Deathclaw (Fallout 4)

Deathclaws are a type of creature found in Fallout 4, continuing the tradition of including them in every Fallout game.

Characteristics
 Deathclaws are immensely powerful enemies that should not be taken lightly at any level. Fortunately, they tend to be solitary creatures and are rarely encountered in pairs. While in Fallout 3 they became a manageable nuisance due to the use of poison darts (dart gun), they become much harder to defeat in Fallout 4. This is for a variety of reasons:


 * 1) Commonwealth deathclaws are quite intelligent in their hunting of prey, or in the protecting of their territory, as seen with their tactics in weaving in and out during their approach, in order to avoid gunfire and to help keep its unarmored stomach a moving target. They will also retreat behind cover or otherwise hide if they cannot reach the attacker, forcing its prey to periodically pop out of cover in order to keep up the offensive.
 * 2) They deal tremendous damage and can rapidly damage and destroy components on power armor; therefore, fighting them in close quarters is inadvisable.
 * 3) They are highly resistant to both physical and energy damage, with the darker scales covering their skin serving as armor. While they do possess a weak point in the form of their unarmored belly, the deathclaws move in such a manner as to keep it well protected.
 * 4) Finally, they receive a special power attack, where they grab their prey and smack them around for severe damage (if not wearing power armor), or they will pin their prey to the ground and claw at them repeatedly, causing severe wounds and severely damaging power armor.

Taming
With the Wasteland Workshop DLC, the player can capture these creatures through building trap cages, then make them allies by adding a beta wave emitter in the settlement. This makes them into terrific defensive creatures, adding 10 defense to the settlement's rating.

Variants

 * Base variant
 * Alpha deathclaw
 * Glowing deathclaw: Greatly increased health and generates radiation field.
 * Deathclaw matriarch
 * Savage deathclaw
 * Albino deathclaw
 * Chameleon deathclaw: Can use a natural stealth field.
 * Mythic deathclaw

Locations

 * The following map contains all the spawn locations on the world map (excluding interiors or harvested items)

Appearances
Commonwealth deathclaws appear in Fallout 4 and its add-ons Far Harbor and Nuka-World.