Talk:Deathclaw/Archive 2

Encountered at Lv3
What is the lowest level for us to encounter a death claw? I encountered one at lv3 while following an outcast patrol in the wasteland. 156.12.154.230 19:46, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

I encounterd one at level 1 but was lucky it was a VERY weak one with gauntles schematics User:nazi zombieguy15

Your lying zombieguy. IMMEDIANTLY after you leave vault 101 you become level one. there was no deathclaw in front of the vault. Its not a random encounter spot.gun_with_utters 00:45, May 20, 2010 (UTC) GatlingBrahmin dumb liar.

The Coolest Thing in the Wasteland
Does anyone else agree that there is nothing cooler in the Wasteland than a Deathclaw? SuSpence95 03:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. We've seen big, dumb mutants before but giant reptiles that can eviscerate a man with their bare hands in less than a second is just plain badass. I hope someone makes a mod that adds a Deathclaw companion...--Amitakartok 23:55, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

No. Squirrel-on-a-Stick is the coolest. Fat Man Spoon 16:05, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Don't you mean Crispy SquirrelBits? Nitpicker of the Wastes 16:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Using a Rock-it Launcher to shoot a Deathclaw in the face with a paperweight rates pretty high up there too. Especially with Bloody Mess. //--Run4urLife! 21:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * a bowl of noodles is the coolest thing. Shadowrunner56
 * Naw, dah coolest is Charon.

I think dogmeat is AWESOME.--Kirby888 15:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Its all a matter of opinion. Personally, the Deathclaw is BA, but I think the coolest (and scariest) thing in the wasteland is the Dunwich Building. That, or Vault 106. Intense Fallout

If your talking about Fallout 3 yes but if not then no. But the only thing able to punch a death claw in half is. Frank Horrigan.

--Adam314- 19:52, September 2, 2009 (UTC) Adam314-

Two words radroach

Aw hell no! Gotta love a Guai! Or just watching Ratties and dogs with the Animal Friend perk! Or following some traders or outcasts about the wasteland taking free stuff (and selling it to the merchants if you're with them!) for loads of easy caps and locations! Pimping out your house! At level 20 I got so bored with having money (Nearly 10,000 caps at one stage) and having nothing to spend it on so I bought the Infirmary and Lab for my house because I had nothing else to do! Or tracking down Bobbleheads! Or nearly falling into the Deathclaw Sanctuary (Nearly!) and then V.A.T.Sing the heads off the one next to the trunk with a sneak attack, jumping down into the pit killing the one by the door, running out, eliminating a few more before fragging the Enclave troops and clearing them up with a Chinese Assault Rifle! HELL YEAH! ThePog 15:41, January 11, 2010 (UTC) is getting pumped up just thinking about it!

I still think the early concept looked better.
Giant killer lizards are pretty common in RPGs but super mammals are not. Of course we have Yao-Guai now which is pretty much the same thing.
 * The reason they are lizards is because the devs couldn't get moving hair to render properly in the 1995 3D editing software they used to create sprites. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/5/5c/Scribe.jpg/15px-Scribe.jpg Tagaziel (call!) 07:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Deathclaw Eggs?
While doing the Shock Value quest in Broken Steel and progressing through the Old Olney Underground, I found some strange egg clusters - almost like Mirelurk Egg Clutches. They can't be interacted with. Since there's nothing else in the area except dead Ghouls, maybe Deathclaws come from eggs? --Hoogathy 19:00, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * We knew this since the first Fallout. See: Boneyard. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/5/5c/Scribe.jpg/15px-Scribe.jpg Tagaziel (call!) 19:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh. Makes sense, given that they were made from chameleons. Their oviviparous reproduction wasn't really mentioned on the main page, though. --Hoogathy 19:22, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

speaking of eggs, are those eggs under the rivet city entryway deathclaw eggs? that seems kinda dangerous to just leave there, near such a populated area--Katikar 17:59, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Killing Deatchlaw
You can kill them by cripppling their legs. But you also can sneak attack them with metal blaster while in chinese stealh suit if you have high enough sneak skill. One shot one kill.

ya but if that fails your fucked no matter what your level


 * I reached level 20 quite quickly, a bit disappointed really, but find Deathclaws a relative adversary, something I could kill pretty quickly but not to be taken lightly.ThePog 13:26, January 11, 2010 (UTC)

A tip
If your low on health and being chased by one, try to get somewhere out of reach


 * a little hard when you're getting chased by one. Shadowrunner56

ya you stop moving your fucked

Another much easier way to kill a deathclaw is to use two plasma mines and two frag mines it will cripple one of their legs and take a huge chunk out of the life. you can also use 3 plasma mines to cripple it's legs but won't do as much damage(do not know why that is since a plasma mine does way more damage than a frag mine) if you don't have any plasma mines use frag mines here's the comparison: 3 frag mines= 1 plasma mine hope this helps.--Pyrodemon125 21:30, December 21, 2009 (UTC)Pyrodemon125
 * Guys, I'm not trying to show off or anything but they're pretty easy with a Plasma Rifle or Chinese Assault Rifle, just aim for the head and try and get a Sneak Attack Critical to begin with. ThePog 13:27, January 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK so my tip, get the schematics for the dart gun, one paint gun, one radscorp gland, toy car, and one surgical tubing, takes dart ammo, cripples DC legs in one shot, the rest is all chinese ar, ar, combat shotgun, plasma rifle, or pretty much any ranged weapon
 * OK so my tip, get the schematics for the dart gun, one paint gun, one radscorp gland, toy car, and one surgical tubing, takes dart ammo, cripples DC legs in one shot, the rest is all chinese ar, ar, combat shotgun, plasma rifle, or pretty much any ranged weapon

A good but bad bug?
I am considering you guys are at a decent leval and you see death claws once in a while but me... i'm level 19 and 1/2 and i have broken steel and i have finished death from above and i have still not seen a deathclaw, or enclave death claw though i might see one in the next quest, i am worried that they might not spawn normally. I don't explore alot and i usually stay in populated areas and kill respawning npcs for cash and items. Note: i have not been to the deathclaw sancturary and i havn't explored really that much since level 9-12ish but i think i would have encouterd one still Help!!
 * If you want to find Deathclaws, go explore. They usually don't spawn inside DC (where the ruins get really dense) or near heavily-populated areas, probably because they can walk through most settlements and kill almost everyone and everything with one or two swipes. Leave the comfort bubble and you should come across a few. If you don't want to explore, don't expect to find wild Deathclaws. //--Run4urLife! 11:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If I wanted one, I would try the sanctuary, Olney or F. Scott Camping ground. Mind you, at level 20 they're bloody everywhere! ThePog 13:29, January 11, 2010 (UTC)

There's almost always at least one waiting whenever I fast travel to the alien beacon.

well if you really want to find a deathclaw go to vault 92 and go east their are plenty in the ruined town

Fallout 1 Deathclaw
The one from the cave has 250 HP and grants a whopping 1000XP. I don't think that's enough information for an infobox. I never got hit by it so I have no idea how much damage it does. 68.60.210.3 19:56, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

What is a deathclaw?
I want to know what kind of animal deathclaws are its been bugging me for a while now so if anyone knows just let me know. I think a deathclaw is a mutation of things.
 * You can find this information in the very article this talk page is for. Ausir 23:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hunting Tips!
And NO, I don't want tactics, mates. Give us gun combinations, ideas for your own custom things...Etc. etc.

My bloke's name is Jericho Constantine, and I have an insta-kill knife called Jericho's Shiv, and a .32 called Jericho's Slingshot...

Jump on its back, grab its horns, and ride that sucker into the ground.

But............in the south we grap our pick up trucks and shotguns and run it over. Then we shoot it in case its alive. Than we cook it and ride our horses.......I love horses.--Kirby888 15:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The Irish, we kill them with our bare hands. For Fallout 3, if you don't mind getting close, you can't do much better than the Terrible Shotgun and/or the Kneecapper for a round of VATS shooting to the head. Cripple the legs with a Dart Gun first, so you can run away and wait for APs to recharge in case you miss/don't kill the Deathclaw. FO1 & 2, you can't go far wrong with Power Armor of some kind and a high-end Energy Weapon. Aim for the eyes. //--Run4urLife!My Talk 16:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

F1/F2: .223 Pistol, aimed shot to the eyes and lots of stimpacks. F3: Dart Gun, Gauss Rifle, Victory Rifle, Plasma Grenade. I'm not taking a risk. RealLife: dunno, holing up upstairs and throwing molotov coctails down or stealing an RPG. --Amitakartok 23:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Add in Turbo Plasma Rifle for FO1/2. Real life, pungee pit. Deathclaws run at you to chow down up close, fall in the spikes, and you can leave it to bleed out, or club it while its impaled. Silly Deathclaws, running into melee like that. . . //--Run4urLife!My Talk 01:20, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Bottlecap mine while running backwards. Hasn't failed me yet. Or Drone Cannon aimed at the head outside of V.A.T.S. if you run out of B.C. Mines.

F3: Vengeance with 100 Big Guns, Superior Defender and Ghoul Ecology Real Life: [FGM-148 Javelin], GAU-19 .50cal gatling gun (vehicle mounted) or run it over with an Abrams Tank! --BattleBen 08:11, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

.44 Magnum (particularly the Blackhawk) at max range, snipe until in missile range. Swap to missile launcher, and blow it away!!!

When in sight pop up the repeater and fire a warning shot in the air, if he doesn't run away switch to knife and solve the problem the Crocodile Dundee way (about 100 stimpacks should help to) Colors 03:30, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Deathclaws are why God invented the City-Killer Combat Shotgun. Burst mode tears them apart at range, and you can hit the suckers in the eyes when they get close. Nitty Tok. 03:46, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

I try to be friends...and when that doesn't work (which is about 92.6% of the time) I prefer either mini-gun or mini-nuke, can you say over kill?--Kre &#39;Nunumee 04:16, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

My personal fav combo: Dart Gun to slow it down + Gauss Rifle to knock it back, and to headshot it!.If it gets too close, I use the General's Shock Sword or the Shish. Anyone smell burnt Deathclaw? --Ih8pkmn 03:53, January 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey, you may recognise me from Half Life 2: Episode 2, I'm the radio operator guy! Back where I come from we would wrestle them to the ground with our bare hands, maybe kill 10-20 a day!

Flying deathclaw???
I found an enclave camp with two mind controlled deathclaws just barely northwest of Girdershade, but every time they come after me one of them flies up in the air until it is out of site. WTF is happening, it scared the shit out of me.
 * EDIT* The deathclaw fell back down about 2 minutes after I posted this and I killed it.

Yeah wierd shit like that happens User:nazi zombieguy15

That happened to me too only when it came back down it was dead and i was cheated out of my EXP --Pyrodemon125 21:34, December 21, 2009 (UTC)Pyrodemon125

Maybe Mothership Zeta took it? :-P--Ih8pkmn 03:55, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the wasteland!! ive had that glitch too

Do they have any DR in FO3?
And for that matter do 'creatures' have DR or does that come from armor? Enemies w/armor have a DR that you can calculate, but with these + scorpions + yao guai I'm not sure. I'd like to know because I like to calculate what I would need to be able to OHKO them. 68.192.9.90 04:00, September 4, 2009 (UTC)Platypus1130
 * Surprisingly, most creatures in RPGs/FPSs/RPSs have basic armor under its class. Though usually in game files it's probably like Yao_Guai_Hide it would do like 12 DR. Just so you can't insta kill it with Blackhawk...
 * Mirelurks have a special enchantment that halves damage taken to the shell. Kings only take 2/3 of the damage at their torso. Nitty 13:27, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Enchantment?--Kre &#39;Nunumee 03:04, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

Enchantment! [dragon age reference]

Biology?
So who noticed that the "Bio" section of this entry is obscene and uncalled for?

I tried to change it but it only includes the part about them being fast and using a dart gun in the edit page?

I don't normally complain but this is uncalled for text.

98.183.49.130 04:40, September 27, 2009 (UTC)Lithium

did someone change it? because i don't see what your talking about --Katikar 17:56, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

fighting a deathclaw
I have been playing falout 3 since christmas last year on one of my saves I have killed about 15 deathclaws.The trick is to have a high strength,endurance and agility vats it in the head with a good wepon (lincons repeter) with a high small/big guns skill. HOPES THIS HELPS! starship trooper

I found it possible to dodge the Deathclaw's leap attack and land at least one hit on it with a melee weapon or my fist as it leaps. I can repeat and kill it without taking much damage. If done perfectly, it is possible to take no damage. What I did was I kept a small distance between it and myself, and when it was about to pounce, I ran diagonally forward so I was hugging it's side, where it's swipe cannot reach. I quickly land a blow just as the Deathclaw lands, and I back off so that when it tries to make a regular swipe, I would be out of range. I was wearing Enclave Power Armor when I was doing this, so running speed isn't crucial. This would be harder if the Deathclaw's legs were crippled because as soon as you're in range (and their reach is much better than yours), they can swipe you. Correct timing and movement pattern is important to pull this off. This can be generalized to all melee enemies that attempt to dash attack you.--Ehplee 22:23, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * I've had a 1HK using A3-21s Plasma Rifle at level 20 with decent small guns skill (Somewhere between 50-80 I think) without using a sneak attack, it's all based on fluke in this game! Like when V.A.T.S says you'll do more or less damage than you actually inflict!

I myself have a tactic that works brilliantly, but obviously it isn't for everyone. So first off, I have Broken Steel. I got it for one reason and one reason only... Super Dogmeat. I am now level 9, and Dogmeat has about 5000 HP because of that wonderful glitch. No idea what his attack damage is but I bet it's awesome. He kills a lot of things these days. And just to say, I wear Combat Armor myself, so going into these fights I'm not incredibly protected. So Dogmeat is scripted to grab an enemy's attention over you, yeah? So a Deathclaw comes running and it and Dogmeat start fighting. I whip out my Flamer - a weapon I rarely use to begin with because I'm all for Small Guns - and blast the Deathclaw. A few seconds later it dies. Dogmeat loses just under half of his health and regerates after the thing dies so he's fine. I don't get hit at all, and as for the Flamer, I can just go hunt down a Raider with one and jack his ammo. The end. This has been my tactic so far, and I've only killed about six or seven of them as of today but I try to avoid Deathclaws to begin with. But it works brilliantly, as long as you avoid groups of them... and even then the Flamer could probably take them all out with enough ammo. Hope this helps someone. 68.122.9.253 00:56, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Tips for a first encounter
Alright, chances are that your first encounter with one of these things will be when you least expect it. You probably won't have power armour, companions or most of the wizz bang weapons people say you must use to kill deathclaws. When I first stumbled on old olney and ran into a deathclaw i nearly had an aneurism. the first one was bad enough and I blew all my stim packs and most of my life. Then I fell through the grate and found out that they can open doors!

After a few deaths I managed to get a rhythm going and came up with a decent killing emthod that I've used since. These are tips for low level characters with incidental and unexpected deathclaw encounters.

If you see it before it sees you: If it is at long range quing up vats shots with high-accuracy long range weapons are a decent way of starting. However they close the distance real fast (and if youre in scope faster than you think). Switching to a shotty or assault rifle should finish it off no trouble. If its a bit closer (such as in the sewers of old olney), things like grenades and mines help a lot. Fight like a guerilla and take any advantage that you have. I find three frag grenades in Vats while in Sneak usually is enough to cripple it. Circle strafing with any decent close to mid range weapon should finish them. Rememeber, if you have chance to place a mine between you and it before initialising the engagement is time well spent.

A good idea is to VATS for the legs first, especially with a powerful weapon like a missile launcher or several frags. Bottlecap mines are particularly helpful. This will (hopefully) cripple the legs of the Deathclaw, making it quite a bit slower than you are. Keep backing up and firing (the previously stated assault rifle and shotgun are good) and it'll eventually go down.

If it sees you first: Chances are that you are going to get hurt. Take any medX or fighting stims that you may have and lob two grenades in VATS, followed by any headshot attempts with powerful ranged weapons. Hopefully this would have taken down the health somwehat and maybe crippled the legs (a common theme with these blisteringly fast enemies)After this it's back to circle strafing and chipping away at its health as much as you can. Remember, it's seriously powerful with its hits, so the more damage you can do before to melee range the better.

Weapons tip: An easily obtained weapon of high power is the Alien Blaster. It is located north of the MDPL-13 Power Station in an unmarked Alien Crash Site. You can pick up a radio signal when you get close. Follow the signal to the crashed Alien Vessel. The blaster with 120 ammo is near the pilot's corpse. There's some pretty strong radiation here, so pop some Rad-X first, then pop some Radaway for good measure. This weapon is capable of destroying a Deathclaw in 3 shots. However, the ammo is severely limited, so do try and wear down the 'Claw before resorting to this.

Gallery entry
Would the inclusion of a few Jackson's Chameleons in the gallery finally shut people asking what animal Deathclaws are based upon? I've had to explain this to a great many people. I was thinking: http://www.jaysanimalencounters.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/chameleon011.jpg http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8491003-md.jpg Something which can clearly show the similarity in the facial structure of a Deathclaw to a Jackson's Chameleon? Benxander 19:04, November 23, 2009 (UTC)

Deathclaws Spawn at Saves!?
A while back I was south of Olney at a low level, with Star Paladin Cross. I saved before going in 'just in case', almost instantly after entering I got attacked and died so I loaded up a save and a Deathclaw spawned just meters to my side, it took a few tries to kill it without losing SPC or myself!

Do Deathclaws attacks bypass Armor?
I've been told that Deathclaws attacks ignore Damage Resistance of Armor, although I figure it's true, I don't see anything in this wiki that confirms it. Sure it mentions the Deathclaw Gauntlet, but otherwise I don't see anything for the Deathclaw itself. 68.187.245.220 09:39, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Deathclaw in Pitfall?
I came into Old Olney to find a Deathclaw trapped in that pitfall that leads to the Sewers. - ᴺᵘᴷᴬ Blab 00:44, March 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hahaha I fell down it and it kicked my ass... [[Image:User-_EatThatNuke_Nuke-A-Cola.gif]] - ᴺᵘᴷᴬ Blab 00:45, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Deathclaw on Hands and Knees?!
I also found one sharpening its claws! - ᴺᵘᴷᴬ Blab 00:56, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

I found a Deathclaw in Old Olney on its hands and knees! - ᴺᵘᴷᴬ Blab

Update To Deathclaw Physics Glitch
Hey, I'm assuming you're all familiar with the physics glitch where a deathclaw can fly off into the sky.

If anyone else can confirm the following, please edit the article. It could just be me, I suppose.

Moving North Westward from Old Olney and Vault 92, I found a couple robots and slaughtered them. Fun times.

I turned around in time to see a death claw charge at me, then go soaring into the sky. I looked at it for a minute, then continued on my way. About a minute later, moving West, I saw a red blip appear. I turned around, and the death claw that flew off landed back on the ground - with minimal damage. It charged again, but the physics engine again took it into the sky. I don't know how many more times that's going to happen or if I'll notice the others.

This happen to anyone else?

EDIT: Tracked it further. It landed again, after a minute or two, this time almost right on top of me. An easy way to track it is follow the direction Dogmeat is looking. This time it successfully landed and attacked me until I killed it.

Any Perks?
Are there any perks to make the Deathclaws avoid you, like the Animal Friend perk makes animals leave you alone? ThomasB2k 17:07, May 2, 2010 (UTC)