Deathclaw Gauntlet (Fallout 3)



As its name suggests, the Deathclaw Gauntlet is a craftable unarmed weapon that is made out of a Deathclaw's forearm, fist, and claws, a medical brace for extra structure, a leather belt to render the hand rigid (and as a handle for the user's hand), and WonderGlue to hold it all together.

Deathclaw Gauntlet Schematics are needed to build it.

Building
See Schematics - Deathclaw Gauntlet.

Locations

 * The Deathclaw Gauntlet schematics will be given to you after helping Bannon of Rivet City out with his task.
 * They can also be found in the F.Scott Key Trail and Campgound in the burned out bus, Located in the far South West corner of the Map
 * One is also found in a random encounter where you will find a wastelander torn to pieces with the schematics laying next to him. Ironically, there is an injured Deathclaw nearby, showing that the wastelander was trying to acquire the most important component and failed horribly.

Strategy

 * With its extremely high critical percent multiplier (x5), high bonus damage from critical strikes (+30), as well as its armor piercing ability, it can be more devastating in the player's hands than when attached to a living Deathclaw!
 * With the Ninja perk (+15%), a player with 5 Luck will always score a critical strike (((15+5)*5)=100%).
 * Long before level twenty, players with 10 Luck, Finesse (+5%), and Survival Guru (+3%) will be able to critical almost as often (((10+5+3)*5)=90%).
 * Since VATS attacks add a flat +15% bonus it's possible to reach a 100% critical rate without the ninja perk.

That totals to 65 dmg with the deathclaw gauntlets and armour piercing abilities and with the high critcal rate mentioned above it can be devastating and when coupled with better critical and ninja perks you get the following: Creating a critical hit dmg of 166.25 and ignoring armour which rivals most small guns and energy weapons when it comes to damage. High sneak and stealth suit are advised.
 * It is also possible to create the most damaging close-combat combo in the game by taking the right perks. It is even superior to the shishkebab though it takes up 3 perk slots. This won't be a problem once you reach level 20, but this is recommended for a second playthrough. Here's how it works:
 * deathclaw gauntlet base dmg 20.0
 * dmg from strength 5.0
 * dmg from unarmed skill (100) 25.0
 * dmg from iron fist perk (rnk3) 15.0
 * +30 dmg from gauntlet
 * +47.5 dmg from better criticals
 * +23.75 dmg from ninja if using a sneak attack

Bugs
For those of you who have bought and completed Operation: Anchorage and have the Chinese Stealth Armor, there is a bug allowing you to easily get 100 unarmed skill, without investing any skill points into it. Get two Hockey Masks and equip the CSA. After equipping the first hockey mask, continually click the second one until you get to 100 skill (You can check your skill in the Skill tab on your Pip-Boy 3000), thus allowing you to use your Deathclaw Gauntlet with maximum efficiency. Your unarmed will return to its original stat, however, if you unequip the hockey mask.

Appearances
Deathclaw Gauntlet appears only in Fallout 3.