Mirelurks are creatures living throughout the wastelands.
Background
Mirelurks are hostile creatures. Ada mentions the mirelurk is an irradiated, "hyper-evolved horseshoe crab" that functions in a caste-like system.[1][2] Moira Brown classified them as Scylla Serrata Horrendus and questioned if they had evolved from crabs or some sort of brine shrimp.[3][4] John Hancock states that mirelurks were much smaller before the bombs dropped.[5] Porter Gage refers to mirelurks as "mudcrabs."[6]
Mirelurks nesting below inhabited decks are considered a nuisance for inhabitants of Rivet City, regularly exterminated by the city's security team.[7] They lay eggs in small clutches and grow quickly, used as food and traded throughout the wasteland.[8][9][10] Mirelurks are sensitive towards high pitched noises, such as those occurring in Vault 92 and on Spectacle Island. Mirelurks are heavily armored and resistant to most forms of damage, but their faces are vulnerable.[11][12] Mirelurk kings have the ability to cloak themselves in order to ambush unsuspecting prey.[13]
Variants
| Image | Name | Location | HP 
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FormID | Game |
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120‡ |
0001CF83 |
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160 |
00024002 (standard) |
Fallout 4
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0033C995 |
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Fallout 3
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Fallout 3
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000E12AB |
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00176DCA |
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120‡ |
00037B41 |
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Named
Behind the scenes
References
- ↑ Ada: "It's fascinating that the Mirelurk's social order resembles a caste-like system."
(Ada's dialogue) - ↑ Ada: "If radiation hyper-evolved the horseshoe crab, I wonder how it's affected the rest of the ocean's inhabitants."
(Ada's dialogue) - ↑ Enclave field research terminal entries, Enclave field research terminal, Field Entry: "Mirelurk"
- ↑ Lone Wanderer: "They descended from local crabs. I'd call them "Scylla Serrata Horrendus.""
Moira Brown: "That's very scientific of you! Personally, I wasn't sure if they were crabs or if they came from some sort of brine shrimp, perhaps. Some of these observations about their armor and camouflage gave me an idea for reinforced, neutral-colored headgear. Here, consider it thanks for not interfering with them. Oh, speaking of which, take these. So you can continue to avoid them in the future."
(Moira Brown's dialogue) - ↑ John Hancock: "I'd heard Mirelurks were tiny before the bombs. Wonder what else might be plying those waters."
(John Hancock's dialogue) - ↑ Porter Gage: "Mudcrabs sure do have a certain... odor to 'em, don't they?"
(Porter Gage's dialogue) - ↑ Rivet City terminal entries; Bannon's terminal, Council Meeting Minutes
- ↑ Note for Ted
- ↑ Merc's Orders
- ↑ Mirelurk research
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "Most Mirelurks are heavily armored and resistant to most forms of damage, but their faces are vulnerable."
- ↑ Tenpenny Tower terminal entries; exploration database, Mirelurks
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "Some creatures, like the Mirelurk King, Chameleon Deathclaw and Sentry Bot, can utilize stealth to turn themselves almost invisible and ambush unwary prey."
