Cat

The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus), is a small, typically furry and carnivorous mammal. Cats are a rare sight in the post-nuclear United States, particularly west of the Rockies. Cats were largely hunted for food during the famines in the early decades of the 23rd centuries, driving them out of the region,The Chosen One: "{120}{}{Why the glum flace?}" Stacy: "{134}{}{Oh, nothing really. Just sometimes I get thinking about my mom and cat. I miss them so very much.}" The Chosen One: "{135}{}{Cat?}" Stacy: "{137}{}{Yeah, Cuddles. She was such a sweet cat. I really don't feel like talking about it... Well, unless you'd like to buy me a drink. That might help.}" The Chosen One: "{139}{}{Of course I will. I'd love to hear about it.}" Stacy: "{146}{}{I hear there used to be ones that were as big as you and me. They used to eat animals as big as a brahmin. Now that's scary stuff.}" The Chosen One: "{148}{}{Yeah, it is.}" Stacy: ''"{149}{}{The kind I'm talking about is a small cute animal, bigger than a rat but smaller than a dog. Some are fluffy, like my Cuddles, but others have short hair.}" The Chosen One: "{150}{}{Really?}" Stacy: "{151}{}{They like to be pet like a dog does, but cats make this wonderful relaxing sound when you pet them.}" The Chosen One: "{152}{}{Strange.}" Stacy: "{153}{}{Cuddles always used to help me go to sleep at night. I think of her every night when I try to go to sleep.}" The Chosen One: "{155}{}{Go on.}" Stacy: "{156}{}{I had her when I was a kid, but she disappeared. I didn't know then what happened to her, I was too young.}" The Chosen One: "{157}{}{Why?}" Stacy: "{158}{}{Well, food was awfully scarce back then and people had to eat. It's quite sad really...}" The Chosen One: "{159}{}{What?}" Stacy: "{160}{}{People would hunt them because they were such easy prey. None of them are around anymore because of it.}" The Chosen One: "{162}{}{I can understand that.}" Stacy: "{163}{}{Those were the wild ones, but I'm sure that's what happened to mine. Now I know why Mom always kept a close eye on her.}"'' (Dcstory2.msg) though not to extinction. The species managed to survive and thrive, and are uncommonly seen across the wastes (for example, in Broken Hills. ), evidenced by the survival of cat-related expressions in common parlance.

The dearth of most varieties of cat in most regions, such as within the Mojave, has led wastelanders that still remember their existence to believe that cats in their entirety have become completely extinct.

Alive
All cats in Fallout 4 are templated or copied from a single, base cat: House cat.
 * Ashes, a gray tabby living in Vault 81.
 * Dora, Covenant
 * Emmett, a valiant member of the Brotherhood of Steel, allied with Proctor Quinlan as the watchful guardian of his personal desk on board the Prydwen.
 * Katana and Luna, in an abandoned shed near the Nuka-World Red Rocket.
 * Maisie, the Abernathy family pet at Abernathy farm.
 * Scruffy, in Bert and Julianna Riggs' room in Vault 118.
 * Tink, at The Last Plank in Far Harbor.
 * Toro, Diamond City schoolhouse.
 * Gametitle-VB.png The Nursery preserved and restored numerous cat species within its territories.

Deceased

 * Cuddles
 * House cat, in the Institute FEV lab.
 * Gametitle-FOBOS.png Mr. Pussy

Related quests

 * Listen to Stacy's kitty story
 * Here, Kitty Kitty