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
(It is possible that the Wastelander carrying the schematics will be at minimal health being followed by an injured Deathclaw, rather than being dead. It is uncertain if there is another way to obtain the schematics other than the Wastelander's death).
 * The Deathclaw Gauntlet schematics will be given to you after helping Bannon of Rivet City out with his task (rewards bad karma).
 * They can also be found in the F.Scott Key Trail and Campground in the burned out trailer, Located in the far South West corner of the Map - Near the Dunwich building!
 * One is also found in a random encounter where you will find a wastelander torn to pieces with the schematics laying next to him. As you would expect, there is an injured Deathclaw nearby, showing that the wastelander was trying to acquire the most important component and failed horribly.
 * An already crafted Deathclaw Gauntlet can be found on the body of one of the Bear Brothers after the second battle in the Arena of the The Pitt DLC.

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%}. However, the Ninja perk is broken. See its article for details.
 * 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.

NOTE HOWEVER: The Ninja perk uses 80 Melee skill, not 80 Unarmed skill, and Strength has NO effect on unarmed (only on melee).

Bugs

 * The Deathclaw Gauntlet does not ignore damage resistance as of PC version 1.5.
 * The Paralyzing Palm perk which is supposed to only work with no weapon at all, appearently also works with the Deathclaw Gauntlet. This is confirmed in fallout 3 v. 1.10 on PS3

Appearances
Deathclaw Gauntlet appears only in Fallout 3.

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