Deathclaws (Fallout 76)

 are creatures found in Fallout 76.

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. Deathclaws continue to be powerful foes, as defined in Fallout 4. They have four specific traits:


 * 1) 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.

It should come as no surprise that in game terms, deathclaws are considered boss characters and guarantee drops of certain items.

Loot

 * Deathclaw hand, hide, and meat
 * Black titanium and gears
 * Random ammunition

Variants

 * Deathclaw
 * Alpha deathclaw
 * Glowing deathclaw
 * Deathclaw matriarch
 * Savage deathclaw
 * Albino deathclaw
 * Chameleon deathclaw
 * Mythic deathclaw
 * Scorched deathclaw

Locations
category=Fallout 76 locations with deathclaw spawns mode=unordered