Dead Wind Cavern

 is a location in the Mojave Wasteland. It is an abandoned cave near Primm Pass and slightly south of Harper's Shack (which itself is south of the REPCONN Test Site). The Brotherhood of Steel raided the place but the mission was unsuccessful. The Mercy gun is in here. It is home to a wide variety of Deathclaws, including the most powerful enemy in the Mojave wasteland, the Legendary deathclaw.

Layout
A lot of twists and turns, it's easy to get lost. Several Deathclaws (2-4) are located within the first chamber (be careful, they can easily ambush and kill you). There is a Brotherhood of Steel paladin near the far end of the cave after you kill the Legendary Deathclaw inside. The Paladin holds Mercy, a unique Grenade Machinegun, as well as Brotherhood T-45d Power Armor and Helmet, and about 30 rounds of ammo. Several of the Deathclaw den mothers contain Deathclaw eggs that are worth 400 caps each.

There are several ways to defeat these deathclaws, you can use an Anti-materiel rifle with armor piercing rounds, the Alien Blaster, the YCS/186 Gauss rifle, the Gobi Campaign scout rifle (as it has a 5x critical strike multiplier and only uses 33 AP per shot with a 2.5 shots per second fire rate) a Riot Shotgun (with a heap of slug rounds and used in conjunction with the Shotgun Surgeon perk) and even This Machine, will help you provided of its high DPS. The easiest way is to equip a Sniper Rifle with the Silencer mod and just sneak through the cave taking out the Deathclaws from a distance.

There is a section near the entrance where you can climb and Deathclaws won't be able to hit you. Added 11/12/2010: at Level 21, weapon-handing perk, 6 strength, Anti-material rifle, my girl Veronica and I popped out of the cave and were beset by 3 full-size death claws. Fortunately, Veronica wearing power armor (T-51) and her default power fist is a "one punch, one kill" kind of girl.

Notable Loot

 * Mercy in the room with the Legendary deathclaw.
 * There is a dead Brotherhood of Steel Paladin with some 40mm Grenades, Brotherhood T-45d Power Armor and T-45d Power Helmet in the room with the Legendary deathclaw.
 * A duffel bag (alongside a skeleton) containing various ammo and loot.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.