Deathclaw (Fallout 3)

Deathclaws are creatures in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
The creatures are found throughout the Capital Wasteland, creating nests where eggs are found. Branchtender Linden describes his experience with deathclaws, where he was the only survivor of his Brotherhood Outcasts squad after an attack by the creatures. Deathclaws were experimented upon by the Enclave in attempt to create expendable soldiers.

Enclave deathclaws appear in faction camps, some of which are in cages. The domestication units on their heads can be targeted and crippled, which will frenzy them. Enclave deathclaws may also be dropped off from vertibirds, along with soldiers and sentry bots.

During the quest The American Dream, a deathclaw can be seen in a cage in Raven Rock. This deathclaw has not yet been fitted with the mind-control device and can be released from captivity with a Lockpick skill of 50. When released, it will attempt to kill anything in sight including the player character.

Locations

 * Many are found in and around Old Olney.
 * The area around F. Scott Key Trail & Campground.
 * West of Canterbury Commons.
 * In the deathclaw sanctuary.
 * In and around Raven Rock.
 * Around the west side of Mason Dixon Salvage.
 * Near Dukov's Place, in the open area to the left of the building.
 * Enclave deathclaws are commonly found wherever there are Enclave camps.
 * An Enclave deathclaw spawns outside the Capitol Building.
 * At an Enclave base near Girdershade, two deathclaws have killed their captors and roam freely.
 * In the area west of the abandoned car fort.
 * Occasionally spawn around the Dunwich Building and will attack the yao guai that also spawns there.
 * Can be occasionally found near Wheaton armory.
 * Inside a hangar and the mobile base crawler at Adams Air Force Base.
 * Appear in random encounter locations.

Appearances
Deathclaws appear in Fallout 3 and its add-on Broken Steel.

Bugs

 * Deathclaws occasionally fly off into the sky in a physics engine glitch. They can still be targeted and killed in V.A.T.S. which will result in their dead body flying across a large amount of land.
 * A deathclaw may spawn inside Regulator HQ and attack everyone. It will continue to spawn in this manner after the first time this happens.
 * When using the deathclaw control scrambler, it is possible for them to not follow the player, but die automatically.
 * A deathclaw may spawn inside Tenpenny Tower and attack everyone. It will continue to spawn in this manner after the first time this happens.
 * A deathclaw may spawn inside Megaton and will kill everyone. However, the deathclaw will not be hostile towards the player. This problem can be fixed by removing the deathclaw from the game with console commands.