. It says the correct word is "Nightstalker". However the creature name in game is "Night Stalker".--Ant2242 (talk) 18:54, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Easy fix. There are various spellings for other words, we just have to acknowledge there are multiple ways to spell. I'll do that, in addition to referencing some other claims. At the moment, the page looks rather bare. --Kastera (talk)